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Not Mason Mothman, Is It An Owl?

*The following is a Newspaper article from December 22nd 1966 titled "Not Mason Mothman, Is It An Owl?"*

POINT PLEASANT - Point Pleasant may well be tagged "Birdland" if bird stories and bird sightings continue to make news locally.

The newest story concerns another large, strange bird. However, this one is dead.

Ace Henry of Gallipolis Ferry, saw a large bird perched on his barn Tuesday night, and thinking it was a hawk shot it with 20-gauge shotgun.

Henry reports the bird has a wingspan of about five feet and is two feet tall. The underside of the wings are white, and the rest is speckled with gray, with white rough around its eyes and white feathers covering its claws.

He said the bird is identical to a picture he has of a snowy owl. The snowy owl breeds in the Artic and migrates as far south as the Caribbean sea.
Mason Countians Hunt 'Moth Man'

*The following is a Huntington Herald-Dispatch article from Thursday November 17th 1966 titled "Bird, Plane Or Batman? Mason Countians Hunt 'Moth Man'" by Pat Siler*

POINT PLEASANT - Sightseers clogged the roads north of here Wednesday night as Mason Countians flocked to the desolate TNT area to join in a search for the "Monster Moth Man."

Sheriff's deputies reported that two couples told them that they had sighted the "creature" Tuesday night near the old powerhouse, five miles from Point Pleasant.

It has been variously described as a flying man with a 10-foot wingspread capable of pursuing cars at 100 miles per hour, and as a huge gray and white bird "with wings like an angel and legs like a man, seven feet tall with two large, red eyes about six inches apart."

Officials at the [McClintic] Wildlife Station said no such description can be found in any of their fowl manuals. They did suggest, however, that it is geese migrating time, and that flights have been sighted in the area.

But Mr. and Mrs. [Roger] Scarberry, and Mr. and Mrs. Steve [Mallette] maintain that the "thing" followed their car Tuesday night, zig-zagging in front of the auto as it speeded along W. Va. 62.

The men told deputies the creature veered away as the car approached the Point Pleasant city limits.

The volunteer fire department was called to assist Wednesday night in traffic duty at the scene of the "flyover."

One fireman commented, "It looks like Mason County fair time."
Bots

> *''Bots are sometimes so stupid..''*
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## Introduction

Bots are Non-Playable Characters (in short, NPCs) which are all unique and have their own purpose. Bots are put in many locations/rooms.

## All bots

### Sanji

Sanji is a 7/11 shop assistant which can be robbed.

### Rasheed

Rasheed is a bot which can heal you if you say ''heal'', or ''discharge''. He is usually found at the patient room in the Mercy Hospital, and if you're dead you must wait 3 minutes before he can assist you.
Monster Returns To Mason

*The following is Athens Messenger article written by Mary Hyre in November 1966 titled "Monster Returns To Mason" :*

Monster Returns To Mason By Mary Hyre, Point Pleasant Correspondent

POINT PLEASANT - Six - or maybe seven - more people became believers in the Mason County Monster Wednesday night.

What is it they saw? They don't know, but they have managed to convince a raft of people they saw something. The latest observers of the red-eyed, wing-backed six-foot thing are Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wamsley; Ricky, Connie and Vickie Thomas and Marcella Bennett.

They spotted the monster around 9 p. m. Wednesday outside the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thomas, in the TNT area where the thing was sighted Tuesday right. [sic]

Observer number seven is reported to be a Cheshire area youth who allegedly was chased by a thing matching the description of the Mason County Monster. The chase took place on Route 7 in Ohio.

Wednesday night's sighting took place as the Wamsley's and the Thomas children were leaving the Thomas home. They said the red-eyed creature was lying on the road behind a car.

[ page torn ] the house and called police. Later they ventured outside and spotted the creature watching them while partially hidden behind a pile of bricks. They said the creature then flew away.

At the time of the spotting, officers and fire department volunteers were searching near an old power plant in the TNT area, where the monster was first spotted Tuesday night by two young couples.

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mallette and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Scarberry said the thing chased their car at speeds up to 100 miles an hour around midnight Tuesday.

Officers said the TNT area was flooded with curious sightseers Wednesday night. One motorist reported his children "wanted to see it right now." Several people reported they had to take their children out because "they about drove us mad wanting to see it."

One man contented it was something caused by the U. S. space program. He said, "You see, it's that talk of going to the moon and that stuff. It's hard to tell what they've caused to come back to earth."

Mrs. Thomas, who was at church during Wednesday night's sighting, said she had a vision Monday night that a creature would appear. In the vision, she said, the creature would frighten people, but not harm anyone.

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**Source:** Mothman: The Facts Behind The Legend by Jeff Wamsley and Donnie Sergent Jr., Page 86

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Gideon-bot

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The **Gideon-bot** was a robot made by Old Man McGucket for Gideon Gleeful. It was designed in Gideon's own image.

## History

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Its destruction was foreshadowed as it briefly flashed on Bill Cipher's body in "Dreamscaperers."

