Did Mothman Exist?

[@dankykong7871]

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".

[@Scrubermensch]

DK animation pic + top tier bee movie line. Prominent man of culture.

[@jackalenterprisesofohio]

Bees, hummingbirds........

[@DEADEND176]

Bee

[@Scarabola]

"...should not be able to..."?

[@avacornthelastponybender8583]

Ya like Jazz?

[@Technocolor00]

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

[@jonnybgood3848]

oh shit you too?

[@MiraSubieGirl]

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

[@jonnybgood3848]

Nåti M sorry man

[@isis2523]

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

[@MiraSubieGirl]

@@isis2523 Fuck you would be fun at parties!

[@thepip3599]

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

[@kayagorzan]

Indeed

[@tristansoendergaard7867]

?

[@user-tzzglsstle585e38]

It's obvious mothman is just the Duolingo bird

[@senthenerd5332]

So an owl

[@LordDesola_R.A.M]

Oh no

[@octaviusroosevelt7355]

The couple didn't do their daily German.

[@mothmanafterdark5924]

Umm how dare you

[@ravenwithcall8527]

W O R S E *T H A T ‘ S* *W O R S E*

[@unknownuser3926]

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]

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

[@mewfour3265]

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

[@JosephFlores-yn4yi]

@@cathedraljunky3299 probably not

[@The-kr9rb]

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

[@mewfour3265]

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

[@scarletrose2880]

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

[@burrowingowlowl4554]

It was painful to hear him say that

[@American-Plague]

Yeah but that owl caused that bridge to collapse.

[@jonpilledsingledad]

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

[@badogaming7447]

As a resident besides harry powers this is an accurate representation

[@TheGazingHeart]

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

[@sethnolte7993]

incest happens there

[@MiraSubieGirl]

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

[@MiraSubieGirl]

COUNTRRRRYYYYY ROWWWDDDDSSSS TAKE MEHHH HOMEEEEEEEEEEE

[@smergthedargon8974]

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

[@moonbugz]

Smerg the Dargon MOOD

[@kieronbrown73]

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

[@patrickchoque7720]

kieronbrown73 Decidueye.

[@xX_wiLLiam_Xx]

Big tiddy moth gf

[@vallisdaemonumofficial]

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

[@valentinaaugustina]

What if the owl is just a small mothman

[@MC-wr8sz]

Very true...deep man, deep..

[@vacantchris8174]

Ethan G26 Mehhhhhhhhh

[@mewtwogonzalez1012]

Idk

[@davet3181]

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

[@wearenumber7870]

The mothman is daddy owl

[@jeffreygao3956]

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

[@cristiamjulianayalapena3190]

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

[@eggroll3055]

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

[@xX_wiLLiam_Xx]

this made me HAOEH

[@terrorbird3080]

LOL GOOD ONE!!

[@concept5631]

Mothman: *_oh god oh fuck_*

[@Thomas-yt9vr]

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]

Not just gliding. *Silent gliding.*

[@theancientone7798]

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]

A VULTURE

[@midgetman4206]

An albatross!

[@Roomsaver]

A moth..?

[@PierroCh5]

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

[@philipjohnson3225]

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

[@terrorbird3080]

NO IT'S A OWL

[@philipjohnson3225]

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

[@terrorbird3080]

@@philipjohnson3225 not all owls are the same

[@tunakann7629]

Decomposing basking shark

[@MrSeyker]

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

[@cristiamjulianayalapena3190]

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

[@otterotter4724]

Pretty big owl

[@gsfbffxpdhhdf7043]

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

[@zzxp1]

One big owly boy

[@hpswagcraft]

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

[@MysteriousAsteria]

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]

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

[@jeffreygao3956]

You won’t once they rip your face up.

[@morganbanefort181]

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]

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

[@hedgehog3180]

@@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.

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

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]

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]

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

[@StonedtotheBones13]

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

[@kakahass8845]

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

[@morganbanefort181]

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

[@KebaRPG]

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

[@thedairylord7861]

Hoo was it OWLS!

[@thecianinator]

The owls are not what they seem

[@dante_0962]

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

[@anthrolens]

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

[@cristiamjulianayalapena3190]

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

[@carlostheroach4596]

OWLS HAAAA

[@SFforlife]

So basically... “Owls.”

