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Annotated by; Madison Brock While doing research on the  Mothman , an article titled “The Real Story of the  Mothman  Prophecies,” posted on  ign.com , provided insight of the backstory context of this myth. The article is written by Scott  B ,  who introduces the topic by explaining the movie, “The  Mothman  Prophecies.”   It states how there is always the warning of “based on true events.” The article explains what exactly those true events are. Although the website may seem untrusting as the construction of it is based around video games and movies, it can be considered credible due to the reliable sources and statistics provided in the article. Mothman is a creature that has the body shape of a human yet also has huge wings and heating eyes, something that has never been seen before. This article is told through an interview with Loren Coleman, a cryptozoologist: one who studies unknown animals. Coleman explains the happenings of the first main sighting of the  Mothman

This source talks about an encounter with the so called mythical Mothman. An encounter described from Linda Scarberry states “We were doing between 100 and 105 mph down that straight stretch and that thing was just gliding back and forth over the back end of the car...To me it just looks like a man with wings.”  This encounter seems very real and that Linda and the person she was with actually did encounter a true Mothman. A key factoid from the article states there are no bars in Point Pleasant, West Virginia where everyone in the car claims they see a Mothman. Everyone in the car claims they were sober when they had an encounter with this creature, and I think that is important to add. I think that that is worth noting because based on previous encounters I have had with people under the influence, they tend to exaggerate the truth or simply make stuff up. A story as far fetched as Mothman does not seem like a made up tale, and the encounters of Mothman tend to agree with th