Signs and Wonders of the Mothman!
It's nearly midnight and it's freezing cold. I'm walking through the woods somewhere in the outskirts of Point Pleasant, WV. I'm shaking slightly. It's the middle of the winter, and this southern boy forgot to pack warmly. Armed only with my over coat and a dying flashlight, my goal for the evening is to hunt down a giant winged creature with glowing red eyes. Eyewitnesses who've seen the monster say that the experience left them scarred for life.
Its name is Mothman. According to legend, it terrorized an entire town and captivated a nation from 1966 to December 1967. The sightings abruptly stopped after the collapse of the Silver Bridge, one of the worst bridge disasters in United States history. The curiosity of this alien creature was replaced with a loss.
Looking around the town of Point Pleasant, it's evident that the scars have yet to fade. In certain areas, abandoned buildings stand lined up like Domino's. The town's main street is indefinitely silent, even during typical rush hours. Nearly forty years later, Point Pleasant feels like its two steps away from becoming another ghost town.
The modern setting couldn't look more like a town out of "The X-Files." And here we are on a weekend night, creature hunting instead of doing what any self-respecting college student should be doing – drinkin it up.
At some point, we huddle up inside one of the igloos - a semi-underground, former government containment center for TNT. A few UFO theorists believe that it was meant to house something extra terrestrial.
During the session inside, a tag-along reporter reportedly hears whispers while members of the film crew experience power drainages. All of this goes on behind the scenes while Chip, myself and the PRS gang stands at the center of the igloo. Chip is acting as an intermediary between two parties: PRS and Mothman.
Now this is where it gets crazy.
Chip - I mean - Mothman says that it is a being not of this world. It was never human. It means absolutely no harm. It happily obliges whenever we ask a question. At some point I begin to realize that the more I ask Chip to ask Mothman questions, the more Chip's personality starts to change. It's almost as if he's Channeling.
Despite all of this, my skepticism got to me. I ask Chip to tell the Mothman to show me a sign of its presence.
Chip looks at me for almost a minute in silence. He's staring at me but he's not there. He comes back after a while from wherever he was and tells me quietly, "If you want a sign it will give you a sign."
A member of the crew asks if they could receive a sign.
"No," Chip Coffey immediately responds, "it will give YOU (looking at me) a sign..."
Chip once again stares off in to space, but this time only for a brief second, finishing the sentence with, "but only if you want it."
"This is what the ultra terrestrial is telling you?"
"Yes."
I take in a deep breath and nod. "I'll take the sign."
Chip nods his head and looks down at the floor, his eyes darting around as if he's watching two animals run back and forth.
"It'll come to you. Tonight. Look for it."
The thought of the Mothman showing up in my hotel room in the middle of the night doesn't sound too appealing. I begin to wonder if I picked the right answer.
We call it a night and the cameramen finally take the cameras off of their shoulders. We trek back to the vehicles and head back to the hotel.
I'm sharing a room with Josh and Serg, both of who pass out immediately. So it's just me and the darkness of the hotel room. I place my digital audio recorder by the bedside table and then try to fall asleep. Problem is, I keep seeing shadows run by.
At one point, I swore I saw a tall, thin shadow standing by the doorway. Turns out, it was my overcoat hanging up. At this point I know my imagination is starting to run wild. I turn from the door and eventually fall asleep.
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I stretch out as I open my eyes. It's morning and no sign of the Mothman. I get up, do some push ups, make breakfast plans and then go back over to my bed. I glance at the bedside table. The recorder isn't there. I look around the edges of the table to see if it fell. Nope. I ask the guys if they moved it. Negative.
My eyes fall on the table drawers. For shits and giggles, I open the top drawer. My recorder is there and it's still recording!
Did I subconsciously put it in the drawer and forget? Maybe one of my PRS guys did it and forgot? Or did something else move it? I thought about the possibility of it being the latter, and I won't lie, it actually gave me a chill. After all kids, we are in Point Pleasant. I turn the recorder off, thinking about what Chip said. Is this the sign? Is there something on this recorder?
It's been a year since my visit to Point Pleasant, and I still haven't listened to the recorder. For some reason, I just don't care to right now. I'm very aware that it's 99.9% likely that there's nothing there. But the small chance that something is...well, maybe it can wait. I'll listen to it when I'm good and ready.
Its name is Mothman. According to legend, it terrorized an entire town and captivated a nation from 1966 to December 1967. The sightings abruptly stopped after the collapse of the Silver Bridge, one of the worst bridge disasters in United States history. The curiosity of this alien creature was replaced with a loss.
Looking around the town of Point Pleasant, it's evident that the scars have yet to fade. In certain areas, abandoned buildings stand lined up like Domino's. The town's main street is indefinitely silent, even during typical rush hours. Nearly forty years later, Point Pleasant feels like its two steps away from becoming another ghost town.
The modern setting couldn't look more like a town out of "The X-Files." And here we are on a weekend night, creature hunting instead of doing what any self-respecting college student should be doing – drinkin it up.
At some point, we huddle up inside one of the igloos - a semi-underground, former government containment center for TNT. A few UFO theorists believe that it was meant to house something extra terrestrial.
During the session inside, a tag-along reporter reportedly hears whispers while members of the film crew experience power drainages. All of this goes on behind the scenes while Chip, myself and the PRS gang stands at the center of the igloo. Chip is acting as an intermediary between two parties: PRS and Mothman.
Now this is where it gets crazy.
Chip - I mean - Mothman says that it is a being not of this world. It was never human. It means absolutely no harm. It happily obliges whenever we ask a question. At some point I begin to realize that the more I ask Chip to ask Mothman questions, the more Chip's personality starts to change. It's almost as if he's Channeling.
Despite all of this, my skepticism got to me. I ask Chip to tell the Mothman to show me a sign of its presence.
Chip looks at me for almost a minute in silence. He's staring at me but he's not there. He comes back after a while from wherever he was and tells me quietly, "If you want a sign it will give you a sign."
A member of the crew asks if they could receive a sign.
"No," Chip Coffey immediately responds, "it will give YOU (looking at me) a sign..."
