Mothman!

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Back in December 2024 I wrote a discussion about the sad coincidence of TWO bridge collapses happening over the same river (the Ohio River), both on a December 15. One was in across the river from Louisville in 1893. The more tragic and memorable one was in 1967, over the Ohio River where Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio are joined by a bridge. The tragedy is known by the nickname of that bridge, the Silver Bridge. There are very simple, scientific explanations for the Silver Bridge disaster (which took 46 lives). Some people, however, refused to accept the findings of the studies done by engineers and officials. No, THEY, instead, blamed Mothman for the tragedy. Mothman is like Bigfoot, only confined to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and only sighted for about a year. The first sighting was in 1966. The last one was the day the bridge collapsed. You can’t keep a good legend down, of course. Mothman has a statue, a museum, AND a festival. I wasn’t there just to see it. My primary destination was the Silver Bridge memorials in the area. But Mothman is part of that sad legacy. PHOTOS: (Left) The Mothman statue (I’ve already shown you the backside ) (Right) Close-up of the plaque at the base of the statue Here’s my discussion from December 2024 about the Silver Bridge disaster: