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  • The Mothman Prophecies

  • By: John A. Keel
  • Narrated by: Craig Wasson
  • Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (1,426 ratings)

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The Mothman Prophecies

By: John A. Keel
Narrated by: Craig Wasson
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Publisher's summary

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

Translated into over thirteen languages, John Keel's unsettling account of what he encountered in Point Pleasant has long been regarded as a classic in the literature of the unexplained. It is now the basis of a major motion picture starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney.

The Mothman Prophecies is also available in print from Tor Books.

©1991 John A. Keel (P)16 9; 2002 Random House, Inc.

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  • 12-07-04

very insightful and well read

I'm a zoologist, and I ejoyed this book thoroghly. It was insightful and knowledgable. Some people complain that the title was "decieving", due to lack of information on the Mothman. Keel only spends a chapter talking about this winged creature, but what was there was very interesting. Being in the field of zoology, I come across cryptids like the Mothman all the time. the most popular being obviously, bigfoot and nessie. If these subjects interest you then you should find this to be a very interesting listen.

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not terrible but....

when I was thinking about moth man I was expecting for the book to be all about it I'd say 1/16 of it was then the rest went more along the lines of UFOs which wasn't really bad but if I wanted a book about UFOs I would have bought that instead

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Terrific!!!

This audio book gives the reader a detailed and vivid description of mothman and its authentic sightings.From my side,I advise every aspiring crytozoology and UFOlogy student to listen to this audio book.

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Amazing book turned into a crap movie.

What made the experience of listening to The Mothman Prophecies the most enjoyable?

The deeper Keel takes you into his experiences during the "Year of the Garuda" the more you find yourself questioning the things you "know" about the world around you. Presented in a style more reminiscent of a collection of articles than a single narrative Keel brings the reader into an ever more strange, and increasingly threatening microcosm consisting of true believers and the seemingly omnipresent phenomena that haunt them. Perhaps the most disturbing part of the book is Keels own decent into paranoid madness. The electronic "malfunctions", the men in black, a phone line issue that seems more than happenstance. John Keel finds himself no longer a simple documentarian, but a player in this wild and terrifying "game". In his search for an explanation Keel develops a strange and disconcerting hypothesis, connecting all the wild experiences that have been happening around him. Mothman, Indrid Cold, Strange Lights in the Sky, The Men in Black, for Keel they are not separate unexplainable phenomenon, for John Keel, they are all related and about a purpose that at best is indifferent to the pain and fear they cause, and at worst, enjoying the suffering they bring.

What did you like best about this story?

When Keel begins to express just how deep he went down the rabbit hole you get a feel for just how "real" all these unbelievable things are. Is there a Mothman? Are their Aliens? Are the Men in Black listening to your phone calls? The reality of these things becomes inconsequential, for Keel believes them to be true. By surrounding himself with "true" believers and immersing himself in all the "unexplainable" events surrounding Point Pleasant Keel falls into madness. Paranoia takes over and we see that, even were there no validity to the amazing events of that year, the power of belief held by those people possessed a danger of its own.

What does Craig Wasson bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The narrator is nothing special, he reads well but with little panache

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Even if its only in your mind, it doesn't mean its not real.

Any additional comments?

LOVED IT. And it still gives me the wiggins

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Love it, heart it several times a year

Great narrator, I love Mr Keel's way of treating these topics he must have been the ultimate adventurer and storyteller. I also love the movie.

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Monsters

A book about sightings of monsters and ufos. Craig Wasson did excellent job of narration.

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Not what was expected, but suprisingly better!!

As has been stated, this book has little in common with the movie, and though I loved the movie and would have liked a more focused examination of it, this book turned out ot be infinitely more riveting. This is no novel, it is a collection of observations expressed by a journalist with a literary style that is absolutely captivating, amusing, and simultaneously disturbing. Instead of shocking us with outrageous and overly colorful depictions of events, John Keel has an amazing ability to evoke the inherent eeriness in what might seem the most mundane interactions, which when carefully analyzed, provide profoundly unsettling conclusions. He does not force his interpretation of these events, but leaves the reader to make up his or her mind. If you want a book to capture your imagination for hour upon hour on end by a talented author with a wry wit and healthy amounts of both marvel and cynicism, you will listen to this book several times without any loss of interest.

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A good pick up.

I chose this title based on the reviews slagging it for not being based on the movie. This is pretty much in documentary form, which I find more interesting than the movie, and doesn't include the Hollywood embellishments. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of this story is the linking of several phenomena. From mothman to UFO's to poltergiests and the infamous MIB, Keal links them all together. Definitely for the conpiracy theorist.
I was a bit disappointed with the second half of the book though. At points it was more far-fetched than I was willing to go, which almost threw the entire story out for me. Still, the first half was excellent and aside from the problems with the second half was still a very enjoyable listen.

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The movie was good, the book was even better!

There is no way I am going to pass this book up! I have been a huge fan of stories such as this and either if it's real or not, everyone should have an open mind about this very subject! Fantastic!

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I understand more

I have always been interested in this story. The eyewitness and the stories they tell are very credible. This is great account of what happened in point pleasant.

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