In 1903, the quiet little town of Van Meter, Iowa, got a visit from something strange — an eight-foot, bat-winged, bulletproof, sulfur-smelling nightmare with a glowing horn. And no, this isn’t a rejected Marvel villain.
Jeremy and Traci dig into one of Iowa’s strangest cryptid tales — The Van Meter Visitor. From eyewitness accounts and old newspaper articles, to modern investigations, DNA tests on fur, and Expedition X’s field work — this story has it all. Was it a cryptid? An alien? A prehistoric throwback? Or just a big mosquito that took CrossFit too seriously?
Grab your pitchforks, your popcorn, and maybe some Febreze, because this one is equal parts creepy and hilarious.
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