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It made its physical appearance in "Gideon Rises" after Gideon stole *Journal 3* from Dipper, constructed by Old Man McGucket. Later in the episode, after Gideon learns that there are three journals, not two, he uses the completed Gideon-bot to catch up to the bus Dipper and Mabel were on that was headed back to Piedmont, California. The Gideon-bot rips off the roof of the bus while Dipper and Mabel run onto a bridge in hopes of escaping. Gideon catches them and demands to know where *Journal 1* is. Dipper is confused and doesn't know what he is talking about, so Gideon uses the Gideon-bot to pick them up, and it throws Dipper on top of a cliff. He then walks away with Mabel, planning to make her his queen. Dipper runs off of the cliff and breaks into the Gideon-bot through its eye. Gideon and Dipper fight, almost destroying the bridge and beating up the robot at the same time. Dipper defeats Gideon, but the Gideon-bot falls off the bridge. It crashes onto the ground and explodes into pieces.

The Gideon-Bot's left leg was later salvaged as part of the Shacktron, a robotic warrior built out of the Mystery Shack before the final battle against Bill Cipher in "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls."

## Appearance

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The Gideon-bot is a giant robot that is made to resemble Gideon. Its right half is unpainted, however. Its cheeks glow red while its wrists, eyes, and ankles glow a bright yellow. Also, inside the machine is a control center where Gideon, by way of a motion-capture suit, is able to control the robot's movements.

## Sightings

### Season 1

* 119. "Dreamscaperers" (pictured)
* 120. "Gideon Rises"

### Season 2

* 220-221. "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls" (likeness)

## Gallery

Click here to view the image gallery for Gideon-bot.
*Click here to view this page's gallery.*

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New York Police Department

> *''To serve and protect!''*
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## About the department

The police department existed in every RP so far, even those which don't have jobs, because there were police bots. It's the most popular business, since it has many things to do, and since you can work everywhere.

## Rank Structure and Wage

### Police Cadet ($20)

When a new police officer is hired, they will almost always be given the rank of Cadet. This is a probationary rank, and the only way to progress is to pass their evaluations - a test of their skills and knowledge.

### Police Officer ($30)

This rank is the standard rank of most employees in the police department. They are knowledgeable and trusted members of the force.

### Police Lieutenant (LT) ($35)

The police Lieutenant is a rank given to the senior officers of the force. It is their responsibility to ensure that their officers are well trained and any complaints are handled by them.

### Police Chief ($40)

The police Chief is the head of the police department, and is involved in all aspects of the police department. They are usually in charge of hiring cadets, and sometimes deal with complaints. They also have the large responsibility of maintaining the HabboRP laws.

## Bugs

* The corporation is called HabboRP Prison
TheMothman Wiki

***Check out >> AppalachianOddity.Org | Mothman Archive (1966-67) !***
## **Welcome to The Mothman Wiki!**

The Mothman is an important part of West Virginia art and folklore.

The Mothman has been described as a bipedal winged humanoid creature; half man, half monster. Hes been said to fly over 100 mph. Descriptions of his coloration vary from grey to brown but are typically grey. He is often reported to be about six or seven feet tall with a wingspan of about ten to fifteen feet. His most prominent features are his large bright red glowing, or at least reflective, eyes. Hes usually described as not having arms or a head. Most other details such as texture seem to differ between witnesses.

**| Newspapers | Documents |**

***Update:** A full list of reported Mothman sightings from 1966 to 1967 can be found within the "Mothman Archive (66-67)" on the website AppalachianOddity.org along with a database of anomalous phenomena, other resources, and more.*
Mystery Bird Seen Flying Over Avenue

*The following is a Newspaper article from January 1967 titled "Mystery Bird Seen Flying Over Avenue"*

POINT PLEASANT - It looked like a bird as big as a plane and had legs like a man, the latest Mason Monster sighter reported.

Mrs. Mabel McDaniel of 30th Street, Point Pleasant, said she saw a dark-colored flying creature with an extremely wide wingspan as she was driving on Jackson Avenue at about 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Mrs. McDaniel is the mother of Mrs. Roger Scarberry, one of the original sighters of the bird-like creature popularly known as the "Mason Monster."

A number of hunters have reported seeings owls, larger than normal size, in the Mason County area.
Mercy Hospital

## About

The Hospital is a place where you can heal yourself, every heal adds up around 50 health points. If you can't find a doctor, or don't bother roleplaying, then go to Rasheed to heal yourself.

## Bugs

* If you say heal or discharge in **bold** (by holding SHIFT while pressing ENTER or pressing the button SAY) you don't need to wait 3 minutes in the hospital until Rasheed can assist you.
Fight Fighters (video game)

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**Fight Fighters** is a fighting video game. With the use of a special code, a player can bring the character of his or her choice to life.

## History

### Season 1

In "Fight Fighters," Dipper and Wendy are seen playing the game at the arcade until Robbie confronts them and takes Dipper's place, saying that he's just "spending some time with his girlfriend." After the teen challenges Dipper to a fight for breaking his cell phone, Dipper brings Rumble McSkirmish to life to defend him, though his plan goes awry when Rumble tries to destroy Robbie.

### Season 2

In "Soos and the Real Girl", Soos runs past a copy of a home version in the game store before spotting the sale bin. Later at Hoo Ha Owl's, GIFfany briefly passes through the game while ruining Soos' date with Melody by using the robot animals.

