Bursting Blazes

A family in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa is being terrorized by freakish self-igniting fires. Naysayers contend it must be arson or some other 'natural' type case. But spontaneous fires happen and they are more common than you might think. 'Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible and the Ignored' lists many such instances.

On January 5, 1820 in London, England clothes and beds burst into flames. On April 16, 1963 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia the home of the Douglas MacDonald family continually erupted in blazes, even after the electricity was cut off. On August 7, 1948, in Macomb, Illinois, the farmhouse of Charles Wiley experienced over 200 self-igniting fires in one week. Other locations for this phenomena include Ontario and Indiana. For more details see pages 4, 81,169,289 and many others.

As to their origins - who knows? They could be many explanations that seem 'supernatural' to us but in the ethers or netherworlds make perfect sense. And who cares about making sense anyways. The 'reason' behind such phenomena is the least important thing about them. It's the 'why' behind the 'why' that we need to pay attention to.

Brain Rays: Russia's Secret Weapon?

Travelling through southwest Utah a few months ago we came upon a glorious junk store. Tucked into a bottom corner of a toppling shelf were a stack of 'Cornonet' magazines. Now I had never heard of these before but they are a researcher's treasure. I tried not to be greedy and only bought seven about the twenty or so magazines that were there. Have been kicking myself ever since. They actually is a place for greed or whatever it's called when it's not neurotic. Silly me.

In any case, inside the June 1955 issue I discovered an article titled "Brain Rays: Russia's Secret Weapon". You can definitely tell the bias of the writer Tris Coffin. Funny name for a person writing on this topic. Here's an excerpt:

"A new and frightening weapon to enslave the minds of the free world is being tested by Soviet Russia and Communist China. (This is written before the minds of the free world were enslaved by advertising - JRV) It has a double blade - the evil use of both hypnotism and telepathy. Under its spell, men are driven to commit acts against their moral, spiritual and patriotic code.

... the ancient mysticism of the Orient is being blended with modern science to produce a maddening compulsion (See? Just like advertising.) This is no weird tale from the realm of fiction. Sobering data in the State and Defense Department at Washington show that these techniques have been tested on prisoners of war, missionaries, and key officials of the West.

... First warning of the new techniques was in a letter sent in 1949 to President Truman from Havana, Cuba. The author, obviously a cultured and disciplined mind, identified himself as a refugee German doctor, one of several German scientists who had created a new force. They could hypnotize individuals across long distances (exactly like television I say) without physical contact, and force them to obey commands.

Ah, if they only knew what was coming ...

Elk Wakes Up in Helicopter

How would you like to be piloting a helicopter when the two sedated elk in the back wake up early ... and start flailing? Just one of the many adventures surrounding Scottish millionaire Paul Lister as he follows his heart.

People who live with passion 'are the luckiest people in the world'. And also Mr. Lister is fortunate enough to not have financial considerations to hold him back I
believe many of us use lack of money as an excuse not to make our dreams come true. There is always something we can do to further our desires. We only need to know the next step and we always do. Once that step is taken then we will know the next next step.

To read about Paul's brilliant and bold plan to repopulate Scotland with native wildlife from long-a-go and how the first baby elk was birthed in the highlands in over 2500 years plus to see where I stole the picture from go here. Then go follow your heart.

Area 51 exposed

Been there - got the T-shirt.

Now everything you ever wanted to know, or at least a few things you were curious about regarding that super secret military base, Area 51 and numerous conspiracy theories, are being declassified. Cutting edge aeronautical projects and other hush hush endeavors are being slowly made public. National Geographic has had a hand in it. Read about that here. And the place where I stole the following cool picture from and another interesting article is here.