hi friends how are you today
I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far
my name is Bailey Saarian and today is Monday
which means it’s Murder
Mystery and Makeup Monday Halloween
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hi my name is Bailey Sarian
and on Mondays I sit down
and I talk about true crime
story that’s been heavy on my noggin
and I do my makeup at the same time
but this time
we’re gonna be talking about some Halloween stories
while I get ready for a Halloween party
that I was not invited to awesome
so I will stop rambling
and let’s get right into it
so the year is 1966
a small town situated on the Ohio River
is a place called Point Pleasant
West Virginia
This town called Point Pleasant in West Virginia
like I had just said
had a population of about 5 000 people
at this time
it seemed like everybody kind of knew each other
I mean a lot of the people were very close knit
so it was said
and many of the people of the community
you know they just really stuck to themselves
minded their own business
there wasn’t much crime going on
it just kind of existed
which is a good thing right
it’s called Point Pleasant
they have to live up to that
my eyebrow looks really bad
most of the people in the community
really stayed out of trouble
there was a low crime
simple simple place
point pleasant
I’ve always secretly wondered
what it’s like to grow up in a small town
where everybody seems to know each other
or like I don’t know
everyone knows each other’s business
like what’s that like
yeah spill the deets
I think in my mind
it would be fun
but at the same time
if you’re trying to be different
it’s probably not fun
but whatever
so in November of 1966
a man by the name of Roger Scarbury
was driving just
just a couple miles up from Point Pleasant
in the car with Roger was his wife Linda
their friend Steve Mary
and then their cousin Lonnie
so they were all pretty familiar with the area
and they were near the
Mcclintic Wildlife Management Area
and this was a nature preserve
that had housed the West Virginia Ordinance Works
which was like a hidden TNT factory from World War II
a hidden TNT factory
that’s right
now the locals
they refer to this area as just the TNT area
and it had been long
long abandoned
and the whole area was gated off
since this place was not far from Point Pleasant
and was pretty low profile
it was a popular hangout spot for the local youths
you know young adults would go there hang out
probably smoke
hail Satan whatever you do
as young adults
but people would just go out there and hang out
Roger and his passengers
they were going to the area
just to hang out
they’re bored
pretty much
so Roger pulls over the car
in front of the factory gate right away
he said that something just felt off
it felt weird
now Roger couldn’t go into great detail
about what felt weird
but if you’ve ever had that feeling
I’m sure you can understand
something just feels off
and you can’t really explain it
but Rogers there
with his friends
so it’s I mean
it’s whatevs
you know so
the gang gets out of the car
and they’re just like
hanging out
walking up towards the gate
and once they get up to the gated area
that’s when they notice
or they saw like
some red lights turn on
now this is weird
because it’s abandoned
so like what are these lights right
and they’re all wondering what this is
so they’re just like
looking at it right
and then they notice that the lights are moving
yeah that’s right
so they’re not staying still
they’re just like
moving around
so they’re just watching these red lights
and kind of standing still
not saying much
and then they notice that the
lights are actually moving towards them
and they’re getting bigger and bigger
and more clear
and that’s when they realized that
these were not red lights at all nene
these red lights seem to be a pair of glowing red eyes
but the worst of all
there was a large
dark figure
becoming more clear to them
well actually it wasn’t
because all they could tell
was that it was a large
dark figure
and then these red
glowing eyes
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whatever this thing was it stood nearly 7ft tall
and seemed to have large wings folded behind its back
Satan is that you
so without hesitation
the gang skedaddled right out of there
they hopped right into their car
and Roger just floored it
now according to
well everybody in the car
this creature this thing
whatever it was
it immediately took flight
and followed their car down the road
I mean Roger would later say that he was flooring it
I mean he pushed the car up to a hundred miles per hour
but whatever it was was keeping up with them
just flying
Roger said that
whenever he looked into the rear view mirror
all he could see was a shadow of a thing
and of course the glowing red eyes
so Roger said that he drove straight to the Mason
County Courthouse to report what they all had witnessed
now the thing that was following them
I mean it followed them all the way to the courthouse
but as soon as they parked
it just kept flying
and then it flew off
so whatever that thing was
it just flew off into the night
cause it’s like
you wanna tell the police or whoever
and be like look
it’s right there
it’s on the roof
but it just
it flew off
you get it I’m sure you do
okay now this was the first
but not last sighting of the creature
that would become known as the Mothman
all 5 of them go running into the courthouse
just yellin
all sorts of crazy
you know we saw something
it was flying red eyes
it was glowing
just like okay yeah okay
so naturally you’re thinking
well nobody’s going to believe them
who would believe any of that nonsense
you know well
actually there was a deputy who was working
his name was Deputy
deputy Millard Halstead
and he just had this deep feeling
that they were actually telling the truth
very unusual
now that’s a mystery
so in an interview
he would say that he had known these kids
he kept calling them kids and stuff
and I was like
but isn’t one of them married
so are these still kids
doesn’t matter
but he said that
he had known these kids all their lives
and that they’d never been in any trouble
and that they were just so terrified
