POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Every September, the streets in this tiny town along West Virginia's border with Ohio are taken over by Mothman, a mysterious creature that, like Bigfoot, has inspired books, ...
He appeared before the Silver Bridge collapse in 1967. Now, he's been spotted again—this time in the skies over Chicago.
It started in the 1960s, when two couples told a harrowing story about being chased by a large flying creature on a rural road. It grew from there... Devotees of the mysterious Mothman descend on its ...
(Left) Mothman masks and other cryptid-related items are on sale at vendors' kiosks along Main Street at the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, W.Va. (Right) Selah Miller, of Charleston, W.Va., poses ...