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Now here's a highlight from Coast 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: to Coast AM on iHeart Radio. You have worked on 12 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 1: these creatures, these sightings for some time, but you seem 13 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: to have keyed in on the Chicago area. What's going 14 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: on there, Longe? You know that's interesting. Back in two 15 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: thousand and eleven, there were three sightings of this mothman 16 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: like creature, um, humanoid or whatever you want private. The 17 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: first sighting was actually about half a mile from Midway 18 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:11,759 Speaker 1: International Airport. There was another sighting for the north up 19 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: near the Adams Park area. Then there was another one 20 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: in Jackson Park, but there were three sightings. Someone had 21 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: gotten a picture of this thing. Uh. This thing has 22 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: been all over the internet of this uh at like 23 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: creature that's gliding in the air. Uh, but it was 24 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: only three sightings and it just waned off. Well, you know, 25 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: there were let's put a dis away. There were no 26 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: more at that point being reported. So forward to April 27 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: of this year, a report came into naval Um Nanuel 28 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: Navaretto or UFO clearinghouse, and he and I have known 29 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: each other for a while, and uh, he shared this 30 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: encounter at Oz Park. This woman had walked up to 31 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: this seven foot dark creature that had glowing red eyes 32 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: and as she watched it, it turned she didn't see 33 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 1: anything the eyes at first, but it turned to look 34 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: towards her and just shot straight up in the air 35 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: and furl its wings and took off. And uh that 36 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: was the first report that we had heard then. Um, 37 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: there were a few other reports that had come into 38 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: move On. I think was three of them all together. 39 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: They were in Um, they were in the city and 40 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: uh uh most of the reports we're kind of like, 41 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: uh close to the mofman reports from back in the 42 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: sixties from pretty legitimate witnesses, right. Oh yeah, yeah, we 43 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: talked to uh Manuel talked to that first witness. I 44 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: was able to talk to one of the other witnesses. 45 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: They were at the the International Food Market and um 46 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: it was yeah, they were They were very forthright. And 47 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:13,679 Speaker 1: the one thing I have noticed with all these witnesses 48 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: that we have talked to is they just don't change 49 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: their story. I mean, you know, we we talked to them, 50 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: and they stick to their initial report, initial description. Uh. 51 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: They don't embellish it, don't you know. They don't try 52 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: to add or subtract anything from the report. And that's 53 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: fairly unusual. So uh yeah, So we got those three 54 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: that came into to move on. Then we got another 55 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: one that uh they started changing, uh and people were 56 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: calling them owls are like cusas. Uh. We had three 57 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: or four of those. Then since that time, most of 58 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: the settings have kind of been more of this bat 59 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: like creature, uh six to seven foot in height, ten 60 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: eight to ten ft wingspan, and the wings had a 61 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: membrane and reminded people of a bat. Has has anybody 62 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 1: been attacked by this creature? Lone? No, but some of 63 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 1: these later attacked excuse me. And some of the later 64 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: encounters have been more personal. They've gotten a little closer 65 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: to people and have really frightened them. In your opinion, 66 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: professional opinion, what do you think they're looking at? Which 67 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: I do? I really do? You know? The mothman in 68 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: particular was an enigma. You know, they said to be 69 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: a harbinger or some type. Uh, what's going on in Chicago? 70 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: I personal believe these are three at least three different 71 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: beings just descriptions, were getting any similarities at all? Yeah, 72 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: I mean dark and color. Uh, then humanoid? Yeah, some 73 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: have red eyes, some they don't see any red eyes 74 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: on them. Uh. There has been the wing differences once, 75 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:15,239 Speaker 1: some with feathers, some with membrane. Uh. And then another 76 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: aspect has been that some of the settings had like 77 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: a pointed crests coming off the back of the head. 78 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: So there have been some variations, uh, size wise, and 79 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: overall it hasn't really been that much variation. And it's 80 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: interesting that it would be near a metropolitan area. You 81 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: would think creatures like this lawn would hide out in 82 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: the woods or some rural area, not a big city 83 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: like Chicago. Well, you know, because these sightings for the 84 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: most part are fleeting sightings. I believe personally that these 85 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: are some type of extra demential type being. I think 86 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: they're flesh and blood, I really do. I think they're actual, 87 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: real flying human noids or whatever they are from from 88 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: I don't believe from this earth plane. I think from 89 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: another one. And do you think they got here via 90 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 1: some craft or or some portal or how do you 91 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: think they got here? I think, uh, at this point 92 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: it may very well be some type of portal, wormhole 93 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: or whatever, something to that effect, and they're just flocking through. 94 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: It seems that way. I mean, the settings haven't all 95 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: been right in the city. We've had settings south of 96 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: the city and settings west a little bit for west 97 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: from the city, so it's kind of branched out somewhat, 98 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 1: though I have had I have had minor settings in 99 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: Indiana and uh, actually I have heard of settings in Milwaukee. 100 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 1: I know. I have been told there have been two 101 00:06:54,520 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: settings up there similar creatures. Yeah, wow, it's a are 102 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:07,239 Speaker 1: Does anybody have any good video of these creatures? Not video, 103 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: there been There's been a couple of photographs, though they've 104 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: been very indiscernible. Uh most of the time. By the 105 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: time that the person the witnesses gotten through the shock. 