#kelly-hopkinsville encounter

[beforewhatgod]

#my art #cryptid #cryptids #kelly-hopkinsville encounter #kelly-hopkinsville goblins #hopkinsville goblin #aliens

[ohfugecannada]

Xenofiction book/short story told from the perspective of owls. But instead of being a mythic xenofic with lots of owl society world building, it’s a horror/comedy set in a small rural town in 1950s/60s America where the main group of owls get mistaken for alien invaders by humans. Which quickly escalates in absurdity due to a series of misunderstandings on both parties parts. Like the owls curiosity towards some humans and their bafflement at the humans attacking them, and the humans paranoia warping thier perception of events and the owls true forms.

Basically, a Tucker & Dale vs Evil style retelling of the Kelly-Hopkinnsville encounter.

#aliens #writing inspiration #writing inspo #writing prompt #the Kelly Hopkinsville encounter #alien sightings #ufology #ufologia #Xenofiction #owls #birds #animals #was listening to an alien encounter iceberg and the idea those people were in an intense 4 hour armed standoff #with what they thought were little green men #only for the most likely culprit (according to some theories) to be just. a bunch of very confused barn owls. #is a peak comedy premise right there

[blogparanormalexpresso2stuff]

The 1955 Kelly-Hopkinsville alien invaders incident: “gun battle with 'Little Men from Space'”

The Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter, August 21, 1955. An interview with Lonnie Lankford, "life hasn't been easy since came calling." 2005 https://www.ufosnw.com/sighting_repor...

#ufology #close encounters #1955 #kelly-hopkinsville incident #Youtube

[bogleech]

ET was going to be a horror film???

Not only that, but it was loosely inspired by the Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter! It was going to be called "Night Skies" and feature an alien research team terrorizing a farm, mutilating animals and attempting to do the same to the family. It got pretty far into pre-production, and had multiple aliens with different personalities and designs, including a clawed leader alien the script called "Skar."

The thing is, this version already had the friendship between a little boy and one of the aliens, a younger one named "Buddee" that would have also been mistreated by the other aliens for being "deformed" or "imperfect" in some way. Everyone involved found this subplot so much more compelling that the role of the "evil" aliens began to shrink and was finally cut completely, leaving only Buddee, who became E.T.

#movies #e.t. the extra terrestrial #aliens

[mecthology]

The Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter in Kentucky.

On the evening of August 21, 1955, five adults and seven children arrived at the Hopkinsville police station claiming that small alien creatures from a spaceship were attacking their farmhouse, and that they had been holding them off with gunfire "for nearly four hours". Two of the adults, Elmer Sutton and Billy Ray Taylor, claimed they had been shooting at a few short, dark figures who repeatedly popped up at the doorway or peered into the windows. The Kentucky New Era, the first paper to report the incident, amplified the number to "12 to 15," and that number continues to be reported.

Concerned about a possible gun battle between local citizens, four city police officers, five state troopers, three deputy sheriffs, and four military police officers from the nearby United States Army Fort Campbell drove to the Sutton farmhouse located near the town of Kelly in Christian County. Their search yielded nothing apart from evidence of gunfire and holes in window and door screens made by firearms.

Residents of the farmhouse included Glennie Lankford, her children, Lonnie, Charlton, and Mary, two sons from a previous marriage, Elmer "Lucky" Sutton, John Charley "J.C." Sutton, their respective wives Vera and Alene, Alene's brother O.P. Baker, Billy Ray Taylor, and his wife June. Both the Taylors, "Lucky," and Vera Sutton were reportedly itinerant carnival workers who were visiting the farmhouse. The next day, neighbors told two officers that the families had "packed up and left" after claiming "the creatures had returned about 3:30 in the morning."

UFOlogists regard it as one of the most significant and well-documented cases in the history of UFO incidents, while skeptics say the reports were due to "the effects of excitement" and misidentification of natural phenomena such as meteors and owls. The United States Air Force classified the alleged incident as a hoax in the Project Blue Book files.

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Source: Wikipedia.

#mecthology #creepy #alien #ufo #strange #weird #hoax?

[doshmanziari]

Hey, everyone.

