Mothman

Last night I watch an intriguing 2002 film called "The Mothman Prophecies." This movie was about the myth, of a small town in West Virginia named Point Pleasant, about a tall black and red half man half moth with read eyes that haunted the townspeople. This vision of many in the town was correlated with the actual disaster (collapse of the Silver bridge that killed 46 people) that happened in 1967. I would like to present the summary on the back of the move as it better represents what I am trying to say.

Distraught by the sudden, tragic death of his wife, John Klein, a journalist for The Washington Post, finds himself mysteriously drawn to a mall West Virginia town when his car inexplicably strands him. Rescued by the sympathetic but skeptical local police sergeant, he soon learns that many of the town's people have been beset by bisarre events, including sightings of an eerie "moth-like" entity, similar to the one seen by his late wife. Investigating further and having his own terrifying encounters with the creature, he becomes obsessed with the idea that this supernatural being can predict impending calamities and is trying to warn the town of one. Is this a psychic delusion brought on by his grief or can he convince the police sergeant that there's a tragedy that must be averted? His life, and potentially others's lives, depend on his making the right choice before time runs out. 


The movie was interesting and a good watch but it is what happened after that led to this blog. I saw some connection to this movie and Pale Fire naturally and decided to go back to the book. I randomly choose a page and turned to the commentary on Line 230: a domestic ghost and decided to read on. In the next pages I found tremendous similarities between Hazel Shade and John Kleins dead wife (that became or took shape of the Mothman in time for John Klein). Both characters in a way haunted their dearest family member from the grave to tell them an important message.

I would like to indulge you the reader more into what I experienced while I read this passage but I believe that you should go back and read it yourself in full. And maybe you will see the Mothman or the domestic ghost.