and he had never seen them like that
that it just kind of gave him this feeling of like
maybe they’re not lying
why would they lie
now they would question each of the individuals
by themselves
in the room
and they all gave the exact same story
and this look of tear in their eyes
told the deputy
that something definitely had happened to them
Roger he ends up taking the deputy out to the spot
where they first spotted this creature
and they looked for any clues
or evidence
that this thing was actually
alive or existed
or he wasn’t lying
you know you know
unfortunately for Roger though
they really didn’t have any luck finding any evidence
smaller towns
people are talking
it wasn’t long until you know
word got out that there was this creature
this thing with red eyes
everyone had heard what happened
and where people in the community
were feeling all sorts of emotions
some were upset
some were unconvinced
others scared
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a group of people decided
hey let’s all go down to the TNT area
and look for this thing
maybe it lives there
maybe again
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but once again
they wouldn’t find anything
but at a nearby home
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Now let’s get back to today’s story
that very same night
a young woman named Marcella Bennett
was visiting her friends
who lived very close to the TNT area
so Marcella was actually getting
ready to leave her friends home
when she walks out
she walks towards her parked car
just outside the house
with her baby in her arms
you know she’s kind of
like fidgeting
trying to find her car keys
trying to unlock the door
and the marcella looks over
and she sees a very large
gray looking
human like creature with giant wings
and red glowing eyes
what is this thing
marcella says that she just sees it
rising up from the ground
just steps in front of her
marcella said that she was so scared
that she dropped her infant daughter on the ground
and then fell on top of her
for minutes
Marcella said that she was just paralyzed with fear
and she couldn’t move
but she could see this creature
just looking at her with these red eyes
marcella said that the only thing
that she could really make out
were these red
glowing eyes
just looking at her
marcella would tell others
I mean later on
that she was aware of what was happening to her
but quite literally
she was unable to move her body
marcella said that time
felt as if it was moving in slow motion
and she didn’t know how long she was on the ground for
unable to move
but eventually
she was able to gain control of her body
she jumped up
she grabs her daughter
and then she runs the F
inside the house
of her friends
I don’t know what any of us would do in that situation
I’d probably pee my pants
then throw my baby at the creature and run
you know like scary
it’s probably why I shouldn’t have children anyways
so Marcella runs back into her friend’s house
with her baby
don’t worry
the baby’s got
marcella runs inside
and she tells her friends like
what just happened
and they’re all peeking outside the window
to figure out
like what it is
what she saw
so they rushed to call the police
because Marcella seems to be very
very distraught very upset
so whatever it was
must have been bad
now while on the phone with police
that’s when they hear a loud thumb
on their front porch
so everybody inside the house
just kind of looks over
like what was that right
and they’re looking over
and they see
just outside their front window
a dark figure
is looking inside
red glowing eyes
staring right at them
everyone in the house
tries to barricade themselves in the home
and wait until the police arrive
but by that time
whatever it was was gone
everybody’s talking about this creature
and that’s when it was given the name Mothman
because of its wings
it flies red eyes
I would have named it
like a bug or something
well I guess
moth is a bug
Bailey it’s an insect
okay so mothman
over the next following months
this mothman creature
seemed to terrorize the town
I mean nearly 100 people came forward
with eyewitness reports
between November 1966
and December 1967
now many eyewitnesses said
that they originally didn’t want to say anything
about this thing
because they feared that the people
would think that they were lying right
the community would think that they’re lying or worse
they would get labeled as crazy
you know like the others who spoke about
their experience
and you know
it’s the late sixties
being labeled crazy
is like the worst
thing possible crazy
I’m not crazy
I’m so excited I’m Jenny
but the bright side
with all these witnesses coming forward to police
a sketch artist was able to compile drawings
of what this creature
may look like
or may have looked like
those who saw this
thing claimed
that it was very large
it was gray
it was a humanoid type creature
with massive wings
it was thought to stand between 5 and 7ft tall
with a 10ft wingspan
its head was described as being oddly shaped
and sitting close
to its body
some people even described him as being headless
with only 2 eyes protruding
above his chest
and of course
every single witness
who came forward
mentioned its bright red
glowing eyes
which were said to be extremely large
and of course
every witness that came forward
mentioned its bright red
glowing eyes
which were said to be extremely large
now when most people saw
whatever this thing was
take off or fly
some of them noted
that it would
spread its wings
before ascending
but it never flapped throughout
like a bird would
so there are many people
who are suggesting well
maybe it was just a bird
get over it
just a bird
but these witnesses
they were not convinced
no bird would fly like that
that first night
when it was keeping up with roger’s car
they noticed
that it was capable of weaving
quickly in between the dense forest areas
and others said
that they witnessed it
rising straight up into the sky
like a helicopter
and was able to just
hover for like
a minute or so
mm mm nope I would be like
not today Satan
I’m really busy
something of my nightmares
or like Jeepers Creepers
right oh my God
is Jeepers Creepers
about Mothman
oh man that movie
