Movies: The Mothman Prophecies

The Mothman Prophecies was released in 2002, and based upon a novel of the same name released in 1975. Apparently the narrative is based upon actual events that occurred between 1966 and 1967 in Point Pleasant Virginia.

The movie follows a reporter by the name of John Klein. Two years prior to the incident he and his wife had a car accident. Some months later she died from a tumor. However, John finds drawings of a mysterious black figure with rings and red eyes. A creature he thought he saw on the night of the accident.

One night, John finds himself in Point Pleasant, hundreds of miles away from his usual area in Georgetown. He is experiencing missing time as he has no idea why he is here. His car also broke down. He goes to a nearby home to ask to use a phone to call for help. The owner, Gordon Smallwood, says this is the third time he has done this and is going to shoot him for harassing his family. Eventually the police are called to settle things out. John has never met or even knows of Smallwood.

Evidently people in the town have been having strange dreams, hearing voices, and seeing things. John begins to investigate. Eventually John starts to receive unusual calls, making him further investigate. Gordon contacts John and tells him that the beings that have been harassing him made their presence known. One of them is called Indrid Cold. Gordon is later found dead.

John seeks out an expert, Alexander Leek, who claims that this being or group of beings are spirits who heralds disasters. He point out various legends where apparition and strange phenomena happen coinciding with a disaster. These beings are usually warning others...or causing the events themselves. These beings are sighted all over the world. However, many of them believe to be extraterrestrials, as UFOs are often sighted during their appearance. Mothman behavior mimics many contactee experiences in the sense that they operate in the night giving cryptic clues, prophetic visions, are even visitations.

On Christmas Eve, he returns to Point Pleasant to visit Officer Connie Mills, who he became friends with during the investigation. That day though, the Silver Bridge collapse over the Ohio River, killing 36 individuals. Something that was being warned about, and something the Connie was told in a dream.