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OK I have heard of this a lot. I am pretty sure Dave has heard of this too. I don't know where this is but I know that it is in West Virginia. I have
heard this since I was 7 or 8. Didn't really think much about it. But here is some info from the same site as Megalodon.
http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/page/Mothman
The Mothman is one of the strangest and most terrifying of anomalous creatures ever to be recorded in America. Between November 12, 1966 and
December 15, 1967, it terrorized citizens in the Point Pleasant area of West Virginia. It was said to have been encountered by at least 100 people
over the course of that year. An eyewitness depiction of the Point Pleasant MothmanAccording to author John A. Keel (The Mothman Prophecies, 1975) who
was on hand investigating the reports during the time of the sightings, the creature was reported to be roughly man-shaped, either grey or brown, and
between five and seven feet tall. Its body was wider than a man's. It did not appear to have a head, but rather its "eyes" were set on the upper
chest. These "eyes" were very large, and alternately described as glowing red lights, or a reflected red like a bicycle reflector. When it walked it
shuffled on what appeared to be human-like legs, but no feet were ever observed. Rather than arms it had bat-like wings which it did not flap. It was
always seen to glide. The non-flapping of the wings, even in ascent, is particularly disturbing. Indeed, it was reported to regularly ascend straight
up like a helicopter - and again be it noted, without any wing-action. (In regards to the wings, John Keel determined that a man the size and heft of
the Mothman would require 24 foot wings to be able to glide.) It was fast in flight, able to pace cars going over 100 miles an hour. In flight it
emitted a humming sound and often emitted a "mouse-like squeaking." Occasionally it was heard to also emit a screeching sound something like a woman
screaming. (This "woman screaming" sound is common among anomalous creatures, particularly the Bigfoot creatures.) No one who saw it was indifferent
to the creature - it struck terror into the hearts of all its viewers. Another image of the mythical Mothman Recently, interest in Mothman has been
rekindled due to the release of the movie The Mothman Prophecies starring Richard Gere. Cryptozoologist Loren Colman has also contributed a new book
on the subject: Mothman & Other Curious Encounters (2002).
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OK I just seen this on this site.
The weird events connected to the Mothman began on November 12, 1966 near Clendenin, West Virginia. Five men were in the local cemetery that day,
preparing a grave for a burial, when something that looked like a “brown human being” lifted off from some nearby trees and flew over their heads. The
men were baffled. It did not appear to be a bird, but more like a man with wings. A few days later, more sightings would take place, electrifying the
entire region.
Late in the evening of November 15, two young married couples had a very strange encounter as they drove past an abandoned TNT plant near Point
Pleasant, West Virginia. The couples spotted two large eyes that were attached to something that was "shaped like a man, but bigger, maybe six or
seven feet tall. And it had big wings folded against its back". When the creature moved toward the plant door, the couples panicked and sped away.
Moments later, they saw the same creature on a hillside near the road. It spread its wings and rose into the air, following with their car, which by
now was traveling at over 100 miles per hour. "That bird kept right up with us," said one of the group. They told Deputy Sheriff Millard Halstead
that it followed them down Highway 62 and right to the Point Pleasant city limits. And they would not be the only ones to report the creature that
night. Another group of four witnesses claimed to see the “bird” three different times!
Another sighting had more bizarre results. At about 10:30 on that same evening, Newell Partridge, a local building contractor who lived in Salem
(about 90 miles from Point Pleasant), was watching television when the screen suddenly went dark. He stated that a weird pattern filled the screen and
then he heard a loud, whining sounds from outside that raised in pitch and then ceased. “It sounded like a generator winding up” he later stated.
Partridge’s dog, Bandit, began to howl out on the front porch and Newell went out to see what was going on.
When he walked outside, he saw Bandit facing the hay barn, about 150 yards from the house. Puzzled, Partridge turned a flashlight in that direction
and spotted two red circles that looked like eyes or “bicycle reflectors”. They moving red orbs were certainly not animal’s eyes, he believed, and the
sight of them frightened him. Bandit, an experienced hunting dog and protective of his territory, shot off across the yard in pursuit of the glowing
eyes. Partridge called for him to stop, but the animal paid no attention. His owner turned and went back into the house for his gun, but then was too
scared to go back outside again. He slept that night with his gun propped up next to the bed. The next morning, he realized that Bandit had
disappeared. The dog had still not shown up two days later when Partridge read in the newspaper about the sightings in Point Pleasant that night.
Now the first line well that is where I am and never knew about this till now. go to here http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/page/Mothman+Sightings to
read. copy and paste this to your browser
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| posted on 1-12-09 at 09:29 PM |
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I was just going to post something about the Mothman, but you beat me to it. was going to do it before I went to scouts but didn't get a chance.
LOL
For some reason I never could figure out if it really existed or not. there has been strong evidence pointing in both directions. So I never knew what
I beleived.
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| posted on 1-12-09 at 09:38 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rowskid86
I was just going to post something about the Mothman, but you beat me to it. was going to do it before I went to scouts but didn't get a chance.
LOL
For some reason I never could figure out if it really existed or not. there has been strong evidence pointing in both directions. So I never knew what
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Well you have a good point. There is evidence that points in both directions. And it is an interesting story. And ya I beat ya to it. I found this on
the site I said above. Same place I found Megalodon, the reply to the Chupicabra, and a reply in the black dog thread.
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I remember the collapse of the Silver Bridge from when I was a child which was supposed to have been foretold by the Mothman. And yes I've seen the
movie also. A lot of the things in the movie were (of course) dramatised but there was a lot about the Mothman which some people have actually
reported. I haven't really studied the reports but I have read a few and it really gives you the chills. A lot of people say that the sightings
were a large whooping crane, but a lot deny that it was. What ever it was, it did exhibit some intelligence in some instances which is what freaked a
lot of people. I really would like to investigate this one but I haven't heard of it being active in some years now. Has anyone heard any
differently?
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Sam, that story sounds great; I really appreciate you sharing it with us. 
Did you grow up around Point Pleasant?
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Pretty close. The thing is I'm older than dirt so I remember all of the talk that was going around then. There are so many things that we discussed
then. I've even heard that there were some sightings of the "crane" in Kentucky, close to the border. It would make sense that the thing
wouldn't respect state borders (LOL). I remember the older people talking about the issue in hushed tones. Sort of like they were afraid that
actually talking about it would call it to them.
There were theories that it was actually the spirit of the Shawnee Chieftain Cornstalk who fought in the battle of Tu-Endie-Wei Point (a Wyandotte
word meaning "point between two waters") or Chief Logan of the Mingo tribe, who's entire family was killed by white settlers. But there are a lot
of theories and no answers. The only fact is that the "Mothman" has not been seen since the Silver Bridge collapsed.
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