The Mothman is the name of a creature that has been reported in several areas of the United States, though most notably in Charleston and Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The original sightings of the creature date back to November 12, 1966 and it was reported by several independent witnesses that gave the same description of the creature. Though this creature has not been seen by large numbers of people, there are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, that believe in the creature.
The Mothman was described by several eye witnesses as a human sized man with large red eyes that were reflective in nature and moved about with the use of moth like wings. Many said that the Mothman didn’t appear to have a head and it looked like the large eyes may be set into the upper chest region. Reports from eye witnesses said that the Mothman was able to fly next to their car when they were driving in excess of 100 miles per hour!
First Sighting
The first known sighting of the Mothman occurred on November 12, 1966, when two couples were driving late at night in one of the couple’s cars. As they were driving past the West Virginia Ordnance Works they all saw two red lights that appeared in the shadows. The couples were curious, so they stopped their car and realized that the lights were moving and upon closer inspection realized that they were two glowing eyes belonging to some sort of creature. The couples were terrified and drove at 100 miles per hour and the creature was able to keep up with them.
More Sightings
The second sighting of the Mothman occurred a week later when four eye witnesses saw the Mothman flying over the same area. The next day, another eye witness was driving past the same field and saw the creature flying over a field and it followed him as he drove as fast as he could toward the police station. These were not the only sightings, in fact there were many more reports of sightings that same year and many even blame the collapse of the Silver Bridge on the Mothman. When the bridge collapsed 46 town residents died and many simply needed someone to blame so the Mothman seemed the perfect subject.
Theories
Others believe that the Mothman is some sort of spy program. The field that the creature was seen flying over or around was a weapons storage facility of sorts in the past and many believe that there is reason to believe that spies of some sort would be interested in this area, though it is no longer in use for this purpose.
Still there are other that believe that the Mothman is little more than a misidentified Sandhill Crane. No one knows for sure who or what the Mothman is, but this is a creature that is very much a part of the past and the present with books and movies being made about it and whole towns full of people that believe that if they go out to this area on a cool night that they just may come in contact with the Mothman.
i once thought i saw the mothman and i was so scared to tell any one and 3days later my gram died and now i just think that it is just some lone creature that tells us when we will feel like the world is in darkness
I do love mythical creatures, and my take on the mothman is this: there could be a giant megafauna sort of insect still in existence. But I am very critical of the sightings listed here–sounds to me like the young couple could have been drunk or under the influence of drugs when they claimed to see the mothman. I knew a man who said that he saw several giant moths circling his car–after surgery when the knock-out medicine was still in his system! (He wasn’t driving.) Wouldn’t you have to be under the influence of something to be driving in the middle of night at 100 miles per hour? And this incident occured in the 1960’s, meaning there was more chance for drunk driving to happen.
How do you know if He’s a boy?
the mothman sounds like a strang mutation to me but it really sounds cool to actually see mothman my self like the lizard man i would like to meet the mothman! just to come back with my arms, legs and other parts of my body with and on me <D
i belive in any legendary creature and some day ill see all of them and some time try to comunicate with the moth man and try find out what he is trying to tell everyo e and for 1 thing its not stupid
hey you guys i think i got this mystery figured out any legendary creature could be what the government made or it could be that they went wrong on there expariment hey broke out and know i guess hes trying to show people how he feels prb
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