This site is a tribute to that unique writer and character, John A. Keel. It’s maintained by Doug Skinner, in memory of a friendship of some nineteen years. Please remember that I’m no authority on anything either, including Keel.
The title of the site comes from the calling card John used in India in the 1950s.
Thank you! Appreciate it
Comment by olivier — December 14, 2021 @ 11:56 am
On March 24, 2002 John Keel appeared as a guest on the Coast-to-Coast-AM radio program and was interviewed by Art Bell re: the Mothman Prophecies. I searched for “Art Bell” on here and nothing came up. Do you have anything re: this appearance? A written transcript of the broadcast … by any chance? Thank you so much for checking. Best Regards, JS
Comment by John Steiger — January 28, 2022 @ 1:20 pm
John — No, I don’t have anything on it, but a quick search reveals that it’s available on the Coast to Coast website. John did a number of appearances promoting the Mothman movie around this time.
Comment by Doug — January 28, 2022 @ 1:47 pm
Hi Doug. Thank you so much for all you do here. I’m a writer/Fortean investigator from NYC, heavily influenced by John’s work. I was wondering if you’d be open to me emailing you with a couple of questions about John and the New York Fortean Society? I’m curious about a couple of things that you may be able to help with. All the best!
Comment by Andrew Juhl — May 8, 2022 @ 10:24 pm
Hello Doug, is their a perpetuity plan for this website which would include the adding of “new” posts of similar nature as u have been charitably doing?
Comment by icubud — October 9, 2022 @ 2:07 pm
Icubud — I’m not sure what you mean by a “perpetuity plan.” I plan to keep maintaining the site, and posting every week. (I missed last week because of a computer problem.) And I plan to get John’s papers preserved safely somewhere. I don’t know what will happen after my death.
Comment by Doug — October 9, 2022 @ 8:22 pm
Thanks for the reply Doug. Perpetuity plan i.e. your death, I didn’t want to come across “harsh”. If I can be of assistance in putting a plan together and such, plz let me know.
Comment by icubud — October 10, 2022 @ 11:29 am
Hi Doug! First off great website and coverage of this legend that I’ve been reading and following since, oh, I was a lil lad in 1st grade. He was the first person I ever felt some weird kinship with. John Keel will always hold a special place in my heart. My question is in one of his books it’s mentioned him having lived in New Orleans do you know when he did, and where he may have stayed? I’d love to visit his general area since I myself plan on moving there.
Comment by kaptaindotkom — October 18, 2022 @ 5:40 pm
That’s in the bio for The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings, maybe elsewhere too. I don’t know where he lived, but I think it was a brief stay. He considered moving there in his later years, but decided against it, since it was too expensive for him.
Comment by Doug — October 19, 2022 @ 1:26 pm
Bless you for continuing to provide this service. I sure Mr. Keel would appreciate it, and I am 100% certain that I appreciate it. Such a wonderful resource of original thought. Your website has given my a lot of personal pleasure, and inspired much introspective thought. Thank you for keeping up the good work, and extending Mr. Keel’s influence, all these years after he left us. It’s a very worthy cause.
Comment by Richard K. Goodall — July 7, 2023 @ 1:06 pm
Thank you! I maintain the site for John’s fans. And I’m sure he would have been pleased that he still has fans!
Comment by Doug — July 7, 2023 @ 2:46 pm
In the interests of keeping John Keels papers archived and accessible might I suggest you reach out to Jeff Kripal at Rice University regarding their “ Archive of the impossible” collection. They contain the research, papers and works of Jacques Vallee, Whitley Streiber, John Mack and other notables in the field.
https://impossiblearchives.rice.edu/
And/Or upload all digitized info to The Internet Archive which the Monroe institute has done with their papers, audio recordings and videos.,None of us are getting younger and loss of the information and chain of custody will affect the veracity of the work in the future.
Best Wishes and thank you for your help
(Ps) I’d love to be able to download or ftp the content of this website as a single complete file at some point. Best Regards
Comment by Lee Keil — September 8, 2024 @ 12:37 pm
Lee — I’ve been in touch with Jeff Kripal, and will be again. I’d like to coordinate with a couple of other people who also have John’s papers.
Comment by Doug — September 9, 2024 @ 9:21 am