The Mothman of Point Pleasant
β 5.6 Β· 2017 Β· 67m Β· Documentary Β· Horror
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 β now known as The Mothman β was sighted again and again on country roads and around the state of West Virginia.
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