Did Mothman Exist?

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  • Today we take a break from paleontology and I try to test out cryptozoology! Hope you enjoy!
    This time we examine the monster of Point Pleasant, Mothman and we will try to discover the truth centered on this strange being.
    This video is somewhat inspired by Cryptozoologicon by C. M. Kosemen, Darren Naish, and John Conway
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    All footage by me, including the red eyes in the dark and car driving scenes... so Copyright Trey the Explainer; same with the various sketches used within the video.
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  • @valentinaaugustina
    @valentinaaugustina 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3418

    What if the owl is just a small mothman

    • @MC-wr8sz
      @MC-wr8sz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      Very true...deep man, deep..

    • @vacantchris8174
      @vacantchris8174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ethan G26 Mehhhhhhhhh

    • @mewtwogonzalez1012
      @mewtwogonzalez1012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Idk

    • @davet3181
      @davet3181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Thats too deep we have to get rid of you you know too much

    • @wearenumber7870
      @wearenumber7870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The mothman is daddy owl

  • @smergthedargon8974
    @smergthedargon8974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2650

    >mothman not real
    >no chance of hot moth bf
    why live

    • @moonbugz
      @moonbugz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Smerg the Dargon MOOD

    • @kieronbrown73
      @kieronbrown73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I mean it's kinda like decidyui
      IDK HOW TO SPELL IT

    • @patrickchoque7720
      @patrickchoque7720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      kieronbrown73 Decidueye.

    • @xX_wiLLiam_Xx
      @xX_wiLLiam_Xx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Big tiddy moth gf

    • @vallisdaemonumofficial
      @vallisdaemonumofficial 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      *>mothman is real*
      *>mothman prefers LAMP*

  • @PierroCh5
    @PierroCh5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2097

    Maybe the real mothman was the friends we met along the way...

    • @philipjohnson3225
      @philipjohnson3225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      So our friends will be chasing me down in the middle of the night, terrifying me?

    • @terrorbird3080
      @terrorbird3080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      NO IT'S A OWL

    • @philipjohnson3225
      @philipjohnson3225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I don’t think so; I don’t have any friends in the owl community

    • @terrorbird3080
      @terrorbird3080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@philipjohnson3225 not all owls are the same

    • @tunakann7629
      @tunakann7629 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Decomposing basking shark

  • @thepip3599
    @thepip3599 5 ปีที่แล้ว +970

    21:48
    “Over double less” is the weirdest way of saying “less than half” I’ve ever heard.

  • @Technocolor00
    @Technocolor00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3351

    Mothman is real, I bought drugs off him last week behind a Denny's

    • @jonnybgood3848
      @jonnybgood3848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +177

      oh shit you too?

    • @MiraSubieGirl
      @MiraSubieGirl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      THE FUCK!? this is why he got busted dudes :( snitches...

    • @jonnybgood3848
      @jonnybgood3848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Nåti M sorry man

    • @isis2523
      @isis2523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No he is not..no you did not it was a bum .

    • @MiraSubieGirl
      @MiraSubieGirl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@isis2523 Fuck you would be fun at parties!

  • @jonpilledsingledad
    @jonpilledsingledad 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2961

    Also known as "the only thing to ever happen in West Virginia"

    • @badogaming7447
      @badogaming7447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      As a resident besides harry powers this is an accurate representation

    • @TheGazingHeart
      @TheGazingHeart 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      i live like 10 minute drive from point pleasant and yeah.

    • @sethnolte7993
      @sethnolte7993 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      incest happens there

    • @MiraSubieGirl
      @MiraSubieGirl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      Not true, theres a Country Road there some around the World may know of.
      You can be taken there, home.

    • @MiraSubieGirl
      @MiraSubieGirl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      COUNTRRRRYYYYY ROWWWDDDDSSSS TAKE MEHHH HOMEEEEEEEEEEE

  • @dankykong7871
    @dankykong7871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1131

    21:24 "According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way mothman should not be able to fly. It's wings are to small to get its fat little body off the ground. The mothman, of course flies anyway because it does not care what Trey thinks is impossible".

  • @user-tzzglsstle585e38
    @user-tzzglsstle585e38 4 ปีที่แล้ว +563

    It's obvious mothman is just the Duolingo bird

  • @anthrolens
    @anthrolens 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1083

    "I'm not saying it was owls... but it was owls." lol

    • @cristiamjulianayalapena3190
      @cristiamjulianayalapena3190 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah, owls. Always owls, only owls, owls and owls.

    • @carlostheroach4596
      @carlostheroach4596 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      OWLS HAAAA

    • @SFforlife
      @SFforlife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So basically... “Owls.”

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "Tonight on Ancient Owliens..."

    • @paultinella5153
      @paultinella5153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ya im sure people dont know what a owl is and get scared and chased by it lol

  • @ender7278
    @ender7278 8 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    As soon as I saw the sketches, I immediately thought of an owl.

  • @KebaRPG
    @KebaRPG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    "It was Aliens" has now become "Owls, It was Owls".

    • @thedairylord7861
      @thedairylord7861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hoo was it
      OWLS!

    • @thecianinator
      @thecianinator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The owls are not what they seem

    • @dante_0962
      @dante_0962 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guys I swear it was a owl you got to believe me!

  • @Edward24081
    @Edward24081 5 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    Trey "it was an owl" the Explainer

  • @benvarma3427
    @benvarma3427 5 ปีที่แล้ว +840

    “Karl they cloned a mammoth”
    .....
    “Man-moth?”

    • @kakkacarmenelectra7229
      @kakkacarmenelectra7229 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Bloody brilliant that is!

    • @PyroRaptor1
      @PyroRaptor1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ha! Nice eyes you have there little smarty!

    • @w8m4n
      @w8m4n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Half man half biscuit

    • @terrorbird3080
      @terrorbird3080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      WAT???!!!???!!!???!!!

  • @scarletrose2880
    @scarletrose2880 7 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    It's kind of sad how such a magnificent snowy owl was shot in a wildlife reservation because of media hype :(

    • @burrowingowlowl4554
      @burrowingowlowl4554 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It was painful to hear him say that

    • @American-Plague
      @American-Plague 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yeah but that owl caused that bridge to collapse.

