So, what do I think the Mothman Monster is?  I believe it is Stolis from The Lesser Keys of Solomon, or one of the 26 legions of demons that he commands, likely conjured up by the occult rituals of some maniacal lunatic in the region of Point Pleasant, West Virginia during the years 1966 to 1967.  Hundreds of people saw the Mothman Monster during that year, leading up to a bridge collapse that killed a lot of people transporting themselves over to Ohio from Point Pleasant.  Of course, demons and spiritual monsters are not regional to the Near East, nor are they concerned about what time they are in, as they seem to exist outside of our dimensional limitations.  Many described the Mothman as it appeared over seven feet tall with glowing red eyes and wings that allowed it to fly and harass innocent people.  I think the case with a lot of elements of cryptozoology is that these creatures are timeless and have been captured in classic literature, the mythologies of the world, particularly Greek and Roman myths, and of course the demonology of Europe exported to the world as the Bible grew in popularity and people wanted to figure out what the heck Paul was talking about in Ephesians.  I certainly believe in the cryptids that are reported. I have been to many sites where they have been found, particularly Sasquatches, which are again chronicled in books like the Lesser Keys and evoked through occult practices.  I think someone in the Point Pleasant region called on a monster from the Stolis family tree, and the thing ran around haunting people in a truly terrifying way.  I enjoy these topics a lot, so when my family asked me how I wanted to spend my birthday, we discussed a ghost hunt at Moonville, which I have spoken of.  But my main thing was that I wanted to go to the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

I’ve been there before, and so have some of my kids at different times, but I wanted to go again and spend some time there with my family all in one place, and we had a great day.  The Mothman story is genuinely creepy; all those people weren’t conspiring to lie about what they saw, the entire town was substantially haunted, even to this day.  The latest Mothman sighting in Point Pleasant was as recent as 2016.  It also shows up in Chicago now and then.  And that’s not all.  I think this Stolis character is the same one that the people of the pyramid of Cahokia worshipped, just outside of St. Louis, at the giant mound works there.  And it’s what the Indians called the Thunderbird.  I love the topic. We spent over 1,000 dollars in the gift shop there, part of the cool museum I wanted to visit so badly.  It’s cheesy, and very pulpy, but that is because the truly terrifying aspect of this giant creature that flies around foretelling doom to people so mysteriously has to have some psychological means of dealing with the crises.  And it’s a kind of wet blanket hanging over all of eastern Ohio, even the ghost hunt at Moonville I was talking about.  We’re dealing with a very ancient civilization in that precise location with all the mounds of West Virginia and Ohio up and down the Ohio River that have a very creepy vibe to them even if you didn’t know the stories of the various monsters that appear often to many people, even now. 

Truth be told, that day at the Mothman Museum was one of the happiest days I’ve ever had in my life.  Trump was in office doing good things.  And I had my family to myself living out of our RVs and visiting places like the Mothman Museum, thinking about the kinds of things I like to think about, the politics of demons and spiritual manipulators who plot and scheme against humanity with terror and temptations.  Even better, the Mothman sightings, well documented at the museum, were accompanied by Men in Black visits, a CIA and FBI kind of conspiracy theory.  Only the reports were that these guys were never quite human who visited people at their homes after Mothman sightings to tell them they weren’t seeing what they were seeing.  There were also UFOs all over the place abducting people and doing experiments on them, so we are dealing with a lot more than just the haunting of a monster upon innocent people along the Ohio River.  But we are touching on a phenomenon that traces back to why so many mounds were built by ancient people in the region in the first place.  Those kinds of fears are always buzzing in the background of how a conscious society builds itself, and in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, there is something to these strange occurrences.  As we were there, I thought of the mound complexes up in Marietta, Ohio, and down the river at Portsmouth.  Then, up the road to Newark, where I discussed discovering the Ten Commandments in America inside a giant mound.  Then there are the graves of all the various giants found in the area, chronicled as evidence by early newspaper reports and a kind of Men in Black conspiracy to tell people that they never existed.  Something was going on, and it was fun to think about, and that was how I spent my birthday this year.  Giving myself fun things to think about that are likely significant to the human condition. 

Outside the museum, right in the middle of town, is the Mothman statue; of course, we had to get a family picture by it.  I think The Mothman Prophecy is one of the scariest books I’ve ever read about these events, written by John Keel, a reasonable journalist who didn’t intend to uncover some of the greatest mysteries of modern times.  After his experiences at Point Pleasant he went on to write several books, all of which I have read many times and I do not doubt that there is a lot more to the story of which he was reporting, that there is a political rule over humanity by creatures from beyond time and space that causes us a lot of trouble.  The story of King Solomon commanding these creatures with a ring given to him by God is just one example that has been attempted to be understood by the mind of humanity over the terrors of roaming spirits intent on evil designs.  And sometimes occultists make deals with these demons for benefits that can’t be obtained through some supernatural trade.  And most of us deal with that pressure by just ignoring the problem.  But not me, I want to know all about it. We had a great day at the Mothman Museum and spent significant time in the area thinking about Mothman Monsters and other cryptids who terrorize people worldwide.  Most of them were captured by the writers of The Lesser Keys of Solomon, which lists many similar characters.  There is a lot for us to learn about these creatures, but to say they don’t exist is only a means of avoiding the problem with rationality, because it wasn’t just the Mothman sightings in that region during a particular period, 1966-67.  But it has always been with us, especially along the length of the Ohio River, from Pittsburgh to St. Louis, in what I think is one of the most mysterious places on earth.  And the monsters still roam the night to terrorize the innocent. 

Rich Hoffman

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