Mothman Sightings

Multiple drivers and airport workers reported a large dark winged humanoid gliding over the runways and Bessie Coleman Drive near O'Hare during the 2017 Chicago wave catalogued by researcher Lon Strickler.

Source: https://hangar1publishing.com/blogs/cryptids/mothman-ohare

A mother witnessed a tall winged red-eyed humanoid leaning over her child's bed before it vanished out the window — an encounter resurfaced during the 2017 Chicago Mothman flap.

Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/mothman-sightings-in-chicago/

Bar security guard John Amitrano stepped outside The Owl on a Friday night and watched a slender, pterodactyl-like winged humanoid undulate beneath a passing aircraft above Milwaukee Avenue, part of the 2017 Chicago Mothman wave.

Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/mothman-sightings-in-chicago/

Part of the 2017 Chicago 'flying humanoid' wave: witnesses near Lincoln Park described a tall black bat-like being with glowing red eyes gliding silently overhead. Lon Strickler logged dozens of similar reports that year.

Source: https://phantomsandmonsters.com/post/1769972317761

A witness reported a seven-foot winged humanoid with red eyes moving at high speed along the Museum Campus lakefront, one of the higher-profile entries in the 2017 Chicago Mothman flap.

Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/mothman-sightings-in-chicago/

A tourist visiting the Mothman Festival reported a tall dark figure with reflective red eyes briefly seen along the Ohio River bank near the statue, later submitted to the Mothman Museum sightings log.

Source: https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia

A truck driver on US-11W between Kingsport and the Virginia state line reported a large winged humanoid figure gliding low over the highway at approximately 2 a.m. He described it as dark, man-shaped, with massive wings and no visible head movement. The sighting was reported to the Mutual UFO Network and later cited in a WJHL feature on Appalachian cryptids.

Source: https://www.wjhl.com/haunted-tri-cities/mothman-bigfoot-raven-mocker-and-more-cryptids-of-appalachia/

A motorist and her daughter driving FM 157 at dusk watched a dark, leathery winged humanoid glide silently across the highway without flapping; the figure resembled the Texas 'Houston Batman' encounters of decades earlier.

Source: https://truehorrorstoriesoftexas.com/mothman-in-texas/

A father and son driving on Briggs Road saw a long-winged creature with yellow eyes shoot up into the sky shrieking after nearly hitting their truck; both became violently ill afterward.

Source: https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/cryptids/2018/8/18/cryptid-profile-the-wisconsin-man-bat

On the day the Silver Bridge collapsed killing 46 people, several locals reported seeing a winged red-eyed figure near the bridge in the days prior — an event that fused Mothman lore with the disaster.

Source: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/west-virginia-mothman/

13-year-old Sheila Cain and her younger sister were walking home from a store along Route 60 in St. Albans when a large winged figure with red eyes lurched from the brush and chased them down the street.

Source: https://www.appalachianoddity.org/database-1966-1967/

Connie Carpenter encountered the winged creature in broad daylight near the old igloos; it stared at her with red eyes, leaving her with a Klieg-light-style eye irritation that lasted weeks.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

Thomas Ury, a salesman driving north on Route 62 just outside Point Pleasant in daylight, watched a tall grey winged figure rise straight up from a field and circle his car three times before he sped away to the sheriff's office.

Source: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/moth

Marcella Bennett, visiting the Ralph Thomas family near the old munitions plant, saw a large grey winged creature with glowing eyes rise from the ground; she dropped her infant in shock before fleeing inside as it shuffled onto the porch.

Source: https://thecinemaholic.com/marcella-bennett/

Two young couples (Roger and Linda Scarberry, Steve and Mary Mallette) reported a 6-7 foot tall winged figure with glowing red eyes that chased their car from the abandoned WWII munitions site back toward town. The foundational Mothman sighting.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

Building contractor Newell Partridge's TV blew out and his German shepherd Bandit ran toward two glowing red eyes in a hayfield; the dog was never seen again, with paw prints found circling and vanishing.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman