Have you ever had an encounter with a creature you believe to be the Mothman or some other cryptid or paranormal entity? Originally built in 1928 to connect Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to Gallipolis, Ohio, the bridge was packed with cars. Eyewitnesses Roger Scarberry and Steve Mallett told the local paper, The Point Pleasant Register, that the beast had bright red eyes about six inches apart, a wingspan of 10 feet, and the apparent urge to avoid the bright headlights of the car. This explanation was compelling, especially given the number of early reports that had described the creature as bird-like.. Creature Something.. He described the creature as being 6.5' tall and covered in fur instead of feathers. Is Mothman really a paranormal creature who terrorizes residents of West Virginia and its surrounding areas? All of these sightings were within a 200-mile radius of Lake Michigan. Dr. Robert L. Smith, an associate professor of wildlife biology at West Virginia University, dismissed the notion that a flying monster was staking out the town. [7], An annual festival in Point Pleasant is devoted to the Mothman legend. The state of West Virginia has had its fair share of strang. After the events in Point Pleasant and press reports but before John Keel released his Mothman Prophecies book. Terrified, the woman screamed and crouched down by the cars as the creature charged towards her. This is a chronological listing of documented sightings and events with names, locations and dates. Liam Rhoades from Sarasota on September 19, 2019: Once again , Ms Wilbur touches on a subject that hits me close to home. Half of my family, my Father's entire side are from Point Pleasant, West (by God) Virginia..the stories of a strange winged creature with red eyes and a human like figure go back many.. many.. many years in my family and neighbors there..as well as friends of mine from Alliance Ohio ..they couldn't say what they've seen ..only it wasn't like anything they'd seen before or since..Although I'm not so convinced it's something Paranormal .what I mean is, if a 8-10 foot hairy man beast with giant feet can hide in the forest for 100's of years, then why not this thing? [28][29][30] The festival is held on the third weekend of every September, hosting guest speakers, vendor exhibits, pancake-eating contests, and hayride tours of locally notable areas.[16]. Additionally, he blamed buzzing noises from his television set and the disappearance of his German Shepherd dog on the creature. According to the witnesses, this creature was able to fly at incredible speeds perhaps as fast as 100 miles per hour. Newspaper, released November 18th 1966 ], [ "Red Eyed 'Winged Monster' Sighted in W. Virginia" Newspaper, released November 18th 1966 ]. Thirteen people were killed and nearly 150 injured, with many people claiming to have seen Mothman. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. We take a look at 5 mothman sightings caught on camera. The figure stands about as tall as a human - but that's where similarities end. [21], Conversely, Joe Nickell says that a number of hoaxes followed the publicity generated by the original reports, such as a group of construction workers who tied flashlights to helium balloons. Could Cuyahoga Valley National Park be home to a Bigfoot-like creature known as Grassman? When the roommate's phone rang, she ran to her room to answer it and saw the two glowing eyes staring at her through her bedroom window. Forty-six people died, either by drowning or being crushed by the wreckage. While the photos are blurry, you can clearly see what appear to be human legs and a human torso and large wings sailing overhead. Another Ohioan allegedly encountered the Mothman in the late summer/early fall of 2003 in the city of Toronto, Ohio, located along the Ohio river. As they were walking along the path behind Shedd Aquarium, they noticed someone standing by the railing. Elijah A Alexander Jr from Washington DC on April 01, 2019: I really enjoy your reporting on paranormal beings because of my experiences with paranormal voices and believe they are only so because science have not proven them. It was a massive figure that was moving rapidly from tree to tree. Instead, he attributed the sightings to a sandhill crane, which stands almost as tall as the average man and has bright red flesh around its eyes. This placed a strain on the bridge, which had been built in a time when cars were lighter. In August 2019, a commercial airline pilot who is a former U.S. Air Force pilot reported seeing a large human with wings perched on a rail. I am writing to report something . The creature was said to have a wingspan of 12'-15' and standing height was 6'-7 . Sightings and events that occurred before the original Mothman reports in 1966. "[25], Some pseudoscience adherents (such as ufologists, paranormal authors, and cryptozoologists) claim that Mothman was an alien, a supernatural manifestation, or a previously unknown species of animal. THE myth of the Mothman has been part of American fokelore since the 1960s. At rush hour on August 1, 2007, a bridge on Interstate 35 in Minneapolis, Minnesota gave way at its center.

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