You might have seen the 2002 motion picture The Mothman Prophecies directed by Mark Pellington or read the 1975 book by the same name which was penned by John Keel. These were inspired by alleged real-life sighting in the mid-1960s.
The Mothman is said to be a human sized bird-like creature. On 12th November 1966 in Clendenin, West Virginia a group of workers digging a grave in a cemetery said they saw a brown human like creature flying from some nearby trees. They also said that it flew towards them and glided over their heads.
http://www.wvcommerce.org/news/story/First-sighting-of-the-Mothman/1215/default.aspx
Four days later, it was reported in a Point Pleasant Register News article titled “Couples See Man-Sized Bird...Creature...Something” People reported seeing a “a man-sized, bird-like creature” The News article went onto say that Police appeared on the scene of alleged sightings at 2 am, but weren’t able any evidence of the Mothman’s appearance. In spite of this later that morning two men who believed what they saw was real. They described the creature as 6 -7 feet in height, wings spanning 10 feet and red eyes that were a couple inches in diameter and 6 inches apart. They also said that they hadn’t taken any alcohol.
https://web.archive.org/web/20071011230219/http://www.westva.net/mothman/1966-11-16.htm
The two men and their wives were in a car when the creature was sighted. The two men said that the sighting occurred whilst driving by a Ammunitions Plant that was used during World War 2.
(Smith. D: 100 Things They Don’t Want You To Know – The World’s Greatest Conspiracies and Unsolved Crimes, Pages. 172-173)
Continued sightings were reported over the following weeks. According to an article from the website theportalist.com says that there were a total of 4 alleged sightings of the Mothman.
THE MOTHMAN
Have you heard of the Mothman? Well let me tell you...
You might have seen the 2002 motion picture The Mothman Prophecies directed by Mark Pellington or read the 1975 book by the same name which was penned by John Keel. These were inspired by alleged real-life sighting in the mid-1960s.
The Mothman is said to be a human sized bird like creature. On 12th November 1966 in Clendenin, West Virginia a group of workers digging a grave in a cemetery said they saw a brown human like creature flying from some nearby trees. They also said that it flew towards them and glided over their heads.
http://www.wvcommerce.org/news/story/First-sighting-of-the-Mothman/1215/default.aspx
Four days later, it was reported in a Point Pleasant Register News article titled “Couples See Man-Sized Bird...Creature...Something” People reported seeing a “a man-sized, bird-like creature” The News article went onto say that Police appeared on the scene of alleged sightings at 2 am, but weren’t able any evidence of the Mothman’s appearance. In spite of this later that morning two men who believed what they saw was real. They described the creature as 6 -7 feet in height, wings spanning 10 feet and red eyes that were a couple inches in diameter and 6 inches apart. They also said that they hadn’t taken any alcohol.
https://web.archive.org/web/20071011230219/http://www.westva.net/mothman/1966-11-16.htm
The two men and their wives were in a car when the creature was sighted. The two men said that the sighting occurred whilst driving by a Ammunitions Plant that was used during World War 2.
(Smith. D: 100 Things They Don’t Want You To Know – The World’s Greatest Conspiracies and Unsolved Crimes, Pages. 172-173)
Continued sightings were reported over the following weeks. According to an article from the website theportalist.com says that there were a total of 4 alleged sightings of the Mothman.
Over a year later on December 15 1967 a Bridge crossing the Ohio River into the City of Gallipolis called the Silver Bridge collapsed. When the bridge collapsed 46 were killed during the rush hour period. Officially the collapse of the bridge was put down to the wear and tear of the bridge’s metal. However some locals blamed the mothman. Some people believe that there was a link between the creature sightings and the bridge’s collapse as by this time the sightings of the Mothman had stopped.
https://theportalist.com/4-alleged-mothman-sightings-that-preceded-disasters
Fast forward today Point Pleasant plays host to an annual Mothman Festival every September and is home to Mothman Museum.Gallipolis called the Silver Bridge collapsed. When the bridge collapsed 46 were killed during the rush hour period. Officially the collapse of the bridge was put down to the wear and tear of the bridge’s metal. However, some locals blamed the Mothman. Some people believe that there was a link between the creature sightings and the bridge’s collapse as by this time the sightings of the Mothman had stopped.
https://theportalist.com/4-alleged-mothman-sightings-that-preceded-disasters
Fast forward today Point Pleasant plays host to an annual Mothman Festival every September and is home to Mothman Museum.
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