Mothman · Altamont, Tennessee · 2016
TN-2016ID case-fa79c8e678First-hand accountAdded to map Oct 20, 2026
- Creature
- Mothman
- When
- 2016to the year
- Where
- Altamont, Tennesseeto town level
- Reports
- 1 document1 independent
The account
Witness reports seeing a huge flash of bright green light accompanied by loud rustling sounds while at home in Altamont, Tennessee, which they later referred to as 'Mothman'.
See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet
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Details
- Creature
- Mothman
- Where
- Altamont, Grundy County, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, United States
mapped to town level · from the report's own words - When
- 2016
- Account
- First-hand (the witness telling it)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source
- Added to map
- Oct 20, 2026
- Case id
- case-fa79c8e678
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Source trail (1)
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- I need answers
Reddit · 2018-05-15
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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
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