
In this episode, we dig into the chilling legend of the Mothman - the winged, red-eyed creature that terrorized Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the late 1960s. From eerie eyewitness accounts and government cover-up theories to electromagnetic interference and psychic distress, we explore multiple unsettling angles of the story. We also dive into the Mothman’s strange ties to global disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima, questioning whether this creature is a cryptid, a curse, or a cosmic warning. Along the way, we uncover how a once-feared figure became the unlikely mascot of a town, complete with statues, festivals, and cinematic fame. So… is the Mothman a myth, a misidentification, or something much more ominous?
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