The Mothman of Point Pleasant

May 25, 2017

1h 7m

★ 5.4

Overview

Learn the terrifying, true story about thirteen months that changed history! In November of 1966 a car full of kids encountered a creature unlike anything they'd ever seen before. In the weeks and months to follow, the monster – now known as The Mothman – was sighted again and again on country roads and around the state of West Virginia.

Genres

Documentary

Horror

Production Companies

Small Town Monsters

The Mothman of Point Pleasant Trailers

Cast

Narrator (voice)

Lyle Blackburn

Self - Executive Director, Mason County Tourism

Dennis D. Bellamy

Self - Point Pleasant Resident

Lyn Fawn Cornwell-Robinson

Self - Author/Teacher, Curator of the Mothman Museum

Jeff Wamsley

Self - Local Author, Former Schoolmate of Steven & Mary Mallett

George Dudding

Self - Reporter, Huntington Herald-Dispatch

Dave Peyton

Self - Eyewitness, Point Pleasant Resident

Faye Dewitt-Leport

Self - Schoolteacher, Eyewitness

Lawrence Gray

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