The Mothman legend is inseparable from the tragedy that struck Point Pleasant, West Virginia, on December 15, 1967. At 5:04 p.m., the Silver Bridge catastrophically failed during rush-hour traffic, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the Cryptid of the Week! Mothman! This elusive cryptid took West Virginia ...

The Mothman is a prime example of modern American folklore, a monster that hasn’t faded from public curiosity since its first appearance in 1966. What makes for a good modern American myth? Something ...

The Mothman statue in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. | Jimmy Emerson DVM, Flickr // CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The infamous cryptid’s popularity endured over the ensuing decades with the help of John Keel’s 1975 ...

This West Virginia town steeped in Revolutionary War history draws visitors for its historic sites, river activities, and ...

A Saturday tweet posted by Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia wishing Mason County residents a happy Mothman Festival caught the eye of President Donald Trump – possibly because the tweet included ...

THE myth of the Mothman has been part of American fokelore since the 1960s. Now a recent sighting of a what some people are saying is a winged man flying through the trees has sparked fears the ...

A bizarre creature terrorized a town in West Virginia in 1966 and 1967, leering at locals with glowing red eyes, flying over their cars and causing radiation burns and even the collapse of a major ...

CW’s Riverdale has spent the last few episodes teasing a new storyline revolving around a nightmarish Mothman character. This folklore legend was introduced when Tabitha Tate, the new owner of Pop’s ...