UE; P&M, Early spring 2010A man reports a four-and-a-half-foot dark-colored entity perched on the peak of his neighbor's roof. UE; P&M, Late summer of 2010Two teens report seeing a winged "deerbat" while driving outside of Rockford, Illinois; a second sighting of something described as a flying tar man reportedly took place nearby around the same time. June 3, 2022 Antioch Missionary Baptist Church is using a funeral home for weekly services as it makes plans to rise from the ashes. Royal Time Traveler, Illuminati Psychic, Human with a Tail, Drug-Sniffing Squirrels and More Mysterious News Briefly, Centaurs at Area 51, Monster Penguins, Three-Armed People, Nuclear Mars Ships and More Mysterious News Briefly. The reports, which peaked in 2017, inspired Chicago-based comics artist Sarah Becan to bring Curious City this question: There was a . It was later suggested by some locals that Mothman was trying to warn humans of an impending nearby tragedy: the 1967 Silver Bridge collapse, which killed 46 people. As Strickler continues his hunt for the elusive being; only time and more sighting reports will shed light on this story. Neither heard any sound. The Chicago region has been experiencing a collective case of the heebie-jeebies in recent years, ever since reports of a giant, flying, winged humanoid began surfacing in 2011. Sarah Becan/sarahbecan.com Sarah Becan/sarahbecan.com Our investigative group is conducting a serious examination of his phenomenon. XIPXI means cat in the ronga language from Southern Mozambique. But, for the sake of science, we've compiled everything we were able to surmise into a digital case file. Since then, the sightings are mainly around the airport and . It still remains unknown whether Chicago Mothman is a subspecies of the West Virginia Mothman or the same species or whether it is, perhaps, just a heron that got caught in a garbage bag. LEGEND of a giant winged creature that stalks West Virginians has terrorized Americans since the 1960s. The Yeoman Creek Landfill, a Superfund site in Waukegan north of Chicago, will eventually be the site for 20,000 solar energy panels. All Rights Reserved. Location of Sighting: American Airlines Hangar OHare International Airport- Chicago, IL UE; TSFS, April 27th, 2017A man fishing with his son on the banks of the Little Calumet in Chicago reportedly sees a weird winged being after hearing an eerie, unexplained sound. The Singular Fortean Society is based out of Madison, Wisconsin, but operates globally. in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Probably Not! LB; P&M, June 29th, 2017A police officer, along with the officer's partner and a group of civilians, reportedly sees a "dark black shadow with wings" standing atop a building before taking flight in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago. Witnesses and artists have depicted Mothman as a tall, owl-like creature with membrane wings. LB; UFOCH, June 23rd, 2017A couple, along with a crowd of people, reportedly sees a large, black, bat-like creature with humanoid features near the Adler Planetarium. UE; P&M, December 3rd, 2019A security person at OHare International Airport in Chicago reports a red-eyed flying man. UE; UFOCH, December 6th, 2019A man reports seeing a red-eyed, winged humanoid while driving near Chicagos OHare International Airport. For every sighting reported, and every article written, the legend of Chicagos flying creature will continue to grow. Starting in 2011 and peaking in 2017, sightings of a Mothman-like creature began surfacing all over Chicagoland. UE; TSFS, April 15th, 2021A woman reportedly sees a seven-to-eight-foot-tall, black, winged creature with glowing red eyes after leaving work at OHare International Airport at approximately 9 p.m. UE; UFOCH, April 21st, 2021A man reportedly sees a large, humanoid owl while working as a shuttle bus driver at OHare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ Chicago It is unclear if they eat German shepherds exclusively or rather just the pets of Newell Partridge. One researcher argues that it is probably just a large owl. Robbie Telfer is a performance poet, teacher and conservationist. Join MU Plus+ and get exclusive shows and extensions & much more! UE; P&M, April 10th, 2017A woman walking her dog in Chicago's Oz Park reports a run-in with a paralyzing winged being. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, If you go to the spot featured in that image of the map. The entity has also been referred to as the 'Chicago Mothman', 'Chicago Owlman' & 'O'Hare Mothman.' - Chicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive Map - Please feel free to contact me at lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com - your anonymity is guaranteed. Or is it another cryptid drawn from a deep-seated cultural lore, not only haunting the skies but the minds of people as well? ", "I was spending the afternoon on a rooftop, and I saw something in the sky [VIDEO EVIDENCE] fairly high up and fairly far away. Inspired by all of the Mothman sightings in 2017, questioner and illustrator Sarah Becan imagined the types of activities Mothman might enjoy in Chicago. Follow him on Twitter or Instagram @RobbieQT. Each witness has had a feeling of dread and foreboding, which I believe translates into a warning of some type. Mothman Winged humanoid creature reported in West Virginia from November 1966 to December 1967, along with strange lights, apparitions of men in black, and other occult phenomena supposedly connected with UFOs. Caroline Kubzansky/WBEZ Chicago UE; P&M, Late July, 2008A man reports seeing a winged creature with human proportions while traveling with his husband and a friend in northeastern Illinois. UE; P&M, Fall of 1971Retired police officer David Ramos reports an