[@willmfrank]

"Tonight on Ancient Owliens..."

[@paultinella5153]

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

[@benvarma3427]

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

[@kakkacarmenelectra7229]

Bloody brilliant that is!

[@PyroRaptor1]

Ha! Nice eyes you have there little smarty!

[@w8m4n]

Half man half biscuit

[@terrorbird3080]

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

[@ziggyoickle3445]

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

[@ahalflifefan6000]

Shush NERD

[@skeleletonboi4533]

spooky

[@JennyLongma2001]

4:40

[@makuru.42]

@@ahalflifefan6000 what did we say about not spilling the scp secrets, Dr Bright?

[@morganbanefort181]

It wasn't an owl

[@cuervojones4889]

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]

The mothman was not a owl

[@fancypigeon681]

@@morganbanefort181 [citation needed]

[@morganbanefort181]

@@fancypigeon681 research

[@fancypigeon681]

@@morganbanefort181 thats no research bruv

[@morganbanefort181]

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

[@ender7278]

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

[@flemmingchekinskiy8197]

Yeah me too

[@Psyplusgaming]

I thought of the court of owls

[@ZemplinTemplar]

Yep.

[@1234nateman]

More like Owl man.

[@EariosRandomness]

If it turned out to be a real thing, it would likely be a giant owl.

[@donniemontoya9300]

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

[@April_a26]

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

[@zama422]

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

[@ruthmeow4262]

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

[@Raccon_Detective.]

@@ruthmeow4262 Agreed she's nice.

[@ethanmendoza5280]

Motra is nicest one

[@Raccon_Detective.]

@@ethanmendoza5280 Agreed.

[@JosephFlores-yn4yi]

mothra is the cinnamon roll of the group

[@Edward24081]

Trey "it was an owl" the Explainer

[@barbarjinx3802]

Trey “it was a basking shark” the Explainer

[@nexusoflife]

It was a Basking Owl.

[@abrahamcoronelbeltran6033]

It was an owling bask

[@aerosma5021]

It was a Sharking Bawl

[@terrorbird3080]

IT'S A OWL

[@Ocyon]

Mothman of course never existed, but Manmoth is real

[@mrgoose9128]

Pardon

[@Ocyon]

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

[@ivanlol7153]

@@mrgoose9128 a manmoth. Like a mammoth

[@mrgoose9128]

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

[@Ocyon]

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

[@YasminJFoster]

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]

It’s really good

[@tinycockjock1967]

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]

Nice drawing

[@themia9001]

that drawing is really good :)

[@tristansoendergaard7867]

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

[@michaelm6384]

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]

But the killer moth already exists

[@epion660]

@@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]

@@epion660 manbat is a DC character

[@epion660]

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

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

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.

[@deadNightwatchman]

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

[@viachesslove9907]

🤣

[@TREYtheExplainer]

Sorry for such a long wait :)

[@gabem4208]

Neat.

[@TREYtheExplainer]

DaCookieBroz Liam Thank you!

[@dacookiebrozliam1815]

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

[@alpharaptor6]

+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]

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

[@valentinere4343]

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]

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

[@valentinere4343]

My OC is.

[@BriAngel476]

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

[@Omenshaper]

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

[@birbbee1446]

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.

[@RickWeberSR]

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]

The mothman was not a owl

[@fancypigeon681]

@@morganbanefort181 [citation needed]

[@morganbanefort181]

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]

​@@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]

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

[@richardroberts4355]

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]

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

[@Man-qc1zl]

@@cardcastor2541 It's the blackbird of chernobyl

[@here_we_go_again2571]

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.

