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with many more "afraid to report their sightings." However, he points out that these written sources for such stories consisted of children's books or sensationalized or undocumented accounts that fail to quote identifiable persons. Brunvand found elements in common among many
Mothman reports and much older folk tales, suggesting that something real may have triggered the scares and became woven with existing folklore. He also records anecdotal tales of Mothman supposedly attacking the roofs of parked cars occupied by teenagers.
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as well as the "reddish flesh" around the crane's eyes. Daniel A. Reed examined the migration patterns and historically reported sightings of Sand Hill Cranes in the area of Point
Pleasant, West Virginia and proposed that, in cases where eyeshine was not noted, it was statistically more likely that witnesses were seeing and misidentifying a Great Blue Heron instead.
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Mothman has been widely covered in popular press, with some claiming sightings connected with UFOs, and others suggesting that a military storage site was Mothman's "home". Brunvand notes that the recountings of the 1966â67 Mothman reports usually state that at least 100 people saw Mothman
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researcher Lon
Strickler are "a selective sample". Gallo explains that "he's not sampling random people and asking if they saw the Mothman – he's just counting the number of people that voluntarily came forward to report a sighting." According to Gallo, "people more likely to visit a
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points out that the only report of glowing "red eyes," was secondhand, that of
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Pleasant held its first Annual Mothman Festival in 2002. The Mothman Festival began after brainstorming creative ways to attract visitors to Point Pleasant. The group organizing the event chose the Mothman to be the center of the festival due to its uniqueness, and as a way to celebrate its
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munitions plant. Linda
Scarberry described it as a 'slender, muscular man' about seven feet tall with white wings. However, she was unable to discern its face due to the hypnotic effect of its eyes. Distressed, the witnesses sped away, reporting that the creature flew after their car, making a
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Partridge told Johnson that when he aimed a flashlight at a creature in a nearby field, its eyes glowed "like bicycle reflectors". Additionally, he blamed buzzing noises from his television set and the disappearance of his
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Over the next few days, more people reported similar sightings after local newspapers covered it. Two volunteer firemen who saw it said it was a "large bird with red eyes". Mason County
Sheriff George Johnson believed the sightings were due to an unusually large
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proposed that the photo showed "a bird, perhaps an owl, carrying a frog or snake away" and wrote that "there is zero reason to suspect it is the Mothman as described in legend. There are too many far more reasonable explanations."
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opened in 2005. The festival is held on the third weekend of every September, hosting guest speakers, vendor exhibits, pancake-eating contests, and hayride tours of locally notable areas.
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including premonitions of the collapse of the Silver Bridge,
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dog on the creature. Wildlife biologist Robert L. Smith at
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1808:"The Mothman and the Crane: A Contemporary Perspective"
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1905:"Mothman Statue, Point Pleasant, West Virginia"
1551:. West Virginia Division of Culture and History
1409:. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 93â.
1406:The Mystery Chronicles: More Real-Life X-Files
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1742:The Baby Train and Other Lusty Urban Legends
1495:. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 15â.
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952:(2002) â A film inspired by Keel's book.
1854:. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio,
1462:Sergent, Donnie; Wamsley, Jeff (2002).
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1876:"Mothman Festival returns Sept. 21â22"
1767:"Investigating Mothman's Red Eyeshine"
1644:Zheltaya Gazeta via Svobodnaya Gruziya
1605:"Eight People Say They Saw 'Creature'"
638:in 1970, and was later popularized by
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1465:Mothman: The Facts Behind the Legend
1376:Mothman and Other Curious Encounters
1240:Palma, Bethania (25 November 2016).
2023:"Skeptoid #159: The Mothman Cometh"
1765:Radford, Benjamin (MayâJune 2020).
1545:"The Collapse of the Silver Bridge"
1373:Coleman, Loren (1 December 2001).
1028:Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
892:) suggest the Mothman could be an
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630:An artistic impression of Mothman.
357:James Randi Educational Foundation
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1806:Reed, Daniel (JulyâAugust 2022).
1706:Elbein, Asher (26 October 2018).
1573:Associated Press (Jan 19, 2008).
2382:Ghosts of the American Civil War
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1516:Richard Moreno (6 August 2013).
1209:Associated Press (Dec 1, 1966).
996:(2024) - Volume 4, Episode 5 of
783:claim that Mothman sightings in
757:did not appear in the show, the
2644:Alleged extraterrestrial beings
342:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
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1636:Lobkov, Denis (23 May 2002).
975:The Mothman of Point Pleasant
735:Due to the popularity of the
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2649:American legendary creatures
2458:Mercy Brown vampire incident
1882:. 2019-09-06. Archived from
1646:(in Russian). Archived from
1670:Mothman" of Point Pleasant"
1061:The Adventure Zone: Amnesty
742:at the time, the fictional
135:Electronic voice phenomenon
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2669:Supernatural urban legends
1829:Terry, Josh (2018-01-17).
