- Hello my spooky-ooky friends.
(faint scary music) How are you today? - [Speaker] Your lips are moving but I don't hear what you're saying!
(laughs) - Hi friends, how are you today? Do you like my Halloween background? I love it. Thank you so much. I don't ever want to change it. I think it's just great! Okay, cool. I hope you're having a wonderful day so far, I mean as good as it canÂ
get right now, it's kinda-- A lot's going on in the world, you know? My name is Bailey Sarian and today is Monday, which means it's Murder, Mystery & Makeup Monday! Halloween edition.
(thunder crack and rainfall) (theme song) If you are new here, hi, my name is Bailey Sarian and on Mondays, I sit down, andÂ
I talk about a true crime story that's been heavy on my... (tongue click) Noggin! And I do my makeup at the same time. But this time we're going to beÂ
talking about some Halloween stories while I get ready for a HalloweenÂ
party that I was not invited to. Awesome. So if you're ever curious to know what Iâm using, I do link my products downÂ
below in the description box. So I will stop rambling and let's get right into it.
(swoosh) So the year is 1966, a smallÂ
town situated on the Ohio river is a place called Point Pleasant, West Virginia. This town called Point Pleasant in West Virginia, like I had just said, had a populationÂ
of about 5,000 people at this time, it seemed like everybody kind of knew each other, I mean a lot of the people wereÂ
very close-knit, so it was said, and many of the people of the community, you know, they just reallyÂ
like stuck to themselves, minded their own business,
there wasn't much crime going on, it just kind of existed,Â
which is a good thing, right? It's called Point Pleasant,Â
they have to live up to that. My eyebrow looks really bad. Most of the people in the community reallyÂ
stayed out of trouble, there was a low crime. Simple, simple place, Point Pleasant. I've always secretly wondered whatÂ
it's like to grow up in a small town where everybody seems to know each other, or like, I don't know, everyoneÂ
knows each other's business, like, what's that like? Yeah, spill the deets. I think in my mind it would be fun but at the same time ifÂ
you're trying to be different it's probably not fun, but whatever. I need to grab my tweezersÂ
and get these stray hairs that are just driving me absolutely nuts, brb. Okay we're back. So in November of 1966, a manÂ
by the name of Roger Scarberry was driving just a coupleÂ
miles up from Point Pleasant. In the car with Roger was his wife,Â
Linda, their friend, Steve, Mary, and then their cousin Lonnie. So they were all pretty familiar with the area and they were near the McClinticÂ
Wildlife Management Area, and this was a nature preserve that hadÂ
housed the West Virginia ordinance works, which was like a hidden TNTÂ
factory from World War II. A hidden TNT factory, that's right. Now the locals they refer toÂ
this area as just the "TNT area", and it had been long, long abandonedÂ
and the whole area was gated off. Since this place was not far from PointÂ
Pleasant and was pretty low profile, it was a popular hangoutÂ
spot for the local youths. You know, young adults would go there, hang out, probably smoke, hail Satan,Â
whatever you do as young adults. But people would just go out there and hang out. Roger and his passengers they wereÂ
going to the area just to hang out. They're bored pretty much. So Roger pulls over the carÂ
in front of the factory gate. Right away he said that somethingÂ
just felt off, it felt weird. Now Roger couldn't go into greatÂ
detail about what felt weird, but if you've ever had that feelingÂ
Iâm sure you can understand, something just feels off andÂ
you can't really explain it. But Roger's there with his friends,Â
so I mean it's whatevs, you know? So the gang gets out of the carÂ
and they're just like hanging out, walking up towards the gate, andÂ
once they get up to the gated area, that's when they notice or theyÂ
saw like some red lights turn on, now this is weird because it's abandoned,Â
so like what are these lights, right? And they're all wondering what this is. So they're just like looking at it, right? And then they notice that the lights are moving. Yeah, that's right. So they're not staying stillÂ
they're just like moving around. So they're just watching these red lightsÂ
and kind of standing still, not saying much, and then they notice that the lightsÂ
