There can be very few researchers of the world of the unexplained who have not experienced, now and again, a sense that the phenomena they investigate sometimes manipulates them. For some people, it can be an exciting and illuminating experience. For others, it can be downright terrifying, and something which has led people to quit – forever – the world of the paranormal. I have experienced this sense of manipulation more than a few times, but last Saturday night things became downright crazy.
Right now, I’m working on a new book that includes a small overview of the Mothman mystery, which dominated the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the 1960s. So, over the course of the last week, and even though I’m very clued-in on the subject, I have been doing a bit of additional research into the winged beast made most famous in
John Keel’s classic study of the case,
The Mothman Prophecies.
Well, as coincidence (or synchronicity) would have it, on the very same day that I began my research last week, I received in the mail a package of new books from Andy Colvin, the author of
no less than five books (s0 far!) on Point Pleasant’s most famous monster. They are: The Mothman’s Photographer, The Mothman’s Photographer II, The Mothman’s Photographer III, The Mothman Speaks and The Mothman Shrieks.
These are the links as they stood before
Blogger started eating my posts. I'll just have to see if anything sticks
tomorrow. Benny has not had my problem with Blogger yet.
After arranging the manufacture of Dr Karl Shuker's horned hare back in September
I am now very pleased to announce that my very own example of this composite
cryptid arrived this morning!
Known as a Jackolope in the US, the European horned hare actually has a
rich history with many cryptozoological reports coming from the forests of
Bavaria in Germany; and this atypical form, being so readily excepted by
naturalists up until the late 18th century, was actually assigned its own
parataxonomic name - Lepus cornutus, the Horned Hare, until various
taxidermy specimens previously considered genuine were investigated more closely
and conclusively proven to be fraudulent. 
The Gonzo Daily - Friday