In November 1966, four young people driving near Point Pleasant, West Virginia, reported encountering an enormous winged creature with glowing red eyes. Their account sparked a wave of alleged sightings, strange occurrences and growing public anxiety that would eventually become one of America’s most enduring paranormal legends.

Directed by Seth Breedlove and produced by Small Town Monsters, this documentary reconstructs the events of 1966–1967 through eyewitness testimony, archival material, interviews with local residents and historical research. It examines reports of unidentified flying objects, unexplained phenomena and the mysterious figure that became known as the Mothman.

The story takes a darker turn on 15 December 1967, when the Silver Bridge connecting West Virginia and Ohio collapsed, killing 46 people.…