EP 22: THE VAN METER MONSTER IN IOWA!

In Iowa there is a winged creature that once tormented the town of Van Meter. For a week in the early 1900s the towns people did everything and anything the could to try and survive the experience. With one epic battle brewing between the the towns folk and the dubbed Van Meter Monster it's a crazy story that will end leaving us all with questions. Join Mrs. Banks and I as we explore Iowa and record our first episode in a car. Enjoy the episode and relax because guess what you deserve it and what better way than by listening to todays episode of Campfire Adventures!

The group of distinguished men who are believed to have faced the Van Meter Monster!

Newspaper clippings of the Van Meter Monster

The Stanley Tucci movie I’m recommending you all to watch

Author Chad Lewis

The book: The Van Meter Visitor by: Chad Lewis and other Authors

SOURCE MATERIALS:

For the story:

1. World Population Review. (n.d.). Van Meter, Iowa Population 2021. World Population Review. Retrieved 08 10, 2021, from https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/van-meter-ia-population

2. Fandom. (n.d.). Van Meter Visitor. Cryptid Wiki. Retrieved 08 10, 2021, from https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Van_Meter_Visitor

3. Kilen, M. (2015, 07 01). Van Meter remembers 1903 visit from winged monster. Desmoines Register. Retrieved 08 10, 2021, from https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2015/07/01/van-meter-remembers-1903-visit-from-winged-monster/29583469/

4. Mccormack, D. (2013, 05 04). The unsolved mystery of the Van Meter Visitor - a winged creature with a glowing horn that caused terror in an Iowa town 110 years ago. Daily Mail. Retrieved 08 10, 2021, from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2319503/The-unsolved-mystery-Van-Meter-Visitor--winged-creature-glowing-horn-caused-terror-Iowa-town-110-years-ago.html

For the Image:

1. Mccormack, D. (2013, 05 04). The unsolved mystery of the Van Meter Visitor - a winged creature with a glowing horn that caused terror in an Iowa town 110 years ago. Daily Mail. Retrieved 08 10, 2021, from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2319503/The-unsolved-mystery-Van-Meter-Visitor--winged-creature-glowing-horn-caused-terror-Iowa-town-110-years-ago.html

2. Offutt, J. (2015, 07 14). Exploring American Monsters: Iowa. Mysterious Universe. Retrieved 08 10, 2021, from https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/07/exploring-american-monsters-iowa/

3. u/BunyipPouch, & Reddit. (2019). First Poster for Post-Apocalyptic Horror 'The Silence' - Starring Stanley Tucci and Kiernan Shipka. Reddit. Retrieved 08 10, 2021, from https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/az1f1w/first_poster_for_postapocalyptic_horror_the/

4. Ted. (2018, 10 22). Investigator of the Strange and Unusual Visits. Menomonie Library. Retrieved 08 10, 2021, from https://menomonielibrary.org/investigator-of-the-strange-and-unusual-visits/