Fortean Times

EDITORIAL

OLD RED EYES IS BACK

Mothman, the winged monster with burning red eyes first reported from the previously unremarkable town of Point Pleasant, WestVirginia, in 1966, has enjoyed remarkable longevity and ever-growing fame in the fortean field and, indeed, the wider world: you know you’ve become a paranormal superstar when, like great Cthulhu himself, you’re immortalised with your own plushie.

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