BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - A national retailer known for its DIY stuffed creations recently released a large version of a West Virginia cryptid. Build-a-Bear has created a 3-foot-tall Mothman stuffed ...
Video: Other Mothman stories featured on WBOY over the years. CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Build-A-Bear’s Mothman plush is back and bigger than ever. As of Tuesday evening, the Build-A-Bear online store ...
In American folklore, Mothman is the name given to a humanoid creature that was reportedly seen around Point Pleasant, West Virginia, from , to . Despite its name, the original sightings of the creature described avian features. The first newspaper report was published in the Point Pleasant Register, dated , titled "Couples See Man-Sized Bird ...
In the 1960s, a winged creature known as the Mothman stalked the Point Pleasant area of West Virginia and allegedly foretold of the Silver Bridge collapse that killed 46 people.
The Mothman was introduced to a broader audience by Gray Barker in 1970 when he linked the collapse of the Silver Bridge to the Mothman. It was later popularized by John Keel in his 1975 book The Mothman Prophecies, claiming that there were supernatural events related to the sightings and a connection to the collapse of the Silver Bridge.
This article compiles a detailed, chronological account of all known Mothman sightings from 1957 to 2024, including well-documented encounters.
Mothman (Urban legend) Mothman is a cryptid (animal or plant whose existence has been suggested but has never been documented convincingly by the scientific community). The Mothman legend consists of several sightings of a creature in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, during the period of to .