The Owlman of Mawnan: Cornwall’s Winged Figure Over the Church Tower

St Mawnan and St Stephen's Church in Mawnan, Cornwall, with its stone tower and churchyard, above whose tower the Owlman was reported in 1976

About 4 min readIn April 1976, two young sisters on holiday in Cornwall said they saw a large winged figure hovering over a church tower. No photograph was ever taken, and almost every account came through one man — a stage magician with a book on how to hoax monster sightings.