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Van Meter Visitor
Sources attach this name to the 1 place below. The name itself is part of the folklore record.
Witnesses described a winged, horned figure with a forehead light that shrugged off gunfire. The file calls it Van Meter Visitor. Reports in the file date to 1903. The town in Van Meter, Iowa has its documented history and then it has this — the account everyone locally knows. Sources including 'Van Meter Visitor' keep the claim in circulation. The lore has a face now: Van Meter Visitor.