Episode 57
The Red-Eyed Warning of Point Pleasant
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- On November 15, 1966, Roger and Linda Scarberry and Steve and Mary Mallette told the sheriff a winged creature with red eyes chased their car past the old TNT plant outside Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
- The Point Pleasant Register printed the story the next morning, November 16, 1966, under the headline 'Couples See Man-Sized Bird ... Creature ... Something!'
- Over one hundred sightings were reported in the thirteen months that followed.
- On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River at rush hour and 46 people died. After that night, the sightings stopped. The collapse is fact; the creature link is reported folklore.
The Draugr does not invent. He documents.
Episode 57 case file
The facts
- On November 15, 1966, Roger and Linda Scarberry and Steve and Mary Mallette told the sheriff a winged creature with red eyes chased their car past the old TNT plant outside Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
- The Point Pleasant Register printed the story the next morning, November 16, 1966, under the headline 'Couples See Man-Sized Bird ... Creature ... Something!'
- Over one hundred sightings were reported in the thirteen months that followed.
- On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River at rush hour and 46 people died. After that night, the sightings stopped. The collapse is fact; the creature link is reported folklore.
The evidence
- The Point Pleasant Register printed the story the next morning, November 16, 1966, under the headline 'Couples See Man-Sized Bird ... Creature ... Something!'
- Over one hundred sightings were reported in the thirteen months that followed.
- On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River at rush hour and 46 people died. After that night, the sightings stopped. The collapse is fact; the creature link is reported folklore.
Sources
- Sources are being gathered for this file. The facts above are documented.
The words, as I spoke them.
Transcript
EP57: The Red-Eyed Warning of Point Pleasant (morning, 2026-10-21) NOTE: TRIMMED for the 60-75s gate. Original draft was 171 spoken words (its "139" count was wrong); shipped narration below is 147 words. Trimmed lines: beat 1 dropped "wings folded close, glowing"; beat 2 dropped "old", "West Virginia", "like a record", "Faster than their car"; beat 3 dropped "that night", "the whole town started seeing it"; beat 4 plain compressed to one roof/bridge line. All key facts, the whisper line, the dare, the follow ask and the fixed sign-off are unchanged.
It rose out of the dark beside their car. Seven feet tall, eyes red in the headlights.
November fifteenth, nineteen sixty six. Roger and Linda Scarberry and Steve and Mary Mallette sped past the TNT plant outside Point Pleasant, and it flew after them. Screeching at full speed.
They told the sheriff. The paper printed it the next morning. Over one hundred sightings in thirteen months.
It perched on roofs near the Silver Bridge. Some said it was a warning.
It was not hunting. It was warning them, and no one listened.
December fifteenth, nineteen sixty seven. Rush hour. The Silver Bridge fell into the Ohio River. Forty six people died.
After that night, the sightings stopped. Leave a comment in the comment section if you would drive that road tonight. Follow for a new true nightmare every day. Sleep with the lights on, if you can.
Word count: 147 (shipped narration).
Dramatized for the telling. The facts above are documented; the narration is the Draugr’s retelling of them.
Wear the nightmare
The Dreaded wear the mark.
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