The “Mothman”

In what almost sounds like a prequel to Stranger Things, four American teens from West Virginia reportedly saw a scary bird-like creature on a dark November night in 1966. The creepy winged-beast was said to have possessed glowing red eyes and large bat-like wings.

The local sheriff held a press conference the next day and the monster was henceforth dubbed “Mothman” after the Batman TV series of the time. A book by John Keel that discussed the strange goings on in the Ohio Valley believed the Mothman could have been linked to a bridge collapse in 1967 that killed 46 people (including Mothman witnesses!). None of this would be half as creepy if they had found “Butterflyman” instead.