Three kids dress up in Mothman costumes during the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, W.Virgina on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. In the mid-1960’s two couples traveling in the Point Pleasant area, reportedly say a large white creature with Red Eyes that was 7 feet tall with a ten foot wingspan tailing the car and the legend was born. Many others reportedly saw the creature until the Silver Bridge collapsed on Decemeber 15, 1967 killing 46 people. After the collapse, very few sightings were ever reported again adding to the controversy and mystery surrounding the Mothman. In 2002, a movie starring Richard Gere based on the 1975 John Keel novel, The Mothman Prophecies, was made and since that year, Point Pleasant has hosted the Mothman Festival to bring locals and travelers alike into the Point Pleasant area.
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Festival-goers file into the Mothman Festival in Downtown Point Pleasant, W. Va on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. In the mid 1960’s two reportedly saw a large white creature with red eyes, that was seven feet tall with a 10 foot wingspan tailing their car, and the legend was born. Afterwards, more sightings were reported until the Silver Bridge collapsed on Dec. 15, 1967, killing 46 people. After that sightings were few and far between. In 2002, a movie staring Richard Gere based on the 1975 John Keel novel, The Mothman Prophecies, was made and since that year Point Pleasant has held the Mothman Festival to bring locals and travelers alike to the Point Pleasant area. (Jeffrey Zide/WOUB)After running the Mothman 5K Saturday morning, Lily Schneider reads a plaque explaining the significance of the Mothman on a statue in downtown Point Pleasant, W. Va. (Jennifer Coombes/WOUB)Jason Meredith of Bloomington, Ind. sported a handmade Mothman mask during his visit to Saturday’s Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, W. Va. (Jennifer Coombes/WOUB)Vendors set up shop at the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, W. Va, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. From food trucks, to Mothman memorabilia and other assorted knick knacks, the Mothman Festival offers a chance for the town to show what it has to offer, and since 2002 Point Pleasant has held the Mothman festival to attract visitors and locals alike. (Jeffrey Zide/WOUB)Chris Sizemore, left, and Veronica Victor, right, hold up the legs of a giant inflated Stay Puff Marshmallow Man that was a part of their fundraising strategy Saturday at the Point Pleasant, W. Va, Mothman Festival. The two are a part of the Ghost Busters West Virginia Division that was raising money for a toy drive for the Children’s Home Society of West Virginia. (Jennifer Coombes/WOUB)A man dressed as Captain America and a woman dressed as Black Widow from the Marvel Avenger’s series pose for pictures at the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, W. Va, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. (Jeffrey Zide/WOUB)The Silver Memorial Bridge stands across from the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, W. Va., On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed killing 46 people. It is reported that after the bridge collapsed, sightings of the Mothman were few and far between, adding to the controversy and mystery surrounding the Mothman sightings. (Jeffrey Zide/WOUB)
