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The Mothman Prophecies

By: John A. Keel
Narrated by: Craig Wasson
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 West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare that culminates in a tragedy that makes headlines around the world. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the Mothman, trouble this ordinary American community. Mysterious lights are seen moving across the sky. Domestic animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving to investigate the freakish events, soon finds himself an integral part of an eerie and unfathomable mystery.

Translated into over thirteen languages, John Keel's unsettling account of what he encountered in Point Pleasant has long been regarded as a classic in the literature of the unexplained. It is now the basis of a major motion picture starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney.

The Mothman Prophecies is also available in print from Tor Books.

©1991 John A. Keel (P)16 9; 2002 Random House, Inc. Spirituality Extrasensory Perception Divination Scary

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Love all the lore surrounding Mothman, and Keel’s opus doesn’t disappoint, download, listen and love, Indrid Cold is behind you, lol.

Great listen

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A true classic, a truly in depth study of the phenomenon's that gripped a generation. there are not many people that would have made such striking insights into their own behaviour and truly seen how their behaviour influenced the way that the whole scenario played out.

Excellent

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Interesting story on the dangers of birdwatching when under the influence of class A psychedelic drugs

Birdwatching

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First of all, the narrator is wonderful.

Now, to the book - very weird. It seems to be a whole bunch of anecdotes from people who have witnessed weird stuff. If there was some logic to how they were grouped, it wasn’t apparent.

The book appears to be claiming to be non-fiction. To be fair, although some of the stories were far fetched, to say the least, they were quite terrifying as a work of pure fiction. I’m struggling to take this book seriously, but I did enjoy it.

What have I just read?

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Much more than the basic facts. This book really helps you understand the extent of the phenomenon and its varying guises.

the depth and breadth

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Loved it, some things should not be overlooked in this subject a must listen to book.

Classic

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John A Keel. Brilliant book yet again. well worth a listen. for anyone interested in the paranormal.

Great book.

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I very much enjoyed this audio book and the style of Keek's writing. The film of the film version only really scratches the surface of does not reflect the weird things that were happening in the run up to the collapse of the bridge at Pount Pleasant. The narration is very good by Craig Wasson and I will look out for other titles where he is the narrator.

Keel describes events and characters that come alive in this presentation and the story caputered my imagination despite my skeptical view point.

Forget the film

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Marvelous and thrilling. Gripped til the end. I wished it were longer. Surely theirs more..............

Whoo hooooo

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I've always been fascinated by Mothman and wrote about an incident that took place in Caddington, Bedfordshire around 1981 that was very similar to Point Pleasant. Keel's book is a classic, whether you believe the eye-witness statements or not. The men in black are also fascinating in that they are far more interesting as these strange individuals who are slightly off, rather than those popularised by Hollywood. And the narration is first class. I wish Craig Wasson narrated other books by Keel.

Fantastic book and expertly narrated

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