Is this Indrid Cold?
Recently I was on the new Grassy Knoll show at the Think or Be Eaten site: http://thinkorbeeaten.com/theknoll/radio.html There, in episode 39 of my series with Vyz, we discuss recent developments in the Mothman world, as well as laud the work of John Keel, who recently died. In that show, I mentioned that in 1978, Harold Salkin of Official UFO magazine did a story on Woodrow Derenberger. The magazine printed a photo of an accident involving a VW bug on the night Woody met Indrid Cold (who drove a VW). Such a rare photo showed that the magazine had done some homework on the case. Interestingly, they also printed a photo of an unidentified man with a penetrating gaze. Oddly, they simply said that it was a “picture taken recently in Pt. Pleasant.”
Unidentified WV man in the March 1978 issue of "Official UFO" magazine. Could this be the mysterious Indrid Cold?
When I saw the face of the unidentified man, I was immediately struck by his resemblance to a drawing apparently made by someone who had once met Cold (and who had later posted it to the internet).
Witness drawing of Indrid Cold, sans moustache. If the witness met Cold in 1966, Cold most likely was still wearing his hair short, as the Summer of Love had not yet happened.
Both men had high cheekbones and eyes that slanted slightly upwards at the outside – slightly “Oriental.” Since Cold was known to have lived in Midway, WV for several years after the Mothman events, the man in the Official UFO article could very well be Indrid Cold.
At some point following the publication of this photo, Cold is said to have moved to Cleveland, OH. His whereabouts are currently unknown, but he is most likely still in the Cleveland area. Please forward any pertinent information you may have about the identify of this man to LOWFI. He is probably between 70 and 80 years old, and one of his aliases may be “John Morgan.” Do not attempt to confront Cold directly. He is a skilled agent and potentially dangerous, despite his age.
Indrid reminds me of the actor Vincent Gallo….
Hmmm, if that’s Indrid, I guess I’m a little disappointed that he looked so “hip”. The guy in the pic looks more like a D-List porno actor than an ultraterrestrial. But, then again, it would doubtlessly please Keel’s twisted sense of humor if the ultraterrestrials actually were D-list porno actors. ;)
He ain’t no Indrid Cold.
I know Indred cold
there are two spellings to his name and he pronounces it like “andre-d” cold
the man in the photo and pix is NOT Indrid cold!
INDRID COLD? MORE LIKE BJ THOMAS THE SINGER
Ken: How do you know it is not? What does he look like and where is he at??
I also doubt ‘Mr Cold’, as I first heard his name while living in Mineral Wells, would have allowed himself to be photographed, much less appear to pose for the photographer…
I like Llan’s, Joe’s and Walter’s comments the best, but I think you are all sparkling wits. Now I’m a Mothman neophyte, so school me if necessary. Didn’t I read or hear somewhere that he was dressed somewhat conservatively, in what later became the genre’s definition of the uniform for MiBs?..minus the tie of course, because he wasn’t wasn’t wearing one. So..isn’t BJ wearing what looks suspiciously like a denim or chambray shirt? I wasn’t old enough to remember in the 60’s, but I was in the 70’s and then I did wear them. Bottom line is that you’d think that individuals who take themselves seriously as authorities on facts, (whoops) would take a look, both, a little closer to, and just a few steps away from, the picture, every once in a while. Both literally and figuratively! And yes, I know I talk to much.