[@PizzaRatJC]

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

[@morganbanefort181]

He most likery did

[@PizzaRatJC]

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

[@morganbanefort181]

@@PizzaRatJC your being ridiculous go do some actual research

[@PizzaRatJC]

What are you, 12? Get a fkn grip

[@Squishito]

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

[@joshualombard3211]

Dude the transitions scared the shit out of me everytime

[@Scarabola]

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

[@eddyheaddrascal1858]

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]

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

[@barbericmom]

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]

The mothman was not a owl

[@indorfan]

@@morganbanefort181no proof? :(

[@concept5631]

@@indorfan No proof 😔

[@morganbanefort181]

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]

​@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

[@seeker4it]

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

[@alostman1316]

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

[@samberger8595]

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

[@brianlau9174]

+FluffyKittinz Owlman's actually a Batman villian

[@KasketDreadful]

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

[@rubyrodriguez9684]

Brian Lau actually it's killer moth

[@TheBasikShow]

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]

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]

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

[@lorik2005]

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

[@TREYtheExplainer]

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

[@tron3entertainment]

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

[@maydaverave]

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]

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

[@LucianCorrvinus]

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

[@robertallen4774]

I find such stories interesting and credible. Thanks for sharing

[@morganbanefort181]

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

[@indorfan]

@@morganbanefort181 shut.

[@grysndotwav]

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]

Sentinel Blue u are right

[@joshuahadams]

I like Owlman because it was publicized by a wizard.

[@morganbanefort181]

Wasn't an owl

[@golgarisoul]

"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.

[@nDjinn1]

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

[@thecourtjester2610]

Ill do you one better. Why is mothman?

[@eggroll3055]

When is Mothman?

[@LucianCorrvinus]

Sublimnal cued survival response.....

[@cleosvoyage9191]

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

[@claudebell8396]

Better yet: Who is Mothman?

[@ghostcandoit]

@@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

[@DarkINsides06]

Do one of these breakdowns for the Jersey Devil.

[@gaben6462]

DarkINsides06 ohhhh yes

[@Montgomery_N_Pottichen04]

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.

[@scottylilacleona9193]

So this is the origin of the owl jokes?

[@pastorofmuppets4552]

Logan Anderson, either this or Trey's video on the Flatwoods Monster.

[@BrunoSantos-jp1lv]

@@pastorofmuppets4552 both

[@ellisashton6822]

Yep

[@lemmythebulldog8812]

Who?

[@NisarKhan-jm1uh]

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

[@heyman6412]

Nisar Khan actually owls do squeak

[@FluffyBuzzard2TheMax]

Barn owls especially make all sorts of weird noises

[@thureintun1687]

@@FluffyBuzzard2TheMax i love how you said it!

[@LowRankingSparrow6145]

Actually the mouse would be dead then

[@LowRankingSparrow6145]

But i like your idea

[@od3910]

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

[@canibaloxide]

Probably just an owlman.

[@karnagefails333]

Dead as Dreams Owlmen. No big deal.

[@anatomicalvenus]

Mothman is real and he's my boyfriend

[@mothmanandmore4771]

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

[@bravocado04]

No your boyfriend is a toaster

[@ol_fortune9474]

he's a owl?

[@hazoish7670]

Kelsey Hanlon you mean slothman?

[@candacealleyne6785]

Lol

[@TheDestructiveGiant]

Why do these videos always use creepy music?

[@miketheamazing1342]

Ikr😂

[@dionaeamuscipula6649]

I think it's fine

[@daniel06977]

Many people watch videos like these primarily for the spooks, me included 😂

[@djdjdududi3045]

Giving you a feel

[@stoniecad7805]

TONE

[@macnutz4206]

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.

[@Ferril21]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@mrmolamola6163]

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]

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

[@riel1674]

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

[@terrorbird3080]

no he is not.

[@senthenerd5332]

That's... Not realistic

[@joshuahadams]

@@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.

[@RomanumChristum]

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

[@Jasonwolf1495]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Aurora borealis I agree it is the strawman phalacy

[@eli8444]

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.

[@timothymclean]

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

[@borkwoof696]

GreatWyrm Gold the music also

[@mezo4010]

This series should be called ''OWL PROFILE''

[@brianthepyromancer924]

I'll do one better "basking sharks profile"

[@Numero103]

got a name for this series "The DeCrypted Profile"

[@RazielRodriguezz]

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]

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]

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

[@captainseyepatch3879]

Native Americans also talked about birds the size of mountains.