are actually moving towards them and they're getting bigger,Â
and bigger, and more clear, and that's when they realized thatÂ
these were not red lights at all. Nay nay. These red lights seem to beÂ
a pair of glowing red eyes. But the worst of all, there was a largeÂ
dark figure becoming more clear to them-- Well actually it wasn't becauseÂ
all they could tell was that it was a large dark figure andÂ
then these red glowing eyes. I need more concealer for this. Whatever this thing was, itÂ
stood nearly seven feet tall and seemed to have largeÂ
wings folded behind its back. Satan is that you? So without hesitation, the gangÂ
skedaddled right out of there. They hopped right into theirÂ
car and Roger just floored it. Now according to, well, everybody inÂ
the car, this creature, this thing, whatever it was, it immediately took flightÂ
and followed their car down the road. I mean Roger would laterÂ
say that he was flooring it. I mean, he pushed the car up to 100 miles per hour, but whatever it was, was keepingÂ
up with them, just flying. Roger said that whenever heÂ
looked into the rear-view mirror all he could see was a shadow of a thingÂ
and of course the glowing red eyes. I'm just gonna pack it on today 'causeÂ
it's Halloween, and like why not? Okay, glowing red eyes. So, Roger said that he drove straightÂ
to the Mason County courthouse to report what they all had witnessed. Now the thing that was following them, I meanÂ
it followed them all the way to the courthouse, but as soon as they parked, it justÂ
kept flying and then it flew off. So whatever that thing was itÂ
just flew off into the night. Because it's like, you wannaÂ
tell the police or whoever and be like "Look it's right there, it'sÂ
on the roof", but just it flew off. You get it, Iâm sure you do, okay. Now this was the first, but notÂ
last sighting of the creature that would become known as "The Mothman". All five of them go running into the courthouse,Â
just yelling all sorts of crazy, you know? "We saw something, it was flying! Red eyes,Â
it was glowing!", just like "M'kay..." "Yeah, okay". So, naturally you're thinking
"Well nobody's going to believe them", "Who would believe any ofÂ
that nonsense?", you know? Well, actually there was a deputy who was working, his name was Deputy Millard Halstead, and he just had this deep feeling thatÂ
they were actually telling the truth. Very unusual. Now that's a mystery. So, in an interview he would sayÂ
that he had known these kids-- He kept calling them kidsÂ
and stuff and I was like, but isn't one of them married? So, are they still kids? Doesn't matter, but he said that heÂ
had known these kids all their lives and that they'd never been in any trouble,Â
and that they were just so terrified and he had never seen them like that,Â
that it just kind of gave him this feeling of like, "Maybe they'reÂ
not lying. Why would they lie?". Now they would question each of theÂ
individuals by themselves in the room, and they all gave the exact same story,Â
and this look of terror in their eyes told the deputy that somethingÂ
definitely had happened to them. Roger, he ends up taking the deputy out to theÂ
spot where they first spotted this creature and they looked for any clues or evidence thatÂ
this thing was actually alive, or existed, or he wasn't lying, you know? You know, yeah. Unfortunately for Roger though, they reallyÂ
didn't have any luck finding any evidence. Smaller towns, people are talking. It wasn't long until, you know, word got out thatÂ
there was this creature, this thing with red eyes. Everyone had heard what happened and where. People in the community wereÂ
feeling all sorts of emotions, some were upset, some wereÂ
unconvinced, others scared, you know just a good mix. A group of people decided
"Hey let's all go down to the TNT area" "and look for this thing. Maybe it lives there." "Maybe again there's some kind of evidence orÂ
sign that it was there to see if it's true", but once again they wouldn't find anything. But at a nearby home, someone who wasn't lookingÂ
for the demonic creature would come across him. That very same night, a youngÂ
woman named Marcella Bennett was visiting her friends whoÂ
lived very close to the TNT area. So Marcella was actually gettingÂ
ready to leave her friendâs home. When she walks out, sheÂ
walks towards her parked car just outside the house with her baby in her arms. You know, she's kinda like fidgeting trying toÂ
