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Happy Birthday Mothman

Regan Lee — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:58:45 +0000

Loren Coleman at Cryptomundo writes about Mothman’s “birthday” — it was 44 years ago November that witnesses encountered the winged, humanoid creature in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia. From Cryptomundo:

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.

For the rest, visit Cryptomundo .

Mothman in Germany?

Regan Lee — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:46:45 +0000

Phantoms and Monsters has an item, with photos, of a possible Mothman seen in the sky in Germany.

I love the red eyes on this thing, though I think it looks like either a balloon of some kind, or, photo-shopped/hoax, and lastly, possibly an insect of some kind but I doubt it’s the latter.

Should we be, as Lon at Phantoms and Monsters suggests, be keeping on eye on things to come in Germany?

Thanks to Lesley at The Debris Field for the link.

Giant Moth

Regan Lee — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:06:31 +0000

Cryptomundo has an item, with photos, of a beautiful and very large moth.

SyFy Mothman Clip

Regan Lee — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:07:27 +0000

I managed to miss this movie. From this clip, not sure I missed anything great. Good looking Mothman though, with great red glowing eyes, but they have Mothman growling. I had to laugh at the last line: “At the end … Continue reading →

What is it? “A moth, a bee and a crayfish”?

Regan Lee — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:13:21 +0000

Photo here of an unidentified insect. According to the person who sent in the photo, her yard was full of these odd flying insects, described as a combination of a “moth, a bee, and a crayfish.”

“Butterfly” Crop Circle, or Mothman?

Regan Lee — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:02:20 +0000

This is a great image of a crop circle “butterfly” on the Coast to Coast site. But as Lesley commented on The Debris Field (where I found the link) it looks more like Mothman, and I agree. Definitely Mothman!

The Crusader Moth

Regan Lee — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:23:16 +0000

Image of an odd moth on the Coast to Coast site.

Discovery of Vampire Moth in Russia

Regan Lee — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:56:13 +0000

Just in time for Halloween. It sounds too good to be true, if it’s possible to consider a blood sucking, large moth “good,” but it is true. In Russia, scientists have found a moth that’s evolved from a fruit eating/sucking insect, to a blood sucking one. For more, visit the National Geographic site.