la créature (...) a déjà disparu sans laisser de trace.

La police locale, la police de l'État et un photographe se rendirent à la ferme pour examiner soigneusement les lieux. Ils ne découvrirent, selon un rapport, qu'une trace brillante sur le sol : à l'endroit où l'une des petites créatures serait tombée après avoir été délogée de son perchoir.

Aucune preuve matérielle autre que la fameuse tache luisante sur le sol ne put être fournie à l'appui de l'histoire de Taylor et des Sutton.

The police remained for about two and a half hours, and what transpired during that time varies greatly depending upon which account you read. Most state that spent ammunition was scattered everywhere and that the house's windows were extensively damaged by the gunfire. No sign of the creatures was ever found, but one account states that some luminous green glow was discovered near a fence, and was gone by the next day. This description was consistent with that of foxfire — the folk name for bioluminescent fungus on decaying wood — so it can't be considered strong evidence of anything unusual.