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[Maelstrom5]

After reading several posts here on the subject of Mothman, I decided to look up the Mothman legend and see what the differences were between the movie 'Mothman Prophecies' and the actual story. Turns out that the movie and the actual story differ a great deal, even though there is often confusion between the two.

As some will already be aware, during the investigation conduction at Point Pleasant by John Keel, there was a series of strange sightings of what some call 'Men in Black' as well as a few odd phone calls made to John Keel (and apparently some others) by a man who called himself 'Indrid Cold.' By phone, Cold offered some cryptic "prophecies" that had no real relation to the sightings of Mothman going on in that area during 66 & 67, but the movie tied the two incidents together. The alleged 'Cornstalk Curse' was mentioned as well, and some say the curse had a lot to do with paranormal sightings in Point Pleasant and surrounding areas, as well as the collapse of the Silver Bridge (which is thought to have ended the Mothman sightings). There is a photographer, A.B. Colvin, whose website has oblique references to Indrid Cold, in addition to what he claims is an actual photograph of the Mothman creature.

A quote from Wikipedia on the subject of A.B. Colvin:

"A.B. Colvin, a photojournalist and cine-ethnographer, has produced a 30-hr. DVD news series on Mothman called The Mothman's Photographer. Colvin and his friends and family were witnesses to the creature. Colvin's sister apparently took a photo of Mothman in 1973. Colvin himself took a picture of an MIB in 1979 that he feels could be either his deceased father (who was at the infamous Philadelphia Experiment in 1943) or Indrid Cold, the spaceman who contacted Woody Derenberger. The Mothman's Photographer (2006) consists of recent interviews with over 40 eyewitnesses and experts such as John Keel, Marcella Bennett, Tom Ury, and Faye DeWitt. Many of the witnesses are from Mound, WV, where Colvin grew up. Colvin's feels that the Mound sightings hold the key to unlocking the conspiracy angles of the Mothman case."

Colvin's site, which also is his professional business site, contains the photos. It actually took me a while to locate the site, which doesn't easily turn up while searching 'Mothman' on Google. Still, his story is an interesting one, one that makes me more curious about who Indrid Cold was and what he had to do with the paranormal activity going on at the time. Some surmise that it was a government cover-up, but people ALWAYS say that. What really happened to the Silver Bridge and what was Cold's motivation for warning Keel and others about it beforehand? Here's a link to Colvin's site, if you haven't already heard his story and viewed the pictures:

Colvin's Mothman pictures

And here's a blog concerning Colvin and his theories on Mothman/Indrid Cold:
AndyColvin.com

[UconnHusky]

I looked at the pictures on that website and for me they were way too obscure to see anything. It just looked like trees blowing in the wind to me.

[Maelstrom5]

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I looked at the pictures on that website and for me they were way too obscure to see anything. It just looked like trees blowing in the wind to me.

The 'face' is in the bottom left corner, between the two coffee cups.

[The Carnivore]

http://andycolvin.com/gallery_view.php?gid=4&id=2
Who is stupid enough to call that mothman?

[kenshinx]

garuda is not even related to mothman . dog type ???  that insult me coz thats not garuda. thats Barong

[coldethyl]

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http://andycolvin.com/gallery_view.php?gid=4&id=2
Who is stupid enough to call that mothman?

I don't see anything in that pic besides a window...anyone care to point out where I'm supposed to see the image?

[The Carnivore]

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I don't see anything in that pic besides a window...anyone care to point out where I'm supposed to see the image?

My point exactly. its a window, not a winged humanoid prophet!

[~Onyx~]

I must side with the growing majority.....a see nothing but glare from a bight light reflected in glass from a window.....and one of the Brady's eating what looks to be breakfast, but don't ask me which one..could be Greg or Peter...or maybe Keith Partridge.....what was supposed to be in the photo again?

[VeggieCannibal]

Anyone who follows the Mothmanlives list on Yahoo knows that this is not the first time I have been accused there of having the intent of humiliating “Barbara of Youngstown” (the woman who, on eBay, auctioned off - but never actually mailed - a piece of toast with an image of Jesus on it). According to John Frick (an artist Maryland who was chosen to supervise the list for (still) owner Donnie Sergent), I “hate” her. I have also been called an “a-hole” who “continually attacked” Barbara, although Barbara was never once attacked by anyone. I have generally been portrayed (in and around discussions of which firearm is best to use against MIBs) as an evil villian who is “doing the devil’s work” and who “wants to argue just for the sake of arguing.” ("Hey, can’t we all just get along as we talk about which caliber weapon we enjoy killing with?") Prior to that, I was accused variously of being “mind-controlled,” “demon-possessed,” “angry,” “unhappy,” a “whore,” a “nut,” unable to “experience peace,” a pitiable person “in need of prayer” because of my “receptiveness” to dark, quasi-satanic forces, a “bald-faced liar” who “manipulates” people into “doing his bidding,” and so on. Unbelievably, a couple of supposed “Wiccans” on the list gleefully alluded to me being burned at the stake and later eaten! Among other things, I was falsely accused by Robin P. Bellamy of attempting to “steal her Mothman story” away from Loren Coleman, her behind-the-scenes mentor (who is himself generally considered, rightly or wrongly, to be the world’s greatest appropriator of witnesses stories). All of these passed with virtually no comment from the moderator. These of course happen to be the tactics of the extreme right-wing: accusing your progressive enemies of committing exactly the same sins as you. As I have stated before, these accusations against me are poppycock. I wasn’t even on the list when these events with Barbara occurred, having been gone for months! The person who pointed out that Barbara was publicly auctioning her Jesus Toast had no idea they were breaking list rules (as these rules have never been elucidated) and had no idea they were embarrassing Barbara. Sadly, they were kicked off without warning, on their first “transgression” of list rules (unless admitting that they were friends of mine counted as the first transgression). Barbara could have come back at any time, like all the other right-wingers who have feigned quitting the list because of the presence of a liberal like myself.


