Zusatztext Keel's meticulous research!wry style and humour make this one a delight.Authentically creeepy. Informationen zum Autor John A. Keel was born in New York state in 1930. He started his writing career in the 1940s, writing for magazines, comic books and television, then travelled the world, spotting his first UFO in Egypt and a yeti in Sikkim. The author of more than a dozen books, he is most famous for THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, his classic account of the paranormal phenomena he experienced in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in 1966. He died on July 3, 2009 in New York City, at the age of 79. Klappentext This true account of the aliens who invaded the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia - first published in 1975 - has been made into a major motion picture starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney and Alan Bates. For thirteen months Point Pleasant was plagued by a dark terror that culminated in a major disaster. Unearthly noises and ghostly lights in the sky gave way to mutilated animals, winged monsters, weird flying machines and worst of all, the fearsomely demonic "Bird" - the Mothman. The story reads like a novel - but every single word of it is true and fully documented by john A. Keel, who spent a year in Point Pleasant where he saw and experienced many of the stranger manifestations personally. The terrifying true story of the alien invasion of Point Pleasant, West Virginia: the tie-in edition to the film starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney and Alan Bates Zusammenfassung The terrifying true story of the alien invasion of Point Pleasant, West Virginia: the tie-in edition to the film starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney and Alan Bates

Keel's meticulous research,wry style and humour make this one a delight.Authentically creeepy.

Vorwort
The terrifying true story of the alien invasion of Point Pleasant, West Virginia: the tie-in edition to the film starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney and Alan Bates

Autorentext
John A. Keel was born in New York state in 1930. He started his writing career in the 1940s, writing for magazines, comic books and television, then travelled the world, spotting his first UFO in Egypt and a yeti in Sikkim. The author of more than a dozen books, he is most famous for THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, his classic account of the paranormal phenomena he experienced in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in 1966. He died on July 3, 2009 in New York City, at the age of 79.

Klappentext

This true account of the aliens who invaded the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia - first published in 1975 - has been made into a major motion picture starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney and Alan Bates.
For thirteen months Point Pleasant was plagued by a dark terror that culminated in a major disaster. Unearthly noises and ghostly lights in the sky gave way to mutilated animals, winged monsters, weird flying machines and worst of all, the fearsomely demonic "Bird" - the Mothman.
The story reads like a novel - but every single word of it is true and fully documented by john A. Keel, who spent a year in Point Pleasant where he saw and experienced many of the stranger manifestations personally.