UE; TSFS, March 6th, 2019A woman is awoken in the early morning hours by a sinister and monster-like growling outside of her home in Woodstock, Illinois. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. (An interactive map of the sightings can be found here.) The terrifying myth of The Mothman was born in 1966 when gravediggers reported seeing something big soaring over their heads and moving quickly from tree to tree, as reported by ati. UE; MUFON/P&M, October 19th, 2019A man reports a shrieking giant-sized bat fly overhead as he is smoking a cigarette outside of a wedding reception in Rosemont, Illinois. Date of Sighting: December 30, 2021 The Singular Fortean Society (Tobias & Emily Wayland) 2016-2020. Royal Time Traveler, Illuminati Psychic, Human with a Tail, Drug-Sniffing Squirrels and More Mysterious News Briefly, Centaurs at Area 51, Monster Penguins, Three-Armed People, Nuclear Mars Ships and More Mysterious News Briefly. Standout witness statements are excerpted below: Location: Northerly Island during solar eclipse, As reported to: Phantoms & Monsters website. The gravediggers from Clendenin, West Virginiaallegedly described the strange sighting as a brown human being.. The entity has also been referred to as the 'Chicago Mothman', 'Chicago Owlman' & 'O'Hare Mothman' or 'O'Hare Batman.' - Chicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive Map - Please feel free to contact me at lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com - your anonymity is guaranteed. LB; P&M, July 27th, 2017A person headed home from work reports a large, bat-like creature perched atop a light pole. Each witness has had a feeling of dread and foreboding, which I believe translates into a warning of some type. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/OQgfzkWebsite: http://paranormaljunkie.nethttp://. The witness also revealed that the airline (assumed to be American) has covered up other similar incidents: many witnesses have either been terminated, laid off or reassigned to other workstations in order to keep these sightings under wraps.. Could These Monster-Sized Snakes Be Beaten? No legs were noticed, but could have been tucked up under the body. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ Chicago - Size and shape: between 6 and 10 feet tall, 10+ foot wingspan. UE; P&M, 1987A man in rural Indiana reports a sighting of a "human-like" flying creature with "glowing red eyes" that sparks a decades-long series of encounters. Brian Rich/Chicago Sun-Times It was freaky.. . LB; P&M, April 10th, 2018A woman reports a winged creature with "bat-like" wings near Oak Park. UE; P&M, November 26th, 2019A man reports a seven-foot-tall person with wings while standing outside of a cargo dock at OHare International Airport in Chicago. UE; TSFS, Summer of 2002A teenager reports a gargoyle with feathered wings in Babcock, Wisconsin. As Strickler continues his hunt for the elusive being; only time and more sighting reports will shed light on this story. UE; UFOCH, March 29th, 2018An investigator photographs an "enormous" bird 40 miles west of Chicago. UE; P&M, 1999A woman, along with her husband and a girlfriend, report a flying, red-eyed gargoyle in Rockford, Illinois. The Mothman in Chicago An interactive map of sightings of the Chicago Mothman over the past two years. After a few moments there was a light display and the "Batman" was gone. And I believe he did, but it was down at Northerly Island and I was up at Montrose Beach.. Every monster will have its hunters, but more importantly, the legend that monster leaves behind. The tale of the Mothman begins back in the 1960s in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where over the course of 13 months it allegedly appeared to multiple people and even heralded the fatal collapse . hide caption. The entity has also been referred to as the 'Chicago Mothman', 'Chicago Owlman' & 'O'Hare Mothman.' - Chicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive Map - Please feel free to contact me at lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com - your anonymity is guaranteed. Robbie Telfer is a performance poet, teacher and conservationist. Scientistsbelieve that the most likely explanation for the Mothmanis a sandhill crane. I saw that it was not a drone, and the size of a large car. LB; TSFS, November 1st, 2015A woman reports a crow man hovering over a high-rise near Chicagos Washington Park. UE; P&M, August of 2004A woman reports an "all blackman with huge bat-like wings" flying over the park near her home in Rockford, Illinois. Students at Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center on the South Side in May participated in the school's annual fundraising walk-a-thon. Map of the current sighting locations. This was later turned into a terrible movie starring Richard Gere and if the creature truly was a herald of doom, it should haveappeared to anyone about to buy a ticket. The most recent incident, on June 3rd, occurred in the Lincoln Park area around 10:00 PM local time. Now he's seeking clemency so he can continue his education. UE; UFOCH, May 17th, 2022A father and daughter claim to have recorded three winged humanoids while outside of their home in Bensenville, Illinois. Paul Seaburn is the editor at Mysterious Universe and its most prolific writer. UE; UFOCH, July 2020A man reports seeing a six-to-seven-foot-tall very big bat [that] was also very human-like in appearance while on break from his job as an air traffic controller at Chicagos OHare International Airport. This thing didn't have any feathers or fur, and it didn't fly like anything I've ever seen., VICE also interviewed Dr David A. Gallo, a memory expert from the University of Chicago, who gave his own explanation for the surge in sightings. Covering a story for the Washington Post, John Klein (Richard Gere) drives south towards