Mothman · Highland, Alba / Scotland · 1746
UNI-1746ID case-4e7a3ecbffAdded to map Oct 19, 2026
- Creature
- Mothman
- When
- Apr 15, 1746to the day
- Where
- Highland, Alba / Scotlandto county level
- Reports
- 1 document1 independent
The account
Witnesses at the Scottish camp reported a monstrous, harpy-like apparition with leathery wings and burning red eyes hovering overhead on the eve of the battle.
See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet
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Details
- Creature
- Mothman
- Where
- Highland, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom
mapped to county level · from the report's own words, generalized to a larger area - When
- Apr 15, 1746
- Account
- Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source
- Added to map
- Oct 19, 2026
- Case id
- case-4e7a3ecbff
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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.
- Possible sighting of Mothman at the Battle of Culloden 1746
Reddit · 2017-06-01
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.
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Books we have not reproduced: borrow them free at archive.org. Listing a book is not an endorsement of its claims.