Western world Virginia, 1966. For thirteen a few months the town of Point Pleasant can be gripped with a real-life headache that culminates in a technique which makes headlines all over the world. Unusual occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that turns into referred to as the Mothman, problems this regular American community. Strange lights are seen moving over the sky. Local animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving to investigate the freakish events, soon discovers himself an integral part of an eerie and unfathomable secret….