find her car keys, trying to unlock the door, and then Marcella looks over and she sees a very large gray looking human like creatureÂ
with giant wings and red glowing eyes. What is this thing? Marcella says that she just sees it rising upÂ
from the ground, just steps in front of her. Marcella said that she was so scared that she dropped her infant daughter on theÂ
ground and then fell on top of her. For minutes Marcella said that she was justÂ
paralyzed with fear and she couldn't move, but she could see this creature justÂ
looking at her with these red eyes-- Oh my god red eyes. I didn't mean to do that, so funny, okay. Marcella said that the only thingÂ
that she could really make out were these red glowing eyes just looking at her. Marcella would tell others, I mean later on, that she was aware of what was happening to her, but quite literally she wasÂ
unable to move her body. Marcella said that time felt asÂ
if it was moving in slow motion, and she didn't know how long she wasÂ
on the ground for, unable to move, but eventually she was ableÂ
to gain control of her body. She jumped up, she grabs her daughter and thenÂ
she runs the F inside the house of her friends. She runs there. I don't know what any of usÂ
would do in that situation. I'd probably pee my pants, then throw my babyÂ
at the creature and run, you know like... Scary. It's probably why I shouldn't have children. Anyways... So Marcella runs back into herÂ
friend's house with her baby-- Don't worry the baby's good. Marcella runs inside and she tellsÂ
her friends like what just happened and they're all peeking outside the windowÂ
to figure out like, what it is, what she saw. So they rushed to call the policeÂ
because Marcella seems to be very, very distraught, very upset.
(faint phone dial) So whatever it was must have been bad. Now while on the phone with police that's when they hear a loud thump on their front porch.
(crashing bang) So everybody inside the houseÂ
just kind of looks over, like "What was that?", right? And they're looking over and theyÂ
see just outside their front window a dark figure is looking inside, redÂ
glowing eyes staring right at them. Everyone in the house tries toÂ
barricade themselves in the home  and wait until the police arrive, but by that time whatever it was, was gone. Everybody's talking about this creature, and that's when it was given the name "Mothman"Â
because of its wings, it flies, red eyes. I would have named it like a bug or something-- Well I guess moth is a bugÂ
Bailey, it's an insect, okay. So Mothman. Oh my god, I love this eye, it's like so fire. Over the next following months this MothmanÂ
creature seemed to terrorize the town, I mean nearly 100 people cameÂ
forward with eyewitness reports between November 1966 and December 1967. Now many eyewitnesses said that theyÂ
originally didn't want to say anything about this thing because they feared that the people would think thatÂ
they were lying, right? The community would think that they're lying, or worse they would getÂ
labeled as crazy, you know? Like the others who spoke about their experience. You know, it's the late 60s, being labeledÂ
crazy is like the worst thing possible. "Crazy? I'm not crazy". (mumbles in song) But the bright side with all theseÂ
witnesses coming forward to police, a sketch artist was able to compile drawings of what this creature may lookÂ
like or may have looked like. Those who saw this thingÂ
claimed that it was very large, it was gray, it was a humanoidÂ
type creature with massive wings. It was thought to stand between five andÂ
seven feet tall, with a ten-foot wingspan. Its head was described as being oddlyÂ
shaped and sitting close to its body. Some people even described him as being headless, with only two eyes protruding above his chest. And of course every singleÂ
witness who came forward, mentioned its bright red glowing eyes, which were said to be extremely large. And of course every witness that came forward  mentioned its bright red glowing eyes,Â
which were said to be extremely large. Now when most people saw whateverÂ
this thing was take off or fly, some of them noted that it wouldÂ
spread its wings before ascending, but it never flapped throughout like a bird would. So there are many people who are suggesting, well maybe it was just a bird,Â
"Get over it, just a bird", but these witnesses, they were notÂ
convinced, no bird would fly like that. That first night when it wasÂ
