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The Van Meter Visitor: Iowa’s Winged Terror That Vanished Without a Trace
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In 1903, something strange descended on Van Meter, Iowa—a winged creature, part bat, part machine, with a blinding light on its head.
It terrorized the town for five nights… and then disappeared.
In this episode, Robert Barber unravels one of America’s most chilling and little-known paranormal stories—a case where folklore, fear, and eyewitness accounts collide.
🎧 Was it a cryptid, mass panic, or something we still can’t name?
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Chapters
1. The Van Meter Visitor: Iowa’s Winged Terror That Vanished Without a Trace (00:00:00)
2. The Town of Van Meter – 1903 (00:02:02)
3. Night One – The Banker, the Beam, and the Footprints (00:05:48)
4. Night After Night – A Town Under Siege (00:10:03)
5. Local Reaction & Fear (00:13:48)
6. The Mine Discovery – Night Five (00:16:13)
7. What Was It? — Theories, Speculation, and the Legacy of the Visitor (00:20:26)
8. Witnesses and the Van Meter Legacy (00:26:45)
9. Final Thoughts (00:31:30)
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