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The Silver Bridge: The Classic Mothman Tale

 
 
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The Silver Bridge: The Classic Mothman Tale

Written in 1970 by West Virginia Ufologist Gray Barker, “The Silver Bridge” was the first book ever written on the mysterious Mothman creature, and still one of the best. Barker was the first researcher on the scene of both the Flatwoods Monster and Mothman cases. Known for his eloquent writing style, Barker became nationally famous for his seminal book “They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers,” which set the standard for reportage of the infamous Men In Black. In “The Silver Bridge,” Barker explores the murky psychosexual depths of life in WV during the Mothman era of the late 1960s. This book was originally printed in small quantities and hence became very rare, fetching enormous prices. Now, for the first time, it is being made widely available to the general public. Inside, one finds many intriguing details about Mothman that previously escaped attention. This 2008 edition features new introductions by noted paranormal researchers Allen Greenfield, James Moseley, and Andy Colvin.

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Product Details:
Author: Gray Barker
Paperback: 154 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Language: English
ISBN: 1439204276
Package Length: 9.0 inches
Package Width: 5.8 inches
Package Height: 0.3 inches
Package Weight: 0.6 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 2 reviews
 
 

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5Fine literature and fascinating tales.  Oct 22, 2009
This book is truly fine literature. It makes you feel what the times were like, both for Gray as he was investigating and also for the people he interviewed. The Mothman tales continue to this day, but Gray paints the initial series of events with words to express the horror and wonder which the events elicited. Rather than being a clinical research exposé, something much more valuable about the mysterious and its relation to the human condition. Somehow one is left with a belief that very strange happenings occurred and that the character of the people and places were involved.

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4The Silver Bridge to the imagination  Nov 30, 2008
Gray Barker may never have found the Mothman or proved that it existed, but the stories he collected/created in The Silver Bridge were fascinating nonetheless. The book intertwined a strong narrative with factual interviews so that the reader is left to figure out what really happened.
The best parts of the book were the interviews with the people who say they actually had experienced an incident with the Mothman. Having read The Mothman Prophecies and remembering John Keel's interviews with the Scarberrys and the Mallettes, The Silver Bridge allows the reader to really understand their background as well as introducing a few new names into the frey, like Jimmi Jamieson and Frank Wentworth, both with their own Mothman experience. Whether the latter two people were real or composites, however, is anyone's guess.
Ambiguous, but highly enjoyable.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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