Tuesday, September 14, 2021

MOTHMAN

 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!.

13 comments:

  1. Terrifying! I remember the movie coming out, but I've never seen it. I kind of want to watch it now...

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  2. We don't like moths, do we? Yet they're only butterflies.

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  3. I believe you, Beverley! Sounds like a very plausible character :-) Watch out for the - duh duh duh - MOTHMAN! :-)

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  4. I used to hang out with a guy who claimed to have seen him..
    Cool take on the prompt, Beverly!

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  5. Beverly,
    How interesting and all the more because no one was harmed! And just in time for Halloween.
    pax,
    dora

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  6. Never saw the movies but sounds like a scifi thriller or a horror movie with a moth bent to it!

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  7. I have never heard about that movie... maybe I will be able to watch it someday

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    1. The movie was titled "The Mothman Prophecies" and came out in 2002.

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  8. Thankfully 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.

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  9. I know of the moth man Bev, heard the rumors when I lived years ago in the Midwest.

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  10. lol 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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