hide caption. LB; P&M/TSFS. One researcher, argues that it is probably just a large owl. No sound. - Possibly confused with: a barred owl, a shitepoke, a sandhill crane, a drone costume, another Chicago cryptid. 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. Dubbed the Chicago Mothman, it has been seen all over the area, often near the Lake Michigan shoreline. While testimony concerning the appearance of this creature varies, one recurring theme seems to be consistent; the feeling of dread and doom that comes over the witnesses, and the sense that tragedy lies in its wake. There were reportedly at least 55 sightings of the so-called Mothman in the Chicago area in 2017. . 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. UE; UFOCH/TSFS, April 9th, 2022Several family members attending a party in Elk Grove, Illinois, claim they saw a winged humanoid with glowing red eyes perched on a neighbors roof. UE; P&M/TSFS, Summer of 2000Two friends report a weird, winged entity at the Goshen Dam in Indiana. Mea atqui dicam in, vidit reque error mei ex, ut eos possit reformidans reprehendunt. My informant has relayed other previous incidents. The Singular Fortean Society (Tobias & Emily Wayland) 2016-2020. At first we thought that's what it wasmaybe a CTA bus or big truck with brakes that needed changing or maintenance. The entity has also been referred to as the 'Chicago Mothman', 'Chicago Owlman' & 'O'Hare Mothman' or 'O'Hare Batman.' - Chicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive Map - Please feel free to contact me at lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com - your anonymity is guaranteed. UE; TSFS, March 7th, 2019A woman driving in Woodstock, Illinois is reportedly startled to see an extremely tall being with fur and wings run in front of her car. Is this the return of the Mothman, here to warn Chicago locals of some impending tragedy? UE; P&M, Winter of 2011A woman reports seeing a flying humanoid with greenish yellowish-like eyes while driving near the Prairie Creek Reservoir in Indiana. The Case Of The Chicago Mothman. Approximately fifteen sightings of a flying humanoid have been reported in the Chicago area. (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. UE; P&M, August 28th, 2017A delivery driver reports a "large man with wings" flying over the same area of McCook as the sightings reported on August 22nd. Paul likes to add a bit of humor to each MU post he crafts. He has received multiple reports concerning the recent rash of sightings in Chicago and has been thoroughly investigating each one. , went out on their own night investigations to try and catch footage of the monster. These people aint playing around, they have checked in on us at least twice and I have also heard from others that have seen the same thing that they were told to stay quiet or risk losing their jobs. While testimony concerning the appearance of this creature varies, one recurring theme seems to be consistent; the feeling of dread and doom that comes over the witnesses, and the sense that tragedy lies in its wake. LB; UFOCH, July 5th, 2019A witness reports a pterosaur while driving home in Wheaton, Illinois. Bantz, like the many other people who reported seeing a strange flying humanoid over Chicago, just wants to know what is going on. Based upon true events around 1966-1967, The Mothman Prophecies centers around a rash of weird, somewhat supernatural, events reportedly occurring in and around Point Pleasant, West Virginia. hide caption. The Yeoman Creek Landfill, a Superfund site in Waukegan north of Chicago, will eventually be the site for 20,000 solar energy panels. UE; P&M, October 7th, 2017A witness reports a large, winged being flying in the River North neighborhood. Sarah Becan/sarahbecan.com hide caption which occurred on March 22nd to a local truck driver and Chicago local, Billy Bantz. Probably all the other colors, too. she says. Inspired by all of the Mothman sightings in 2017, questioner and illustrator Sarah Becan imagined the types of activities Mothman might enjoy in Chicago. UE; P&M, 1999A woman, along with her husband and a girlfriend, report a flying, red-eyed gargoyle in Rockford, Illinois. The head was prominent, and thinner than a human head. It wasn't being buffeted about by the wind. LB; UFOCH, August 1st, 2017A witness reports a flying humanoid over Elgin, Illinois. UE; P&M, August of 2004A woman reports an "all blackman with huge bat-like wings" flying over the park near her home in Rockford, Illinois. UE; P&M, September 7th, 2017A family visiting Lincoln Park Zoo reports a "large creature with a giant set of wings" flying over them. (Image: Phantoms and Monsters). UE; P&M, August of 2015A man driving in Gary, Indiana reports a dark, grayish prehistoric bird with smooth, leathery skin. Each witness has had a feeling of dread and foreboding, which I believe translates into a warning of some type. We welcome stories and community members from anywhere people experience the impossible. If you go to the spot featured in that image of the map, there is no Mothman to be seen. | RSS, How The Family That Walks On All Fours Baffled Scientists For Years, The "Nuclear Coffin" On Runit Island Is Still Haunting The Pacific, A 30-Year Garfield Phone Mystery Was Solved By A Discovery In A Sea Cave, A Giant Destructive Blob Is Headed For Florida, And It Stinks, Anthropologist Believes An Ancient Human Species May Have Been Sighted On Flores Island, This Small, Vibrating Bracelet Might Change Your Life, Don't Travel Without These CES-Featured Translation Earbuds, Stay Warm in a Blackout with this CES-Featured Power Station, How To Take Award-Winning Photos Of Space, Five Mysteries Surrounding Space And Physics. UE; UFOCH, July 29th, 2017Two friends report a "huge black shape" gliding over the Albany Park/Lincoln Square area. 