The Mothman is a prime example of modern American folklore, a monster that hasn’t faded from public curiosity since its first appearance in 1966. What makes for a good modern American myth? Something ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the Cryptid of the Week! Mothman! This elusive cryptid took West Virginia ...

It's a busy time to be Jeff Wamsley, the owner and creator of the world’s only Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. But the Mothman was well known long before the popular Netflix reboot ...

The Mothman statue in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. | Jimmy Emerson DVM, Flickr // CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The infamous cryptid’s popularity endured over the ensuing decades with the help of John Keel’s 1975 ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — One of West Virginia’s favorite cryptids is getting a spot on the stage in a brand-new ballet.

A bizarre creature terrorized a town in West Virginia in 1966 and 1967, leering at locals with glowing red eyes, flying over their cars and causing radiation burns and even the collapse of a major ...

THE myth of the Mothman has been part of American fokelore since the 1960s. Now a recent sighting of a what some people are saying is a winged man flying through the trees has sparked fears the ...

CW’s Riverdale has spent the last few episodes teasing a new storyline revolving around a nightmarish Mothman character. This folklore legend was introduced when Tabitha Tate, the new owner of Pop’s ...