THE MOTHmAN
A LEGEND
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VIRGINIA. 1966. TWO COUPLES ARE OUT JOYRIDING NI A '57 CHEVY NI THE "TNT AREA." A ONCE BUSTLING MUTIONS FACTORY DURING WWII. BUT TONIGHT.
NI NOVEMBER, IT IS COLD AND FORGOTTEN.
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THEY PARK in A QUIET CLEARING. the DRIVER AND OWNER OF THE CHEVY SEES A TALL, BIPEDIAL FIGURE WITH WINGS. HIS WIFE NOTICES TWO RED DISCS THE SIZE OF DINNER PLATES, SHE COMES TO UNDERSTAND ARE THE CREAURE'S EYES. AS THEY FEVERISHLY DRIVE AWAY, THE CREATURE TAKES FLIGHT. FOLLOWING THEM AT SPEEDS OF OVER 100 MPH. ITS WINGS BEAT AGAINST THE ROOF, LEAVING SCRATCHES AND SCUFFS. AS THEY NEAR TOWN, THE BEING GROWS AFRAID AND FLIES BACK TO THE WOODS, LEAVING THE COUPLES WITH ONLY THEIR TALE TO TELL.
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THE couples WOULD GO ON TO REPORT THIS ENCOUNTER TO THE LOCAL SHERIFF. FROM THERE, THE
LEGEND WOULD GROW. FOR THE NEXT YEAR, THE WORLD WOULD COME TO KNOW. THE MOTHMAN
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THE CULMINATION OF THE MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS CAME Just BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, in 1967. THE SILVER BRIDGE, A ROADWAY STRETCHING ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER, COLLAPSED. THIS DISASTER tragically ended the lives of UPWARDS OF FORTY PEOPLE.
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THERE WERE NO FURTHER MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS IN POINT PLEASANT AFTER THE SILVER BRIDGE DISASTER. WHILE MANY SPECULATE ON ITS ORIGINS AND THERE ARE MANY PIECES TO ITS PUZZLE, SOME PEOPLE REPORT FEELING A GREAT UNEASE WHEN SEEING THE CREATURE. THEY CLAIM it WAS TRYING TO TELL THEM SOMETHING.
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THIS, PAIRED WITH MULTIPLE SIGHTINGS NEAR SILVER BRIDGE JUST BEFORE THE COLLAPSE, HAS LED MANY TO SEE THE WINGED CREATURE AS A HARBINGER OF DOOM.
A story
PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, OHIO. 1966. HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WENDY BORGINNIS SITS ON THE BACK PORCH READING. HER DOG MELVIN SLEEPS SOUNDLESSLY BESIDE HER. SHE TURNS A PAGE. INSECTS DRONE.
SUDDENLY, MELVIN AWAKENS, BARKS, AND RUNS FOR THE WOODS. WENDY CALLS FOR HIM, BUT
TO NO AVAIL. AFTER A FLASH OF RED LIGHT, MELVIN IS GONE, HIS BARKING HAS STOPPED. WENDY STEPS INTO THE GRASS AND THEN SHE TOO IS SHROUDED in THE RED LIGHT.
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WENDY'S MOTHER, ELLEN, FINDS HER DAUGHTER THE NEXT MORNING WENDY IS UNCONSCIOUS IN THE GRASS. THE MOMENT ELLEN TOUCHES HER SHE BEGINS TO SCREAM. WENDY TELLS HER MOTHER OF a coming disaster, ALL FORETOLD BY TWO GREAT RED EYES.
ELLEN ATTEMPTS TO TRACK DOWN SOME HELP TO FIND HER MISSING MELVIN, THE DUO SHE ENDS UP RALLYING BEHIND? FIRST. HER GREAT UNCLE GERALD FOSSEY. HE'S A VETERAN OF BOTH WORLD WARS AND CARRIES A LITERAL CANNON WITH HIM UPON ARRIVAL. THE OTHER IS LOCAL GROCERY
BAGGER CLAY MERRIMAN, CLAY HAS NEVER BEEN IN A FIGHT BEFORE.
A MOST UNPLEASANT NIGHT TAKES PLACE OVER THE COURSE OF ONE EVENING IN THE MYSTERIOUS APPALACHIAN HILLS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO. OUR UNLIKELY HEROES, CLAY AND FOSSEY, WILL GO ON A HUNT THAT WILL CONFUSE THEM, CHALLENGE THEM, AND ULTIMATELY CONNECT THEM THROUGH SPACE AND TIME, OUR FEARFUL HEROES ARE NOT ONLY AFTER MELVIN AND THE MYSTERIOUS RED-EYED MONSTER THAT STOLE HIM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO AFTER THE TRUTH. THIS BOLD PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH MIGHT JUST LEAD THEM TO AN ENCOUNTER THEY MAY NEVER FORGET...