Richmond. City limits encompass an area of approximately one square mile; much of this area . LB; UFOCH, August 1st, 2017A witness reports a flying humanoid over Elgin, Illinois. Chicago 'Mothman' | Police Accounts Believe Winged..Something Still Roams City - YouTube Over the last two years, something strange has been happening in and around the city of Chicago. Probably Not! No sound. LB; P&M, Mid-November of 2016A man and his son report a large, dark flying humanoid while duck hunting in West Alton, Missouri. mothman chicago map 14 Jun. PH (Potential Hoax): These sightings are the likeliest to have been deliberate hoaxesthe information given has been proven to contradict verifiable facts. Its impressive wingspan, between 1.65 and 2.3 meters (5.4 and 7.6 feet), and red coloration around the eyes make it a great candidate to explain the cryptid. In the late 1960s, people around Point Pleasant, West Virginia, began reporting sightings of a creature that would later be dubbed "Mothman." It would reportedly emerge, fly as fast as 100 mph. The airport supervisors and TSA, as well as the carrier managements, are doing all they can to suppress sighting disclosure.. Below are some clues weve gathered based on reported sightings and interviews. LB; UFOCH, July 5th, 2019A witness reports a pterosaur while driving home in Wheaton, Illinois. A few images can be found on the website of Lon Strickler, who collects evidence on Chicago's winged humanoid. But, for the sake of science, weve compiled everything we were able to surmise into a digital case file. UE; P&M, August 28th, 2017A delivery driver reports a "large man with wings" flying over the same area of McCook as the sightings reported on August 22nd. Location of Sighting: American Airlines Hangar OHare International Airport- Chicago, IL At this point, I feel that this being may be attempting to distinguish a connection between locales within the city and future events. Bantz's drawing of his sighting. If you go to the spot featured in that image of the map, there is no Mothman to be seen. UE; P&M, Late August 2020Two sisters report what looked like a body shrouded in wings flying in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. LB; UFOCH, September 9th, 2017A group of friends reports a "black demon with large wings" in Chicago's Little Village. It climbed higher and turned twiceI can tell you that it glided just like a bird. Courtesy of Johnny Pippins and Fortepan Iowa/WBEZ Chicago The creature stood in front of the car the group of sitting in, according to eyewitnesses Roger Scarberry and Steve Mallet. LB; P&M, Summer of 2019A man reports "a large, dark, man-sized bat-bird 'thing'" flying behind his home in Franklin Park, Illinois. Another hotspot for Mothman . LB; UFOCH, August 21st, 2017A second sighting of a shadowy flying humanoid reportedly occurs in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. My informant has relayed other previous incidents. Click here to view the live map. UE; UFOCH, Early December, 2019A woman reports a flying gargoyle while driving near Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Sign up today to get weekly science coverage direct to your inbox. LB; P&M, February 22nd, 2019A man in Woodstock, Illinois reports a large, winged being covered in dark fur illuminated by the headlights of his car as the being crosses the street in front of him. LB; P&M, August 8th, 2019A pilot reports "a large human with enormous wings and glowing red eyes perched upon a rail" at O'Hare International Airport. UE; UFOCH, September 26th, 2017A nightclub performer reports a "man-bat" crouched on top of a light pole in Chicago's West Lakeview. This was linked to the Mothman and the myth was cemented. We were watching and observing as the moon begin its transit when we heard a very loud scream. LB; P&M, April 12th, 2018Two elderly women reportedly witness a dark winged being vanish in West Lakeview. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Alex Degman, Congregation members respond during an Antioch Missionary Baptist Church service at Calahan Funeral Home. When I first started reading about all of the different sightings, I was very excited about it. The second interesting case is an earlier sighting which occurred on March 22nd to a local truck driver and Chicago local, Billy Bantz. Sarah Becan/sarahbecan.com Sarah Becan is a Chicago comics artist who draws mostly food and monsters (including many Monsterffirmations, as she calls them). In the city, Mothfolk are spotted all over, though most often by bodies of water. UE; P&M, July 20th, 2017A car full of friends on Lake Shore Drive report a "giant flying bat." UFOCH (UFO Clearinghouse): These sightings were received/investigated by Manuel Navarette of UFO Clearinghouse. P&M (Phantoms and Monsters): These sightings were received/investigated by Lon Strickler of Phantoms and Monsters. In an interview with Mysterious Universe, Strickler pointed to two sightings on his website that he states are the most compelling. There were reportedly at least 55 sightings of the so-called Mothman in the Chicago area in 2017. . According to the report. Probably Not! Our investigative group is conducting a serious examination of his phenomenon. While they did experience some odd battery drains on their equipment, nothing conclusive was found. At first we thought thats what it wasmaybe a CTA bus or big truck with brakes that needed changing or maintenance. However, Ann believes there may be an eight-day pattern to these sightings, The way the dates are falling, I am going to guess that the next sighting will be either on June 14th or 18th. It went almost straight up and I lost it in the clouds. UE; TSFS/P&M, February 21st, 2020A security guard at Chicagos OHare International Airport reports a "very tallsolid black" creature with "glowing red eyes." (Image: Billy Bantz/Lon