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The Mothman Legacy

One of the most frightening of American urban myths is the legend of The Mothman, a red-eyed creature seen by some as a harbinger of doom in 1960s rural West Virginia, where sightings of the winged demonic beast were first documented near an old munitions dump known by locals as TNT. Many believe the Mothman to be a 1960’s phenomenon, an omen only appearing before tragedy, and disappearing after a flap of sightings and the subsequent Silver Bridge collapse in 1967. But what if there’s more? What if the origins of this omen trace back much further and go much deeper than anyone realized? And what if…the sightings never ended?

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Seth Breedlove

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A 10 foot wingspan probably
isn't gonna lift something - The Mothman Legacy

A 10 foot wingspan probably isn't gonna lift something

Just biologically it didn'twork, but people kept seeing it. - The Mothman Legacy

Just biologically it didn'twork, but people kept seeing...

[ominous music] - The Mothman Legacy

[ominous music]

In Northern Pennsylvania, - The Mothman Legacy

In Northern Pennsylvania,

Meanwhile, around Point
Pleasant and West Virginia, - The Mothman Legacy

Meanwhile, around Point Pleasant and West Virginia,

Despite the Mothman's lack of
popularity, - The Mothman Legacy

Despite the Mothman's lack of popularity,

Tales also circulated amongst
the locals, - The Mothman Legacy

Tales also circulated amongst the locals,

A group of teenagers even
claimed to have found a pile - The Mothman Legacy

A group of teenagers even claimed to have found a pile

As the years tick by, - The Mothman Legacy

As the years tick by,

Still, an absence of evidence - The Mothman Legacy

Still, an absence of evidence

- I was in Calhoun County, WestVirginia, - The Mothman Legacy

- I was in Calhoun County, WestVirginia,

A few months before
that, like in the spring, - The Mothman Legacy

A few months before that, like in the spring,

But they would talk about weirdnoises, - The Mothman Legacy

But they would talk about weirdnoises,

So there's no other residents
for like a half a mile - The Mothman Legacy

So there's no other residents for like a half a mile

And it was probably 1987, '88, - The Mothman Legacy

And it was probably 1987, '88,

[voices murmuring]
[foreboding music] - The Mothman Legacy

[voices murmuring] [foreboding music]

[creature screeches] - The Mothman Legacy

[creature screeches]

I thought maybe it was
an owl or somethin', - The Mothman Legacy

I thought maybe it was an owl or somethin',

[creature screeches] - The Mothman Legacy

[creature screeches]

It was that loud and that
piercing and it kind of had, - The Mothman Legacy

It was that loud and that piercing and it kind of had,

By the time I sat up
to look out the window, - The Mothman Legacy

By the time I sat up to look out the window,

[spooky music] - The Mothman Legacy

You actually heard the whoosh
sound. - The Mothman Legacy

You actually heard the whoosh sound.

Again, not sure what I wasgonna do or what I'd just seen. - The Mothman Legacy

Again, not sure what I wasgonna do or what I'd just...

I turned around to the
back window of the bedroom - The Mothman Legacy

I turned around to the back window of the bedroom

I have stayed at that country
house all my life, you know, - The Mothman Legacy

I have stayed at that country house all my life, you know,

So not sure what it was, - The Mothman Legacy

So not sure what it was,

'Cause that holler that it cameout - The Mothman Legacy

'Cause that holler that it cameout

You know, I was the first one
on that Leading Creek Road - The Mothman Legacy

You know, I was the first one on that Leading Creek Road

[bird screeches] - The Mothman Legacy

[bird screeches]

It's real hard to validate
a lot of that stuff - The Mothman Legacy

It's real hard to validate a lot of that stuff

[soft foreboding music] - The Mothman Legacy

[soft foreboding music]

She said when she was
in high school in 1987, - The Mothman Legacy

She said when she was in high school in 1987,

Something very similar, - The Mothman Legacy

Something very similar,

She said, it looked like
six-and-a-half-foot insect. - The Mothman Legacy

She said, it looked like six-and-a-half-foot insect.

She said its knees were on
backwards, - The Mothman Legacy

She said its knees were on backwards,

But she said, the thing
that stood out to her was - The Mothman Legacy

But she said, the thing that stood out to her was

That told me she was tellin' thetruth - The Mothman Legacy

That told me she was tellin' thetruth

- In the early 1990s, - The Mothman Legacy

- In the early 1990s,

While talking to Jeff Wamsley
in an interview for his book, - The Mothman Legacy

While talking to Jeff Wamsley in an interview for his book,

As Hayes stepped on the gas, - The Mothman Legacy

As Hayes stepped on the gas,

[creature caws]
[air whooshes] - The Mothman Legacy

[creature caws] [air whooshes]

The story illustrates - The Mothman Legacy

The story illustrates

Perhaps no one felt the
creature's presence more - The Mothman Legacy

Perhaps no one felt the creature's presence more

Despite living states away - The Mothman Legacy

Despite living states away

[birds chirping]
[somber music] - The Mothman Legacy

[birds chirping] [somber music]

In "The Mothman Prophecies," - The Mothman Legacy

In "The Mothman Prophecies,"

When John Keel was there, - The Mothman Legacy

When John Keel was there,

The people that he was
speaking to were very scared - The Mothman Legacy

The people that he was speaking to were very scared

There seemed to be a general
understanding - The Mothman Legacy

There seemed to be a general understanding

- He had proposed some
ideas for other books - The Mothman Legacy

- He had proposed some ideas for other books

He seemed to kind of move away
from it. - The Mothman Legacy

He seemed to kind of move away from it.

