We escaped Mothman!

Welcome back to Mosey’nMillers. It was a close call, but we safely escaped the Mothman. Mothman?

In West Virginia folklore, Mothman is a creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area from November 1966, to December 1967. The newspaper report published in the Point Pleasant Register was titled "Couples See Man-Sized Bird ... Creature ... Something". 

The national press picked up the reports and spread the story across the United States. Mothman was popularized in a book The Mothman Prophecies, claiming that there were supernatural events related to the sightings, and a connection to the collapse of the Silver Bridge. The 2002 film The Mothman Prophecies was based on that book. An annual festival in Point Pleasant is devoted to the Mothman legend. 

We missed the big shindig by a few days.







The Silver Bridge was a suspension bridge built in 1928 and named for the color of its aluminum paint. It carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed while it was full of rush-hour traffic, resulting in the deaths of 46 people.

Point Pleasant is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawaha Rivers, so it inevitably has flooding issues. 

The 1937 the flood came to the second floor windows.

After several once-in-500-year- floods within several decades, a high flood wall was built around the central city. A wonderful river-front park, walkway and State Park are a great place to spend the afternoon absorbing local history. The Flood wall is decorated with murals illustrating the town’s past.

The following statues and murals are found in the river-front park.

In front of the Silver Bridge mural.