MOTHMAN

A mysterious gray creature appeared in West Virginia in 1966. Dozens of witnesses have even been reported to have seen the appearance of these winged creatures. So famous this creature even to the legend. This creature is known as Mothman.

Mothman or moth man is a cryptid creature that is often described as a winged figure of the size of a human body. Mothman name itself is taken from the name of the antagonist in the Batman comics.

Mothman's first appearance was reported on 12 November 1966 at a local cemetery in the West Virginia area. The first appearance was seen by five people who were there to take care of the funeral process.

Since it was first reported, other visible reports emerged. One of the most notable occurrences occurred three days after its first appearance on November 15, 1966. At that time 4 men who were married couples, David and Linda Scarberry and Steve and Mary Mallette were walking in the Scarberry car.

As they passed the TNT plant in West Virginia they suddenly saw a mysterious creature near the factory. According to their confession, the creature has a height of about 180 cm with a pair of bright red eyes. Behind his back there was also a pair of wings.

The creature disappeared in the darkness of night after they had previously chased the creature to the border of the Point Pleasant area. So famous is the story of the emergence of this Mothman until the local government made the Mothman Statue in Point Pleasant.

Until a few years later, the appearance of Mothman is still widely reported, at least up to 100 incoming reports. Uniquely the report of its emergence not only come from ordinary citizens but also some of the community leaders and police officers themselves.

The appearance of Mothman extends not only in the Point Pleasant region but also to Kentucky, Ohio, Lowell, St. Albans, Salem, Galipolis, and Maysville. Society began to call this mysterious creature as Mothman or moth man. This is because this creature flies and has wings and sounds like a moth.

On December 15, 1967, a bridge at Point Pleasant, named Silver Bridge, collapsed. The bridge that was built in 1928 is located above the Ohio river, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Ohio. The collapse incident has killed 46 people.

The night before the collapse of the bridge was reportedly seen Mothman sightings on the bridge followed by the emergence of strange lights in the sky. Many believe that the collapse of the Silver Bridge has something to do with the rise of the Mothman over the bridge. But surprisingly after that event, Mothman never appeared again.

Not only that, shortly after the expulsion, the Cornstalk was betrayed. He and his family and other Indians were killed. Before his last breath, Cornstalk uttered an alleged Mothman curse that appeared in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.