What makes for a good modern American myth? Something where a quick Google search can’t dissuage its origins. Something that permeates the minds of the people inflicted and the communities that branch ...

THE myth of the Mothman has been part of American fokelore since the 1960s. Now a recent sighting of a what some people are saying is a winged man flying through the trees has sparked fears the ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the Cryptid of the Week! Mothman! This elusive cryptid took West Virginia and Appalachia by storm after it was first sighted in 1966. Many believe ...

Stories of paranormal creatures can be found across the world. Famous examples of these cryptids include Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and the Jersey Devil. But in the small town of Point Pleasant, ...

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A lot of people can't mention the Silver Bridge without also talking about the Mothman. The Mothman was a silly little ...

The Mothman statue in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. | Jimmy Emerson DVM, Flickr // CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The infamous cryptid’s popularity endured over the ensuing decades with the help of John Keel’s 1975 ...

In its Richard Gere-centric TV ads and posters, The Mothman Prophecies touts itself as "based on true events"—a bold claim for a tale centered around spooky-voiced entities making prophecies via ...

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (WBOY) — Mothman was a witness for an engagement recently, and the internet is loving it. Among recent visitors was a couple that got engaged in front of the statue. The Mothman ...

Moviegoers who have seen the new psychic thriller “The Mothman Prophecies” can now order The Mothman Pizza. They can munch on the cherry tomato eyes, the green pepper feet and mushroom wings while ...

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, ...