Chip once again stares off in to space, but this time only for a brief second, finishing the sentence with, "but only if you want it."
"This is what the ultra terrestrial is telling you?"
"Yes."
I take in a deep breath and nod. "I'll take the sign."
Chip nods his head and looks down at the floor, his eyes darting around as if he's watching two animals run back and forth.
"It'll come to you. Tonight. Look for it."
The thought of the Mothman showing up in my hotel room in the middle of the night doesn't sound too appealing. I begin to wonder if I picked the right answer.
We call it a night and the cameramen finally take the cameras off of their shoulders. We trek back to the vehicles and head back to the hotel.
I'm sharing a room with Josh and Serg, both of who pass out immediately. So it's just me and the darkness of the hotel room. I place my digital audio recorder by the bedside table and then try to fall asleep. Problem is, I keep seeing shadows run by.
At one point, I swore I saw a tall, thin shadow standing by the doorway. Turns out, it was my overcoat hanging up. At this point I know my imagination is starting to run wild. I turn from the door and eventually fall asleep.
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I stretch out as I open my eyes. It's morning and no sign of the Mothman. I get up, do some push ups, make breakfast plans and then go back over to my bed. I glance at the bedside table. The recorder isn't there. I look around the edges of the table to see if it fell. Nope. I ask the guys if they moved it. Negative.
My eyes fall on the table drawers. For shits and giggles, I open the top drawer. My recorder is there and it's still recording!
Did I subconsciously put it in the drawer and forget? Maybe one of my PRS guys did it and forgot? Or did something else move it? I thought about the possibility of it being the latter, and I won't lie, it actually gave me a chill. After all kids, we are in Point Pleasant. I turn the recorder off, thinking about what Chip said. Is this the sign? Is there something on this recorder?
It's been a year since my visit to Point Pleasant, and I still haven't listened to the recorder. For some reason, I just don't care to right now. I'm very aware that it's 99.9% likely that there's nothing there. But the small chance that something is...well, maybe it can wait. I'll listen to it when I'm good and ready.
I wish I could have been there with you. I have always wanted to go there and research the legend. I watched the episode recently and just kept wishing I had been there with all of you......Thanks for investigating this legend. I hope when you do listen to the tape that you let us all know either way what is on it.
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I was raised there. Ryan, you asked, got an answer, I can bet you, neither good or bad, an answer to help in your quest.
In love and light
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Its good to know that a guy who deals with the paranormal as part of his everyday life, can be spooked by an overcoat. Makes us other folks feel a little less silly when we get freaked out by tree shadows or the ice maker turning on in the refridgerator.
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Wow, that truly must of been a very "other wordly" experience! And thank you for sharing that with everyone! I, too, would not have listened to it right away myself. I hope when you do decide to listen to it, it won't be disappointing!
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Wow Ryan that's a very weird situation.I believe I would have to find out if there is actually something on that recorder.Simply because if it is a personal message,it just might be enough to tell you if it is really a demon,or,perhaps a guardian angel of that particular region.It just might be worth listening to.
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Send it to me, Ryan! I'll listen to it! LISTEN TO IT! If you're writing about the Mothman, you're thinking about him. Maybe THIS is your sign. Maybe the time has come for you to know and realize the Mothman's sign? Listen to the recorder!
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As I'm sitting on my bed, reading the last few lines of your entry, I'm covered by a blanket of goosebumps. Soon after, they're accompanied by a feeling of uncertainty. Why is my body reacting in such a manner, I wonder. I haven't encountered Mothman and I certainly haven't ever been to Point Pleasant. So why did your personal account have such an effect on me? Maybe it's because I'm picturing Chip/Mothman in the igloo sending you a somewhat cryptic message about a sign. Or maybe it's the thought that Mothman could just randomly appear to you to personally deliver your sign. Perhaps it's due to the lack of closure, finality, the unknown, if you will. Part of me is silently screaming "play the damn recorder!" but when it comes right down to it, I don't know if I could actually push 'play.' Sometimes I think that the unknown is more fulfilling than reality. With the unknown, there is an endless array of possibility. Reality seldom leaves room for interpretation. I don't know, just a thought. With that said, I completely respect your decision to wait until you're ready to listen to the recorder (not that you needed or wanted my opinion on the matter.)
On a lighter note, I have to tell you that the part in your entry about seeing the "tall shadow standing in your doorway" (i.e. coat) made me laugh out loud. Just the other night, something startled me out of a deep sleep, perhaps a bad dream, perhaps a dog barking, who knows...when I rolled over, I froze with fear at the sight of a "shadow figure"...mine happened to be that of a dress hanging on the outside of my closet! My shadow figure was all but instantly debunked, but it was startling none the less!
If you do ever decide to listen to the recorder, I hope that you will share your findings. After seeing the Mothman episode of Paranormal State, I'm even more intrigued by its existence, or lack thereof.
Take care!
From one southerner to another,
Ginger
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Let us know what you heard when you finally listened to it.
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Thats suspense at it's finest. Or some serious patience! Either way I commend you for not indulging and waiting for the right moment to validate what may or may not be there.
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I'm dying to hear what you heard on the tape!!!
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Thats suspense at it's finest. Or some serious patience! Either way I commend you for not indulging and waiting for the right moment to validate what may or may not be there.
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I would like to know if there is any thing on the tape. I saw the movie The Mothman Prophecies. And I saw the show on PRS about the mothman. I'd like to know whats on the tape.
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If we as a society of humans are narcissistic enough to believe that we alone inhabit this universe, I firmly believe that we, as a society of humans, are in for a really rude awakening at some point. I myself am neither Pagan, nor am I an Occultist; but I have studied both Quantum and Mechanical Physics enough to place a firm footing in my belief that there are many other types of beings that are “alive”, maybe not in the sense that we can understand, but none-the-less; they exist and are “alive”. Disembodied intellect does exist, and I believe it’s simply a matter of time until we come to true grips with that reality. Ryan, if you actually read this, I would like to listen to what is on that recording. I am a student myself, and having had past paranormal experiences, am both firmly grounded and reality based.
