“Mothman”, as the strange creature came to be
called, is perhaps one of the strangest
creatures to ever grace the annals of weirdness
in America. Even though this mysterious and
unsolved case has nothing to do with ghosts, it
would be remiss of me to not include it in a
section of the website about the unexplained.
(Unexplained America)
 
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The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
- The Mothman's Photographer DVD series
(2002-2006)
- Dark Wings - The Mothman Chronicle, directed
by Charles McCracken
- In an episode of Paranormal State on A&E,
Ryan Buell and his paranormal investigation team
travel to Point Pleasant in search of the
Mothman. Though they find no significant proof
of the Mothman's existence, Chip Coffey, the
program's preferred psychic, indicates that the
spiritual energy that he comes in contact with
are not responsible for the bridge's
destruction. This program first aired on March
3, 2008.
- An episode of SciFi Investigates features
the Mothman as its investigative target.
- In 2006, the Travel Channel aired a
documentary about the Loch Ness Monster, New
Jersey Devil, Bigfoot and Mothman. The Mothman
portion featured local highschoolers Michaela
Williamson and Marianne Casey and UFO hunters
Tim and John Frick in the re-enactments of the
strange events.
- Unsolved Mysteries - "Mothman
(Unexplained)". Aired July 22, 2002.
- In an episode of The X-Files called
"Detour", Fox Mulder refers to sightings of
red-eyed creatures called "Mothmen" in Point
Pleasant.
- On Invader Zim, the character Dib uses the
name "Agent Mothman" within the Swollen Eyeball
Network.
- In the show Animal X, the Mothman mystery
was portrayed in the "Thunderbirds" episode.
- In "Bus of the Undead", episode #103 of Aqua
Teen Hunger Force, a character named
Mothmonsterman parodies the Mothman phenomenon.
- In the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants episode
"Night Light", Mothman is revealed to be one of
Mermaid Man's arch-enemies.
- The television series Martin Mystery had an
episode titled "Attack of the Mothman" in which
the title character, Martin, had to fight a
mothman. The creature turned out to be mutated
student at a French university and the episode
itself had nothing to do with American legend.
- In the fifth episode of the anime Ghost
Hound, Mothman is referenced as evidence of
transcendental beings, with what possibly is the
mothman itself being shown flying above the
forest.
- The Mothman is one of the many supernatural
phenomenons investigated in Mystery Hunters.
- In Ben 10: Alien Force, one of Ben's new
aliens is based on Mothman (Big Chill).
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Coast To
Coast AM
Thursday January 24th, 2002
Interview of John A. Keel
For thirteen
months from November 15, 1966 to December 15,
1967, the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia
was gripped by a real-life nightmare that
culminated in a tragedy that made headlines
around the world. Strange occurrences and
sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition
that became known as the Mothman, trouble this
ordinary American community. Mysterious lights
were seen moving across the sky. Domestic
animals were found slaughtered and mutilated.
Journalist John A. Keel arrived on the scene to
investigate the freakish events and soon found
himself to be an integral part of an eerie and
unfathomable mystery. The Mothman Prophecies is
now a major motion picture starring Richard Gere. Host: Art Bell
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Coast To
Coast AM
Thursday September 6th, 2007
Mothman: Sightings & Theories - Interview of
Charlie McCracken
Filmmaker and paranormal
researcher Charlie McCracken discussed his
comprehensive research on the Mothman sightings,
including little known witness accounts. He was
joined during the evening by Travis Shortt and
Matthew Flemming who worked with him on his
documentary about Mothman, "Dark Wings." For the
film, McCracken said he took one of the original
1966 witnesses, Linda Scarberry, back to the
location of where she saw a winged creature in
Point Pleasant, WV.-- and all these years later
she was still terrified to return to the site.
Shortt noted that all the witnesses were scared
by what they saw and though they varied in their
estimates of the creature's height (from 6 ft.
to 9 ft.) they all concurred that it had glowing
red eyes that were mesmerizing. He suggested
that Mothman is a type of demonic manifestation,
and added that there have been sightings of such
a creature as recent as 2005, outside of
Nashville. McCracken hypothesized that
because Point Pleasant sits at the juncture of
two large rivers, the moving water may create
electrical or magnetic disturbances which could
either affect residents' perceptions or open a
portal to another dimension. Flemming opined
that Mothman may simply be an as-of-yet
unidentified type of creature such as Bigfoot.
Host: George Noory
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Coast To
Coast AM
Thursday September 6th, 2007
Mothman: Sightings & Theories
Filmmaker and paranormal researcher Charlie
McCracken discussed his comprehensive research
on the Mothman sightings, including little known
witness accounts. He was joined during the
evening by Travis Shortt and Matthew Flemming
who worked with him...
Host: George Noory
more >>
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Coast To
Coast AM
Tuesday November 15th, 2005
Mothman & Thunderbirds -
Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman presented an
overview of the Mothman case, noting that
descriptions of the bird-like creature have
grown more and more human over the decades. The
original Mothman researcher John Keel thought
the 1966-7 events in Point...
Host: George Noory
more >>
- The Mothman sightings were a basis for an
interdimensional alien race in the conspiracy
roleplaying game Dark•Matter, a campaign setting
for TSR's Alternity SciFi RPG. The Mothman
subsequently played a major role in the plot of
the adventure supplement titled The Killing Jar,
and appeared as a monster in the d20 Menace
Manual, known as the "Mothfolk".
- A less menacing version of the Mothman
appears in Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne for Sony
Playstation 2. However, the database in the game
still states that it is the same as the one
sighted in West Virginia.
- In Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow for the
Nintendo DS, Mothman is one of three hidden
cryptozoology-based monsters, appearing as a
furry black heart-shaped creature with wings and
large eyes (generally resembling the eyewitness
sketch). Mothman appears only when the player
activates a powerful spotlight using a lightning
bolt, which is a reference to moths' attraction
to light. The same monster appears as a regular
enemy in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.
- The White Wolf storytelling game Vampire:
The Masquerade included the Mothman in its
sourcebook, Clanbook: Gangrel, where the Mothman
was identified as a severely deformed member of
Clan Gangrel, who predicted a number of future
events, including the assassination of Robert F.
Kennedy.
[Artists Unknown]
- The Mothman vinyl line has been created by
renowned artist David Horvath, co-creator of
Uglydolls. He has created a line of Japanese
vinyl figurines that currently numbers seven.
The figurines include Eye Witness, TNT Area,
Silver Bridge, Point Pleasant, Indrid Cold,
Prophecy, and Chernobyl types. The figurines
were produced in editions of fifty or one
hundred, depending on the version. The complete
set has earned a permanent place at the Mothman
Museum in Point Pleasant.
- In March 2007, Toy Vault, Inc (London,
Kentucky) officially announced a Mothman plush
toy as the first product in a line of Urban
Legend/Horror plush. This line, known as
Nightmares, is being designed by Walt Howington.
- Sixus 1 Media, a creator of content for the
Poser 3D game, has offered an animatable Mothman
model in their "Fantasy" category since 2004.
They also carry models of The Jersey Devil and
the Chupacabra.
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