Mothman reports in West Virginia
38 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 · 2018
A postal driver reported an encounter with the mothman near Point Pleasant.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1967
[name] reported a nightmare involving people drowning and Christmas packages floating in the river.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1966
[name] saw a flying man that looked like a bird fly under the bridge before it fell.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Witnesses reported seeing the mothman, described as a flying humanoid with red eyes, before and during the Silver Bridge collapse.
Mothman · Mason County, West Virginia
Witness reports hearing a screech and seeing red eyes in a grove near Camp Conley while cutting through to their aunt's house.
Mothman · Mason County, West Virginia
Witness reports seeing a 6-8 foot tall creature with grayish black skin and wings illuminated by headlights while driving home from Mason County.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 2023
Witnesses report seeing a large humanlike figure with beaming eyes while driving at night, which then flew above their vehicle and followed them for several minutes.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 2011
Witness reports seeing two bright red round lights high above the road near Point Pleasant, WV, which they later attributed to the Mothman.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Shoe salesman [name] saw a huge bird with an estimated wingspan of 10 to 15 feet rise over the trees near the TNT area.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Witnesses report seeing a dark figure with orange or reddish eyes on top of a bunker at the TNT area after hearing a loud screech.
Mothman · West Virginia
The narrator reports seeing a man-sized moth-like creature on telephone wires in West Virginia at night.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The author reports that between 1966 and 1967, there were 162 documented cases of people claiming to see the Moth Man in West Virginia.
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 · Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Two volunteer firemen report seeing a large bird with red eyes.
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
The narrator's grandmother reports seeing a large black creature with glowing red eyes and massive wings in the T.N.T. area of Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Over 100 people reported seeing a 7-foot-tall, winged humanoid with glowing red eyes in Point Pleasant.
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
Eyewitnesses in Point Pleasant reported sightings of the Mothman and physical effects such as strange burns and inflamed eyes.
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
Witnesses report seeing a large bat-like creature with red eyes and enormous wings that could fly without flapping its wings.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Some people blame the collapse of the Silver Bridge on Moth Man, suggesting he was a harbinger trying to warn them.
Mothman · Ravenswood, West Virginia · 2010
Witnesses report seeing a bald man with wings and large red eyes looking at them from outside a hotel window before flying away.
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
Witnesses report a winged creature flying at high speed without beating its wings, making chirping sounds, and causing them to flee back to town before police were contacted.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Two young couples report seeing a creature with glowing red eyes and ten-foot wings at a munitions site near Point Pleasant.
Mothman · Point Pleasant, West Virginia
During a period called the 13 months of terror, there were 162 reported strange encounters attributed to the Moth Man phenomenon in Point Pleasant.
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 · West Virginia
[name] recounts his girlfriend [name] seeing a creature with red eyes that flew straight up from the side of the road.
Mothman · West Virginia
A sheriff recounts seeing a black void with red eyes as a child in West Virginia.