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If we as a society of humans are narcissistic enough to believe that we alone inhabit this universe, I firmly believe that we, as a society of humans, are in for a really rude awakening at some point. I myself am neither Pagan, nor am I an Occultist; but I have studied both Quantum and Mechanical Physics enough to place a firm footing in my belief that there are many other types of beings that are “alive”, maybe not in the sense that we can understand, but none-the-less; they exist and are “alive”. Disembodied intellect does exist, and I believe it’s simply a matter of time until we come to true grips with that reality. Ryan, if you actually read this, I would like to listen to what is on that recording. I am a student myself, and having had past paranormal experiences, am both firmly grounded and reality based.
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I would like to know what is on the tape!
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i wonder too if there is something on that tape. ever try letting one of your crew listen to it?. is the mothman supposed to be some sort of spirit? i think i missed that part of the show. i wonder if there's a prophecy of sorts for you on the tape. and when you feel it's the right time to listen then it's words will tell you of something you are to do. in that sense thats your sign. i sometimes wonder if theres shadows in my house now. it seems like someone is standing in the kitchen. my sis says to try to take a picture, but my camera is always to far to grab. maybe i'm paranoid. i love your show as you know. i wish to hear more from you soon.
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P. S.
HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The Mothman is such an interesting story and concept.
You will know when the time comes....
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Will you let us know how it all turns out when you do finally listen to it?
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You're killing me...listen to the tape and publish, please!
Yes, I know curiosity killed the cat, but I want to know!!!
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I would have already listened to it, lol. You have to listen to it now Ryan, for all of your fans. We need to know what it says. Point Pleasant is one place I would absolutely love to go. But its hard for me just starting out with a 4 year old, to just take road trips whenever the mood strikes. So let all of us know. Wish I could be part of your team
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I say play it, but then again.... I wouldn't if it were me. You know what, I am positive I wouldn't listen. I would probably be on the hotel room floor curled up in the fetal position shaking and babbling like a mental patient (still).
Anywho Happy belated Easter to everyone. Some of you are amazingly brave and some of us (me) are pretty much little babies....I am so cool with that!!!!
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Today is Easter Monday (here in Siena, Italy it is called "Pasquetta," meaning "little Easter"). As it is a national holiday, the city is very quiet after all the celebrations for the Easter Triduum. I read your post with a bit of surprise (that this is the post for Easter Sunday), but also with a sense of understanding or "simpatico" (as the Spanish would say). Because I am on sabbatical here in Italy and don't yet speak the language well, I had the luxury of Friday and Saturday somewhat free for prayer and meditation. During that time you, Ryan, once again came to me in my prayer. I continue to experience an intense "anxiety," I shall call it, for your spiritual well being and safety. Seeing the conjunction of my own anxiety for you and your own reflections on "Mothman" (I suspect you were writing those comments at our around the same time as my prayer) awakens within me one simple reminder: that the evil one is also known as "the great deceiver" and "the prince of lies." So, please be careful! Easter is a celebration of new life, of eternal life in the Risen Lord. It is a time when we look inside our own selves and find that our fears are "empty tombs." At the same time, we can never forget that each day we can be deceived and/or overwhelmed by those fears because we are at odds with a force greater than ourselves. Thankfully, that force is not greater than the power of the Resurrection. I continue to hold you in prayer with this anxiety I have for you, trusting that the Spirit will guide you in making right choices and keeping you attentive to the dangers (real and potential) around you.
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Ryan, you have to listen to the recording. Maybe it has relayed to you what it is exactly.
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Hey Ryan,
First I wanted to say I watch Paranormal State and I am subscribed to the blogs and my wife and I enjoy reading and watching. I myself admire the way you and your team work.
This is a great blog written on the Mothman, I have always been interested in the legend and I'm glad you had a chance to investigate the legend and write about it.
I look forward to reading more blogs.
Til then.
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Well I commend you for even sharing your thoughts on the matter. Waiting one full year, is a long time to await results. I would be going insane. That is quite an internal struggle, to wait that long. I hope you come to some conclusion soon so maybe we can know what was on that tape if anything! Thanks for sharing Ryan!
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Very interesting Blog. I watched the episode about the Mothman...it is a subject that I have been interested in for quite awhile.
I can't believe that you haven't listened to the tape yet...I think the suspense would kill me. Then again...that's easy for me to say, since I have never recieved any messages from mythical creatures.
I would also like to say that Paranormal State has managed to keep my husband smoke free on Monday nights, because it makes him too scared to go outside for a cigarette.We live in a tiny outport community...we don't even have street lights. So, you can imagine that it is scary here after dark.
Too bad the show doesn't come on everynight of the week...it just might scare him into quitting.
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Interesting. I want to listen to the recorder.
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I watched the episode about the Mothman and I thought it was very interested. I live in rural Newfoundland and we have a culture that is rich with folklore and tales of the paranormal. I find that I am always drawn to topics like this.
I can't believe that you have not yet listened to the recording...I think that the suspense would kill me!!
Anyhow, the show is great!! You guys have even managed to make my husband tobacco free on Monday nights, as he is too scared to go outside for a cigarette. Wahooo!!! Too bad Paranormal State doesn't come on EVERY night...it just might scare my husband into quitting!!
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Haha...looks like my first comment DID post. My computer went crazy and froze...so, I didn't think that the comment went up. I just checked and it seems my original comment went up along with my second...oops! Sorry if it looks like I'm repeating myself!
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Being the horrible person that I am, I've never set foot in Point Pleasant... and I first watched the movie only a year ago. However, this doesn't mean that the topic doesn't intrigue me. Friends of mine have attended the festival and even set up booths.
Personally, I believe the hypothetical creature could exist. I witnessed something strikingly similar in description at one of the locations I've investigated many times: black shadow-like figure, wings (though they resembled a man with feathers on his arms), orange-red glowing eyes. I hesitate to deem it "Mothman" and still remain skeptical.
As for your own experiences, aside from the hotel room irony, it's up to you what to make if it. Was it the work of a living human? Could Chip's prediction have lead you to project a paranormal explanation to the tape recorder incident? The answers are unclear. We shall see what the tape reveals whenever your curiosity gets the better of you. Only then will you be sure if you've received your "sign". Still, signs are open to interpretation... and so the skeptical side of me comes out!
