My primary research when it comes to the paranormal is ghosts and hauntings. But I'm also interested in the cryptid known as Mothman.
For those that may not be familiar with Mothman, the creature was first spotted in Clendenin, WV on November 12, 1966 by a group of gravediggers . However it is most known for it's appearances in Pt. Pleasant, WV beginning three days after the Clendenin sighting.
On November 15, 1966, two young couples from Point Pleasant—Roger and Linda Scarberry, and Steve and Mary Mallette—told police they saw a large grey creature whose eyes "glowed red" when the car's headlights picked it up. They described it as a "large flying man with ten-foot wings", following their car while they were driving in an area outside of town known as "the "TNT Area", the site of a former World War II munitions plant.
The sightings continued around Pt. Pleasant for the next year. Then they mysteriously stopped with the collapse of the Silver Bridge on December 15, 1967. The bridge collapse killed 46 people.
Mothman has been seen around the world, often at times just before a disaster occurs. He was allegedly seen at the Chernobyl Disaster site days before it happened for an example.
There was a sighting in Colorado in 2013. And a couple of more sightings in the Pt. Pleasant, WV area a few years back.
I personally have travelled to Pt. Pleasant, WV several times researching the Mothman. I believe the folks saw something; but what that something was, I do not know. Some believe it was alien related. Others believe he was part of a Native American curse, Others believe it was a mutated bird. I'm not sure what Mothman was to be honest. But I find it interesting.