Story Sirens welcomes Intercultural Studies Scholar, and Creative Director of the publishing house and studio Cold Open Stories' Colyn DeGraaff! Today we cover Mothman: a cryptid that has been perfectly reinterpreted for modern anxieties of Americana, myth, and legend. But can this cryptid be as scary as legends say? Or just a misunderstood soul? Colyn & your Sirens will find out!
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Music by Donald Guzzi & Artwork by Alexis Torres
Links to Documentaries:
Animal Planet's Lost Tapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aKB_FTgxmY
Netflix's Inside Job: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqxZ5KxMMkc
Books:
- The United States of Cryptids by J.W. Ocker
- Chasing American Monsters by Jason Offutt
- The Big Book of Cryptid Trivia by Bernadette Johnson
Links to Research:
- https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia
- https://www.mythfolks.com/mothman-legend
- https://transportation.wv.gov/highways/bridge_facts/Modern-Bridges/Pages/Silver.aspx
- https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2279&context=researchweek
- https://uwm.edu/letters-science/in-focus-2021/history-student-tells-the-story-of-the-mothman/
- https://medium.com/@jackpatrickbrooks/mothman-the-harbinger-of-death-1652671ef71c
- https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/31-days-of-halloween/the-true-story-behind-the-mothman-of-west-virginia/
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