http://kirstincronn-mills.com/?p=493 John responds to Ms. Catoe’s last letter with quite a letter of his own. He writes the day after the collapse of the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant, and is clearly still shaken. (The bridge fell on the 15th, but the letter is dated the 17th, so he must have the date wrong.) He also answers Ms. Catoe’s remarks about his “grave manner” with some notes on comedy writing, reports on UFOs and animal mutilations in Point Pleasant, and gives more details about his research and his “underground of local allies.” He is also cautious about Isabel Davis, and reveals that he too is a fan of Georges Méliès.
He wrote the letter in two parts, so I’ll post it in two parts.
This letter really makes John seem a bit narcissistic. What was the point in mentioning his career int he entertainment business? I wonder how this woman had felt reading all that.
Comment by Joseph — April 8, 2020 @ 5:15 am
He was answering her remark that some of their mutual friends (Ivan and Alma Sanderson) had said he never smiled. I think it was also a natural response to Ms. Catoe telling him about her background. She must have enjoyed reading it, since they started dating soon after this.
Comment by Doug — April 8, 2020 @ 9:36 am
Wish I’d known of his “open invitation” at the time!
Comment by ozinor — April 8, 2020 @ 12:47 pm
[…] ufological fires burning in their country. We pivot hard to the United States and tragic times with A Letter to Lynn Catoe, December 17, 1967. John Keel penned/typed this missive just after the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant West Virginia […]
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I will be the only person to find it interesting that Mr. Keel purchased airline tickets in 1967 for travel from Huntington to Washington, D.C. Whenever my family traveled from Huntington to Washington we used the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), which continued to provide private passenger service through the 1970s. This was back when folks got dressed up for travel.
Comment by Frank — October 3, 2020 @ 1:13 am