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I visited Point Pleasant, WV and the Mothman Museum. What do you think Mothman actually was?
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I visited Point Pleasant, WV and the Mothman Museum. What do you think Mothman actually was?

I visited Point Pleasant, WV and the Mothman Museum, and I get why people are still fascinated by it.

I went in thinking it would just be a fun weird road trip stop, but the old newspaper clippings, Silver Bridge history, local stories, and the whole feel of Point Pleasant made it way more interesting than I expected.

I’m not saying I believe every part of the legend, but I can totally see why people still talk about it.

For people who know the story better, what do you think Mothman actually was? Do you believe in the Mothman?

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  2. bb5055 on

    i think it’s mostly people who just get spooked by seeing large owls at night

  4. dankskent on

    Clearly a xeno-species that developed a niche habitat in the American Appalachia. As well as becoming a beloved LGBTQ+ icon <3

  5. Phill_Cyberman on

    >What do you think Mothman actually was?

    Probably just a regular moth just really close up.

  6. CulturalApple4 on

    I don’t know but the people who originally saw it… were really shaken by the experience. It was real to them.

  7. UberGoobler on

    Omg I need that Mothman Museum Fallout 76 poster. Did they sell them at the shop?

  9. EntertainmentQuick47 on

    Part of me likes to believe in mothman cause unlike Nessie or Bigfoot, people aren’t repeatedly claiming to see Mothman out in the open or recording shaky-cam videos of him. Perhaps Mothman did exist, and he simply retreated back to the woods and died long ago, never to be seen again. Or maybe it was a big owl, but that’s too lame to believe.

  13. Ficklefemme on

    This is one that I truly believe there is more to it.

    There were over 100 witnesses during that time. And many on the bridge if I’m not mistaken.. also there was a highlight credential, or I would say reputable investigated reporter who went there to report on the Mothman sightings.

    If you read about the time, and all that was going on during the sightings it’s a very interesting read. Again, I truly believe there’s more to this than just pandemonium..

  14. vintagegeek on

    I came to the US when I was 12 years old in 1978. I didn’t know english, and in the process of learning english, I came across UFO/Cryptid books in the library that NO ONE would touch. One of those books was the story of the Mothman. He was my first cryptid, and as such, has a special place in my heart.

  15. VonBrewskie on

    I think the owl thing is the majority of it. But there’s just too much other weirdness surrounding Point Pleasant to dismiss it all as that. I think it’s very possible that we may have, (and may still,) rubbed elbows so to speak, with an entity from a different dimension. In the Mothman Prophecies movie, I think they said it best. The professor John Keel goes to see points up at a window washer many floors up and basically says that guy up there isn’t any different than you or I. Except that guy can just see a little further down the road from his vantage point. I think that does a fair job at explaining the basics, at least. The Chicago Mothman incidents are pretty disturbing and very weird themselves.

  16. Mishkin37 on

    I don’t know anything about the Mothman other than what I read about it in library books as a 3rd grader and what I saw in The Mothman Prophecies, which I constantly conflate with the movie Dragonfly, even though they are nothing alike.

    I’ve always liked the line in the movie about explaining yourself to a cockroach.

    True, partially true, or fake as shit…it’s super fascinating. I’m kind of bummed that when we were in WV, we didn’t check out the museum.

    Also…I’m relieved that when we were walking around the woods of WV, I did not remember that’s where the Mothman chilled.