encounter with a shadowy winged humanoid he had when he was 12 years old near the North Branch of the Chicago River. LB; P&M, May 27th, 2017A married couple reports a large, black, bat-like creature with glowing red eyes near the intersection of North Wrightwood Avenue and North Lakeview Avenue. When pressed about what she thinks people could be seeing, after all our detective work, she suggested a large bird, like a sandhill crane, or an owl or even a prankster with a drone. Specifically, the witness recounted another winged humanoid incident on July 22, 2021, as one that resulted in firings, relocations and cover-ups. The tale of the Mothman begins back in the 1960s in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where over the course of 13 months it allegedly appeared to multiple people andeven heralded the fatal collapse of the city's Silver Bridge in 1967. A. - Possibly confused with: a barred owl, a shitepoke, a sandhill crane, a drone costume, another Chicago cryptid. hide caption. The witness also revealed that the airline (assumed to be American) has covered up other similar incidents: many witnesses have either been terminated, laid off or reassigned to other workstations in order to keep these sightings under wraps.. El chupacabra. So many people have been threatened with being fired if they told their story. Courtesy of Johnny Pippins and Fortepan Iowa/WBEZ Chicago What you hear reported are just a small piece of these things.. UFOCH (UFO Clearinghouse): These sightings were received/investigated by Manuel Navarette of UFO Clearinghouse. - Species it's been compared to: a big owl, a pterosaur, a bat. It looked like a flying Batmobile. Subscribe to our channel http://goo.gl/OQgfzkWebsite: http://paranormaljunkie.nethttp://. UE; P&M, August 22nd, 2017A monstrous bat with a 12' wingspan is reported in the same area of McCook as the truck driver's sighting from the same day. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. UE; TSFS, September 24th, 2020A woman reports seeing a seven-foot-tall, red-eyed creature after leaving work at the United States Postal Service sorting facility in Chicago's O'Hare International Airport at around 11 pm. A semi truck drives down 31st Street in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Chicagoans living near heavy-traffic corridors breathe the most polluted air. "I know what birds and what bats look like. It went almost straight up and I lost it in the clouds. Approximately fifteen sightings of a flying humanoid have been reported in the Chicago area. WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. At this point, I feel that this being may be attempting to distinguish a connection between locales within the city and future events. So is this what people have been seeing? We just thought it would be fun to come down and see what its all about, she told The Herald-Dispatch. UE; UFOCH, Early July, 2020A man and his coworkers report seeing a large person with wings fly overhead while unloading a plane at Chicagos OHare International Airport. UE; UFOCH, May 17th, 2022A father and daughter claim to have recorded three winged humanoids while outside of their home in Bensenville, Illinois. UE; TSFS, Mid-June, 1976A mans vehicle is reportedly attacked by a winged black figure with glowing red eyes in Waukegan, Illinois. Students at Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center on the South Side in May participated in the school's annual fundraising walk-a-thon. LB; P&M, July of 2006A woman and her family report a "man with bat-like features" flying near their vehicle while driving in southern Wisconsin. (Image: Phantoms and Monsters) The winged being, according to some witnesses, bears a resemblance to the famous Mothman of Point Pleasant, while others have described it as more bat-like in appearance. Unless this creature is the one in control. However, others posit that this supposed supernatural connection was simply a way for people to make sense of a tragedy without meaning, as one would think there are more direct ways to warn people of danger than just being spooky. When I first started reading about all of the different sightings, I was very excited about it. Brian Rich/Chicago Sun-Times One of the iconic sightings of a mysterious creature in the UFO era, that of the so-called Houston Batman, was made on June 18, 1953. DISCLAIMER: We are not responsible for any laws that are broken in the pursuit of Mothman, nor are we responsible for the factualness of any of the information contained herein. Posted at 20:01h . Enter Lon Strickler, an expert in the field of cryptids and founder of the popular website. LB; TSFS, November 1st, 2015A woman reports a crow man hovering over a high-rise near Chicagos Washington Park. Royal Time Traveler, Illuminati Psychic, Human with a Tail, Drug-Sniffing Squirrels and More Mysterious News Briefly, Centaurs at Area 51, Monster Penguins, Three-Armed People, Nuclear Mars Ships and More Mysterious News Briefly. UE; UFOCH, April 20th, 2022A man in River Grove, Illinois, claims to have seen a strange, black, winged creature flying near St. Joseph Cemetery. Possibly confused with: a barred owl, a shitepoke, a sandhill crane, a drone costume, another Chicago cryptid. UE; P&M, October 5th, 2019A ride-share driver reports a "tall creature" with "bright red eyes" and "large wings near Chicagos OHare International Airport. The creature was coined The Mothman in local papers after printing Mallets description: It was like a man with wings.. hide caption. UE; P&M, 1999A woman, along with her husband and a girlfriend, report a flying, red-eyed gargoyle in Rockford, Illinois. The first Mothman sightings occurred near the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia in 1966. UE; P&M, March 3rd, 2020Chicago