Off topic... 1) I'm glad someone else uses the phrase "for shits and giggles", and 2) thanks for putting me on your top 24 myspace friends (if it was intentional.. if not, thanks for the coincidence!). You're a scholar and a gentleman!
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Ryan, YOU asked for a sign and the Mothman, channelling through Chip, asked you again if you wanted a sign to which you said yes. Now that you have been given (maybe) the sign you then turn your back on it and don't listen to it. Why did you ask for it if you weren't prepared to handle it?
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Ryan, you asked for a sign to begin with. The mothman, channelling through Chip, asked you again if you wanted a sign and you said yes. Now that you may have gotten this sign you turn your back on it. If you weren't prepared to deal with it why did you accept it in the first place? Kinda rude...even in the paranormal world.
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In my opinion Ryan has his reasons to wait to listen to the tape and I don't think he likes to be bombarded like this and I should know how that feels to be bombarded I have a younger sister and she bombards me eveyday and I would like to suggest that people thnk before they type anything and it's not rude if you have a reason.
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Mr. Boyer: Thank the Lord that someone actually mentioned Quantum & Mechanical Physics! What is the quote from Einstein? "When science reaches the top of the mountain, they will find that God has been sitting there all along." I know that's not the exact quote, but could the "Spiritual" and "Science" really be too far apart? Afterall, what is in all of that dark matter? The Mothman perhaps? Magic, Math, Religion...all washing around together in that Quantum Froth.
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Ryan, I am a skeptic. Did you lock your door before you went to bed? It's possible one of the other people in the room moved the tape recorder either on purpose or was sleep walking. You could have moved it yourself and don't remember doing it. I think you didn't listen to the tape because you're not convinced or the existence of the Mothman.
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First, a silver bracelet is placed on your left wrist. Then you must drink the Holy water and breath in the smoke of a burning root. Then you scream at the thought of the Mothman capturing your children for dinner. But, they all died; infected with "white-nose" syndrome.
Just an appeasement of the demons in all of mankind.
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Oh c'mom Brian! You HAVE to listen to it! Pleasssssssssse!!!??? Just to find out if there is anything valid on the tape??? c'mon!!! You just gotta!! It'll be ok! What can possibly happen? You're back at school.. no worries! C'mon! Let me know if you decide to! And share it with us ok?
Peace be with you and with your Spirits!
In the LIGHT!
ErthAnjl O
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ooops!! I meant Ryan!! sorry kiddo!
ErthAnjl O
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Ryan, the Mothman suddenly stopped appearing around 1967 only to be channeled by Chip Coffey to send only you, a sign!!! I have appreciated the work you have done for some of the people that you seemed to have truly helped when haunted by the unknown. But Ryan, next time a unknown entity channels through Chip and tells you that it's only going to give you a sign, if you want one, say "yes! I want Chip Coffee to do a triple summer sault across the floor in front our camera".
Then you'd have me convinced. The Mothman episode was like going to Roswell waiting for a UFO to crash. For you not to listen to the tape is proof of how ridiculous you thought hunting for the Mothman was. I feel, not playing the tape was an insult for those people that actually experienced the Mothman. If there was something recorded, then share it with the world and prove the myth. If there wasn't anything recorded then let us know as well. That would have been better then to try to make a mystery out of a bad episode.
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I wish the team would consider John Keel's investigations from the 1960s, culminating in his book - The Mothman Prophecies. High Strangeness galore - up-close UFOs, Men-In-Black(ugly fellows which looked nothing like Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones), Contacts, Missing Time, Animal Mutes...etc.
It may be that the Mothman, like other odd manifestations that occur prior to or during UFO 'Flaps', is a part of larger agenda. This can get into the idea of 'transmografication'....crypto-creatures temporarily taking form to spook people in a bait and switch-like manner, while the the real 'dark' action occurs elsewhere (such as animal mutilations, and human abductions).
Kind Regards,
Susan
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Interesting....so why have you decided not to listen to the tape? Are you afraid of what it may say, or are you afraid that there's nothing there? Sometimes I feel like none of us actually want proof...because we just might prove that the mystery is something that we might have just imagined.
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Interesting....so why have you decided not to listen to the tape? Are you afraid of what it may say, or are you afraid that there's nothing there? Sometimes I feel like none of us actually want proof...because we just might prove that the mystery is something that we might have just imagined.
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Dear Ryan,
sorry if this is the wrong way to get in contact with you, but i feel the severity of what is going on in my aunt's house warrants an immediate response from you if at all possible. i too have been surrounded by and have experienced paranormal phenomenon my whole life, And too have had an experience with the same demon, which name i will not speak of, but you know full well the name and what it is capable of. I too am plagued with the burden of IT never leaving me alone as well. My whole life i had a gift, the gift of sensing , sometimes seeing and hearing spirits. For most of my life and especially my childhood i had to hide this gift from everyone i knew. Lucky for me i have an open minded husband, so in my adult life aided by my three daughters who all have the gift, even more so than i. i have been utilizing the gifts i have to cleans homes of unrest and paranormal activity by crossing over spirits. I sometimes have also ventured into preforming the necessary ritual in cemeteries and that is when i had the run in with IT. I crossed over some spirits and IT was not happy, Because IT was keeping them for Itself. My aunt's house, i feel that this house is in need of your help and of your team's help. This is a job that i can not do myself. With everything i have experienced there and with what my aunt lives with everyday. I feel that you must see this. everything from full body apparitions to strange moving mists, to whispers and growls, shadow images, and objects moving to different floors during the night. Here is an example of an occurrences that happened. My uncle's Bowflex moved from the first floor of the house to the third floor during the night while they slept. There are many more experiences and occurrences in this home, far to much to type. I believe this home has a huge vortex which needs to be closed immediately. I am more then willing to speak with you by phone, and go further into detail. here is a number to contact me by: ( 208) 665-5558.i Really hope to hear from you. I see your show every Monday night, and know that you are the only person that would be right to help me in this. even if this does if this is not something you are interested in investigating , please let me know by e- mail or phone, but i really pray for your assistants and help. God bless and take care.
