POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (WVDN) Each September, the quiet streets of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, come alive with thousands of visitors drawn by a legend that has haunted the town for nearly six decades: “the Mothman.”

The Mothman legend began on a chilly night in November 1966, when two young couples reported seeing a red-eyed, winged creature near the old TNT area, a former World War II munitions site on the outskirts of town. Their account, quickly picked up by local newspapers, sparked a wave of similar sightings and set off a frenzy of speculation, fear, and fascination that would ripple through the community for years to come.

The creature, described as standing over six feet tall with glowing red eyes and massive wings, was soon dubbed the “Mothman.” Over the following

year, dozen

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