Episode Postmortem: "Mothman"
Tuesday March 4, 2008 10:59 AM
Case File: 2007.02.37F
Code Name: "Mothman"
DIRECTOR'S LOGS
These logs have been condensed and edited, but to the best of our ability, they remain an accurate account of the case.
FIELD TRIP!
I've always wanted to visit Point Pleasant, home of the infamous Mothman. I remember reading John Keel's book, The Mothman Prophecies, in my late teens. It was a powerful book. In my mind, no other journalist has deeply investigated the supernatural like Keel.
Nevertheless, the story of the Mothman has had a major impact on many lives across the globe. What I found fascinating wasn't the actual sightings nor the testimony. It's this whole theory about ultra-terrestrials.
What, exactly, is an ultra-terrestrial, you might ask? Good question. To my understanding, it's a being of another dimension or consciousness. It is not of human origin.
The tales of Ingrid Cold telephoning Keel in the middle of the night and mysterious men in black trying to pass as humans chilled me. Who or what had the power to take the form of another human being?
MOTHMAN PHOTOS
Just wanted to clarify something that I saw on the episode today. Some of the photos that show possible sightings of Mothman are not legitimate. Some are known to be fraudulent.
There was probably a miscommunication with post-production on what are the questionable ones versus ones that have stood the test of time. Originally, Sergey, our photographer, was going to investigate these alleged sightings of Mothman and see if he could reproduce the images himself. During his presentation, he offered up a few doctored photos of Mothman amidst unexplained ones to see what our opinions were.
We often like to look at previous evidence gathered and test it, including photographic evidence.
MY TAKE ON THE MOTHMAN:
As you saw on the episode, we didn't uncover anything new or shocking about the Mothman myth. We simply revisited the case and conducted our own investigation.
I want to believe that the Mothman exists, but the overall story of the Mothman still doesn't add up. If they are beings that are here to observe and warn us, why don't they follow a pattern and appear more frequently before other major world events? Then again, I think John Keel said it best when he wrote, "If there is a universal mind, must it be sane?"
CLOSING DIRECTOR'S LOG:
In short, this was a fun little investigation. I hope that, in the future, we can do a few side cases that show more of our interest and curiosity in to the unknown.
Comments (3)
When you said that you wanted to believe...the word "Mulder" popped out of my mouth.
Did that happen to anyone else?
Posted by Megan | March 4, 2008 12:21 PM
Posted on March 4, 2008 12:21
Thanks for doing the Mothman episode. I too have been fascinated with the mystery. Hopefully with more awareness, more will eventually come to light. Then again, if this is some kind of "super intelligence", maybe what we will ever know has its limits. Also, Chip mentioned feeling an indian connection. This is interesting because of the other episode where you guys investigated the house that had the "hole" in the backyard. Two people there saw something pretty scary sounding. Maybe, just maybe, some of the entities or whatever they are, appear how they. The whole non-human spirit concept is fascinating and well worth the effort investigating. After all, in an unlimited universe, it's really impossible to say who/what we all co-exist with and don't have a clue.
Love the show -- please keep it up!
Tony
Posted by Tony | March 4, 2008 5:57 PM
Posted on March 4, 2008 17:57
I am from this area in W. Va. originally and would love to learn even more about the Mothman legacy. Being of Indian descent as well, I do know that there are things in this life and world that NONE of us will ever understand.
Keep up the good work!
Terry
Posted by Terry Garrison | March 17, 2008 8:44 PM
Posted on March 17, 2008 20:44