Comments on: Cryptomundo Reviews MQ’s Mothman

By: GearWater

GearWater — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:13:05 +0000

I have lived in the La Crosse / Onalaska WI area for 30 years and I’ve never heard a thing about ANY Mothman sightings… so how did MQ hear about it? I’ve gotta hand it to MQ though for making a metropolitan area with a population of 60,000 people look like northern Canadian wilderness.

By: Nick Redfern

Nick Redfern — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:22:24 +0000

It’s always difficult predicting how an appearance on a TV show will appear, when you know that (at max) you have about 15 minutes on-screen, and where there has been about 4 days of solid-shooting, day and night.

One of the things I would have done differently with the WI shoot would have been to focus more upon the WI eye-witnesses, and perhaps have had me and Mark P interview them more, rather than trekking around the hills.

I think that as there are indeed local legends about the one peak they showed on the episode having legends attached to it of a giant bird-like creature, that it was good to go there and check it out. But, it’s the witnesses that count, and I think that section would have been better with more witnesses (such as us going out to the actual location with the witnesses where the encounters occurred) and less trekking.

By: fuzzy

fuzzy — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:34:15 +0000

Some artists’ recreations of Mothman depict a creature with wings instead of arms, while others show arms with hands PLUS wings sprouting from its back.

Some show a defined head, while others show only eyes, as if positioned in a headless chest.

Some describe (and show) a lot of wing-flapping, while others insist that once the being’s wings spread, the creature acted like a fixed-wing aircraft, launching and swooshing along at great speed with nary a beat.

In 1996, a strange, larger-than-human sized upright biped was encountered running down the middle of Interstate 5 near Cottage Grove, Oregon. Just before the witnesses car would have smashed into the figure, large, batlike wings burst from its back and, with no flapping, it shot straight up into the dark night air, disappearing overhead.

Winged humanoids are described several times in Fort and other archives, each differing in some way from the others.

“The candle flame gutters. Its little pool of light trembles.
Darkness gathers. The demons begin to stir.”
~ “The Demon Haunted World” ~ Carl Sagan

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:55:13 +0000

Coelacanth1938:

That would not be a bad History promo:

“Monsters (Pics of Cryptids) against Monsters (Pics of gang folk).”

By: coelacanth1938

coelacanth1938 — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:14:58 +0000

I’m waiting for a MQ/Gangland crossover…

By: Pawnee

Pawnee — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:28:08 +0000

Other than the episode on big snakes in America, MQ never fails to disappoint.
Everytime they do a night vision segment, we always say, “Oh, here comes the deer!” The real question is, why do they spend half the show detailing dead ends they “investigated”? Was anyone surprised they didn’t find Mothman in a meadow, 44 years after the fact?
I’m going out on a limb, here, but I’m betting Joe Nickell is not married. What a fun guy he must be, to be around!

By: Redrose999

Redrose999 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:10:48 +0000

Sums up my feelings on the ep in a nutshell.

As for Joe Nickell, I feel his findings failed on several accounts. For one, he didn’t duplicate the exact nature of the sightings. I mean many of the sightings had Mothman flying alongside of the car, or on it’s hood, on roofs of buildings or on a bridge, not hiding in the brush like the card board cut outs. Let’s take some size estimates that way. I’d like to see what people think size wise, if they witness a creature flying alongside of their car.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:40:46 +0000

I have to mostly agree with what everybody is saying here. The size estimate tests done by Nickell were Ok, but the fact that JOE NICKELL is doing them sort of annoyed me. I personally don’t like his methods. And I also was disappointed that his “Owl” hypothesis was not at least mentioned. Wanted a good laugh at Nickell’s expense. Drat. Gratification denied.
I also agree that Redfern was wasted in Wisconsin.
On the whole, I give it 3 out of 5 stars.
And I’m being generous.

By: jrobojock

jrobojock — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:27:16 +0000

I would like to state that I was a resident of WV and have visited that area many times. I also grew up about 3 hours away from Point Pleasant, but visited the area often for work. Further, I have researched the topic since I was a small child and this case is what attracted me to the works of Keel and Coleman. Let me state, that the show was stupid to say the least, as it ignored several important facts. First, the mothman was viewed up and down the Ohio river, as far north as the southern tip of Marshall County. Also, why no integration with giant bird sightings, as mothman is eerily similar, in fact, Washington County PA, an area about 3 hours away from Point Pleasant, was host to a massive giant bird sighting 2 years prior, where over 10 cars were involved. Sticking to science, is it nor logical that a flesh and blood creature was following the river, from south WV to north WV?

By: Anthony2

Anthony2 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:38:06 +0000

I agree with Loren’s statements and was disappointed with the episode even tho I had been looking forward to it for weeks.