paranormal investigator Manuel Navarette reports a strange flying creature with "membranous wings" near O'Hare International Airport. The Singular Fortean Society, another group which has reported on past Chicago Mothman incidents, points out that OHare International Airport has over a dozen sightings coming since August of 2019, and that similar winged humanoid reports have come from every state bordering Lake Michigan and date back to 1957 and have often been accompanied by reports of UFOs, other anomalous flying creatures and mysterious humanoids, parapsychological phenomena, and bizarre events seen by both witnesses and investigators. The story's paranormal connections were popularized in a book called The Mothman Prophecies. UE; P&M, August of 2006A man and his son report a large, dark being with cape-like wings in Bensenville, Illinois. LB; P&M, August 29th, 2017An avid bird watcher reports a "huge flying shadow" over a forest preserve near La Grange Park, a suburb west of Chicago. After all, the mysterious doesn't always have to be serious. In one incident, a couple was attacked by the creature while parked in their car. UE; P&M, November 26th, 2019A man reports a seven-foot-tall person with wings while standing outside of a cargo dock at OHare International Airport in Chicago. In an interview with Mysterious Universe, Strickler pointed to two sightings on his website that he states are the most compelling. John Amitrano, one of the eye-witnesses interviewed by VICE said his phone was charging when he saw something flying awkwardly under a plane. According to the report. This year, however, the town at the center of the mystery welcomed people across the US to explore the Mothman Museum and take photos with the iconic statue. LB; P&M, April 10th, 2018A woman reports a winged creature with "bat-like" wings near Oak Park. Every monster will have its hunters, but more importantly, the legend that monster leaves behind. I definitely kept my eyes on the sky hoping to see something, she says. The following information should not be used as an excuse to trespass on private property or ensnare your hairier relatives with a comically large butterfly net. Katherine Nagasawa/WBEZ Map of the current sighting locations. Have you seen Chicago Mothman? To keep up with the latest news and events happening with the Singular Fortean Society, sign up for our monthly newsletter! The supernatural creature's notoriety has risen and waned over the years, but as VICEreports, there have been 55 eye-witness reports of itin the sky over Chicago since last February. The head was prominent, and thinner than a human head. "It didn't look like a bat so much as what illustrations of pterodactyls look like, with the slenderness of its head and its wing shape," he said. LB; P&M, July 1st, 2017A witness reports two strange, red lights in a golf course that closely resemble reports of the flying humanoid's glowing eyes. UE; P&M, August of 2016Jonathan Lane reports a giant, shapeless, black thing with two very large red eyes in Rockford, Illinois. Press J to jump to the feed. UE; TSFS, October 27th, 1969Floyd Hancock is said to have been abducted from his home as a young child for an indeterminate amount of time by a tall, winged humanoid before being returned. UE; UFOCH, June 30th, 2020Two women report seeing a huge owl with "glowing red eyes that looked like [they] belonged to the devil himself" near a parking lot at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. However, Ann believes there may be an eight-day pattern to these sightings, The way the dates are falling, I am going to guess that the next sighting will be either on June 14th or 18th. UE; TSFS, Summer of 2002A teenager reports a gargoyle with feathered wings in Babcock, Wisconsin. 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Editors Note: Listen to the kid-friendly version of the audio story here. hide caption, June 29, 2022 Congresswoman Mary Miller handily defeats fellow incumbent Rodney Davis in downstate Illinois' 15th congressional district. Image Credit: Mothman by Tim Bertelinkvia Wikicommons, Chicago: Ian Dikhtiar/Shutterstock. Bantz's drawing of his sighting. On April 7th, a witness came forward to report the sighting of a large seven foot tall bat-like humanoid in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. UE; UFOCH, September 17th or 20th, 2019A man reportedly sees a mythological Harpy in Chicagos Little Village. Our hope is that Chicagoans will be able to keep this investigation going so that we may one day meet our winged friend and ride upon him like a luck dragon. The back end of the body tapered to a point. The Singular Fortean Society, an organization focused on paranormal journalism and research, archives the sightings to keep a devoted list and interviews eyewitnesses for more information. Our investigative group is conducting a serious examination of his phenomenon. One witness came forward with her own timeline of personal sightings, ranging from 1970 through 2017, available here. LB; UFOCH, Late October, 2019A womans unusual sighting of a winged humanoid in Rosemont, Illinois, reportedly leads to strange dreams and an uninvited encounter with someone claiming to be an investigator. UE; P&M, Early summer 2016A woman reports seeing a prehistoric bird after dropping her kids off at school in Gary, Indiana. We welcome stories and community members from anywhere people experience the impossible. The population was 1,111 at the 2000 census. Did we ever find out what it was? This object looked like a large black bat, but also had humanoid features such as pronounced arms and legs. UE; P&M, Late September, 2019A woman reports a toddler-sized bat creaturerunning like a gorilla across Meadow Hill Road near Barrington, Illinois.