tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15767323139834062332024-02-28T15:44:22.171-08:00Out of My Mind's EyeWeb Journal of Susan Demeter a Saucer Chasing, Time Tripping, Sorceress, and Legend In Her Own Mind Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-17252013898978941542024-02-15T07:38:00.000-08:002024-02-15T07:38:58.757-08:00The Toronto Tunnel Monster <p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit6jxz7IP4VOSWZ-zc-y6N8G-9kdCXVV0g8VZR0Rn_bbYYsJIwM0mf7_knqbgJu-RkQQXNQQGD_VkrzktHu4p0x2IoH18v36A1U3-yZbJkeske8mvpegu14jZzPq86aSf3RgxACq0nEFte2inDucTNShk76zUI3jgO9Rn0S74YuUGHcDvWkwBjN0Koe_M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="304" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit6jxz7IP4VOSWZ-zc-y6N8G-9kdCXVV0g8VZR0Rn_bbYYsJIwM0mf7_knqbgJu-RkQQXNQQGD_VkrzktHu4p0x2IoH18v36A1U3-yZbJkeske8mvpegu14jZzPq86aSf3RgxACq0nEFte2inDucTNShk76zUI3jgO9Rn0S74YuUGHcDvWkwBjN0Koe_M=w193-h396" width="193" /></a></div><br /><i>A digital sketch of the creature based on artist’s rendition of the witness description. Created by the author’s daughter Stephanie Darroch in 1999. </i><p></p><p> It was a warm summer’s day in August of 1978 when a Toronto man had an experience with a strange creature that would forever change his life. Ernest was described as a soft-spoken fifty-one years old at the time of his harrowing experience. </p><p>Ernest and Barbara his wife of nineteen years had been raising a litter of kittens, when one of the kittens disappeared. Thinking the kitten had gotten outside and concerned for its safety he decided to search for it in the vicinity of their Parliament street apartment.</p><p>Close to the apartment he stumbled upon the opening to a small dark “cave” and he crawled approximately ten feet inside. This is where he said, “I saw a living nightmare that I’ll never forget.”</p><p>Only armed with a flashlight Ernest encountered a creature of unknown origin. He described the monster as “long and thin, almost like a monkey, three ft long, large teeth, weighing maybe thirty lbs with slate-grey fur.” However it was the eyes that truly stood out “orange and red, slanted.”</p><p>Ernest who would only allow for his first name to be printed spoke reluctantly with reporters as to what occurred next. </p><p>The creature spoke to him. “I’ll never forget it,” he said. “It said, ‘Go away, go away,’ in a hissing voice. Then it took off down a long tunnel off to the side. I got out of there as fast as I could. I was shaking with fear.”</p><p>Ernest never approached the media with his story. He was afraid that people would think that he was “drunk” or worse “crazy” and felt that no one would ever believe him. </p><p>The Toronto Sun newspaper found him after hearing about his experience from a reliable contact who worked with a relative of Ernest, one of the handful of people to who he had confided in about his experience. </p><p>“I believe Ernie saw exactly what he says he did”, said Ernest’s wife Barbara. “He was terrified when he came back to the apartment and he doesn’t scare easily. “Look he’s been known to have a drink in the past - like most people and to occasionally tie one on, but he’s not a drunk and he wasn’t drinking at all that day.”</p><p>The Toronto Sun did question some of Ernest’s relatives and neighbourhood acquaintances. They found that all agreed with and supported Barbara’s evaluation of her husband.</p><p>Ernest accompanied by Sun staff returned to the location of his strange sighting in March of 1979. The cave’s entrance was located at the bottom of a narrow passageway between the building where he lived and the one next door. Together they found the remains of a cat, which was “half-buried in the tunnel.” The sad discovery reminded Ernest of “strange noises, like animals in pain,” that he had heard emanating from the tunnel prior to his frightening encounter.</p><p>Ernest showed the Sun reporter exactly where he saw the strange being. He stated, “The last I saw the creature it was heading off into the dark.” The passage seemed to drop down very quickly and go a long way back.