Richard Gere's 2002 movie, "Mothman: The Last Prophecy" did not invent the figure of the moth man.I collect legends , especially in the area of Virginia (USA).) For years that were repeated: the existence of a dark and winged being that appeared before any misfortune occurred .The belief in this being known as Mothman or man moth has been based on various sightings.Share us 4 of the most famous cases .
Mothman: 4 sightings of the legendary mothman
1.Point Pleasant, 1966-1967
Sightings in the Virginia area began at Clendenin Cemetery. November 12, 1966 , 5 men who were digging a grave saw jumping from a tree near a being they described as a "fly man." The day 15 of the same month, two couples circulating through Point Pleasant saw in a maple a being whom they described as a "man with huge wings" and whitish color .Frightened they denounced him to the police who in the following days received more notices of sightings of the strange character.In addition to the aforementioned description, they added that he had red and bright eyes .A year later the Point Pleasant bridge collapsed and 46 people died Since then, the Mothman sightings are considered an omen of misfortunes.
2.11 September 2001
The day of the attacks from the World Trade Center in New York, several testimonies were collected from people who had seen the "mothman" near the area of the tragedy.The picture taken by the photographer Steven Moran taken when the relief teams went to the Towers where a stranger looks like a bird flying over Greenwich Street.
3.Chihuahua-2009
In March of 2009 in the Mexican state of Chihuahua a young man who was traveling in a van was chased by a strange being who coincided in his description with a Mothman.The case became famous since months later the epidemic of influenza A broke out in the country.
4.2013-Santiago de Chile
In this case, the Mothman was seen by a group of young people on September 29, 2013 .They explained that at 8:30 p.m.n strange creature of about two meters and very long wings flew over the Bustamante Park in Santiago de Chile .Later it was seen in other neighborhoods.In this case there is no record that there was no concrete mass misfortune.
In almost all cases the most plausible explanation for these sightings is the presence of large-sized birds outside their usual passageways .What do you think ?, bird or Mothman? Can such a character exist or is it an urban legend? If you like mystery posts, you might want to read the article: Mysterious triangles, portals to other worlds?
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