The Mothman Returns: Point Pleasant Legend to Chicago Terror
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Mothman Returns: Point Pleasant Legend to Chicago Terror
This legend beings as so many do.
Three gravediggers, working in a cemetery hear something overhead. They look up and see a creature: almost ten feet tall with massive wings perched on a high tree branch; staring at them with glowing red eyes. Then in an instant, it's gone.
Three days later, just a few miles away, two young couples burst into the local police station. Terrified, they report being chased by a tall man with wings and glowing red eyes.
More and more people would report seeing a creature that stood on two legs, was at least 8 feet tall, and had wings.
Some said it was half-man, half-bird; others said half-man, half-bat. But that name that stuck was "The Mothman".
Though The Mothman terrorized hundreds of people for a year, it never physically harmed anyone.
But 13 months later, that would change. And 46 men, women, and children would end up at the bottom of the Ohio River.
#Cryptid #Mothman #mystery
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Can you do a video on LIZZID PEEPLE please? Thanks!
Yes pls cover indrid Cold
@@PooPooBanana2 He did one on Hillary. Close enough.
More Indred please
Great episode..
If you have to fly Spirit...
You prolly seen Mothman......blahahahahahahahahahaha
Yes please to an Indrid Cold episode! Another phenomenal episode!
I agree
An Indrid Cold episode would be fantastic!
yes please
yes, yes, yes!
Ya let's do it
I love these longer videos so much. 30 to 40 minutes is the sweet spot.
The Crab cat they mentioned sounds so cute too ❤
@@rebecca8866 fear.. the crab cat
Best when you want to 💤
@@kolibra7745 The crabcat fears the scorpion dog.
agreed
Man, I gotta say it. Within the space of like 4 days, this has become my favourite youtube channel! Your videos are just great!
I feel like O'hare Airport needs it's own episode, there are so many weird things that have happened around that airport.
I used to have a good view of a huge, wide swath of airspace over O'Hare and UFOs zoomed around up there like it was their playground.
@@ktrayn78 did you ever get any photos? flew out from there the other day
@@j-vic07 No, this was 1989-1996 and the technology to take quality night photos was very hard to come by back then.
This has nothing to do with this video, but I love how you end every video with, "Be safe, be kind, and know that you are appreciated." It's an important message and we should say this to others more often. Love the positivity!
Why doesn't he run his vocal track through Audacity and drop it by at least 2 octaves?
It's really difficult listening to Alvin the Chipmunk/Why Host
In kenpo karate we do something similar in our salute, when my wife saw it she asked why he was doing the salute, lol
Dani I couldn't agree more, it really is a nice message that Aj and Hecklefish send out at the end of each video,it always puts a smile on my face and leaves me feeling good. It might make the world that little bit better and people that little bit happier if more of us had more respect for each other and shared some kind words amongst the community. I think if we were to ever meet Aj he would be a lovely human ❤
You should get a trophy just for watching a video and commenting
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"The story of Indrid Cold is a wild one, so let me know if you want me to cover it" - hell ya, that's what we're here for 😊
@@DR.DisInfect not according to the Crab Cat.
@DrDisifect
It is real
@@kieranhart5776prove it
I grew up in the finger lakes region of NY. My earliest memory is when i was in my bed and my window, that was very old and heavy, opened up and this terrifying creature crawled in. I immediately hid under my blanket with my teddy bear and held my breath and peed the bed because i was so afraid. I slowly looked over the blanket and saw this giant bat-shaped man with looked like a claw for each foot, and had black wings wrapped around him. The head was all black and I saw it was shiny from my night light! I quickly went under my covers and stayed there. Nothing happened, i didn't hear anything. I immediately told my mother how sorry I was for the bed and she insisted that I had such an imagination. Im 43 now and I still need a night light.
Have very similar story to yours, still afraid to sleep without night light
Wait it has claw like feet? Could you describe them if you happen to remember?
@@maiganmattson5836 hey, yeah I remember that it looked like two legs with either a curved hoof or something like a sharp claw. It was black. It curved though.
