Indrid cold and the invaders, part 2 mysterious universe. If you dont know who indrid cold is, then youre missing out on one of the most disturbing and creepiest urban legendscryptid stories. The only place where indrid cold is connected to mothman in any way is in the mothman prophecies. The scene where indrid cold is seen for the first time in full wasnt done w. Keel investigated the 1966 events of the mysterious mothman and documented everything he found.
So, pretty much as the credits rolled up on hellier i jumped on amazon and ordered the books. Keel, barker looks at the factors that turned the elusive indrid cold into such a durable legend. The scene where indrid cold is seen for the first time in full wasnt done with cgi. But there is a point in hellier where they suggest that the whole mothman incident was caused by indrid cold and his crew making the window area in point pleasant more pronounced as a distress beacon for the third order to rescue them. Character profile for indrid cold from the mothman. With the addition of several 1990s lectures and an interview from 2003 keels last on mothman researchers and enthusiasts gain a better sense of just. Keel, the silver bridge collapse, indrid cold and mary hyre. Mothman prophecies true story john keel, silver bridge, indrid cold. He befriends a man named woodrow woody derenberger who becomes gordon smallwood in the movie and even takes him on a trip back to his home planet.
The mothman prophecies 2002 bill laing as indrid cold imdb. Disaster struck on the evening of december 15, 1967 when the point pleasant bridge to ohio collapsed into the sea. Character profile for indrid cold from the mothman prophecies. The christmas prophecies of the mothman the final girls. John keel was an avowed ufoologist im not even sure that is spelled. The mothman prophecies was released in 2002 and is based on a book by the same name written by parapsychologist john keel. I read the mothman prophecies when it was first published i know, scary, right. And the cause, for him, lies somewhere in the mystery of human consciousness and perception. Richard hatem screenwriter of the mothman prophecies. The mothman prophecies 2002 bill laing as indrid cold. John keel interested in the derenberger indrid cold details. Based on the 1975 book of the same name by parapsychologist and fortean. John is on the phone with indrid cold, with the blinds shut and the lights off he hides his watch. The mothman prophecies was written by john keel and was published first in 1975.
See more ideas about the mothman prophecies, mothman, prophecy. The mothman prophecies book were mothman witnesses eyes and ears affected. Due to the book s popularity, a movie adaptation was produced, though loosely based. See more ideas about mothman, cold, the mothman prophecies. The movie is based on a book which has none of the information he isnt even married in the book and the films script never explores this. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the mothman, trouble this ordinary american community. His name was indrid cold, also known as the grinning man, and this figure has earned a reputation in american folklore that persists to this day. The mothman prophecies is a 2002 american supernatural horrormystery film directed by mark pellington, and starring richard gere and laura linney. If you would like to know any more, please dont be afraid to send me a message and ask. The start if the book explains the lore behind all of these stories and how they repeat themselves through the ages or appear across the globe between civilisations that never met. We discuss with rich his approach to adapting john keels book, the mothman prophecies for. While john keeps cold on the line, officer mills checks on gordon.
John is on the phone with indrid cold, with the blinds shut and the lights off he hides his watch john klein. Another case detailed in the mothman prophecies book, happened in the home of the lillys, a family living in point pleasant. There is no doubt he was real, as he made contact with hundreds of people. Mothman the mothman prophecies vs battles wiki fandom. Mar 15, 2021 the mothman prophecies is a 2002 american supernatural horrormystery film directed by mark pellington, and starring richard gere and laura linney. It seems john keel is a primary source linking indrid cold to mothman, via keels book, the mothman prophecies, however, at times keel has been sort of misrepresented as inferring that mothman and indrid cold are very closely linked. With the help of the rather pretty sheriff connie laura linney, john tries to solve the meaning of the mothman s presence. But there is a point in hellier where they suggest that the whole mothman incident was caused by indrid cold and his crew making the window area in point. It actually highlighted a couple of other books too. However, 2002s the mothman prophecies comes along, and when one is knowing of the real story and john a.
Aug 27, 2012 the man communicated with derenberger telepathically and said his name was cold, and asked him strange questions, and the two talked for a few minutes. As i noted in part 1, panic broadcast on april 11, 1967 is set in rural west virginia. Keels the mothman prophecies is a book that explores the unknownhuman consciousness. Indridi indriason is possibly the spirit who had contacted woodrow derenberger of parkersburg, west virgina. Dec 30, 2019 the story of woodrow derenberger and indrid cold is strange to say the least, it often sounds like a deranged man living in a delusional world. The real men in black complete accounts humans are free.
More intriguing than the events of the bird, are the records of confrontations with the strange, men in black. For thirteen months the town of point pleasant is gripped by a reallife nightmare that culminates in a tragedy that makes headlines around the world. To my knowledge, the grinning man may actually be a different entityphenomenon, however, some but not all or even most paranormal and fortean enthusiasts are linking. Jun 06, 2017 although the story of the the mothman prophecies is set briefly in washington, d. Certainly in the movie account of the same name, movie makers took liberties which show more of an. Our fifty years with indrid cold by taunia derenberger. The townsfolk have had a series of encounters with the mothman, and soon a mysterious being named indrid cold calls john in the middle of the night. Sep 28, 2020 the most famous of these was the author john keel who ended up writing the 1975 book the mothman prophecies. The mothman prophecies 2002 frequently asked questions imdb. Derenbergers strange tale began on november 2, 1966. The fascinating story of woodrow derenberger and indrid cold. Although in the movie the mothman prophecies it is implied that indrid cold and the mothman are the same entity, this is not the case.
Although charles forts books were obviously highly influential in developing not only my theories on various paranormal topics. My contact with indrid cold the mothman prophecies. In real life, the bridge collapsed due to a stress fracture on december 15, 1967. Cold is portrayed in the book as benevolent and, unlike the indrid cold in the movie, does not lead woody to his death.
The most famous of these was the author john keel who ended up writing the 1975 book the mothman prophecies. Indrid cold contacted derenberger using telepathy which is a second form of communication on his home planet lanulos. Share your videos with friends, family, and the world. Join us as we investigate the fascinating interactions of a small group of extraterritorial visitors from the planet lanulos. In the book, author john keel attributes the sightings of both the mothman and indrid cold to supernatural, infraterrestrial or extraterrestrial causes. Indrid cold and the mothman sightings are considered separate unexplained events that happened in the same general area during the same time period. Jun 12, 2011 these media reports influenced john keel to write the book the mothman prophecies. The tragedy took place in the middle of the local rush hour which meant the bridge was full of traffic on its way home. Based on the 1975 book of the same name by parapsychologist and fortean author john keel, the screenplay was written by richard hatem. So mister keel my dads sighting in his book that was the only synchronicity correlation to th. Prophecies scene talking about the entity indrid cold if you like the movie you should read the mothman prophecies book by john a. The mothman prophecies my name is indrid cold youtube. In 2002, the mothman prophecies movie loosely adapted john keels book. Dec 16, 2020 if the first prophetic being the mothman only shows up in flashes, the second, indrid cold bill laing, doesnt really show up at all.
As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with. Indrid cold, or the grinning man, is a legendary figure of the 1960s. There really should be a seperate article on indrid cold, since there is really a lot of interesting stuff about him that has nothing to do with the mothman 206. The mothman prophecies indrid cold 2002 the mothman prophecies scene talking about the entity indrid cold if you like the movie you should read the mothman prophecies book by john a. Few people with a knowledge of the mothman indrid cold saga will need telling that the vast majority of the mid1960s events described in john keels the mothman prophecies, and in gray barkers the silver bridge, occurred in rural parts of west virginia. It is a figure we never see in the film, but only hear in a disembodied, electronic voice over the phone. The film used the idea of indrid cold and even had a character named gordon that was based on woodrow derenberger. Keel is more interested in the root causes of phenomena than the evidence. Glenn wilson who worked at wtaptv had these reel to reel tapes for close. Basically, indrid cold is a figure who is always grinning, and regularly shows up at the same time of other unexplained phenomena lights in the sky, ufos, aliens, mothman, etc. The mysterious saga of indrid cold mysterious universe.
As a sidebar, my two uncles recently saw a ufo while in the new mexico mountains. As we continue our investigation into the mothman case, now looking at the other strange occurrence around this case, the legend of indrid cold. Jan 14, 2018 his name was indrid cold, also known as the grinning man, and this figure has earned a reputation in american folklore that persists to this day. Many of the articles in the book of mothman were written years before keels mothman prophecies, while others were written years afterwards, making it a very unique and valuable source.
The mothman indrid cold the grinning man real unexplained. The book of mothmanthe eighth towerthe mothman sightingsjohn a. Mothman prophecies true story john keel, silver bridge. Indrid cold the grinning man illuminati mind control. The book was later adapted into a 2002 film, starring richard gere. The guy john from the mothman prophecies was a real person whos real name was john keel if you look him up he had many close encounters and personally meet indrid cold he left his encounters in his journal, another man meet him to and told his local press his name was woodrow derenberger. There really should be a seperate article on indrid cold, since there is really a lot of interesting stuff about him that has nothing to do with the mothman 1 206. Discover the mothman prophecies as its meant to be heard, narrated by craig wasson. Keels the mothman prophecies is not a novel, nor is it. Mar 15, 2018 the book is titled the mothman prophecies, however, the accounts of the aforementioned entity are simply an appendage to the aerial assault of sightings that stirred the quaint town.
This novel tells the encounters with various strange phenomena around point pleasant, virginia mainly focusing on the mothman entity. My recent article on mothman and a controversial story that appeared in a 2014 edition of soldier of fortune prompted a few comments here at mysterious universe. Although the story of the the mothman prophecies is set briefly in. It set me on a quest to read every horrifying book i could get my hands on and the mothman prophecies fell into that category. Maybe indrid cold needs to reach out and let me know how all this is supposed to work because it sounds like a load of garbage and in some ways is really similar to h. The book mentions woodrow derenberger and his encounters with indrid cold along with the many other strange things that are said to have happened in west virginia 1966 and 1967. Derenbergers conversation lasted about ten minutes. One of the characters that shows up in that book is a strange selfproclaimed alien observer with a big smile named indrid cold.
Features an extended epilogue by the editor, andy colvin. Mar 29, 2009 myself, i think indird cold is a made up character for the book, the mothman prophecies. Keels book, the movie makes you think differently about true story horror. In 1975, john keel published his book mothman prophecies which detailed his experiences in west virginia investigating ufos and the mothman. Ultimately, its not relevant whether it was really his wife, whether it was indrid cole i. It appears as though derenberger might have paid a high price for the notoriety. The mothman prophecies was released in 2002 and is based on a book by the. It also prompted one person to message me at facebook, asking how i felt this impacts on the story of the ultimate grinning man, indrid cold, who while not directly connected to the mothman saga has certainly become a. One night on a lonely stretch of highway just outside of parkersburg, wv a businessman on his way home from work encountered. Compare the mothman prophecies movie to the mothman true story, including john a. Keep in mind that any answer anyone can provide is merely conjecture, as there is no verifiable proof that mothman indrid cold actually exist. Throughout this period, derenbergers direct contacts with indrid cold continued. Drawing on interviews with cold s primary contacts, as well as with the mothman prophecies author, john a.
John keel author the mothman prophecies just happened to be at my house talking to my dad about indrid cold during the time people started seeing the mothman and silver bridge fell it was just coincidence. I have to say this because i get criticized on here for not providing simple answers to complex questio. The mothman was introduced to a wider audience by gray barker in 1970. Looks like the character from the mothman prophecies. Jan 25, 2002 the mothman prophecies claims to be based on a true story, which sent me racing to the web for a little research. The woodrow derenberger interview tapes now sit in public view at the mothman museum. The mothman prophecies 2002 frequently asked questions.
The mothman prophecies like a thing foretold that doesnt live up to advanced billing, the mothman prophecies develops as a portentous journey into cinematic doom which fails to fully evoke its. May 25, 2017 richard geres character, john klein questioning the interdimensional being, indrid cold, from the 2002 motion picture, the mothman prophecies point pleasant, west virginia, where locals reported seeing an otherworldly creature, who would later become dubbed as the mothman. And indrid cold tells prophecies to men, exclusively. In fact, it probably would have been long forgotten if not for its connection to the famous mothman story in west virginia. Music video director mark pellington has given us a movie that not only interests genre fans, but actually pulls through on bringing you a big case of the creeps. I was in high school and had just discovered stephen king, a newish author that scared the hell out of me. Keel describes in his book, the mothman prophecies, the stories about who and what he might be range from alien visitations to the manifestation of a 200 year old curse placed on the region by shawnee chief cornstalk. Aug 03, 2018 my recent article on mothman and a controversial story that appeared in a 2014 edition of soldier of fortune prompted a few comments here at mysterious universe. The continuous media invasion on their private life and the constant ridicule the family received was enough for derenbergers wife.
As derenberger, a salesman, was returning to his home in mineral wells. Feb 27, 2019 watching hellier quickly reminded me of the tragic story of point pleasant and brought me back to keels book, the mothman prophecies. What is the connection between indrid cold and the mothman. Some say he is a spirit evoked by a longdead indian chief. But it is very probable that they may have quite possibly been related. Who was indrid cold, and how was he able to know so much about what. And, yes, there is a belief among the folks in point pleasant, w.
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