keeping up with Roger's car, they noticed that it was capable of weavingÂ
quickly in between the dense forest areas, and others said that they witnessed it risingÂ
straight up into the sky like a helicopter and was able to just hoverÂ
for like a minute or so. Nuh-uh, nope. I would be like "Not todayÂ
Satan, Iâm really busy". Something out of my nightmares, orÂ
like "Jeepers Creepers", right? Oh my god, is "Jeepers Creepers" about Mothman? Oh man that movie ruined me as a teen. Back to the story. So skeptics, they suggestedÂ
that this whole Mothman garbage could easily be explained, itÂ
was simply a sandhill crane, which is a large bird withÂ
red coloring around its eyes. Many people are just notÂ
believing the story, right? Many are thinking it's simply a sandhill crane. "Calm your tits, it's just a bird". But some of the people who hadÂ
actually witnessed this Mothman, some of them were hunters and/or fishermen, and they pushed back because theyÂ
felt confident in saying that this was not a bird; theyÂ
would not mistake a bird for a seven-foot-tall, winged bug personÂ
thing, with glowing red eyes. "I hunt, I would know", is what they're saying, "There's just no way Iâve seen birds before". On November 2nd, 1966, just 10 daysÂ
before the first Mothman sighting, a man by the name of Woodrow was drivingÂ
home to Mineral Wells, West Virginia, when he was cut off by what he thought was a car. Now it kind of caught him by surprise because he didn't see any headlights inÂ
his rear-view mirror or anything, you know? And he also didn't see any cars approaching, but whoever cut him off went aroundÂ
him and started going slower than him. Which, side note, don't do that. Don't cut people off andÂ
then go like the speed limit. If you're gonna cut me off, floor it, okay? I can't stand that s--t. Anyways, so Woodrow is likeÂ
"Dude, what the hell?". It's forcing him to break, and then eventually it forces himÂ
to pull over on the side of the road because this douchebag is messing with him. He then steps out of his car
(car door shuts) And he's like looking, andÂ
when he's looking at this car, he realizes that whatever thisÂ
was, it wasn't a car at all. Woodrow said that it looked like a large unit, or it looked like a keroseneÂ
lamp chimney, AKA a UFO. I know, some of you are rollingÂ
your eyes right now, just shh, shh. Go on this journey with me, okay? Go on this journey. So. So Woodrow said that a large figure then cameÂ
out of the craft and it walked towards him. Woodrow said that whatever itÂ
was, it looked like it was human and he believed that whatever itÂ
was, was trying to talk to him. Like it wasn't verbally sayingÂ
anything, but Woodrow felt like it was speaking telepathically through his mind. Woodrow felt that, you know,Â
maybe he's just dreaming, right? Pinches himself, he's notÂ
dreaming, and he's certain of that. I'm gonna call it an alien. This alien went back into its craft and took off, it was gone within seconds, just whoosh. Now of course, when Woodrow went home, nobody really believed him and when he triedÂ
to explain it to others about his night, Woodrow knew that he sounded crazy,Â
but I mean he spoke his truth and unfortunately, he was considered crazy. Now Iâm only bringing up Woodrow's story because it would be more and moreÂ
common in future Mothman sightings to have UFO reports coming in around theÂ
same time as the sightings of the Mothman. So many would later believe thatÂ
perhaps the two went hand in hand and that maybe this creatureÂ
was actually an alien, or they were connected in some way. So, one of the main routes into PointÂ
Pleasant was over a steel bridge, which joined the state of Ohio and West Virginia. Many would take that bridgeÂ
to and from work, you know, but overall it was just a well-traveledÂ
route is what Iâm getting at. You get it. Gorge, Iâm loving this. Gorgeous, beautiful. I'm gonna put on my teeth really quick. I cannot get these teeth to stick. I don't know what to do. Okay, this is a side note, but I spent like aÂ
solid hour trying to get those teeth to stick and they're not gonna stick, it's notÂ
gonna happen and I have to let it go. I'm supposed to be a vampire, withÂ
no teeth, it's kind of romantic. Okay, so, back to the bridge. December 15th, 1967, the steel bridgeÂ
collapsed, tragically killing 46 people. But get this, that very same eveningÂ
there were numerous phone calls made to the local police saying that thereÂ
