Point Pleasant (Revisited)

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

"Have no fear. We come from a country that is not nearly as powerful as yours. We mean you no harm."

Throughout 1966 and 1967, weird encounters were reported all throughout the region of West Virginia surrounding Point Pleasant. These ranged from sightings of bright lights in the sky to more direct encounters with strange beings.

Journalists attempted to make sense of the endless barrage of sightings, which seemed to draw closer and closer to Point Pleasant throughout 1967. But when it all culminated in the collapse of the town's Silver Bridge in December of that year, resulting in 46 deaths, people began to question if what they had seen was a dark omen...

This episode is brought to you by "THE MOTHMAN TAPES," a found-footage horror movie made by myself and my friends over at 1289 Films (who have previously produced such films as "The Acid King" and "Homecoming"). With this film, we are hoping to mix together the strange accounts from Point Pleasant, West Virginia with a missing person crime saga to make a truly scary and immersive film experience.

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Episode researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

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1:12.6	I witness testimony is a tricky thing. On one hand, psychologist and other experts insist
1:19.3	that I witness testimony is not a guaranteed thing that the human mind is perceptible to being
1:24.7	influenced. By what exactly depends on the person and positionally find themselves in at that moment.
1:31.7	On the other, without I witness testimony, what else do we have really? When we hear about many
1:38.0	people seeing or hearing the same thing, we tend to believe them. Many police cases can be guided
1:44.6	or even driven entirely by the support of witnesses. As a species, we tend to believe when multiple
1:50.9	people claim to have seen the same thing. However, what happens when a large group of people claim
1:56.4	to have seen something we consider to be outrageous? Something too ridiculous for our minds to comprehend.
2:03.6	What happens when an entire town sees something that nobody else has ever seen?
2:08.2	Do we believe them? Are they victims of mass hysteria simply buying into whatever their neighbor
2:14.6	was selling? Or is there something more mysterious afoot? Something paranormal or otherworldly?
2:21.5	What happens when the sightings correlate with large-scale tragedy? This is the story of Point Pleasant.
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