The Point Pleasant Monster: The Mothman is up to mischief in West Virginia

• The Mothman is first sighted in 1966.
• The scary monster has large wings, red eyes and sharp claws.
• At first the monster is a regional phenomenon, but is eventually spotted across the United States.

It has been almost 50 years since the Mothman was first sighted. It was a cold November night in 1966 and a four-person car was driving through a remote area of ​​West Virginia. Suddenly a creature appeared that frightened the occupants almost to death.

A figure, human-like, taller than two meters and with angel-like wings. The creature soared into the air flapping its wings, raising clouds of dust. The inmates fled. Inside the car they could still hear the flapping of the wings. This is how “Travelbook” traced history.

A scary monster with mesmerizing eyes

The witnesses went to the local sheriff that night to report the incident. The press also rushed to the story and published a report the next day about the first to sight the Mothman, according to “Travelbook”. Since that night, the monster has been a legend in the small town of Point Pleasant, near which the incident took place.

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Little by little, more and more people reported encounters with the eerie figure and the descriptions became more and more precise. The mothman’s wings are three meters wide, he has large, red, mesmerizing eyes and black skin. His arms and legs are muscular, his hands are long and he has sharp claws instead of feet.

Harbinger of misfortune and hardship

In a legend it is said that the sighting of the Mothman is a harbinger of bad luck. Therefore, the excitement was great when shortly after the incident near Point Pleasant, a bridge collapsed and 46 people drowned, as “Travelbook” reports. The accident has been linked to the Mothman.

Since then, the monster has become more and more popular and has been sighted in all parts of the United States. And his legend still lives on. Sightings, however, are not as common since a resident of Point Pleasant – assuming the Mothman was in front of them – shot a great horned owl, probably taking some of the magic out of the legend.

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