@@shanac5536 I had this really weird experience when I was a teenager (at this age I was having quite a bit of weird and/or paranormal experiences) where I grabbed my of my notebooks to write in and on one of the pages there was what looked like a hand or footprint similar to a chicken foot but huge took up almost the whole page and looked like it was almost burned onto the page
Really
who is here in 2024? 🦟
STEWY 90
2030
Your mom...😎
😂😂😅 this is normally a comment used for videos that are really old
Me
I would love a video on The Book of Enoch. It would be amazing to learn more about it from you and Hecklefish. Thank you for the top notch content as always!
Agreed
Yes!!!!!
Agreed
Agreed, he should do an entire series on it, like 4 episodes. 🔥
Yes to this! Make it happen pleeeeease
Literally the best show out there. Nothing on tv, Hulu, Netflix, on and on... nothing comes close to The Why Files?. Keep on keeping on AJ, Hecklefish and family!
Agree 100%
@@rowdy7480 ay man you gotta do what you gotta do. Money is money and if that's what it takes for him to keep making the show and put food on his table then so be it. You can't fault anyone for making money. You're more than welcome to make your own show and channel and shun sponsors all you want.
Haters gonna hate
@@rowdy7480 I’d rather them be at the beginning cause then I won’t be taken out of being mesmerized by all the wild things I just learned… it leaves my head spinning in a good way 💯
literally
I'm watching this five months later, but I figure I'd chime in anyway. My father swears to have seen the Moth Man. He lived in Down-town Los Angeles (c.1970) and was walking through a neighborhood with a friend around 11PM. Suddenly, they noticed a very tall/lanky and limber, black-short-furred but naked "man" with bright red "laser shine" eyes and wings that looked like a moth's but translucent. They claim it was basically parkouring a few home roofs at a time. The wings seemed to shortly glide it more than flap/propel it. It was a dead-quiet night, yet there were no sounds of landing contact. It glanced at them briefly and continued until it leaped over a small building and kept going.
My dad's friend immediately committed-to and became a pastor. My dad was a very talented man who seeked the most out of life. That sighting made them rethink the value of their lives.
you probably won’t see this but the baltimore bridge collapsed last night and i just couldn’t help but think it’s a coincidence i’m watching this the day after.
Yeah lol, I watched this video for a bit of nostalgia since I used to love watching videos about cool monsters like this. But I completely forgot about the Baltimore Bridge
I got that vibe as well.
As a direct descendant of Chief Cornstalk, thank you for telling others about his mission as peacekeeping in his finally hours. Keep up the good work. Your shows are informative without sensationalism.
It's crazy to me how many violent battles were fought and still haunt the U.S under the surface. I'm from Irish immigrants and I'm glad we had no part in the slaughters of yore.
I'm Irish and Indian decent and it saddens me how some get continued empathy and demand it almost for past atrocities yet on both sides of my heritage, there was injustice done above and beyond others in our past.
Chief Cornstalk was my 4x Great Grandfather my 3x Grandfather Ezekiel Whitt married Chief Cornstalks daughter Rachel
@marshasue7328
Let's face facts, the human race of all creeds, and race are involved in atrocities ever since the beginning of mankind! It doesn't matter what part of the world you were born or live in, at some point in time, your people, our people, their people were treated horribly! It is sad that this is in our human nature for war! I wish that we came from a planet of peace and harmony! And I hope that 1 day we all can live in peace! ✌️ ☮️ 🕊
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I love the little chair lowering at the beginning of each episode, and the dance party during the credits! Definitely gets me debriefed
AGREED!!!!!
And I like hecklefish very much lol
Right? I love all the little details the WF team puts into these episodes.
@@autumnspredemann6936 YUP! Pros!!!
It makes the show
This is the only channel I have ever watched that makes the sponsor ads entertaining enough that I don’t scrub forward to skip them.
Great presentation of fascinating content, as usual.
