In fact, we might as well get things off to a good start by adding a heaping dose of synchronicity: just as I was sitting down to write this piece, my phone inexplicably lit up, then shut itself off completely, and restarted. I usually ignore this kind of thing… but for some, it’s enough to keep one’s paranoid fantasies close to the edge for days at a time. With regard to my own situation, this isn’t the only time my phone has appeared to come to life on its own, and activate or deactivate itself arbitrarily. For several months now, I’ve been experiencing a remarkable amount of Keelian weirdness regarding my cellular phone… and in truth, I might as well admit it: I’ve kind of got a history with this sort of thing.

It gets even better, and much weirder! Perfect “Keelian” and Fortean reading!

What came through from mainly the woman’s voice, was that they were looking for someone named “Charnie” or “Charny” (char-knee) and that I was her, or, it, or, him. Not sure. And, this all had something to do with Mothman. They seemed to think I knew things about Mothman and that I was keeping it from them, and, that I was this “Charnie” person.

At that point I get very annoyed. I tell them I am not “Charnie,” whoever the hell that is, and that, even if I did know things about Mothman, why should I tell them — who are they anyway?

They continue to demand I give up my supposed insider information on Mothman, and I continue to tell them to leave me alone. Bits of music, static and broken, intimidating voices come through the phone line. . .

From UFO Mystic: “Mothman Phone Home”
Here’s a 2006 article on Mothman’s phone number from Greg Bishop at UFO Mystic: “Mothman, Phone Home.”

“…there was a number printed which the writer said had been around since the late 1960s and connected the caller to the Mothman hisself. I called the number and got a Voice. It was eerie and mechanical. What I heard was a long fax-machine-like tone followed by “TIME 034600…ENTER COMMAND.” With no other ideas, I punched a couple of digits and was treated to another seemingly meaningless string of integers followed by the “ENTER COMMAND” command. The numbers didn’t seem to advance with time, they just seemed random.”

The comments that follow the post are worth reading as well.

Googling Charnie/Charny
Out of Fortean curiosity, I searched Charny; the first thing that came up was a Wikipedia entry on the Canadian town of Charny, which I’ve never heard of. A strange bit of town information:

Charny has reached regional exposure many times over the last twenty years struggling with Alex Couture Inc., a plant which buys dead animal corpses in order to recycle them, producing salable by-products. The plant generated bad smells and odours throughout the city. The plant has installed filters to screen out any odours.

Sad creepy echoes of death and animals, and a town history of insidious companies in connection with the Pt. Pleasant and Ohio areas that Colvin, among others, talk about in their research.
Mechanical Voices
In December 2009 I wrote about mechanical voices and Mothman here.

Listen to the interview here.

Colvin contributes to the L.O.W.F.I. site; you can find him on the Washington L.O.W.F.I. section here. And shameless plug, you can find me on the Oregon L.O.W.F.I. section here.

Actually, the story gives support to the idea that the government had something to do with manipulating energies and opportunities within the Mothman event.

Lair of the Beasts: Monsters at the Space Center – Mania.com

Here’s Coleman’s review on his blog Cryptomundo.

Approximately two months ago, I awoke in the middle of the night, roughly within the magical 3am hour (That in itself is worthy of more study, as it always seems to be at that particular hour. But I won’t veer off course here). What I began to hear, was in fact, as best I can describe, the sound of a LARGE ‘mechanical and metallic’ bird(?) outside of my window. I was stunned by this sound, but not afraid. I didn’t even feel the urge to look, to be honest. I just paid attention to the sound itself. It was fascinating. For the better part of ten minutes, it would ‘squawk’ several times, take a break for about 30 seconds, then resume the vocalization. I heard it that one night, and never again. If I were to match the scope and size of this ‘bird’ with the size of the sound, this thing would’ve been 8ft. tall. Better I not look after all.

He goes on to write about synchronicity; contacts with others experiencing similar things, and some of what he’s discovered via research, past experiences, and the movie The Fourth Kind.

What struck me as interesting was the immediate “mothy” vibe I got from reading this account. Even though there is no mention of Mothman or indication of any Mothman phenomena, I couldn’t help but be reminded of Mothman. There is the bird like imagery of this encounter of course, but I thought of the electronic voices Keel described in The Mothman Prophecies.

Ed Walters, author of The Gulf Breeze Sightings, described hearing weird electronic or metallic voices outside his bedroom windows at night in connection with his UFO experiences.

I was also reminded of Greg Taylor’s article Her Sweet Murmur, in DarkLore volume 1, which explores the rushing, roaring, bell clanging/chiming sounds many (including myself) experience during esoteric events. These episodes appear diverse and often unconnected from each other; UFOs, BVM (Blessed Virgin Mary) appearances, Mothman, Bigfoot or other crypto sightings, aliens, OOBEs, etc. but, Taylor asks, is there a common source from where these entities emerge? These strange sounds of clicking, clacking, singing, bells and the like are shared by fringe phenomena; possibly pointing to the idea they are related. UFOs, aliens, abductions, contactees, Bigfoot weirdness, BVM sightings, MIBS, fairies, maybe they are kaleidoscopic manifestations of the same thing.

As far as Mothman goes, Mothman wasn’t, or isn’t, an isolated and specific event. There’s a whole high strangeness context enveloping Mothman: UFOs, MIBS, telepathic messages, OOBEs, electronic voices, premonitions, heavy dreams laden with messages and communications, curses and legends, synchronicities and a thread of violence that trails Mothman. This is not to say Mothman itself is violent, or responsible for the aura of violence connected with the phenomena, but a response to it.