From Gatofeo News Service ...
POINT PLEASANT, W.V. (GNS) -- The prophetic being known as Mothman was killed last night in a freakish accident.
A resident of Point Pleasant left an oversized Bug Zapper on overnight, luring the winged prophet to death by electrocution.
"I was just settled into bed, ready to watch the news, when there was this godawful flash and big zapping sound in my backyard," Leon Tannenbaum said. "I got up and found this fellah they call Mothman dead in my new Bug Zapper! He ruined the thing, and made an awful stink too!"
Thousands of residents of Point Pleasant have filed by the charred remains of Mothman. Few of them expressed sorrow at his passing.
Residents have said for years that the sighting of Mothman presaged disasters in their city.
"The first time we saw him years ago, the bridge collapsed," one citizen said. "A year or so later, he was seen days before the paint factory blew up. A few months later, we saw him leaping across rooftops --- days before the Spam factory burned up in a grease fire. I say good riddance! He was a jinx!"
A young woman at the site of Mothman's electrocution concurred.
"It's not like he was cool like Spiderman or Superman or nothing," she said. "He liked to hang out in trees at night. He was worse than a pigeon! You should see the mess he made on my car last month!"
Tannenbaum said he'll remove the charred remains after the novelty wears off. For the moment, however, he's charging onlookers $5 apiece to visit his yard and view what's left of the spectral Mothman.
"I figure to use the money to buy a new Buz Zapper," Tannenbaum said. "That moth fellah ruined the one I just put up. I guess this was one disaster he didn't see coming."