ruined me as a teen
back to the story
so skeptics
they suggested that
this whole mothman garbage
could easily be explained
it was simply
a Sand Hill crane
which is a large bird
with red coloring
around its eyes
many people
are just not believing this
story right
many are thinking
it’s simply
a Sand Hill crane
calm your tits
it’s just a bird
but some of the people
who had actually witnessed
this mothman
some of them
were hunters and
or fishermen
and they pushed back
because they felt confident
in saying that
this was not a bird
they would not mistake
a bird for a 7ft
tall winged
bug person thing
with glowing
red eyes I hunt
I would know
is what they’re saying
there’s just no way
I’ve seen birds before
on November 2 1966
just 10 days before the
first mothman sighting
a man by the name of Woodrow
was driving home
to Mineral Wells
West Virginia
when he was cut off
by what he thought was a car
now it kind of caught him by surprise
because he didn’t see
any headlights
in his rear view mirror
or anything
you know and
he also didn’t see any cars
approaching
but whoever
cut him off
went around him
and started
going slower than him
which side note
don’t do that
don’t cut people off
and then go
like the speed limit
if you’re gonna cut me off
floor it okay
I can’t stand that
shit anyways
so which row
is like dude
what the hell
it’s forcing
him to break
and then eventually
it forces him
to pull over
on the side of the road
because this douchebag
is messing with him
he then steps
out of his car
and he’s like
looking and
when he’s looking
at this car
he realizes that
whatever this was
it wasn’t a car at all
Woodrow said that
it looked like
a large unit
or it looked
like a kerosene
lamp chimney
aka UFO I know
some of you
are rolling your eyes
right now just
go on this journey with me
okay go on this journey
so Woodrow said that a large figure
then came out of the craft
and it walked towards him
Woodrow said that whatever it was
it looked like it was human
and he believed that whatever it was
was trying to talk to him
like it wasn’t verbally saying anything
but Woodrow felt like it was speaking telepathically
through his mind
Woodrow felt that you know
maybe he’s just dreaming right
pinches himself
he’s not dreaming
and he’s certain of that
I’m gonna call an alien
this alien went back into its craft and took off
it was gone within seconds
just whoosh
now of course
when Wood Trail went home
nobody really believed him
and when he tried to explain it to others
about his night
Woodrow knew that he sounded crazy but I mean
he spoke his truth
and unfortunately he was considered crazy
now I’m only bringing up with joe’s story
because it would be more and more common in future
mothman sightings
to have UFO reports coming in
around the same time as the sightings of the mothman
so many would later believe that perhaps the 2
went hand in hand
and that maybe this creature was actually an alien
or they were connected in some way
so one of the main routes into Point Pleasant
was over a steel bridge
which joined the state of Ohio and West Virginia
many would take that bridge to and from work
but overall
it was just a well traveled route
is what I’m getting at
you get it December 15th 1967
the steel bridge collapsed tragically
killing 46 people
but get this
that very same evening
there were numerous
phone calls made to the local police
saying that there was a large figure with red eyes
red glowing eyes
that was seen hanging around the bridge
now this was concerning because
could Mothman be responsible for the bridge collapsing
so a lot of again
rumors are going around
and many are talking
many are thinking that
maybe the Mothman was responsible for this
and more and more people are getting scared
because you know
is this Mothman guy here to harm us
this whole bridge crashed
I mean it’s an awful sad tragedy
but also some people in the community
were believing that maybe just
maybe the mothman was actually there to warn people
of certain tragedies to come
and maybe the mothman wasn’t the bad guy
maybe they had it all wrong
it was like an angel trying to warn them
if that were true
though Mothman did a real bad job
warning people of this bridge collapsing
am I right as the years pass
reports of this Mothman creature have been made
around the world
all of those who had witnessed him
reported the same thing over and over and over again
red glowing eyes
large dark figure huge wings
some paranormal authors and cryptozoologists
believe that the mothman may have been an alien
some suggesting that maybe it was just as simple as
I don’t know
an unknown species
in the 1975 book
the Mothman Prophecies
author John Keel
claim that the Point Pleasant residents who witnessed
mothman also experienced visions happening
visions into the future
and they said that they were like
having random dreams
random thoughts
but of things happening
hear me out okay
some of the witnesses said that they saw
the silver bridge collapsing
before it actually happened
other witnesses
said that they saw unidentified flying objects
around the same time
that they witnessed the mothman
and others said that they had visits from men
dressed in all black
yeah threatening them
that if they spoke of their experiences to anyone
or kept digging around
for answers
something very terrible
may happen to them
or maybe even their families
which kept a lot of witnesses quiet
for years and years
for a good reason
out of fear
to this day
occasionally
you will hear stories
of people who have witnessed Mothman
many believing
they if there is more than one
are out there among us
watching us
waiting observing
but whether you believe in mothman or not
many would say
without a doubt
that Mothman is no urban legend
but a real life monster
and that my Friends
is a story of mothman
or the legend of Mothman
do you believe in the mothman or not
I mean why not
you know life is short
so it’s like sure
you got nothing to lose
anyways I just want to say a big thank you to you guys
for hanging out with me today
I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day ahead
I’ll be seeing you guys later
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thank you so much bye