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917:local legacy in the town.
789:Russian apartment bombings
688:Mothman statue located in
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2443:Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine
1066:National Radio Quiet Zone
930:Derived from Keel's story
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1489:Cassandra Eason (2008).
1288:(BookSurge Publishing).
1089:The Adventure Zone: Dust
711:West Virginia University
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407:Apparitional experiences
28:Mothman (disambiguation)
19:Not to be confused with
2448:Lost Ship of the Desert
1176:Point Pleasant Register
1107:Apparitional experience
1038:(1997) â An episode of
978:(2017) â A documentary.
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612:Point Pleasant Register
465:Argument from ignorance
432:Out-of-body experiences
145:Extrasensory perception
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2654:American urban legends
2438:Goatman (urban legend)
1306:The Mothman Prophecies
1132:Goatman (urban legend)
988:Craig McDonald, author
949:The Mothman Prophecies
937:The Mothman Prophecies
797:The Mothman Prophecies
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1468:. Mothman Lives Pub.
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1325:Meehan, Paul (2009).
994:The Mothman Revisited
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200:Paranormal television
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2468:Seven Cities of Gold
2014:at Wikimedia Commons
1793:The Gettysburg Times
1738:Brunvand, Jan Harold
1242:"Mothman About Town"
912:Festival and statues
485:Cognitive dissonance
480:Begging the question
427:Ideomotor phenomenon
26:For other uses, see
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1795:. December 1, 1966.
1654:English translation
1351:mothmanfestival.com
1068:from another world.
880:adherents (such as
837:Jan Harold Brunvand
727:and his antagonist
535:Scientific evidence
377:Scientific literacy
16:Modern urban legend
2172:Theodore Roosevelt
1812:Skeptical Inquirer
1771:Skeptical Inquirer
1718:on 27 October 2018
1639:ĐŃиСŃаки каŃĐ°ŃŃŃĐžŃ
1613:. Williamson, WV.
1347:"Mothman Festival"
1268:Skeptical Inquirer
1183:on 11 October 2007
1152:Spring-heeled Jack
998:Unsolved Mysteries
983:The Mothman Menace
925:In popular culture
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115:Demonic possession
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2186:Idiomatic figures
2067:American folklore
2021:(June 23, 2009).
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1475:978-0-9667246-7-7
1416:978-0-8131-2318-9
1386:978-1-931044-34-9
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1127:Flatwoods monster
1008:Other appearances
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255:Spirit world
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2578:Kemp Morgan
2568:Joe Magarac
2512:Uncle Remus
2346:Splintercat
2321:Joint snake
2281:Goofus bird
2193:Average Joe
2162:Casey Jones
2132:Paul Bunyan
2127:Jim Bridger
2112:Elfego Baca
2100:Folk heroes
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1712:Audubon.org
1041:The X-Files
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845:Joe Nickell
755:Killer Moth
729:Killer Moth
654:a 2002 film
636:Gray Barker
550:Uncertainty
275:Telekinesis
225:Psychometry
105:Conjuration
2623:Categories
2593:Pecos Bill
2573:Johnny Kaw
2553:Evangeline
2402:White Lady
2392:La Llorona
2377:Bell Witch
2361:Wampus cat
2356:Teakettler
2341:Snow snake
2301:Hoop snake
2291:Hidebehind
2271:Gillygaloo
2251:Cactus cat
2231:Agropelter
2152:John Henry
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1989:2024-04-02
1964:2012-02-14
1919:2023-11-16
1890:2020-10-07
1722:30 October
1685:18 January
1448:2012-02-08
1356:2024-05-30
1252:18 January
1246:Snopes.com
1187:27 January
1158:References
1081:Inside Job
1073:Fallout 76
886:paranormal
882:ufologists
834:Folklorist
781:UFOlogists
779:, Russian
775:newspaper
759:comic book
510:Groupthink
330:Skepticism
265:Stone Tape
170:Mediumship
120:Demonology
75:Bilocation
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2276:Glawackus
2213:Uncle Sam
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964:TV movie.
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280:Telepathy
130:Ectoplasm
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65:Astrology
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2487:Vaqueros
2478:Westerns
2453:Madstone
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2208:Sam Hide
2147:Geronimo
2091:Salishan
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674:TNT area
603:folklore
515:Hypnosis
422:Hypnosis
150:Forteana
140:Exorcism
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2499:African
2483:Cowboys
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2463:Mothman
2411:Legends
2012:Mothman
1677:WCHS-TV
1002:Netflix
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870:Fortean
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667:History
596:Mothman
495:Fallacy
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190:Ouija
165:Magic
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