I remember hearing people
that interviewed him, - The Mothman Legacy

I remember hearing people that interviewed him,

- Because he was solving his ownmystery - The Mothman Legacy

- Because he was solving his ownmystery

And like most of us do
when we first get involved - The Mothman Legacy

And like most of us do when we first get involved

The experience typically
does not provide an answer - The Mothman Legacy

The experience typically does not provide an answer

- When people would ask
him, "What was the Mothman? - The Mothman Legacy

- When people would ask him, "What was the Mothman?

What was it all about?" - The Mothman Legacy

What was it all about?"

A very important thing about
Keel, - The Mothman Legacy

A very important thing about Keel,

And that's how he became towrite books like "Trojan Horse," - The Mothman Legacy

And that's how he became towrite books like...

[soft brooding music] - The Mothman Legacy

[soft brooding music]

[birds cawing] - The Mothman Legacy

We were the last house actually, - The Mothman Legacy

We were the last house actually,

And there was a community area, - The Mothman Legacy

And there was a community area,

We were comin' home, it
was either 1999 or 2000, - The Mothman Legacy

We were comin' home, it was either 1999 or 2000,

We're coming around the first
curve - The Mothman Legacy

We're coming around the first curve

And as we go around the
curve, we slowed down - The Mothman Legacy

And as we go around the curve, we slowed down

What they hit was a form - The Mothman Legacy

What they hit was a form

And then, we're sitting there
you know, - The Mothman Legacy

And then, we're sitting there you know,

It has this weird, not
translucent, - The Mothman Legacy

It has this weird, not translucent,

It kinda stands up a little bit - The Mothman Legacy

It kinda stands up a little bit

But with just one movement,
it shot straight up. - The Mothman Legacy

But with just one movement, it shot straight up.

And as it's shootin'
straight up, you know, - The Mothman Legacy

And as it's shootin' straight up, you know,

Now I never thought for one
second when this happened, - The Mothman Legacy

Now I never thought for one second when this happened,

Nope, what I felt was
absolute, 100% fear, terror. - The Mothman Legacy

Nope, what I felt was absolute, 100% fear, terror.

I don't think I ever got
that car to go as fast - The Mothman Legacy

I don't think I ever got that car to go as fast

And it weird about that, - The Mothman Legacy

And it weird about that,

But what is really weird about
the story - The Mothman Legacy

But what is really weird about the story

And her and four other people atthe time - The Mothman Legacy

And her and four other people atthe time

They were walking along
the ridge line at the time. - The Mothman Legacy

They were walking along the ridge line at the time.

They said that this gray thing
appeared near the graveyard - The Mothman Legacy

They said that this gray thing appeared near the graveyard

That was their words.
"It went up in the air." - The Mothman Legacy

That was their words. "It went up in the air."

I'm like, "This is where they
saw it." - The Mothman Legacy

I'm like, "This is where they saw it."

Yet with the release of
"The Mothman Prophecies," - The Mothman Legacy

Yet with the release of "The Mothman Prophecies,"

Suddenly, the answers as
to what the entity might be - The Mothman Legacy

Suddenly, the answers as to what the entity might be

As Keel put forth his own ideasabout alternate dimensions - The Mothman Legacy

As Keel put forth his own ideasabout alternate dimensions

Could the Mothman be a visitor - The Mothman Legacy

Could the Mothman be a visitor

If so, was there something
about Point Pleasant, - The Mothman Legacy

If so, was there something about Point Pleasant,

Legends suggest that Native
Americans - The Mothman Legacy

Legends suggest that Native Americans

In later years, an unfounded
story - The Mothman Legacy

In later years, an unfounded story

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One of the most frightening of American urban myths is the legend of The Mothman, a red-eyed creature seen by some as a harbinger of doom in 1960s rural West Virginia, where sightings of the winged demonic beast were first documented near an old munitions dump known by locals as TNT. Many believe the Mothman to be a 1960’s phenomenon, an omen only appearing before tragedy, and disappearing after a flap of sightings and the subsequent Silver Bridge collapse in 1967. But what if there’s more? What if the origins of this omen trace back much further and go much deeper than anyone realized? And what if…the sightings never ended?

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Director: Seth Breedlove

Writer: Seth Breedlove

Production: Small Town Monsters

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

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ImdbRating: 4.9

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Released: 20 Oct 2020

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