106 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: This thing has blown away, absolutely, and it generally comes 107 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: out at night most of the time. There have been 108 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: some daytime settings, but it's mostly at night. Has anybody 109 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: seen it eating or grabbing an animal or anything like that? 110 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: Nothing I know of. Nobody has seen anything being grabbed 111 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: or has seen it, you know, act like a carrying 112 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: feed or anything to that effect. Are they talking about 113 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: this lawn in the Chicago area. Is the media out 114 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: there jumping on this story? Well, the media has kind 115 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: of been a bit quiet, though some of the online 116 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: media has picked up on it. I've been interviewed on 117 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: some of the local radio stations, some of the print media, 118 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,679 Speaker 1: some of the online media, but for the most part, 119 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: um the big newspapers, the big radio and TV stations 120 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: are kind of staying away from it, though they have 121 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: mentioned it. I have had people tell me they have 122 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: mentioned that. I'm quite sure that the city is aware 123 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: of it, because there have been several police officers who 124 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: have talked to UH people that I know that they 125 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: are aware of it, and I've had city workers tell 126 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: me that City Hall and knows about it as well. 127 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: Have any police officers reportedly seen the creatures. Yeah, we 128 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: did have one studding. What happened, Uh, two officers were 129 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago, West Chicago, and 130 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: uh they were flagged down by a group of people 131 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: who were looking at this what they the police officers 132 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: described as a standing bhato And UH when they went 133 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: it was dark. And then when they went out and 134 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: walked up to the building, it was on top of 135 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: a three story building. When they looked up there and 136 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: their eyes got used to the darkness, they could see 137 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: it looked like a shadow. Actually thought somebody was gonna 138 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: be jumping or I was attempting to jump, So they 139 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 1: put the flashlights on it. By the time they got 140 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 1: the flashlights on it, it took off. It literally spread 141 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 1: its wings and took off towards the south and they 142 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: started they heard a screaming sound coming from it. And 143 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: about a week after that, one of the witnesses who 144 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: had flagged down the police officer verified that that being 145 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,839 Speaker 1: had been seen. And the police officer also told us 146 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: that the neighbors had told them, maybe the people in 147 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: the neighborhood, they told them that this thing had been 148 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 1: hitting around the neighborhood for about two days before now. 149 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: These descriptions, truly though, are uncanny to the mothman descriptions. Yeah, yeah, overall, 150 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: you know, I uh, you know the red eyes in particular. Uh, 151 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,719 Speaker 1: they are very they are very similar to the bof 152 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: Man descriptions. What would you do, lan if you came 153 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: upon one of these creatures yourself? I don't know. I 154 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: really don't know. I I guess it depends on how 155 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: aggressive it is or what it does is you know, uh, 156 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: you know, most like to alarm me. But I'll be 157 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: honest with that, really don't know what i'd do. I 158 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: know I'd try to get a picture of it. But oh, absolutely, 159 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: yeah that's possible. I gotta put out a call to 160 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: people that who may have witnessed this creature in the 161 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: greater Chicago area or wherever you may live, to check 162 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: in with us as well, uh and tell us what 163 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: you think might be going on here? Uh? How long? 164 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 1: How long in terms of time span lawn has this 165 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: been happening? Well, we had the first report that we 166 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: received was you know, the sightings in two thousands seventeen. 167 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: The first report was in early April, But I have 168 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: received since that time. Two subsequent reports that happened in March, 169 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 1: but altogether, up to August ten, we've had thirty three sightings. 170 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: That's a lot. That's a lot. And thirty three sightings 171 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 1: by thirty three different people. Yeah, now that's a lot. 172 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 1: I believe this is the largest group of sightings of 173 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: a human flying human nooid since point pleasant. What is 174 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,079 Speaker 1: the attitude of the people when they see this creature? 175 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: Are they in shock? Are they scared? Do they cry? What? 176 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: What's their attitude? Most of them are pretty shocked. Some 177 00:11:55,559 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: of the earlier sightings people had a sense of foreboding, fear, uh, amazement, 178 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: you know, they just can't believe what they've seen. Uh, 179 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 1: they're just dumbfounded by it. And um, you know, I 180 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: think that's the main reason why we're not getting any photographs. 181 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,079 Speaker 1: I think it just shocks them so bad. A lot 182 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: of people see it fly off too, Like you were saying, oh, yeah, absolutely, 183 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: as I was gonna say, I wonder if it's some 184 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: whack job running around in a costume. But I've never 185 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 1: known somebody who could fly away like that too. Gosh, Well, 186 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: is there any concerted effort to try to capture one 187 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: of these not to capture it. Um, I wouldn't recommend that, 188 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 1: quite honest with you, but I've got a I've got 189 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: a team of investigators who I've been working with now 190 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: for the last couple of months, who most of us 191 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: who live in Chicago, and uh, you know, we're taking reports, 192 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: were checking into locations and we're trying to follow up 193 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: as best we can with these witnesses. And for the 194 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 1: most part, I've been very pleased with what's been going on. 195 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: I think we've got we've got some very comprehensive detail 196 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: what has been going on, and it's we're keeping good 197 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: track of it, and hopefully we'll we'll get that one 198 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 1: setting to where we, uh, we'll get a very good 199 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: insight of what this is. Listen to more Coast to 200 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: Coast a m every weeknight at one a m. Eastern 201 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: and go to Coast to Coast am dot com for 202 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: more