`  == Self promotion ==  Removed this book plug:  * A.B. Colvin, a local photojournalist and documentary film maker who claims to have seen the creature in 1966 and 1973, has produced a book and 32-hour DVD news series on Mothman called The Mothman's Photographer, with over 40 eyewitnesses and experts.  Colvin's sister took a snapshot of him in 1973 that shows something looking like a Garuda or Thunderbird in the backgroundThe Mothman's Photographer by Andy Colvin, Booksurge, 2006, ISBN 1-4196-5265-6 . Colvin took a picture of an anomalous figure in a crop circle in 1979 that he alleges might be a spectral image of either his deceased father (whose Navy yearbook proves was at the site of the Philadelphia Experiment in 1943), of Indrid Cold, a 'spaceman' who reportedly contacted local resident Woody Derenberger, or of Duncan Cameron or Aleister Crowley, both connected to the Montauk/Philadelphia experiments involving time travel The Mothman's Photographer by Andy Colvin, Booksurge, 2006, ISBN 1-4196-5265-6 . While researching various forms of Buddhist philosophy and various Native tribes, Colvin seems to have reached the conclusion that both the Garuda of the Far East and the Thunderbird of the Native Americans are synonymous with Mothman, and that the Mothman was fulfilling a pre-ordained, archetypal role that involves stopping heinous crimes at pivotal moments in mankind's existence by sending visions, dreams, and messages to ordinary humans. Colvin presents testimonies from Charleston witnesses who separately saw Mothman, the Dover Demon, the Virgin Mary, aliens, black panthers, plasma figures, ``intelligent`` globes of light, and the Flatwoods monster in virtually the same spot, lending credence to his Mothman ``shape-shifting`` theory  http://www.andycolvin.com Mothman's Photographer documentary series .  Don't know if AB Colvin AKA  is a genuine researcher or not, but plugging his own book in a WP article isn't really on. If it's a good enough book, someone else can put a brief summary of it in.  `