MOTHMAN FLUTTERINGS

Frank Feschino’s Flatwoods Monster on Monster Quest

2010-03-10T00:12:56Z

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

Check Your TV Listings for the MonsterQuest Program On The History Channel March 10, 2010 at 9:00 PM EST (21:00 Hrs)! At Long, Long Last Frank Feschino’s Flatwoods Monster Story Is Told And A Whole Town of Good People Are Vindicated!

“Mothman” Crop Circle

2010-03-07T23:10:40Z

From last year, but an interesting find. . .

A Mothman Episode: Mystery of the Mothman

2010-02-21T07:30:41Z

A ten minute “show” about Mothman. The paranormal or high strangeness things are mentioned here as well, not only UFOs but poltergeist activity, etc. and MIBS. Interesting comments from viewers in the comment section as well. Most importantly, and interestingly, there is mention of psy-ops, mind control as explantion for Mothman, something not discussed usually in shows like this.

Mothman on ‘Lost Tapes’

2010-02-18T05:49:55Z

Monster Quest recently aired its episode about Mothman. (Read my comments here.) But Animal Planet’s program Lost Tapes also had a Mothman episode, with some neat clips of original news items about the Mothman sightings in Pt. Pleasant.

Lost Tapes usual method is to mix pretty cheesy dramatizations with some original footage. Still, pretty interesting, and in some ways, a lot better (in a goofy way) than the MQ episode. Not that it’s a contest.

Paranormal Television: Cutting Room Floor Philosophy

2010-02-16T15:59:02Z

An article by paranormal researchers on the west coast about how producers of paranomral shows use researchers for their own agendas. A given, maybe, but something not often talked about. I felt the same way after talking to the producer from History Channel, and it’s good to hear this not so pretty side of things from someone else. In Paranormal Television: Cutting Room Floor Philosophy the recent Mothman episode aired on Monster Quest is discussed, and MQ’s treatment of witnesses, data and researchers.

Letter From Kennedy at Mothman Museum?

2010-02-15T22:06:28Z

This person asks the ‘Questions and Answers’ site why is there a letter from Robert F. Kennedy at the Mothman Museum in Pt. Pleasant?

Loren Coleman Reviews Monster Quest’s Mothman Episode

2010-02-14T22:04:01Z

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.

Mothman on Monster Quest Tonight

2010-02-11T01:58:52Z

Monster Quest does Mothman, tonight. Check local listings… more to come.

Owl and hummingbird dream from Mike Clelland

2010-01-27T01:52:38Z

Mike Clelland at hidden experience writes about an interesting dream about an owl, and a hummingbird. Aside from the normal owl-as-symbol-of-esoterica, there seems to be a bit of synchronicity going on with birds in general and windshields. (Visit here to listen to the recent conversation Mike and I had about birds and general weirdness.)

Blog look

2010-01-20T15:49:47Z

I liked the previous template better as to colors, but the layout drove me crazy. I’m not savvy enough to play around with it and get it to look the way I want, so I had to use their pre-fab choices. I like this one okay; much neater, but it’s on the stuffy side a bit. Oh well. As readers of this blog may have realized by now, the look might change, it might not!