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[Palehorse]

Mothman is a legendary creature first reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area of West Virginia from 15 November 1966 to 15 December 1967. The first newspaper report was published in the Point Pleasant Register dated 16 November 1966, entitled "Couples See Man-Sized Bird...Creature...Something".

On Nov. 12, 1966, five men who were digging a grave at a cemetery near Clendenin, WV claimed to see a man-like figure fly low from the trees over their heads. This is often attributed as the first known sighting of what would become known as the Mothman.

Shortly thereafter, on Nov. 15, 1966, two young couples from Point Pleasant, Roger and Linda Scarberry, and Steve and Mary Mallette told police they saw a large white creature whose eyes "glowed red" when the car headlights picked it up. They described it as a "flying man with ten foot wings' following their car while they were driving in an area of town known as 'the TNT area', the site of a former World War II munitions plant.

During the next few days, other people reported similar sightings. Two volunteer firemen who sighted it said it was a "large bird with red eyes". Mason County Sheriff George Johnson commented that he believed the sightings were due to an unusually large heron he termed a "shitepoke". Contractor Newell Partridge told Johnson that when he aimed a flashlight at a creature in a nearby field its eyes glowed "like bicycle reflectors", and blamed buzzing noises from his television set and the disappearance of his German Shepherd dog on the creature.

Wildlife biologist Dr. Robert L. Smith at West Virginia University told reporters that descriptions and sightings all fit the Sandhill Crane, a large American crane almost as high as a man with a seven foot wingspan featuring circles of reddish coloring around the eyes, and that the bird may have wandered out of its migration route.

There were no Mothman reports in the immediate aftermath of the December 15, 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge and the death of 46 people, giving rise to legends that the Mothman sightings and the bridge collapse were connected.

The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 and named for the color of its aluminum paint. The bridge connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio, over the Ohio River.

On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed while it was full of rush-hour traffic, resulting in the deaths of 46 people. Two of the victims were never found. Investigation of the wreckage pointed to the cause of the collapse being the failure of a single eyebar in a suspension chain, due to a small defect 0.1 inch (2.5 mm) deep. Analysis showed that the bridge was carrying much heavier loads than it had originally been designed for and was poorly maintained.
The collapsed bridge was replaced by the Silver Memorial Bridge, which was completed in 1969.

My family crossed that "silver bridge" several times each year en route to our family vacation destination at Grandma's home in WV. It was a tragedy that my family took very seriously, and one that caused dad to severely adjust our route in order to avoid such bridges as much as possible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

There is a festival too : http://mothmanfestival.com

These should get you started. . . 

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/bizarre/news-legacy-mothman

http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Mothman

Oh. And there is a DVD Movie on the Mothman entitled, "The Mothman Prophesies". Creepy!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265349/

[Locutus]

Yep!  The Mothman supposedly portended  the Silver Bridge collapse.  Go on Netfix or something and pick up the Mothman Prophecies movie.

[Locutus]

Oh. And there is a DVD Movie on the Mothman entitled, "The Mothman Prophesies". Creepy!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265349/

Good movie.  Have you watched it?

[Palehorse]

Good movie.  Have you watched it?

Yep. And I own it as well. 

[libby]

Mothman is a legendary creature first reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area of West Virginia from 15 November 1966 to 15 December 1967. The first newspaper report was published in the Point Pleasant Register dated 16 November 1966, entitled "Couples See Man-Sized Bird...Creature...Something".

On Nov. 12, 1966, five men who were digging a grave at a cemetery near Clendenin, WV claimed to see a man-like figure fly low from the trees over their heads. This is often attributed as the first known sighting of what would become known as the Mothman.

Shortly thereafter, on Nov. 15, 1966, two young couples from Point Pleasant, Roger and Linda Scarberry, and Steve and Mary Mallette told police they saw a large white creature whose eyes "glowed red" when the car headlights picked it up. They described it as a "flying man with ten foot wings' following their car while they were driving in an area of town known as 'the TNT area', the site of a former World War II munitions plant.