</p><p>It was speculated that the tunnel in fact led to the sewer system and that the entranceway beside Ernest’s apartment was “an access point used by the creature to the surface.” Safety concerns promoted Toronto’s Sewer Department to thoroughly inspect the tunnel as it was feared that area children may in fact try to enter it.</p><p>Ernest’s story was very strange; however sewage employees did not ridicule or scoff at it according to the report made by The Toronto Sun at that time. </p><p>One worker who was quoted in the paper stated, “People who work on the surface just don’t know what it’s like down there. It’s a whole different world. Who would have thought a few years ago that people would live in sewers, and yet that’s what they found in New York a few years back. Another was quoted as saying, “I don’t know what Ernest saw down there.” He also stated, “I’ll tell you one thing. If we could get in there, I sure as hell wouldn’t want to go down alone.”</p><p>It’s is interesting to note that the description of the creature provided by Ernest and an artist’s rendering which was included in the original Toronto Sun article resemble some current reports of another strange creature - the South American Chupacabara. </p><p><b>Source:</b></p><p>The Sunday Sun - March 25th, 1979</p><p>I will always fondly remember and be indebted to the late Larry Fenwick who was the founder of the Canadian UFO Research Network- CUFORN for generously providing me with a copy of the newspaper article along with many other stories and reports.</p><p>This is an edited version of an article I wrote for my website the ParaResearchers of Ontario and originally published <a href="https://pararesearchers.org/index.php/alien-contact-abduction-sp-122196030/477-toronto-tunnel-monster" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p>This article also appeared in the <a href="https://www.apmagazine.info/" target="_blank">February 2024 edition of AP Magazine</a> </p><div><br /></div>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-86492321821912183272023-12-06T05:32:00.000-08:002023-12-06T05:32:54.674-08:00They died because they were women<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXQLGt4rCcQR5Km1J-0Cm9bkNg6r2vqva2OvbjaT0IDprD8fqYEKSBGJJROyvgDFMLtEiJv_B8lfj4KuQQWiL4NBTysJUBDMfN0NSKwAFFiG2H5bidBxaFWPUtlvr8XsBJOvHn1ErSel93W_Be-mTTF6CkgtJnTqsGdkp8Gh1Mu8HScA5oE61HJ4lPeo/s435/rosecandle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="401" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXQLGt4rCcQR5Km1J-0Cm9bkNg6r2vqva2OvbjaT0IDprD8fqYEKSBGJJROyvgDFMLtEiJv_B8lfj4KuQQWiL4NBTysJUBDMfN0NSKwAFFiG2H5bidBxaFWPUtlvr8XsBJOvHn1ErSel93W_Be-mTTF6CkgtJnTqsGdkp8Gh1Mu8HScA5oE61HJ4lPeo/s320/rosecandle.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><p>December 6th is the <a href="https://women-gender-equality.canada.ca/en/commemorations-celebrations/16-days/national-day-remembrance.html" target="_blank"><b>National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women</b></a> in Canada. Established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women who were engineering students at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal. Their killer was a violent misogynist as is evidenced in his ranting. </p><p>We must never forget. They died because they were women.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAbIUEa4qapCRzk_TNwwWaYF9suN9JuHLamUqiXBa7xu6uDfZZeVXSWLBrObyQquuGYs3_Hxda5NNvX1r9sDg4GbFdiqIU59FTe0LjbL8X7hwQwxcJ1-sFfYu1LMUx1F_cZQQCW3cEiEY70N62pqGKLGBp3JB_1e8OTNAc0Rt8W07G9h17WOsH8-Lv14/s960/montrealstudents.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="896" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAbIUEa4qapCRzk_TNwwWaYF9suN9JuHLamUqiXBa7xu6uDfZZeVXSWLBrObyQquuGYs3_Hxda5NNvX1r9sDg4GbFdiqIU59FTe0LjbL8X7hwQwxcJ1-sFfYu1LMUx1F_cZQQCW3cEiEY70N62pqGKLGBp3JB_1e8OTNAc0Rt8W07G9h17WOsH8-Lv14/s320/montrealstudents.