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THE SILVER BRIDGE COLLAPSE - Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio. On December 15, 1967, the U.S. Route 35 Silver Bridge (built in 1928) lost structural integrity and collapsed into the Ohio River, resulting in the deaths of 46 people. This tragic accident became connected to the local legend (and popular cultural myth) of the cryptid “Mothman,” a mysterious flying being who was allegedly seen by hundreds in the area throughout the year and, seemingly, disappeared after the the bridge disaster. The notion of the Mothman being a “harbinger of doom” stems from this accident. National bridge inspection standards were soon instituted following this tragic event - one of the worst in America’s History. The replacement Silver Memorial Bridge to Ohio was constructed down-river in 1969. Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2016. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #HuntingtonBoys #Mothman #SilverBridge #PointPleasantSilverBridge #SilverBridgeCollapse #Cryptids #MothmanMuseum #MothmanFestival #SilverMemorialBridge #GallipolisOhio #PointPleasantWestVirginia (at Point Pleasant, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6JmMpulLi0/?igshid=gr5b7c4jnc30

50 YEARS: THE SILVER BRIDGE COLLAPSE - Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio. On December 15, 1967, the U.S. Route 35 Silver Bridge (built in 1928) lost structural integrity and collapsed into the Ohio River, resulting in the deaths of 46 people. This tragic accident became connected to the local legend (and popular cultural myth) of the cryptid “Mothman,” a mysterious flying being who was allegedly seen by hundreds in the area throughout the year and, seemingly, disappeared after the the bridge disaster. The notion of the Mothman being a “harbinger of doom” stems from this accident. National bridge inspection standards were soon instituted following this tragic event - one of the worst in America’s History. The replacement Silver Memorial Bridge to Ohio was constructed down-river in 1969. This stone monument, at the former bridge site (Point Pleasant), commemorates the sad (and significant) occasion of 50 years ago. Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2016. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #HuntingtonBoys #Mothman #SilverBridge #PointPleasantSilverBridge #SilverBridgeCollapse #Cryptids #MothmanMuseum #MothmanFestival #SilverMemorialBridge #GallipolisOhio #PointPleasantWestVirginia (at Point Pleasant, West Virginia)

MOTHMAN IN THE SPACECRAFT NEWS - A rare copy of famed UFO/Conspiracy Writer/Publisher Gray Barker's "Spacecraft News," Issue No. 3 (June, 1967 - published by Saucerian Books, Clarksburg, W.V.), featuring an early rendition of the Mysterious Mothman, on display at the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Barker was an early UFO genre writer who wrote about (and influenced) many of the sensational tales associated with the "Mothman" and "Men In Black" legends. Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2016. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #GrayBarker #GrayBarkersSpacecraftNews #SaucerianBooks #Mothman #SilverBridge #Cryptid #MothmanProphecies #UFO #UFOs #UFOHistory #MenInBlack #MIB #MothmanMuseum #MothmanFestival #MothmanFestival2016 #PointPleasantWestVirginia (at The Mothman Museum)

"BELIEF IS THE ENEMY" - John A. Keel (1930-2009) was a noted Paranormal Investigator, Fortean Researcher, Monster Hunter, and Writer of High Adventure and Bizarre Happenings. Keel is famous for his works dealing with real-life Tales of the Unexplained, most noted amongst these being the cryptid classic "The Mothman Prophecies" (1975) which helped establish the Mothman Legend in the popular culture. He also authored "Operation Trojan Horse" (1970) which postulated "Ultraterrestrial" intelligences behind UFOs and associated phenomena. Graphic by Michael Huntington - May, 2017. #Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #JohnKeel #Fortean #Forteana #Mothman #SilverBridge #Cryptids #MothmanProphecies #UFO #UFOs #UFOHistory #OperationTrojanHorse #MenInBlack #Ultraterrestrials #KeelQuote #BeliefIsTheEnemy #PointPleasantWestVirginia

KEEL HONORED IN POINT PLEASANT - Some of author John Keel's personal items - including one of his jackets - on display at the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. John Keel (1930-2009) is a highly relevant figure in Point Pleasant's strange history as he was one of the primary investigative journalist covering the bizarre events associated with the Mothman Encounters in 1966-67 and the tragic Silver Bridge collapse which followed. It was his influential book, "The Mothman Prophecies" (1975), that told the town's weird tales and propelled the legend into the popular culture. The Mothman Mythology has taken on a life of it's own with the famous cryptid being featured in a variety of films, television shows, video games, books, and a varied assortment of art and merchandising in the popular culture. Aside from Point Pleasant's Mothman Museum, the town now celebrates (and benefits from) it's monstrous urban legend with a heavily-attended annual Mothman Festival which owes much of it's successful - and profitable - existence to John's Keel's sensational literary interpretations of the events that spawned the Mothman Legend. Photo by Michael Huntington - September, 2016. #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #JohnKeel #Mothman #SilverBridge #Cryptid #MothmanProphecies #MothmanMuseum #MothmanFestival #MothmanFestival2016 #PointPleasantWestVirginia (at The Mothman Museum)

A friend @dcdeadmanfan asked me to do #mothman #mothmanart #silverbridge. Here are two practice layouts. This one is FOR SALE!!! DM me if you’d like to buy this one. For more information on commissions or copies, DM in my bio. You can click the link in my bio to my website. #ink #dalerrowney #illustration #draw #comicbook #pictures #artist #sketch #sketchbook #paper #pen #pencils #deviantart #artforsale #instagood #gallery #masterpiece #comicpainting #star_artist_adobe #instaartist #graphics #flowercitycomiccon #galaxyconraleigh #bigapplecomiccon #biglickcomiccon (at Clemagraphics Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkTC632LWVP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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