Ep 51: Mothman Part 2
Podcast:
Photo Gallery:
Photos:
1 ) Earliest depiction of Chief Cornstalk from an 1872 Drawing in John Frost’s book Pictorial History of Indian Wars and Captivities (illustrator not cited) 2) A portrait of Chief Cornstalk 3) Plaque at Cornstalk Monument 4) Cornstalks Monument 5) A replica of Fort Randolph (both 4,5 & 6 By Kevin Myers at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0,) 6) Bloodmobile in Point Pleasant PD 7) The Sheraton Niagara Falls where the MIB were seen. 8) A screenshot from the security video in the Sheraton Lobby 9) An alleged Man in Black taken in October 1966 in Elizabeth New Jersey by James W. Moseley 10) An alleged MIB Cadillac on the street in Elizabeth NJ where MIB showed up to question people about a UFO sighting. 11-14) The Silver Bridge as it stood before it collapsed. 15-23) The aftermath of the collapse of the Silver Bridge. Photographer unknown.
Background:
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Mothman! Well, we’re pretty sure “Mothman” isn’t any of those things, neither a moth nor a man, or some unholy combination of the two. If the descriptions by over 100 witnesses are accurate and the symptoms of seeing such a sight are related, then whatever this creature is, it’s abilities may go beyond even what is considered possible for an earthly cryptid. Magical flight, a burning, mesmerizing gaze, and haunting dreams are some of his reported traits, but is clairvoyance also one of them? What if Mothman knew your fate, but wasn’t capable or allowed to tell you? And for an even bigger stretch of the imagination, what if Scott goes “off the chain” in this episode? Now, this may all seem like silly balderdash to your sophisticated and skeptical nature, but what kind of hosts would we be if we couldn’t deliver a tale of a real monster in time for Samhain? After all, it is Halloween.
Tonight’s Quote:
“UFO’s do not seem to exist as tangible, manufactured objects. They do not conform to the accepted natural laws of our environment. They seem to be nothing more than transmogrifications tailoring themselves to our ability to understand.”
— John A. Keel, author of The Mothman Prophecies
Show Links:
We’ve found that some sites are not showing these links as clickable unless they are URLs, so until those outlets improve their show notes section, we are providing actual URLs next to the clickable description of each link to make things easier for our listeners!
- Weather report for the day of Mrs. Roy Grose’s 4:45 a.m. UFO sighting http://bit.ly/2fcSyCx
- Linda Scarberry’s obituary on Cryptomundo, one of the 4 original teenagers to see Mothman http://bit.ly/2eW9DwQ
- Silver Bridge http://bit.ly/2flwFjC
- Riverside Golf Club where Connie Carpenter saw the Mothman, formerly the Mason Co. Golf Course http://bit.ly/2eMpLDl
- I Love Lucy entertains the cosmos http://n.pr/2eh2I0c
- How far have human radio broadcasts reached into our galaxy? http://bit.ly/1qAd9iI
- Can our TV signals be picked up by other planets? http://bbc.in/2eW80PC
- Actinic Conjunctivitis http://bit.ly/2dRkXIu
- Defense Logistics Agency website http://www.dla.mil/
- Defense Logistics Agency on Wikipedia http://bit.ly/2dRmAWv
- Chief Cornstalk http://bit.ly/2eMmVhW
- Chief Cornstalk’s curse http://bit.ly/2dRmDl2
- Lord Dunmore’s War http://bit.ly/2eXAs2l
- Fort Randolph, West Virginia http://bit.ly/2fcSDGp
- The late Beau Shertzer, whose Bloodmobile was almost carried off http://bit.ly/2eBAQqh
- Men In Black in a Niagra Falls hotel lobby? http://bit.ly/2eBCIiR
- The 1966 Cadillac De Ville http://bit.ly/2dRoxSM
- Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia http://bit.ly/2eXF6NS
- Gallipolis, Ohio http://www.cityofgallipolis.com/
- Morse Code, for when you want to communicate with a UFO using your flashlight http://bit.ly/1zxQZNV
- Mothman and Other Curious Encounters by Loren Coleman https://amzn.com/B00AWBQF88
- The Mothman Prophecies – A True Story by John A. Keel https://amzn.com/0765334984
- The Mothman Prophecies – The Movie https://amzn.com/B0000648X0
- The Woodrow Derenberger interview with Ronald Maines, Gen. Mgr. of WTAP https://youtu.be/5HxY4suVjSo
- Point Pleasant, West Virginia http://bit.ly/2euHGdZ
- Gallipolis, Ohio basecamp for John Keel and the Mothman Prophecies movie crew http://bit.ly/2e3aZpU
- Visit the Mothman Museum! http://bit.ly/2enKY4d
- Attend the Mothman Festival in beautiful Point Pleasant, WV! http://bit.ly/1pjsSMO
- Scott always stays at the Lowe Hotel when searching for Mothman! http://www.thelowehotel.com/
- Point Pleasant’s “TNT Area” where the Mothman dwells http://n.pr/2drLM5A
- Explosion and munitions risk at the “TNT Area” http://bit.ly/2eIfuJD
- Inside the Eerie TNT Storage Bunkers of West Virginia on Wired http://bit.ly/2e8qeyV
- The Mothman and Indrid Cold story on WeekInWeird.com http://bit.ly/2eI4OuC
- Mothman on Wikipedia http://bit.ly/2dQ3dhn
- 1st sighting of the Mothman according to the WV Dept. of Commerce http://bit.ly/2drIzTK
- The Grinning Man on TheNightSky.org http://bit.ly/2ej1G76
- The Case of Indrid Cold on Forteania http://bit.ly/2ej0hNV
- Assessing Wikipedia’s Accuracy on NPR http://n.pr/2elZZaH
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Credits:
Episode 051 – “Mothman Part 2” Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Edited by Sarah Vorhees, Ryan McCullough Sound Design; Research Assistance by Tess Pfeifle and the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a,k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or “A.R.C.” for short. Special thanks to Kirsten Labrozzi, Josh Prosper, and Chris Childs. Copyright 2016 Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess. All Rights Reserved.