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GHENT, WV (WVNS) — Whether it is Mothman, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or a variety of others, many people are aware of ...
What makes for a good modern American myth? Something where a quick Google search can’t dissuage its origins. Something that permeates the minds of the people inflicted and the communities that branch ...
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 ...
Fallout 76’s Bigfoot cryptid has been a long time coming, and when the creature arrives in Appalachia, a charming detail is ...
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 ...
It's a busy time to be Jeff Wamsley, the owner and creator of the world’s only Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. But the Mothman was well known long before the popular Netflix reboot ...
While some cryptids have long dominated pop culture, Mothman has been immortalized thanks to Mark Pellington’s The Mothman Prophecies. The film, which stars an ensemble including Richard Gere, Debra ...
In its Richard Gere-centric TV ads and posters, The Mothman Prophecies touts itself as "based on true events"—a bold claim for a tale centered around spooky-voiced entities making prophecies via ...
Moviegoers who have seen the new psychic thriller “The Mothman Prophecies” can now order The Mothman Pizza. They can munch on the cherry tomato eyes, the green pepper feet and mushroom wings while ...
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 ...
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Every September, the streets in this tiny town along West Virginia's border with Ohio are taken over by Mothman, a mysterious creature that, like Bigfoot, has inspired books, ...