Horror

Mothman

The Mothman is a scary, unexplained creature with
large red eyes and large wings like a moth. It was
first sighted in Point Pleasant, West Virginia and
was made famous by the 2002 movie The Mothman
Prophecies and has appeared before major world
disasters. The creature often appears to have no
head, with red eyes set into its chest. It has been
photographed and been seen by eyewitnesses and
has chased and harrassed a number of people.
The first sighting of Mothman was in November
1966 in Point Pleasant, Virginia. Two newlywed
couples were driving together on Route 62 when
they saw a dark figure on a hillside up ahead. It was
almost 7 feet tall and it had red eyes and large black
wings folded behind its back. As they watched, it
spread its wings and flew into the air. They sped
off, but the dark figure followed them, even though
they were driving at over 100 mph.
Later that night, a man was at home watching TV
when the screen suddenly went dark and was filled
with a weird pattern. Just then, he heard a loud,
high-pitched whining noise coming from outside
his house. When he went out to see what it was, he
saw two large red eyes staring at him from the
darkness. His dog took off after it and never came
back. That night, the man was so scared he slept
with a gun next to his bed.
Another family in the area spotted a dark figure
outside their house. It was almost 7 feet tall, with
terrible glowing red eyes. The figure came onto
their porch and peered through their windows. The
family were so horrified that they locked their doors
and called the police, but by the time they arrived,
the creature had vanished.
News of the strange sightings spread around the
world and newspapers nicknamed the creature
"Mothman". Between 1966 and 1967, over 100
people saw the mysterious Mothman.
On December 15, 1967, a major disaster hit the town
of Point Pleasant when the Silver Bridge collapsed
during rush hour traffic. The cars plunged into the
dark waters of the Ohio river and 46 people were
killed in the accident. That night, eerie lights were
seen in the sky all over Point Pleasant.
The Mothman was never seen again after the bridge
collapsed. Many people believe that Mothman had
something to do with the disaster.
Mothman has also been sighted just before other
world tragedies, such as the Tsunami in India,
Chernobyl in Russia, the wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq, and September the 11th in New York.
In 2002 the story was made into a movie, The
Mothman Prophecies, starring Richard Gere and
Laura Linney. The paranormal reality TV show
Paranormal State investigated the Mothman mystery
in 2008.