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Translated into over thirteen languages, John Keel's The Mothman Prophecy is an unsettling true story of the paranormal that has long been regarded as a classic in the literature of the unexplained.

West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare culminating 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.

The Mothman Prophecy is the basis of the 2002 film starring Richard Gere.

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12 March 2013
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13.84 x 2.41 x 20.83 cm
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"An essential read. Even if you just enjoy good suspense, when Keel talks of his own experiences with Men in Black, stolen evidence, and intimidation via eerie phone calls and visitations, you'll want to keep reading." --Strange Horizons

"The Mothman remains a potent piece of American folklore." --CNN

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JOHN A. KEEL was a prominent journalist and UFOlogist, credited with coining the term Men in Black. He was the author of The Mothman Prophecies. He died in 2009.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Books; First edition (12 March 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0765334984
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0765334985
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.84 x 2.41 x 20.83 cm

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Jacky Korner

... of what was happening so interesting but not an easy

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on 14 August 2014

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lots of facts but poorly put together
would have to study the book to make sense of what was happening
so interesting but not an easy read

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on 18 June 2014

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Started out quite interesting - then heading towards the end got a little bit unbelievable - more fiction than not.

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Reaper

Terrible book from a author respected in the field and delivered in appalling condition

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 25 March 2021

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I'm not normally one of those people who comments on the service in reviews, but I'm going to this time- so let's get it out of the way.

Buying books is a hit and miss affair with Amazon if you want them in pristine/new condition. I'm one of those people who can read an book and leave it looking brand new and that's the way I want my library. Amazon sacrifice careful packaging and just jam books in together (the other book I ordered was in a state too), so I rarely buy books from them. Amazon, stick them in shrink on pack them tight so they can't be bashed around!

On to the book itself: I first became aware of Mothman in the early 70s when I read about 'him' in a book called 'A Modern Look At Monsters' which I still own. Mothman was covered- along with The Flatwoods Monster- in a chapter on "Mosnters From Space". I was fascinated.

In the decades since Mothman has become really famous. Keel is -or was- one of the most respected UFOlogists/Paranormal Research Authors out there and this book (originally published in the later sixties as 'Visitors From Space' and subsequently revised a couple of times) is regarded as a Classic. The truth is that it's anything but.

For me, the key works of UFOlogy are Tim Good's 'Above Top Secret' (retitled and revised as 'Beyond Top Secret') Charles Bowen's 'The Humanoids' and the works of Stanton Friedman. I've read quite a number of other books on the UFO phenomenon, write professionally myself from time to time and am generally pretty well informed on the 'golden age' of UFo encounters (1947 until the dawn of the internet, after which you can trust nothing).

What astonishes me about this book is how poorly constructed it is. Structurally, it is full of digressions, meanderings and blind alleys - although Keel makes some interesting points as a systematizer, he is clueless. Compare this to the work of Good and -another example- Colin Wilson's magisterial 'The Occult' and we're in pulp territory. The book still smacks of the cheapo Fortean exploitation magazines of the 60s and earlier such as 'Fate', where padding, tangential thinking, pointless asides and an overall failure to organise material engagingly while relying almost entirely on sensationalism and 'research' not underlined by supporting notes, evidence and references was de rigeur. It's also a very boring and irritating read, even during lockdown when one is desperate for diversion.

If you've ever wondered about this book, don't waste your money on it. You can find pretty much all you need to know about Mothman on Youtube and those TV channels no-one watches.

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Rackman

Fascinating Fact/Fiction but an exploration of humanity

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This is a famous (infamous) book relating jaded ufologist John Keel's investigations of events in the town of Point Pleasant during the 1960s UFO boom. I finally got round to reading it during a brief cryptozoology interest while writing my own sci-fi thrillers.

The whole Mothman myth centres on the eponymous winged, red-eyed black figure haunting the highways and backroads of West Virginia, scaring motorists and courting couples but otherwise not molesting them as traditional abductee stories go. It is woven with more traditional American conspiracies like the Men In Black and UFO encounters and makes for fascinating reading.

Keel strikes a good balance between the credulous and the cautious...though clearly a 'believer' he takes a more cynical, distant approach as a longtime ufologist, and one well acquainted with panicky eyewitnesses and media scaremongering. The focus culminates in the Silver River Bridge disaster, and Keel makes no excuse for connecting the various Mothman events as portents of this community disaster, as they cease immediately following (draw your own conclusions!)

It's a perfect study of post-industrial age humanity if nothing else. The blue-collar town of Point Pleasant is an archetype of the kind of America people still want to believe in - simple, white god-fearing folk, just getting on with their lives, free from government interference. Yet their credulity, fear and sociocultural anxiety gives rise to paranoia, and being susceptible to manipulation, easily amplify the 'sightings' into a general paranoia about odd 'strangers' (what could just be quirky door-to-door salesmen, census takers and market researchers or immigrants from foreign cultures) which take on a sinister government and alien dimension, ultimately providing an explanation for their fears.

One dated aspect of the narrative which modern readers may find distracting is his need to physically describe every female witness or character according to their looks and figure, but then I guess he is a UFO nerd after all!

Worth a look if you're interested in cryptozoology, but I think casual readers would find it pretty hard work.

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Robbie

Mixed bag

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Strangley compelling but frustrating. I could not make out wether he was a believer or skeptic. At times I felt like giving up and casting this book aside.Several times. Some of the stories are almost beyond belief.I perservied but damn it was hard, having to skip a pages simply down to the absurdity...I had to grit my teeth to get through certain chapters.And honestly felt most of the tales to be BS...with no real evidence to support It.
I would not recommend this purely based on the above plus its way over priced at £9! Add that It Is so frustrating to read.Then pick it up from the library.Not one for the serious collector.

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John Harrison

An exceptionally well written book for those interested in UFO lore

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 26 November 2020

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I got interested in Mothman after seeing the movie years ago. I stumbled upon this book by the same name and bought it on a whim. John A. Keel is a master of the writing craft, a self confessed funny farm candidate who provides a brilliant portrayal of what he calls the truth. I don't doubt any of it though we all ask ourselves questions. How can you not stay curious with stories of strange men dressed in oddly fitting suits with thick soled shoes seemingly troubled by ordering and consuming food with ordinary culinary utensil, MIB tales and brilliant winged creatures ordering the conscious of otherwise ordinary people into complete unbounded fear?

I really enjoyed this book. I will now read everything I get my hands on with the name JohnA. Keel. Excellent!

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sunsoul

A Classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 21 September 2019

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Just one of those books which you can read riveted page by page and suddenly you have finished it in a few days or less. The story is all over the place but inhabited by strange figures of myth and legend that suddenly seem to knock on your door and call you at 2am in the morning. It is an insightful glimpse of how the supernatural world can impact on our own reality.

There is always tension looming because you know something terrible is about to happen but no one can quite work out what. The story is a real rollercoaster of human emotion and wonderment. It is a classic and deserves to be read by all who are interested in the unknown and mysterious.

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