September 6, 2012

2012 Mothman Festival


An attendee at a past Mothman Festival.

2012 MOTHMAN FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 15TH & 16TH
DOWNTOWN POINT PLEASANT

MISS MOTHMAN PAGEANT
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH ON MAIN STAGE

TNT AREA HAYRIDES
SATURDAY, SEPT. 15TH, 7PM AT WV FARM M– USEUM
TICKETS GO ON SALE AT 10AM SATURDAY AT INFO BOOTH
ADULTS: $5.00 CHILDREN 10 & UNDER: $3.00

VISIT THE VENDOR TENTS
MOTHMAN MERCHANDISE, COLLECTABLES, T-SHIRTS, JEWELRY, CRAFTS, POSTERS, BOOKS AND MUCH MORE!

KARAOKE CONTEST
AUDITIONS: SAT 2PM, FINALISTS: SUN 2PM

FREE MOVIE NIGHT
SATURDAY 6PM: “EYES OF THE MOTHMAN”
SATURDAY: 7PM: “THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES”

MOTHMAN M– USEUM FESTIVAL HOURS:
SAT: 10AM-7PM, SUN: 11AM-5PM
$3 ADULTS, $1 KIDS 11 & UNDER

GUEST SPEAKERS
HISTORIC STATE THEATER, FREE ADMISSION

Saturday September 15th. Historic State Theater

11:00 Chad Lambert – Mothman Comic Creator and Writer
12:00 Jeff Waldridge – Government Cover Ups and Conspiracies
1:00 Stan Gordon – Ufos and Bigfoot in Pennsylvania
2:00 Rosemary Guiley – Famous Monsters of West Virginia
3:00 Susan Shepherd – Newell Partridge and Bandit, Indrid Cold
4:00 Tom Ury – Gray Barker and The Silver Bridge book

Sunday September 16

12:00 Joey Madia – Mothman play sneak preview
1:00 Fritz Zimmerman – Point Pleasant Native American Burial Grounds
2:00 Robin Bellamy – The Haunted Lowe Hotel
3:00 Sharon Shull – Niece of reporter Mary Hyre

LIVE MUSIC
RIVERFRONT STAGE, FREE ADMISSION

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH
2PM – BUNKHAMMER (CLASSIC ROCK)
4PM – TWO RIVER JUNCTION (COUNTRY ROCK)
6PM – 40 POUND SNAPPER (BLUES & ROCK)
2PM – BLUES Z BAND (BLUES & ROCK)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH
2PM – JESSE CRAWFORD BAND (CLASSIC ROCK)
4PM – THE DUB V’S (ROCK)

SEE THE ALWAYS AWESOME “MOTHMAN BAND” AT 8PM ON FARM M– USEUM STAGE DURING THE HAYRIDES

THINGS TO DO
GET SOME MOTHMAN PANCAKES! (SAT. ONLY)
SEE THE SCOOBY DOO MYSTERY MACHINE!
STAR WARS RE-ENACTORS: SAT. AT 1PM
DOWNTOWN TRAM RIDES (TICKETS ARE $2.00)
LOWE HOTEL HAUNTED TOURS (INFO AT FRONT DOOR)
MOTHMAN 5K RUN. SAT. MORNING
AMAZING FACE PAINTINGS BY JODY RIFE!
VISIT HARRIS STEAK HO– USE (AKA “MOTHMAN DINER”)
CHECK OUT THE MOTHMAN STATUE ON 4TH ST.
RUN AND HIDE FROM THE MEN IN BLACK!
SEE THE HISTORIC FLOODWALL MURAL PAINTINGS
SEE GRUMPY PEDDLER’S ANTIQUE BICYCLE EXHIBIT
VISIT THE POINT PLEASANT RIVER M– USEUM
LIVE MOTHMAN PAINTING SESSION, 4PM SATURDAY

ORIGINAL MOTHMAN WITNESSES
FAYE DEWITT, TOM URY, SHARON SHULL
1-3PM IN FRONT OF MOTHMAN STATUE

MOTHMAN BUS TOURS
75 MIN. TOUR OF LANDMARKS & TNT AREA
TICKETS AT MOTHMANLIVES.COM BOOTH

MOTHMANLIVES.COM KIOSK
OFFICIAL MOTHMAN MERCHANDISE & INFO
VISIT US BESIDE THE MOTHMAN STATUE
VISIT THE MOTHMAN FESTIVAL ONLINE
www.mothmanfestival.com
facebook.com/mothmanfestival
twitter.com/mothmanfestival

AT THE HISTORIC STATE THEATER ON MAIN STREET
HOMEGROWN PT. PLEASANT BANDS
MARK THEM OFF AS YOU GO!
$10 ENTRY FEE. CASH PRIZES AWARDED
DJ SCOTT, MC OF EVENTS

Hope Roush/photo
Jeff Wamsley, organizer of the Mothman Festival, poses in front of Gunn Park’s Mothman Statue, which will be the site of much activity during the forthcoming Annual Mothman Festival. Wamsley has seen the festival grow tremendously over the years and described seeing people attend as his favorite part of the event.

Loren Coleman About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct). Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015. Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.

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