## List of characters

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* Rumble McSkirmish *(U.S.A.)*
* Dr. Karate *(Japan)*
* Joe Zambique *(Mozambique)*
* Czar-barian *(Russia)*
* Admiral Big-Calves *(United Kingdom)*
* Beastor *(Brazil)*
* N-Buffalo *(Korea)*
* Suggessica *(China)*

## Trivia

* Dr. Karate, Rumble McSkirmish's in-game opponent, shares a similar name to Mr. Karate from the SNK fighting game series.
* N-Buffalo's name is a pun on M. Bison, the main antagonist of the *Street Fighter* series. His nationality and uniform are also references to how North Korea is a dictatorship.
* Joe Zambique's name is a play on his country of origin's name, Mozambique.
* Beastor appears to be a similar character to Blanka, a character from the *Street Fighter* series.
* Czar-Barian is a parody of the fictional Russian boxer Ivan Drago from *Rocky IV*. His name is also a portmanteau on "Czar" and "barbarian".
* Suggesica is a spoof on Chun-Li from the *Street Fighter* games.
* The character select screen is based on the one from *Street Fighter II*.
* The sprites and graphics that appear in the game were made by Australian sprite artist Paul Robertson, who had also done work on such video games as *Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game*, and *Fez.*

## Gallery

Click here to view the image gallery for Fight Fighters (video game).
*Click here to view this page's gallery.*
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Haunting Creature Seen Twice

*The following is a Newspaper article from November of 1966 titled "Haunting Creature Seen Twice"*

POINT PLEASANT - Mason County may be loosing one of its recent tourist attractions.

Two Sunday sighting indicate the strange flying creature which has been spotted several times at the old TNT plant, near Point Pleasant, may be leaving his happy haunting grounds.

Miss Connie Jo Carpenter, 18, New Haven, saw the "awful looking creature" flying toward her car on Route 33, near New Haven, about 10:30 a.m. She said the thing was "man-like, with big wing span."

She said she tromped on the gas and didn't look back to see if the thing followed.

Later Sunday night, two young girls reported seeing a similar man-like creature on Route 60, near St. Albans. The two young girls, walking home from a store, ran to a neighbors home. The neighbor confirmed the sighting.

The girls said the flying creature had "big red pop-eyes and didn't have a beak." St. Albans is about 40 miles south of Point Pleasant.

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**Source:**

Mothman: The Facts Behind The Legend by Jeff Wamsley (2002) (Page 82)

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Chris Sonnenburg

## [Source]

**Christopher "Chris" John Sonnenburg** was a storyboard artist for *Gravity Falls*.

## History

Sonnenburg is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts.

He has worked with various companies, including Lucasfilm, Pixar, Blue Sky Studios, Reel FX, DreamWorks Animation, Rhythm & Hues Studios and various Disney branches. He is the co-founder of Conduct Happiness Inc., and worked there from its founding in 2004 until 2011. He worked on writing, designing, boarding and collaborating on various original projects and developing new shows for Walt Disney Television and Disney XD from March to December of 2014. Sonnenburg currently works as an executive producer for Disney. Shows he has worked on include *The Critic*, *Secrets of the Furious Five*, *Sit Down, Shut Up*, *Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil*, and *Gravity Falls*.

He currently works as an executive producer for Walt Disney Television Animation.

## Storyboard Art credits

### Season 1

* 108. "Irrational Treasure"
* 111. "Little Dipper"
* 113. "Boss Mabel"
* 116. "Carpet Diem"
* 119. "Dreamscaperers"
* 120. "Gideon Rises"

## External links

* Chris Sonnenburg on Animatedbuzz
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* Chris Sonnenburg on LinkedIn
* Chris Sonnenburg on Pinterest

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Amy Hughes

**Amy Hughes**

**Amy Hughes** est la nouvelle animatrice du *Camp Stillwater*. Suite à différentes tragédies au cours de sa vie, elle fait face à ses démons grâce à ses nouveaux amis au camp de vacances récemment rouvert.

*Spoilers (1x09) !*

Véritable psychopathe depuis son enfance, la jeune fille n'a pas hésité à tuer sa famille qu'elle ne jugeait pas assez compréhensive à son égard, tout en se faisant passer pour une victime.

Ayant entendu parler du *Camp Stillwater*, elle décide d'éliminer son amie Margot Tate, afin d'y être animatrice à sa place.

## Biographie

### 1980

*Spoilers (1x09) !*

[…] (*Le Mal Incarné*)

### Février 1989

*Spoilers (1x09) !*

[…] (*Le Mal Incarné*)

[…] (*Bienvenue à Stillwater*)

*Spoilers (1x09) !*

[…] (*Le Mal Incarné*)

[…] (*Bienvenue à Stillwater*)

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[…] (*Le Mal Incarné*)

### Été 1989

[…] (*Bienvenue à Stillwater*)

*Spoilers (1x09) !*

[…] (*Le Mal Incarné*)

## Anecdotes

* Le rôle d'Amy a été écrit spécifiquement pour Elizabeth Lail.
* L'appel au casting pour le personnage la décrivait comme « une intelligente mais nerveuse animatrice de camp, nouvelle au *Camp Stillwater*. Amy n'est pas étrangère à être la nouvelle fille dans des situations sociales, et connaît les pièges qui viennent de paire, alors elle essaie ardemment de s'intégrer avec les autres animateurs, et les autres se remémorent leurs étés passés au camp. Amy est la première à découvrir des indices démontrant qu'une chose inquiétante se passe à Stillwater. ».
* Son nom de famille est une référence au scénariste, producteur et réalisateur John Hughes.
Owl? Goose? Prank: Or Take Your Choice

*The following is a Huntington Advertiser article from November 17th 1966 titled "Owl? Goose? Prank: Or Take Your Choice"*

POINT PLEASANT - Telephone calls continued to flood the sheriff's office here today concerning the "creature" which reportedly was sighted flying in the area Tuesday night. Some say they saw it and others tried to explain the apparition.