[@angellara7040]

Aurora borealis souce pls

[@OfficialFedHater]

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

[@bens7686]

One night getting into my car, I turned on my headlights and a barn owl a few yards away immediately was exposed and bolted upwards. I was so startled and the creature’s wings seemed so impossibly large in the second I saw it that I don’t doubt one could have caused the first mothman report.

[@morganbanefort181]

the mothman was not a owl

[@waspanimations7037]

@@morganbanefort181 Owl.

[@morganbanefort181]

@@waspanimations7037 it was not a owl

[@waspanimations7037]

@@morganbanefort181 Proof?

[@morganbanefort181]

@@waspanimations7037 it does not fit the witnesses descriptions and they know what a owl looks like I can recommend you some books

[@kierancowface]

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]

It was proven to be an iceberg.

[@mr.buscheese9456]

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

[@wpttmm3994]

***** 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]

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

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

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

[@Shinobi729]

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.

[@TREYtheExplainer]

+Don Pachi Thank you :)

[@iamtrash-kun3516]

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

[@KVR_211]

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

[@combustingducks7836]

the music gives me chills :S

[@Cooliostuff]

yeah me too

[@somethingfunny2199]

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

[@nobodyatall6620]

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

[@Talla50k]

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

[@OtachiKaiju68]

+Nasutoceratops 1983 maybe an Wyvern like Jersey Devil?

[@jaredroe6021]

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

[@qikechen5830]

+Terrell Jeffries I think he's a Dinosaur trerrel

[@The_PokeSaurus]

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]

I'd like the Ngoubou and Mkele-Membe.

[@superfire6463]

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

[@Blairaptor]

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!

[@TREYtheExplainer]

+Blairaptor Thank you :)

[@MsDjessa]

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

[@jochemwitteveen7721]

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

[@autbo]

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

[@jochemwitteveen7721]

:)

[@XZeroDragoonX]

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

[@lanternno8491]

And how about lone pine mountain devil ?

[@zt2ean]

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

[@ragingmoderate6791]

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"

[@peterstoric6560]

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

[@cristiamjulianayalapena3190]

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

[@werewolf3802]

Heck yea

[@theunholyadventurer2376]

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

[@me-hg3lh]

Uhh.. a deer?

[@ayh4968]

When you miss the obvious joke

[@reallytheguy]

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

[@mothman1243]

A mothmen

[@stoniecad7805]

Its the Loch Ness bigfoot

[@MeatHusk]

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

[@mrgoose9128]

No you got my brother not me

[@terrorbird3080]

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

[@donniejefferson9554]

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

[@river-sideacrocantho-sirac8524]

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

[@willpoweramv]

Can you do a video about Lizard Man?

[@eltostado3304]

+RunRobotRun911 Hisss?

[@ardapoda]

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

[@notapinecone4870]

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

[@howsurfacetoday6000]

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

[@mikeylp6832]

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

[@zephyrcrestwell2204]

The moth man was an Argentavis. I'm joking

[@zephyrcrestwell2204]

This also proves that feathers can be scary because if they couldn't be nobody would care about a giant bird.

[@albertovasquez7476]

cough thunderbird cough

[@beatsaudio8741]

+alberto Vasquez yea lol

[@khadijahannan4096]

lolz

[@donttrustmebruh2286]

+Pachy ark reference check!

[@deathsonggaming]

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

[@thatonen3rd_]

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

[@testkanal2mille]

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]

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

[@morganbanefort181]

It wasn't an owl

[@morganbanefort181]

An owl can not go that fast

[@morganbanefort181]

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

[@CarlottaStudios]

Please continue making these cryptid videos!!!

[@TREYtheExplainer]

I will ;)

[@CarlottaStudios]

TREY the Explainer YAY!!! Could I make a suggestion (or two)?

[@TREYtheExplainer]

CarlottaStudios Sure!

[@CarlottaStudios]

TREY the Explainer Okay, for one thing, I'd love to see you explain the Dobhar Chu, an irish monster that's like a huge, carnivorous otter. I think it'd be really interesting. I also suggest the Maltese Tiger, supposedly a blue tiger from China. I myself don't know a lot about this one, and I'd be so excited to learn more (I'm a huge lover of all things feline).

