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 ...

Is the Mothman real? Clearly, this determination is up for debate. Wamsley, for one, sums it up as follows: “One thing is for certain, people were seeing something very strange and abnormal in ...

The new Mothman plush from Build-A-Bear appeared to sell out within hours of its announcement. The plush toy is inspired by a West Virginia legend.

Editor’s note: This column is by Cox First Media Lifestyles Contributor Brandon Berry, who made the trek to the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, W. Va., which we wrote about in our new ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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, winged humanoid began surfacing.

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.

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