The latest report was that the "Monster Moth Man" followed a motorist to Cheshire, Ohio, during the early morning hours.

"Despite the confusion, the reports are amusing." a sheriff's deputy said today. The deputy said nearly everyone has voiced an opinion as to what they believed the people actually saw. They included: A large owl, a migrating goose and boys playing pranks with some type of rigged device.

The deputy was asked his opinion. "I think it was one of those large birds with pencil-like legs and a long beak the catches fish - I can't think of its name off hand."

Whatever it was, has been variously described as a flying man with 10-foot wing-spread capable of pursuing cars at 100 miles an hour, and as a huge gray and white bird with wings like an angel and legs like a man, seven feet tall with two large red eyes about six inches apart.

Sightseers clogged roads north of here Wednesday night trying for a glimpse of the "monster" and to join in a search for him for it.

The fire department was called out to assist in traffic duty along Route 62 near the old TNT plant.
Strange plane turns out to be 'bird'

*The following is an article from Monday December 5th 1966 titled "Strange plane turns out to be 'bird'"*

POINT PLEASANT - Is it a plane? No, it's a bird.

This was the conclusion reached by five pilots, who spotted Point Pleasants "bird" yesterday afternoon in broad daylight and for an instant mistook it to be a plane.

Everett Wedge of Point Pleasant, Henry Upton of Leon, and Leo Edwards, Ernie Thompson and Eddie Adkins all of Gallipolis, Ohio, were gathered yesterday at 3 p.m., when one man in the group commented on the way a plane was making a landing.

He called out. "See that crazy man coming in, in a downwind in that plane."

The others glanced up at about the same time, and then all of a sudden, they realized it wasn't a plane, but a bird.

While all members of the group are avid hunters, they agreed they had never seen anything that looked quite like the "bird" they saw yesterday.

Wedge said they sighted it about 300 feet off the ground along the Ohio River bank and they watched it untill it was out of sight. All estimated the flying creature to be traveling 70 miles an hour.

The most outstanding characteristic they noticed was the unusually long neck, which was estimated to be about 4 feet in length. The men substantiated evidence that it was a sandhill crane, as identified earlier by Robert L. Smith, a West Virginia University professor.

Once it was out of sight, Wedge hurried to get his camera, boarded his plane and flew along the river toward Huntington in an attempt to flush it out, but apparently was unsuccessful.

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Red Eyed 'Winged Monster' Sighted in W. Virginia

*The following is a Columbus Dispatch newspaper article from Friday, November 18th 1966 titled "High School Science Club Says Beast May Be One Of Its Weather Balloons / Red Eyed 'Winged Monster' Sighted In W. Virginia"*

POINT PLEASANT, W. Va - The Science interest [club] of Proctorville Fairland High School in Lawrence County, Ohio, its adviser says, may have started it all.

"It" being a winged monster with "penetrating red eyes" that has had hundreds stalking the hollows and hills of the Ohio River country the past two nights.

SINCE TUESDAY night numerous calls have besieged the Mason County sheriff's office here telling of "sightings" of the terrifying apparition originally reported by two young Point Pleasant couples.

Whatever it was, authorities say, it left Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mallett[e] and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Scarberry "plenty scared."

The couples said they were riding in a car "about midnight Tuesday" and as their auto crested a hill, "it" loomed in front of them.

THEY SAID IT "resembled a flying man . . . between six and seven feet tall . . . with the wings of an angel, covering a span of about 10 feet . . . gray and white with penetrating red eyes about six inches apart."

They said they turned tail and headed back from the outlying TNT area (wartime site of munitions plant) where it appeared. But, according to Mallett[e], 20, the creature drifted right along behind them as they hit speeds up to 100 miles an hour - and at one point "was in front of the car again."

It veered off as they reached the lights of the city.

THEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT, while hundreds - many with weapons- searched the TNT area-a Cheshire, Ohio, man who asked that his name not be used, said "it" chased him near Gallipolis, across the river from here.

Edward Prichard of Huntington, the science club adviser at Proctorville, about 30 miles from here, suggested that balloons released by the club may have been "it."

He said the youngsters, conducting studies on air currents, released two 4 by 7 foot gas-filled balloons.

"THE PREVAILING winds would carry them over Mason County," Prichard said. "Light catches these things in strange ways at some angles Imagination can do the rest."

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Mothman: The Facts Behind The Legend by Jeff Wamsley (2002) (Page 80)

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Mason Bird Monster Presumed Gone Now

*The following is an article from the Herald Dispatch on November 22nd 1966 titled 'Mason Bird Monster Presumed Gone Now' By Ralph Turner.*

POINT PLEASANT - Authorities here have concluded that the so called Mason County monster was large bird of some kind and either has been or soon will be frightened out of the McClintic Wildlife Station area by hunters.

It was a weak ago today that the first sighting was reported of a large red-eyed winged creature in the McClintic area. Since then there have been about 10 or more similar reports.

The latest report was by four teenaged youths who said they saw a large bird with red eyes fly away from their car at a very high rate of speed. This was 3 a.m. Sunday.

