| More than a film or the 12 foot tall, stainless steel | | | | were the glowing red eyes of a large animal described |
| sculpture on display in downtown Point Pleasant in | | | | as "shaped like a man, but bigger, maybe six and a half |
| West Virginia, Mothman is a strange creature seen in | | | | or seven feet tall, with big wings folded against its |
| the United States between November 1966 and | | | | back". This time the creature started chasing the |
| November 1967, appearing several times in West | | | | couples, who were terrified drove off in their car, |
| Virginia, on the border with Ohio. Artist Robert Roach | | | | heading for Route 62 toward the Mason County |
| portrayed the creature in his sculpture as people | | | | courthouse after finding the creature again standing on |
| reported the sightings, a man-sized beast with wings | | | | a ridge near the road. Later it was revealed that a |
| and large reflective or luminous red eyes, that scientist | | | | poltergeist attacked one of the couples' home later the |
| tried to associated with owls, but due to the size and | | | | same night, after the encounter with |
| characteristics, it is believed that Mothman was a | | | | Mothman.Apparitions of Mothman continued in West |
| paranormal phenomena, mostly see during the 1966-69 | | | | Virginia during all of November 1966, and after the |
| years.However, some theories associate Mothman | | | | reports, strangers dressed in black began to appear in |
| with visitors from outer space or a type of Alien never | | | | the area. Nobody knew who the Mothman, or the men |
| seen before or after his visit. Mothman was first | | | | in black were and where they had come from or |
| sighted in November 12, 1966, and named after the | | | | went, one year later. Some neighbors of West Virginia |
| Batman TV series. The first apparition occurred in a | | | | believe that Mothman was an alien and the men in |
| cemetery close to Clendenin, West Virginia while a | | | | black were government agents investigating the |
| group of 5 men were preparing a grave. The workers | | | | strange occurrences, but most people are convinced |
| described the being as a "brown human shape with | | | | that Mothman was a paranormal being and the |
| wings" which lifted off from behind nearby trees and | | | | mysterious visitors were Catholic priests who went to |
| flew over their heads. This sighting was kept in secret | | | | exorcise the demonic creature.There is a website that |
| in the belief it would not occur again, but 3 days later | | | | describes this and numerous other creatures of |
| two young married couples from Point Pleasant, were | | | | Cryptozoology in detail. The website is called: Unknown |
| out for a drive and saw two red lights in the shadows | | | | Creatures, and may be found at this address: Robert |
| of a nearby World War II TNT factory.After stopping | | | | W. |
| the car, their curiosity led them to see that the lights | | | | |