  • @elizabethmcglothlin5406
    @elizabethmcglothlin5406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    I was a farmer for a while. Most folks don't understand just how scary a big owl on near silent wings can be. Young owls also bear a strong resemblance to so-called grey aliens, and the legs of owls are much longer than you would suppose!

    • @mrdarren1045
      @mrdarren1045 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It wasn't an owl, unless owls can fly faster than a car, and do owls have glowing red eyes as well? The owl thing is just a convention story to fob people off with. It's a rather pathetic way of trying to erase the story. A bit like the ufo swamp gas thing. In fact for the longest time I had similarly sceptical ppl telling me ufos don't exist. Well i think the air force and their videos have settled that issue once and for all. It can't be denied any longer that ufos exist. It's just a pity more ppl didn't just take countless eye witnesses at their word. Just like with this mothman thing.

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      After reading the witnesses reports and doing extensive research on the case the owl theory just doesn't fit in my opinion
      1 the witnesses knew what an owl/sandhill crane looked like
      1. They got a good look at the creature
      2. At one point it chased and kept up with the Scarberry's and Mallettes when they were driving a around a hundred miles no large bird is that fast
      3. In a couple of accounts it went straight up in the air no large bird can do that either
      4. Doesn't explain all the other strangeness like the men in black and the ufos sight

    • @kyrab7914
      @kyrab7914 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Birbs have such long legs, but they don't want you to know how smol that makes them 😂

    • @kakahass8845
      @kakahass8845 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@morganbanefort181 Bro you clearly didn't even watch the video.

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @kakahass8845 I did
      Why do you think I didn't

  • @unknownuser3926
    @unknownuser3926 5 ปีที่แล้ว +523

    The theory that an owl being confused for mothman is even more credible when you look at a picture of an owl folding it's wings. The drawings show the eyes below the tops of the wings and where the torso of a human would be, along with how tiny the wings look. An owl folding it's wings perfectly fits the descriptions and the drawings.

    • @mewfour3265
      @mewfour3265 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok unknown user when does a fucking owl have red fucking eyes that glow in the dark you dumbass

    • @mewfour3265
      @mewfour3265 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@coolmemedude9212 at I am just saying to him it's fucking dumb

    • @JosephFlores-yn4yi
      @JosephFlores-yn4yi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cathedraljunky3299 probably not

    • @The-kr9rb
      @The-kr9rb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@mewfour3265 11:06
      there, now stop flinging insults

    • @mewfour3265
      @mewfour3265 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@The-kr9rb I did 't now a owl with a red eyes

  • @Thomas-yt9vr
    @Thomas-yt9vr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1825

    You also mentioned how they claimed that it flew towards them without flapping it's wings. Guess what bird of prey just so happens to be masters at gliding

    • @eggroll3055
      @eggroll3055 4 ปีที่แล้ว +358

      Not just gliding. *Silent gliding.*

    • @theancientone7798
      @theancientone7798 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Thomas
      Also flying up without flapping wings though, that’s just weird. No owl stands over 5 ft. Not saying it’s real but the sightings don’t really leave room for something like an owl. That’s why many at the time many thought it was a sandhill crane.

    • @ellisashton6822
      @ellisashton6822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      A VULTURE

    • @midgetman4206
      @midgetman4206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      An albatross!

    • @Roomsaver
      @Roomsaver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      A moth..?

  • @MrSeyker
    @MrSeyker 7 ปีที่แล้ว +889

    Seeing those original sketches of the first mothman encounter, it's not hard at all to see the makings of the owl.

    • @cristiamjulianayalapena3190
      @cristiamjulianayalapena3190 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Because it was an owl! Why people like to think other things?

    • @otterotter4724
      @otterotter4724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Pretty big owl

    • @gsfbffxpdhhdf7043
      @gsfbffxpdhhdf7043 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Otter Otter i saw an owl with a 4 foot wing span. It scared me. I ran away and it flew away

    • @zzxp1
      @zzxp1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      One big owly boy

    • @hpswagcraft
      @hpswagcraft 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      shut up owl lover, ur just trying to hide the truth that moths are the king of the flying world

  • @MysteriousAsteria
    @MysteriousAsteria 4 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    tbh, some owls are really creepy… it's probably their deep intense stare and how they can turn their heads that makes me anxious. I can certainly see why people would confuse that with some demonic or supernatural stuff.

    • @skeleletonboi4533
      @skeleletonboi4533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I love how angry owls puff up to "full orb" but I can 100% how people would find them creepy

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You won’t once they rip your face up.

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      After reading the witnesses reports and doing extensive research on the case the owl theory just doesn't fit in my opinion
      1 the witnesses knew what an owl/sandhill crane looked like
      1. They got a good look at the creature
      2. At one point it chased and kept up with the Scarberry's and Mallettes when they were driving a around a hundred miles no large bird is that fast
      3. In a couple of accounts it went straight up in the air no large bird can do that either
      4. Doesn't explain all the other strangeness like the men in black and the ufos sightings

    • @evanwademan5602
      @evanwademan5602 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I do not recall men in black being involved with mothman;
      It was most likely a misidentified owl tho

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@morganbanefort181 How were they going 100 mph on a fucking country backroad in a car from the 60s? The only cars that can do that are purpose built or modified Rally cars, no production car has ever been capable of attaining those speeds on a country road. Not to mention the owl left after a few seconds, so are you seriously saying that a car from the 60s accelerared from 0-100 mph on a country backroad in a few seconds, that'd make it faster than a fucking F1 car.

  • @ziggyoickle3445
    @ziggyoickle3445 5 ปีที่แล้ว +304

    You didn't bring up the eye witnesses saying the moth man didn't flap its wings, which matches with owl flight patterns, since they rarely flap their wings to avoid making noise

  • @jeffreygao3956
    @jeffreygao3956 7 ปีที่แล้ว +506

    Mothman! You are under arrest for violating the square cube law! Please enlarge your wingspan immediately!

    • @cristiamjulianayalapena3190
      @cristiamjulianayalapena3190 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Mothman cannot flee because it is ignorant of physics; Mothman should learn more from herpetologists.

    • @eggroll3055
      @eggroll3055 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      He has no knowledge of physics and will not follow its laws.

    • @xX_wiLLiam_Xx
      @xX_wiLLiam_Xx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      this made me HAOEH

    • @terrorbird3080
      @terrorbird3080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL GOOD ONE!!

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mothman: *_oh god oh fuck_*

  • @donniemontoya9300
    @donniemontoya9300 5 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    That driving video you kept playing had me on edge the entire video waiting for something to happen.

    • @April_a26
      @April_a26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Right? I was expecting a monster to come out of that fireball thing

  • @zama422
    @zama422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    For some reason, when i first read the title I thought it said "Did Mothra exist?" I was very concerned.

    • @ruthmeow4262
      @ruthmeow4262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I would love it if Mothra existed. The rest of Monster Island...not so much.

    • @Raccon_Detective.
      @Raccon_Detective. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@ruthmeow4262
      Agreed she's nice.

    • @ethanmendoza5280
      @ethanmendoza5280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Motra is nicest one

    • @Raccon_Detective.
      @Raccon_Detective. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ethanmendoza5280
      Agreed.

    • @JosephFlores-yn4yi
      @JosephFlores-yn4yi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      mothra is the cinnamon roll of the group

  • @cuervojones4889
    @cuervojones4889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    If you've ever come upon an owl while driving down a lonely, winding country road, they can appear GIGANTIC and absolutely terrifying. When I was a kid, we were driving home late one night and a Great Horned Owl flew out of the woods right in front of the car. It looked bigger than our '69 Pontiac station wagon - no lie. My mom screamed, she was so scared. I can see how someone driving up on a Snowy Owl late one night would freak out and think it was some sort of "monster".

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The mothman was not a owl

    • @fancypigeon681
      @fancypigeon681 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@morganbanefort181 [citation needed]

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fancypigeon681 research

    • @fancypigeon681
      @fancypigeon681 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@morganbanefort181 thats no research bruv

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fancypigeon681 what do you mean I have done research into the case

  • @YasminJFoster
    @YasminJFoster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    Hey, thanks for the "this drawing is amazing" at 7:20. I didn't expect too this old painting of mine and it's made me all fuzzy with nostalgia. :)

    • @barbarjinx3802
      @barbarjinx3802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It’s really good

    • @tinycockjock1967
      @tinycockjock1967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yasmin J Foster I like how it’s not looking directly at the viewer. Gives off a feeing it knows the viewer is there yet it chooses to focus on something else like it’s just not afraid of the viewer. Either that or the viewer is one of the only people that snuck up on it.
      Awesome drawing

    • @ivanlol7153
      @ivanlol7153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nice drawing

    • @themia9001
      @themia9001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that drawing is really good :)

    • @tristansoendergaard7867
      @tristansoendergaard7867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Looks like a big black scaary owl, but nice work!

  • @Ocyon
    @Ocyon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    Mothman of course never existed, but Manmoth is real

    • @mrgoose9128
      @mrgoose9128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Pardon

    • @Ocyon
      @Ocyon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mrgoose9128 You're existence is a lie!!!

    • @ivanlol7153
      @ivanlol7153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mrgoose9128 a manmoth. Like a mammoth

    • @mrgoose9128
      @mrgoose9128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Ocyon But I'm a goose I'm real

    • @Ocyon
      @Ocyon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mrgoose9128 Waaaah!!!! Take all the bread I have, but please leave me alone.

  • @joshualombard3211
    @joshualombard3211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Dude the transitions scared the shit out of me everytime

    • @Scarabola
      @Scarabola 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol i find them funny cause it's like he's parodying all those UFO/conspiracy videos.

  • @PizzaRatJC
    @PizzaRatJC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    In short, "no"
    In long, "no, he did not"

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He most likery did

    • @PizzaRatJC
      @PizzaRatJC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@morganbanefort181 sure buddy
      Now go put up your tree and wait for santa so you don't miss him

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PizzaRatJC your being ridiculous go do some actual research

    • @PizzaRatJC
      @PizzaRatJC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What are you, 12? Get a fkn grip

    • @Squishito
      @Squishito 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@morganbanefort181 Make sure to leave your baby teeth under your pillow for the tooth fairy :)

  • @michaelm6384
    @michaelm6384 8 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    They were actually going to call him Batman because it looks more likes bat, but they didn't want to mess with DC comics so they called it mothman instead.

    • @th3rasave
      @th3rasave 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      But the killer moth already exists

    • @epion660
      @epion660 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@th3rasave Copyright: Batman. Copyright: Killer Moth. Those specifically. No copyright (from DC anyways) on Manbat, nor Moth Killer. It's all about the specifics.

    • @tanyanikolaevagizdova6571
      @tanyanikolaevagizdova6571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@epion660 manbat is a DC character

    • @epion660
      @epion660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tanyanikolaevagizdova6571 Well, It appears I was wrong then. Thank you for mentioning that.

    • @MrRyan-wu4jx
      @MrRyan-wu4jx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That wouldn’t matter. DC can’t sue media for writing that something is being called Batman. No one in particular is financially benefiting from that happening.

  • @valentinere4343
    @valentinere4343 8 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    I'd love to see more of this series!
    That statue looks so ridiculous. Like, they didn't even try to make it look like the sightings. Just put a giant owl statue there or something.

    • @th3rasave
      @th3rasave 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It looks like Concept art for a movie version of killer moth

    • @valentinere4343
      @valentinere4343 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My OC is.

    • @BriAngel476
      @BriAngel476 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      it has like a weirdly formed butt too. thats what i know it for. :')

    • @Omenshaper
      @Omenshaper 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It looks like something that would be in like, Kamen Rider or something.

    • @birbbee1446
      @birbbee1446 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Christopher H. It's actually a really nice That's just how the local artist interpreted it, arguably it's more authentic then the more popular designs, and it's consistent with the description. It's a cool statue, it's a very nice statue, and the locals and tourists enjoy it. Just because the popular interpretation is different from the artist who designed it without knowing about the others doesn't make it ridiculous.

  • @deadNightwatchman
    @deadNightwatchman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Log Lady in Twin Peaks: The owls are not what they seem.
    Someone from Point Pleasant: Hold my moonshine...

  • @richardroberts4355
    @richardroberts4355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Supposedly a creature with all of the mothman traits, was seen days before the Chernobyl accident, outside the facility, and by rescue (armed forces) pilots, afterwards, flying around and above the reactor. Also in a mine somewhere, before it collapsed. The miners said it tried to run them out, or warn them the day before and that it ran on two legs. West Virginia= moonshine, Russia= vodka. Coincedence?....who knows, but it is kinda crazy.

