Mothman - Point Pleasant, WV
N 38° 50.550 W 082° 08.320
17S E 401181 N 4299914
Statue of Mothman- located at corner of 4th and Main in downtown Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Mothman is the supernatural being that terrorized the surrounding town of Point Pleasant, WV back in 1966.
Waymark Code: WM3RPE
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2008
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This is one of my favorite stories. I don't agree with the artist's rendition of Mothman, but I'm pleased that someone has taken the initiative to put a statue up here.
The real story about Mothman and the weird events that took place is in a 1975 book written by paranormal researcher John Keel called The Mothman Prophecies. The first report of MIB-Men in Black are reported in Keel's book as well as UFO sitings in the area and possible government cover up.
Strangers wearing black suits, driving late edition cars in immaculate condition and speaking in a strange foreign lilt visited the residents of Point Pleasant after strange sightings.
There is an abandoned government TNT facility outside of town on Fairground road where the first reported sighting of Mothman occirred. There used to be a geocache back in one of the abandoned skeletal structures. It has been archived.
The movie did not do justice to the real events that happened here.
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