MOTHMAN FLUTTERINGS » Owlman

Odor of the Owl

Regan Lee — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:25:26 +0000

Not Mothman, but shares some connections to the Cornwall Owlman, which has similarities to the Mothman events.

I’ve posted about England’s advertising campaign for a perfume company, that uses the owl as its mascot. A giant walking owl (not really an owl, of course! A person in an owl mask) that hands out coupons, travels the trams, etc. You can also follow the owl’s journeys on Facebook and Twitter. Some find this very cool, others creepy. I’m in the latter camp, finding, as always, Fortean conspiratorial connections everywhere. And I don’t like clowns, or mascots.

For more, visit my blog Animal Forteana.

Is Mothman on the English Coast?

Regan Lee — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:41:41 +0000

From Jon Downes across the pond, on Still on the Track, a report of a Mothman/Owlman sighting in Seaham, on England’s northeast coast from Davey Curtis. A couple were walking home from a pub around 10:00 pm. On that walk, they encountered something very unusual:

As they got to the end of the lane something caught their eye in the field next to the fence. At first they thought it was a Shire horse because of its size but it was definitely not a Shire horse. Phil and Kate both told me that it was man-shaped, at least 7 feet tall, jet black with piercing red eyes, and it just stood there, motionless.

Phil and Kate looked at it in disbelief for about 15 seconds, then it let out a scream like a fox before “disappearing straight down like it had fell down a well or trap door!”

That did it! Phil and Kate then ran like Hell onto the main road until they stopped near the recently built water treatment plant, exhausted and out of breath. Phil tried to phone a taxi but found his mobile phone was dead, although it was working fine back at the pub. So half running, half walking, constantly looking about them, they got back home, terrified out of their wits, unable to understand what they had just witnessed.

Curtis has known the couple for twenty years and believes their story. There’s more to the story; read the entire account here.

Mothman Type Being in Ohio?

Regan Lee — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:58:48 +0000

From Phantoms and Monsters blog: an item about a Mothman type being in Ohio in September of this year. Hat tip to UFO Mystic.
As witness drove under the RT8 overpass bridge, just north of the Hudson Drive Applebee’s Restaurant, he sighted a 9-10′ tall solid black entity standing on the southbound side of the road. No discernible head or facial features noticed. Duration approx. 5-10secs. Distance approx 15-20′ from his vehicle.

Witness had the feeling the entity was watching him and was “there” for him only. No other vehicles/persons present during sighting. Immediately after turning his head back to the road, he looked in rearview mirror, entity no longer visible. Did not see entity depart or disappear. Witness became extremely upset and scared. Felt that he paled, and his eyes began to water uncontrollably. First thought was to turn around and go home, calling off of work. He tried to call his wife at home, but cell phone would not work, either from the programmed address book, or manual input calling. Kept getting “call failed”, which has never happened before.

For rest of this very interesting story visit the Phantoms and Monsters blog!

Is Owlman Back?

Regan Lee — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:30:00 +0000

On Cryptozoology On – Line, a small item about a report of the Owlman. . .

Red Glowing Eyes and Bird Men Thingies. . .

Regan Lee — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:22:28 +0000

Here’s a very interesting and nice article by Jonathan Downes, author of
The Owlman & Others. (Thanks to Nick Redfern who alerted me to the link.) Of course, I’ve known about this book since it came out but haven’t read it. This is a reminder to go over to Amazon and order it right away.

The article is very interesting for a lot of reasons; just by itself, as a Fortean-cryptid piece, but also for its similarities to Mothman. Winged human type creatures, owls, the reaction of animals in the area, weird weather, red glowing eyes, all kinds of things.

Speaking of red glowing eyes, read Nick Redfern’s item at his Man-Beat U.K. blog. It’s not about Mothman per se, but still interesting.

And Kithra, of Kithra’s Krystal Cave and who is also a contributor to one of my blogs, Women Of Esoterica, has a good piece on glowing red eyes as well: Glowing Red Eyes.

Which reminds me, a Trickster’s Realm article for Binnall of America that I wrote a few weeks ago is also on red glowing eyes in Oregon. Sort of . . .