Mothman actual sketch by eyewitness linda scarberry. In 1966 and 1967 a series of weird events spooked point pleasant, a small town in west virginia. Jan 19, 2011 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. Eyes of the mothman is a documentary that has some of these ideas at its core. The legend of the mothman of point pleasant is born.
Pellowski delves into the legends behind the infamous, mysterious mothman an undefined entity allegedly sighted repeatedly by residents of disasterplagued point pleasant, west virginia during the. Mothman by xenopredator, released february 2015 1. Based on true events in point pleasant, virginia, the mothman prophecies examines a series of inexplicable occurrences through the eyes and mind of one man. James beichler, john frick, timothy frick, matthew j. Who at the syfy network is drinking the wrong koolaid. This was the first reported sighting of what would come to be known as the mothman, an elusive creature that, although now widely celebrated by the town it once terrorized, remains as mysterious as it was on the night that a few frightened witnesses first laid eyes on it. The mothman has been described as a half man, half monster, a bipedal winged humanoid. This full length documentary tells the harrowing and bizarre story of the mothman murders. Watch the mothman of point pleasant prime video amazon uk. Now a recent sighting of a what some people are saying is a winged man flying through the trees has sparked fears the. The story of the mothman, the legendary creature that. The statue, made by bob roach, has sixpack abs, sharp fangs, a hairy chest, and huge, red eyes. Mothman is a big, shadowy shape with giant wings and glowing red eyes, supposedly sighted by dozens of folks near point pleasant, west virginia, over a month period beginning in 1966. The mothman legendary creature of america legendary creatures.
The movie of the same name is also worth seeing, but i think you should see it before you read the book. The monster was described by witnesses as being shaped like a man, but with 10foot wings and red eyes. Click download now to get access to the following files. Oct 26, 2018 but there was a problem, nickell says. Eyes of the mothman is so much better and way more interesting than the starring richard gere movie, there is no comparison between the two. 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 abductions. What is the mothman and where have there been sightings. It is described as tall, with large moth or batlike wings, no neck, and large redglowing eyes. The mothmans second sighting, by the four kids in the car, is the best known. A bit hard to see, but this was originally labeled a bigfoot siting.
Moth eyes may inspire major advance in smartphone design. Only four days later, on the 25th, tom vry was driving along route 62 in the tnt area. The film premiered on syfy april 24, 2010 and was released on dvd on october 25, 2011. Vendors hawk mothman shaped desserts and paranormal experts give talks. Here are ten common explanations for this otherworldly entity dubbed simply the mothman. Mothmans red glowing eyes, set into the shoulders, the head was not an outstanding characteristic seem to have been more terrifying than either the stature of the creature or the tenfoot span of its wings.
The mothman was a winged humanoid with red eyes that people were seeing in the area as well as getting an overwhelming sense of dread. Mothman prophecies true story john keel, silver bridge. Shining red eyes stared back at them from a body without an obvious head or neck. Dec 12, 2017 the mothman as drawn by an eyewitness in 1966. The mothman legendary creature of america legendary. Many of those that sighted the mothman also reported that the sighting led to a sandy dry feeling in their eyes, usually accompanied by redness, swelling and watering. His most prominent features are his large bright red glowing, or at least reflective, eyes. The mothman was described by several eye witnesses as a human sized man with large red eyes that were reflective in nature and moved about with the use of moth like wings. The mothman death list is a popular internet based legend. Nickell attributes the mothman reports to pranks, misidentified planes, and sightings of a barred owl, an albino owl, suggesting that the mothmans glowing eyes were actually redeye effect caused from the reflection of light from flashlights or other bright light sources. May 17, 2017 the mothman can still be seen in point pleasant, west virginia, today, in the form of a historical museum, open seven days a week, and also as a 12foottall chromepolished statue, complete with massive steel wings and rubyred eyes. Mothman still a frighteningly big draw for tourists the star. The story most people know of the mothman is that a humanoid birdlike creature with red eyes was first seen at an abandoned tnt plant, where it chased some amorous teens toward town.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Watch the mothman prophecies full hd video dailymotion. Watch eyes of the mothman 2011 full movie free online. Some of the reports have the mothman flying on batwings, some of them have him merely standing around with reflective, animallike eyes. Nonetheless, eyes of the mothman succeeds magnificently as a work of investigative reporting and a speculative docudrama.
