Creepies and Crawlies are the topic at Tuesday Poetics/ I recall the legend of the moth-become-man who terrorized the residents of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Submitted to dVerse, September 14, 2021
MOTHMAN
They call me Mothman in Point Pleasant.
West Virginia. Sighted by many and widely
reported, the residents feared me for my
glowing red eyes and ten foot wing span,
though I walked upright. Many times I was
sighted over the span of a year, but no one
was ever harmed. My fame was such that
a movie was made starring Richard Gere,
If you doubt my word, just talk with someone
who lived in Point Pleasant in 1966!.
Terrifying! I remember the movie coming out, but I've never seen it. I kind of want to watch it now...
ReplyDeleteWe don't like moths, do we? Yet they're only butterflies.
ReplyDeleteI believe you, Beverley! Sounds like a very plausible character :-) Watch out for the - duh duh duh - MOTHMAN! :-)
ReplyDeleteI used to hang out with a guy who claimed to have seen him..
ReplyDeleteCool take on the prompt, Beverly!
It is a most fascinating tale.
DeleteBeverly,
ReplyDeleteHow interesting and all the more because no one was harmed! And just in time for Halloween.
pax,
dora
Never saw the movies but sounds like a scifi thriller or a horror movie with a moth bent to it!
ReplyDelete....and Richard Gere as a bonus!
DeleteI have never heard about that movie... maybe I will be able to watch it someday
ReplyDeleteThe movie was titled "The Mothman Prophecies" and came out in 2002.
DeleteThankfully too far away for me to get worked up about. But then again, when he flew away from Point Pleasant, I wonder where he went... Nice creepy crawly story/poem, Beverly.
ReplyDeleteI know of the moth man Bev, heard the rumors when I lived years ago in the Midwest.
ReplyDeletelol never knew of this, thanks for the education ... and having met Richard I'm an even bigger fan! Off to look it up thanks
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