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The Mothman Legacy

Thousands attend theMothman Festival each year, making it one of thetwo best attended...

Thousands attend the
Mothman Festival each year, making it one of the
two best attended events in the state of West Virginia

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Thousands attend the Mothman Festival each year,
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making it one of the two best attended events
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in the state of West Virginia.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:08:53
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 museum, meanwhile, - The Mothman Legacy 00:10
The museum, meanwhile,
The museum acts as a sort of living story, - The Mothman Legacy 00:10
The museum acts as a sort of living story,
A tradition that stretches back far beyond North America - The Mothman Legacy 00:11
A tradition that stretches back far beyond North America
- What Jeff did was he went back - The Mothman Legacy 00:06
- What Jeff did was he went back
And the thing is that it had been, at that point in time, - The Mothman Legacy 00:14
And the thing is that it had been, at that point in time,
[bright hopeful music] - The Mothman Legacy 00:09
[bright hopeful music]
Whether locals or whatever want to admit it or not, - The Mothman Legacy 00:08
Whether locals or whatever want to admit it or not,
What I mean is lack of business, - The Mothman Legacy 00:06
What I mean is lack of business,
It's kind of just blossomed overtime. - The Mothman Legacy 00:05
It's kind of just blossomed overtime.
- I'm a grandfather now, so I think, you know, - The Mothman Legacy 00:11
- I'm a grandfather now, so I think, you know,
I mean, you know, I've done that all my life - The Mothman Legacy 00:06
I mean, you know, I've done that all my life
But you know, be creative and be nice to other people. - The Mothman Legacy 00:04
But you know, be creative and be nice to other people.
That's probably the bottom line is, you know, - The Mothman Legacy 00:04
That's probably the bottom line is, you know,
Well, my daughter, Ashley, you know, - The Mothman Legacy 00:07
Well, my daughter, Ashley, you know,
I always tell her, I'll say, youknow, - The Mothman Legacy 00:10
I always tell her, I'll say, youknow,
[light uplifting music] - The Mothman Legacy 00:11
[light uplifting music]
I think Mothman has kinda movedinto the area of folklore, - The Mothman Legacy 00:09
I think Mothman has kinda movedinto the area of folklore,
The folktales tell us who we are. - The Mothman Legacy 00:05
The folktales tell us who we are.
It helps us remember those Celtic roots, - The Mothman Legacy 00:09
It helps us remember those Celtic roots,
And really, that's an importantthing for every person - The Mothman Legacy 00:08
And really, that's an importantthing for every person