Barbara I. (Munro) reviewed on 2/4/2007 + 95 more book reviews

Based on true events, and translated into over thirteen lauguages, this book has long been regarded as a classic in the laiteraure of the unexplained. It is now the basis of a major motion picture starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney.

West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare that culminates in a strategy that makes headlines around the world. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the Mothman, trouble this ordinary American community. Mysterious lights are seen moving across the sky. Domestic animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving to investigate the freakish events, soon finds himself an integral part of an eerie and unfathomable mystery....

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