Monday was the first day of open deer hunting season in the McClintic reserve and Chief Deputy Millard Halstead of the Mason County sheriff's office said the influx or hunters undoubtedly would bring any large bird out in the daylight. All "monster" sightings have been at night.

Duane Pursley, wildlife biologist and manager at McClintic, believes small game hunters, which have numbered about 200 a day over McClintic's 2,450 acres would have flushed any such bird out earlier.

He said he didn't think a large bird, if it did exist, would stay in the area more than a day with all the commotion and hundreds of people searching at night for it.

A West Virginia University wildlife biologist suggested last week that the "thing" is a rare Sandhill Crane . Mr.Pursley suggested that maybe the "Thing", crane or whatever the people reported seeing, wasn't as large as they thought it was during their excitement.

"We have a lot of Canadian geese stop over here during migration periods, but nothing the size of what these people report," said Mr. Pursley.

He said the hundreds of "thing hunters" had caused a littering and vandalism problem for the wildlife station. He said the area has been littered with cups, cans, bottles and paper and some signs have been damaged.

"There was so much pressure - some people came in here with guns after dark - that we were ready to close off the station area tonight (Monday), but it's eased up and that doesn't appear to be necessary."

Just what was seen in the dark of the night may never be firmly established. The mason County monster may become a legend. Maybe a new tourist attraction has been born.
Mason County has 'Flying' Mystery

*The following is a Morgantown Dominion article from Friday November 18th 1966 titled "Mason County has 'Flying' Mystery"*

PT. PLEASANT, W. Va. (UPI) - The mystery of the flying "whatever it was" continued here Thursday.

Four more people reported seeing a huge, bird-like creature with red eyes. And in Doddridge County, more than 100 miles to the north, a farmer feels his German Shepherd was "dognaped" by the beast.

Mason County Sheriff George Johnson said he does not discount the stories of Steve Mallette and Roger Scarberry and their wives. All four swear they saw the creature three times late Tuesday and early Wednesday near an abandoned power plant five miles north of here.

Raymond Wamsley and his wife, Marcella Bennett and Ricky Thomas and told Johnson they saw it too, in the same general area.

Johnson says he feels whatever everyone saw was nothing more than a "freak Shitepoke," a large bird of the Heron family. The Shitepoke or Shag as it is sometimes known, is the smallest Heron in the Western Hemisphere.

No one, however, could explain how a Shag or similar large bird could fly 100 mph as Scarberry and Mallette said the one they saw did. All four said they would take lie detector tests.

At a farm in Doddridge County near the Harrison County community of Salem, contractor Newell Partridge said he saw something with eyes like "red reflectors" in a meadow near his home. He sighted this "thing" about 90 minutes before the Pt. Pleasant incident.

Partridge said his television set began acting up, "sounding like a generator," and his $350 German Shepherd, Bandit, started "carrying on something terrible."

After the dog had howled for some time Partridge said he opened the door and shined a flashlight into the field where the "reflectors" were seen.

The dog's hair stood straight up, Partridge said, and the animal then went after the reflectors. The dog never returned and no trace of it was found.

Partridge and his wife said the dog had never stayed away from home for more than 15 minutes in the last three years.

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Unidentified Dirigible Reported Down In Blaze In West Virginia

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             A mysterious blimp supposedly crashed in the Pt Pleasant WV and
                         Gallipolis OH area in Oct of 1931.

           Witnesses reportedly saw four people in parachutes jumping from the downed
            vessel but strangely no wreckage or debris was ever found and the
                             dirigible was never identified.

              An article entitled "*The Blimp That Wasn't There*" was written
               for FATE magazine by Gary S. Mangiacopra and Carl J. Pabst.

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*The following is a Sunday Star / Evening Star article from Sunday, October 11th 1931 titled "Unidentified Dirigible Reported Down In Blaze In West Virginia"*

### Searchers Scour Hills for Possible Survivors; Known Craft Accounted For.

**By the Associated Press**

POINT PLEASANT, W. Va., October 11 (Sunday) - Searchers were penetrating the isolated and woody hills south of here this morning in quest of a dirigible reported to have burst into flames and dropped to the countryside yesterday. Reports by some of the persons who said they saw the airship drop were to the effect that men parachuted from the craft as it broke in two pieces.

Those who said they witnessed the fall of the dirigible were for the most part from Gallipolis Ohio, just across the Ohio River from the objective of the searchers.

Checking in a effort to establish the identity of a craft which might have been in this section failed to bring any definite result. The Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, at Akron, Ohio, reported all of their blimps accounted for, and various Army posts and the Navy made known their airships were safe.

United States Senator H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia made known at Huntington that he had asked the Navy to send an airship to Huntington on Saturday during the Washington and Jefferson-Marshall College foot ball game, but that the request had been declined. Robert P. Henke, Gallipolis contractor, said he was watching the craft through field glasses when it fell. Dr. and Mrs. Claude Carter of Gallipolis also said they saw the dirigible, which was described as soaring at a height of 300 feet when it dropped.

Dr. Charles E. Holzer, owner of the Gallipolis Airport, said he would send an airplane to aid the search as soon as it was daylight.

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The Sunday Star, Washington DC, Oct 11th 1931

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1931-10-11/ed-1/seq-1/

"*The Blimp That Wasn't There*" FATE magazine (1979) by Gary S. Mangiacopra & Carl J. Pabst

The World's Strangest Stories (Compiled by editors of FATE magazine) (1983) Pg 91-95
(*Recommened by AP Strange of apstrange.com)*

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'Red-Eyed Creature' Reported in W. Va.

