Witness Reports "Gray Humanoid Creature with Big Wings" in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

Lon Strickler of Phantoms & Monsters recently received the following report from a witness who said they had seen a “big, gray humanoid creature with big wings” while attending a bonfire in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin in August of 2008.

I'm 29 years old and have lived in Racine, Wisconsin pretty much my whole life. I work 3rd shift and get pretty bored, so tonight I decided to google 'monster legends and sightings in Wisconsin.' One of the links was to a Phantoms & Monsters article about a gargoyle sighting in 2019. And then other sightings in the Chicago O'Hare [International Airport] and surrounding areas and a more recent one in August of this year. I was so happy and excited to see these reports.
One night, back in August of 2008 while I was living in [the Lake Park neighborhood of Mount Pleasant], Wisconsin with my mom, my cousin and I were having a bonfire. As we were talking I just happened to lean back in my chair and look up at the smoke going into the sky and as soon as I did I saw a big, gray humanoid creature with big wings fly through the smoke and off into the darkness. I had my eyes fixed on it for a good seven to ten seconds and saw two legs and arms, but was unable to get a good look at its head or face. I didn't know what it was that I saw but I knew for certain it wasn't a bird or an owl or anything natural I had ever seen before.
I kept it to myself for fear of being ridiculed or people thinking I was crazy, and I was so happy to see these articles and reports from people out here in my area seeing potentially the same thing. Hopefully, more people who have had similar experiences will see your articles and come forward to share and maybe one day someone will actually capture this thing on camera.

Strickler confirmed with The Singular Fortean Society that the witness provided him with the sighting location via email, saying it was "near the area of Bryn Mawr Avenue and Sheridan Road...approximately 150 to 200 feet from the Lake Michigan shore."

The “gargoyle sighting” from 2019 referenced by the witness might represent a report from December of that year in which a woman said she encountered a “flying gargoyle” near Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Hoffman Estates and Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport are approximately 60 miles south/southwest of the sighting location.

O’Hare International Airport has been the epicenter of recent winged humanoid sightings in the Lake Michigan Mothman investigation, with over a dozen sighting reports coming from the airport itself since August of 2019, and many more reported in the surrounding communities. Reports from the larger investigation have come from every state bordering Lake Michigan and date back to 1957.

The recent August sighting mentioned by the witness came from a woman who claimed to have seen a black, seven-foot-tall winged humanoid with “glowing yellow eyes” while working at the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee the night of August 5th.

Wisconsin State Fair Park is less than three dozen miles northwest of where this witness had their sighting.

This report constitutes the latest news in a string of ‘Mothman’ sightings from within a few hundred mile radius surrounding Lake Michigan, including every state bordering the great lake. These sightings ostensibly began in the spring of 2017, but more historical accounts are being reported as more people become aware of the phenomenon. They generally take place in the evening or at night, often in or near a park or natural area, and around water. Witnesses consistently describe a large gray, brown, or black, bat or bird-like creature—although in a small number of cases the creature was described as insect-like—sometimes with glowing or reflective red, yellow, green, or orange eyes, and humanoid features such as arms and legs are often reported. Some witnesses have reported feeling intense fear and an aura of evil emanating from the creature they encountered. Many of the sightings are also of something seen only briefly or are described only as a flying creature with few details, which leaves open the possibility that a misidentified large bird—such as a heron or crane—or some type of anomalous avian species could explain some, although certainly not all, of the encounters. A number of associated high strangeness incidents have also occurred alongside the creature sightings; these include reports of UFOs, other anomalous flying creatures and mysterious humanoids, parapsychological phenomena, and bizarre events experienced by those investigating the sightings.

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