In 2022, I wrote and illustrated a short comic book which I published and sold copies of at that year’s MICE. Entitled Adyton, it was a brief exploration of what I'd very loosely call the close encounter phenomenon, with an emphasis on the abduction aspect. Since then, I’ve wanted to expand on the book; but, as is usual for me, I have to ruminate on something for a long while until embarking on the project feels right. This recently happened, and I’ve decided to entitle what I intend to be my first complete and long-form graphic novel Can You See Behind the Moon? I’m not going to say where the title comes from, and will leave it to those who are more familiar with some of the paranormal literature to recognize its origin.

Over the years, I’ve made sputtering attempts at other graphic novels, but the lack of a clear narrative direction for one doomed it to oblivion (Underbrickers), while the creative momentum of the other seemed bound to a very particular timeframe (Grim Synergy). Differently, I see this project as encompassing ideas which, to varying degrees, are present within my mind every day, or every other day, and I do think it can be sustained by that persistence. If I were forced to speak in very general and perhaps reductive terms about Can You See Behind the Moon?, it is my attempt to explore possibilities implied by close encounters in a way which emphasizes a deep and occulted relationship humanity appears to have with itself, the cosmos, and what one might term the evolutionary impulse.

The first four pages you see here (not counting the cover) are recreations of Adyton’s first six pages. As should be apparent, the narrative is not linear. Like Adyton, the plot sometimes progresses according to visual resonances which can also be interpreted as conceptual resonances. For instance, the as-yet-unnamed young man’s finger-gun gesture becomes the transitional point for a reference to the so-called Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter, wherein guns figured prominently, and unusually.

To be clear, this work has been done very quickly, in the interest of submitting it to relevant publishers as proof-of-concept material, and so that I’m able to maintain a pace of a couple of pages every two or three days (while also producing “fine art” for gallery shows, to say nothing of various other side projects). But I also like the roughness of the drawings, and the color of the newsprint paper… so, the making of these has also carried with it pleasure and occasional surprise at the results. Since I’ve decided to work within a limited palette, I’m relying heavily upon the linework.

For Christmas last year, my partner — somewhat regretfully — got me a comic book about UFOs published the same year by Dark Horse. I write “somewhat regretfully” because she didn’t really like the look of it; and when I received it I had to agree: the art is so simplistic, mundane, and ugly that I don’t think I’ll ever do more than skim some of the pages (the author also seems to have only done the bare minimum of research regarding Betty and Barney Hill’s case). But I’ve used the book as a point of motivation: surely, if something that bland could get green-lit by a fairly well-known comics publisher, then my work stands a chance.

Another one of my particularities is that I tend to get through projects more quickly when I don’t assign their completion an arbitrary date, and also when I don’t make myself beholden to publicizing all of the progress. I don’t intend on making a Kickstarter or anything for this — unless it becomes necessary — so I’m not sure when I’ll be prepared to share more. But, the time will come.

Anyway — even if there’s not much here yet, thanks for looking!

#hudson artist #hudson new york #ufos #aliens #close encounters #flying saucers #graphic novel #paranormal #paranormal phenomena #new comic book #ink illustration #ink drawing

[stealthneko]

INCOMPLETE LIST OF "GOOD GAMES":

"toys" from the "play toys with me" series, checkers (NOT CHESS), magic beans that when you plant them a giant vine appears, a Yamaha OPL3 sound card, heat from a cat, door stoppers, telling a twink to shut the fuck up, stock market manipulation, crying, pirates, fear of bugs, light switch pull cord, Lake Ninevah, kicking dirt, taking apart TV remotes, light roughhousing, bypassing the 10NES lockout chip, fiberglass installation, calculating pi by hand with 20 other people, waiting so long to brush your teeth your gums bleed, canceling a free trial before they charge you, adobe acrobat, pretending the Pringles can is a gun, catching crows with your hands in a car dealership parking lot, watch batteries, cooking fish sticks on a pizza pan, removing an object from a pet's mouth, forgetting to email someone back, WinRAR installation wizard, playing the Viewiful Joe 2 demo on the PlayStation Holiday 2004 Demo Disc with memory cards inserted, naming a child by random password generator, observing the scissor-tailed flycatcher, using Chrome inspect element, experiencing the Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter, making a list of random things, microwavable mugs, asking the home depot worker what screwdriver you need for this, ethical time travel, freeing race horses, entering the Playstation All Stars Battle Royale Online Pass code, donating to Wikipedia, scotch tape, reinventing the wheel, green Zelda shirt with tan cargo shorts, standing in a pitch black room for at least an hour, a window that won't stay open on its own, parchment paper, starting a newspaper route, browsing the Walmart app, removing the front mesh from your microwave, using the promo code in the description, sink dog, being responsible for the titanic, obtaining the Sackboy Target hat plush, spring cleaning, reverting your video card drivers, any GIF less then 95kb, making a huge mess with styrofoam, ignoring the engineers that the o-rings are frozen, "As seen on TV" kitchen gadgets, doing what must be done, printing mostly black pages at the library as a kid, adding too much pepper, photoshopping niche memes, seeing how far you can get into Disneyland if you act like an employee

