![]() They also have mostly grey feathers, with large red circles around the eyes. Fully grown, they stand a little over five feet tall and have a seven foot wingspan. Or, is this a simple case of misidentification? Biologists and skeptics suggest that it could have been a large barn owl or a sandhill crane, a bird rarely seen in West Virginia but could end up here if it got off track during its migration. Was it the Mothman? And if so, what even is the Mothman? Everything from a previously unknown creature, to a known creature mutated by the pollution in the TNT Area, to an interdimensional alien has been suggested.Ĭould it have been something even older, something from legend? Some have connected the story of the Mothman to Cornstalk’s Curse, in which it would be either the vengeful spirit animal of murdered chieftain Red Hawk or a manifestation of the Thunder Bird. What exactly it was remains up for debate. With that many sightings, it’s hard to completely discount the idea that ‘something’ was out in the TNT Area. Several of these were reputable people with good reputations in the community, and a few were people trained to be observant (police officers and such). Over the next year, there were at least 100 sightings of this creature, dubbed the Mothman by local and national media. At least, until there were more sightings… Halstead assured everyone that they were weren’t drunk or high when he met them at Tiny’s, but that still left the option that maybe it was all just a big joke. At first, the Scarberrys and Mallettes were ridiculed, and many people in town figured that they were just out for a joyride, drunk, high (this was 1966, after all), or even just made it all up. The next morning, Sheriff George Johnson held a press conference, the result of which was that famous first headline in the Register. ![]() Something there had knocked up a cloud of coal dust, but the creature didn’t appear. Deputy Sheriff Millard Halstead met them and could see that they weren’t drunk and were clearly terrified of something, so he went with them to the North Power Plant. That was enough for them, and they hurried to Tiny’s Drive-In to call the police. ![]() They turned around and headed back up the road, and sure enough, they had only made it as far as the C.C. But before they told anybody, the Scarberrys and Mallettes wanted to make sure they weren’t crazy. Now, if it was me, a million dollars wouldn’t have made me to go back to the TNT Area. The only problem? This thing was fast, able to keep up with their car all the way back to town. Like I think anyone would do, they got the heck out of there. As they were passing the old North Power Plant, they saw two monstrous glowing red eyes, and to their horror, those eyes belonged to a seven foot tall winged creature like nothing they’d ever seen. On the night of November 15th, 1966, Roger and Linda Scarberry and Steve and Mary Mallette were out in the TNT Area in Roger’s ’57 Bel Air. That’s a front page headline from the November 19th, 1966 edition of the Stars and Stripes, the newspaper of the United States Armed Forces, only three days after the breaking story “Couples See Man-Sized Bird…Creature…Something” appeared in the Point Pleasant Register. This year, COVID-19 concerns canceled the annual festival which would’ve taken place this weekend. The Mothman Statue in downtown Point Pleasant, pictured, remains a tourist destination.
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