On December 15th

The December 15, 1890 killing is documented. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. Sources including 'Standing Rock' carry the record. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.

The Silver Bridge collapsed December 15, 1967, killing 46 people; a corroded eyebar caused the failure. The record dates it to 1967-12-15. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'Silver Bridge' documents the entry. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.

At 5 p.m. on December 15, 1967 — rush hour, Christmas shoppers aboard — a single cracked eyebar failed and the Silver Bridge folded into the Ohio River in under a minute, killing 46 people. The collapse rewrote national bridge-inspection law — and cemented Point Pleasant's Mothman legend, since the sightings had stopped the very night the bridge fell.