You know him, you love him, you want to date him: Moth Man. This week Zoey talks about the Origin of Moth Man who we’re technically including in the South since he was seen in the Appalachian Mountains. First seen in 1966, the cryptid was six or seven feet tall, light gray, had a wing span of 10 feet, and red eyes glowing in the headlights about two inches in diameter and spaced six inches apart.
But what you might not know is his legacy of being a harbinger of death. He is known to show up right before a national tragedy like Chernobyl, 9/11, and the falling of the Silver Bridge. Though he’s taken up quite a bit of legend, and has been meme-ified, is the part man part moth real? Listen to find out.
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071011230219/http://www.westva.net/mothman/1966-11-16.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McClintic_Wildlife_Management_Area
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LG0mAAAAIBAJ&pg=620,2790721&dq=point+pleasant+roger+scarberry&hl=en
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Bridge
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Russian_apartment_bombings
- https://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/mothmanprophecies.php
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- https://allthatsinteresting.com/mothman
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- https://www.southernliving.com/culture/the-mothman-legend-west-virginia
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