On November 15, 1966, the World was introduced to the phenomenon that would become known as Mothman. After the first sighting reported by the press 44 years ago in the papers of the day, soon a copyeditor in Ohio, a fan of the “Batman” series then on television, would coin the word “Mothman” because it fit in the headlines better. The sightings of a “Big Bird” had become a “big insect” with one copyeditor’s action.

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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.

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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’m always glad whenever someone sets out to investigate UFOs or paranormal, cryptid or Fortean phenomena, but I’m not a big fan of this show. For one thing, you can’t be an expert in anything, certainly not occult or paranormal areas, if you’re nineteen or however old the Paranormal State people are; and I also don’t like their Christian take on things, though they sometimes use other methods. But that’s my bias. I do like Chip Coffey however, and this clip gives me the chills; when I saw the show the first time, before Chip spoke, I had a literal gut feeling, a strong feeling in my solar plexus, that the energy known as Mothman was there with them and that Coffey was about to make contact. Notice how Coffey says “them” instead of refering to Mothman as a singular entity.