    • @cardcastor2541
      @cardcastor2541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      where'd you hear this??? i wanna read more.

    • @Man-qc1zl
      @Man-qc1zl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@cardcastor2541 It's the blackbird of chernobyl

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There are reports during several wars of angels appearing in the sky during battles.
      Perhaps, Mothman and the Blackbird of Chernobyl are illustrations of paranormal
      activity/events rather than cryptozoology. Both owls and blackbirds are familar
      creatures in folklore.

  • @TREYtheExplainer
    @TREYtheExplainer  8 ปีที่แล้ว +576

    Sorry for such a long wait :)

    • @gabem4208
      @gabem4208 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Neat.

    • @TREYtheExplainer
      @TREYtheExplainer  8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      DaCookieBroz Liam Thank you!

    • @dacookiebrozliam1815
      @dacookiebrozliam1815 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +TREY the Explainer srry brother just stole my ipad xD he deleted one of my comments :(

    • @alpharaptor6
      @alpharaptor6 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +TREY the Explainer I would like to see a Megalodon episode, so you can debunk the people who think that Megalodon is still alive.

    • @TREYtheExplainer
      @TREYtheExplainer  8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Neo-Rex That is one of the top on my list XD

  • @RickWeberSR
    @RickWeberSR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Mothman is one of my favorite Cryptids. That being said, I think it's complete bunk. The lore is extremely spooky and interesting though, and it makes awesome fiction. I agree that it's likely owls. I remember when I was young and had my first car, a volkswagon beetle, I was driving at night and an owl swooped down and flew right along the contour of my car, front to back. For a second there all I could see what red dots coming at me, then for a split second it's wingspan completely covered the entire width of my windshield. Scared the living wits out of me. I can easily see how something like that could be mistaken for something a little more exotic.

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The mothman was not a owl

    • @fancypigeon681
      @fancypigeon681 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@morganbanefort181 [citation needed]

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      After reading the witnesses reports and doing extensive research on the case the owl theory just doesn't fit in my opinion
      1 the witnesses knew what an owl/sandhill crane looked like
      1. They got a good look at the creature
      2. At one point it chased and kept up with the Scarberry's and Mallettes when they were driving a around a hundred miles no large bird is that fast
      3. In a couple of accounts it went straight up in the air no large bird can do that either
      4. Doesn't explain all the other strangeness like the men in black and the ufos sight

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@fancypigeon681After reading the witnesses reports and doing extensive research on the case the owl theory just doesn't fit in my opinion
      1 the witnesses knew what an owl/sandhill crane looked like
      1. They got a good look at the creature
      2. At one point it chased and kept up with the Scarberry's and Mallettes when they were driving a around a hundred miles no large bird is that fast
      3. In a couple of accounts it went straight up in the air no large bird can do that either
      4. Doesn't explain all the other strangeness like the men in black and the ufos sight

    • @fancypigeon681
      @fancypigeon681 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@morganbanefort181 also extrordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, you don't have such. So SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP.

  • @tron3entertainment
    @tron3entertainment 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Legend has it that Mothman flew to his death in a large bonfire.
    Hence, no remains.

  • @barbericmom
    @barbericmom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Years ago when our children were very young my husband and I were taking them for a walk through the woods next to our vacation home. A huge creature flew directly over our heads. If it had been dark and we had been young and or fanciful we could have said mothman flew over our heads. We realized that it was an owl and as soon as it was past us we could see that it was an owl. We must have gotten too close to its nest. When you described the creature and from the picture i was sure that they had seen an owl.

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The mothman was not a owl

    • @indorfan
      @indorfan ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@morganbanefort181no proof?
      :(

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@indorfan No proof 😔

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      After reading the witnesses reports and doing extensive research on the case the owl theory just doesn't fit in my opinion
      1 the witnesses knew what an owl/sandhill crane looked like
      1. They got a good look at the creature
      2. At one point it chased and kept up with the Scarberry's and Mallettes when they were driving a around a hundred miles no large bird is that fast
      3. In a couple of accounts it went straight up in the air no large bird can do that either
      4. Doesn't explain all the other strangeness like the men in black and the ufos sight

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@Flameyellis After reading the witnesses reports and doing extensive research on the case the owl theory just doesn't fit in my opinion
      1 the witnesses knew what an owl/sandhill crane looked like
      1. They got a good look at the creature
      2. At one point it chased and kept up with the Scarberry's and Mallettes when they were driving a around a hundred miles no large bird is that fast
      3. In a couple of accounts it went straight up in the air no large bird can do that either
      4. Doesn't explain all the other strangeness like the men in black and the ufos sight

  • @eddyheaddrascal1858
    @eddyheaddrascal1858 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I always heard of Mothman's relation to the bridge collapse not being malicious, he didn't cause it. I'm familiar with the theory he came to warn humans of the bridge's imminent collapse.

    • @kmaher1424
      @kmaher1424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      John Keel's later work (Disneyland of the Gods) implies there are Intelligences (not Aliens) that enjoy screwing with humanity. Amusing stuff...

  • @seeker4it
    @seeker4it 8 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Idk why they always called it "mothman" yet it looked more like a Owl. XD

    • @alostman1316
      @alostman1316 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's was gonna be named batman but the name was taken

    • @samberger8595
      @samberger8595 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What about ""OwlMan" that sounds like an unheard of superhero.

    • @brianlau9174
      @brianlau9174 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +FluffyKittinz Owlman's actually a Batman villian

    • @KasketDreadful
      @KasketDreadful 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Brian Lau There is an Owlman cryptid too, it was seen in Cornwall, England.

    • @rubyrodriguez9684
      @rubyrodriguez9684 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Brian Lau actually it's killer moth

  • @thecourtjester2610
    @thecourtjester2610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    Ill do you one better.
    Why is mothman?

    • @eggroll3055
      @eggroll3055 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      When is Mothman?

    • @LucianCorrvinus
      @LucianCorrvinus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sublimnal cued survival response.....

    • @cleosvoyage9191
      @cleosvoyage9191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Yet no one asks: how is Mothman
      *sad owl noises*

    • @claudebell8396
      @claudebell8396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Better yet: Who is Mothman?

