The Mothman Sightings of Point Pleasant, 1966

On November 15, 1966, two young couples in Point Pleasant slammed on their brakes when a seven-foot figure with huge folded wings and glowing red eyes blocked Route 62. Over the next year, more than a hundred locals claimed the Mothman chased cars, hovered outside windows, or shrieked in the treetops, always around the old TNT plant after midnight. Dogs vanished, power flickered, and one witness said his radio filled with static every time the shadow passed over his house. The last sighting came on December 15, 1967, hours before the Silver Bridge collapsed, killing forty-six people.