Hopkinsville Goblin vs Flatwoods Monster
No. The Hopkinsville goblins were small silver creatures reported in Kentucky in 1955; the Flatwoods monster was a single towering figure reported in West Virginia in 1952.
Race 37Hopkinsville GoblinThe Kelly VisitorsReportedFolklore
Race 38Flatwoods MonsterThe Braxton County VisitorReportedFolkloreThe difference
Two 1950s creature cases from the American South with opposite silhouettes. The Kelly goblins were small, silver, big-eared and many; the Flatwoods monster was one ten-foot hooded figure with a glowing face. Both were seen at night on farms, both frightened whole families, and both have an owl among their proposed explanations.
Neither has been reported again in the same form.
At a glance
| Field | Hopkinsville Goblin | Flatwoods Monster |
|---|---|---|
| Classification | Reported | Reported |
| Evidence | Reported, Folklore | Reported, Folklore |
| Claimed origin | Unknown | Unknown |
| Homeworld | Unknown | Unknown |
| Reported height | 2′6″ – 3′6″ | 10′0″ (reported) |
| Appearance | Small, silver-grey, huge ears, glowing eyes, long arms | Towering, spade-shaped hood, glowing eyes, dark robe-like body |
| Lifespan | Unknown | Unknown |
| Social structure | Unknown | Unknown |
| Technology | Unknown | Unknown |
| Traits | Curious, agile, seemingly unharmed by gunfire | Silent, gliding, associated with a sickening mist |
| Relationship to Earth | One night's siege of a Kentucky farmhouse in 1955 | A single evening sighting in West Virginia, 1952 |
How to tell them apart
- Flatwoods Monster is reported as the taller of the two (10′0″ (reported), against 2′6″ – 3′6″ for Hopkinsville Goblin).
- Both belong to the Case creatures family in the Atlas.
- Reported height: Hopkinsville Goblin 2′6″ – 3′6″; Flatwoods Monster 10′0″ (reported).
- Claimed origin: Hopkinsville Goblin Unknown; Flatwoods Monster Unknown.
- Case files in the Atlas: Hopkinsville Goblin 1; Flatwoods Monster 1.
In their own dossiers
The Sutton family and their guests described creatures about three and a half feet tall with oversized heads, huge pointed ears, glowing yellow eyes set wide apart, thin bodies, long arms ending in clawed hands, and a silver or metallic sheen to the skin, which some said looked like it was lit from within. The creatures floated rather than walked, drifting to the ground when hit by shotgun blasts and then rising again unharmed, and made a sound the witnesses compared to bullets hitting a metal bucket.
Witnesses described a figure at least ten feet tall with a round, red face inside a large dark hood shaped like the ace of spades, glowing greenish-orange eyes, and a dark body that looked like a pleated skirt or robe, with small claw-like hands in some tellings and no visible legs. It hovered or glided rather than walked, and it emitted a hissing sound and a sickening, metallic mist that made several witnesses vomit.
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