Mothman and the Bunkers
You can’t go to Point Pleasant, WV without hearing about the
Mothman. There are many stories floating
around about what it is and if it was responsible for the collapse of the
Silver Bridge in 1967. Some believe it
is the harbinger of doom, an urban legend, while others think it is a
protector. It was reported by witnesses
as seeing the winged creature flying over the bridge right before it fell into
the river. This event spawned a book “The
Mothman Prophecies” and a 2002 movie with the same name.
The Mothman is an infamous winged cryptic first seen in
Point Pleasant in 1966 by two couples driving near the TNT area. This area is an abandoned TNT factory from
World War II and where many reported sightings of the creature have been seen. The couples described what they saw as a “flying
man with ten-foot wings with red glowing eyes”.
After their story in the Point
Pleasant Register, several others came forward with stories of seeing the
huge bird-like creature especially near the area of the bunkers.
The bunkers are located in the outskirts of town near a
Christmas tree lot and nuclear plant.
There have been many reports of paranormal activity especially in the
second of the three bunkers. People have
seen strange orbs, shadow figures, and felt like they were being touched by
unseen forces. Sharon wrote a great post
on the myths of the bunkers and our experience.
Check it out: Ghost Hunting Theories.
At one of the gift shops in downtown historic Point
Pleasant, we were given a map to the bunkers.
We were both very curious to see them considering all the stories we
heard about them. We turned down a small
road just passed the Christmas tree lot and counted the turnoffs to get to the
road where the bunkers are located. We
found the turnoff, but the road was blocked off with a closed gate. We parked the car, got out, and an uneasy
feeling came over me. I looked down the
path we had to walk and saw a dense forest on one side with a mucky pond on the
other. I felt so uncomfortable about
being there as we walked towards the bunkers.
Sharon was feeling it too. We
didn't get too far when we glanced back at the car and a police vehicle passed
by, came back, and stopped. We made up
some story that we were taking pictures of the pond because we were from
Arizona and water is rare in that state.
It was lame and I am pretty sure he didn't believe us. Part of me was glad to see him, but the other
part of me wanted to see the bunkers. We
got back in the car and headed back to Point Pleasant. Someday, we will see those bunkers and
hopefully experience something paranormal.
Point Pleasant has a 12 foot tall metallic statue of the
Mothman in Gunn Park. Every year since 2002 they have a Mothman Festival. This is held on the 3rd weekend of every September. For more information
on this event, check out this website: http://mothmanfestival.com/.
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