Case file · Anomaly hotspot
The 'TNT area', Point Pleasant
The concrete igloos of a former World War II explosives plant north of Point Pleasant, now the McClintic Wildlife Management Area, were the centre of the 1966–67 Mothman sightings.
1966 CE · 38.91, -82.07 · status: account
The account
On 15 November 1966 Roger and Linda Scarberry and Steve and Mary Mallette said a winged figure with glowing red eyes chased their car from the site. John Keel later collected reports of lights, strange callers and visitors around the area.
The sceptical view
Abandoned bunkers, owls and an excited press made a strong mix; there is no physical evidence of a creature.
Connections in the atlas
- Clendenin gravediggers' sighting
- First Mothman report (Point Pleasant Register)
- Point Pleasant lights of 1967
- The Mothman Prophecies
- Keel, 'The Mothman Prophecies'
- Mothman