Hey, there are some creature similar to Mothman sighted through the world, most of them are blamed for caused disasters. Here's a list:
Mothman: Sighted in west Virginia in 1960's, is blamed for the Silver Bridge collapse.
Freiburg Shrieker: Sighted in Germany in 1978, is blamed for an explosion in a mine, but it saved the lives of some miners.
Black bird of Chernobyl: Sighted in Chernobyl, Ukraine in 1986. Was sighted few days before the meltodwn and in the disastreous day of 26th April, flying through the smoke from the explosion.
Man-dragon: Sighted in China, in 1926. Is blamed for a dam collapse.
Crimean War monster: Sighted during the Crimean War. Is blamed for caused a bloody battle.
Owlman: Sighted in Cornwall, England. This is only the only one that didn't bring any disasters.

Take a look at www.americanmonsters.com to find out more about them.

Anyone interested?

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i have read about the owlman apparently he had been spotted underwater by a group of people who decided to take a swim i think. Then he shot out of the water and into the tress and they lost sight of him.

The Owl Man,and Mothman do appear to be related. I'm unfamiliar with the other creatures mentioned.

Mothie is one of my favorite cryptids.

I've heard of the blackbird of Chernobyl, I always thought it was just irony. Or an omen.

If you read the "Black bird of Chernobyl" artcle in AM (american monsters), it's mentioned the bird was HEADLESS and Mothman seems to have no head, the same goes for the Crimean War monster (a headless crow), crow are dark in color, just like Mothman.
About Freiburg Shrieker, the miners who the creature saved went insane after the sighting, exactly the same thing happened to some people who saw Mothman, about Man-dragon, Mothie seems to have few similarities, but it's mentioned in AM.
Owlman has the more similarities. Some people say Mothman is just a huge owl.
I have no idea what Mothman is, but I think it's a bird or an alien.

You know, you really shouldn't joke around about disasters by turning them into monster sightings.

well, i've seen the "Birdman of Texas" follow me on my way to school. i saw its shadopw pass over me and heard a shriek like a bat screaming. it was pretty scary

I dont think anyone is joking about disaters.


It's just that these creatures were spotted just before and when these distaster's happened.

What about Goatman. I remember reading stories about an entity with a human body and a goats head that seems to enjoy frightening teens. I think its more urban legend though, with the 'lovers lane' scenario featuring heavily in many of the stories.

What dose your mind speak,what is this,what do you answer ?

That could have just been a psycho with a dead goat's head on scaring the youngsters while they're trying to "get their groove on" so to speak.

Those are pretty cool.

I have no idea what Mothman and his "parents" are, but I think their may be:
1- Some sort of large bird, probably an owl,
2- Giant insect, highly unlikely, but maybe,
3- Alien, some people saw a UFO in a Mothman sighting,
4- A demoniac being.

I think the best explanations are number 1 and 3.

I've read about the Freiburgh Shrieker. And I have no explanation for it -sighs-

However, I think Mothman is either a thunderbird and it's red eyes are a misinterpretation of it's naked head. OR it's a giant owl. You know? Bighoot. So, I agree with Mark Hall about Mothman.

XD I have American Monsters bookmarked. Muahahahaha...

I really doubt Mothman is a miss-interperatation of a Thunderbird, especially since the Thunderbird has descriptions ranging from a pterasaur to a giant vulture-like beast. Also, how do you mistake a headless winged humanoid with large round glowing red eyes for a thunderbirds naked head? giant owl is more normal, but owls generally don't mesmorise and frighten all they look at.

However I do think Mothman and its "cousins" are very, very odd. I have no explanation for them, other than some kind of demonic or angelic force. Yes, angelic, there is a reason why the angel said to the shepherds "don't be afraid" because they were scared out of their minds. Why this angel or demon appeared in the form of a headless bird I have no answer for, but its still wierd.

As for owlman... thats a wierd one. Only seen by girls under the age of 16? Completely bizarre, I really wouldn't say that its some kind of juvenile hysteria... as in my experience girls are usually more... stable then boys in their "forming years."

I think its purely archetypal,

Notice how its often decsribed as "crow-like" too?

Crows are often considered to be omens, guides, and relating to death, by the general masses that is, in occult circles the crow has always been significant.

Okay this being has appeared to many before a disaster, or during.
Yet it is blamed for the disaster? I always thought Chernobyl was caused by a big old man-made c*ck-up..

I wouldnt suggest that this creature is a form of precog made thoughtform, on an unconscious level, by ourselves, or perhaps of others who know more about what they are doing on the conscious level also, know what I mean? *wink wink, nudge nudge*

I don't think its malevolent at all, just seen as.

Oh and the crow link..My 12 year old daughter dreams of a crow alot. She's a very "open" child so is able to relay these experiences with me in an honest and trusting manner, not to be taken for granted you know?
Anyway, her usual crow dream consisters of her standing in a field, a barren expanse of dead grass, and seeing a huge crow in a dead tree looking at her with huge amber eyes (amber protection right?) he swoops over and picks her up in his tallons gently and carries her to another field strewn with the dead, of all eras spanning back to primitive dress, and they stand up and talk to her. She sees an aircraft with "soldiers" strewn around its burning shell, and they stand up too and warn her of something but she can't remember.

Since that dream first started the crow always comes to her when something is about to happen..she tells me. You know she isn't scared of it either.

This is why i'm thinking this "Mothman" might not be as seperate from us as we think, perhaps it maintains it's enigmatic stance so that we will take more bloody notice

Imagine you were the mothman? Look at all these people staring at me and not one of them has figured out why i'm here, grrrrr, how many times have i got to do this?

Now, some people in Point Pleasant (where the Mothman incident took place) attribute Mothman to the Cornstalk Curse witch is also blamed for other tragedies like the collapse of the Silver Bridge. The myth goes that an Indian Chief (Chief Cornstalk) was betrayed by the Westerners and murdered (some of his bones and teeth are encased in a block of concrete marked simply "Cornstalk" somewhere in Point Pleasant. HONESTLY!). So he placed a curse on the land, a curse to bring grave misfortune.

Personally, I think it's a crock. The curse I mean, not Mothman. I'm dead serious about Mothman.

Now, Just because these monsters showed up just before tragedies, people are so quick to blame them for it (after all, it seems obvious,) and hate them. But what if they were here for something else, like to warn us. Some people have claimed to hear the Mothman speak. What if it is not demonic, but in fact a gardian angel, who comes to warn humanity, but is instead met with fear.

Mothman. Hell's minion? or misunderstood protector?

Mothman. Hell's minion? or misunderstood protector?
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im gonna go with the protector. he was just the bringer of bad news, thats all. he tried to warn them of the catastophies about to happen.
so the people end up just blaming the messenger.