Mothman
The Mothman
The Mothman legend centers around a horrific event that took place in Point Pleasant, West Virginia on December 15, 1967. On that cold December evening, at around 4 p.m., the U.S. Highway 35 Bridge, known as the Silver Bridge, collapsed. The Silver Bridge connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Kanauga, Ohio. Thirty-seven vehicles were on the Silver Bridge when it collapsed, sending 31 of those cars into the cold river water. Forty-six people perished and nine were seriously injured.
For 13 months prior to the incident, residents in the Point Pleasant area had witnessed sightings of a man-sized bird creature called the Mothman. Many claimed to have seen the Mothman not far from the bridge, and some believe that this creature was involved either directly or indirectly with the bridge’s collapse. Shortly after the Silver Bridge collapsed there were a couple of sightings, then the Mothman seemed to have quietly disappeared.
The first Mothman sighting occurred in the early 1960s, when a woman driving her car near the Chief Cornstalk Hunting Grounds stopped to avoid hitting what she thought was a man in the road. The figure turned to face her, its eyes glowing red from the headlights. It spread two large, thin wings and took to the air.
Another sighting took place in 1965. A woman living on the banks of the Ohio River informed police that her son had come in from playing and told her that he had seen an angel in the yard.
A year later, a doctor’s wife reported seeing what she described as a giant, thin butterfly. And in November of the same year, five men digging a grave reported seeing a brown human being with wings fly out of the trees.
Later that same month, Mr. and Mrs. Scarberry and their friends the Mallettes were driving towards Point Pleasant when they saw a tall figure on the side of the road in an area known as TNT. They told officials that it stood at least seven feet tall. They also stated that it had large wings folded behind its back.
The Mothman legend centers around a horrific event that took place in Point Pleasant, West Virginia on December 15, 1967. On that cold December evening, at around 4 p.m., the U.S. Highway 35 Bridge, known as the Silver Bridge, collapsed. The Silver Bridge connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Kanauga, Ohio. Thirty-seven vehicles were on the Silver Bridge when it collapsed, sending 31 of those cars into the cold river water. Forty-six people perished and nine were seriously injured.
For 13 months prior to the incident, residents in the Point Pleasant area had witnessed sightings of a man-sized bird creature called the Mothman. Many claimed to have seen the Mothman not far from the bridge, and some believe that this creature was involved either directly or indirectly with the bridge’s collapse. Shortly after the Silver Bridge collapsed there were a couple of sightings, then the Mothman seemed to have quietly disappeared.
The first Mothman sighting occurred in the early 1960s, when a woman driving her car near the Chief Cornstalk Hunting Grounds stopped to avoid hitting what she thought was a man in the road. The figure turned to face her, its eyes glowing red from the headlights. It spread two large, thin wings and took to the air.
Another sighting took place in 1965. A woman living on the banks of the Ohio River informed police that her son had come in from playing and told her that he had seen an angel in the yard.
A year later, a doctor’s wife reported seeing what she described as a giant, thin butterfly. And in November of the same year, five men digging a grave reported seeing a brown human being with wings fly out of the trees.
Later that same month, Mr. and Mrs. Scarberry and their friends the Mallettes were driving towards Point Pleasant when they saw a tall figure on the side of the road in an area known as TNT. They told officials that it stood at least seven feet tall. They also stated that it had large wings folded behind its back.
Cited: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman http://www.lorencoleman.com/mothman_file.html http://www.mysterious-america.net/mothmanprophecie.html