Boingboing has a post reminding us that it’s a week until the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Of all the crypto-zoo creatures, the Mothman is definitely one of the stranger critters out there (or not out there…). I love the statue the town erected; it looks like a giant action figure, complete with six-pack abs, tights, a fancy belt and an extra masculine hairy chest. It’s a far cry from Tick sidekick Arthur, anyhow.
I’d love to check this fest out, as I’m a huge fan of the 2002 film The Mothman Prophecies, one of the best modern horror films out there (a film that failed because Richard Gere fans don’t want to see a horror flick and horror fans don’t want to watch a Richard Gere film — although he’s great in it). The town also hosts The Mothman Museum, which has all kinda stuff from the film, and, oddly, apparently a letter signed by Robert F. Kennedy(!).
A Travelogue on the Mothman Festival and the museum would be awesome. That’s a hint to any accomplished writers out there in the Point Pleasant area that want to pitch us a piece.
Of course, this leaves one very important question: who would win in a fight between the Mothman and a Sasquatch?
DISCUSS!
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You love MothMan. I love writing Travelogues. Sounds like a ROAD TRIP that needs organizing.
And judging solely from the photos supplied, the winner is …. Mothman.
I’m sorry. Mothra never had much luck throwing down on Godzilla and Bigfoot would kick Mothman’s fuzzy butt. I’ve thought long and hard about this.
I think the sasquatch would win cuz he’s like all hairy, and strong, and junk. Plus he could just hold up a really big lantern and the mothman would totally wear himself out buzzing around it and bouncing off the glass. Edge=Sasquatch!
Is no one factoring in the element of flight here? Surely the Mothman could drop a big rock on the ‘squatch’s head. Or one of those outlawed lawn darts. That would do some friggin’ damage!
C’mon…everyone knows that those wings are totally vestigial!!! Plus those years of hiking in the Pacific Northwest have completely jacked ‘squatch’s cardio. Do I even have to mention his ninja-like stealth? I didn’t think so.
Well, I guess Sasquatch also has the power of invisibility.
“Well, I guess Sasquatch also has the power of invisibility.”
True, but that hardly gives him an edge over the Mothman’s laser eyes. I mean, really….
OMG! You’re either with the Mothman, or you’re with the terrorists:
http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/bin-laden-bf/
My family and I live about 40 minutes from Point Pleasant. I’ve been to the Mothman Festival once. It was pretty great, but I was generally more interested in getting horror bootleg stuff( that had a booth of guys based out of Chicago) and t-shirts than anything else. My father, however, did a ton of in-depth research and wrote a few articles about it. He’s a casual Rue Morgue reader, maybe I could convince him to propose something…
If it sounds like something he’d be into, we’d be interested in talking with him. Are any of his articles online?
We can easily be reached at “our names” @ rue-morgue.com
Cheers.