But the Mothman was well known long before the popular Netflix reboot came to be. Thanks to “The Mothman Prophecies” movie starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney in 2002, the phenomenon is now ...

It's a busy time to be Jeff Wamsley, the owner and creator of the world’s only Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Most recently, the mythic Mothman creature has received its very ...

The Mothman was first spotted by gravediggers in West Virginia in 1966 who described it as a 'massive brown figure' moving from tree to tree, and it was later blamed for the collapse of a bridge.

If Mothman’s legacy depends on the bridge, the bridge’s legacy is helped in turn by Mothman. The 1967 collapse was a turning point in American infrastructure.

Reported Mothman sightings trailed off considerably in the years since the accident, but his popularity would only rise. In 2006, Jeff Wamsley opened the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant.

Mothman plush by Build-A-Bear unveiled, but cryptid creature is already gone Listed as 'out of stock' shortly after its release, plush will be back, company says ...

The Chicago Mothman is a cryptid - a creature whose existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, with little to no scientific evidence. Described as a 'winged humanoid' figure with red eyes, it was ...

In the intervening years, Mothman’s cult fame grew, becoming the subject of an annual festival, a museum and even a 2002 movie starring Richard Gere. More recently, new reports have emerged.

While some cryptids have long dominated pop culture, Mothman has been immortalized thanks to Mark Pellington’s The Mothman Prophecies. The film, which stars an ensemble including Richard Gere ...

The “Mothman” legend, after decades of random alleged sightings around the country, picked up steam in the Chicago area in 2011 when reports of a giant, flying, ...