During the next few days, other people reported similar sightings. Two volunteer firemen who sighted it said it was a "large bird with red eyes". Mason County Sheriff George Johnson commented that he believed the sightings were due to an unusually large heron he termed a "shitepoke". Contractor Newell Partridge told Johnson that when he aimed a flashlight at a creature in a nearby field its eyes glowed "like bicycle reflectors", and blamed buzzing noises from his television set and the disappearance of his German Shepherd dog on the creature.

Wildlife biologist Dr. Robert L. Smith at West Virginia University told reporters that descriptions and sightings all fit the Sandhill Crane, a large American crane almost as high as a man with a seven foot wingspan featuring circles of reddish coloring around the eyes, and that the bird may have wandered out of its migration route.

There were no Mothman reports in the immediate aftermath of the December 15, 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge and the death of 46 people, giving rise to legends that the Mothman sightings and the bridge collapse were connected.

The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 and named for the color of its aluminum paint. The bridge connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio, over the Ohio River.

On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed while it was full of rush-hour traffic, resulting in the deaths of 46 people. Two of the victims were never found. Investigation of the wreckage pointed to the cause of the collapse being the failure of a single eyebar in a suspension chain, due to a small defect 0.1 inch (2.5 mm) deep. Analysis showed that the bridge was carrying much heavier loads than it had originally been designed for and was poorly maintained.
The collapsed bridge was replaced by the Silver Memorial Bridge, which was completed in 1969.

My family crossed that "silver bridge" several times each year en route to our family vacation destination at Grandma's home in WV. It was a tragedy that my family took very seriously, and one that caused dad to severely adjust our route in order to avoid such bridges as much as possible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

There is a festival too : http://mothmanfestival.com

These should get you started. . . 

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/bizarre/news-legacy-mothman

http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Mothman

Thanks, PH. Interesting. Didn't know there's a crane that big.

Will have to watch that movie.

[Locutus]

  Thanks, PH. Interesting. Didn't know there's a crane that big.

Will have to watch that movie.

Sandhill cranes are big, but they're not that big. 

[Locutus]

I really wanted them to win. Sometimes it is nice for the underdog to win.

I did too.  I can't stand the Gators.

[Locutus]

This man:



Hokoleskwa (more commonly known as Chief Cornstalk) also supposedly cursed the area in and around Point Pleasant right before his brutal murder at the hands of American militiamen in 1777.  He is buried in Point Pleasant along the banks of the Ohio river.  Stories of him and his curse predate the Mothman stories.

[me]

Yippee!!!!! Frazier's is open so it must be spring..... 

[Palehorse]

Yippee!!!!! Frazier's is open so it must be spring..... 

Yeah. You can tell by the snowflakes it was spitting today. 

[me]

Yeah. You can tell by the snowflakes it was spitting today. 

Ya, I noticed that when we went into the grocery store. 

[me]

Went to Aldi's this morning to pick up a few things and they had large eggs for 49 cents a dozen limit 10.  We already had 3doz but went ahead and got 3 more dozen. 

[me]

Got my green tomatoes sliced and the pork loin chops thawing out for supper tonight so I'm thinkin' it's about nap time.......... 

[me]

A farmer and his wife went to a fair. The farmer was fascinated by the airplanes and asked a pilot how much a ride would cost.
"$10 for 3 minutes," replied the pilot.

"That's too much," said the farmer.

The pilot thought for a second and then said, "I'll make you a deal. If you and your wife ride for 3 minutes without uttering a sound, the ride will be free. But if you make a sound, you'll have to pay $10."

The farmer and his wife agreed and went for a wild ride. After they landed, the pilot said to the farmer, "I want to congratulate you for not making a sound. You are a brave man."

"Maybe so," said the farmer, "But I gotta tell ya, I almost screamed when my wife fell out."

[Da Wham]

The most valuable function performed by a Wagnerian opera is its ability to drown out a rock concert.