POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (WCHS) — Few small towns have their very own monster but Point Pleasant in Mason County has an entity that’s story and fame have reached global proportions. The story of the ...

The creature has risen from local appearances to the national stage as a leader in the cryptid revival of the last twenty years. Gwen Mallow The town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, offers 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 ...

November 12 th, 1966. Clendenin, West Virginia: Five grave diggers are working in a small cemetery when something catches their eye. A human-like creature, bathed in shadows, just above the treetops.

You would never expect the small, unsassuming town of Gallipolis, Ohio, to be haunted by a folkloric monster, but that's just what you'll find in this enclave that sits on the West Virginia border.

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, ...