March 14 is Moth-er Day, a day for all those with an interest
in moths, and which is significant to me since I got special
signs from giant moths in I think the fall of 1995. If there
is any interest I could copy and paste my writing from then
in a followup to this post.

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David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
“And the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill;
And the hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)

On Mar 14, 2024, David Dalton wrote
(in article<0001HW.2BA2A512011231F070000B22938F@news.eternal-september.org>):

> March 14 is Moth-er Day, a day for all those with an interest
> in moths, and which is significant to me since I got special
> signs from giant moths in I think the fall of 1995. If there
> is any interest I could copy and paste my writing from then
> in a followup to this post.

Actually it was very early on June 27, 1995, so it was
summer, not fall, in Vancouver.

--
David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
“And the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill;
And the hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)

> March 14 is Moth-er Day, a day for all those with an interest
> in moths, and which is significant to me since I got special
> signs from giant moths in I think the fall of 1995. If there
> is any interest I could copy and paste my writing from then
> in a followup to this post.

I would be interested in:

1. The signs.
2. More description of the giant moths.
3. What was your geographic location (Terran coordinates, What3Words[0]
if you remember that specific)

[0]. https://what3words.com/ -

On Mar 14, 2024, freyja wrote
(in article <eEHIN.486541$c3Ea.339723@fx10.iad>):

> > March 14 is Moth-er Day, a day for all those with an interest
> > in moths, and which is significant to me since I got special
> > signs from giant moths in I think the fall of 1995. If there
> > is any interest I could copy and paste my writing from then
> > in a followup to this post.
>
> I would be interested in:
>
> 1. The signs.
> 2. More description of the giant moths.
> 3. What was your geographic location (Terran coordinates, What3Words[0]
> if you remember that specific)
>
> [0]. https://what3words.com/ -

It was pre-dawn on June 27, 1995, so summer, not fall.

I was working very late in the Department of Geophysics and
Astronomy at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver
when a giant moth, about the size and shape of a paper
airplane, came flying down the corridor (I guess from an
open window elsewhere in the building) and into the computer
room where I was working. I managed to coax it into going
out the window. As I did so, another moth, a small regular
size moth flew in.

Then as I got the latest bus home to Kitsilano in Vancouver
and was walking home from the bus stop, another small
moth brushed against my left ear. When I got home I found
another giant moth, maybe 2/3 the size of the first one,
was inside my bathroom blind, and I again coaxed it into
going out the window.

The first giant moth was shaped more like a paper airplane
made longer rather than wider, and the second I think was
more wider rather than longer, but I can’t remember for
sure. I assume they were both of the same species and
maybe one was male and one was female. The sign
was the coincidence of the two of them that same night,
along with the two small moths.

Beyond that I don’t remember the description, other
than that they were dark brown.

I still might post my writing from then in another followup
later tonight. It was on the Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
mailing list, mainly devoted to Sarah McLachlan and her
music. Not long after, someone posted from the tour
that a sound tent had been covered by moths.

--
David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
“And the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill;
And the hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)