Mothman Rides a Bike - Screenprinted Art Print

In West Virginia folklore, the Mothman is a humanoid creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area from November 15, 1966, to December 15, 1967.

On December 15, 1967, just over a year after the first Mothman sighting, traffic was bad on the Silver Bridge. Originally built in 1928 to connect Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to Gallipolis, Ohio, the bridge was packed with cars full of holiday shoppers. Without warning, a single eyebar near the top of the bridge on the Ohio side cracked. The chain snapped, and the bridge, its careful equilibrium disturbed, fell to pieces, plunging cars and pedestrians into the icy water of the Ohio River below. Forty-six people died, either by drowning or being crushed by the wreckage.

Following the Mothman sightings, the bridge collapse was the second terrible and bizarre thing to put Point Pleasant on the map in a year’s time. So it didn’t take long for some to connect the two.

Was the Mothman there to cause the casualty or warn the town about it?
If he could have only ridden his bike faster.

Poster details:
3 color screen print
on 110 lb. cream cover
8" x 10"
Ships flat - packaged in a clear bag with backing

*Designed, hand-printed, numbered & signed by us at Cricket Press*

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