Appalachian Winged Folklore Corridor — Flatwoods to Point Pleasant
Short geographic dossier: Braxton/Flatwoods (1952) and Point Pleasant (1966) as an Appalachian festival-folklore belt — tourism grammar, not a species range.
Sources mothmanfestival.com; braxtonwv.org; companion Flatwoods and Mothman festival files on this ledger
Locale map
Two West Virginia towns, two mid-century winged-figure memories, one tourism grammar: Flatwoods / Braxton County keeps the 1952 “Green Monster” in convention and museum culture; Point Pleasant keeps the 1966 Mothman story in festival, statue, and museum infrastructure.
Format lesson only
This dossier links the corridor without claiming a biological range map and without absorbing any Arizona brand. Status folklore. See the live Mothman Festival file and the Flatwoods Convention cancel file for civic-calendar detail.
Evidence ledger
Each claim in this file, the source it rests on, and how well it holds up: 2 corroborated · 1 unverified. What the labels mean.
| Claim | Source | Type · date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flatwoods/Braxton County keeps the 1952 ‘Green Monster’ story in convention and museum culture. | braxtonwv.org; Flatwoods convention file on this ledger | listing | corroborated |
| Point Pleasant keeps the 1966 Mothman story in festival, statue and museum infrastructure. | mothmanfestival.com; Mothman Festival file on this ledger | listing | corroborated |
| The two stories describe a single winged species with a range across West Virginia.The file links tourism patterns, not biology. | No source in this file | ledger analysis | unverified |
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