The last sighting of the mothman occurred on January 11, 1967, and the Mothman was never seen again in the area.
Whenever bizarre sightings of creatureslike the Mothman occur, the first thing investigators evaluate is the credibility of the eyewitnesses.
In the case of the Mothman, the local sheriff believed the first witnesses.
Sandhill cranes have a cry similar to the shriek reportedin the Mothman sightings.
The Mothman legend follows a folkloric pattern of strange creatures presaging catastrophe.