I know how this sounds. I was on I-77 near Point Pleasant around 9 PM. A massive dark shape began circling low over my car — I could see its wingspan blocking out streetlights as it passed. Humanoid shape, no feathers, dark leathery wings. But the eyes were what I can't shake: two bright red points that seemed to glow from inside. It kept pace with my car for almost two miles before banking away toward the river. I'm not from here but a local mechanic at the gas station I stopped at immediately said "you saw the Mothman, didn't you." I didn't know what that was at the time. Now I've done the reading. I believe him.
We were kayaking near Urquhart Castle when a large hump surfaced about 40 metres ahead. I got three photos before it submerged. The shape does not match any known animal.
I work timber and have been in these woods for 22 years. Whatever I saw Tuesday morning was not a bear. It crossed the road upright, never broke stride, covered about 18 feet in three steps. Dark reddish-brown, heavily built through the shoulders. The head sat directly on the shoulders with no visible neck. My dog — who barks at everything — pressed herself flat against the seat and didn't make a sound. The road was muddy; I stopped and found a track 16 inches long with a clear mid-tarsal break. I made a plaster cast. This is the third encounter I've had in this drainage over 15 years but this was by far the closest.
Clear midday sighting. It was upright, covered in dark brown fur, and at least 7 feet tall. It looked directly at our car before stepping into the treeline. Two other cars also stopped.