‘Couples see man-sized bird…creature…something!’… Mothman’s ‘appearance’ to mark 55 years in 2021
Staff Report
The Mothman Festival, pictured, has grown into one of the largest tourist events for the area, with local downtown shops and the World’s Only Mothman Musem, benefiting from the creature’s legend year round as tourists explore Point Pleasant, W.Va. (OVP File Photo)
Pictured is the popular Mothman statue surviving a previous winter on his corner at 4th and Main streets in downtown Point Pleasant, W.Va. (OVP File Photo)
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. The Wednesday Nov. 16, 1966 edition of the Point Pleasant Register featured its first story on the creature that would appear in countless headlines and become at least a part of the area’s identity for the next nearly 55 years.