#lists #games #good games #why did i make this #very cool

[cryptid-quest]

On This Day in Cryptid History

August 21st: In the evening in 1955, 5 people and 7 children claimed that their farmhouse in Kelly-Hopkinsville was invaded by small alien creatures. Firing at it didn’t kill them and instead bullets went right through them. It has since become one of the best known cases of encounters with aliens.

#cryptids #Cryptid #cryptozoology #cryptid history #august 21

[thesquishyrogue]

Cryptober Day 14: The Hopkinsville Goblin.

The Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter, also known as the Hopkinsville Goblins Case, is the name given to a series of connected 1955 incidents of alleged close encounters extraterrestrial beings near Kelly and Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

There were dozens of eyewitnesses to these incidents, including two families housed in a farmhouse and other civilians in the area who had no connection to the families. Witnesses also included several local policemen and a state trooper who saw and heard strange phenomena such as unexplained lights in the night sky and noises the same night.

The seven people present in the farmhouse that night claimed that they were terrorized by an unknown number of creatures similar to gremlins. The residents described them as being silvery in color and standing at around three feet tall, with upright pointed ears, thin limbs, long arms and claw-like hands. Their movements on occasion seemed to defy gravity with them floating above the ground and appearing in high up places, and they "walked" with a swaying motion as if wading through water. Although the creatures never entered the house, they would pop up in windows and at the doorway. The families fled the farmhouse in the middle of the night to the local police station where Sheriff Russell Greenwell noted they were visibly shaken. The families returned to the farmhouse with Sheriff Greenwell and twenty officers, and the occurrences continued. Police saw evidence of the struggle and damage to the house, as well as seeing strange lights and hearing noises themselves. Firearms were used to shoot at the creatures, with little or no effect, and the house and surrounding grounds were extensively damaged during the incident. Unfortunately, however, there are no known photographs of a Hopkinsville Goblin.

Fun fact: the Gen 3 Pokemon Sableye is heavily based off of the goblin's alleged appearance, and the film ET was thought to be inspired by the incidents as well.

I love this one. He's just a lil guy. 💜

#cryptober #drawing challenge 2022 #hopkinsville goblin #cryptids #cryptozoology

[forrowoods]

LGM of the Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter

#art #creature #monster #alien #hopkinsville goblins #little green men

[kevinscryptids]

STRANGE CONNECTIONS: The Vegas Alien Encounter Vs. Hopkinsville Goblins

check one two check one two this it the K-Boss calling all squatch watchers, I know it's been awhile since I've rapped at ya but let's talk.

Look I already know what your thinking... Dr. K you usually stay in the range of terrestrial cryptids.. what's the deal with this alien shit all of the sudden.

CAN'T A MAN CHANGE?!?!? Back off Squatch Nation Daddy K has been through a lot lately.

Now that, that's outta the way we can chop shop about a modern day landing that mirrors a goblin attack from back in 50's.

Here is a low-down on the most recent Alien visitation from the man himself, Geroge Knapp.

Here is where shit drops down the jackalope hole.... in 1955 outside of Kelly Kentucky a family experienced the very same type of encounter.

The story goes like this.... Early one sweltering August evening Billy Ray Taylor, who was living with 10 others all present at the time, stepped outside for a break from the heat and a long drink of water when he spotted a bright light drop down into the valley behind the farmhouse.

Terrified Billy ran in to inform the other members of the family. No one believed him, as was the fashion at the time. Until the family dog started freaking our prompting Billy Ray and Lucky Sutton to step outside only to be confronted with a small glowing creature that was approaching them with it's arms raised. Billy did the only rational thing a man could do, blasted the little fucker with his shotgun.

