Mothman Prophecies

In class we dealt with the topic of a supernatural occurrence. We listened to an excerpt of the book “The Mothman Prophecies” by John A Keel. This excerpt dealt with a unusual situation a couple faced in 1967. a couple in West Virginia encounter a stranger in the middle of a rainy night. This stranger, dressed in black from head to toe, requests to use their phone due to a car breakdown. Due to his menacing appearance, the couple reject his request and close the door in his face. When they confided their neighbours and friends, all agreed that they had encountered the Mothman, or the Devil. Furthermore, about a week later, the couple die in a car accident. They soon link that the reason why the couple was died was because they and encountered the Devil. The reasoning made by the society could be coherent to the belief and what actually happens, however, the incident could also be a coincidence. I believe that what happened was nothing but a coincidence. However, due to societies beliefs and norms during the 60’s many people were under the influence that the Devil did exist. They related his appearance and his mysterious entry and exist as a sign, some form of an indicator that HE was the reason the couple perished in the car crash. However, if we reason it out, there are too many questions raised to agree with the society’s belief – does the Devil exist? Who is he? Or she? Why did he/she visit that particular couple? Why did they die exactly a week later, in a car crash that too? Without the correct proof no clear conclusion can be made, only assumptions based on belief. The man could have been anyone, he could have actually been a person stranded in the middle of the night. It was because they society did not have a grounded argument or evidence for the visit; they linked it to the Devil. This shows how people’s beliefs and thoughts were easily accepted amongst the society – linking two very different situations to make them fit somehow. There could have been a number of different reasons why the couple died.