Me too. Hecklefish has got all the lines
yeah imagine Hecklefishes take on a shavinbg device to shave your balls "Manscape" that would be hilarious.
This might be Heckle Fish’s best episode, had me dying lol
Have you seen the episode about the alien ship in the Brazilian town of Vagina yet?
Hihi yes Mas
He could have a show of his own... brilliant!!!
I'm born and raised in dub v so yea I was dead when heckle started singing country roads
Fear the crab cat!
A mothman episode on 4/20?! This is going to be a killer buzz.
Duuuude I forgot it’s 4/20 tomorrow
@@JustSonicShorts Wait a minute.... Today is 4/20 😳🍃
Duuuuude bogos and free gummies brooo!
Cool, watch the 1999 other videos in the same exact subject. Guy is a content stealing pleb
It’s always 4/20 in my little universe.
What's crazy to me being a Southern Ohio native is the fact that everybody in the Point Pleasant area knew something weird was going on. Whether they had seen or heard of the Mothman or not. The father of a friend of mine said there was a big High School Dance the Night of the incident everybody felt off and knew something bad was going to happen. Yet they had the dance anyway if my memory serves me right her father left the party early it only found out days letter about the bridge collapse.
Comic memory? What is that?
Yup. My pap grew up in point pleasant. He passed away a few years ago but he told us all about this.
I'm from Southern Ohio too
@@shilohbridgewater6407 It's probably a grammer or spelling mistake?
There is a theory that the general unconscious of mankind warns us when there is some big hurtle or horror ahead. There was a computer project a few years ago that kept a check on what people were googling. "Web bot"
and it was found there is a certain interest in a subject just before a tragedy ...
Im a truck driver and i love driving around listening to these all day. While listening to this episode i saw a car with a hecklefish plush in the dash!!
Chief Cornstalk was my 10th great-grandfather. It was really interesting to hear his connection to one of my favorite cryptids.
A story about Indrid Cold would be awesome. I've heard a few versions before, but I've no doubt that you would but a great spin on it!
I’ve encountered a man fitting the description of Indrid Cold, on three occasions. That was before I ever heard of him.
@@TheViolalove Go on...
What I think is so interesting of the Ingrid Cold story is the smile. If you're an 👽 you would smile to put people at ease.
The smiling man. Yes a video on him would be awesome!
Please do a segment on Indrid Cold and Woodrow Derinberger . John Keel had some interesting experiences with Indrid Cold also ,and the Mary Hyre and the M.I.B. connection is also interesting.
Indred cold, if you preface someone’s story being” a wild one”, yes we want you to do that episode.
Never heard of him, so bring it on :)
Yeah AJ has covered some crazy shit, so if he specified that it’s a wild story, it’s gonna be really good. I’ve heard the story before myself, but not in as much detail as I know a Why Files video would have. This is my favorite RUclips channel for a reason.
I agree please do an episode on this one
Yes please on Ingrid Cole!😮
Great horned owl with legs extended. You would be amazed how big these are.
"Has it ever occurred to you to explain yourself to a cockroach?"
- best line from the movie
Please do the weird grinning guy story I am a Marine Corps Veteran and I use RUclips and many platforms on here as a coping mechanism for my PTSD and depression and anxiety. I thoroughly enjoy everything you have done I binge watch so much and I can't tell you how much this platform calms me and pulls me back.
Hey there my friend Wishes from me to a happy and healthy life just know that u can get through it😍
Thank you for your service. I understand depression. But could never be as brave as you. So many so appreciate you. Love from West Virginia ❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
Head up Brother. You can get through this.
Blessings from a USAF veteran. My little Bro is a Marine. You can Love you and be more kind to you than any other human!
stay strong.
As a native West Virginian, hearing Hecklefish sing country road is something I never knew I needed. Also, thanks for not going off of hillbilly stereotypes. We are not that. Appreciate you viewing us and our cryptid in a good light.
Sad story but im proud of it.. my old fat cat recently passed naturally at home, his last moments i was holding him singing this song. RIP Samsung.
