However, the original four persons who reported their experience to Deputy Sheriff Millard Halstead are not convinced that the creature is a bird.ĭr. 21, 1966- Early opinions split over what ‘bird’ really wasĬalls, letters and rumors continue to plague the Mason County Sheriff’s Office from persons offering information on the so-called “bird” that was spotted in Mason County last Tuesday night. “Today,” Scarberry said, “but tonight, I don’t know.” “It was an animal but nothing like I’ve seen before.”Īre they coming back to look for the creature? “This doesn’t have an explanation to it,” Mallette said. They heard a sound like wings flapping and they said the bird rose straight up, like a helicopter. The last time they saw it was at the gate of the C.C. They said it didn’t resemble a bat in any way, but “maybe what you would visualize as an angel.” “If I had seen it while by myself, I wouldn’t have said anything,” Scarberry commented, “but there were four of us who saw it.” “There are pigeons in all of the other buildings,” Mallette said, “but not in that one.” They speculated that the thing was living in the vacant power plant, possibly in one of the huge boilers. They said it looked like “a man with wings” but that its head was “not an outstanding characteristic.”īoth were slightly pale and tired from lack of sleep during the night following their harrowing experience. And it seemed to want to get away from the lights. The young men said they saw the creature’s eyes, which glowed red, only when their lights shined on it. “It apparently is afraid of light,” Mallette reasoned, “and maybe it thought it was scaring us off.” It had also flown across the top of the car. He said the light-gray-like creature then scurried through a field. “We went downtown, turned around and went back and there it was again.” Mallette said. They said it was hovering over their car, apparently gliding, until they reached the National Guard Armory on Route 62. They did just that, but the “thing” followed them. “I’m a hard guy to scare,” Scarberry said, “but last night I was getting out of there.” But “it could have been” caused by the bird, he said. The creature was seen standing on three occasions and was described as being extremely fast (It flew about 100 miles an hour”) in flight but was a clumsy runner.ĭeputy Millard Halstead said he had seen dust in the vicinity of a coal field. and midnight when they spotted the creature near the old power plant adjacent to the old National Guard Armory buildings. The men and their wives were in Scarberry’s car between 11:30 p.m. “It wasn’t like anything you’d see on TV or in a monster movie…” “It was like a man with wings.” Mallette said. described the thing as being about six or seven feet tall, having a wing span of 10 feet and red eyes about two inches in diameter and six inches apart. But the two young men telling their story this morning were deadly serious and asserted they hadn’t been drinking. Sheriff’s deputies and city police went to the scene about 2 o’clock this morning but were unable to spot anything. Two Point Pleasant couples said they encountered a man-sized, bird-like creature in the TNT area about midnight last night. 16, 1966 – ‘It wasn’t like anything you’d see on TV…’Īn eyewitness account of Mothman’s first sighting The following articles are reprinted from the Point Place Register. Perhaps the best way to acquaint the reader with the Mothman is to reprint several original newspaper articles describing the bizarre events that took place many years ago. Fringe Paranormal went to Point Pleasant for the annual Mothman festival to learn more about the strange happenings all those years ago that continue to fascinate and chill residents up to the present day. The events that unfolded in this small town remained with the witnesses for all of their living days. Point Pleasant, West Virginia became the alleged nesting spot for a terrifying creature that was to be known as the Mothman. Several times throughout 19 a strange winged creature struck terror into the hearts of residents in a small town in Mason County.
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