Comments on: Blogging the Mothman

By: red pill junkie

red pill junkie — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:07:02 +0000

All right. Thank you so much

By: majesticuk

majesticuk — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:55:07 +0000

Thinking back i can’t recall any smell at all, and i did’nt see any arms it was just like a dark shape not black but almost black, when i saw it take off and fly it seemed to unfold it’s wings as if they were hugging the thing i also remember it was huge the archway must have been about 8 1/2 feet high maybe 9 feet and the top of it’s i’ll say head even though it’s head seemed to merge into it’s shoulders was almost touching the roof of the arch, i also remember it made a shuffling noise as it passed me not like a clump of shoes more like slippers were on it’s feet, but that’s about it.

By: red pill junkie

red pill junkie — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:29:09 +0000

That was really interesting Mick. Thanks for sharing.

One question: did you see its arms or something?

Oh! and during the experience did you notice a weird odor or noise, maybe a buzzing like bees or something?

By: majesticuk

majesticuk — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:14:10 +0000

That would be great if you could Nick, it would be better if there was something reported around the area at the time, i wish i had of looked into it further at the time although i was only 10ish at the time, i did’nt realise how popular these thing were until fairly recently, let me know if you hear anything my email is majesticuk@yahoo.co.uk.

thanks again

Mick

By: Nick Redfern

Nick Redfern — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:38:49 +0000

I’ll ask Jon Downes if he has any data on such reports from that period; although most of the Owlman reports were mid to late 70s.
That said, it’s very reminiscent of some of the more recent reports (such as the Wolverhampton one)

By: majesticuk

majesticuk — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:25:16 +0000

Thanks for the comments Nick but to be honest i hav’nt done any research at all to find out what it could have been or if anyone else had seen it, i was brought up in a very traditional way and if something was’nt seen, felt, or touched by a respected member of the community it simply did’nt exsist, even my mum after i told her said i should’nt say anything to my dad, the actual year would have been around 1983-84, i hav’nt seen any reports in the local press or heard reports in the media about anything local to Newcastle or the Northeast about such a creature, i’ll look up that book you mentioned, sounds interesting, Mothmen, Owlmen or what ever else they are called i do believe there maybe something to it although i also know i don’t ever want to get that close again.

By: Nick Redfern

Nick Redfern — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:28:41 +0000

Hi Michael
Many thanks indeed for taking the time to relate this fascinating story - very interesting and appreciated!
There are quite a few similar reports/creatures from Britain: the Owlman of Cornwall; the Gargoyle of Glastonbury; a famous case involving a winged creature seen in Kent in 1963; a similar report from Wolverhampton in 2004; and several others.
In fact, most cultures have reports of such creatures (if they are flesh and blood animals).
You may be interested in a book written by a friend of mine named Jonathan Downes, called “The Owlman and Others,” which is all about these British winged-things.
Thanks again for sharing it - have you done any research to see if anyone else locally saw it?

By: majesticuk

majesticuk — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:05:09 +0000

Ok guys this has taken almost 23 years to pluck up the courage to tell this story, I was around 10 years old and i lived with my parents in a cul-de-sac in the west end of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the North East of England.
It was summer probably around July August as the nights were hot and it stayed light until around 10pm, my dad had helped me build a ‘den’ in the little field at the entrance to the cul-de-sac and i was playing in it with a friend of mine a kid called David, my mum was at work in a bingo hall and my dad was at the pub, David lived across the road from me and his mum was watching me until mine returned home from work, anyway just after 10ish i needed to go you know what, i did’nt want to go to Davids incase his mum told us to stay in as it was getting dark so i went into an archway that seperated my house from our next door neighbours, these archways were used as access to the back gargens as the houses were terraced.
so there i was standing doing what i had to do when i heard footsteps at the end of the archway closer to the back gardens, i immediatly went quiet trying to hurry up as i thought it was our neighbour who i think would’nt be best pleased to catch me peeing against the side of his house, suddenly the whole archway entrance was blocked by a dark shape that stood on two legs like a man it was huge i mean thinking back i know i was only ten a small child, i’m 6ft 1inch now and it would still tower above me.
I was terrified, there was no sound it did’nt speak it did’nt shuffle it just stood there for what seemed like ages although it was probably only a few seconds, i remember i could make out no facial features and i could’nt tell where its shoulders ended and its head began i mean it just seemed to merge as if it had no neck, i also remember what i would describe as it’s eyes, massive i have heard other sightings of this thing and describe it’s eyes as glowing red, but this creatures eyes wer’nt red they were a shining white, almost as bright as torch light but not shing any been nothing was illuminated even though looking at it’s eyes you would think there would be.
I don’t know when i started but i realised i was sobbing, but it did’nt move and neither did i, i was fixed in place maybe with fear i don’t know but i could’nt move, then it came towards me almost running, i screamed and ducked sheilding my head with my arms i felt a warm knock on my arm but was too afraid to look, then i done something i still don’t know why to this day, i stood up and ran IN THE SAME DIRECTION as the creature, don’t ask me why but when i got out the archway i looked around almost hysterical with fear now and i saw the thing open a great pair of wings and take off over the houses and then it was gone.
I must have stood there watching the spot were it flew over the rooftops for a long time as David had now came to see where i was, i remember screaming about monsters and i need to see his mum to call mine, David ran up to his with me, when his mum saw me the look on her face she knew something really bad had happened, she called my mum and as we were waiting for her to come and get me Davids mum saw i was bleeding from my arm, she took me to get cleaned up and there was a slight cut on my upper arm although it was not a clean cut more jagged as if what ever done it was not razor sharp, when my mum came home i told her what had happened and even though she looked and listened i knew she thought what i had seen was just a bird or even a bat and had freaked, but looking back i know it was no bird or anything else ive seen before or since.
I have wanted to tell someone about this incident for years and now that i have wrote it all down i’m glad i did, i’m sorry it’s such a long post.
But, thanks for reading it.

Michael

By: craig york

craig york — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:10:54 +0000

Makes some sense, I suppose, but I
liked ‘em better when they were just
Wyrms…

As for Mothman, I’ll have to give this blog a look. I cut my Fortean teeth on
Keel’s work ( “Strange Creatures From Time And Space” ) and while I still
respect the man and his work, James
Mosley’s remarks about him, and my
own critical nature, make me a little
more skeptical about some of the aspects
of the “Mothman Prophecies”…

By: Nick Redfern

Nick Redfern — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:49:52 +0000

Drew
You may also enjoy a book by a friend of mine in the UK names Richard Freeman. His book “Dragons: More Than a Myth?” addresses the many and varied theories for dragons - cultural myths, legends, lore and also the idea of links to unknown animals.