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Forget Bigfoot, Mothman is the only one for me.
I think I’ve fallen for the Mothman, and there’s no going back. He looks as if he could tear someone in two, with upper and lower fangs, a hairy chest with six-pack abs, clawed hands and feet, and ghastly torn wings that rise 13 feet high. The creature has a braided mullet and no visible, uhhhh, manhood. Mothman's red eyes, the size of footballs, are mirrored inside so they glow at night in reflected light.
For months, the horrifying (but buff) creature terrorized the skies over Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Rumor is that the Mothman would swoop down to frighten dogs and people (seems like a weak intimidation tactic to me.) Reports of his attacks stopped in 1960, but before that, some had very close interactions with the Mothman.
On a crisp mid-November night in Clenden, West Virginia, a group of gravediggers began work in a cemetery. As they took a break they noticed something, then they saw it again, and again. The figure loomed over them throughout the night, moving from tree to tree stalking the gravediggers. They would later describe the figure as a “brown human being.” This is the first sighting of the myth that would become the Mothman. Just three days later two couples were parked at an old power plant, supposedly for a romantic getaway. The night would become anything but romantic. At midnight the 10 foot figure with red eyes and a wing span just as long as its height appeared in front of the couples’ car. As they tried to make an escape the Mothman kept up, reaching speeds of 100 mph. The brave couples went out the next night to hunt down the creature.
Apparently, the Mothman has been on a world tour of national disasters. The Silver Bridge collapse took 47 lives. The official cause of the collapse was failed welding, but many in the small town believed it was the Mothman’s doing. This is when the figure became an omen of bad luck and tragedy. (Hold onto your hat, because this is when it really gets crazy.) In 1978, in Freiburg Germany, a group of miners was allegedly stopped from entering the mine by a 13 foot figure with large wings and glowing red eyes. Its deafening screech chased the miners out. Just one hour later, the mine collapsed. In the months leading up to the Chernobyl incident, there were numerous claims of a large creature flying around the plant (a fact the Chernobyl Docuseries, unfortunately, left out.) Residents also reported being plagued with nightmares and ominous phone calls before the incident – apparently, all of the Mothman's doing. And we couldn't talk about myths without having crazy conspiracies. Witnesses of the 9/11 attack claim that they saw the figure flying parallel to the second plane. These witnesses claim to have been silenced by “Men in Black” who warned them to keep quiet about what they saw. There are so many incidents that are tied to the lore of the Mothman.
So I, like many others, am in love with the Mothman. So much so that there is a published romance book about the pop culture icon.
★★★★★ This book has everything you need. An ancient hottie, wholesome moments, tension, and #relatable situations. It was interesting to see the main character start a new life and learn more about her by watching her navigate these totally unfamiliar situations. Did I mention that one of those unfamiliar situations is like a 7ft tall incredibly sexy moth man? I feel like I get disappointed when I invest so much in characters and a story only to read some form of “it fades to black” or have the seggs part of the story completely skipped. No issues with that here… Seeing how the moth man develops is interesting too— by the time I reached the end I was like BOOK TWO WHEN?? _I need more Moth- Dugalad, via Barnes & Noble reviews
And I know this is the question on everybody’s mind; is the Mothman politically involved? Yes! He’s often seen posing with West Virginia candidates. The Mothman took a selfie with Joe Manchin, which was retweeted by Donald Trump, this photo inspired a wave of frenzied Mothman stans. Also, during the pandemic, the Mothman sported a very fashionable N95 mask. The Mothman has become a mascot for the absurd, the misunderstood, and the queer. Many online users create queer fan art (my personal fav) to praise the mythic legend.
The Mothman is a representative of so many communities; Conspiracy theorists, movie fans, the LGBT, politicians, and in my case history buffs. His fascinating history goes back six decades, far too much to write in this newsletter. There is so much to cover on the lore of the Mothman; I ended up leaving so much out, cosplays, the Chicago Mothman, Mothwoman, the Mothman Museum, queer books, and a movie. I beg you to read more about the Mothman, I spent hours reading and researching his history only to find out there was still so much more.
This Valentine’s day The Mothman is my perfect man. He’s smart, kind of scary, has beautiful eyes, LGBT ally, and is ripped as hell. If Mothman isn’t your perfect man please rethink your standards. Because of the Mothman legend, he has become a creature cemented in myth and in pop culture. I’d take him over Bigfoot any day.
Further reading
I referenced this article when calling the Mothman a queer icon. It’s a great, and funny read about the villainization of LGBTQ+ people and their relations to the misunderstood.
“Now, when LGBT rights are under attack and the future is anything but certain, there has emerged among some queer people a renewed interest in drawing strength not from institutions, which have largely failed us, but from our countercultural roots, our historic defiance of norms. Oh, so you think queer people are monsters? We’ll show you monsters. And this time, no one’s locking us back in a cage.”
This is a profile about the reporter who created the first story of the Mothman, setting it mythic creature history forever.
“What does a strange monster do to a town or a community? Or one might ask what happens at the news desk of a paper!,” she began. “Since the strange creature was sighted in this area this week it has brought more excitement than anything I have witnessed since I started working for The Messenger nearly 25 years ago.”
The silly and goofy section
If you’ve become a Mothman stan Vote for the Mothman Musem for the best pop culture museum of 2023
And here’s a Change.org petition that I totally support (only 30 more signatures!)
Nice.