Hey way out here on the west coast.its actually "/cool" if u say u are from West Virgina!! I'm originally from Washington PA which is right on the border of WV..I always say I'm from West Virgina..ive been there a bunch..any way everyone is ALWAYS interested and I get " I want to move there" ALOT!!!
The hills has eyes.. 😅
I can only hear you saying this with a southern drawl and I assume you're holding a handmade banjo and a moonshine jug.
That’s how I felt when he sang Going Back to Cali by LL Cool J, I’m from California lol
Well... The eyes were more glowing reddish orange like a furnace, and the height closer to eight feet. Very broad shoulders or the wings made it look like that. The silhouette was blacker than the night sky behind it. It was 1985 and I was 19 just sitting on the lounge chair watching TV when i had a feeling someone was outside in the back yard. So, I pulled the curtain back and saw this being and it sent an immediate flight (no pun intended) response to my brain. As fear turned into anger as i got out of the chair heading into the kitchen i got 2 knives holding them blades towards my elbows and headed into the back yard. saw nothing, but the air was colder in that spot where i saw it and there were no crickets or anything making noises. This sighting occurred in Tempe AZ. My 2 cents worth :)
And, you did amazing with creating and "talking" to hecklefish! You are the best channel ive EVER watched.
The Why Files is easily my favourite RUclips channel and I would really enjoy a story on Indrid Cold . Thank you to the Why Files team , great work .
Too bad he didn't keep his word about putting the ads at the end. A man who doesn't keep his word can't be trusted with the truth.
@@rowdy7480 Stop it you Troll , why not get adblock or something , or better still , create your own comment on this topic instead of replying to mine with pathetic comments .
@@rowdy7480 🙄🙄🙄
@@wilmatitzgreaux5086 Oh look! One of those that likes their own comments. How grown up of you, little boy...
@@rowdy7480 yea he probably realized that makes No business sense what so ever? And they probably said they wouldn’t do it if it’s at the end
I’d love an Indrid Cold episode. The wiki page has almost nothing which means it’s probably really interesting and hidden.
Do it!
After having watched a good number of The Why Files videos now, I am truly impressed. Keep it up folks, you're doing great work. Bravo!
Jolly, good old chap. Very well done and covered everything that one could possibly have heard about the moth fellow. Thank you.
It wasn’t that long ago that the Why Files channel reached 1 million and now you’re fast nearing 2 million. It’s impressive how quickly this channel is gaining subscriptions and with good reason. The amount of work and effort going into each episode is obvious.
That's what I noticed! It's about time he start to see some traction. 1st time I heard of him he had 330k sun's and I couldn't believe it. He's just getting better!!
He got signed with Night Media the same people who manage Mr. Beast
Plus, more people are waking up.
Yes a real quality production so it deserves it.
Just found this channel about a month ago. Love it ! Hecklefish for king !
I’m not depressed or anything, but if I was, The Why File’s weekly drops genuinely give me something to look forward to each week. Everything about this channel is phenomenal.
I just adore seeing things about where I live. I'm about 45 minutes from Point Pleasant and I live IN the Shawnee Forest and let me tell you theres more than a little strangeness out here in these woods. We have mounds and tons of Native legends and of course the most wonderful cryptic ever. The Mothman. I would just love to have someone to tell all of the wild experiences I've had personally and also things I've heard from close friends and family. But let me just tell you that Indrid is probably the scariest most disturbing thing along with what I believe is most likely Shawnee dieties and spirits. Even in town IN PUBLIC PLACES things happen.
I’m currently living in Point Pleasant WV, and a Chief in the Airforce (retired) gave me some crazy info about the Mothman story.
Is there anything you can share?
@@diegobermudez8102 He stated they were doing military testing. Jet packs with wings attached to soldier’s backs….. helmets that had goggles that had a red reflective light.
@@larryfriend9298 that definitely seems like most would confuse that for The Mothman. Were there any other sightings?
Sounds like bs to me.
