Tags Loren Coleman Mothman Point Pleasant. If you want to learn more about the Mothman legend, as well as the strange events that gripped Point Pleasant before the disaster, here’s some recommended reading: Mothman may not be stirring up trouble in Point Pleasant these days, but that doesn’t mean he’s retired. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Some speculate that it may have been a large bird – a heron or sandhill crane that might have wandered out of its migration route. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. Early on the morning of November 25, yet another remarkable encounter with the mysterious beast took place, as John Keel noted: “Thomas Ury was driving along Route 62 just north of the TNT area when he noticed a tall, grey manlike figure standing in a field by the road. “I had a terrible nightmare,” Ohio reporter Mary Hyre told journalist John Keel on November 19, 1967, just under a month before the tragedy struck. "An absence of evidence doesn’t necessarily indicate an evidence of absence," intones narrator Blackburn. A few days after two couples reported seeing it, the story spread across the country. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. To answer those questions we have to go back to the dark night of November 12, 1966. Such as the Freiburg and Chernobyl sightings listed above. Unfortunately for the four, however, the beast seemingly decided to follow them. After sightings throughout the next year the Silver Bridge collapsed on December 15, 1967, killing dozens of people. While its not related to the Silver Bridge tragedy, an increasing number of encounters with a bat-like flying humanoid are being reported in the Chicago area. A winged monster with red eyes, the Mothman appeared out of nowhere and, some say, provoked high tragedy and death. It veered over my convertible and began going in circles three telephone poles high.’”, Keel reported that Ury quickly hit the accelerator. “There were a lot of people drowning in the river and Christmas packages were floating everywhere in the water. Now, director Seth Breedlove's new documentary 'The Mothman Legacy' offers a new insight into the popular myth. Several users were convinced it was the mythical winged creature with one writing, "I can confirm that is mothman," and another posted "looks like mothman to me". Morbid Must-Reads: The 2020 Cult of Weird FALL READING LIST is here », https://www.cultofweird.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/mothman-silver-bridge-collapse-lg.jpg, https://www.cultofweird.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cultofweird-new-logo.png, The Silver Bridge Collapsed 50 Years Ago After a Series of Bizarre Mothman Sightings, Mothman Roadtrip: 6 Things to do in Point Pleasant, Mothman and Other Curious Encounters by Loren Coleman.