While the “mothman” has become a fixture of paranormal horror since it was adapted to film in 2002, the stories it was based on were actually far stranger than anything portrayed on screen. The wide range of events that occurred in Point Pleasant, West Virginia in 1966 and 1967 remain some of the most perplexing anomalous events in history, and they implore us to consider how they all might be related.
Thank you to Jeff Wamsley, mothman researcher (MothmanMuseum.com), and Ebony Martin, Graduate Research Assistant at West Virginia University Libraries.
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Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau.
Illustration by V.R. Laurence (https://vrlaurence.com).
Research by Clark Murphy.
Music by Josh Chamberland.
Animation by Brendan Barr.
Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland.
Sources:
Barker, Gray. The Silver Bridge: The Classic Mothman Tale, 2nd Edition, ebook edition. Clarksburg, WV, USA: Saucerian Books, (1970) 2015.
Breedlove, Seth, director. The Mothman of Point Pleasant. USA: Cyfuno Ventures, Small Town Monsters, 2017. 1 hr., 7 min.
Breedlove, Seth, director. Terror in the Skies. USA: Small Town Monsters, 2019. 1 hr., 7 min.
Coleman, Loren. Mothman: Evil Incarnate. New York, NY, USA: Cosimo Books, 2017.
Derenberger, Woodrow interview. WTAP-TV. November 3rd 1966.
Dewitt, Faye in “F.I. Mothman Witness Faye Dewitt at Mothman Fest 2007,” Fortean Investigations, YouTube video, 14:35, January 17, 2011, https://youtu.be/bpUGPucgEPY.
Keel, John A. The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story, paperback edition. New York, USA: Tom Doherty Associates, (1975) 1991.
Nickell, Joe. “Mothman Revisited: Investigating on Site.” Skeptical Briefs, Volume 12.4. December 2, 2002.
Ury, Thomas in “Mothman Witness Tom Ury speaks at Mothman Fest 2011. Part 1 (of 4).” Fortean Investigations. YouTube video, 14:39. September 19, 2011. https://youtu.be/ETV-3RuaB48.
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