[@TREYtheExplainer]

CarlottaStudios Neat! I've never heard of these cryptids! So thank you so much for this very cool suggestions!

[@-sanju-]

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.

[@irenesoto4940]

Can you do a chupacabras video please

[@finnsimpson5253]

Irene Soto it’s fake

[@dontaskanimation5646]

Jeremy’s Roblox Gamplay That’s the point

[@finnsimpson5253]

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

[@kneegrow913]

so the first sighting was a snowy owl tht the headlights shined on making the eyes red and it was in the dark making it look bigger and the other sighting wete copy cat ones

[@lamechain6585]

the thruster 69 nice name and basically

[@cookeymonster83]

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

[@Marcus12813]

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

[@morganbanefort181]

It's not a owl

[@waspanimations7037]

@@morganbanefort181 What is it then?

[@waspanimations7037]

@You just lost the game What's that even supposed to mean

[@waspanimations7037]

@You just lost the game Oh

[@KDohSteel]

This is genuinely interesting. I support the idea of this being a series Btw, I'd be very interested in assisting you with BigFoot. Living in a reserve, I've seen some things.... and know some too

[@casonjones2801]

What does living on a reserve have to do with Big Foot?

[@karnagefails333]

It was an owl you dumb fuck.

[@themattiside6688]

Karnage Fails what he said had nothing to do with Mothman so chill out

[@gooddoggo9879]

The Airside woosh

[@kierandaniels9374]

Good Doggo 😂😂😂

[@andyt8370]

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]

The mothman was not an owl

[@morganbanefort181]

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

[@dakzevon1311]

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

[@spoopygarciathecognitohaza4759]

In my opinion it appears the mothman is just a very large owl do to the appearance. I also thought the headless part is just an owl putting its head closer to its body, and some owls have reflective eyes Edit: oh he covered this later in the video, should've waited longer

[@barbarjinx3802]

spoopy Garcia the cognitohazard Goodman

[@morganbanefort181]

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

[@IrvingGod]

Mothman isn’t real. However, MothMant is very real indeed. Part moth, part man, part ant. MothMant. Scoff if you dare.

[@angeliesalvebernardez8587]

What if Mothman was an oversized Owl?

[@Cooliostuff]

XD

[@GhostCage]

+Angelie Salve Bernardez He's a White owl m8

[@JK-kt3tk]

A 6 foot owl probably wouldn't survive a week.

[@angeliesalvebernardez8587]

TheJame5X and couldn't fly...because his/her body is heavy.

[@theonlychickensama8353]

Angelie Salve Bernardez that's still fucking scary

[@lythronax-argestes]

We all know it's an anurognathid. ;)

[@TREYtheExplainer]

+Rex H.G. Chen What an interesting idea! :)

[@hchich2528]

If the Flatwoods Monster and Mothman were just Owls, I wouldn’t be surprised if Bigfoot is just a MONKE

[@Bashuraptor]

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!

[@mrgoose9128]

I'm real dammit!

[@morganbanefort181]

This video makes several mistakes

[@samuelmassicotte9645]

Forgetting everything about height (in the dark while driving your depth perception is different), every characteristic of the mothman could be attributed to an owl

[@morganbanefort181]

Except it isn't the mothman was not a owl

[@waspanimations7037]

@@morganbanefort181 Debunk everything then

[@morganbanefort181]

@@waspanimations7037 what do you mean

[@morganbanefort181]

​@@waspanimations7037After 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]

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

[@AsymmetricalAce]

I terrified my friends by putting shapes outside there house and near midnight (I was staying at their house that night). They got terrified because there was a creature outside. It was just pereyedolea or however you spell it. Basically it is when your brain can’t tell what something is so it makes a pattern from something you barely see so it looks like something creepy. Their reactions were hilarious!

[@barbarjinx3802]

Ember, ha good one

[@morganbanefort181]

That's not what happened in point pleasant

[@thetwojohns6236]

On the wingspan... I don't disagree with you on any point. Rock solid. I would like to add that unless a person uses measurements on a daily basis, judging size, especially at night, is nearly impossible. The claim of a ten foot wingspan is probably a gross miscalculation brought on by misjudged distance and leading questions by investigators.