I was just reading through some of my older articles, and realized that I'd promised some cryptozoology stuff on the blog. To that effect, I've added the CryptoBlag as a sister to DinoBlag. For those who don't know, cryptozoology is the study of animals whose existence is, as of yet, unproven by science. Examples include Bigfoot, Nessie, and the Yeti.
The Mothman was spotted between November 1966 and December 1967 in the town of Point Pleasant, WV, which is just across the Ohio River from Gallipolis, OH. It was described as a man-sized creature, shrouded in shadows, with a pair of large wings and two, red eyes, which are usually described as being on its chest. It is described in witness accounts as being capable of swift flight (keeping pace with speeding cars), and only rarely moving while on the ground.
The first sighting of the creature was on November 15, 1966, near an abandoned WW2 munitions plant outside of Point Pleasant. It was seen by a pair of married couples, who were terrified by its appearance and fled back to town. It was sighted again and again up until December 15, 1967, when the bridge over the Ohio from Point Pleastant to Gallipolis collapsed, kiling 47 people. Curiously, sightings dropped off after the tragedy on the Ohio, and since then very few sightings have taken place.
It's worth noting that by several eyewitnesses, after spotting Mothman, were visited by the infamous Men In Black, tanned government agents with a bent for covering up alien sightings (or so the stories go).
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