Mothman is one of the best-known cryptids in North America. This crytozoological creature first gained notoriety after many residents of the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia first encountered it in the mid-1960s. Mothman is generally described as a large, winged creature who stands over six-feet tall, with a wingspan of six to ten feet across, terrifying red glowing eyes, and an owl-like body covered in gray or black feathers or fur.

Mothman is often though of as a portent of impending doom and tragedy. This cryptid is most famously associated with the tragic collapse of the Silver Bridge across the Ohio River near Point Pleasant, West Virginia. 46 people were killed in the collapse of the bridge in 1967. Sightings of the Mothman have waned since the late 1960s after culminating in the bridge collapse tragedy, but there have been some reported sightings of the creature throughout the years in Point Pleasant and surrounding areas since the initial wave of sightings in West Virginia in the mid-1960s.

Does Mothman actually exist, or could the encounters with this creature be the result of other natural, man-made, or perhaps even supernatural phenomenon?

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