Mothman Curse Hits TAPS Conference
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 24th, 2008
I arrived early at the TAPS Beyond Reality at the Mount Washington Resort, for the 11:15 am presentation of Travis Shortt, entitled “The Mothman: History, Sightings and Theories.”
I walked in and discovered that the Mothman talk and the showing of the Shortt-produced Mothman film had to be cancelled. There has been a death in the filmmaker’s family, and I was very sorry to hear that. Charlie’s McCracken’s uncle has died, and Shortt was very upset when he called in. It was an unfortunate surprise.
The conference organizers are a little dismayed that a copy of the film the conference was suppose to show was not sent along to the sold-out venue. But for those of us in Mothman research, we’ve seen this happen often.
For Sunday and Monday night, the midnight screenings of Dark Wings: The Mothman Chronicles, followed by the Q&A sessions with filmmaker Charlie McCracken and producer, Travis Shortt, have to now be cancelled.
For a trailer of the film, see the Dark Wings trailer here.
Too bad I didn’t know about this, as I would have brought along my copy of the David Grabias documentary, Search for the Mothman.
I’m still scheduled to talk about 3:30 pm, on Monday, and have updated my presentation with the latest Montauk Monster and Georgia hoax images.
More reports from the field later.
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Too bad, Loren. I agree it is kind of weird. Do you think it could be “something else?”
Just asking.
Anyone know of anything going on in Alabama anytime soon as far as crypto conferences, etc.? I see cool events going on all the time, all over the country, but never anything near my neck of the woods.
My thoughts and prayers go out to him,as well as his family and friends.
Very sorry to hear of their loss.
Also sorry to hear about the cancellations.
I’ll be checking out that trailer.
Thank you for posting the link, Loren.
Mothman is a subject I’m very intrigued by.
-Raven
I liked the trailer.
Will the public have access to this film?