@@counterfeitclone You’re probably right, a real creature with wings sounds way more plausible.
Every time you ask "Let me know if you want me to cover it", yes the answer is yes. Love the channel, love the stories, that Hecklefish fella is kinda cool too.
The answer is always a definite yes!
If those 3 different cases explained Ingrid Cold independently without hearing the other instances, then that seems like it could be one of the best cases for UFOs and it's odd that the story isn't more well known. You should definitely talk about it. If you agree, please like this comment so he sees that we're interested in hearing about the story.
Being a Shawnee citizen it is always a pleasant suprise to hear us mentioned. Awesome.
I found your channel 2 days ago and I'm hooked...can stop watching your shows. keep it up! amazing work - entertaining and engaging
1.92M subscribers and climbing. Nobody deserves it more than the entire Why Files team!
Thank you for hours, upon hours of amazing videos!
The impressive thing is he and his wife mostly do all the editing,research,etc
Agreed. Very well put together.
How do they even research and write the script in only a week? And have to record it too... How many people work on this channel?
@@zimskasalamaa Hecklefish is multi talented 😂
Add another million+
In the early 1970's one came to the back door of our house, which was in a wooded area recently cleared for our neighborhood. The next day, we found dander and feathers on the door mat where the Mothman was standing staring in at us before we ran frightened to ask grandmom if grandpa was playing a trick on us dressed as a bird man.
Later in life at a reunion party of sorts of old neighborhood pals, was telling the story about this "dream" about the birdman, when the other guy from across the room yelled, "Dude, it wasn't a dream, I was there! It really happened!".
And, no, he was not the type to speak up like that to mess around, not his style whatsoever. We flipping saw a Mothman, we realized years later, after seeing illustrations of them, the red eyes, the human torso, wings... and that face... still remember it clear as day.
Im interested.
When I was 7 or 8, I saw an incredibly massive lotus that landed briefly on my back sliding door. It was nearly my height. That's still one of the most baffling memories of mine.
No one saved any of that dander or feathers by some small miracle did they? "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreampt in your modern philosophies."
@@gateoftears Huh? Not sure what your asking there? Grandpop was dead by then, so, no, he wasn't there other than in the heart.
@@gabrielrcortinalotus or locus? Maybe in was a mantis being?
Loving this channel. Keep it up! I was watching a show at a hotel yesterday and I missed most of it but it mentioned the Mothman. I knew right where to come to catch up on the subject. Thanks!
Brilliant episode LOOOOVE Hecklefish zooming in from everywhere😂 Hecklefish promoting Aura by talking to his guppies... Genius!😁
This is without a doubt one of my favorite shows on RUclips.
It's sad, though, that he couldn't keep his word about putting sponsored ads at the end of his videos. What kind of man is he, that can't keep his word? Not the trustworthy kind...
Country road....
This is pretty much the only channel for which I watch videos all the way to the end of the credits. Seeing AJ dancing to the catchy music makes me feel appreciated. Keep this channel alive for as long as you can. This is great content.
Is this my brother? My bad if not just couldn't resist.
@@Mothyone nope :)
In the late 19th century a book by Augustus Hare (called Story of my life) told the tale of the Croglin Vampire. A tall man bat creature with glowing red eyes. This is a well known story where I live. 15 miles from Croglin. To me, this sounds like the Mothman.
My sighting was in my bedroom and woke up it eye to eye with me... wouldnt doubt it if so.
Short, but packed full of goodness - thanks to all the Why Files teams for genuinely one of the best channels on RUclips!
Crazy story and it reminds me of this other story about how pilots in Vietnam were field testing new night vision goggles and saw demons flying near them and perched on tree tops. Maybe you can do an episode on that!
Ooo interesting...any links on this story?
