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About The Terrifying Story Of The Mothman Of Point Pleasant | Boogeymen | Real History

To celebrate Halloween, we investigate the story of the Mothman. In Point Pleasant, West Virginia, there lurks a winged man, with eyes that glow a fierce red, known as the Mothman. The sheer number of sightings has even awed the skeptics.

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The Terrifying Story Of The Mothman Of Point Pleasant | Boogeymen | Real History
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History
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44 minutes
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English
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