Who is The Mothman? A creature of folklore in the late 1960s that possibly predicts disaster is reported to have been seen by inhabitants of West Virginia. Was it a hoax by bored schoolkids, or is there some truth to the mystery?
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Some bats can get into the meterish size. If they had one at a zoo and it escaped or a circus or something that shut down in the area that everyone forgot about it could simply have been that plus fear
I love how no matter how many historical videos Simon does he's still so oblivious to it lol. "Did cars in 1966 go 100mph?"
1963 Aston Martin DB5, 142mph.
1966 Lamborghini Miura, 163mph.
1966 Ford GT40 mk2, 214mph.
etc
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Charleston,West Virgina I love yall but you said Charleston,South Carolina lol
So during the Cold War, mysterious men in suits started showing up when a lot of people were poking around an old military facility? Wow, how mysterious, and surely not just a couple government guys coming to town to make doubly sure that there wasn't anything sensitive for people to stumble across and the story getting overblown by paranoid people and grifters.
This was a fun episode!
May I suggest you cover the disappearance of the Italian physicist Ettore Majorana, i think it would fit the show quite well.
FUCK YESSSS! JOHN DENVER! YES! YES! YES! WEST VIRGINIA! MOUNTAIN MOMMA! TAKE ME HOME! COUNTRY ROADS!
Mothman sightings at Chernobyl is, quite possibly, the dumbest most insulting thing I've heard as a grandchild of a Chernobyl liquidator. I'm used to, like, zombies and mutants (also actually offensive as hell), but Mothman? This random ass cryptid from West Virginia flew all the way here just to warn us? How polite. Bet the only reason we didn't get the warning is because he spoke English.
"Shag is what happens after necking" 😀 😀 😀 The most Simon and the most Dad explanation of "shag"… Still trying to catch my breath from laughing out loud at that one 😀
Every Decoding episode…
Simon: That's not proof. They probably just made it up.
Simon's proof it didn't happen: I don't believe it, therefore it didn't happen.
Not sure how much actual decoding is happening there, "Factboy". Give me some science, some evidence, some debunking. Not just generic possibilities. The " Ghosthunters" tv show provides more scientific debunking than this.
I can't decide if an episode where Simon goes ghosthunting overnight would be hilarious or incredibly boring.
I'd like to point out for the editors the Charleston they are talking about is in WV not SC. It's literally the state capital city.
Actually, when feeling extreme terror, perhaps what the people were feeling, nausea is actually possible in response to the fear. I think it's some type of hormone released during stress that upsets the stomach? I have to do more research.
Next topic? "BMW ,indicator or acclerator of bad driving? "
Really the only animals in the USA whose eyes glow red in light are birds like whip poor wills that hang out on roads and look relatively like giant moths…but not 10ft wingspan…more like 20 inches. Nighthawk and barn owls nest in or on abandoned buildings and can make very frightening noises. Turkeys also roost in trees and can fly pretty fast. If you scared them off a roost at night it would be very frightening. American white pelicans are one of the largest birds in flight and might have been passing by in April and great blue herons are more common than cranes around there. I think a combination of nocturnal birds roosting and living in a relatively abandoned area and then greatly exaggerated are to blame.
Did anybody else already know what shag means because of Austin Powers?
"Even small jets are tiny" cracked me up good
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Cockblock Mothman sounds like it would be the name of a character in a horror themed porno; likely the antagonist!🤣🤣🤣
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We have Sandhill cranes where I live and I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't mistake one for a mothman if you were from the area. They do have to get a running start to take off though.