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The Mothman Legacy (2020) on Netflix

NR20201h 17mDocumentary

A documentary about the Mothman, the red-eyed creature reported in rural West Virginia in the 1960s. Reported sightings elsewhere in West Virginia, in Kentucky and across Appalachia are examined.

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  • Netflix2.6/5
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The Mothman is a purported creature, described as humanoid with red eyes, that people reported seeing around Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in the 1960s, near an old munitions dump that locals called TNT. The legend became tied to the collapse of the Silver Bridge over the Ohio River on December 15, 1967, and the creature is often treated as an omen that shows itself before tragedy. The documentary collects accounts of reported sightings that reach past that decade and past Point Pleasant, from other parts of West Virginia, from Kentucky and from the wider Appalachian region, running from the 1960s to 2019, and stages reenactments of encounters witnesses describe.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Mothman Legacy (2020)

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  • When production on The Mothman Legacy resumed in May 2020, two days after COVID-19 restrictions lifted, director Seth Breedlove could not find crew willing to work close enough together to shoot the film's reenactments of alleged Mothman encounters, though he eventually assembled a large enough crew.

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