For other uses, see Mothman (disambiguation) . Mothman is a humanoid moth-like creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area of West Virginia from November 15, 1966 to December 15, 1967.The first newspaper report was published in the Point Pleasant Register dated November 16, 1966, titled Couples See Man-Sized Bird...Creature...Something.n his 1975 book The Mothman Prophecies, author John Keel claimed that the Point Pleasant residents experienced precognitions including premonitions of the collapse of the Silver Bridge, unidentified flying object sightings, visits from inhuman or threatening men in black, and other bizarre phenomena.