Owlman: The British Mothman, Just Way Creepier

The UK has a long list of weird cryptids, but one of the creepiest by far is the "Owlman". There's a long history of Owlman reports in the UK, which is the British equivalent to the Mothman of the U.S. 

"But of all the countries and sightings, the UK shines for harboring some of the weirdest cryptids the world has ever seen: the Pigman and werewolves in the haunted region of Cannock Chase, the Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui, the Loch Ness monster of Scotland and an aerial creature, eerily similar to the American Mothman the British refer to as the “Owlman”.
A peculiar Owlman sighting worth sharing was reported to paranormal researcher Tony “Doc” Shiels by Don Melling during the Easter of 1976. According to Melling, he, his wife and two daughters -9 year-old Vicky and 12 year-old June Melling- were vacationing in the village of Mawnan, Cornwall, when the girls decided to go for a walk. What they purportedly saw next changed the regional folklore forever.
The young witnesses ran back to their father, crying and frightened. They claimed they had seen a large unidentified winged creature they described as a “nasty bird man”, hovering over the 13th Century church’s tower. The family, shaken by the strange event, chose to leave the area days ahead of their planned date of departure."

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