A man appeared to Samson's mom before Samson was conceived. He appeared a second time, and mom went and fetched dad. The man's face was "like the face of the angel of God, very awesome", at least the first time he appeared to mom.
The man apparently seemed to be "just" a man, a human, albeit an awesome one. The text plainly says that Dad didn't know he was Yahweh's angel. Mom & Dad offered him a meal, which he turned down, saying that any food offering they made should be made to Yahweh.
So Dad prepared the meal, and then offered it to Yahweh as a burnt offering. While the meal burned, the visitor amazed Mom & Dad by ascending into heaven within the flame of the burning food offering, which is when Dad realized this was Yahweh's angel.
-- Judges 13
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