Mothman Sightings/Urban Legend

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Works Cited

Noel, Jay. "The Mothman...#3 of My Spooky Stories." Jaynoel.com. 5 October 2005. Web. 15 November 2012
<http://www.jaynoel.com/2005/10/mothman3-of-my-spooky-stories-series.html>.(Noel)

Rose, Tammy. "The legend behind Virginia's Mysterious Mothman." November 2010. Web. 15 November 2012<http://mysteryoftheinquity.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/jeepers-creepers-its-mothman/> (Rose)

Eblin, Jennifer. "The true story behind the Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia." 21 April 2008. Web. 15 November 2012(Eblin) http://voices.yahoo.com/the-true-story-behind-mothman-point-pleasant-1393517.html
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Conclusion

After conducting over my research, I believe the Mothman does actually exist. I strongly believe in the Mothman as the people of Point Pleasant, West Virginia do. Till this day, there has been many reports of people spotting a creature that resembles the Mothman. Since 1966, Point Pleasant has hosted Mothman festival's for people all around to here what took place there. One of the main highlights of the festival is the eerie TNT-area haunted hayride. The TNT area is unchanged since many saw sightings of the Mothman throughout the 1960s. Till this day, Point Pleasant has a statue made of the Mothman that stands over 12 feet tall. This statue attracts many tourist to Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Most people believe the land where Point Pleasant stands is cursed, while others believe the Mothman just warns people about the disasters that will happens next.

Evidence

Another story that I believe in, and has evidence that it also has happened also took place in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. A Mothman investigator Susan Wilcox of Columbus, Ohio ha reported she witnessed a tall creature with wings near her home in 2001. She would visit Point Pleasant often during the years 2001-2002 to do her research, but soon after was diagnosed with an extremely rare brain tumor that mostly strikes children under the age of 12. Ms. Wilcox soon passed away two months later. Her son Brent Fair was also a researcher of the Mothman, found an envelope with Susan's research logs she had given him ten months prior to her passing. Susan left a note on the envelope that stated "B.R., do not open until December 8, 2002." Susan Wilcox had died on December 8, 2002. Her son truly believes after his mother seen the Mothman that it was a warning of her death.

Noel, Jay. "The Mothman...#3 of My Spooky Stories." Jaynoel.com. 5 October 2005. Web. 15 November 2012

<http://www.jaynoel.com/2005/10/mothman3-of-my-spooky-stories-series.html.>(Noel)

Rose, Tammy. "The legend behind Virginia's Mysterious Mothman." November 2010. Web. 15 November 2012<http://mysteryoftheinquity.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/jeepers-creepers-its-mothman/> (Rose)

Eblin, Jennifer. "The true story behind the Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia." 21 April 2008. Web. 15 November 2012(Eblin) http://voices.yahoo.com/the-true-story-behind-mothman-point-pleasant-1393517.html
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Stories

There has been many stories of people seeing the Mothman. There has been a few that have caught my attention and got me interested in learning more about the Mothman. On December 15, 1967 the Silver bridge connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia with Kanauga, Ohio suddenly fell at about 5 pm. A loud cracking sound was heard, and one of the main towers of the bridge began to twist and fall. The bridge collapsed into the Ohio River, carrying the cars, trucks, and people that remained on it. Forty-six people died that night, while many were injured. A report that evening prior to the collapse was the sighting of red lights in the sky. Reports showed that many of the people who were injured were first-hand eyewitnesses of the Mothman. Over one weekend there was over five hundred reports in regarding lights and things seen in the sky. The people of Point Pleasant, West Virginia truly believe the Mothman caused the Silver bridge to collapse.

Rose, Tammy. "The legend behind Virginia's Mysterious Mothman." November 2010. Web. 15 November 2012<http://mysteryoftheinquity.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/jeepers-creepers-its-mothman/> (Rose)

Eblin, Jennifer. "The true story behind the Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia." 21 April 2008. Web. 15 November 2012(Eblin) http://voices.yahoo.com/the-true-story-behind-mothman-point-pleasant-1393517.html

Background

The actual first sightings of the Mothman occured on November 12, 1966. There was a group of gravediggers in Clendenin, West Virginia that spotted a figure flying in the sky. After this first sighting, the people of West Virginia seen the same creature. They described it as a man with wings. Most describe it as being six or seven feet tall with glowing blood-shot eyes, and had a wing span of ten feet. People estimated it flew about one hundred miles an hour. Most witnesses who seen the Mothman experienced eye burns or swelling around their eyes.The Mothman eventually got the attention from people all around the world. Since 1967, there has been worldwide reports on the Mothman appearing at major world disasters. For most of the people that reside still in West Virginia, the Mothman represents a supernatural and uncertain time in their town's history.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Proposal

The topic I'm choosing to write about is the Mothman. I've chose this topic, because I've heard stories on it and have seen the movie, which has always interested me. I do believe in the Mothman, and believe that Point Pleasant, West Virginia is haunted. Most of his sightings have been In Point Pleasant. Different people have had stories on what they've seen and that the Mothman has talked to them. Some people choose to believe that the stories were made up by people wanting attention, while others truly believe the Mothman exist. It's up to us to choose if we believe in it or not.