Paranormal Investigator Magazine
The Forgotten
Mill Race
Monster
By Chris McDaniel
Do you believe in monsters? Believe it or not, many people do. In fact, there have been
numerous people who have reported such encounters to their local law enforcement agency. Not being familiar with the identity of the beast, they have often referred to an unknown
creature as a “monster”.
During the 70’s, there seemed to be an outbreak of monster sightings. Stories of people
encountering odd creatures flooded many newspapers nationwide.
Some of these monster sightings lasted only a short time period. The eyewitness’ would
describe a creature with unique features like no other. Then, for some unknown reason,
the reports of the creature would abruptly come to an end, never to be seen again. A few
well-known within the Crypto-field that fits this pattern is “The Dover Demon,” “The Enfield
Monster,” “The Flatwoods Monster” and “The Loveland Frogman.”
These are just some of the well-known reports. What about the ones that may have been
lost or forgotten through time? Is it possible that there are reports of such monsters that
few have ever heard? I know for a fact that the answer to this question is “yes.” They are
out there…waiting to be rediscovered.
This is one that fell through the cracks and has been long forgotten….at least until now.
In the early fall of 1974, near a small community known as Columbus, Indiana, a rash of
U.F.O. sightings were being reported.
During the month of November, 1974, a strange event commenced within the small town
of Columbus. It began with four frightened women making a report to the Columbus Police
Department.
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