***The American troops in Vietnam read about the Scarberry and Mallette Mothman sighting on Saturday, November 19th 1966 when it was printed in the Pacific Stars And Stripes Newspaper Vol. 22, No 322. The following is that article:***

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (UPI) - Two Point Pleasant couples told police Wednesday their car was followed about midnight by a "birdlike creature" 6 to 7 feet tall with red eyes and a 10-foot wingspan.

Steve Mallette and Roger Scarberry and their wives told Mason County sheriff's deputies they were riding near the McClintic Wildlife Reserve when they first encountered "the thing."

Mallette said it was large, measuring as much as 7 feet, was grey in color with eyes two inch in diameter. He said the eyes "glowed red" when the car headlights were put on them near an abandoned power plant.

Then, Mallette said, the "thing" took off, [making] a flapping noise, and traveled at high speeds, "at about 100 miles an hour," Mallette added, "it was a clumsy runner."

Scarberry said, "If I'd seen it only be myself, I wouldn't have said anything about it, but there were four of us who saw it."
Could the 'Moth Man' Be Balloon?

*The following is a* Huntington Advertiser *article from November 18th 1966 titled "*Could the 'Moth Man' Be Balloon?"

POINT PLEASANT, W. VA (AP) - "He flies through the air with the greatest of ease, with bloodshot eyes and wings as big as you please,"

With some poetic license thrown in, that is the description given to the "moth-man," a so called "winged man" who reportedly has visited an old dynamite dump near here.

Two Point Pleasant couples received the first "visitation" Tuesday night Mr. and Mrs. Roger Scarberry and Mr. and Mrs. Steve [Mallette] said they "saw something" at the dump "which made them plenty scared."

The "something" they described as "resembling a flying man . . . between six and seven feet tall. . .with the wings of an angel and penetrating red eyes."

The couples said the "thing" chased them as they drove at speeds up to 100 miles per hour.

Edward Prichard, an advisor to the high school science club at Fairland High School thinks he has the answer to what the Scarberry and [Mallettes] saw.

Prichard believes the "monster" could be a large gas balloon which the science club released to study prevailing wind currents.

"Light catches these (balloons) in strange ways at some angles," he said. "Imagination can do the rest."
Oh, That 'Bird!' It Was Seen Again

*The following is an article from the Point Pleasant Register on November 25th 1966 titled 'Oh, That 'Bird!' It Was Seen Again '*

Mason county's famous "Bird" is apparently still with us and has made its appearance in the daytime for the first time..

Tom Ury, a Clarksburg resident, told the sheriff's office he had an experience with the "bird" this morning at 7:15 a.m. as he traveled north on State Route 62.

Ury, an assistant manager of the Kinney Store in Clarksburg, was enroute back to the nothern city after spending Thanksgiving here with relatives when he encountered the "bird".

"I know people think you're crazy when you tell of seeing something like this", Ury said" but I've never had such an experience, I was scared

In giving an account to the Register, the frightened young man said as he went up the road he spotted a flying object that seemed to come from the woods on his fight.

After his description of the area it was determined it came from the area back of the Homer Smith residence..

"It came up like a helicopter and then veered over my car. It began going around in circles about two or three telephone poles high and kept staying over my car" he added.

While his first thought was that of fear, Ury noted "I tried to get away and was going 70 miles an hour, but it kept up with me easily."

He stated that it kept soaring over his vehicle until he got to the Kirkland Memorial Gardens and then it made its way to the left and over toward the river

Appearing still shook up Ury said "I have a convertible and at first felt it was going to come through the top but after it stayed in the air at about the same height. I didn't feel it would attack."

"I've seen big birds, but I've never seen anything like this" he commented. In giving a description he said it was grayish brown color, was some six feet in length and had at least an eight to ten foot wing spread.

Ury said he saw a bill, but not unusually big. He did not see red eyes have previously been given as a characteristic. Some theorized the daylight could have accounted for this.

Mr. Ury is the son of Mrs. Frank Ury and the son-in-law of Mrs. Dorothy Rhodes both of Point Pleasant.
Taylor Davenport

**Mr. Taylor Davenport** is a minor character in *The Governess*. He is the head butler at Blenheim Palace.

## Biography

### Early Life

Little is known about Taylor's early life. He was born in 1782, somewhere in England. He is a distant descendant of Di Day Hitler. Sometime in the past, he was hired as a butler for Blenheim. During this time, he became a good friend of Lord Edward Blythe, and when Edward's father passed away, Taylor served as both a butler and a companion. In return, he was rewarded with the position of head butler.
'Flying Man' Seen Here, Man Claims

*The following is a Charleston Gazette article from Friday November 18th 1966 titled "'Flying Man' Seen Here, Man Claims"*

A Kanawha Countian said Thursday that he saw a "flying man" similar to that reported Wednesday by residents of Mason County:

Kenneth Duncan of Blue Creek said he saw something that "looked like a brown human being" Saturday in a wooded area at Reamer near Clendenin.

"It was gliding through the trees and was in sight for about a minute," Duncan recalled.

At the time, he said, he and four other men were digging the grave of his father-in-law, Homer Smith of Blue Creek, who was buried Sunday.

