MOTHMAN FLUTTERINGS

I managed to miss this movie. From this clip, not sure I missed anything great. Good looking Mothman though, with great red glowing eyes, but they have Mothman growling. I had to laugh at the last line: “At the end of the day, it’s just a stupid bug.”

These are so cute! I want one. Mothman ornaments, or pendants, or whatever… on Komodokat.

Photo here of an unidentified insect. According to the person who sent in the photo, her yard was full of these odd flying insects, described as a combination of a “moth, a bee, and a crayfish.”

I started a new blog (I know, don’t say anything) : Animal Forteana. I just had a moment of synchronicity regarding moths; you can read it on my new blog here.

Updated report from WSAZ on the May 17th explosion of a bunker in the TNT area:

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (WSAZ) — A powerful explosion rocked the night sky over Mason County early Monday morning — powerful because it was fueled by ammunition.

We’re talking about an underground bunker at what’s commonly known as the old TNT site near Point Pleasant.

That area is famous for another reason — it’s where the legendary Mothman was supposedly spotted. But, while the circumstances surrounding this event are still puzzling, investigators are confident they’ll solve this mystery sooner rather than later.

“It was so bright it turned night into day,” Adam Frazier said. “I didn’t hear an explosion, but I saw the light.”

He said he shot a light about a mile away from his home around 1 a.m. Monday.

“I shot it with my cell phone because I knew no one would believe me,” Frazier said.

An underground storage bunker was the source of the blast. Empty barrels and metal storage boxes were thrown everywhere, some landing as far as 100 feet away in a nearby swamp.

“The steel doors were thrown off, and the ceiling is made of 6-inch concrete that lifted up and then caved in,” Gary Sharp with the Division of Natural Resources said. “The blast was pretty extensive.”

The rest here.

Loren Coleman comments on Cryptomundo.

Fantasy artist Frank Frazetta passed away on May 10th of this year; as many bloggers, such as Tina Sena, and Loren Coleman, have noted. Frazetta created Mothman images; more can be seen at Loren’s site and elsewhere. Frazetta also did other fantastic art .. he gave us so much and it is sad to know he’s gone.

I’ve been watching the new ABC series Happy Town. It’s not a good show, but it isn’t terrible either. Trying to be sort of Twin Peaks, which of course it can never be, a bit like Parhump, which was great and so sorry to see that one go! Sam Neill is enjoyable, . . . and I’m a nerd, I’ll watch any kind of show that has to do with the weird.

Last night’s episode had a Mothman like moment; a large bird, following characters around, seemingly the cause of a car accident, and hanging around the town’s annual carnival. Of course there’s a carnival! High up in a tree, the strange bird watches the crowd below. People disappear; strange things afoot.. the bird glides off, looking much like a Thunderbird and making an unearthly, unbirdlike cry. The bird gets a few people’s attention, and is considered a bad omen by some, a sign of things to come for others.

The show didn’t make any references to Mothman but it just reminded me of Mothman in some ways.

Interesting post on Cryptomundo about giant owls — they really did exist — and a weird encounter in the 1980s.