Mothman · Missouri
MO-NDID case-42387cfd69Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 10, 2026
- Creature
- Mothman
- When
- Date unknownno date given
- Where
- Missourifallback location
- Reports
- 1 document1 independent
The account
Witness recounts [name] screaming that he saw red eyes and was chased by a creature while walking to the witness's house.
See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet
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Details
- Creature
- Mothman
- Where
- Missouri, United States
mapped to state level · from a place stated elsewhere in the same document, not in this account
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is a place stated elsewhere in the same document, not in this account. - When
- Date unknown
- Account
- Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source
- Added to map
- Oct 10, 2026
- Case id
- case-42387cfd69
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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.
- RED-EYED CREATURE CHASES WITNESS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI | Bigfoot Society 1119
YouTube · 2026-05-27
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.