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Indrid Cold (later known as the Grinning Man or Smiling Man) is a legendary humanoid being who originated in 20th century folklore, and became a stock character in some works of fiction, usually associated with tales of the Mothman from Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the 1960s. "Cold" was initially named by West Virginia "contactee" Woodrow Derenberger at a press conference in November 1966.[1][2] At the conference, Derenberger claimed Cold was a male humanoid of extraterrestrial origin. In later years, Derenberger claimed to have taken multiple trips to Cold's home planet, reportedly called "Lanulos". Derenberger's story received significant press coverage. In 1970, Derenberger's tale was further popularized by author John Keel in his book, Strange Creatures From Time and Space. Keel revisited the Cold story in his 1975 book The Mothman Prophecies, which centered on reports of a large winged creature called the Mothman in West Virginia.[3] By 1979, the story of Derenberger riding aboard a spaceship to the planet Lanulus with Cold was being shared by UFO author Gray Barker.[4] While Derenberger had described Cold as a benign Space Brother who offered healing medicine, later depictions cast Cold as more of an ultraterrestrial or cryptid, sometimes sporting an uncanny, inhumanly-large smile.[5] In the 21st century, Cold became a trope of horror, featured in the 2002 supernatural horror-mystery film The Mothman Prophecies and a 2016 episode of horror anthology series Scary Endings.

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