MOTHMAN FLUTTERINGS

No doubt uber-skeptic Joe Nickell will be on the program and tell us that the Flatwoods Monster was just an owl.

From the blog Strange Planet, a fascinating post about the author’s experiences involving mechanical voices, where he describes hearing at 3:00 a.m. (a time noted for being a kind of UFO/paranormal, magical time, as he notes) a very strange sound

Approximately two months ago, I awoke in the middle of the night, roughly within the magical 3am hour (That in itself is worthy of more study, as it always seems to be at that particular hour. But I won’t veer off course here). What I began to hear, was in fact, as best I can describe, the sound of a LARGE ‘mechanical and metallic’ bird(?) outside of my window. I was stunned by this sound, but not afraid. I didn’t even feel the urge to look, to be honest. I just paid attention to the sound itself. It was fascinating. For the better part of ten minutes, it would ’squawk’ several times, take a break for about 30 seconds, then resume the vocalization. I heard it that one night, and never again. If I were to match the scope and size of this ‘bird’ with the size of the sound, this thing would’ve been 8ft. tall. Better I not look after all.

He goes on to write about synchronicity; contacts with others experiencing similar things, and some of what he’s discovered via research, past experiences, and the movie The Fourth Kind.

What struck me as interesting was the immediate “mothy” vibe I got from reading this account. Even though there is no mention of Mothman or indication of any Mothman phenomena, I couldn’t help but be reminded of Mothman. There is the bird like imagery of this encounter of course, but I thought of the electronic voices Keel described in The Mothman Prophecies.

Ed Walters, author of The Gulf Breeze Sightings, described hearing weird electronic or metallic voices outside his bedroom windows at night in connection with his UFO experiences.

I was also reminded of Greg Taylor’s article Her Sweet Murmur, in DarkLore volume 1, which explores the rushing, roaring, bell clanging/chiming sounds many (including myself) experience during esoteric events. These episodes appear diverse and often unconnected from each other; UFOs, BVM (Blessed Virgin Mary) appearances, Mothman, Bigfoot or other crypto sightings, aliens, OOBEs, etc. but, Taylor asks, is there a common source from where these entities emerge? These strange sounds of clicking, clacking, singing, bells and the like are shared by fringe phenomena; possibly pointing to the idea they are related. UFOs, aliens, abductions, contactees, Bigfoot weirdness, BVM sightings, MIBS, fairies, maybe they are kaleidoscopic manifestations of the same thing.

As far as Mothman goes, Mothman wasn’t, or isn’t, an isolated and specific event. There’s a whole high strangeness context enveloping Mothman: UFOs, MIBS, telepathic messages, OOBEs, electronic voices, premonitions, heavy dreams laden with messages and communications, curses and legends, synchronicities and a thread of violence that trails Mothman. This is not to say Mothman itself is violent, or responsible for the aura of violence connected with the phenomena, but a response to it.

From 2002’s The Mothman Prophecies with Richard Gere, some of my favorite quotes:

“The nocturnal butterfly. In ancient cultures, the moth represents a form of the psyche, or the soul immortally trapped in the hellish death realms. Mothman. Well, that’s what the Ukrainian’s called him. Rough translation of course. There were a hundred sightings in Chernobyl when the nuclear pump went down. Galveston, nineteen sixty nine, just before the hurricane. They saw it. But seeing isn’t always believing.” ~ character of Alexander Leek, played by Alan Bates.

John Klein: I think we can assume that these entities are more advanced than us. Why don’t they just come right out and tell us what’s on their minds?
Alexander Leek: You’re more advanced than a cockroach, have you ever tried explaining yourself to one of them?

Alexander Leek: If there was a car crash ten blocks away, that window washer up there could probably see it. Now, that doesn’t mean he’s God, or even smarter than we are. But from where he’s sitting, he can see a little further down the road.

I was browsing through the Oregon Coast section of Craigslist, and found this (spelling, etc. left intact):

A iwo year investigation into the return of the Mothman to a rural county in Texas. Catalog mulitple sightings of the Mothman, cattle mutilations, ufo sightings, the Name Game and much more. This investigation culiminated into a real X-File by the FBI.

Find out the truth and more…

http://www.conspiracycafe.us

Don’t worry it’s FREE!!

Following the link, I find myself at Conspiracy Cafe, which tells me about a 2004 investigation of Mothman in Texas. The Mothman Returns, by Ericca Cordier. I’m not familiar with the book. What a link was doing in the Oregon section of Craig’s List for Texas I don’t know, unless of course the person was just sharing Mothy goodness.

http://www.conspiracycafe.us/premium/wise/theudpate2.html

Andrew Colvin writes about an interesting case on his Washington blog on the L.O.W.F.I. site. The case invovles a woman harrassed by something . . . government, MIBs, aliens . . .

Inspired by a childhood experience Andrew Colvin comments on in Mothman Photographer III, I wrote this: Mothman, Puppet Wolves and the Nunahee, for UFO Digest.

I think this will develop into something more in depth later on, but right now I’m just commenting on the pull Mothman seems to have for so many people, including myself. I’ve been intrigued by the Mothman story since I first heard about it years ago, and yet, I’ve never been back east. (Only briefly for a few days in N. Carolina.)

I had given someone at work my links to blogs, etc. and he comes up to me a few days later, asking me: “What the f*** is Mothman?” He had never heard of it. Hard to explain, or do any of the story justice, in a minute or two while at work. I did my best. I mentioned how West Virginia has a haunted, weird, Fortean history going back hundreds of years. He told me he’s been to that area, and that there is something very weird there, a general “vibe” of weirdness. He also told me he’s fascinated by Mothman and wants to know more.

Colvin mentions this pull in his books as well. A lot of layers to this idea, and that’s why I say this line of thinking will no doubt be developed further.

Speaking of Colvin’s books, I highly recommend them.

I wrote about two odd things that I observed the other day on my Orange Orb blog, after putting out the intent to have something appear of an esoteric nature. Blame it on something I read in Mothman’s Photographer III.

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A thank you to Nick Redfern, who alerted me to the news that Amazon.com now has Andrew Colvin’s book, The Mothman’s Photographer III available. (Nick Redfern wrote the forward for the book.) Yea! I just ordered it, and can’t wait to read it.

Well, almost. You can find Andrew Colvin’s Mothman’s Photographer III, with a forward by Nick Redfern, on Amazon.com. At this time, if you go there, they’ll tell you it isn’t available yet — but hold on, it will be any day now! Be sure to order a copy; I can’t wait to get mine.