The object disappeared before others in the group saw it, Duncan said. Others were Robert (Bob) Lovejoy of Allen, Mich., formerly of Campbells Creek, William (Bill) Poole of Allen, Mich., Andrew Godby of Blue Creek and Emil Gibson of Quincy.

Mason County residents reported seing the "flying man" at night. They described him as being 6 feet tall with a 10-foot wingspan.

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Mothman behind the red eyes by Jeff Wamsley (Page 31)

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Mehitabel Blythe

**Duchess Mehitabel Blythe (née Huxley)** is a minor, unseen character in *The Governess.* She was the mother of Edward Blythe.

## Biography

### Early Life

Mehitabel was born on January 29, 1750. At some point she met and married Prince Alistair Blythe, becoming the Duchess of Cambridge. She and her husband struggled to have children, as she had six miscarriages or stillborn children. Eventually, she gave birth to their sole child, their son Edward. In 1799, she died of unknown causes.

### *The Governess*

Mehitabel is briefly mentioned by Laurette when she thinks of how both of Edward's parents have passed away.

## Appearance

Mehitabel has blonde hair and brown eyes. Despite this, she looked very similar to her son.

## Personality

It is unknown what Mehitabel's personality was like.

## Trivia

* Laurette's daughter, Evelina Mehitabel Blythe, is named after Mehitabel.
Giant Owl Killed On Area Farm

*The following is a Newspaper article from December 22nd 1966 titled "Giant Owl Killed On Area Farm"*

A bird although a dead one, is in the news again and the big question is - Is it or isn't it one that may have been spotted here on several occasions?

Apparently from the [description] it is not the one that was seen by two young couples last month but may be one that has kept cropping into headlines since that time.

A large owl uncommon to this area was killed Tuesday night by Ace Henry on his farm at Gallipolis Ferry.

The bird which has a wing spread of nearly five feet, has several areas of white and is speckled with black. On the under side of the wings the plumage is snowy white, and white fur-like feathers encircle the large eyes and cover the claws.

Henry said he shot it with a 20-gauge shotgun Tuesday night after it was spotted sitting on top of his barn. He said at first he thought it was a hawk but after killing it he was perplexed to know its true identity.

The Register Editorial staff, in an attempt to identify the bird has concluded that it is a snowy owl.

The snowy owl is an inhabitant of northern regions, where his coloring blends with the snowy surroundings. In the winter it travels south through the states and sometimes as far as Texas. On the wing it is so swift that it will overtake a grouse in flight.
Wild Story Produced in Wildlife Preserve

*The following is an article from November 1966 titled "Man with wings - Wild Story Produced in Wildlife Preserve"*

POINT PLEASANT, W Va. (AP) - The mysterious mothman was still at large near this normally quiet Ohio River community but the excitement he caused is dying down.

Nobody has identified definitely the wierd creature first reported by two couples near a wildlife preserve Nov. 15.

A West Virginia University professor suggested it was a rare species of the crane seldom seen east of the Mississippi River.

The excitement began two weeks ago when Mr. and Mrs. Roger Scarberry and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mallett , all of Point Pleasant spotted a large white apparition flying at high speed following their car.

They told a deputy sheriff it looked like "a flying man with 10 foot wings" They said it was about seven feet tall with large red eyes.

These reports brought curious crowds to the McClintic Wildlife Station where the incident occurred. Volunteer fire department member had at help keep traffic moving.

During the next three days at least eight persons reported various similar creatures on Nov. 18 two volunteer firemen Capt. Paul Yoder and Benjamin Enochs , said they saw what definitely was a very large bird with large red eyes.

Dr. Robert L Smith, associate professor of wildlife biology at WVU said the descriptions all fitted the sandhill crane the second largest American crane which stands almost as high as a man and has a wingspan of more than seven feet.

He said the "red eyes" could be the large circles of have red dish flesh around the crane's eyes. Smith said the bird apparently had wandered out of its normal migration route.

The same article was also printed under the title 'Monster Bird With Red Eyes May Be Crane'
Night Rider In Sky Afraid of Lights

*The following is a newspaper article from November of 1966 titled "Night Rider In Sky Afraid of Lights"*

People in Mason County are talking about a flying man who is afraid of lights.

He is a 6-foot creature with a wingspan of 10 feet and can scoot along at 100 miles an hour.

Wednesday about midnight the gray and white replacement to mundane flying saucers startled two young couples driving north of Point Pleasant on W. Va. 62, they said.

Once they spotted it, they headed for town at 100 miles an hour and along came their weird airborne friend, breezing about 50 feet above them with the greatest of ease, they told police.

But once they neared the lighted confined of the town, the high horsepowered night rider in the sky veered around and took off toward the dark and less populous countryside-the two couples told police.

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**Source:**

Mothman: The Facts Behind The Legend (Page 83) (2002)

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Charlotte Bramer

## Charlotte Sofia Bramer

**Lady** **Charlotte Sofia Bramer (née Blomqvist)** is a supporting character in *The Governess*. She is the wife of Nicholas Bramer.

## Biography

### Early Life

Charlotte was born in Sweden in 1791. At the age of three, she moved with her family to England, where they settled in Oxfordshire. There, she became close friends with Edward Blythe, who helped her learn English. At some point prior to 1811, she married Nicholas Bramer, becoming Viscountess of Kinston Bagpuize.

