Passing of Mothman Prophecies Author
John A. Keel, 79, author of The Mothman Prophecies, died Friday of congestive heart failure at a Manhattan hospital, his friend Larry "Ratso" Sloman said Tuesday.
The Mothman Prophecies was loosely adapted into a movie in 2002 about paranormal phenomena starring Richard Gere and Alan Bates.
Mr. Keel was born Alva John Kiehle. He was best known for his writings about unidentified flying objects and the paranormal. In his 1970 book UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse, he linked UFO reports to mysterious phenomena over the centuries.
The Mothman Prophecies was Mr. Keel's account of his 1966-67 investigation into sightings in West Virginia of a strange winged creature called the Mothman. - AP
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Bridget Sep 11, 2009
Did he die just this past summer? July 2009? That is strange, because I just moved from Georgia to the Ohio Valley region, not far from Point Pleasant, WV, in July. My moving here brought about a lot of kidding from some of my friends, because of the whole mothman thing! I had heard of mothman, but had never read the book or saw the movie. I watched the movie, and now I am very interested in reading the book. I just thought it was kind of a cool coincidence.