    • @zowiecastillo4059
      @zowiecastillo4059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@claudebell8396 my stranged father, haven't seen him in 12 years since that time my mom said she was tired of him just leaving for months to go predict accidents. if you ever see him please point at him with a warm light, preferably orange, he loved those, and tell him I forgive him and that he can come home

  • @maydaverave
    @maydaverave 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I was driving down a dirt road about 10 miles from tnt and saw a large great horned owl eating a rabbit in the middle of the road. That suddenly popping into your headlights out in the middle of nowhere definitely makes it appear much larger and more terrifying. I used to do a lot of late night catfishing in the point pleasant tnt area and I actually saw something I am unable to explain that was mentioned in the mothman prophecies book. sightings of floating glowing lights along the rivers in that area are very common and I witnessed one once while late night catfishing. I saw a tree start glowing and then a floating ball of light came out of it and slowly floated away among the trees. whole process took about ten minutes. ball of light was about two feet across, moving about twenty feet high, and moved about five mph. It was an amazing sight and I can verify that I wasn't all that drunk.

    • @eggroll3055
      @eggroll3055 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Drunk? Maybe not. Hallucinating from the fumes coming off of the bullshit that you're spewing from your mouth? Yes.

    • @LucianCorrvinus
      @LucianCorrvinus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Swamp gas...ionic discharge
      ...ball lightening....will o'the wisp...drunken fancy ...take your pick....

    • @robertallen4774
      @robertallen4774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I find such stories interesting and credible. Thanks for sharing

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting thanks you for this info but it's highly doubtful the mothman was a owl

    • @indorfan
      @indorfan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@morganbanefort181 shut.

  • @TheDestructiveGiant
    @TheDestructiveGiant 7 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    Why do these videos always use creepy music?

  • @scottylilacleona9193
    @scottylilacleona9193 7 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    So this is the origin of the owl jokes?

  • @grysndotwav
    @grysndotwav 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Mothman and England’s Owlman is my favourite legend. I don’t care if he’s legitimately a monster or just a big owl. It’s a cool story and a seriously cool concept. Owls are amazing animals so for me it’s a win win situation real or not 😂.

    • @barbarjinx3802
      @barbarjinx3802 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sentinel Blue u are right

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like Owlman because it was publicized by a wizard.

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wasn't an owl

  • @golgarisoul
    @golgarisoul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    "And sometimes even evidence" and there it is. This is the line that is when I knew this cryptozoology series was going to be fun.

  • @TheBasikShow
    @TheBasikShow 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Guys, we need a proper name for this series. My vote's on "cryptozoolograph," the written record for hidden animals.
    Also, you should totally do a thing like in Cryptozoologicon, where after debunking the animal you say, "but if it *did* exist, it's biology and evolutionary history would be something like this," and then you create a ridiculous but still more plausible creature. OR, if you're super cool, you could have like a contest where your viewers create one of those creatures, and then on the next episode you give a shout-out to the one you liked the most. Sorry, I may be getting over-excited, but cryptids are one of my favorite subjects.

    • @TheBasikShow
      @TheBasikShow 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ridiculous-but-still-more-plausible creature suggestion:
      The Mothman is a highly evolved species of owl which feeds mainly on other species of owl. Standing at an average of about 1 meter high, it is entirely nocturnal, and spends the day in dense patches of trees, camouflaged in with pigment that ranges from white to dark grey. Because of its large size, it must rear its young at the bases of trees instead of at higher branches, preferably near rivers.
      The Mothman is considered to be relatively intelligent, and it is the only known bird to have a "funeral ritual". When a fellow Mothman dies, the Mothmen ritualistically throw its body into a nearby river, thus accounting for the fact that no Mothman remains have survived for study. Their behaviour also includes a cooperative nesting, wherein groups of parents will raise their chicks together, in order to be more efficient at bringing home food. Its nests are always well-camouflaged to deter attackers.
      Another interesting attribute of the Mothman is that its wing feathers extend entirely down its body, in a way similar to bats. This causes the extra lift necessary to hold up such a large creature in flight. Civilians sighting the Mothman are generally not aware of these wing extensions, and assume them to be part of the body, causing reports to have a much larger body and smaller wingspan than is actually present.
      The Mothman, sadly, is probably no longer with us. By the time of its first sighting, it was already a critically endangered species, with a population of around a dozen and an adult population of approximately 4. The final nail in the Mothman's coffin was the collapse of Silver Bridge, under which a nest of several individuals was situated. Although some specimens survived the collapse, as evidenced by the removal of all members of the nest, it is not considered likely that any of the young survived. With at most a single breeding pair remaining in 1967, the Mothmen are certainly no more.

    • @bennjo1728
      @bennjo1728 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I read that in a David Attenborough voice. I was completely convinced.

    • @lorik2005
      @lorik2005 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Benjamin Nope I read it as David Attenborough doing a Yoda voice

    • @TREYtheExplainer
      @TREYtheExplainer  8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +TheBasikShow I like the idea! Thank you for suggesting ti!

  • @DarkINsides06
    @DarkINsides06 7 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Do one of these breakdowns for the Jersey Devil.

    • @gaben6462
      @gaben6462 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      DarkINsides06 ohhhh yes

    • @montgomerypottichen3588
      @montgomerypottichen3588 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      DarkINsides06 the Jersey Devil is very horrifying, or at least the story about it is, what the hell could it be if the police department shot it multiple times and did no damage to it, and I wanna know where it vanished off to. I don’t think TREY could explain it.

  • @macnutz4206
    @macnutz4206 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Minor correction regarding high beam head lights. 14:30 They were invented long before 1966. High/low beam lights were introduced for automobiles in 1924. By 1954, Cadillac introduced the first auto controlled high beam lights. I used to drive a 1950 Chevrolet and it most assuredly had a foot switch to control the high beam lights, which were standard well before 1950.

  • @od3910
    @od3910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Scientific explanations are always more scary than simply "it's magic" cause then you could end up meeting one.

  • @canibaloxide
    @canibaloxide 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Probably just an owlman.

    • @karnagefails333
      @karnagefails333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dead as Dreams Owlmen. No big deal.

  • @nDjinn1
    @nDjinn1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "I saw the mothman again. This time he regurgitated a pellet and flew off chasing a mouse".

  • @KVR_211
    @KVR_211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You know, since I live in WV my family has had some history with moth man. My mawmaw (grandmother) always told me that 10-20 minutes before the silver bridge fell, her dad drove across it, pretty crazy

  • @timothymclean
    @timothymclean 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "...more than double less..."
    Man, Trey's old videos are rough. He's come so far.

