Could there really be a winged, red-eyed creature terrorizing parts of West Virginia and Ohio, or are these sightings better explained by alcohol use, sleep paralysis, and plain old fabrication? He also incorporated UFO activity. If you go to the spot featured in that image of the map, there is no Mothman to . [ 'Red-Eyed Creature' Reported in W. Va. The creature spread its large wings, released an ear-piercing screech, and flew into the night. Although no images could be taken then but there is a sculpture that proves that the incident has occurred. The three hikers eventually jumped into the creek in an attempt to lose the creature, and it eventually disappeared back into the woods. In the papers, they called the Mothman a bird and a mysterious creature. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. The man described the wings as being batlike with a 10' wingspan. Nickell attributes the Mothman stories to sightings of barred owls, suggesting that the Mothman's "glowing eyes" were actually red-eye effect caused from the reflection of light from flashlights or other bright light sources. THE myth of the Mothman has been part of American fokelore since the 1960s. In 2017, a man witnessed what he claimed was a winged human jump off the top of Willis Tower in downtown Chicago. Following the Mothman sightings, the bridge collapse was the second terrible and bizarre thing to put Point Pleasant on the map in a years time. Only time will tell as patterns emerge whether this is urban legend, folklore, or something supernatural. A man in Indiana near the Prairie Creek Reservoir has also spoken to the Singular Fortean Society about a series of glowing orb sightings from 1981 to 2020 that could be related to the Lake Michigan Mothman phenomenon. UFO Clearinghouse reports a USPS employee at the sorting facility located at Chicago O'Hare International Airport came face-to-face with a Mothman creature. Along the way, though, some odd scenes have cropped up over the years. Caller says he saw Mothman while driving on Rt. The myth was written about extensively by Gray Barker in 1970, an America writer known for his books on UFOs and other paranormal phenomena, and John Keel in 1975. Many visitors and employees of the Sandusky Mall in Sandusky, Ohio report encounters with a mysterious ghost known only as the Lady in Red. From 2011 through 2018 Mothman was spotted in Chicago and near Lake Michigan multiple times (nearly 70) by numerous witnesses. This was linked to the Mothman, and the legend was cemented. The creature gripped the railing with its hands and didn't budge when the shuttle rumbled past it. Local news reporter Katy Andersen tweeted the images asking followers: MOTHMAN?! Another said: The Mothman found on Google Maps!. In August 2019, a commercial airline pilot who is a former U.S. Air Force pilot reported seeing a large human with wings perched on a rail. His first sighting as a child was at night when the creature landed only a few feet from him. I believe most of the universe - I rather call Zeroverse since zero represents everything and nothing both - consists of things beyond our scientific knowledge and some knowledge they refuse to reveal. There have been all kinds of stories about people seeing this creature around the airport. The sober friend in the group saw the same thing as his inebriated friends that night. Coal Barge near Silver Bridge collapse, Point Pleasant, WV (Ohio River). The weird events connected to the Mothman began on November 12, 1966 near Clendenin, West Virginia. The source of the legend is believed to have originated from sightings of out-of-migration sandhill cranes or herons. And on that cold December day, that was exactly what happened. But more and more sightings were reported in the Point Pleasant area over the next year as the legend of the Mothman took shape. May 8th 1967, (Mothman) Brenda Stone and another woman, Route 62 TNT Area Pt Pleasant WV, May 19th 1967, June 1967 Mary Hyre's Letters To John Keel, July 1967 Mary Hyre's Letters To John Keel, August - December 1967 Mary Hyre's Letters To John Keel, Where The Waters Mingle by Mary Hyre November 16th 1967, (Mothman) Elderly businessman, Point Pleasant WV, The Silver Bridge Collapse, December 15th 1967, (Men In Black) Mary Hyre, Newspaper Office WV, December 22nd 1967, (Flying Machines) Businesssman, Arlington Virginia, Winter 1968-69, (Winged Woman of Vietnam) Earl Morrison, Da Nang Vietnam, August 1969, Harris Steakhouse AKA The Mothman Diner, 1969, "Point Correspondent Mary Hyre Dies at 54" Newspaper, February 17th 1970, (Giant Bird) Thomas Downy, Norton Massacusetts, Summer 1971, (White Thing) Seven year old boy, The TNT Area WV, July 1973, "Mason 'Mothman Prophecies' Author Keel Dedicates Book to the Late Mary Hyre" Newspaper, March 30th 1975, (Owlman) Reports in Cornwall England, 1976-95, (Dover Demon) Bill Bartlett, Dover Massachusetts, April 21st 1977, (Dover Demon) John Baxtor, Miller Hill Road Massachusetts, April 21st 1977, (Dover Demon) Abby Brabham, Springdale Avenue Massachusetts, April 22nd 1977, (Giant Bird) Edward Cook, Wyoming County WV, August 1978, David Letterman Interviews John Keel, July 28th 1980, (NASA Gargoyle) Frank Shaw, Houston Texas, 1986, The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, closed 1994, (White Thing) Former Navy seaman, Forrest WV, 1994, (White Thing) Two Children, Boone County WV, 1994, The West Virginia State Penitentiary, closed 1995, (White Thing) Couple, Boone County WV, 1995, The X-Files: "Detour" episode, aired November 23rd 1997, "Mason County 'Mothman' has his resurrection on TV" Newspaper, released Nov/Dec 