Stephanie A. Smith
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I wish they didn't film these episodes so far back.
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I wish they didn't film these episodes so far back.
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That absolutely creeped me out! Why didn't you listen to the tape? It's funny, I'm from West Virginia, and grew up about 30 minutes from Point Pleasant. My grandfather was actually at the Silver Bridge when it collapsed. I'm quite familiar with that area and have always found it such a creepy, dead feeling town. Also - route 35 leading into Pt. Pleasant is notorious for fatal car wrecks (which just adds to overall creepy factor in my opinion).
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I understand. If something is on that tape, you have confirmation of the paranormal in a very personal way. If not, then there is doubt and perhaps a confirmation that the paranormal doesn't exist. Which would you fear more?
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Ryan,
You have to see whats on the tape. It's up to you if you want to reveal whats on the tape. There are too many people out there that will try and invalidate anything if it's true. Watch and tell your staff. For the rest of us you decide when its time to tell us anything if something happened indeed.
Hope all is well..
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So, your trip was interesting! My family is from Point Pleasant, WV. My grandmother, who is just over 60, now, grew up there, as well as all of her 8 siblings. My family owns an old plantation right outside of town on a massive acreage. My grandmother says that she can remember very vividly when the Silver Bridge fell to its demise. I am still, as always, amazed at your journeys. You have something special. Thank you for helping others understand. Your team, as well as yourself, have talent and bravery not many know. Take care of yourself!
And please, do let us know if you ever decide to listen. You never know, you may be surprised!
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I caught this show. In fact, I taped it. Playing it back frame by frame, I could see those entities that you call the Mothman. They are native American spirits. They have wings that are like black feathers. There is more than one, and they knew you were coming. It's great to be able to see all these things that you are looking for,but the thing that scares me the most is when I see a demon, and it enters your face and skin, and it tries to unite into you, and you don't even know it. Sometimes it will send these little creatures ahead to check things out for them. These are nasty little minions,(blue) ,with sharp teeth.It's like when you were in the basement of that nuthut.I actually thought that, that Demon was especially creepy.It's eyes all sunk in , black, and he wears this black hood, and all you can see is his crusty face, and he's an awful,awful thing to be messing with. He was really into Chip quite far, and I was worried, that he was going to take him over. Chips eyes were closed, but on his eyelids, you could still see the demons eyes, looking around. Chips features were all distorted, and then he sent that minion over to you,Ryan, and you started looking distorted. It's all pretty creepy. Wish you could see what I see. Happy Haunting! Lydia777
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Sounds like there is alot going on in this area....maybe more investigative work should be done....Mothman maybe only a small part of the mystery of this area....Isn't there a road in New Jersey that has a similiar reputation for all who dare venture along it? Also, the number designation for RT666 in the Four Corners area was change to try to dispell the fear people had of traveling that road!
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It amazes me how brave y'all are. I probably not last through the whole deadtime thing and if I heard a noise at all.... I'd run like he**! lol but thats just me. I am a scardy cat hah. I give you guys alot of credit to do all that stuff. Love the show!
P.S. What email do I use if I wanna ask you a question?
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Hey Ryan! I somewhat understand why you don't feel the need to listen to the tape, but it's obvious us viewers want to know if Mothman did "give you a sign." Personally, I thought this whole "Mothman" thing was a bunch of crap, but after watching the episode and listening to some of the history of the town it's really got me wanting to learn more about it.
Maybe next season you could have a part 2 of the Mothman episode? Maybe then you could feature the tape? That is, if there turns out to be anything significant.
Thanks for having such a damn good show on tv! Really... PS is one of the few things I watch.
: )
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I am glad the show helped you wonder more. Those of us who grew up in West Virginia know that it was not a bunch of crap. The Mothman came three years before I was born, yet I have had my own experiences with him. I have dreams frequently now and such.
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Please tell me where i can get one of those voice boxes used to communicate with lucy at the insane asylum please! Thanks for everything you, and the PRS team do for people, and their families. Really I do thank you all!
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Hi There!
I saw that episode of your show a couple weeks ago. It was very interesting. The other night I had a dream about the Mothman but it was not benevolent it was angry and showing us "signs" through violence.
Anyways, I enjoyed that show, it was one of the better episodes.
Thanks!
Sorcha.
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Hi There!
I saw that episode of your show a couple weeks ago. It was very interesting. The other night I had a dream about the Mothman but it was not benevolent it was angry and showing us "signs" through violence.
Anyways, I enjoyed that show, it was one of the better episodes.
Thanks!
Sorcha.
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It amazes me how brave y'all are. I probably not last through the whole deadtime thing and if I heard a noise at all.... I'd run like he**! lol but thats just me. I am a scardy cat hah. I give you guys alot of credit to do all that stuff. Love the show!
P.S. What email do I use if I wanna ask you a question?
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Dear Ryan,
Seen the show on the Mothman,it was great!My impression is that the Mothman
is not there to harm,but to warn people of impending danger.Ordinary people are warned lots of times of impending dangers, they just don't see or understand the warnings.Speaking from experience,from a very young age
I also was blessed with the gift of the paranormal and was not affraid of the experiences.And with all visiits
from the beyond I try to read into the
messages,otherwise their visits are pointless.Take the recorder as a sign
and listen to it,it may even surprise you!
Mickey
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That's okay that you haven't listened to it yet- you will when you're ready. I saw that episode on t.v. and thought it was one of the more believable ones- I did get the feeling that whatever it was was trying to warn the people in that town that something bad was coming. I wonder if it keeps the people who do continue to live in Point Pleasant from venturing out at night too much. When I was little my Grandparents told me stories about tree monsters- but lucky for me I never actually saw one & now, as an adult, I think it was a cautionary tale of why you shouldn't be out too late at night!
