The Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Point Pleasant is one of the more well-known cryptid towns, hosting this museum, a statue and an annual Mothman Festival that attracts thousands of tourists.[1]
A cryptid town is a colloquial term given to a town which has a close cultural identity with a local cryptid, often with the goal of encouraging cryptid-related tourism.[2] Cryptid towns may have festivals, museums, statues and research organisations dedicated to a given cryptid. Areas called cryptid towns tend to be rural and remote, which correlates with the types of areas cryptids are said to often originate from, which in turn can make them appear economically deprived and reliant on the economy of cryptid tourism.[2][3] Some places may not necessarily be best known for their folklore or rely on it for tourism, but do still feature it prominently in events and local culture.
^"Mothman Festival returns Sept. 21–22". www.mydailyregister.com – The Point Pleasant Register. 2019-09-06. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05.
^ ab"I Tracked America's Cryptid Obsession, From Bigfoot to Sentient Pants". Vice. 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
^Magazine, Smithsonian. "A Search for Mysteries and Monsters in Small Town America". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
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