The racist roots of Maryland’s mythical Snallygaster monster

WJZ (CBS Baltimore) · YouTube

Baltimore TV news report on the legend’s history, including its troubling 19th-century uses.

SNALLYGASTER

UVMtv

Short student-television explainer on the snallygaster’s German roots, barn stars and 1909 newspaper flap.

MOTHMAN

ACTV (community television)

Talk by Jeff Wamsley, founder of the Mothman Museum and author of books on the sightings, about the witnesses and events of 1966–67.

MOTHMAN

Small Town Monsters

Trailer for Small Town Monsters’ 2017 documentary built around interviews with Point Pleasant residents.

MOTHMAN

Think Anomalous

A detailed documentary walk-through of the original Point Pleasant reports and their context.

MOTHMAN

WCTV (community television)

A community-TV episode retelling the legend and its background.

THUNDERBIRD

John Huffer (Internet Archive upload)

The original July 1977 Illinois film of large birds that many cryptozoologists cite – judge for yourself whether they are vultures.

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