Enfield Horror

The Enfield monster incident, also known as the Enfield horror, happened in Enfield Illinois on April 25h, 1973. These events should not be confused with the Enfield poltergeist, which took place in England. At 10pm, Henry McDaniels was returning home after a long day at work. On exiting his car he found all the lights on and the drapes pulled shut. By this point his two teen children should have been asleep. Henry knew something had to be amiss. When he went inside he found his children cowering in fear. They said there was a monster lurking outside and that it had tried to pull the air conditioner out of the wall to get inside. Henry was skeptical of their story. He had just been outside and seen nothing. Henry was a widower and a single father. Previous to this he had refrained from working late so he could look after his children in the evenings. But had believed them to now be old enough to be left alone for a few hours, being ages 15 and 12. So Henry believed this was nothi...