Append-only living-dossier updates for “Mothman Festival Returns to Point Pleasant”.https://theanomalyledger.com/en-ushttps://theanomalyledger.com/cases/mothman-festival-point-pleasant-2026/#update-2https://theanomalyledger.com/cases/mothman-festival-point-pleasant-2026/#update-2Main Street Point Pleasant revised the weekend turnout upward: WV News (22 Sep 2026) quotes organizers estimating a record ~35,000 attendees over three days, superseding the earlier ~32,000 cellphone-derived unique-attendance figure. Still civic tourism metrics only — no specimen claim. — Sources: WV News (22 Sep 2026) — Main Street Point Pleasant ~35,000 estimateWed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTUpdatehttps://theanomalyledger.com/cases/mothman-festival-point-pleasant-2026/#update-1https://theanomalyledger.com/cases/mothman-festival-point-pleasant-2026/#update-1The 2026 Mothman Festival ran downtown Point Pleasant on Sept 19–20 as scheduled. After the weekend, Main Street Point Pleasant circulated cellphone-derived foot-traffic figures via WV News — roughly 27,000 non-resident visitors Saturday and about 10,000 Sunday, with a combined unique-attendance estimate near 32,000 (repeat visits counted across both days). Local TV framed the same weekend as tens-of-thousands tourism around the 1966 legend. Countable as civic ritual metrics only; no new specimen claim. — Sources: mothmanfestival.com (2026 dates) · WV News / Main Street Point Pleasant attendance estimates · WCHS (20 Sep 2026) festival crowd coverageMon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTUpdatehttps://theanomalyledger.com/cases/mothman-festival-point-pleasant-2026/https://theanomalyledger.com/cases/mothman-festival-point-pleasant-2026/Third weekend of September again: free Main Street crowds, TNT tours, museum lines, and a legend kept alive by gathering — not by a new specimen.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPublished