SciFi Investigates - This week: Mothman

[Anarky]

Originally Posted by www.scifi.com

The vast cover-ups. The big lies. The stubborn mysteries. The stories have been told, but the truth remains hidden. Finally, for the first time ever, a series that doesn't just ponder the questions, it hunts for the answers.
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In each episode of SCI FI Investigates, we will uncover new evidence and subject old evidence to the newest forensic investigative technology for fresh analysis. We will interview eyewitnesses for new insights and recruit the foremost scientists and historians, skeptics and believers to uncover new clues and reveal new perspectives of legendary mysteries.

They promise big things, they just fail to deliver. But then again, it's kind of hard to deliver answers in matters that are as mushy and twisted and incredible as UFOs, cryptozoology and other apparitions.

And it gives us paranormal-fanatics and UFO-nuts another subject to talk about every week.

This week, they were talking about the Mothman. You know, the entity that was seen in Point Pleasant, Virginia, before the Silver Bridge collapsed. Richard Gere was even in a movie about it, which I don't think is supposed to have anything to do with the real Mothman. I mean, where did they get "Indrid Cold" from? He or she was never mentionned in any eyewitness accounts. So let's just leave the movie be a movie and concentrate on the real world. If you ask me, Mothman is real. Not that it's necessarily a big flying creature with glowing red eyes, but there was or still is something out there. I mean, let's not forget that the military was out there and the military does need to try out new systems somewhere. And they have 6000 square miles of territory to test their stuff there. So the Mothman, about six feet tall (about the size of an average male) and "of a slippery texture, as if he was wearing a wetsuit" (Eyewitness) could have been a soldier trying out a new hangglider-thing or nightvision-goggles, which would explain the red eyes. The sudden disappearance could mean that the experiment was halted or that it was relocated and never made it into production. Thing is, that wouldn't explain the whole "Appearing before disasters"-thing. Then again, it could be the strange creature from godknowswhere.

Now it's up to you: Do you believe that the Mothman is or was out there? What do you think he is?

[Jo Dawn]

Hmm... I'm not sure, but I'll be sure to check it out. I think things like this are facinating.

Thanks for the heads up.

[Katie]

I just love all the monster documentaries that come out this time of year. They've (not scifi, but on another channel) had big foot investigations, chupacabra, now mothman....what more could a girl want?

[Voltron]

Originally Posted by Anarky

They promise big things, they just fail to deliver. But then again, it's kind of hard to deliver answers in matters that are as mushy and twisted and incredible as UFOs, cryptozoology and other apparitions.

And it gives us paranormal-fanatics and UFO-nuts another subject to talk about every week.

This week, they were talking about the Mothman. You know, the entity that was seen in Point Pleasant, Virginia, before the Silver Bridge collapsed. Richard Gere was even in a movie about it, which I don't think is supposed to have anything to do with the real Mothman. I mean, where did they get "Indrid Cold" from? He or she was never mentionned in any eyewitness accounts. So let's just leave the movie be a movie and concentrate on the real world. If you ask me, Mothman is real. Not that it's necessarily a big flying creature with glowing red eyes, but there was or still is something out there. I mean, let's not forget that the military was out there and the military does need to try out new systems somewhere. And they have 6000 square miles of territory to test their stuff there. So the Mothman, about six feet tall (about the size of an average male) and "of a slippery texture, as if he was wearing a wetsuit" (Eyewitness) could have been a soldier trying out a new hangglider-thing or nightvision-goggles, which would explain the red eyes. The sudden disappearance could mean that the experiment was halted or that it was relocated and never made it into production. Thing is, that wouldn't explain the whole "Appearing before disasters"-thing. Then again, it could be the strange creature from godknowswhere.

Now it's up to you: Do you believe that the Mothman is or was out there? What do you think he is?

I always figure: If one of these shows actually found something, you'd see it on the internet and the news days or weeks before the show actually premiered.

If you think about it, when a bunch of goofballs go out in search of aliens and actually FIND aliens, what are they going to do? Invite them to a diner for some coffee and hash? The larger media corporations would be all over that stuff like stink on crap.

I expect to learn some interesting things from this show, but I don't expect these former Office Max Employees to stumble upon some dark truth.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Katie

I just love all the monster documentaries that come out this time of year. They've (not scifi, but on another channel) had big foot investigations, chupacabra, now mothman....what more could a girl want?

I agree. My girlfriend and I just love watching these kinds of shows. I'm fine watching stuff about the monsters, but when it comes to aliens...never.

[Dr. Doom]

His anal tissue is very sensative. u_u

[gobo]

I'll never get that hour of my life back... I'm still foggy on what the legend is all about. This Sci-Fi Investigates series is more of a reality show than documentary.

[Anarky]

Originally Posted by Voltron

I expect to learn some interesting things from this show, but I don't expect these former Office Max Employees to stumble upon some dark truth.

Me either, actually. But I at least expected them to go "Well, the Mothman could be..." or "Another possibility is..." and not just "We'll never agree on anything, let's just leave it at that." I expected them to actually talk about the mystery at hand and not about their personal issues and a haunted hotel (what the heck was that all about anyways?).

And is it just me or was there a ridiculous amount of commercial breaks during the show?

Originally Posted by gobo

This Sci-Fi Investigates series is more of a reality show than documentary.

I agree. I think that if they'd fire the skeptic and get another skeptic in his place, the show would be more serious and more fact-centered. It seemed like he was the one who always tried to be funny while the others actually tried to do something at least halfways productive. And if they'd drop that reality TV-angle, they would have more time for a rundown of what actually happened and not three scenes with wild cuts every half second.

Originally Posted by Katie

...chupacabra...

I'd love to see an episode on that. Because as far as I remember they actually caught something that might be the Chupacabra. Only that I never heard of it again.

[Peanut]

Is there anywhere you can watch this stuff online? We might get sci-fi in Canada, as I can recall the logo, but I don't know if I myself get it. Any help would be appreciated. Anarky has me all revved up to see this stuff now.

[Raph's Girl]

That sceptic is funny. He doesn't believe in the Mothman at all but was scared to death over the thought of spending the night in a haunted hotel.

Made no sense at all....doesn't believe in monsters but ghosts...heck yea. He's a wimp. I've spent the night in haunted houses...I've been to haunted castles....I wouldn't freak out over seeing a ghost... I would think it cool

As for the Mothman itself. There are supposadly still sightings of it. Im not sure what to think of it tho. There's really no origin story (unlike say the Jersey Devil).

Here's some info on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

To be honest I only thought that the Moth Man was a Batman villian (well he is)...and not something out of cryptozoology. *L*

[gobo]

Originally Posted by Anarky

I think that if they'd fire the skeptic and get another skeptic in his place, the show would be more serious and more fact-centered. It seemed like he was the one who always tried to be funny while the others actually tried to do something at least halfways productive.

How inappropriately labeled that guy was... He was NOT a skeptic. He was a nay-sayer. There's a huge difference. And, the bit about being too stubborn to even consider the possibility that the mothman isn't a load of crap yet pissing himself over staying at a hotel that is supposedly haunted? How absurd...

This will probably belittle my argument now, but... who taught that guy to speak (American) English? Although I understand that he was a Bostonian, it really sounded like he was a foreigner.

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

That sceptic is funny. He doesn't believe in the Mothman at all but was scared to death over the thought of spending the night in a haunted hotel.

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

To be honest I only thought that the Moth Man was a Batman villian...and not something out of cryptozoology. *L*

Hmm... I think I have a plan... To the skeptic tank, Bostonian!

[Katie]

Originally Posted by Anarky

I'd love to see an episode on that. Because as far as I remember they actually caught something that might be the Chupacabra. Only that I never heard of it again.

Most of these type shows I have been watching are on the Discovery channels (Animal Planet, The Science Channel, etc.) and The National Geographic Channel.

I'm almost certian the Discovery channel ran the chupacabra documentary (it was about cattle mutilation, but focused mostly on the chupacabra stories) Really interesting stuff. And yeah, they had a Puerto Rican veterinarian who had a supposed chupacabra corpse.

[Peanut]

Some of the stories about that thing are hilarious! Like the one lady who said she had a conversation with the thing. Something is killing those animals though, so there has to be something. You'd think they'd have caught whatever's been doing it for all these years by now though.