All legends are local in a way, and when one local person tells a
tale of a strange encounter, it can be a cause for skeptical
snickers from the townsfolk. When more than a hundred people from
the same region all see the same thing, it can lead to books, a
major Motion Picture and even an annual festival. Such is the
case with Point Pleasant, West Virginia and the Ohio River
Valley's own "Mothman" — whose local sightings turned into
national legend. There are several elements that contribute to
the intense curiosity that still surrounds the stories of the
Mothman, himself described as a winged, humanoid creature with
glowing red eyes and a sympathetic, if mysterious nature. One of
them is the sudden appearance of a friendly, inter-dimensional
road tripper named Indrid Cold who just wants to get to know you
better and may be searching for a cryptid on the loose . Another
is the unsettling thought that these encounters may have
portended a disaster that took the lives of 46 people exactly 13
months later.
Tonight's Quote:
“Human beings are under the control of a strange force that bends
them in absurd ways, forcing them to play a role in a bizarre
game of deception.” -
— Jacques Vallée, Computer Scientist, Venture Capitalist and
noted Ufologist
Show Links:
We've found that some sites are not showing these links as
clickable unless they are URLs, so until those outlets improve
their show notes section, we are providing actual URLs next to
the clickable description of each link to make things easier for
our listeners!
The Mothman Prophecies - A True Story by John A. Keel
https://amzn.com/0765334984 The Mothman Prophecies - The Movie
https://amzn.com/B0000648X0 The Woodrow Derenberger interview
with Ronald Maines, Gen. Mgr. of WTAP
https://youtu.be/5HxY4suVjSo Point Pleasant, West Virginia
http://bit.ly/2euHGdZ Gallipolis, Ohio basecamp for John Keel and
the Mothman Prophecies movie crew http://bit.ly/2e3aZpU Visit the
Mothman Museum! http://bit.ly/2enKY4d Attend the Mothman Festival
in beautiful Point Pleasant, WV! http://bit.ly/1pjsSMO Scott
always stays at the Lowe Hotel when searching for Mothman!
http://www.thelowehotel.com/ Point Pleasant's "TNT Area" where
the Mothman dwells http://n.pr/2drLM5A Explosion and munitions
risk at the "TNT Area" http://bit.ly/2eIfuJD Inside the Eerie TNT
Storage Bunkers of West Virginia on Wired http://bit.ly/2e8qeyV
The Mothman and Indrid Cold story on WeekInWeird.com
http://bit.ly/2eI4OuC Mothman on Wikipedia http://bit.ly/2dQ3dhn
1st sighting of the Mothman according to the WV Dept. of Commerce
http://bit.ly/2drIzTK The Grinning Man on TheNightSky.org
http://bit.ly/2ej1G76 The Case of Indrid Cold on Forteania
http://bit.ly/2ej0hNV Assessing Wikipedia's Accuracy on NPR
http://n.pr/2elZZaH
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Credits:
Episode 050 - "Mothman" Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest
Burgess; Edited by Sarah Vorhees, Ryan McCullough Sound Design;
Research Assistance by Tess Pfeifle and the astonishing League of
Astonishing Researchers, a,k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps,
or "A.R.C." for short. Special thanks to Jordan Pickering, Rey
Castañeda and Sarah Cozzemero. Copyright 2016 Scott Philbrook
& Forrest Burgess. All Rights Reserved.
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