It's a hotspot for local ghosthunters and thrill-seekers, or even just the curious. Mount Misery is a place, even by name, that invokes a certain atmosphere. Over one hundred years ago, it was merely a route that citizens used to get to and fro from farming communities into more urban environments for trade and various purposes. It's steep hills and winding roads, surrounded by a thick, enclosing forest made it difficult for travelers. Hence, it was coined Mount Misery. Today it is a small community of well-to-do homes, hidden away in the gaps of the thick. There are no street lights, the roads were never widened and are quite a tight squeeze. Legends go around of "Mary's Grave" , the "Lady in White", the "Hell Hound" and even the Men in Black. It has always been an attraction, bringing late-night tourists in to see if they can bump into any/or all of the urban myths. My own experience begins on a summer night, approximately 10 PM. A friend and I had been interested in studying the paranormal for some time, and decided Mount Misery would be one of the first places to investigate. Our equipment? Two flashlights, two tape recorders and our very own five senses. We made a right onto Sweet Hollow Road, and immediately the atmosphere changed. I had to hit the gas especially hard, climbing the first of many steep hills. Before us, the only thing visible was the immediate area, illuminated by headlights. We winded through the tiny roads, going into the heart of the place. A few lefts and a few rights brought us to a dead end, but not just any dead end. The car lights shined over a massive log used as a border to prevent cars from going further. Written on the log, perhaps intentionally, was "666". My friend and I looked at each other, silently confirming that this would be the first place to check out. I turned off the ignition, passed my friend a flashlight and left the car behind. Unfortunately for us it had been raining. The summer was still young, and so the night was chilly. The thick clouds in the sky, however, reflected the suburban lights in hues of red, pink and gray, allowing us to see fairly well without flashlights. Before us: Three paths. One to the right, one straight, and one to the left. We went straight. First encounter: A massive fallen tree blocking our path. Another omen? Perhaps a coincidence. We crawled over the roots and continued. It was at this point that my friend stopped short. He grabbed my shoulder to turn my attention back to the path ahead (I was looking through the trees to the left). "I just saw something." He said. "What?" I asked, wondering if it was just paranoia. "I'm not sure. It leaped across the path and disappeared into the woods." "What was it? An animal?" "No. It wasn't." He stated, still seeming a bit shocked. "Maybe we should go back." "We're doing fine. Let's keep going for a few more minutes." I responded, still unsure if my friend had really seen something. We continued down the path until we reached a fire hydrant (for some strange reason it was to the right of the path. Perhaps the area was a road at one point.) Behind us the forest had closed in, leaving no visible trace of the car or the log. I suddenly felt like we were truly in a forest, a pale forest that seemed to stretch forever. Paranoia was obviously setting in. "Well, let's stay here for a few minutes and see if anything happens." I told my friend, trying to be as calm as I could be. "I don't know. This doesn't feel right." "Just a few minutes." We tried to have conversation, just to ease the tension. The chat was quickly halted, though, by an eerie "Ping!" ringing through the forest. We both glanced around, trying to figure out where it came from. It was as if it came out of the air. The fire hydrant? It wasn't (We later tried to replicate the noise on a return visit.) My friend decided enough was enough and started to turn back, I quickly followed, not wanting to be left behind and catch the blunt of any encounter. At the same time, I felt unsatisfied. I witnessed nothing. There were no 'eerie vibes'. Just that sound, and that could have been anything. My friend began to run at this point, saying, "Let's get out of here, I don't want to find out what that was!" I followed close behind him. After a minute or two, the fallen tree was once again in sight. It was then that I saw it. Glancing back, I looked to the path. There it was. In the first few seconds that I saw it, it appeared to only be a black shadow, a black cloud of sorts, emerging from the sea of pale light. It stood out clearly from the rest of the forest. But then it moved. It appeared to 'stretch' itself out and up, in a moment forming the figure of a tall man. A shadow man, with massive shoulders resembling wings folded back. It had a head, but I saw no eyes. It did not appear to have any legs. And it also didn't just watch us leave. It began to head down the trail and an alarming fast rate. At this point, my stomach felt as if it had flipped over. It was chasing us! After a few moments of shock, I teared my eyes away and ran up beside my friend, gasping out what I had just saw. We both ran even faster, daring over the tree and not turning back until we were leaping into the car. We left with haste, shocked and amazed at what had happened. "What did you see?" He asked me as we were heading down a sound and busy road. "A black figure with huge shoulders." I said. " . . . Are you serious?" "Yeah." "Man. That's the same thing I saw leap across the trail." The following moment was one of grave silence.
ah come on. you don't think someone who lives there might get tired of idiots coming up their all the time make a nuscence of themselves? some kid your own age probably wrote the silly numbers on the log and someone sitting out on their back porch probably over heard you or saw you comming and decided to have a little fun. i mean wierd things happen, but what's so wierd about that? of coruse the feeling is always one of "you would have had to have been there" and i know i wasn't =^^= .../\...
seen it. In Alberta Canada, 2 times actually the same place but about 12 hours apart. Saw it, my husband saw it, wouldnt have known what it was but I heard of this mothman in the past and seen pics and stuff and we both looked at eachother and were like... Huh... I think thats what that was ... yep fer sure. Weird. Didnt get too shook up as we both have had a lot of those experiances.
yeah i beleive that you saw that. ive had like expieriences but none like as vivid as that. but still scared the pants off me. if i had seen soem leggless dude flying above the ground with no eyes (would you even see his eyes in the dark?) id have a heart attack, im a weakling. anyway me n a mate were standing out the back of her house and like in front of use is a 2 m high fence like one of those wire ones with barb wire on top and then it just like a field of like dead grass and furhter back is abandoned wharhouses. anyway we just sittin gout there havin a chat and i stood up and piffed a rock out over the fence and into an open field. sat back down and continued the little chat.5 mins passed then i heard a rolling noise and that same fuckin rock i piffed over the fence was next to my feet. we both look out and saw absouletly nothing.. there were like some stakes out there which could look like a person standing but iono. we looked at eachother and didnt need to say anythin, we just ran in her house and huddled under the covers of a nice safe warm bed. yeah i know it doesnt sound THAT scary but like it actually was. and if you think a guy was just stadning there playing a joke on us.. youd be an idiot. what kinda dude sits out in a field waiting for little kids to throw rocks?? exactly peace
umm ive seen it but the only bit i remeber is when the creppy voice said chapstick and how all these people were gonna die on a bridge
Yes, there's a movie. "Mothman Prophecies." It's fun to watch. More eerie than terrifying. It's one of those movies that make you ponder the supernatural. At any rate, Mothman is a 'moth' like figure which has been allegedly seen over the years in varying places. It is connected with fortelling major events, typically disasters. Though this is not always the case, at times it is just witnessed during an evening walk or drive. It is often described as a winged figure, or a giant owl with red eyes. I witnessed no red eyes, but the shape of the body matched the description. Here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman
Its supposed to be well documented and believed to be very true in real life. Hundreds of people claim that they saw the mothman around the same time and most had prophecies of major catastrophies in the town before they actually happened. The mothman is believed to have appeared throughout history before events involving many deaths. Eeerie stuff.
The moth man is a terrifying looking creature, but he is actually good. Perhaps he is the angel of death, but at the same time warns people about catastrophies and tries to save them? From what I have read and from watching the movie, it seems to me that Mothman is a good creature trying to save lives.
aaah, what part of the prairies you live in?? I usta live in vermillion, but Im around city area now. As for the mothman ya that shit is wieeeerd. I dont know whether to believe in it or not.