1997, (White Thing) Two Campers, Boone County WV, 1999, (Angel/Winged Humanoid) Steven Moran, New York, September 11th 2001, (Flying Machine) Man, Bristol Connecticut, November 4th 2001, Point Pleasant Interview With Actor Will Patton, 2001, "Reporter's night went by without Mothman sighting" Newspaper, released January 1st 2002, The Mothman Prophecies Movie, released January 25th 2002, The "Search For The Mothman" Documentary, released January 2002, "Memories of Mothman" Newspaper, released February 14th 2002, "Return of The Mothman" Newspaper, released February 2002, Mothman on Unsolved Mysteries TV show, aired July 29th 2002, 1st Annual Mothman Festival, November 16th 2002, (White Thing) Aaron R, Frankfort Cemetery WV, June 24th 2003, 2nd Annual Mothman Festival, September 13th 2003, 3rd Annual Mothman Festival, September 18th and 19th 2004, (Flying Manta Ray) Huntington WV, December 3rd 2004, The "Blackbird of Chernobyl" story emerges online, 2005 (earliest known), The "Freiburg Shrieker" story emerges online, 2005 (earliest known), 4th Annual Mothman Festival, September 16th and 17th 2005, 5th Annual Mothman Festival, September 16th and 17th 2006, (Manbat / Winged Humanoid) Awohali, Wisconsin, September 2006, (Winged Humanoid) Woman, Stewartville Minnesota, June 27th 2007 - Retroactive, 'John Keel On Mothman' September 2007 FATE Article, 6th Annual Mothman Festival, September 15th and 16th 2007, (Giant Bird) Clendenin, September or October 2007, "'Mothman' still a frighteningly big draw for tourists" Newspaper, released January 19th 2008, Return to Point Pleasant Comic Book, released September 1st 2008, 7th Annual Mothman Festival, September 20th and 21st 2008, (Winged Humanoid) Lamont Greer, Sacramento California, August 2009, 8th Annual Mothman Festival, September 19th and 20th 2009, MonsterQuest's Mothman Episode, aired February 10th 2010, (Flying Chupacabra) Miguel Negron, Puerto Rico, June of 2010, 9th Annual Mothman Festival, September 18th and 19th 2010, (Flying Chupacabra) Other residents, southwestern Puerto Rico, 2010, (Flying Chupacabra) Valdo, Guanica Sugar Mill, 2010, (Mothman) Student, Point Pleasant WV, 2010, The "Eyes of The Mothman" Documentary, released February 22nd 2011, 10th Annual Mothman Festival, September 17th and 18th 2011, 11th Annual Mothman Festival, September 15th and 16th 2012, (The Swift Peter / Flying Creature) Marie, Mississippi, Summer of 2013, 12th Annual Mothman Festival, September 21st and 22nd 2013, (Winged Humanoid) Will Davis, Hank and Susan Miller, Oregon, December 2013, Dale Morton's Mothman Costume, started February 2014 and finished May 2014, (Mothman-like creature) K. Brown, Greeley Colorado, March 10th 2014, Fish Fisher - The Mothman of Point Pleasant, released May 5th 2014, Navy Poster Museum, opened September 2014, 13th Annual Mothman Festival, September 20th and 21st 2014, (Mothman) Andy Colvin, Point Pleasant WV, Around 2015, Art of Point Pleasant Comic Book, released 2015, Iron Spell - The Night of the Mothman, released August 24th, 2015, Winged Humanoid Reports in Singapore, Aug 28-Nov 2015, 14th Annual Mothman Festival, September 19th and 20th 2015, (White Thing) six campers, Fulks Run Virginia, 2015, Brian Zeller - Mothman, What You Gonna' Do Now?, video released on June 18th 2016, Filming begins for The Mothman of Point Pleasant Documentary, September 15th 2016, 15th Annual Mothman Festival, September 17th and 18th 2016, Brian Zeller - Silver Bridge Has Fallen Down, video released on September 27th 2016, (Mothman) WSAZ Caller/Man, Point Pleasant West Virginia, November 20th 2016, Filming wraps on The Mothman of Point Pleasant, February 2017, Pre-release screening of The Mothman of Point Pleasant Documentary at The Lowe Hotel, May 27th 2017, The Mothman of Point Pleasant Documentary, The Mothman of Point Pleasant Documentary Screening at The WV State Theater, September 15th 2017, 16th Annual Mothman Festival, September 16th and 17th 2017, The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear by Small Town Monsters, released April 6th 2018, 17th Annual Mothman Festival, September 15th and 16th 2018, 18th Annual Mothman Festival, September 21st and 22nd 2019, (Large Crow) Abe and Mildred Patterson, Fayetteville WV, August, (Bluefield's Gargoyle) Robert S, Bluefield WV, (Giant Bird) Elias Midkoff, Lincoln County WV, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. During the time this creature was visiting the town people reported having strange nightmares Point Pleasants fame as the home of the Mothman legend hasnt waned in recent decades. He also records anecdotal tales of Mothman supposedly attacking the roofs of parked cars occupied by teenagers. Soon it became apparently connected to supernatural events after sightings, and was linked to the collapse of a bridge which killed 46 people. The creature was said to have a wingspan of 12'-15' and standing height was 6'-7 . But every so often, a sighting emerges. He described the creature as being 6.5' tall and covered in fur instead of feathers. The Mothman is actually West Virginia folklore, dating back to news reports in 1966 of a creature which lurked in the Point Pleasant area. 2 in Point Pleasant tonight. Sightings are bullet pointed, events are in brackets and Mothman sightings are in bold. Another UFO Clearinghouse Mothman report was filed on April 7, 2017 by a man walking his dog in a Chicago park at night. Another Ohioan allegedly encountered the Mothman in the late summer/early fall of 2003 in the city of Toronto, Ohio, located along the Ohio river. The man enlarged the photo to get a better look at the object and felt it resembled a large bat.