http://garrygolden.com/wp-plain.php The Mothman Prophecies was dedicated “To Mary Hyre and the People of West Virginia.” Here’s an earlier, longer draft (back when the working title was still The Year of the Garuda).
On a starlit hilltop in West Virginia Mary Hyre asked: “What does it all mean? What could I write about it?” “It’s too soon to write about it,” I replied. “Nobody would believe you anyway.” “Well, maybe someday we’ll know. And maybe someday somebody will be ready to believe it.”
For Mary Hyre, who asked many of the questions in this book but left us before we had the answers.