Mothman reports from the 1960s
23 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1966
Witnesses Roger and Linda Scarberry and Stephen and [name] saw a six-and-a-half to seven-foot-tall winged creature with giant red eyes near the TNT area in Point Pleasant, which then took off…
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1967
A tractor trailer driver reported seeing the mothman fly around his truck before it vanished into the sky.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1966
The [name] family and Mrs. [name] report seeing a headless creature with glowing red eyes that rose up from the ground and walked around their friend's porch.
Mothman · Kanawha County, West Virginia · 1966
Witness [name] reports that she and her four siblings went to TNT sightings in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in November 1966, where they encountered and were chased by a mysterious creature.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1967
[name] reported a nightmare involving people drowning and Christmas packages floating in the river.
Mothman · Allegheny County, Pennsylvania · 1966
Witness reports a strange creature leaped onto a convertible and later teenagers reported frightening encounters with a monster resembling Mothman.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1966
[name] saw a flying man that looked like a bird fly under the bridge before it fell.
Mothman · 1967
Witness reports having a mothman encounter in 1967.
Mothman · Bethel, North Carolina · 1965
The narrator's best friend's grandmother recounts a story from 1965 where a couple driving near Sunburst, North Carolina, were followed by giant glowing red eyes at high speed.
Mothman · Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania · 1966
A man named [name] reported seeing a Moth Man-like creature in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania in 1966.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1966
A national guardsman stationed at the McClintic Wildlife Preserve saw a large manbird creature perched in a tree staring at him.
Mothman · Clendenin, West Virginia · 1966
Five men preparing a grave witnessed a winged humanoid figure descend from a tree and fly away.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1967
[name] witnessed the Mothman on her way home from a church service and was traumatized by its devilish red eyes.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1966
[name] reports observing a grey manlike figure that spread its wings and ascended vertically like a helicopter, then sped after his vehicle at over seventy miles per hour.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1967
Witnesses report that multiple people in Point Pleasant saw a tall winged figure with glowing red eyes in the weeks before the 1967 Silver Bridge collapse.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1966
[name] claimed the Moth Man rose up behind her car near the TNT area, causing her to collapse in a trans-like state and fall on top of her infant child.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1967
People in the area reported having dreams and nightmares about a coming disaster involving people dying in the water.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1966
Multiple witnesses reported seeing a winged creature with glowing red eyes in the Point Pleasant area leading up to the Silver Bridge collapse.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1966
Four teenagers in a car saw two red eyes and a large manbird creature that flew after them at high speed without beating its wings.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1966
Gravediggers report seeing a creature in Point Pleasant in 1966.
Mothman · 1966
The narrator references the beginning of the Moth Man incident in 1966.
Mothman · 1966
Roger Scarberry and his companions were chased by Mothman at a derelict munitions factory just before midnight.
Mothman · 1966
Four to six men digging a grave at night were flown over by a bird creature that freaked them out.