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. UE; UFOCH, February 5th, 2023A witness reports a group sighting of a "Large Man" with "Wings That Were Wider Than a Car" in Chicago's Little Village. This sounded like squeaky truck brakes that squeal when you're pressing hard on them. So is this what people have been seeing? One witness came forward with her own timeline of personal sightings, ranging from 1970 through 2017, available here. Pascarelli and her fianc, Mark Kohlhepp, wanted to check out the festival after visiting the museum in the past. Probably Not! But, for the sake of science, we've compiled everything we were able to surmise into a digital case file. Host: Melba Lara; Reporter: Mara Ins Zamudio, Images courtesy of Sarah Becan, Brian Serway and Lon Strickler/WBEZ, Courtesy Lon Strickler of Phantoms and Monsters and Egertron Puck/WBEZ, Courtesy of Johnny Pippins and Fortepan Iowa/WBEZ Chicago, To get his Ph.D., Gov. Et cibo reque honestatis vim, mei ad idque iisque graecis. UFOCH (UFO Clearinghouse): These sightings were received/investigated by Manuel Navarette of UFO Clearinghouse. UE; UFOCH, October 31st, 2020A group of young adults claim to have seen a red-eyed, winged being in the trees near Waukegan Skate Park in Waukegan, Illinois. UE; MUFON/P&M, October 19th, 2019A man reports a shrieking giant-sized bat fly overhead as he is smoking a cigarette outside of a wedding reception in Rosemont, Illinois. LB; UFOCH, August 2nd, 2017A woman and her son are reportedly terrified by a "tall, dark humanoid" with membranous wings seen in a park near their home in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Cu alii malis albucius duo, in eam ferri dolores periculis. 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; UFOCH, Mid-April 2017A man reports seeing a humanoid "bat-dragon" near Mukwonago, Wisconsin. Starting in 2011 and peaking in 2017, sightings of a Mothman-like creature began surfacing all over Chicagoland. UE; TSFS, March 6th, 2019A woman is awoken in the early morning hours by a sinister and monster-like growling outside of her home in Woodstock, Illinois. This particular report was submitted to Manuel Navarettes UFO Clearinghouse site by an anonymous worker at the American Airlines aircraft hangar who claimed to be one of four people who witnessed three large black creatures over by the parking lot, they were about 7 feet tall each and they were just staring right at us. That was followed by one of them opens what look like large black wings and shoots off onto the sky followed by the others, all three making a sort of screeching sound as they take off. And THAT was followed by this: A few seconds later a security vehicle comes screaming up through the driveway and stops and some white chubby security person runs out with his flashlight and starts checking the area., One of the supervisors came up to us and told us to stop recording and to put our phones away or she would report us to our supervisors., They came in after 10 minutes and said that we were not to talk to anyone in regards to what we saw and that they were requiring us to send them the video we had shot on our phones and then delete the video off of our phones or we would be immediately terminated. 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. In the late 1960s, people around Point Pleasant, West Virginia, began reporting sightings of a creature that would later be dubbed Mothman. It would reportedly emerge, fly as fast as 100 mph and, oftentimes, leave witnesses with a deep sense of dread. Location of Sighting: American Airlines Hangar OHare International Airport- Chicago, IL Robbie Telfer is a performance poet, teacher and conservationist. UE; P&M/UFOCH, June 17th, 2017A jogger near the Navy Pier reports an enormous bat taking wing and flying towards the water treatment plant. LB; P&M, August 22nd, 2017A truck driver reports a large winged being with "thick glistening hair" flying over the Chicago suburb of McCook. ), we were unable to get to the bottom of this mystery. UE; UFOCH, September 5th, 2011A man reportedly followed a creature with "bat-like wings, a small bulbous head and what seemed to be 'tentacles' extending from behind it" that hed seen flying over the Jackson Park Highlands neighborhood in Chicago. Unless this creature is the one in control. 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. LB; UFOCH, June 20th, 2022A woman and her mother claim to have encountered both a massive, black, winged humanoid and a glowing UFO on the same night in Rockford, Illinois. UE; P&M, August 4th, 2017A woman and her husband photograph a "giant bat" in Melrose Park. UE (Unexplained): These sightings are unexplainedthey are potentially paranormal according to the nature of the events described and the evidence currently available, and represent the best likelihood of a Mothman-like entity. UE; TSFS/UFOCH, May 31st, 2020An airline pilot reports a large, black, human-like creature flying above OHare International Airport. (Image: Billy Bantz/Lon Strickler). Sarah Becan is a Chicago comics artist who draws mostly food and monsters (including many "Monsterffirmations," as she calls them). Our investigative group is conducting a serious examination of his phenomenon. I want to write this comment for anybody who saw this and then Googled it like I did - this is a fabrication. Amitrano's was just one of 55 alleged sightings of the so-called Mothman in the Chicago area in 2017. There is also a documentary, On the Trail of the Lake Michigan Mothman currently streaming on Amazon Prime, .