    • @borkwoof696
      @borkwoof696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      GreatWyrm Gold the music also

  • @NisarKhan-jm1uh
    @NisarKhan-jm1uh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    I think the sqeak was caused by a mouse that the owl was carrying

  • @Ferril21
    @Ferril21 6 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    Could owl fly as fast as moderate fast car.
    Btw: Those mothman pancakes are made of mothman meat, so that's why it disappeared.

    • @Thetarget1
      @Thetarget1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      No way they were driving that fast on a dark country road in a 1960's car. They definitely didn't go 100 MPH as claimed. Even a professional rally driver would be hard pressed to do that.

    • @pyroxplayz207
      @pyroxplayz207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      a 57 chevy is not very fast, and driving down a dark road in an old car is not safe enough to drive that fast, so an owl probably could keep up

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It should also be noted that owls are actually some of the fastest birds when they strike

    • @mrmolamola6163
      @mrmolamola6163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      barn owls (according to google) can do 50 mph, i'd say well withing what i'd expect a 57 chevy on backroads to do

    • @dilophosaurussk4333
      @dilophosaurussk4333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      medved co vi kde ja med ja som vedel ze niesom sam!

  • @cookeymonster83
    @cookeymonster83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "I'm not saying it was owls, but it was owls" LOL that's really funny man :D

  • @-sanju-
    @-sanju- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can't even count how many times I've watched this (along with the whole cryptozoology playlist). There's just something very addicting about these videos.

  • @kierancowface
    @kierancowface 8 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Hey, do the bloop, I know it's not a creature and it's just a speculative sound but I would like to know your thoughts if it's a creature or natural/ man made phenomena taking place.

    • @wpttmm3994
      @wpttmm3994 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It was proven to be an iceberg.

    • @mr.buscheese9456
      @mr.buscheese9456 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +WPT TMM OR WAS IT?! DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!

    • @wpttmm3994
      @wpttmm3994 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      ***** You obviously haven't heard an iceberg in hydrophone have you? Here's a recording: www.livescience.com/38119-how-icebergs-produce-ocean-noise.html
      It's almost identical to the 'bloop' and has been verified by experts to be the cause. If you're insisting it's something else, please explain.

    • @EariosRandomness
      @EariosRandomness 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm pretty sure it was found to be continents grinding against each other along an undersea fault line.

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Those dirty, dirty continents. Get a room, you two.

  • @riel1674
    @riel1674 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    The mothman exists as one of the mutated Creatures in a post apocalyptic west virginia

    • @terrorbird3080
      @terrorbird3080 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      no he is not.

    • @senthenerd5332
      @senthenerd5332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's... Not realistic

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@terrorbird3080 it’s a giant moth in the game Fallout 76. Mothmen have glowing red compound eyes, large black wings, mostly come out at night, and they lay eggs around Point Pleasant.

    • @TheOfficalBiggestBird
      @TheOfficalBiggestBird 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sen the Nerd He is talking about fallout of course it isn't dumbass

  • @donniejefferson9554
    @donniejefferson9554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love that the drawing at 7:27 is just an owl without a beak. Perfection

  • @superfire6463
    @superfire6463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Bird like"
    "Bird like"
    "Bird like"
    "So.....a *moth* man?"
    "Yeah, that makes sense....."

  • @mezo4010
    @mezo4010 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    This series should be called ''OWL PROFILE''

  • @Numero103
    @Numero103 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    got a name for this series "The DeCrypted Profile"

  • @nicolallias
    @nicolallias 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating story, which I never heard of before!
    As always, your analysis is very interesting, many thanks

  • @ejscorp
    @ejscorp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Maybe the real Mothman is the friends we made along the way

  • @anatomicalvenus
    @anatomicalvenus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +930

    Mothman is real and he's my boyfriend

    • @mothmanandmore4771
      @mothmanandmore4771 6 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      No way. Not in a million years of destruction I will date a mortal.

    • @bravocado04
      @bravocado04 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      No your boyfriend is a toaster

    • @ol_fortune9474
      @ol_fortune9474 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      he's a owl?

    • @hazoish7670
      @hazoish7670 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Kelsey Hanlon you mean slothman?

    • @candacealleyne6785
      @candacealleyne6785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol

  • @somethingfunny2199
    @somethingfunny2199 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    A few ideas:
    Nandi Bear
    Bunyip
    Bigfoot/Yeti
    Loch Ness
    and
    Jersey Devil

    • @nobodyatall6620
      @nobodyatall6620 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I would love to see all of these! I really hope he dose the bunyip or the yeti/Bigfoot!

    • @Talla50k
      @Talla50k 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      for me I see nessie the most possible real animal that's a cryptid cause things like jersey devil isn't possible

    • @OtachiKaiju68
      @OtachiKaiju68 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Nasutoceratops 1983 maybe an Wyvern like Jersey Devil?

    • @jaredroe6021
      @jaredroe6021 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Nasutoceratops 1983 it is it just wouldn't survive long.

    • @qikechen5830
      @qikechen5830 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Terrell Jeffries I think he's a Dinosaur trerrel

  • @MeatHusk
    @MeatHusk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    It’s miss mothwoman to you and we have been Happily married for the past 26 years

    • @mrgoose9128
      @mrgoose9128 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No you got my brother not me

    • @terrorbird3080
      @terrorbird3080 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      WAHT!? HOW CAN YOU BE MARRIED TO A OWL!?

  • @Omelette_Gaming
    @Omelette_Gaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been watching ur stuff for months, just subbed to say continue this

  • @combustingducks7836
    @combustingducks7836 8 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    the music gives me chills :S

  • @jochemwitteveen7721
    @jochemwitteveen7721 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Trey, i have some ideas:
    bunyip
    trolls (not youtube trolls)
    congomato (or what ever)
    sasquatch
    wendigo
    lake monsters (nessi/champ)
    chupacabra

    • @autbo
      @autbo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      What about waldo? There have been many sightings of him, but I've never seen him...

    • @jochemwitteveen7721
      @jochemwitteveen7721 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      :)

    • @XZeroDragoonX
      @XZeroDragoonX 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm not sure Wendigo falls under the cryptic category, considering it's actual identification, I believe the same goes for the bunyip.

