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 traveling from hundreds of miles away。 Television crews and newsmen from other states hovered around the old generator plant; hoping to glimpse the monster。 Some visitors divided their time between the TNT area and Woodrow Derenberger's farm in Mineral Wells。
  
  Mothman was not to be outsmarted; however。 He staged his appearances with clever showmanship; popping up in unexpected places in front of witnesses who had previously been skeptical。
  
  At 7:15 A。M。 on November 25; a young shoe salesman named Thomas Ury was driving along Route 62 just north of the TNT area when he noticed a tall; gray manlike figure standing in a field by the road。 〃Suddenly it spread a pair of wings;〃 Ury said; 〃and took off straight up; like a helicopter。
  
  〃It veered over my convertible and began going in circles three telephone poles high。〃
  
  He stepped on the gas as the creature zoomed down over his vehicle。 〃It kept flying right over my car even though I was doing about seventy…five。〃
  
  Mr。 Ury sped into Point Pleasant and went straight to the sheriff's office thoroughly panicked。 〃I never saw anything like it;〃 he confided to Mrs。 Hyre later。 〃I was so scared I just couldn't go to work that day。 This thing had a wingspan every bit of ten feet。 It could be a bird; but I certainly never saw one like it。 I was afraid it was going to e down right on top of me。〃
  
  The old familiar symptom; unreasonable terror; took hold of him。 〃I've never had that feeling before。 A weird kind of fear;〃 he said。 〃That fear gripped you and held you。 Somehow; the best way to explain it would be to say that the whole thing just wasn't right。 I know that may not make sense; but that's the only way I can put into words what I felt。〃
  
  That same week some very freakish birds appeared in Ohio and Pennsylvania; far north of Point Pleasant。 George Wolfe; Jr。; twenty…three; of Beaver Falls; Pennsylvania; was out hunting when he came across a 〃seven…foot…tall bird that looked something like an ostrich〃 in a cornfield。
  
  〃I could see it dodging in and out among the trees;〃 he said。 〃It didn't leap over the brush like a deer would do; but just zig…zagged through the trees; in a strange sidewise motion。
  
  〃I was so startled I didn't take a shot at it。 It had a long neck and a round body with a plumed tail that reached high above its body。
  
  〃It was a grayish color and looked about seven feet tall。 It was about fifty feet from me when it stood up and began to run。 My dog ran after it; but when Old Ringo caught up with it; he let out a howl。 'He ran back to me with his tail between his legs and he was howling and whimpering。〃
  
  In Lowell; Ohio; about seventy miles north of Point Pleasant; Marvin Shock and his family watched a group of gigantic birds for about two hours on November 26。 〃They looked about as big as a man would look moving around in the trees;〃 Shock reported。 〃When we started walking toward them for a closer look…we were about one hundred yards from them…they took off and flew up the ridge。〃
  
  Shock; his two children; and Ewing Tilton; a neighbor; watched the creatures from a distance。 They were from four to five feet tall and had a wingspread of at least ten feet。 There was 〃a reddish cast〃 to their heads; but the witnesses did not see the famous glowing red eyes。
  
  〃They had dark brown backs with some light flecks;〃 Ewing Tilton noted。 〃Their breasts were gray and they had five…or…six…inch bills; straight; not curved like those of hawks or vultures。〃
  
  These reports indicate that some very unusual birds were in the general region at the time of the Mothman fracas; even though a systematic search of ornithological literature has failed to identify the creatures seen by Wolfe; Shock; and Ewing。 One Ohio college professor insisted it was a rare sandhill crane; so I carried a picture of the sandhill crane in my briefcase and not a single witness recognized it or thought it resembled what he or she had seen。
  
  Altogether; more than one hundred adults would see this winged impossibility in 1966…67。 Those who got a close look at it all agreed on the basic points。 It was gray; apparently featherless; as large…or larger…than a big man; had a wingspread of about ten feet; took off straight up like a helicopter; and did not flap its wings in flight。 Its face was a puzzle。 No one could describe it。 The two red eyes dominated it。 (In a majority of the reports of angels; demons; and saucer spacemen the faces are also either covered in some manner or are nonexistent。)
  
  The 〃ostrich〃 in Pennsylvania and the big birds in Ohio did not seem to fit into the picture。 If they were real birds of some kind; where did they go? Why weren't they seen again?
  
