Still Waters Posted November 23, 2016 #1 Share Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) Hunters in Mason County may need to be on the lookout for something other than deer when they hit the woods this week. The Point Pleasant Mothman is a local legend that over the years has gained worldwide fame. There hadn't been any recent sightings of the red-eyed creature recently, but that changed Sunday evening, when a man who says he was driving along State Route 2 saw something jump from tree to tree. He pulled off the road and snapped some pictures. http://wchstv.com/news/local/man-photographs-creature-that-resembles-legendary-mothman-of-point-pleasant Edited November 23, 2016 by Still Waters 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preacherman76 Posted November 23, 2016 #2 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Damn mothman strikes again, lol. It would be awesome if they are real pics. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted November 23, 2016 #3 Share Posted November 23, 2016 The issue I see is, how big is the creature in those pictures? I mean, is there anyway to judge the size from the photos? Mothman is supposed the be around 6 feet tall, right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willstone Posted November 23, 2016 #4 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I thought that Mothman, if he was real, died in the silver bridge collapse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted November 23, 2016 #5 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Now, what action figure did he throw in the air? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDagger Posted November 23, 2016 #6 Share Posted November 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Sakari said: Now, what action figure did he throw in the air? Well Mothman from the Watchmen of course: http://superheroes.wikia.com/wiki/Mothman MDagger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podo Posted November 23, 2016 #7 Share Posted November 23, 2016 The picture is pretty terrible. No sense of scale at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davros of Skaro Posted November 24, 2016 #8 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Oh for crying out loud! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted November 24, 2016 #9 Share Posted November 24, 2016 My guess is an owl carrying a snake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted November 24, 2016 #10 Share Posted November 24, 2016 4 minutes ago, PersonFromPorlock said: My guess is an owl carrying a snake. Or a little rabbit......Good call. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFO_Monster Posted December 4, 2016 #11 Share Posted December 4, 2016 On 11/23/2016 at 9:16 AM, Lilly said: The issue I see is, how big is the creature in those pictures? I mean, is there anyway to judge the size from the photos? Mothman is supposed the be around 6 feet tall, right? Six or seven, yes. If I still believed in such things, I would argue that this can't be Mothman because it's inconsistent with eyewitness reports. He shouldn't have a head, yet here is a picture with something that has a head. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted December 4, 2016 #12 Share Posted December 4, 2016 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Unicorn Posted December 4, 2016 #13 Share Posted December 4, 2016 On 11/23/2016 at 9:08 AM, preacherman76 said: Damn mothman strikes again, lol. It would be awesome if they are real pics. Ahh the great mothman... When I was a kid my weird mother decided to go on a road trip to look for him before the bridge fell, since she heard of the first sightings. My parents and I saw red eyes in the woods on the way home, probably an owl that's about it. Lots of people down there, have played alot of tricks on others after the myth became good for the town. I feel for the guy who took the photo if he didn't do it as a hoax. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlesq1 Posted December 5, 2016 #14 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Never heard of Mothman, but it seems like an interesting little story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightScreams Posted December 6, 2016 #15 Share Posted December 6, 2016 On 11/23/2016 at 10:21 AM, Willstone said: I thought that Mothman, if he was real, died in the silver bridge collapse I thought the military killed it? There was a story of some sort of them shooting it down and telling a couple that drove up on the incident that they have nothing more to fear now. Or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Serenity Posted December 6, 2016 #16 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Lets say this is a real picture. Why would Mothman return to Point Pleasant? Fond memories? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFO_Monster Posted December 9, 2016 #17 Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) On 12/5/2016 at 8:00 PM, NightScreams said: I thought the military killed it? There was a story of some sort of them shooting it down and telling a couple that drove up on the incident that they have nothing more to fear now. Or something like that. I never heard this story. The general story says that he just "disappeared" after the Silver Bridge collapsed. I think it was because people were so devastated by the tragedy that they just stopped looking (and talking about) Mothman. Hence why he disappeared. To keep a topic relevant, you need people to talk about it. My guess is that he "disappeared" because people were too busy grieving to talk about the alleged creature. Because the sightings stopped abruptly after the collapse of the bridge, this leads me to believe that it didn't exist in the first place. The Mothman legend was kept alive by word of mouth alone. Edited December 9, 2016 by UFO_Monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightScreams Posted December 11, 2016 #18 Share Posted December 11, 2016 (edited) On 12/9/2016 at 6:49 PM, UFO_Monster said: I never heard this story. The general story says that he just "disappeared" after the Silver Bridge collapsed. I think it was because people were so devastated by the tragedy that they just stopped looking (and talking about) Mothman. Hence why he disappeared. To keep a topic relevant, you need people to talk about it. My guess is that he "disappeared" because people were too busy grieving to talk about the alleged creature. Because the sightings stopped abruptly after the collapse of the bridge, this leads me to believe that it didn't exist in the first place. The Mothman legend was kept alive by word of mouth alone. Well a 2 person witness account of the military presence one night after the collapse, shooting at 'something' sounds more logical than just a guess of it's disappearance. Edited December 11, 2016 by NightScreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man by the Sea Posted December 11, 2016 #19 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Nice story here on how the Mothman stories got started. Not sure if i'm linking this correctly. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Mothman I loved the movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted December 11, 2016 #20 Share Posted December 11, 2016 8 hours ago, Old Man by the Sea said: Nice story here on how the Mothman stories got started. Not sure if i'm linking this correctly. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Mothman I loved the movie. I wonder why they would lowball the number of deaths in the movie. That seems counter-productive to sensationalizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Anomalous Posted December 21, 2016 #21 Share Posted December 21, 2016 On 12/5/2016 at 8:57 PM, Princess Serenity said: Lets say this is a real picture. Why would Mothman return to Point Pleasant? Fond memories? Probably to get a t-shirt with himself on it. Moth-ception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted December 21, 2016 #22 Share Posted December 21, 2016 (edited) On 12/10/2016 at 10:48 PM, Old Man by the Sea said: Nice story here on how the Mothman stories got started. Not sure if i'm linking this correctly. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Mothman I loved the movie. Yeah I thought the movie was great. I loved the eerie surreal feeling throughout it. I especially loved this quote: If there was a car crash ten blocks away, that window washer up there could probably see it. Now, that doesn't mean he's God, or even smarter than we are. But from where he's sitting, he can see a little further down the road. Edited December 21, 2016 by ChaosRose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz_Light_Year Posted December 21, 2016 #23 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Lol every community needs their own cryptid, it's good for business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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