On May 22, 2011, a devastating tornado hit the town of Joplin, Missouri, leveling the buildings and killing around 158 people. To those that survived, the children of the families would share stories about humanoid creatures that they nicknamed the Butterfly People. While many children shared their story, one recurrent element is that as they were in the brink of death, the Butterfly People manifested before them, protecting them from the falling debris of the tornado. Some have also accredited seeing the Butterfly People carry off any of those close to death to the afterlife. Some people believe it's actually people who had the skin of their backs flayed open. Utterly horrific.