  On the evening of November 26; a housewife in St。 Al…bans; a suburb of Charleston; West Virginia; found Mothman standing on her front lawn。 Mrs。 Ruth Foster was one of the very few witnesses who claimed to see a face on the creature。
  
  〃It was standing on the lawn beside the porch;〃 Mrs。 Foster said。 〃It was tall with big red eyes that popped out of its face。 My husband is six feet one and this bird looked about the same height or a little shorter; maybe。
  
  〃It had a funny little face。 I didn't see any beak。 All I saw were those big red poppy eyes。 I screamed and ran back into the house。 My brother…in…law went out to look; but it was gone。〃
  
  The next morning the winged phantom pursued young Connie Carpenter near the Mason; West Virginia; golf course (Chapter Two)。 That evening; it encored in St。 Albans。 Sheila Cain; thirteen; and her younger sister were walking home from the store when they saw an enormous 〃something〃 standing next to a local junk yard。 (*)
  
  〃It was gray and white with big red eyes;〃 Sheila reported; 〃and it must have been seven feet tall…taller than a I man。 I screamed and we ran home。 It flew up in the air | and followed us part of the way。〃
  
  Aerodynamically; Mothman was ill…suited for flight。 A I creature larger than a big man; and therefore weighing in excess of two hundred pounds; would require more than a ten…foot wingspan to get aloft。 And large birds take off by running along the ground and flapping their wings frantically。 My favorite; the gooney bird of the Pacific; runs back and forth desperately trying to build up airspeed and then; more often than not; falls flat on his face。
  
  Mothman; with his helicopterlike takeoffs; was impossible。
  
  I was in Washington; B。C。; that November; harassing the air force in my black suit; when I spoke to Gray Barker on the phone。 Despite the furor then taking place in West Virginia; I had not heard or read a thing about the 〃Bird's〃 arrival。
  
  When Gray brought the matter up; I thought he was joking。 A red…eyed bird with a ten…foot wingspan who loved to chase speeding automobiles seemed utterly ridiculous。 Now if it had been a ten…foot…tall hair…covered monster with a terrible smell I might have taken it seriously。
  
  But Gray convinced me it was no joke。 I looked Point Pleasant up on the map 。。。 it was about eight hundred miles from New York 。。。 oiled my fourteen…foot monster traps; got into my car; and headed for the Ohio valley。 
  
   
  
  '*' Monsters; UFOs; and apparitions have an; interesting affinity for garbage dumps and junk yards Even the famous miracle at Lourdes; France; in 1858; took place at the local garbage dump。 
  
  
  
  
   7 … The Night of the Bleeding Ear
  
  I。
  
  Gwendoline Martino was back in her apartment in Cherry Hill; New Jersey; early in December 1966; packing her things for a trip to Europe。 Her unlisted phone rang。 A female voice with a slight foreign accent came on the line。
  
  〃Hello; Gwen?〃
  
  〃Yes; this is Gwen 。。。〃
  
  〃Gwen Stevens?〃
  
  〃No; this is Gwen Martino。〃
  
  〃You're not Gwen Stevens?〃
  
  〃No 。。。 you've got the wrong Gwen。〃
  
  This same woman called back again on two successive nights。 The conversation was always the same。 Mrs。 Martino was mildly irritated that the woman would call her three times in a row but she thought nothing of it until I met her a few months later and asked my routine questions about unusual phone calls。
  
  Because of the woman's accent; it is possible she was asking for 〃Jen Stevens。〃 Mrs。 Martino had never heard of anyone named either Gwen or Jen Stevens。 But at that time a woman named Jennifer (〃Jen〃) Stevens was very active in UFO research in the Albany…Schenectady area of New York State。 Mrs。 Stevens experienced a wide range of problems with her unlisted phone and a personal tragedy which seemed to be related to her UFO investigations。
  
  In February 1968; Mrs。 Stevens reported the following: 
  
  'One' night when my husband; Peter; and I returned home we found Jenny; our fifteen…year…old daughter; in a highly nervous state。 She said the phone had been ringing all evening。 She would answer it and hear nothing at the other end but heavy breathing。 When her boyfriend called they were interrupted several times by high…pitched beeping noises and were also cut off twice。

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