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My grandmother was born and raised in W.V. My grandparents own a house up there now were they spend alot of time. I remember the first time I saw the movie, it was with my grandparents and my mom and sister at their house in W.V. We were quite uncomfortable after seeing the movie, knowing we were in a house on a mountain with no one else around. My grandmother was convinced and is convinced that the mothman is a demon, I'm not so sure. What do you think? My grandparents also clearly remember when the bridge collasped. Anyway my sister and I sat up all that night hearing thuds on the roof, over active imagination I'm guessing. I salute ya'll for being so brave, and investigating the "unknown." I love your show, and plan on buying the first season when it comes out. Thanks for helping people that need to be helped and can't get anyone to listen to them. Ya'll's work is amazing, and deserves to be praised! I wish you the best!!
~Emily~
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If or when you play back the recorder, that would make a great episode of Paranormal State. Btw, the coat thing, hahaha happens to me almost every night. Im paranoid, guess you could say. Keep blogging
Erin
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Ryan you should really listen to the tape and see what it has in store for you. You went to investigate and that's possible evidence, yes it's your tape but as an investigator it's your responsibility to check all the evidence. Maybe it is a confirmation and maybe it's not. But I am confused, the episode for the Mothman aired a few weeks ago is this a new episode? And not to change the subject but is the team considering using Frank's box more often?
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Hey Ryan, read the blog, however very disappointed in the fact that you did not recognize how disrespectful to the being; it is of you to with hold from yourself the information that may or may not have been on that recording. First of all you asked for proof and the being asked if you wanted the sign . this being did not have to actually give you any sign, but the being may have given you a sign and you have either ignored the sign( the object moving and possibly the recording)or tried to find some scientific excuse as why not to believe in what you have seen and not listened to. And i would think that you would have enough respect for the being to at least listen to the recording and think about where you found the recorder, but not through the eyes of science. This being did not have to go out of it's way to give you a sign but chose to give you a sign, so at the least you should show the being respect for having to try and prove itself to u the best it could, when the request was yours to start with. I also do think that in a world of scientific explanation for every little thing, that u need to think less scientifically. Science can only explain so much, and just because science can not explain certain things does not mean that the objects or things do not exist. I just wanted to bring that point up, not trying to be mean in any way. I really just want u to consider this view among many that exist. By the way love the show it's awesome and hope when u listen to the recording that u find the proof u waited all this time for.
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In a way you have an excellent point. I agree that if you ask for a sign than when it is given you shouldn't ignore it. However, I already made it clear that if it were me I would be slightly freaked out to listen to it. You do make a great point though.
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I watched that episode very interesting, I watched the movie too I believe in the Mothman. I believe in alot of things. I know that if you listen to the audio recording you will find what you are looking for, I anticipate you will be very intrigued by it. May take several times at listening or even maybe once but it is what you are wanting.
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From South Cal
Man what a cliff hanger. Listen to it man!!
Oh I almost lost it on your comment ..."The thought of the Mothman showing up in my hotel room in the middle of the night doesn't sound too appealing". I'm Still laughing. If you ask you must be ready. In Christ your fear NO ONE or thing in that quiet dark moment in time.
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This was a very interesting thing that happened to you. I can also understand your apprehension about listening to the recording because you did ask for a sign and am I under the wrong impression or doesn't the Mothman show up when danger is ahead or is that a misconception on my part? I am interested in that answer as well. I hope if you do listen to it you will share what is on the tape.
God Bless
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Are you crazy Ryan listen to the recording. Isn't that why you do this show to find unexplained activity. I love your show and I also watch Ghost Hunters and it kills me when someone hears something or gets close to something then they run or pack up and leave without finding out what "it" is. It's very frustrating and the suspense of that tape is driving me nuts, so just listen to it. I know if I was on the show I wouldnt be running from anything I would want to know what people are so afraid of. As a little girl I always saw something at the opening of my bedroom at exactly 3 am every night. I no longer live in my childhood home and am very sad that I didnt find out what that white mist was that woke me up every night. At the time I was afraid of it but now that Im alot older I wish I could of known what it was. Just listen to the dam tape and get it over with.
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I think you should listen to the tape. I would be too curious not to.It would always be on my mind,thats just me.If there is something on it, you should have it available for your fans to hear.What's the worst thing that can happen if there is something?
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I have always been interested in the paranormal. Our college has just started a paranormal society. It sucks considering I graduate this May bit I can only imagine what it would be like. Anyways I hope you share what is on the tape. If you were willing to come to Kentucky there is a place called the Mushroom Mines. I'm not sure if its still standing, but I have been there. You would be interested. I have many stories of that place.
God Bless
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Jaimie...don't let graduation stop you if you are interested in the paranormal...find a group and join it or start a group. Unfortunately, there wasn't the interest as you find today or groups to investigate the paranormal when I was younger. My advice...if you are truly interested in this field, don't give up. Carol
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I think you should listen to the tape. I would be too curious not to.It would always be on my mind,thats just me.If there is something on it, you should have it available for your fans to hear.What's the worst thing that can happen if there is something?
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Sorry, I had already sent that message.
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Ryan did you make that up just for a great story. If so then you also have a talent for story telling. Well I guess one could say that even if you didn't make it up. You obviously have a talent for writing either way. If I were in possession of that tape the only reason that I would not want to listen to it would be out of not wanting to be disappointed. As long as I didn't listen to it I could hold out the hope that I had something special in my possession. I would not suggest that you make a big thing out of listening to it for the first time without you screening it first only because I was there when Geraldo opened Al Capones safe for the first time and even though I didn't hold it against him when it turned out there was nothing at all in it(I felt it that he had shared a great moment with us and though it turned out there wasn't anything in it that wasn't his fault) but others ridiculed him badly!
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Good story, but has it ever occured to you that if you listen to the tape you may actually hear yourself putting it in the drawer.
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wow!! i don't know if i would wanna know if it spoke to me either, but i know when i do evp, i check to see if i got anything right away. i have heard things that i wish i had'nt heard, so i do understand why you have'nt listened to it yet.
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Listen to the tape.
I am speaking as someone who grew up in the shadow of Mothman--I remember the bridge falling when I was a small child, and I remember the stories of the winged apparition, the lights in the sky--all of it.
I grew up in Charleston, and the Mothman stories made it all the way to the state capitol. There was even a sighting reported in Kanawha county, where I was born and lived through my childhood.
The Mothman was like a bogeyman to my cousins, a young uncle and myself, growing up. We were all spooked by it. I read Keel at a very early age--probably too early for my own good--but hey, I turned out fine.