Nickell attributes the mothman reports to pranks, misidentified planes, and sightings of a barred owl, an albino owl, suggesting that the mothman s glowing eyes were actually redeye effect caused from the reflection of light from flashlights or other bright light sources. After the collapse of the silver bridge, no more sightings were reported, causing many people to think that these incidents are related. Pellowski attempts to unmask the mystery of the mothman, a strange, winged creature sighted by four friends in the. 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 50 years ago. But eyes of the mothman sets out to tell a story, not just of mothman, but of the town of point pleasant, west virginia, in which he made his home, and of the people who lived through his month stay from november of 1967 to december of 1968. From approximately november 1966 through december 1967, dozens of people reported sightings of a huge, semihuman winged creature with glowing red eyes in and around point pleasant, west virginia.
Sketch links to real story of the mothman and the collapse of pt pleasant wvs silver bridge. Jun 26, 2017 moth eyes may inspire major advance in smartphone design. He claimed that the mothman rose straight up from the roof, just like a helicopter. This, then, was the first reported sighting of the mothman, which coleman goes on to say was described as 6to7 feet tall with red eyes and no head, as if the eyes were in the breast area, and. Other witnesses of the mothman over the next year would also report swollen, red eyes, and severe headaches, as well as visits from bizarre men in black. Mary mallette, one of the first witnesses of the mothman also experienced an ear trauma. The eyes only see what the mind is prepared to comprehend. May 11, 2016 blue mothman trident by arktemplates may 11, 2016 dimorphodon, dinosaurs authors comment. Descriptions of his coloration vary from grey to brown but are typically grey.
In 1966, numerous witnesses in the point pleasant area of west virginia claimed to have seen a humanoid creature with reflective eyes and wings like an insect. It is also a cryptozoological creep fest in the mold of in search of or the legend of boggy creek. The mothman has been described as a half man, half monster, a bipedal winged humanoid creature. Named after the shape i used to paint on the dimo,blue colors. Then plenty of other residents saw it up until a disaster occurred which changed all their lives. Does it matter what color the eyes of a more stylized imaging of mothman appears in graphic art. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. May 20, 20 moth eyes inspire more efficient thinfilm solar cells moth eyes have evolved to cut out light reflection so that it can see well at night. They touch base on a lot of strange events that took place within that area of the country, all of which happened around the time of the mothman sightings. 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. As he scanned the landscape, he was taken aback by the. Evil incarnate comprises the most uptodate information on mothman phenomena. Look deeper into the mystery of the mothman legacy with the most extensive c. In the eyes of the mothman, pellowski and his crew traveled to point pleasant, west virginia to discover the truth about the sightings of mothman.
Really opens your eyes to other events that werent really talked about at the time, some very odd things happening all around there. Eyes of the mothman 2011stream and watch online moviefone. What they saw was a a terrifying manbird hybrid of sorts with glowing red eyes. Two volunteer firemen who saw it said it was a large bird with red eyes. Two color drawings of colemans cryptozoo arrived overnight from len. Coming february 22nd, the eyes of the mothman is a documentary depicting the facts behind and investigation of the mothman phenomenon. Barn owls have a relatively weak eyeshine, likely too weak to account for the haunting red eyes attributed to mothman. Nov 25, 2016 the myth of the mothman has been part of american fokelore since the 1960s. He is often reported to be about six or seven feet tall with a wingspan of about ten to fifteen feet.
Others still had vivid nightmares of catastrophes during that time period before the silver bridge collapsed. Compare the mothman prophecies movie to the mothman true story, including john a. Keel, the silver bridge collapse, indrid cold and mary hyre. The film was based on disturbing real, otherworldly occurrences that took place in point pleasant, west virginia from 19661967. Eyes of the mothman is an interesting addition to the mystery of the mothman and for those interested in these types of supernatural events a great addition to the myth fake or not. They need to hire knowledgeable and intelligent decision makers when it comes to their lineup and production processes. The sightings stopped after the mysterious collapse of the silver bridge on the ohio river, a tragedy that killed 46 people. I like this documentary because they cover more than just the mothman and the town of point pleasant. Evil incarnate with new material by loren coleman, extensive annotations on each chapter of the mothman prophecies, a detailed mothman death list, and a gallery of images, mothman. The film tells the story and backstory running up to one incredible year 19661967 in the life of point pleasant, west virginia.
