KnownUnknowns's video: Mothman - Mysterious Facts Behind The Legend

Thanks for watching.............. 1. Description 2. Mothman is a legendary moth-like creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area of West Virginia from 15 November 1966 to 15 December 1967. 3. A seven-foot-tall, well built, humanoid monster with giant red, glowing eyes and huge brown wings. 4. A creature who can ascend to the skies from a standing position, and fly at astonishing speeds, and who mutilates pets and instils instant fear in the hearts of all those who see him. 5. "Mothman", as the strange creature came to be called, is perhaps one of the strangest creatures to ever grace the annals of weirdness in America. 6. Mothman was introduced to a wider audience by Gray Barker in 1970. 7. Report 8. On November 12, 1966, five men who were digging a grave at a cemetery near Clendenin, WV claimed to see a man-like figure fly low from the trees over their heads. a. This is often identified as the first known sighting of what became known as the Mothman. 9. Shortly thereafter, on November 15, 1966, two young couples from Point Pleasant, told police they saw a large white creature whose eyes "glowed red" when the car headlights picked it up. 10. They described it as a " large flying man with ten-foot wings following their car while they were driving in an area outside of town known as 'the TNT area', the site of a former World War II munitions plant. 11. In early November 1966 various sightings of a huge, strange 'bird' were reported around Point Pleasant, West Virginia, USA. 12. Yet, for over a year in the mid-1960s more than 100 otherwise reliable residents of a small West Virginian town distinctly saw the horrifying figure that terrorized their community. They saw 'Mothman'. 13. Over the next few days reports of a giant 'bird' terrorizing locals came into police headquarters with increasing frequency. 14. Car passengers had experienced the creature swooping down on them, and the reception on television and radio sets were being disrupted across the region. 15. One man whose television failed lived in Salom, 90 miles from Point Pleasant. At the exact moment his television stopped working, his dog whined from the porch. a. The man went outside to investigate and spotted two red, glowing lights in his hay barn, at which point his dog ran off. The man, stricken with fear, returned to his house, locked all the doors and windows. That night, he slept with his gun next to him. His dog was never seen again. 16. Perhaps the most chilling story concerning Mothman happened on 16th November 1966. A young mother was driving to see some friends, who had one of the few houses close to the TNT compound. She said she had seen a 'funny red light' in the sky, and, as she arrived at her friends' house, heard something rustling near her car. 17. She was horrified, grabbed her small daughter and ran into the house, locking the doors behind her. The creature followed, creeping onto the porch and staring in the windows. The police were called, but by the time they arrived, Mothman had dis-appeared. 18. Over the next year, Mothman was seen by many witnesses including firemen and pilots. 19. At 17.00 on 15th December 1967 the Silver Bridge linking Point Pleasant to Ohio suddenly collapsed, 46 people died as a result, and the residents of Point Pleasant were forced to deal with real horror rather than mythical beasts. 20. Their creature's reign of terror paled into insignificance and he was forgotten. However, many people still believe the bridge disaster may have been Mothman's terrible final act. 21. The collapse of the Silver Bridge made headlines all over the country. The local citizens were stunned with horror and disbelief and the tragedy is still being felt today. 22. But if Mothman was real... and he truly was some unidentified creature that cannot be explained, what was behind the UFO sightings, the poltergeist reports, the strange lights, sounds, the "men in black" and most horrifying, the collapse of the Silver Bridge? Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman