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Chief Cornstalk, more commonly known as Mothman, is the main antagonist of the 2010 American horror film Mothman.

Once a proud Native American chief, Cornstalk was killed by white settlers. In his dying breaths, Chief Cornstalk vowed that evil spirits would kill anyone who set foot on the land surrounding Point Pleasant who had caused the death of another.

Appearance

In his Mothman form, Chief Cornstalk resembles a tall black humanoid creature with glowing red eyes, wrinkled skin, a gaping toothless mouth, and enormous bat-like wings. The Chief Cornstalk possesses the following powers and abilities:

  • Flight
  • Traveling through reflective surfaces

Fate

Chief Cornstalk is destroyed after he is stabbed with one of his own bones.

Trivia

  • The Mothman creature is inspired by an allegedly real series of sightings of a winged, headless, red-eyed creature that occurred throughout 1966 and 1967 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

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