History Headscratchers / TheMothmanProphecies

** Why does Gordon think John has rang his doorbell for three nights in a row, even though John doesn't remember any of it? Was the Mothman posing as John? If so, why?
*** Perhaps whatever event caused John in his A8 to travel 400 miles in 90 minutes caused some kind of time loop that stabilized itself. Whatever it was, it was powerful enough to disorient John and disrupt the car's electrical system--the date on the malfunctioning instrument cluster was off, reading 3.30.2001 when it should've been mid-December--and his cell phone. As he is walking toward Gordon's house, he seems to become disoriented again. Or it was Mr. Cold or the Mothman (or they're same person) saying "this guy is going to show up".

*** On the other hand, the phone calls of people who sound like John and Gordon may have been mimicked. Today, we have deepfakes of people that look and sound real but are slightly off. That kind of technology didn't exist and would be the stuff of science fiction in 2002.

*** On the other hand, the phone calls of people who sound like John and Gordon may have been mimicked. Today, we have deepfakes of people that we look and sound real but are slightly off. That kind of technology didn't exist and would be the stuff of science fiction in 2002.

** If time travel is involved, it would explain how John got a call from Gordon an hour before finding him despite being dead hours earlier. As well as explaining how Gordon called John about Cold and put him on the phone but was actually in bed when Connie showed up. The phone conversations were connected at different points in time. It may also explain how Gordon wandered outside and ended up dying from exposure and claimed that John had knocked on his door asking for help for two night prior. Whatever it is disoriented them and possibly had John in a time loop where John thought it was the same day.

*** Preventing the disaster was likely not in the cards. It had to happen and would always happen. In the real-life bridge collapse, the cause was metal fatigue and the bridge not being built with the possibility of increased vehicle traffic decades later. As to the traffic lights, it could be the Mothman or just a hardware failure that couldn't be fixed quickly because it was Christmas Eve and the person with the access and ability to fix it was either en route or couldn't be contacted. By the time law enforcement began to respond, it was too late. The bridge collapse was a perfect storm of circumstances. An old bridge not designed to handle modern traffic, a traffic light system that failed at the worst time that led to gridlock and straining decades-old materials to the breaking point.

*** In the real-life bridge collapse, the cause was metal fatigue and the bridge not being built with the possibility of increased vehicle traffic decades later. As to the traffic lights, it could be the Mothman or just a hardware failure that couldn't be fixed quickly because it was Christmas Eve and the person with the access and ability to fix it was either en route or couldn't be contacted. By the time law enforcement began to respond, it was too late. The bridge collapse was a perfect storm of circumstances. An old bridge not designed to handle modern traffic, a traffic light system that failed at the worst time that led to gridlock and straining decades-old materials to the breaking point.

*** Perhaps whatever event caused John in his A8 to travel 400 miles in 90 minutes caused some kind of time loop that stabilized itself. Whatever it was, it was powerful enough to disorient John and disrupt the car's electrical system--the date on the malfunctioning instrument cluster was off, reading 3.30.2001 when it should've been mid-December--and his cell phone. As he is walking toward Gordon's house, he seems to become disoriented again. Or it was Mr. Cold or the Mothman (or they're same person) saying "this guy is going to show up and you'll want to get to know him".

*** Perhaps whatever event caused John in his A8 to travel 400 miles in 90 minutes caused some kind of time loop that stabilized itself. Whatever it was, it was powerful enough to disorient John and disrupt the car's electrical system and his cell phone. As he is walking toward Gordon's house, he seems to become disoriented again. Or it was Mr. Cold or the Mothman (or they're same person) saying "this guy is going to show up and you'll want to get to know him".

*** Perhaps whatever event caused John in his A8 to travel 400 miles in 90 minutes caused some kind of time loop that stabilized itself. Whatever it was, it was powerful enough to disorient John and disrupt the car's electrical system and his cell phone. Or it was Mr. Cold or the Mothman (or they're same person) saying "this guy is going to show up and you'll want to get to know him".

*** To establish contact with John and "plant the seed" so that two years later it doesn't entirely come out of left field. It's not Mary that's important, it's Connie. It was about John saving Connie. Perhaps it was about saving both of them. She saves him by encouraging him to let go of Mary and joining her and her family for Christmas and John saves her by being at the right place and time in a vehicle that he could locate underwater (Connie having a take-home patrol vehicle and turning on the light bar saved her).

*** The point was to get John Klien's attention and make it clear that the source is real and the information reliable. He/she/they clearly wanted Klein at a certain place and time but it had to be his choice.

*** One possibility is that Gordon was always going to die. He could've had some undiagnosed disorder or was just sleep walking. It was same with Mary. It could be that Mary would've had a fit in the car from a previously undiagnosed tumor and that the was the point that Mothman choose to initiate contact. Why? To get John's attention.

*** Perhaps whatever event caused John in his A8 to travel 400 miles in 90 minutes caused some kind of time loop that stabilized itself. Or it was Mr. Cold or the Mothman (or they're same person) saying "this guy is going to show up and you'll want to get to know him".

*** Because it wasn't about preventing the disaster, it was about John choosing to let go of Mary and accepting Connie's invitation or taking that phone call and missing the bridge disaster resulting in Connie's death and John possibly being driven to suicide. Keel's losing his career and family and Gordon losing his job, wife and then dying are examples of what's in store for John if he makes the wrong choice.

*** Because it wasn't about preventing the disaster, it was about John choosing to let go of Mary and accepting Connie's invitation or taking that phone call and missing the bridge disaster resulting in Connie's death and John possibly being driven to suicide.