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Eyeshine Mercer County Class A Clear all
10 August 1979 Princeton WV, Mercer County, West Virginia Class A #24061

Family gathering interrupted by 8-foot tall visitor at the kitchen window

The witness and extended family had arrived late for a summer visit at the grandparents' mountain home and were talking inside. An older relative noticed something at the high kitchen window, prompting several men to go outside with firearms. The grandfather fired a shotgun toward the rear of the house while the witness, locked out front, saw the outline of a shoulder and head with reflective eyes near the roofline. The group regrouped inside, and dogs normally around the house were absent that night but returned frightened in the morning.

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