    • @lanternno8491
      @lanternno8491 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      And how about lone pine mountain devil ?

    • @zt2ean
      @zt2ean 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Jochem Witteveen I'm too deep in the Homestuck fandom, I thought of the Alternian trolls instead of mythical ones

  • @avacornthelastponybender8583
    @avacornthelastponybender8583 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The music you used between stations is straight up CHILLING

  • @ragingmoderate6791
    @ragingmoderate6791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love how every flying cryptid has a ten foot wingspan. Giant thunderbird that tries to fly off with children , 10 foot wingspan. Scary moth thing that's a harbinger of doom, 10 foot wingspan. I think people dont realize how small 10 feet is when it comes to flying animals. I had a couple white pelicans fly over me at work today. They have 10 foot wingspans and they're no where near 6 feet tall. Also funny how everything that walks upright is 8 to 10 feet tall. People see something have no frame of reference for the height and when asked say "uhhhh what's a big human seven feet okay it was definitely bigger than that I'll say 8 to 10 feet"

  • @The_PokeSaurus
    @The_PokeSaurus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    So, Mothman is technically a Dinosaur because hes a owl! Right? :D
    I love this video! Please continue this series!
    The fallowing is a list of creatures I'd like to see you talk about!
    Chupacabra!
    Jersey Devil!
    Big Foot, of cores!
    That thing hiding in my back yard!
    And maybe the The Lockness Monster!

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'd like the Ngoubou and Mkele-Membe.

  • @iamtrash-kun3516
    @iamtrash-kun3516 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "I'm not saying it was owls....but it was owls..."

  • @testkanal2mille
    @testkanal2mille 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Pretty much an owl, I encountered one while driving on a secluded road at night. It even was pretty curious and followed me about ~100 meters while maintaing a speed of 70-80kph. Humans tend to exaggerate the size of light objects in the dark, so a snowy owl would be plausible. If you take a look at pictures of young owls, you can easily see seemingly strange leg - body ratio

    • @ryderdraws168
      @ryderdraws168 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Julius Guzy it doesn't get better when they're older.

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It wasn't an owl

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      An owl can not go that fast

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      After reading the witnesses reports and doing extensive research on the case the owl theory just doesn't fit in my opinion
      1 the witnesses knew what an owl/sandhill crane looked like
      1. They got a good look at the creature
      2. At one point it chased and kept up with the Scarberry's and Mallettes when they were driving a around a hundred miles no large bird is that fast
      3. In a couple of accounts it went straight up in the air no large bird can do that either
      4. Doesn't explain all the other strangeness like the men in black and the ufos sight

  • @deathsonggaming
    @deathsonggaming ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Imagine flying into your vacation home only to be shot dead by someone who thought you were a giant demonic version of your food

  • @peterstoric6560
    @peterstoric6560 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Could you do one about the Dover demon or another supernatural thing like werewolves or vampires?

    • @cristiamjulianayalapena3190
      @cristiamjulianayalapena3190 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A documentary about undead creatures in mythologies: zombies, ghouls, draugr, mannanangal, jiang-shi, etc.

    • @werewolf3802
      @werewolf3802 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Heck yea

  • @willpoweramv
    @willpoweramv 8 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Can you do a video about Lizard Man?

    • @eltostado3304
      @eltostado3304 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +RunRobotRun911 Hisss?

    • @ardapoda
      @ardapoda 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +RunRobotRun911 Lizard men what lizard men? [calls a vague yet menacing goverment agency to tell them "They know"]

    • @notapinecone4870
      @notapinecone4870 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Arda Poda the lizard men are real. (just check leafy's channel)

    • @howsurfacetoday6000
      @howsurfacetoday6000 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      you cant hide from me lizard people -_- i will find you...

    • @mikeylp6832
      @mikeylp6832 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Jubei Johnson reptilians and lizard man are different things you know

  • @salt-emoji
    @salt-emoji ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's crazy how well these older videos hold up over the years, especially when compared to other similar topic videos of the time.

  • @Bashuraptor
    @Bashuraptor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Let me just say that I genuinely do empathize and sympathize with the teens in the original sighting. Kudos to them for actually returning to the scene to make sure they actually saw it!
    I really like Mothman as a cryptid. I know that most cryptids are unlikely to exist (although canine Chupocabra intruiges me), but Mothman is just a fun design!

  • @RazielRodriguezz
    @RazielRodriguezz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    Can't wait for a video about sasquatch or "bigfoot" it's the only mythical creature besides ocean dwelling creatures I can see being real.

    • @jackarmstrong8790
      @jackarmstrong8790 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Rick Sanchez the intergalactic Hellspawn oh, they were likely real. If the native Americans told of them, (and they’ve been in the Americas far longer than the Europeans), who’s to say they’re wrong?

    • @HoveringAboveMyself
      @HoveringAboveMyself 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Native Americans never told of them, sasquatch to the natives were very tall people with long head hair not apemen

    • @captainseyepatch3879
      @captainseyepatch3879 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Native Americans also talked about birds the size of mountains.

    • @angellara7040
      @angellara7040 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aurora borealis souce pls

    • @OfficialFedHater
      @OfficialFedHater 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The sasquatch genome project has the best evidence for its existence around. All of their data is there for you to look at.

  • @Shinobi729
    @Shinobi729 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As a fan of all that is mysterious and supernatural, would love to see more of this series. I do like your way of explaining the unknown with actual facts and logic. That reminds me that I once wrote a paper in middle school on the chupacabra and explained that the dead livestock were done by coyotes or stay dogs.

  • @dakzevon1311
    @dakzevon1311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    West Virginia: known for moonshine, country roads, and mothman
    *I’m proud to live here*

  • @teetywoo3156
    @teetywoo3156 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:52 those drawings are fascinating! Imagine that this actually existed! This is why I think crypto- zoology is so appealing to me and others.

  • @MsDjessa
    @MsDjessa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    17:37 Imagine how many conspiracy theories there would be about the incident if he had really crashed.

  • @Blairaptor
    @Blairaptor 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ahh, I'm so excited for this series! I have loved cryptozoology for many years and it's cool to see a breakdown of a cryptid all in one place. Also I didn't know owls could have spooky red eyeshine; that's neat!

