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a seven-foot red-eyed cryptid that allegedly warned a town its bridge would fall.
means A winged, red-eyed humanoid creature reported in West Virginia in the 1960s, now a famous figure in American cryptid folklore.
from A modern American coinage from the late 1960s, stitched together from "moth" (the winged, light-drawn insect, from Old English "moþþe") and "man." The popular account ties the name to a wave of sightings around Point Pleasant, West Virginia, beginning in 1966; a newspaper reportedly dubbed the creature "Mothman," likely echoing the era's TV craze for "-man" superheroes like Batman. The legend's link to the 1967 Silver Bridge collapse came later, cemented by retellings — most famously John Keel's book and the film it inspired.
- first sighting
- Point Pleasant, West Virginia, November 1966
- glowing eyes
- witnesses described red eyes, no visible head
- bridge omen
- linked to 1967 Silver Bridge collapse, 46 dead
- festival
- annual Mothman Festival draws thousands yearly
- statue
- chrome Mothman statue stands in Point Pleasant
mothman of point pleasant — cryptid reported 100+ times in west virginia in 1966-1967, seen before bridge collapse
chicago mothman sightings — creature spotted multiple times in 2017 near o'hare airport and downtown