What I am saying is this--West Virginians have lived with the Mothman legend for years. You had to live with it for only a few days.
Listen to the tape. Otherwise, how can you respect yourself as a parapsychological researcher?
If there is nothing there--so what?
If there is something there--what then?
Either way, it both answers and asks questions--something any scientific person should want.
Listen to the tape.
I would.
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Yes, Ryan only was there a few days. What about those of us who went through and still are the whole Mothman reality? I still have dreams and it appears that he is speaking through me now.
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Although I was not born at the time of the mothman sightings or the bridge collapse, I grew up on the stories. My mother is from Pt. Pleasant, I was born and raised in Gallipolis,Ohio. The Silver Bridge connected the 2 small towns.
My Uncle was on the bridge that day, and died, As was my dad's close friend. I have been to the TNT area many times, especially as a teen-ager. It is too bad that the power plant was torn down, it was very spooky. I believe that something was seen during that time. My Grandparents owned a lot of land in Pt.Pleasant and it is still in the family, I remember being told my grandmother and then years later my mother had both seen a very large bird at different times, different decades even, long before the Mothman was ever seen there. I know the area was originally owned by the Indians, and My Grandfather is part Native-American. I believe in spirits and premonitions, many of my family members have had supernatural occurrences, some of them believe it is because of our ancestry. I tend to believe it is God's way of preparing me for things about to happen.
I do find myself quite terrified to be on bridges of any kind, which is really difficult when you have to cross 2 to get to Pt.Pleasant to see my relatives!! I felt much better hearing Chip say that death was quick for those who died on the bridge that day. I can only imagine the heartache my family felt.
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oh my gosh!!! please listen to that tape!!!
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I can totally understand you not listening to the tape, oddly enough I'm in the same position myself (although with my own "visitors" and not the mothman) and decided not to listen to my own tape. Whether there is anything on the tape (yours or mine)or not, I guess there is a part of me that knows what I believe will change if and when I ever decide to find out. Instead I choose to believe that some mysteries aren't meant to be (dis)proven.
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I wanted to comment on the "mothman episode" and that it was suggested that perhaps "birds are there to warn us" before an unfortunate event, or death etc. My grandmother, who is alive and well at this very moment, sees what i call " a bird of death, or shadow of death" before someone dies. I can't count how many times throughout my 30 yrs of existance, has she told me when she "saw the bird" right before someone we knew passed away. It was /still is , her "signal" that something bad is about to happen.
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I hate to say it, but I thought this was the worst episode I've ever seen. The pictures of the "mothman" on the bridge are laughable. Going into the woods and hearing scuffles and sounds is NORMAL not paranormal. Chip saying he felt fear and sadness at the bridge site...it doesn't take a medium to come up with that. The whole thing was just ridiculous. Ryan not listening to his recorder for over a year when there "could" be proof on it...it just doesn't make any sense. I thought the whole thing was poorly put together. I generally love the episodes, but this was just embarrassing. And, please, Ryan, listen to the recorder. Tell us what;s on it - or not. Enough drama already.
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I agree wholeheartedly with this statement. I personally think that this show is a gimmick altogether. Hollywood does not put out anything that won't sell, and mass produces anything that the public has a general interest in.
As far as I'm concerned, Ryan and his investigators are kids playing make believe. I do believe in the paranormal, but, I don't believe that Ryan is doing anything but selling "Ghost stories" to the general public.
It especially irritates me when they do their archave little chants and rituals that are ineffective, infantile, overdramatic and hilarious at best.
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If you have watched all the episodes you would have seen that Ryan has made a difference in some of these peoples lives,that were attacked by some type of demon or angry spirit.If you hadn't walked in his shoes then you shouldn't judge.At least he is trying,so many clergy have turned there backs on these people, so they have no one else to turn to.They turn to groups like PRS.About the rituals,they do them because they work.Science can not help these people that are haunted.Debunking can help ease their mind,but you can't always debunk if there is something there.I don't think you know what you're talking about.The show is not a gimmick,it's a show.You have to have drama in order to keep people entertained.Some of those ghost shows have too much science and skeptics and it can get dull and annoying like your comments on the show and about Ryan.D
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Preach on buddy. It always amazes me how pure skeptics will come on to boards and stir up stuff, if they do not believe it go to boards that deal with skepticism. Don't get me wrong I think we have to be somewhat skeptic, but to be obnoxious about it just makes me mad at the insult.
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Ryan:
I been watching Paranormal State since day one and I enjoy all this shows. I am a professional birder, which means I get hired by other birdwatchers to take them out to show them birds in my neck of the woods or lead trips to other parts of the North America like Texas, Colorado or Manitoba. I know my bird songs/calls and being outside a lot at night I know my mammals.
At Pt. Pleasant the goose was a domesticated goose not a Canada Goose by the calls it made while it was being flushed. There are so many times I sit and watch shows like yours and other shows like Ghost Hunters realizing that what investigators are hearing are owls like Screech Owls or Long-eared Owls that do make a screaming sound like a someone getting stabbed at night. I heard these calls by these owls but they are always considered to be spirits rather than the ovious.
I am a skeptic and I want to believe. I am not afraid of bumps in the night and if I ever see a aberation I would rather walk towards it and reach out to it rather than run or yell. Part of me wants to believe but I am the kind of guy that wants to part of a investigation team to see for myself. I would rather try to debunk a investigation rather than suck in all the chatter about dark shadows or orbs.
By the way those were coyotes chattering and howling in the distance at that house where you got the elders to "close the door" at the rock pile/tree stump.
I am not a huge Chip fan as well. He almost comes off as a actor during the investigations. I also get bothered that he informs sees all these spirits moving around and we the audience see zippo and even you have this look on your face "come on chip".
Also I like your dead time and the way you ask questions. Do you ever get annoyed watching any of the ghost hunters on how they go about questioning spririts or provoking them. I laugh at their questions they ask on Ghost Hunters during their investigations.
Anway good luck.
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Nicely written!