Strickler). UE; UFOCH, September 5th, 2011A man reportedly followed a creature with "bat-like wings, a small bulbous head and what seemed to be 'tentacles' extending from behind it" that hed seen flying over the Jackson Park Highlands neighborhood in Chicago. Bantz believes that this incident has affected his life. The Case Of The Chicago Mothman. "It didn't look like a bat so much as what illustrations of pterodactyls look like, with the slenderness of its head and its wing shape," he said. These phenomena culminated on December 15, 1967, with the collapse of the Silver Bridge across the Ohio River at Point Pleasant. On the same day, a witness walking with their children reports a similar creature in River Forest. UE; UFOCH/P&M/TSFS, August 5th, 2021A woman claims to have seen a black, seven-foot-tall winged humanoid with glowing yellow eyes while working at the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee. UE; P&M, Fall of 1971Retired police officer David Ramos reports an encounter with a shadowy winged humanoid he had when he was 12 years old near the North Branch of the Chicago River. I looked up to see a large object flying low over the docks that stick out in to Burnham Harbor from across the water This object looked like a large black bat, but also had humanoid features such as pronounced arms and legs., Location: West Town neighborhood, Chicago, I was spending the afternoon on a rooftop, and I saw something in the sky fairly high up and fairly far away. Sightings of a large winged humanoid in the skies over the Windy City began in 2011 and have yet to let up. This year, however, the town at the center of the mystery welcomed people across the US to explore the Mothman Museum and take photos with the iconic statue. Paul likes to add a bit of humor to each MU post he crafts. Our investigative group is conducting a serious examination of his phenomenon. Witnesses and artists have depicted Mothman as a tall, owl-like creature with membrane wings. UE; P&M, October 5th, 2019A ride-share driver reports a "tall creature" with "bright red eyes" and "large wings near Chicagos OHare International Airport. Bantz, like the many other people who reported seeing a strange flying humanoid over Chicago, just wants to know what is going on. UE; UFOCH. ), we were unable to get to the bottom of this mystery. Enter Lon Strickler, an expert in the field of cryptids and founder of the popular website, Phantoms and Monsters. - Possibly confused with: a barred owl, a shitepoke, a sandhill crane, a drone costume, another Chicago cryptid. The only possible explanation I can think of is that somebody caught the Mothman and chained him to this spot! Mothman Winged humanoid creature reported in West Virginia from November 1966 to December 1967, along with strange lights, apparitions of men in black, and other occult phenomena supposedly connected with UFOs. The tale of the Mothman begins back in the 1960s in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where over the course of 13 months it allegedly appeared to multiple people andeven heralded the fatal collapse of the city's Silver Bridge in 1967. UE; TSFS, March 7th, 2019A woman driving in Woodstock, Illinois is reportedly startled to see an extremely tall being with fur and wings run in front of her car. Subscribe Today! The coincidence of the Mothman sightings in Chicago and the onset of a truly bonkers year is not lost its citizens. Based upon true events around 1966-1967, The Mothman Prophecies centers around a rash of weird, somewhat supernatural, events reportedly occurring in and around Point Pleasant, West Virginia. UE; P&M, Early spring 2010A man reports a four-and-a-half-foot dark-colored entity perched on the peak of his neighbor's roof. UE; P&M, Late summer of 2010Two teens report seeing a winged "deerbat" while driving outside of Rockford, Illinois; a second sighting of something described as a flying tar man reportedly took place nearby around the same time. Each year, Mothman enthusiasts gather in Point Pleasant for the Mothman Festival, but for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they had to cancel. - Other reported features: fur, leather-like skin, bat wings, no neck. Days after that first sighting, two couples reported finding a white-winged creature standing six or seven feet tall in the nearby town of Point Pleasant. UE; P&M, August 2020A witness claims that they and five of their family members saw a wingless humanoid fly over Market Street in Waukegan, Illinois. she says. The entity has also been referred to as the 'Chicago Mothman', 'Chicago Owlman' & 'O'Hare Mothman.' - Chicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive Map - Please feel free to contact me at lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com - your anonymity is guaranteed. When we demanded that we see our union steward first, we were told this was a matter of internal security and that this superseded the authority of the union.. Louis Public Radio UE; P&M, April 10th, 2017A woman walking her dog in Chicago's Oz Park reports a run-in with a paralyzing winged being. UE; TSFS, October 27th, 1969Floyd Hancock is said to have been abducted from his home as a young child for an indeterminate amount of time by a tall, winged humanoid before being returned. The first Mothman sightings occurred near the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia in 1966. LB; P&M, July 3rd, 2019A man in Rosemont, Illinois, reports a large black animal flying over the Des Plaines River. Screaming, flying toward lake, disappearing, going real fast, portenting, looking at people with eyeballs. Press J to jump to the feed. According to the report to UFO Clearinghouse (read the full account here), the four workers complied to avoid losing their jobs, but that wasnt the end of this incident. 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