### *The Governess*

Charlotte is first seen arriving for tea at Buscot with her husband, Nicholas Bramer.

## Appearance

Charlotte has long blonde hair and wide blue eyes.

## Trivia

* Since she was young, she has been in love with Edward Blythe.
	+ However, she has never told him of her feelings.
* Charlotte has her own special way of drinking tea.
Winged, Red-Eyed 'Thing' Chases Point Couples Across Countryside

*The following is an Athens Messenger article from November 16th 1966 titled "Winged, Red-Eyed 'Thing' Chases Point Couples Across Countryside". It was written by local reporter Mary Hyre.*

### ***Winged, Red-Eyed 'Thing' Chases Point Couples Across Countryside***

By Mary Hyre

Point Pleasant Correspondent

POINT PLEASANT - What stands six feet tall, has wings, two big red eyes six inches apart and glides along behind an auto at 100 miles an hour?

Don't Know? Well, neither do four Point Pleasant residents who were chased by a weird "man-like thing" Tuesday night.

Two young Mason County married couples today told of being chased by the "strange creature" around midnight Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs, Steve Mallette of 3505 Jackson Ave., and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Scaberry, 809 1/2 30th St., described their hair raising experiences, which began in the TNT area.

The two couples were riding in a car and as the auto crested a hill, an object loomed in front of them. The object was in the form of a man, about six feet tall with wings on its back.

Becoming frightened, the couples drove away. As they approached a traffic circle near Route 62, they said the thing loomed in front of the car again.

Mallette, 20, said they drove toward Point Pleasant on Route 62 at 100 miles an hour, with the strange creature drifting along behind the car.

The couples said the thing seemed to avoid lights. When they turned into the C. C. Lewis farm, the creature was again in front of the car. What appeared to be a large dead dog was lying on the road.

Later, the couples and police returned to the farm, but the dog had vanished. Deputy Sheriff Millard Halstead searched the TNT area. The deputy said the "thing" was gone, but he found "a strange pile of dust."

Scarberry, 18, said, "Believe me if you ever saw it, you'd be a believer." The men said they might go look for the thing tonight, but indicate they were afraid they might find it.

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**Source:**

Mothman: The Facts Behind The Legend (Page 73)

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A.P. Man Sights Object In Sky; Now He's A Saucer Believer

*The following is an Evening Star article from Tuesday, July 22nd 1952 entitled "A.P. Man Sights Object In Sky; Now He's A Saucer Believer".*

### **A.P. Man Sights Object In Sky; Now He's A Saucer Believer**

**By Saul Pett**

***Associated Press Staff Writer***

RIVER EDGE, N. J., July 22. - I saw a flying saucer myself Saturday midnight about the same time some unidentified objects were picked up on radar over Washington.

From now on, you can't convince me there is no such animal. And after 12 years as a newspaperman - almost six of them with the Associated Press in New York - I don't jump to conclusions.

It was like this:

I was sitting on my back porch alone. The night was clear and star-lit, unkissed by the wind.

Idly, I saw a tiny orange ball draw into view from the northwest. At first I thought it was a plane.

**One Constant Light.**

Then, as it drew closer, so distant still that it appeared to be about the size a quarter. I had two thoughts that hit me with quite an impact.

Planes have two light that flicker on and off. This object had only one constant light.

Planes make noise. This object was silent as death. Though my neighborhood-seven miles from New York- is very quiet, I couldn't hear a sound from above.

Later, when a plane did come by, I could see its lights distinctly-and they looked much different from the other lights. Its engines were very audible.

The object flew to the southeast. I saw it for about a minute to a minute and a half.

I called my wife. She watched it and thought it looked like a Japanese lantern.

**Rust-Like Color.**

To me it looked like a sphere, so deeply orange colored that it appeared almost the shade of rust. It seemed to have depth.

Could it have been a shooting star or a meteor?

Well, they sort of shoot down and fade away. But not this thing - it's intense glow stayed constant. It didn't get lost.

Could it have been the reflection of a searchlight on a cloud? The sky was cloudless. Furthermore, the object left no trail of light as a beam would have done.

And it was moving too fast and too evenly to be a balloon.

I wasn't frightened at all, because the thing looked so peaceful and so serene. There wasn't any appearance of menace.

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**Source(s):**

*7/22/52 Evening Star*  - https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1952-07-22/ed-1/seq-15/

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Our ‘Bird’ Has Law On Its Side

*The following is a Point Pleasant Register article from November 19th 1966 titled "Our 'Bird' Has Law On Its Side".*

If Mason County's "bird" should prove to be a Sandhill Crane, as by Dr. Robert Smith of the West Virginia University Biology department, then the law is on its side to provide protection.

Officials note that migratory birds of all kinds are protected by federal and state wildlife laws.

Millard Halstead, Mason County Sheriff's Deputy, said Friday, he has been in contact with Dr. Smith and from a comparison of descriptions feels that the "bird man" might be a Sandhill Crane. The bird stands five to six feet tall, has about 80-inch wing spread and has patches of red around its eyes.

Halstead said the bird is extremely rare, and he understands there are only 30 of them left in this country.

Sheriff George Johnson said he would arrest any persons caught in the TNT area with a loaded gun after dark. There were earlier reports of armed people roaming the area. Johnson has asked that residents not harm the bird.

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**Source:**

Mothman: The Facts Behind The Legend by Jeff Wamsley (2002) (Page 82)

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