Two brothers are driving in a rural area of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania when they hear flapping sounds and then encounter a bat-winged humanoid.
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"Lon:
My brother and I had an encounter while driving that I will never forget. Not a week goes by that I do not think about the encounter, what it was, or the significance. I have subsequently searched for local or regional reports of similar experiences or sightings matching our confrontation and came across your website.
At the time of the event I lived with my brother, and we liked to go food shopping at night to avoid the crowds. It was a cloudless and brightly moonlit fall night in October 2011 and we liked to drive around with the windows and sunroof open with the heat blasting while breathing in the crisp cool Pennsylvania fall air. We had a vehicle full of groceries while taking a long way home, I had turned off Route 329 in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County onto Cobbler Road, a road I do not recall ever driving down before. I had heard the sound of wings flapping through the sunroof and above the car and immediately figured it was an owl, egret, or blue heron but instead, I saw something much larger. As it flew parallel to the car I then looked out and up the front windshield and looked it in its dead black eyes. It was a man, with dangling human legs, torso, and arms and a huge bat-style wingspan the width of the roadway. I can only describe the appearance as grey-like and a dead lifeless face with no expression. It didn’t look real. The hair on my back and arms were standing on end and I kept thinking to myself that this is something I am not supposed to see and this can’t be real. As we continued along the road our interaction with the being was only a few seconds before it veered to the left and ascended the hill. As we continued along Cobbler Road until we came to the intersection of Cobbler and Bellview and I stopped the car and watched it continue to flap its wings as it continued on its path. I remember repeating to my brother, “What is that, what is that?” repeatedly as the wing flapping looked unnatural and almost robotic. My brother said, “Follow it” but I refused as every instinct I had told me to flee and this was something I was not supposed to see. I briskly made a right on Bellview and headed home. The whole interaction lasted 30 seconds tops. At the time I had a poor quality Blackberry camera and didn’t even think to try and take a photo or video. The moment was terrifying, and my flight response overcame any other sense.
After researching the area I found that the building we had just passed as our interaction began was an old abandoned slaughterhouse. I do not know if that had any significance nor was I unaware it even existed. I have a few links to that particular facility.
I have a master’s degree in engineering so naturally I search for a prosaic answer based on logic and reason hence why my brain initially went to a large bird like an owl, egret, or blue heron but it wasn’t. We know what we saw and it was a winged man, just a few feet away." B
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There is a distinct group of human-like entities that are part of ufology lore and, for the most part, associated with people who experience UFO and otherworldly close encounters. These are the ‘Men in Black’ or MIB. These entities usually show up, unannounced, at an experiencer’s home, seeking information about an incident.
The presence of these MIB became widely known during reported UFO activity (and the Mothman encounters) in the Point Pleasant, West Virginia area in the late 1960s. The journalist and ufologist John A. Keel began writing about the MIB after they made themselves known to the residents. The descriptions of these MIB were somewhat consistent; pale or olive-colored skin, monotone voice, no emotion or expression, dressed in a black suit and fedora, and driving a large black sedan. There were usually two MIB traveling together.
However, the most disconcerting aspect of their presence occurred after they conducted a brief interview. They would warn the witness, in no uncertain terms, not to discuss or report what they had observed. The message was clear. Keep your mouth shut.
Most experiencers and investigators don’t know what to make of the MIB. Are they quasi-government agents? How do they know who to contact? In most instances, they appear not long after an encounter and before a report is ever made. They truly are an enigma. But I believe that there is another explanation for their presence. Namely, that the MIB are an alien 'clean-up' crew who are used to cover up problematic sightings and encounters.
So, what do you think the Men in Black are? Just maintain an open mind, and formulate your theories to this phenomenon. I will present the reports in detail and attempt to answer your questions from the chat room.
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