Over the course of that year, Keel collected more than a hundred eyewitness reports and personally observed luminous objects moving along the Ohio River, some of which responded when he signaled them with a flashlight. He describes mysterious phone calls featuring mechanical voices that accurately predicted events including the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The calls also warned of an impending tragedy on the Ohio River.
The 13-month wave of phenomena culminated in the December 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge, killing 47 people during Christmas rush hour traffic. Keel explains his theory of "window areas" where paranormal activity clusters across generations. Two men in unusual clothing were spotted climbing the bridge days before the disaster. Art and Keel discuss whether such entities represent interdimensional visitors emerging through temporary openings between realities.
Key Moments
What Mothman was: red eyes, ten-foot wings: Keel describes the 1966 Point Pleasant Mothman: 7-8 feet tall, blood-red eyes, ten-foot wings, taking off straight up like a helicopter and chasing cars.
Why Keel went to West Virginia: a winged cat: Keel explains he traveled to Beckley to investigate a boy charging 10 cents to view a winged cat named Thomas; while there a wire story broke about four people seeing the Mothman.
Signaling back: lights that flashed in reply: Keel says he flashed three times at the bright orbs over Point Pleasant and they flashed back three times - witnessed by people who signed affidavits - and that close exposure caused burns and conjunctivitis.
Bell's pterodactyl in the 9-11 photographs: After Keel mentions pterodactyl-like sightings, Art directs listeners to a 9-11 photo on his site, arguing the bird in the frame is too large and back-positioned to be ordinary.
The phantom secretary and unplugged phone: Keel recounts a blonde woman re-interviewing his witnesses claiming to be his secretary - he had none - and a phone that rang after he yanked the cord from the wall.