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The Coney Island Monster also known as Coney Island Flying Man was a strange humanoid creature reportedly sighted by many residents of Coney Island, New York in 1880. A place of play and enjoyment of The beach for hundreds of years. For generations, Residents of New York City (and New Jersey), flocked to the Beach in summer to frolic and relax from the hustle of City Life. At least that was until the Summer of 1880 when something else decided to frolic as well. The Thing that was seen, was flying several hundred feet above the water. Hundreds saw it. This kind of biological absurdity is quite common in reports of winged men, even apart from the facts that a humanoid shape doesn't fit with aerodynamics very well and that anything weighing close to an adult human's weight should have great difficulty getting off the ground.
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It was described as mostly Human looking, but with large Bat Wings and the legs of a Frog. As the wings flapped, a loud sound could be heard. Most here fascinated, still more terrified. Dubbed The Coney Island Monster The Creature flew off into the distance. Never to be seen again (in New York), The Creature was reported flying over Kentucky (and later Missouri). London, England also reported a similar encounter. Many Historians allude to The Monster as being a probable advertising stunt. But how, years before official flight was recorded, could a Man maintain the mechanical ability to stay aloft for so long. And why would He dress as a Beast Perhaps a stunt or perhaps an unknown Cryptoid sighting.