@@sambathelionking ahhhhh ‘nam, where the enormous caches of white heroin and black hash dishonorably discharged many an unsuspecting farm boy. Damned if you die fighting, dammed if you return home alive and a felon
, or perhaps it's a cross of a Bat and a man, known in my area (Asia) as the mythical winged "Ahool'
You should check out Michael Aquino, a truly evil person. I’ve read that as a general or intelligence officer in the Vietnam war he used magick and the occult to manipulate many battles. Also, an alleged pedophile and founded the temple of set. It was said that he was a master of psychological warfare.
@@doualadaliso9676 😅🎉
I grew up an hour from point pleasant. One day when we were children, my sister had a friend stay the night. About evening time my sister and her friend were playing in the backyard that edged the woods. The girls both came into our house screaming and crying that they had seen a large bird man with red eyes. My father and I went out to check but never found anything. My sisters friend called her parents to come get her, she was so frightened. My sister and her friend are in their thirties now and still fear the moth man legend.
I grew up in Texas. My best friend(to this day) and I have a scary, yet funny story like that. We were out playing basketball in the driveway when I heard something in a tree across the street. A little while later whatever it was(we always joke it was moth man) took off and started flying towards us. It was massive. We both saw it and took off running into the house. The funny part of the story is that my bestie had hip surgery only months before this so he kinda waddled quickly like a penguin into the house yelling. We were in the 9th grade. Good times.
I love the two of you and your shows. Excellent detail. Thank you
I'm relatively new to your channel but just want to say I'm having a blast binging through your episodes love your channel great job!❤❤
Please do an Indrid Cold deep dive. Huge fan, love the way you narrate with the cold hard facts at the end and neutrality preceding them. Heckle Fish for President!
Heckle Fish for POTUS is genius.
I mean, he couldn't be any worse than the current or previous incumbents; there's something fishy about them.
Why files is the only RUclips channel I ever go out of my way to watch the premiere episodes of. Watch them every week, keep up the great work. FEAR THE CRABCAT!!
FEAR THE CRABCAT!
The mothman reminds me of the creatures (The Overlords) in the Arthur C. Clarke novel ‘Childhood’s End’. The way they look and behave is the same.
I really enjoyed this. I love how It felt like I was watching a psychological thriller. You still managed to educate us on the mental aspect of it. Great video
Mothman is one of the creepiest stories. You did a good job covering it.
AJ, you are without a doubt the most talented person on RUclips! Could not speak highly enough of this channel and your work!
AJ you are my favorite televangelist of openmindedness. You obviously work really hard researching and your production is top notch. I can’t remember being more entertained. Thank you thank you Jen and thank you team! If you guys ever come to Chicago you guys come by and I’ll buy you guys some oysters! Peace
I’m from the area where this legend came about and it was taught by schools in history since it’s a huge part of history.
I was one of those that suggested it! Thanks so much. Makes me feel part of the channel Grew up in Mothman country. The stories of the encounters before the bridge fell were always the scariest. Wounds that wouldn't heal make me shiver today! My dad said when divers went down later, they saw giant catfish eyes staring at them.
What kind of catfish would they be??? Any1 care to answer?
@@ooneybird27 interesting!!
Could you throw out of a guess of how many stories you think there were? Over a hundred, or ?
100s of stories! Everyone had an experience.
There are large catfish in the river. So fishermen talk fish tails. But anyone who ever stopped at the barber shop in Gallipolis, OH (right across the river) during the last 30 yrs can tell you about the giant catfish on the wall. 😊
I, for one, would enjoy hearing more about Indrid Cold.
I enjoy your channel immensely, and love that you are an open minded skeptic willing to entertain these thoughts, and then look at the evidence rationally. This is of great value, when looking into stories and trying to find truth in the details.
Keep up the excellent work!
Indrid Cold is such a strange name. I've always wondered what it means, or if it's an anagram.
I agree! I'm definitely interested in the strange smiling man....
A channel about strange obscure stories isn't about rationality. It's about imagination.
Indrid Cold happened in Parkersburg, not Point Pleasant. Derenberger was interviewed by WTAP after it happened. I've heard the audio. I'm sure the video still exists.
Mothman is my fave cryptid. Great job!!
