The Top 10 Most Mysterious Creatures of All Times

mothman

6). Mothman

For about 13 months beginning in November, 1966, a series of bizarre sightings took place around the area of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Aside from a spate of UFO reports and claimed poltergeist activity, several witnesses came forward with descriptions of an astonishing creature that may have been the focal point of all the weird goings-on. As detailed in John Keel's classic book, The Mothman Prophecies, hundreds of witnesses allegedly saw a large, winged humanoid being.

Here is how they described it:

  • approximately seven feet tall
  • a wingspan over 10 feet wide
  • gray, scaly skin
  • large, red, glowing and hypnotic eyes
  • able to take off straight up in flight, traveling up to 100 miles an hour
  • liked to mutilate or eat large dogs
  • screeched or squealed like a rodent or electric motor
  • caused radio and television interference
  • had some mind control powers.
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Dubbed Mothman by a localnewspaperman, the creature seemed to have a peculiar affect on those with whom it came into contact: they began to "channel" information from what Keel called "ultra-terrestrial" entities. Keel himself was affected in this way, receiving "prophecies" from some unknown origin that were, more often than not, oddly less than accurate.

Weird stuff indeed.


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