on NBC’s “We The People” (1952)
by Alfred Lehmberg
On September 19,
1952, two brave witnesses—Mrs. Kathleen May and fellow witness Gene
Lemon—appeared on NBC’s coast-to-coast television program We The People
to recount their chilling encounter with the infamous “Flatwoods Monster.”
Interviewed by host Daniel Seymour, they described a towering, otherworldly
figure they had seen just days earlier in the hills of Braxton County, West
Virginia. We The People, we’ll recall, was a hugely popular human
interest program of the time, and from coast to coast!
The Misdrawn Myth
Before the broadcast, a backstage artist interviewed May and Lemon and produced a “sketch” (sneer quotes!) of the creature. There was no excuse for this... they'd had better information at hand... going in!
Unfortunately, we find that the illustration ended up as a whimsical distortion, oblivious to newspaper accounts regarding the "monster's" truer nature published at the time and before WTP aired—wrongly depicting the figure as a claw handed, skirted “monster” with a hood and tunic! Risible... on its FACE!
This image, shown during the televised
interview, became the public’s lasting impression of the affair. The real
story? Buried beneath artistic license, media sensationalism… even cover-up?
Enter Frank Feschino, Jr.
Decades later, investigator, author, and illustrator Frank
Feschino, Jr. took up the mantle of truth on this issue. Working closely with
surviving eyewitnesses, Feschino conducted forensic-style interviews and
produced detailed renderings of what these witnesses actually saw: a nearly 12-foot-tall,
metallic, hovering machine—more spacecraft than Halloween “spook”!
According to the witnesses, the figure resembled a mechanized suit or probe, not a biological entity. It may have contained a biological entity... Remains, it was silent, imposing, and unlike anything they’d ever seen.
Here’s a myth begging to be recognized as a reality, eh? Feschino would do just that. ...In spades, with little bells and whistles!
Correcting the Record
Why... Feschino’s work wholly redefined the Flatwoods Monster narrative! He shifted it from a facile tale of forgettable folklore meaning nothing... into a potential for the factual revelations of extraterrestrial technologies meaning perhaps everything!
His illustrations, based on firsthand testimonies, corrected the decades-old misrepresentation and reignited interest in the case. Even a duly impressed (and now late) Stanton Friedman would come around to contribute to Feschino's initiative, as would others, this writer included!
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| Feschino with his second book... A new book LOOMS! |
Museum Moment
Recently, local paranormal author Mr. Dave Spinks worked with Flatwoods
Monster Museum curator, one Mr. Andrew Smith [seated below with Feschino], and arranged to borrow the original 1952
drawing from its owner for a special event held at the museum for the Flatwoods anniversary on the 12th! During that
time, several photos were taken of Frank with the original drawing before it
went back to its owner. Special thanks to them all!
Also during the
event, and as mentioned, Feschino was photographed with the infamous drawing—an image that once
misled millions, now recontextualized by Feschino's aspiration to the truth.
As the Flatwoods legacy is reexamined, another ufological
mystery looms: the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS! Discovered this year, our comet-"like" visitor has sparked speculation ranging from alien probes to cosmic
anomalies. Is it a coincidence, or cosmic synchronicity, that such phenomena
must echo across decades… centuries! Eons! ...As below, so above?
Feschino is all in on
his wedge of it, reader… nose to stone!
Read on!
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| Dave Spinks and FCFJr with subject drawing |
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