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The Mothman Legacy

- In November of 1966, Roger and Linda Scarberryand Steve and Mary Mallette had the...

[rain patters]
[foreboding music] [bird calls]
[thunder crashes] - In November of 1966, Roger and Linda Scarberry
and Steve and Mary Mallette had the first
regionally-reported encounter with the Mothman

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- In November of 1966,
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Roger and Linda Scarberry and Steve and Mary Mallette
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had the first regionally-reported encounter
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with the Mothman.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:47
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Small Town Monsters

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Movie Summary

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?
The incident took place in an area - The Mothman Legacy 00:09
The incident took place in an area
The area was known as the McClintic Wildlife Management Area - The Mothman Legacy 00:09
The area was known as the McClintic Wildlife Management Area
While the bizarre entity would become known as the Mothman - The Mothman Legacy 00:10
While the bizarre entity would become known as the Mothman
[entity laughs] - The Mothman Legacy 00:12
[entity laughs]
In other words, many encounters detailed a being - The Mothman Legacy 00:06
In other words, many encounters detailed a being
[entity caws] - The Mothman Legacy 00:16
[entity caws]
- John Keel, his original title, - The Mothman Legacy 00:12
- John Keel, his original title,
In Hinduism, the Garuda is a massive sun bird - The Mothman Legacy 00:09
In Hinduism, the Garuda is a massive sun bird
It is depicted as some human features, - The Mothman Legacy 00:10
It is depicted as some human features,
- And you know, - The Mothman Legacy 00:06
- And you know,
A shadow was passing over a little town - The Mothman Legacy 00:17
A shadow was passing over a little town
[haunting violin music] - The Mothman Legacy 00:11
[haunting violin music]
And then something went around - The Mothman Legacy 00:09
And then something went around
- The kind of explanations that get talked about a lot, - The Mothman Legacy 00:07
- The kind of explanations that get talked about a lot,
A friend of mine, Forrest Burgess, - The Mothman Legacy 00:14
A friend of mine, Forrest Burgess,
- Other people thought, youknow, well, maybe it was a bird, - The Mothman Legacy 00:06
- Other people thought, youknow, well, maybe it was a bird,
You know, the TNT Area, the waste in the TNT Area - The Mothman Legacy 00:08
You know, the TNT Area, the waste in the TNT Area
Which makes a perfect scenario for a Boris Karloff movie. - The Mothman Legacy 00:05
Which makes a perfect scenario for a Boris Karloff movie.
- I know that back in the '80s, that they came in - The Mothman Legacy 00:12
- I know that back in the '80s, that they came in
- But that was maybe a way for a lot of those people - The Mothman Legacy 00:18
- But that was maybe a way for a lot of those people