The Terrifying True Story Of The Hythe Mothman

In tonights episode we look at Englands own encounter with the mothman, before the winged beast began to terrorise Point Pleasant 3 years later.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Point Pleasant
04:13 Intro
06:16 The Hythe Mothman
11:51 The Other Witnesses
16:50 The Saltwood Ghosts
24:03 Thank You

[TheTapeLibrary]

Hope you all enjoy this one! As always please do let me know any thoughts you have about this case. Was a really fun one to work on!

[Dickens]

My wife and I just moved from Point Pleasant and there are reputable locals who still swear to have seen the Mothman into the present.

[fruitbat]

Finally after years I can actually leave a relevant comment on YouTube 😂 Old lady here . I lived in Hythe for years and not being a car driver I used to have to use the train station in Sandling . It's got a really spooky reputation . The woodlands around have a very weird reputation many strange events . I won't go on because I am not good at typing stuff, arthritis, but it's seriously a very strange place . ❤

[carollynn]

This reminds of something a close friend told me years ago about what happened to her father when he was a young boy in the 1930s. He grew up in rural Ireland in County Offaly and one day he and a friend went fishing in the local area as they often did, They were aged about ten or eleven at the time.
The route to the river was through a densely wooded area but the boys being local knew the area well and was probably their playground in a way.
After the days fishing they decided to head home as it was starting to get dark and proceeded into the woods, they parted company at some point as the friend lived in a different direction and was a short cut to his house.
My friends father carried on his journey to his home in the other direction.
By this time it was almost dark but he wasn't worried as he was almost home and he knew the route well. In those days especially in Ireland there weren't the concerns that children have today ( very Huckleberry Finn I would say)
As he was walking he noticed something strange up ahead but didn't know what it was and trees were blocking him a clear view.
As he got closer, in a clearing he saw a huge creature he describes as tall as the trees with glaring red eyes, very long arms outstretched emanating a strange sound.
For a few seconds he stood routed to the spot scared to death.
My friends father was absolutely terrified and run the rest of the way home bursting into the house and collapsing on the kitchen floor in a terrible state.
His mother asked what on earth has happened, he recounted the event upon which he's mother told him never to tell anyone of what had happened.
My guess is that because they were strict catholic she didn't want to be ostracised by the community or maybe she feared he would be put in a asylum as was the thing in those days.
Years later the village finally got electricity as there was none in the area when he grew up.
It was only then that he could describe the sound of what this thing was emitting.
A strange electrical sound, a vibrational hum.
I'm sure there are lots of details that I've missed about this story as it has been years since she talked about it and then years before since her father told her so probably not doing it justice.
I never met her father but what she describes of him as a very humble man and not prone to fantastical stories only that one thing.
Do I believe it ? I don't know, but when ordinary folk talk about extraordinary things it does make me wonder.

[endtimesninja]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels

[bexthewitch]

As an American weirdo, I am very familiar with Mothman but I love hearing about cryptids from other countries! Keep this up!

[franken-pattern]

I am just sitting down after a huge lunch, the big solar eclipse has started in WV, and The Tape Library has an episode about the local legend! Mothman! How cool is _that_ !?
Thanks, TL!! 🎉

[SusieDaw-ixpv]

Back in the 1970's, my husband and a neighbor took a large bat kite, painted flourecent eyes on it and flew it at night over a pasture. Cars on the road were stopping to look at it lol

[ThatguyPanda]

I’ve always found the Mothman fascinating. I grew up in a small Missouri town very similar to Point Pleasant. It was full of hard working blue collar families that were part of a tight knit community, people like that could care less about nation wide attention and certainly don’t want the embarrassment of bringing negativity to their town if they were found to be dishonest. I understand there’s bad apples in every socioeconomic group and community, however I find it highly unlikely that individuals with nothing to gain would fabricate quite similar accounts. Just found your channel this morning and it’s amazing stuff man! Keep it up

[barcodesl]

Immediately after you said “emitting a high pitched noise” a car alarm went off😭😭😭

[taylorslade]

I am a huge fan of Mothman and never once have I heard of the apparent British Mothman. Thanks for the new hyperfixation💜💜

[einienj]

Dean Koontz books about Odd Thomas comes to mind every time I hear about the mothman. The shadows that flock to a place where a tragedy is to set place, following perps etc..

[jasonshiers]

Very interesting video, i remember watching the film they was made of this with Richard Gere called The Mothman Prophecies

[dwitefry]

1) as a bit of a mothman 'fan' I loved this, I'd never heard of it either
2) don't worry about the length, mate, you got a good 25 minutes out of it, that's more than enough.

[jyri]

I haven't been hyped for youtube releases really, until your channel man. Absolutely phenomenal. My fiancee is also too scared to watch these with me due to the fantastic job youve done!

[JenMulcahy]

I love listening to your researched stories and this one especially as Hythe is very close to me and I didn't realise we had our very own Mothman legend. Thanks for yet another thought provoking story and long may you continue !

[detectivewiggles]

I would love a video on the other mothman sightings especially chernobyl, or just a video on all weirdness in chernobyl

[cherylsmith]

Mothman creeps me out. Makes me think about the also-creepy Beast of Bray Road.

[irenarobh]

omg..i turned the lights out sat on my own with my dogs.eatin popcorn.the popcorn went flying i just could not take my eyes off this video and with your voice the way you tell it gave me the bloody creeps.nice one.lookin 4ward to your next one from uk..

[MinD_EroSioN]

Had a real deep interest in the Point Pleasant, mine problems (then collapse?) prior to the bridge collapse story, until some documents and a whistle-blower were going to come forward. Overnight the whistle-blower changed his mind, and pulled a firearm on the journalist, and cameraman and told them to go away, rather unkindly. It was an episode in a series but I cant remember which one. Something rather grubby was going on in Point Pleasant. I've continued to research the mothman and other pre disaster areas he has frequented the world over. Can't wait to watch this one!