Mothman · 1966
XX-1966ID case-2da1f3bda9Added to map Nov 8, 2026
- Creature
- Mothman
- When
- Nov 12, 1966to the day
- Where
- Place unknownno dependable place
- Reports
- 1 document1 independent
The account
Four to six men digging a grave at night were flown over by a bird creature that freaked them out.
See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet
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Details
- Creature
- Mothman
- Where
- No dependable place
The account doesn't say where in words we can place, so it isn't drawn on the map; the map lists it under Cases with no resolvable place. Other Mothman reports with no place (57) - When
- Nov 12, 1966
- Account
- Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source
- Added to map
- Nov 8, 2026
- Case id
- case-2da1f3bda9
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Source trail (1)
Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.
- MOTHMAN & APPALACHIA'S MYSTERIOUS CRYPTIDS | Author David J. Hardie - Ep. 235 - 11/06/2026
YouTube · 2026-11-06
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
Further reading
- The Mothman Prophecies, John A. Keel (2001)
The 1966-67 Point Pleasant flap, by the investigator who covered it.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Mothman: The Facts Behind the Legend, Donnie Sergent Jr. and Jeff Wamsley (2002)
Local researchers' account of the Point Pleasant sightings.
Borrow on Internet Archive - On the Track of Unknown Animals, Bernard Heuvelmans (1959)
The founding work of cryptozoology.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Cryptozoology A to Z, Loren Coleman and Jerome Clark (1999)
Encyclopedia of reported creatures.
Borrow on Internet Archive
Books we have not reproduced: borrow them free at archive.org. Listing a book is not an endorsement of its claims.