Welcome to Unexplained Extra, with me Richard McLean-Smith, where for the weeks in between

episodes we look at stories and ideas that for one reason or other didn't make it into

the previous show.

In our last episode, all that we see, we trace the origins of the Mothman, a folkloric

legend of modern day America.

Having first been apparently cited in November 1966, on the outskirts of Point Pleasant

in West Virginia, the legend of the Mothman has only continued to grow, with countless

sightings of it being reported all over the country ever since.

Many will be quick to point out that the enigmatic creature is merely a figment of our collective

imaginations.

However, there is no denying that whether real or not, in the wake of those first apparent

sightings, it is undoubtedly taken on a solidity and reality of its own, regardless of what

anyone might think about it.

Many in Point Pleasant are proud of the so-called Mothman's connection to their city.

There, you can find the world's only Mothman Museum, who also run tours out to the infamous

TNT area, where it was once thought to have resided.

There's even an annual Mothman festival held on the third weekend of every September,

to commemorate those strange few nights in 1966, when rumors about a terrifying, red-eyed,

flying humanoid monster first held the town in its grip.

One aspect of the story that some listeners wanted to know a little more about was how

exactly the collapse of the Silver Bridge fitted into everything.

Well, let me tell you.

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