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One of the TNT Area's distinctive "igloo" bunkers

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A statue of the Moth Man looms over Point Pleasant.

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For a brief period in late 1966 and early 1967 the West Virginia Ordnance Works, better known to locals as the TNT Area, was home to one of America's most famous mythical creatures - the Mothman. The creature was first seen at the gate of the abandoned munitions storage facility, and sightings in the area continued until the collapse of the Silver Bridge in December, 1967. The Mothman and the circumstances around its appearance in Point Pleasant would later be chronicled in John Keel's 1976 book "The Mothman Prophecies" and its 2002 movie adaptation.

While there seems to be no established theory explaining the mass sightings, nor a theory as to why the creature would choose the TNT Area as its home, the rows of World War II-era igloo-like bunkers and dilapidated laboratories give it all the ambiance a discerning monster could want. The TNT Area became a Superfund site in 1983, and is still undergoing cleanup and decontamination.

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• Address Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United States

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• Anonymous February 27, 2010
  I live very close to the tnt area and have walked almost every trail and road in it. Its a beautiful place during the day but is also really freaky at night. And yes the igloos still have tnt in them...thats why their locked! Just ask any local of point pleasant and they can help you find the open igloos...
• Anonymous October 13, 2009
  Me and my Father went to the bunkers this past Sunday taking pictures inside to see if we can see orbs. No luck in that and the mothman was not home at the time of our visit.
• Anonymous October 2, 2009
  tnt and other anonymous items are still kept in those locked "igloos" as we call them locally
• Anonymous September 14, 2009
  If you talk to a few locals you can find some of the old storage bunkers back in tnt. Only a handful of them are unlocked. It's amazing. Think giant concrete igloo. You can't see them from any roads because they are so overgrown. The paths to them are barely two feet wide and more tunnel like than path.
• Anonymous July 12, 2009
  We recently visited Point Pleasant and thoroughly enjoyed our time there. There is so much more to see than just Mothman, though that was the reason we went. Their Riverfront amphitheatre and flood walls with the history of the area in painted murals is stunning. Lots to see there. Nancy
• Anonymous June 7, 2009
  <em>But when the Man-Moth pays his rare, although occasional, visits to the surface, the moon looks rather different to him.</em> - Elizabeth Bishop No relationship, I suppose...