From there, subsequent reports and all sorts of wild speculation ensued. Inspired by the nanostructures on moth eyes, engineers and materials scientists have been developing antireflection films with a wide. After the collapse of the silver bridge, no more sightings were reported, causing many people to. Dec 01, 2015 in 2002, richard gere starred in a horror film about a west virginia town that experienced a strange number of supernatural sightings leading up to the collapsing of a local bridge, the mothman prophecies. The mothman prophecies is a 2002 american supernatural horrormystery film directed by.
I highly recommend prospective viewers of eyes of the mothman track down john keels compelling nonfiction book, the mothman prophecies, and read it before seeing this. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. People come because of mothman and they stay at the hotel, they go to the. Eyes of the mothman 2011 stream and watch online moviefone. Dec 06, 2001 this, then, was the first reported sighting of the mothman, which coleman goes on to say was described as 6to7 feet tall with red eyes and no head, as if the eyes were in the breast area, and. Later it was recatagorized as a mothman sighting after a witness described a headless creature with big reflective eyes. A fascinating documentary that uncovers the real story behind the legend of the mothman, a creature often thought to be demonic or supernatural. Is eyes of the mothman available to watch on netflix in. Vendors hawk mothmanshaped desserts and paranormal experts give talks. Mar 03, 2012 toting his cameras to the backwoods of west virginia, documentarian matthew j. Eyes of the mothman succeeds magnificently as a work of investigative reporting and a speculative docudrama. This book is a nice counter point to john keels the mothman prophesies which also cover these events in detail.
Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the matthew pellowskidirected movie via subscription can. Eyes equipped with a mirrored layer called the tapetum lucidum. The film features the song fuel by surfact in the end credits and on the dvd menu. Top 10 mothman sightings with pictures proved it is real. In west virginia folklore, the mothman is a creature reportedly seen in the point pleasant area. The mothman is a strange, flying cryptid that has been sighted numerous times, most often before a disaster strikes the area of the sighting. The mothman can still be seen in point pleasant, west virginia, today, in the form of a historical museum, open seven days a week, and also as a 12foottall chromepolished statue, complete with massive steel wings and rubyred eyes. In 1966 and 1967, residents of point pleasant, west virginia, and surrounding areas reported seeing a sevenfoottall humanlike creature with wings and glowing red eyes. Named after the shape i used to paint on the dimo,blue colors with the mothman prophecy eyes. Looking to watch eyes of the mothman on your tv or mobile device at home. Bill rebsamens illustration completed for me in 2001, for use on the cover of my mothman book. Mothman was yet another miserable original film that syfy decided to torture viewers with.
Eyes of the mothman here is all the information you need about eyes of the mothman on american netflix. In addition to providing context to john keels cult classic. Scientists have created a nanofilm that mimicks the moth. Toting his cameras to the backwoods of west virginia, documentarian matthew j. Many said that the mothman didnt appear to have a head and it looked like the large eyes may be set into the upper chest region. In the weeks and months to follow, the monster now known as the mothman. Prior to this film, the most interesting take on the whole mothman mythos was by the late psi writer, john keel, whose book, the mothman prophecies, was the basis for the gere film. Once the mothman sightings started happening, other paranormal events began rearing their head.
Matt pellowski above of red line studios is the director for this upcoming film. The eyes of the mothman is the first feature length documentary to delve deeper than any other program to uncover the truth behind this. A couple of the reports are merely a darkclothed man peering in through a window. Mothman is a legendary creature reportedly seen in the point pleasant area of west virginia from 15 november 1966 to 15 december mothman, by witness linda scarberry. See related mothman videos, eyewitness sketches and theories about mothman sightings. Mothman is a 2010 syfy television film starring jewel staite and connor fox.
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