was a large figure with red eyes, red glowing eyes, that wasÂ
seen hanging around the bridge. Now this was concerning because could MothmanÂ
be responsible for the bridge collapsing? So a lot of, again, rumors areÂ
going around, and many are talking, many are thinking that maybe TheÂ
Mothman was responsible for this and more, and more people are getting scared because, you know, "Is thisÂ
Mothman guy here to harm us?". This whole bridge crashed. I mean it's an awful, sad tragedy,Â
but also some people in the community were believing that maybe, just maybe, The Mothman was actually there to warnÂ
people of certain tragedies to come, and maybe The Mothman wasn't the bad guy, maybe they had it all wrong. He was like an angel trying to warn them. (sigh) If that were true though, Mothman did a real bad job warning peopleÂ
of this bridge collapsing, am I right? As the years pass, reportsÂ
of this Mothman creature have been made around the world. All of those who had witnessedÂ
him, reported the same thing over, and over, and over again. Red glowing eyes, large dark figure, huge wings. Some paranormal authors andÂ
cryptozoologists believe that The Mothman may have been an alien, some suggesting that maybe it was just asÂ
simple as, I don't know, an unknown species. In the 1975 book "The MothmanÂ
Prophecies", author John Keel claimed that the Point Pleasant residents who witnessed Mothman also experienced visionsÂ
happening, visions into the future. And they said that they were like, having random dreams, randomÂ
thoughts, but of things happening. Hear me out, okay? Some of the witnesses said that they saw the silver bridge collapsingÂ
before it actually happened, other witnesses said that they saw unidentified flying objects around theÂ
same time that they witnessed The Mothman, and others said that they had visitsÂ
from men dressed in all black, yeah, threatening them that if they spokeÂ
of their experiences to anyone, or kept digging around for answers,Â
something very terrible may happen to them, or maybe even their families,Â
which kept a lot of witnesses quiet for years and years, forÂ
a good reason, out of fear. To this day, occasionally you will hearÂ
stories of people who have witnessed Mothman, many believing they-- If there is more than one, are out there among us, watching us, waiting, observing. But whether you believe in, MothmanÂ
or not, many would say without a doubt that Mothman is no urbanÂ
legend, but a real-life monster. But don't worry gang, the town, PointÂ
Pleasant has an annual Mothman festival. I mean with like COVID and stuff it'sÂ
obviously not going on right now, but according to their website,Â
it'll be back September 2021. 2021, it'll be back around. And that my friends is a story ofÂ
Mothman, or the legend of Mothman. I wish I had teeth, it would really createÂ
this like final look, but it's still cute. Do you believe in The Mothman or not? I mean why not, you know? Life is short, so it's likeÂ
sure, you got nothing to lose. Are you a believer of Mothman? Let me know down below. Anyways, I just want to say a big thank youÂ
to you guys for hanging out with me today. I hope you like this vampireÂ
look, the vampire with no teeth, the wannabe vampire, whatever youÂ
want to name this, and I am that baby. I hope you have a wonderfulÂ
rest of your day ahead. I'll be seeing you guys later. Make good choices. Thank you so much. Bye. (upbeat spooky music)
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Iâve been watching Supernatural for the last couple days.. my fiancĂŠ and I just started it.. and this felt really relatable to the show. I wonder if she will do more paranormal type content. I also love the historical subjects she has talked about.. super interesting. đđĽ°
inserts theme song thatâs probably my favorite part of all the video hahaha
I love Cryptids I feel like they are kind of pushed aside when it comes to anything paranormal ! Iâm super glad sheâs expanding her content c:
I was laughing about the teeth!! I went back tonight and watched a few older videos. I know Bailey wears lashes, but is there a go to mascara she wears? I am on the search for a new brand.
I love the Mothman! Happy to see her cover it. Sad her fangs didn't work, but I love the bloody lip!
This was such an interesting story! Bailey did an excellent job telling the story, and her vampire makeup was so on point. Too bad the fangs didn't stick haha