I live in Point Pleasant wv. Born and raised here. I’ve heard the stories all of my life.
I lost a good friend and fellow classmates on that bridge in Minneapolis . I was only blocks from the bridge when it went down. It was devastating.
I’m so sorry for your loss
My dad was working at metal matic right under/next to the northeast Minneapolis side. Ill never forget.
I was just approaching the bridge before it fell, and now every time I drive over the Mississippi I think about that night.
My condolences
West Virginian here. Grew up hearing about the Mothman. Have toured the old munitions plant where the legend started, it's still a very eerie place. This will be a great one folks!😨
I'm willing to bet that these creatures escaped or were set loose from deep underground military bases.
I didn’t know about mothman until fallout 76
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I have binge watched all your videos. Love this channel. Need more videos to watch. Post more, thank you.
I'm really enjoying your videos! Great work.
Thank you for covering this story. I find the Mothman so fascinating. Most cryptids are viewed as something super scary, but I love how Point Pleasant turned it into a way to draw people to their city. I would personally love a video on Indrid Cold, because he is another fascinating entity surrounding the Mothman and Point Pleasant. Thanks again for all you and Hecklefish do each week. It's truly an entertaining channel.
lol why does all the footage always look like it was shot from a potato lodged deep inside someones @ss though? we can send probes into outer space and see lightyears into the cosmos, but we just cant seem to get good pictures of aliens or what is considered to be paranormal xD
It's almost as if someone made it all up to sell merchandise. Lol
Don’t be silly
This is the 3rd WF that hits close to home for me! My family is from the area, my aunt was heading towards the bridge on her evening commute. Luckily, she was detained for about 30 minutes and was spared being any closer to this disaster.
Thanks!
Fascinated by this story. Loved Richard Gere in The Mothman Prophecies-worth a watch if you enjoyed this story.
You know that a production team is crushing it whenever the commercials are worth listening to! Keep up the great work WF? Team, you are headed for even greater things, no doubt about it!
Then why not discuss the topic instead of boring us with praise for someone elsesvwork?
Hecklefish was in rare form tonight!! Thanks for making me literally laugh out loud 😂🥰🤣
I like it.
fear the crab-cat!
I rewind the parts with Hecklefish!
Loved this cryptid story. Perhaps you could try a couple. GREAT presentation!
I find it crazy you said Binghamton New York. I thought I saw this 2 years ago but about an hour away from there. It jumped in the road then jumped to an abandoned barn on a back road in the boonies. This was terrifying.
This was before I even knew anything like this existed and I still didn't believe it and I came across this video and maybe there might be some truth to what I saw.
The Mothman is my favorite cryptid. I love the spooky mystery, and the possible connection to Ingrid Cold and the Flatwoods Monster. I’d definitely love to see you do videos on both of them.
@@ooneybird27 There is a road in San Antonio with a similar effect, though I've heard some have debunked the "incline" as being an optical illusion. Still, the road itself is creepy as can be, and I once saw something I couldn't explain a little further down the road as I was leaving the area.
Honestly, any time you ask if we want you to cover a certain topic the answer is yes every time
yea he is just trying to increase engagement, all to serve the algo and growth!
@@jayrome144Nothing wrong with that : )
that is true. actually you should just make it, and if the people dont like it you will notice.
Thank you I just started and every time like you said he offers if you want me to cover let me know. I just started as I said but I'm with you every time he says that I'm like yes please I was watching on my TV so couldn't comment on the ones I watched and I forget to comment on them after but honestly I want to see the videos every time he says that 😂
In the fall of 1995, in Barberton, Ohio (just outside of Akron), my best friend and a guy friend were driving by a very old cemetery near my home (on Swigart Road). They described seeing a large creature with red eyes that flew/chased the car and kept up, no matter how fast he drove or what turns he made. One second it she saw it in the side view mirror, the next second he saw it in front. They said it bolted from front to behind effortlessly, and only disappeared when they turned onto a main road with heavy traffic. (None of us-just kids at the time-had ever heard of the Mothman). I wasn’t quite sure I believed it until she made me tack up blankets over my bedroom window (you could see the graveyard in the distance from my house) and push my dresser in front of it. She also insisted on sleeping with me in my bed and literally wouldn’t even let me go to the bathroom without her because she was so terrified at what had happened. Neither of them have spoken much about it in the years since that night, since our other friends (unfortunately) made fun of them, but I believe them both. You just can’t fake that kind of terror.
