Eyewitness Stories

Patch, David. "Collapse stirs memories of Ohio River tragedy."
 toledoBlade.com. N.p, 5 Aug. 2007. Web. 24 Oct. 2012.

There have been many eyewitness
accounts of The Mothman. Most of
those sightings having occured from 1966-1967.One of the first
sightings of Mothman was from
two couples. Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Scarberry and Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Mallet, both couples from Point Pleasant,saw a "large white apparition flying at high speed, following their car. They told a deputy sheriff it looked like a flying man with ten-foot wings and said it was about seven feet tall with large red eyes"(Aberdeen Daily News). A lot of controversy sparked whenever the 700 foot Silver Bridge collasped into the Ohio River on December 15th, 1967, killing 46 people, most of which being
eyewitnesses of the Mothman. Engineers said it was due to "metal
fatigue" (Corsaletti). Dick Thomas, a former newspaperman, had an experience with the Silver Bridge before it collasped that shook him. A few minutes after 4 o'clock on the afternoon of December 15th, he drove to Point Pleasant by way of the Silver Bridge. It was very strange because his car was the only car on the bridge at that time, and usually it was very busy. At 4:58 the bridge collasped into the river. There were many people that saw "flashing red lights around the bridge just before and just after it toppled into the river" (Corsaletti). There are many skeptics surrounding the controversial topic, but many say the Mothman was some type of fallen angel that tried to warn many of the tragic event before it manifested.
 

"Excitement Dies Down In Mothman Mystery." Aberdeen Daily News [Aberdeen, South Dakota] 30 Nov. 1966: 15. Newsbank Newspapers. Web. 22 Oct. 2012.
 

 Corsaletti, Lou. "Strange Events in West Virginia." Seattle Daily Times [Seattle Washington] 22 June 1975: 134. Newsbank Newspapers. Web. 22 Oct. 2012.