In the mid-1960s, the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, became the epicenter of one of America’s most chilling legends. Witnesses reported a towering, winged creature with glowing red eyes—soon dubbed the Mothman. Was it a harbinger of doom, a misunderstood cryptid, or simply mass hysteria? From eyewitness accounts to theories spanning the supernatural and psychological, we discuss the mystery behind the creature that still haunts imaginations today.
Intro Audio: Gavin Prater
Outro Audio: Jason Poe
Source Credit:
https://www.ranker.com/list/true-mothman-stories/lyra-radford
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman
https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia
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