I laughed my ass off at this guy's blog. He's so pathetic.

[The Carnivore]

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Anyone who follows the Mothmanlives list on Yahoo knows that this is not the first time I have been accused there of having the intent of humiliating “Barbara of Youngstown” (the woman who, on eBay, auctioned off - but never actually mailed - a piece of toast with an image of Jesus on it). According to John Frick (an artist Maryland who was chosen to supervise the list for (still) owner Donnie Sergent), I “hate” her. I have also been called an “a-hole” who “continually attacked” Barbara, although Barbara was never once attacked by anyone. I have generally been portrayed (in and around discussions of which firearm is best to use against MIBs) as an evil villian who is “doing the devil’s work” and who “wants to argue just for the sake of arguing.” ("Hey, can’t we all just get along as we talk about which caliber weapon we enjoy killing with?") Prior to that, I was accused variously of being “mind-controlled,” “demon-possessed,” “angry,” “unhappy,” a “whore,” a “nut,” unable to “experience peace,” a pitiable person “in need of prayer” because of my “receptiveness” to dark, quasi-satanic forces, a “bald-faced liar” who “manipulates” people into “doing his bidding,” and so on. Unbelievably, a couple of supposed “Wiccans” on the list gleefully alluded to me being burned at the stake and later eaten! Among other things, I was falsely accused by Robin P. Bellamy of attempting to “steal her Mothman story” away from Loren Coleman, her behind-the-scenes mentor (who is himself generally considered, rightly or wrongly, to be the world’s greatest appropriator of witnesses stories). All of these passed with virtually no comment from the moderator. These of course happen to be the tactics of the extreme right-wing: accusing your progressive enemies of committing exactly the same sins as you. As I have stated before, these accusations against me are poppycock. I wasn’t even on the list when these events with Barbara occurred, having been gone for months! The person who pointed out that Barbara was publicly auctioning her Jesus Toast had no idea they were breaking list rules (as these rules have never been elucidated) and had no idea they were embarrassing Barbara. Sadly, they were kicked off without warning, on their first “transgression” of list rules (unless admitting that they were friends of mine counted as the first transgression). Barbara could have come back at any time, like all the other right-wingers who have feigned quitting the list because of the presence of a liberal like myself.
I laughed my ass off at this guy's blog. He's so pathetic.

Which has to do with mothman how?

[VeggieCannibal]

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Which has to do with mothman how?

It's from the mothman guy's blog. He writes all this weird, pseudo-cryptic, creepy stuff involving mothman and the government, and I thought it was funny that he'd just devote a post to the subject of people being mean to him online. That's how it relates.

[Mike8272]

All i saw in them pictures is what you'd see out of most house windows a bush, or tree it looked nothing like a moth or mothman pics i've seen before.

[The Carnivore]

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It's from the mothman guy's blog. He writes all this weird, pseudo-cryptic, creepy stuff involving mothman and the government, and I thought it was funny that he'd just devote a post to the subject of people being mean to him online. That's how it relates.

Oh. I thought that came from your mind. welcome to UM!

[coldethyl]

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I must side with the growing majority.....a see nothing but glare from a bight light reflected in glass from a window.....and one of the Brady's eating what looks to be breakfast, but don't ask me which one..could be Greg or Peter...or maybe Keith Partridge.....what was supposed to be in the photo again?

Hey I didn't even see a Brady or a Partridge!

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I laughed my ass off at this guy's blog. He's so pathetic.

What the???

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Which has to do with mothman how?

Oh, okay Veggie, I see.  Still that was a whole heck of a lot of weirdness to type out....I'm keeping my eye on you.....

[GothDemon]

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After reading several posts here on the subject of Mothman, I decided to look up the Mothman legend and see what the differences were between the movie 'Mothman Prophecies' and the actual story. Turns out that the movie and the actual story differ a great deal, even though there is often confusion between the two.

Mothman prophecies was pretty much just a hollywood movie peppered with a little bit of the actual story to make it interesting. JOhn keels book is great.....check it out if ya havent already.