After that the little goblins launched an assault on the house cause all sorts of gremlin mischief.... one can imagine it was much like this scene from Germlins:

At around midnight fed up with the goblin bullshit the fam packed up and headed to the police department. Soon their farm was flooded with investigators from the US Air Force's project blue book. To this day the encounter remains one of the few the project blue book investigators did not have an explanation for. Chew on that little squatchers cause it's time for photo evidence!!!!

Read em and weep the NEWS paper tells no lies...

The boys talking bout how they shot those lil gobs

sketch of the gob in question....

Eyes on the sky,

-Kev

The squatch watcher

#cryptids #bigfoot #cryptid #cryptozoology #conspiracy #sasquatch #creature #truth #paranormal #wierd #goblin vibes #goblins #gremlins #kentucky #las vegas #alien species #alien encounters #george knapp #ufologist #ufo #monsters #fortean #high strangeness #goblin universe #attack

[ladybugd0ts]

the Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter

#i took this screenshot a while ago and i don’t remember where i got it #but i like the picture a lot #ufo encounter #ufo #aliens #paranormal activity #🛸

[whitepolaris]

Kelly Creatures

Another famous alien encounter in Kentucky occurred on August 21, 1955, in the small rural community of Kelly, just outside Hopkinsville. Elmer "Lucky" Suttonand his family, as well as their houseguest, Billy Ray Taylor, claimed to have been invaded by large alien creatures.

It began when Taylor saw strange lights in the sky around seven p.m. He tried to tell the Suttons about what he'd seen, but no one paid much attention to his story.

About an hour later Taylor and Sutton went outside to investigate why the family dog was barking. As they tell it, what they then encountered was an enormous humanoid figure with elephantine but pointed ears, luminous eyes, and unthinkably horrible hands with long, pendulous webbed feet and sharp talons. The creature was metallic silver, but they could not determined whether this was its skin or some sort of protective clothing.

Taylor and Sutton's response was, of course, to do the logical thing one days when finding an intruder (metallic or otherwise) on one's rural Kentucky property in the 1950s. They grabbed their guns and started shooting at it. As they opened fire, the creature did somersaults in the air and cartwheeled itself off into the wilderness.

While the two men were discussing whether or not they had wounded the intruder, and debated about whether to go in search of it, another taloned hand form another creature reached down from the porch roof above them. They shot this one too, only to spot a third beast in a nearby tree. Gradually, more of the creatures trudged toward their home, clawing at the doors and peeking in the windows, in what sounds like a scene from Night of The Living Dead, if the dead were aliens. For several hours that evening, the family held the creatures at bay, firing round after round of bullets at them with seemingly no permanent effect.

Running out of ammunition by eleven p.n., the besieged group made a break for their cars and sped to the Hopkinsville Police Department. After they had convinced the sheriff that something bizarre was going on, a posse composed of local and state police, press, and citizens descended on the Sutton farm. The creatures were nowhere to be found, and the only evidence left to prove they had been there was a luminous spot on the ground where one of them had been shot.

After the search was called off at two fifteen in the morning, the family reportedly attempted to calm down and tried to get some sleep. But later that morning cops, detectives, reporters, and curious citizens converged on the scene. Again, no tangible evidence of the alien invasion was found, and the luminous spot had vanished. Bullet holes from the men's gunfire abounded in and around the house, and researchers would note later that even for the sake of a hoax, a poor family could ill afford to have shot out their own windows and caused so much damage to their own property.

The ensuing media circus embarrassed the family, who sought no profit from their story and quickly clammed up about the whole matter to the press or anyone else. If it was a hoax, it was an extremely elaborate one between seven people (including children and church-going grandmother) that seemed to serve no purpose but to make it accessories miserable for years.

As if often the case in such matters, skeptics' attempts to explain the Kelly incident are usually as outlandish-sounding as the event itself and often require an extreme degree of mental gymnastics to convince oneself of the explanation. One such theory claimed that the entire family mistook owls for aliens!

IN the years since, the legend of the Kelly creatures has snowballed into an iconic myth that the local people no longer shun, but celebrate: They hold a Little Green Men Festival every year to commemorate the incident and draw worldwide attention to the area as a key location in any UFO buff's vacation travel itinerary.

#weird kentucky #type read

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[wolfenhaas]

#wolfenhaas #history #monster #aliens and ufos #goblincore #unintelligible goblin noises #goblin

[jaybe11]

The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter | Documentary

#youtube