Interesting side note: I am of mixed blood, part of which is Shawnee from near the Point Pleasant area.
Personally, I enjoyed your video very much, but I will likely not share it with my friend as I fear it may actually retraumatize her. I know of no other sightings in that area, or any incidents involving that cemetery (beyond accidentally crashing my bicycle there 🤭🤭). Just thought you would enjoy this little piece of personal history from a new subscriber!
i got news for ya. Your best friend lied to you lol
Amazing depth of research. Love this channel. You need a show. And someone extra to work for you . Amateur strange phenomenon researcher for some 45 years. Have always loved this stuff.
Hecklefish Singing...
Hecklefish humming 😂 both very cute🎉
I'm friends with the son of a retired game warden in ohio who traveled with their dad to crazy isolated places like hunters huts in the wilds of Alaska.
They had taken a trip to Point Pleasant once. Told us some stories of things they encountered while there. This is someone I've never seen scared, but the look in his eyes when asked if he would ever go back....all he said was you couldn't pay him enough to go back.
Jeepers creepers.
Storytelling on this channel is always so on point and picture perfect, up to and including the wrap-up! Would love to see AJ get with the "Masterclass" producers and share the gift with others!
I stayed late at work today and rushed home to make sure I made the premier at 7. I was sad there was no episode today. It was just now I realized today is Wednesday. Excited to see tomorrow episode.
Just think how cooler it will be watching it tomorrow, especially with all that anticipation 👍
I remember all the mothman sightings near Minneapolis in 07!! Just before the bridge went out. RIP to everyone who died that day. I still get sad whenever I drive over the new bridge.
I saw something that looked like a man flying one day but , was afraid to tell anyone because , of course people would think I'm crazy .I live in Chicago too .
Congratulations on another great video, Hecklefish.
And it’s so good of you to allow AJ to contribute in a small way.
Crab cat 🐈😊🐠
😂😂😂😂
The Mothman Prophecies is an underrated movie.
The film promise more than you see from the " Mothman " ! But good advertisung for Richard Geere.☹☹☹
Great movie.
Hey AJ:Hecklefish is your real alter-ego!One of your personalities,love it!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰
Good episode, I enjoy well thought out productions on the people or events on the other side of normal. I've a few days off work and will be headed to Point Pleasant tomorrow. Should be interesting.
You're becoming prolific, two random guys that work for geek squad totally geeked out in my showroom today when they found out what today's episode would be about
The WF showing new content on Thursday, always lets me know what day of the week it is. Thank you for your consistency. Always looking forward for it.
Yes - an Indrid Cold episode would be awesome! I read John Keel's book and would love a deep dive into this mysterious figure 👌
Used to go to Galipolis which was across the bridge from Point Pleasant where my friends aunt lived.
Love that WF was named dropped 3 times the other night on Coast to Coast AM. One of your writers was a guest.
Since day one, the first episode, I always felt AJ would be recognized for his excellently produced videos. Thousands of long and hard hours later, The Why Files is finally seeing the fruits of its labor. Congratulations to you and your team, AJ! Well deserved! ~ A fan for life who wears my WF tee shirt often.
I completely agree _ don't know when became aware - which one I watched first - thought it was borderline criminal that such awesome content had such few subscribers - now at 2 million, more like it
I’ve left watching Netflix in exchange for this beautiful content, thank you for validating many taboe topics
Dude, the heckler is a beast! I love him!
Thank you
Love that Hecklefish has his own Mothman in his fishbowl lol.