November 15th, 1966 – Four young adults traveling through the West Virginia backwoods of an abandoned TNT plant come across something unnatural. The headlights from their ’57 Chevy strike what appears to be a black, lurking, lumbering, 7 foot tall man with red eyes and wings!

Before the winged man of Point Pleasant would make his departure from its menacing raid on the God fearing souls of this minute church-going community, 46 people would die tragically and hundreds more would be left traumatized and emotionally scarred for life.

With rumors adrift of a haunting Indian curse, wild stories of men in black, bridge collapses, and a history of uncanny coincidences, UFO sightings, and even alien abduction; The Eyes of the Mothman is the first feature length documentary to delve deeper than any other program to uncover the truth behind this unsolved mystery from 43 years ago… {video source: EyesoftheMothman}

Face to face with mothman? Eyewitness Marcella Bennet describes her encounter with mothman in 1966 (excerpt). This is a clip from the forthcoming documentary entitled, Monsters of the UFO: Mothman, man, myth or monster? (Directed by Barry Conrad) {source: barcon1}

John Keel

If you haven’t read The Mothman Prophecies, do yourself a favor and read it. It’s a fantastic read.

NEW YORK – Writer John A. Keel has died. His book, “The Mothman Prophecies,” was made into a movie about paranormal phenomena starring Richard Gere. 

A friend, writer Larry “Ratso” Sloman, said Tuesday that Keel died of congestive heart failure. He was 79.

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John Keel discussing the Mothman from the 1994 and 1999 FortFests. Keel has been a frequent speaker at the International Fortean Organization (INFO) conferences. More than 200 talks from past lectures are available on DVD.

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