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Hello my name is Amanda Taylor and I'm a member of the Flandreau Dakota Oyate. I want to pass on an idea to you and your group. I grew up in a traditional family here in South Dakota. What I am hoping to pass on to your group is this. It's a good idea when you are going to explore a place where burial grounds have been disturbed to offer some tobacco and burn some sage while making a pray to the four directions. You need to ask the spirits to pardon your intrusion on their space. When bodies are disturbed thos spirits become lost and they cant move on. So where ever their burial grounds were these spirits are stuck to that place. It becomes their home in a manner of speaking. They dont get to move on to the afterlife. Their bodies got treated with such disrespect and were never meant to be found ever. Such places as this are considered in my culture as wahka or powerful/sacred places. Which we try to stay away out of respect. Because as humans we are ignorant and hasty. We no longer walk with the great reverance and respect we once did for the spirit world. Spirits can sense that and be offended by that and see it as disrespectful. I'm trying to give you a good piece of advice so that these spirits will not feel offended by any of your actions because I believe that you walk with good intentions. Thank you for your time.
Mitakuye Oyasin
(To all my relatives)
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It's so true...we don't respect the burial grounds or give the spirits the proper respect. In our modern world, yes, we (meaning ALL or us) do seem to be in too big of a hurry...
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Sorry the name I what I use on facebook anyway I think Ryan has best intensions for his decision with the tape and he will tell us all when he is good and ready. I do this for everybody justs to be nice and I know how it feels to be bombarded with stuff like that I should know because I have a younger sister who gangs up on me everyday of and its hard to tell her to stop but we got to do whats right.
Nancy
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Are you sure that they are not mistaken the mothman for a seraphim? Read Isaiah chapter 6:2-4. It might help you as it has me with my wanting to know more about the mouthman.I'm not some religious nut just another person out there like you who all my life is wanting to know why me and why does it happen.
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I would like to say,I really like the show and it is very entertaining.Your investigators are mature and act professional.Let me tell you that I like Paranormal State better than Ghost Hunters,because G.H.'s investigations can be a bit boring at times.On another note.You have really changed your looks.You gotten toner,leaner and dress to impress.Black is your color.I just thought you might like to know.Everyone likes a compliment.Good job on your new look and show.I hope the show has many more years.God Bless You,D
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i think it is incredibly fun to read the blogs that run like a scary story, even if the end isn't incredibly monumental, it's still fun to read.
i also like when you guys research creatures not just ghosts. you should look into djinns, the stories about them are fascinating.
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In the case with the kid who saw the ghost (you showed him a wedding photo and he picked him out) when the camera went berserk you could see a guy than his shoes if you slowed it down is that paranormal or is it just that this show is rigged?
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In the one where you had a little boy pick out the ghost in the picture to see if he was the real deal, when you commenced dead time the camera went berserk. If you slowed it down you could see mens shoes. So what my question is: Is it paranormal or is this show just a gimmick?
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with the one on the mothman when cergey<-think i spelled his name wrong, went off by himself you yelled for him and said if you want to go out into the woods dont go by yourself. If you slow down the video as he turns towards you, you will see a figure in the back right hand section is that paranormal. I would love for you to get back to me with these statements for I am very curious!
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I saw that to. I just went back and looked. Standing slightly off of the guy's left shoulder you see almost a white figure in the field. Cool catch
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let me first off say that im really impressed at what you do. trust me i have had many occurences since i was little that could be paranormal or just coincidence but i never really wanted to find out. so for someone to actually investigate it is pretty amazing. My question to you is how do you deal with all this. When you know you have a gift. how do you handle regular life?
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Why wouldn't you listen to the recorder in the Mothman case? It seems your interest in seeking any type of answer would force you to listen. Are you afraid of what you hear or what you don't hear?
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I think Ryan is just probably making drama so we have something to talk about to make the topic more interesting.Ryan,If I'm wrong I apologize,but I can't blame you for making drama.Drama is one of the things I like about the show.The more drama the better.Keep up the drama!!!David
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Hmmm...not to anger anyone, but, like so many of the shows, there never seems to be any true resolution or presence that is identified. I have no doubt that the paranormal truly exists and I have had enough experiences to know that there are unexplainable events which occur rather regularly. However, I have not seen a show yet which has shown me that the Paranormal State has done anything except overblow situations which may have nothing to do with what they are studying. Here is the catch 22 in all of this. The paranormal is difficult to measure by scientific method (so far I've seen absolutely no science, or even science fiction to their show), and the only people capable of measuring this phenomenon lies within the power of the government. Guess what??? Like so much of the technology that exists out there which is being developed privately, it's not being shared with the general public. That's the reason why all of this remains speculative. I'm glad that there is someone trying their best to bring the paranormal to the mainstream, unfortunately, much of this turns the scientific method into a sideshow rather than the respectable field that it should be.
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i love that eposide it was so cool but i really want to know if the monthman is real because ever since i was little i heard about the month man but never researched upon it i hope u guys go back and countine the investagation
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I loved the episode of mothman. I wish i was there with you. My cousin lives by Point pleasent. next time i see her I will ask her if she knows anything else about the mothman that could help you out.
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btw, the area is a "portal", Ryan. The Ohio Valley, not just PP encountered the events of "mothman". Check out Indian settlements, the settled "around" the area of PP, Charleston, Harrison Co., and across the river in OH, but no settlements in PP that I could find trying to trace my Indian heritage. Go back....after you listen.
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Hey Ryan,
I saw your documentary on A & E. I wish that you had more time to tell what you experienced that night on a personal level. The weird part I felt was when the program aired was the original date I was coming back to the West Virginia area. I decided to leave a week earlier. I thought that you and your team did a wonderful job. I have had reoccurring dreams of the Mothman for a few months now, and it is almost like he wants me to figure something out. I am making plans to attend the festival in September. There is more he is telling me that he wants you to find out too. Have you listened to the tape yet? Perhaps it is time for he has left a message for you on there, his words not mine.
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Other than in Point pleasent has there been ant sightings of Mothman anywhere else?...I saw the show..I always watch the show..anywyas, will you let us know what the tape says?
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Yes, the Mothman has been spotted in other parts of the world and the United States. One of the most recent being on September 11.
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