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Summary: Paranormalist Dream, Read This
Review: I was both amused and entertained! Yet there is an air of realism to this book that really gets to you. When you are finished reading this book, even being the grandest sceptic... The only thing that left me slightly short was the fact we are not informed of where these paranormals originate. But that is not important as the story is super written and not a weak spot in it. I say absolutely yes, get it.
If you enjoyed this another book which states all these events(including the Roswell crash) are actually from our future in a very good book, SB 1 or God By Karl Mark Maddox.
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Summary: Good Read
Review: Good read. If half of what is written in this book is true; then are world is much stranger than we can imagine.One of my favorite books.
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Summary: mothman-putting the loose ends together?
Review: I found the movie leading in many directions....Why was John's wife appearing in Point Pleasent? Was this the mothman? Why did John appear for Gordon 3 nights at 2:30 a.m? These questions were never answered in the movie.... or did I miss something? The movie ran long for me, maybe because of the loose ends. I could be wrong, you decide. Go see the movie......
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Summary: huh?
Review: I just don't get it? I thought this book was a story about the paranormal and all the town needed to do was buy some Raid.
Also anybody can tell you moths just son't grow that big... now June Bugs well now that's a story.
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Summary: repetitive, lackluster
Review: I wanted to read this before seeing the film. Wow, what a bore. Keel's book reads like some scatter-shot diary with himself as the narrator. Maybe this stuff was revelatory back when it was originally published, but now with the X-Files cultural phenomena and all the other media about UFOs and the paranormal floating around, this seems pedestrian in comparison. The descriptions are always the same. Only the names change each chapter/sighting/contacting.Also, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK before seeing the movie. It will sap some of your enjoyment from Mark Pellington's excellent film (in fact, I was amazed at how well screenwriter Richard Hatem took this dross and put a narrative structure around it, but that's another review that belongs elsewhere....)
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Summary: A Classic But This Edition is Lacking
Review: ...Still, the book is so far the only comprehensive "Mothman" analysis from a writer who has spent time in the area. The Mothman phemomena is one that remains a mystery. Something bizarre happened in West Virginia, and it wasn't the first time. The Flatwoods Monster is another puzzling incident that happened several years before. And across the Atlanctic, not too many years after Mothman, England gave us "Owlman." What are the connections between these, and other "high strangeness" encounters? What WAS Mothman? It is a mystery that needs to be remembered, and explored. Keel does that. This book belongs on everyone's shelf -- anyone who is interested in the paranormal. Hopefully the new edition of this title will include sources, index and the like. The inclusion of such would add greatly to this resource.
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Summary: The Mothmen prophecies
Review: An interesting and fascinating report on paranormal events that took place in small town West Virginia in 1966/67. The author records the events as he experiences them or they are reported to him by others. The reports are many. These are mostly regarding a huge winged figure that many people witnessed and who supposedly terrorized the residents of the area for an entire year. The most fascinating and unnerving part of the book is it's reports of all the "men in black" contacts and ufo incidents. It has been many years since these events and therefore this book was probably quite scary when it was first published, but has lost some of the impact in our desensitized society. The book falters though when the author suggests that ufo experiences in general are a mass hallucination of somekind, which at this point in time is more ridiculous than just admitting their existence. The writing style is rather lacking, but not so noticed due to the content. The book might turn off someone who realizes that the author's ego is of more focus than the information he is reporting.
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Summary: Out of print again!?! For Shame!
Review: This book was originally published by Saturday Review Press in 1975 and languished thereafter. "Ufology" meanwhile careened into the mad pursuit of red herrings such as Roswell, the MJ-12 documents, the John Lear hypothesis, abduction "research," etc. (basically the basis of the "X files") and in the process has reverted to its infancy babbling about crashed saucers, little dead aliens in Hanger 14, and aliens in underground bases (although back then they were called "Deros"). The disinformation boys much be laughing themselves sick, I hope their getting a percentage of the movie and TV revenue. Illuminet brought it back (along with companion volume OPERATION UFO) several years back. Apparently the message is not much more popular. To those who, like Mulder, "want to believe" Keel says starkly "belief is the enemy." To skeptics want to disbelieve, Keel presents a deeper skepticism, not only of reality status, but of meaning. (Just because an entity exists doesn't mean it won't mess with your head.) To those self-styled "responsible ufo researches" who mutter about "explain one unknown with another" and the need for "Ockham's razor" Keel's attempt at explanations are no more strange than the phenomenon itself--sometimes the *only* way to explain an unknown is with another unknown. This book has something to offend just about every "camp" therefore only individual free thinkers can appreciate it. Choppy? Yeah, I guess. But it should be read in conjunction with TROJAN HORSE and the EIGHTH TOWER, which includes material left out of MOTHMAN. Is he lying? Maybe. But more respectable ufologist (whatever that means) like Jenny Randles in PENNINE UFO MYSTERY, Jacques Vallee in CONFRONTATIONS, and Halliday & Pugh in the DYFED ENGIMA, report many of the same strange happenings (though not *all* of them at the same time and not as intensely). Finally they should consult UFO DYNAMICS by Berthold Schwarz for an even more thoroughly document work on the psychic aspects of the phenomenon. Keel speculates at times. But *nobody* has better gut hunches and when he reports his own experiences and those of others he's interviewed he's rock solid. Sometimes when he veers off into ancient astronauts like wool gathering he's weak. But in this book it's at a minimum. Truly scary. Best read during the day with people present.
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Summary: Reality
Review: ...And this is my story. I've been there and seen it. Even Mormon History circa mid-1800's includes the unexplained occurences so well depicted in this book. While Point Pleasant has been "Californicated" in the past 6 years, a night drive through the area will still produce a puckering sensation. This is Twin Peaks FOR REAL!!
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Summary: The Mothman's Hometown
Review: While Keel's book is not classy literature, even in the science fiction genre, the story is fascinating enough to keep you reading. I found this book while rummaging around in the "State of WV" shelves in a local bookstore. I had just moved to Pt Pleasant, WV and was interested in the local lore. I was surprised to learn that this story happened in the very town I had just made my home. I began asking the townspeople about the Mothman and found that no one would talk about it. When I would bring the subject up they would change the subject or act like they hadn't heard me. I was intrigued. I made a trip out to the TNT area where much of the story took place. Having traveled over much of the U.S., I can tell you that the TNT area is the most spooky place I have ever seen. I defy anyone to go there and not have the hair stand up on the back of his neck. I couldn't wait to get out of there and I've never gone back. The story is being made into a movie. I can hardly wait. BTW. I am 66 years old, not 12. The "how old are you?" function is not working properly.
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