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Mothman fever descends on West Virgina town

By Bill Chappell

Published September 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM EDT

Locals and visitors celebrate the sighting of a red-eyed creature first spotted nearly sixty years ago.

Bill Chappell

Bill Chappell is a writer and editor on the News Desk in the heart of NPR's newsroom in Washington, D.C.

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