Frank Feschino’s Flatwoods Monster on Monster Quest
No doubt uber-skeptic Joe Nickell will be on the program and tell us that the Flatwoods Monster was just an owl.
Loren Coleman Reviews Monster Quest’s Mothman Episode
I saw it; have been looking forward to this episode ever since a producer from the show contacted me several months ago in preparing for the program. I think I put her off; for I went into an esoteric direction (a la Andrew Colvin, who, I noticed, the show did not mention) and she nervously-laughingly said she didn’t want the government following her, dismissing anything to do with all that. I didn’t think much of the program, even though Nick Redfern was on, which was great. But overall, didn’t think much of it and Coleman makes a good point: where was the historical background? However, of all the things that annoyed me the most was the inclusion of uber-skeptic (“I’m not a scientist, I have an English Lit degree, but I play one on TV” Joe Nickell) who smirked non-stop while gleefully cutting out plywood Mothman figures to test the accuracy of witnesses. This man has an intriguing fixation with owls; for, after all, not only are owls the explanation for Mothman sightings, owls are the explanation for the Flatwoods creature, and the Kelly Hopkinsville entities, says Nickell.
Here’s Coleman’s review on his blog Cryptomundo.
The Pull of Mothman
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.
