John (Richard Gill Richard Gere) is a reporter who specializes in investigating unthinkable events that cannot be explained by science. The accidental death of his wife Mary (Deborah Maxine Debra Messing) left him in pain when he had a happy life. What bothers John is the painting left by his wife, and the ghostly image reminds John of some strange words that his wife once said, which suggest that Mary's death may not have been an accident. By chance, John lost his way on a business trip and walked around. He came to a place called Paradise, where something strange and terrible was happening. Curiosity drove John to stay here to investigate. To his surprise, the terrible image in his wife's painting appeared in the dreams of the town's residents, and the town's residents called it "Mothman".