Tales of winged creatures and mysterious visitors in black go back to the beginning of recorded history, in just about every culture. In Point Pleasant, West Virginia during 1966 & 1967, these ominous visitors would serve as omens for a terrible tragedy that struck the town one December evening when the Silver Bridge collapsed into the river below.
As usual, we discover that all of the paranormal phenomena we look into seems to be wound together tightly, and more & more we realize everything really is connected. Dive with us into the Mothman rabbit hole where today we're gonna Creep It Keel.
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Our sources for this episode include:
https://anthropology.ua.edu/theory/diffusionism-and-acculturation/
The Mothman Prophecies by John A Keel
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