And here’s the second part of “Red-Eyed Monster Haunts Ohio Valley,” in the “Mothman Casebook.” Actually, now that I think about it, it may be a separate document, just bound after the first. At any rate, here it is. It was later used in Strange Creatures from Time and Space.
The folder labeled “Mothman Casebook” isn’t really a casebook. It contains four articles John wrote about Mothman: “Red-Eyed Monster Haunts Ohio Valley,” “Special Report: West Virginia’s Enigmatic ‘Bird’,” “UFOs and the Bridge Disaster,” and “It’s a bird… it’s a plane…No, No, it’s ‘Mothman’ (gulp).” The second appeared in somewhat different form in Flying Saucer News, and the fourth, as “Mothman Monster,” in Saga. I haven’t been able to trace the first and the third. There is, of course, repetition in these articles, and all the material was reworked for The Mothman Prophecies. But here are John’s early attempts at telling the story, as they left his typewriter, with all their corrections, deletions, and extra notes.
So, we’ll start with “Red-Eyed Monster Haunts Ohio Valley.” It’s headed “UFO #4,” but I don’t know which magazine or newsletter that means. Here’s the first part.
These last entries conclude John’s unfinished UFO dictionary. He takes us through a few definitions concerning the electromagnetic spectrum, and then ends on a rather glum note with the Protocols of Zion, a hoax that unfortunately continues to influence readers, including UFO buffs.
John left no indication of what he meant to do with this material; I assume he hoped to sell it as either a magazine feature or a book. I find it most useful for the definitions of his own terms, and for the less familiar ideas from past ufology. At any rate, here it all is, for you to consult as you like.
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