  • @OnlySpoilers
    @OnlySpoilers 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very dramatic and suspenseful music between the segments, considering each segment explains that Mothman can’t be real. Lol! Very well researched, thanks for this video!

  • @ABC-po6be
    @ABC-po6be 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good analysis, I have seen a winged humanoid and know that they exist; but I do appreciate your skeptical position and well researched effort to find rational explanations where applicable. Thumbs up!

  • @Jasonwolf1495
    @Jasonwolf1495 7 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Cryptozoology doesn't deserve the hate it gets. Yes it's a one in two billion chance there is anything even remotely like what people talk about out there, but we've found crazier things before. When tempered with the knowledge that you are probably running after nothing the study isn't so bad. It's more like reality assurance. We're making sure we didn't miss something because we didn't check enough.

    • @TREYtheExplainer
      @TREYtheExplainer  7 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      The problem most people have with cryptozoology is that if often is not based in evidence and is instead based entirely on eyewitness claims.

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I love to use cryptzoology to explore zoology and anthropology-what animals are the legends based on, what do the legends have to do, etc. Guess that's true for mythology in general.

    • @Never_heart
      @Never_heart 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      There are certain veins of cryptozoology that are very matute and scientific that does what you say, second guessing things to cover the possibility of over looking undiscovered fauna. But the large majority of "cryptozoologists" are not studying as much as believing folktales. It should be a study but sadly those not actually using science devalue it as a discipline.

    • @Never_heart
      @Never_heart 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aurora borealis I agree it is the strawman phalacy

    • @eli8444
      @eli8444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I dunno man. My Grandpa thinks that Bigfoot is real. He and G-ma live in the forest, and he just hinted at it, like it was no big deal.
      I believe this dude.
      In my views? Either it's incredibly smart, like "beam me up, scotty." level of smart, a demon from some Judeo-christian myth, a HUGE hairy crazy dude, a really really rare giant monkey, a giant monkey ghost, or a hallucination.
      Grandpa's only drug is Jesus, and even then he takes him in moderation compared to others who share his faith at the state he lives at. His mind is sharp, seriously calm, incredibly dry humored and mannered, and doesn't take himself or life too seriously.
      Alright, Gramps might not have seen Bigfoot, but there was this mundanity to the subject of conversation and reluctance to tell me what he went through. Reluctance isn't the best word here, but I got nothin else, more like disbelief in what was coming out of his mouth.
      He saw something weird.

  • @irenesoto4940
    @irenesoto4940 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Can you do a chupacabras video please

    • @finnsimpson5253
      @finnsimpson5253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Irene Soto it’s fake

    • @dontaskanimation5646
      @dontaskanimation5646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jeremy’s Roblox Gamplay That’s the point

    • @finnsimpson5253
      @finnsimpson5253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't Ask Animation if it’s common knowledge that something is fake then it’s pointless to do a video on it. Also I was saying fake in case the person didn’t knwo

  • @andyt8370
    @andyt8370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Later sightings might not necessarily be deliberate fabrications, I think it's very possible that more than one person has seen a big owl, and after hearing the original story though that their owl also was a mothman. Many people seeing many different owls would also explain why reports vary about mothman's color and size.

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The mothman was not an owl

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      After reading the witnesses reports and doing extensive research on the case the owl theory just doesn't fit in my opinion
      1 the witnesses knew what an owl/sandhill crane looked like
      1. They got a good look at the creature
      2. At one point it chased and kept up with the Scarberry's and Mallettes when they were driving a around a hundred miles no large bird is that fast
      3. In a couple of accounts it went straight up in the air no large bird can do that either
      4. Doesn't explain all the other strangeness like the men in black and the ufos sight

  • @KingsCountyLightHaus
    @KingsCountyLightHaus 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is good stuff, Trey. Subbed.

  • @thatonen3rd_
    @thatonen3rd_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    You should do one on the Chupacabra, that'd be awesome

  • @zephyrcrestwell2204
    @zephyrcrestwell2204 8 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    The moth man was an Argentavis.
    I'm joking

  • @owenhughes5781
    @owenhughes5781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Having come across a (seemingly) big owl on a country road late at night they do appear bloody massive and rather intimidating, especially without some of the usual context to scale it.
    My guess would be that the owl was on top of an oddly shaped tree stump or something. Trees can be creepy in the dark, big owl on tree stump that maybe looks like legs =7 foot creature with a wing span too small for it

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The mothman was not an owl

    • @morganbanefort181
      @morganbanefort181 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      After reading the witnesses reports and doing extensive research on the case the owl theory just doesn't fit in my opinion
      1 the witnesses knew what an owl/sandhill crane looked like
      1. They got a good look at the creature
      2. At one point it chased and kept up with the Scarberry's and Mallettes when they were driving a around a hundred miles no large bird is that fast
      3. In a couple of accounts it went straight up in the air no large bird can do that either
      4. Doesn't explain all the other strangeness like the men in black and the ufos sight

  • @J4keJ
    @J4keJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The drawings do honestly look like a bigass owl. When I was a kid I always pictured him with a human head with moth antennas lol.

  • @theunholyadventurer2376
    @theunholyadventurer2376 8 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    THAT CREATURE AT 7:35 WHAT IS THAT,IM SCARED!!

    • @me-hg3lh
      @me-hg3lh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Uhh.. a deer?

    • @ayh4968
      @ayh4968 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      When you miss the obvious joke

    • @reallytheguy
      @reallytheguy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      The Unholy Adventurer I have no clue but I'm not going outside anymore.

    • @mothman1243
      @mothman1243 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A mothmen

    • @stoniecad7805
      @stoniecad7805 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Its the Loch Ness bigfoot

  • @river-sideacrocantho-sirac8524
    @river-sideacrocantho-sirac8524 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What I want to see:
    Bigfoot
    Chupacabra
    The Jersy Devil
    Burrunjor
    obviously the loch ness monster
    And more!!!

  • @Marcus12813
    @Marcus12813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    if it looks like an owl, walks like an owl, and flies like an owl, it probably is an owl.

  • @elsakristina2689
    @elsakristina2689 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's a very similar cryptid to this in England, it's called the Owlman and it's mostly sighted in and around the village of Mawnan in Cornwall in England. The first sightings were in 1976 and some people still claim to have encounters with the creature today. It seems a little obscure IMO and I first heard of it on an episode of "Lost Tapes" back in 2009.