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Paranormal Sightings in West Virginia

6 nightmarks documented

6 paranormal sightings in West Virginia

Cryptids

Mothman and the Silver Bridge Collapse — Point Pleasant, West Virginia (1967)

Silver Bridge, Point Pleasant, West Virginia·1967

Thirteen months of Mothman sightings ended when the Silver Bridge collapsed, killing 46 people. The creature was never reliably seen in Point Pleasant again.

Cryptids

First Mothman Sighting at the TNT Area — Point Pleasant, West Virginia (1966)

TNT Area, Point Pleasant, West Virginia·1966

Two couples fleeing an abandoned munitions plant were pursued by a winged, red-eyed creature at over 100 mph. The Mothman legend was born.

Cryptids

Deputy Halstead and the Mason County Mothman Sightings (1966)

Mason County, West Virginia·1966

Reports flooded the Mason County sheriff's office for weeks. Armed search parties saw the creature perched on ridges near the TNT Area.

UFOs/UAPs

Bright object observed over the West Virginia capital of Charleston (1952)

Charleston, West Virginia·1952

A bright unknown over West Virginia's capital — framed in the Kanawha Valley between the Appalachian ridges.

Cryptids

The Flatwoods Monster — ten-foot creature with glowing eyes in West Virginia (1952)

Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia·1952

On Sept 12, 1952 a ten-foot figure with glowing eyes and a spade-shaped hood confronted seven witnesses in Flatwoods, WV — one of America's most famous creature encounters.

Ghosts & Hauntings

The Greenbrier Ghost — Zona Heaster Shue testifies from beyond the grave (1897)

Livesay Mill, Greenbrier County, West Virginia·1897

Zona Heaster Shue's ghost appeared to her mother for four nights in 1897 West Virginia and named her husband as her killer — the only U.S. case where spectral testimony led to conviction.