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  2. Mothman - Wikipedia

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    Mothman statue located in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Over the next few days, more people reported similar sightings after local newspapers covered it. Two volunteer firemen who saw it said it was a "large bird with red eyes". Mason County Sheriff George Johnson believed the sightings were due to an unusually large heron he termed a ...

  3. West Virginia folklore - Wikipedia

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    Grafton, West Virginia: A large, headless, hulking creature with smooth, seal-like skin. 7–9 feet [24] [25] Indrid Cold: Point Pleasant, West Virginia: A humanoid entity, claiming extraterrestrial origin, with an inhumanly large smile. 6 feet [26] Mothman: Point Pleasant, West Virginia: A large winged moth-like humanoid with glowing red eyes ...

  4. The creepiest urban legend from every state - AOL

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    In every state, urban legends have been scaring residents for years.

  5. The Spookiest Urban Legend in Every State - AOL

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    The enduring story of Mothman is the stuff of West Virginian legend. The red-eyed creature was reportedly first spotted in the winter of 1966, and the folklore has lived on thanks to books and ...

  6. Appalachia - Wikipedia

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    Several urban legends and horror stories have been rooted in the Appalachia region. Since the 1960s the Point Pleasant, West Virginia, legend of Mothman has originated and been explored in popular culture including the 2002 film The Mothman Prophecies loosely retelling the original tale. [82]

  7. The Mothman of Point Pleasant - Wikipedia

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    A sequel, The Mothman Legacy, also directed by Breedlove and produced by Small Town Monsters, was released in 2020. [9] [10] The Mothman Legacy explores alleged Mothman sightings dating from the 1960s to 2019, and that occurred outside of Point Pleasant, namely elsewhere in West Virginia, as well as Kentucky and the greater Appalachian region.

  8. Indrid Cold - Wikipedia

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    Indrid Cold (also known as the Grinning Man or Smiling Man) is a mysterious legendary being believed to be connected to the Mothman, first encountered by Woodrow Derenberger, as reported in the John Keel non-fiction book The Mothman Prophecies. He is described as being a humanoid entity, claiming extraterrestrial origin, with an inhumanly large ...

  9. Point Pleasant, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    It is the seat of justice of Mason county Virginia, and contains about 15 or 20 families, a log courthouse, a log jail and as usual (but unfortunately) in the Virginia towns, a pillory and whipping post. Point Pleasant seems rather on the stand in point of improvement, arising, it is said, from the difficulty in establishing the land titles.