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Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1966

7 documents · 6 independent accounts

7 documents tell this story. They trace back to 6 independent accounts.

The route

  1. One encounter the reported sighting this case is about
  2. 7 documents that tell it, as we collected them
  3. 6 independent accounts behind those documents
  4. 1 copy reprints or cross-posts of the same text: not extra witnesses

Copies are not confirmations: thirty papers printing one story is still one account.

Rabbit hole: Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 19667 documents tell this story. They trace back to 6 independent accounts. Each independent account is one row; time runs left to right. The earliest document we hold in each account is ringed. A full list follows the picture.Account 1 of 61 documentAccount 2 of 61 documentSeparate accountAccount 3 of 61 documentSeparate accountAccount 4 of 62 documents · 1 reprintSeparate accountAccount 5 of 61 documentSeparate accountAccount 6 of 61 documentSeparate accountTIME (when each document was published) →20182020202220242026UndatedEarliest found · The Mothman Mystery of Point Pleasant · Reddit post, Nov 24, 2017EARLIEST FOUNDThe Mothman Mystery of Point…Earliest found · John Keel’s Classic Investigations Validate the Virtual Experience Model. This article is part of a series based on my chapter in Volume 2 of the 2022 book “A Greater Reality” co-authored and edited by Reinerio Hernandez. His compendium can now be viewed without · Reddit post, Jul 2, 2024EARLIEST FOUNDJohn Keel’s Classic Investiga…Earliest found · The Mothman: A Creepy Creature, UFOs, and a Deadly Omen · Reddit post, Jan 29, 2025EARLIEST FOUNDThe Mothman: A Creepy Creatur…Reprint · Personal, euhemerist theory · Reddit post, Aug 9, 2026Personal, euhemerist th…Earliest found · Personal, euhemerist theory · Reddit post, Aug 9, 2026EARLIEST FOUNDPersonal, euhemerist theoryUndated · Monstrous "Moth Man" Terrifies West Virginia Town | Ancient Aliens | History · YouTube video, undatedUNDATEDMonstrous "Moth Man" Terrifie…Undated · Search For The Mothman (2002) John A Keel · YouTube video, undatedUNDATEDSearch For The MothmanReddit postYouTube videosame text (reprint)Earliest found

Each shape is one document; open it to go to where we found it. The same graph as a list is below.

Why these records are connected

  • 1 copy: the copy detector found the same words in a later document, so it sits in the same row as the account it copies.
  • Why these documents are one case. The case matcher joined them because:
    • Personal, euhemerist theory & Personal, euhemerist theory: the copy detector found the same text in both; their quoted passages are nearly identical; they describe the same details; same place, same month
    • The Mothman Mystery of Point Pleasant: one document describes it twice
    • The Mothman Mystery of Point Pleasant: one document describes it twice
    • The Mothman Mystery of Point Pleasant: one document describes it twice
    • The Mothman Mystery of Point Pleasant: one document describes it twice
    • John Keel’s Classic Investigations Validate the Virtual Exp… & Personal, euhemerist theory: a person reviewed them and joined them
    • John Keel’s Classic Investigations Validate the Virtual Exp… & Personal, euhemerist theory: a person reviewed them and joined them
    • The Mothman Mystery of Point Pleasant: they share a passage of text; they describe the same details; same place, same day

Every document, as a list

  1. Account 1 1 document
  2. Account 2 (Separate account) 1 document
  3. Account 3 (Separate account) 1 document
  4. Account 4 (Separate account) 2 documents
  5. Account 5 (Separate account) 1 document
  6. Account 6 (Separate account) 1 document

How to read this

  • Time runs left to right by publication date. Very long empty stretches are cut short (the axis shows how many years were skipped); undated documents sit in their own column.
  • One row per independent account. A reprint, re-upload or cross-post carries the same text, so it stays in its account's row and never counts as a second witness.
  • Earliest found (ringed) is the earliest document we hold for that account. It is not proof of the first telling: an earlier one may exist that we haven't collected.
  • Arrows run from a document to a source it names. A dashed shape is a source a document cites that we haven't found yet; its link searches a public archive for it, and a hit there is a lead, not a confirmation.

About the numbers

  • Only documents we've collected are counted; retellings elsewhere on the web aren't counted yet.
  • Documents are matched by shared text and by the sources they name, by plain rules with no model in the loop. A match can be wrong; tell us.

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