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Geneviève Bergeron</p><p style="text-align: center;">Hélène Colgan</p><p style="text-align: center;">Nathalie Croteau</p><p style="text-align: center;">Barbara Daigneault</p><p style="text-align: center;">Anne-Marie Edward</p><p style="text-align: center;">Maud Haviernick</p><p style="text-align: center;">Maryse Laganière</p><p style="text-align: center;">Maryse Leclair</p><p style="text-align: center;">Anne-Marie Lemay</p><p style="text-align: center;">Sonia Pelletier</p><p style="text-align: center;">Michèle Richard</p><p style="text-align: center;">Annie St-Arneault</p><p style="text-align: center;">Annie Turcotte</p><p style="text-align: center;">Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz</p><p>Every year I make a social media post of remembrance, but for some this year it is seemingly being censored. Maybe there is a word or phrase that the bots don't like? So I have decided to share my thoughts, remembrance, anger and grief here in my blog. </p><p>I am adding the name and face of Giulia Cecchettin to the list of women. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4viLf_nV1NjJuzUH7ASssEcVNWhcSoJkUin2PcaKxV_gzgYWNM1dpk6eVoTC-p6RYAuZhkDKEKVFLTcVVhnHuk7L4kl5pdwOvL1jjhmHkVuR0k5GeT0S6Q4O9yjA0zuVy48awlGI6YT47YaMsIjB6pqYMJOSjMBuSD6toZWMH_p6z9PXu4XFp6ZHjS0s/s2080/giulia_cecchettin_ansa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1303" data-original-width="2080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4viLf_nV1NjJuzUH7ASssEcVNWhcSoJkUin2PcaKxV_gzgYWNM1dpk6eVoTC-p6RYAuZhkDKEKVFLTcVVhnHuk7L4kl5pdwOvL1jjhmHkVuR0k5GeT0S6Q4O9yjA0zuVy48awlGI6YT47YaMsIjB6pqYMJOSjMBuSD6toZWMH_p6z9PXu4XFp6ZHjS0s/s320/giulia_cecchettin_ansa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>Giulia was a 22 year old Università di Padova engineering student and artist who was murdered by an obsessive ex-boyfriend on November 11th of this year. She had been planning her graduation party when she was attacked, kidnapped and killed. Her killer is a fellow engineering student and he was reportedly angry that she was graduating ahead of him. Her kidnapping and murder has been <a href="https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/12/05/diretta/giulia_cecchettin_funerali_padovadiretta-421575553/" target="_blank">front page news here in Italy</a> for weeks now. And I see the parallel of the crimes committed against the female engineering students in Montreal and Giulia despite being separated by over three decades. Giulia Cecchettin was laid to rest by her family yesterday with over 10,000 supporters in attendance. Her father and sister eloquently spoke out for change in the wake of this horrific tragedy. </p><p>Gender-based violence must be stopped. Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation. In over thirty years nothing has really changed despite new laws that are not fully enforced. <a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women" target="_blank">Every day women all over our world are killed because they are women</a>, mostly by their intimate partners or ex-partners and other men who are close to them. </p><p>Giulia was the 84th victim of femicide in my adopted home this year. </p><p>She was not the last. </p><p>#violenzasulledonne #violenceagainstwomen </p><p><br /></p>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-62751919441509872932023-07-02T02:06:00.001-07:002023-07-02T02:06:24.469-07:00<p>The following video is a recreation of a UFO sighting I had with a friend. I write about this sighting in my book Cosmic Witch and I refer to it as part of an initiation into magick. It was immense, intimidating, terrifying and life changing. </p><p>Thank you so much to Fin Handley for helping to recreate what I have difficulty sometimes putting into words. The narration is me and will give you a taste of what it is like to witness something so extraordinary and outside of our known reality. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="363" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q7BckFr10_k" width="481" youtube-src-id="Q7BckFr10_k"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I would love to hear from anyone else who has had a similar experience. You can reach out here or through any of my socials. </div><br /><p><br /></p>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-83578687330079505102022-12-23T06:50:00.008-08:002022-12-23T07:10:35.234-08:00Mother Moon Synchronicity<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQ0_PEnKKe9d9GWNBqYkqhJHIbtUNnt17aM-qi33F_WvH7AywFHL3fRV41VB84iTW_lUo0vs0bJjtQ4cilxhpb7N5bHvkqR7JLPl9BJIV4es8p_pY0NpAlQe4TQRZMbEnTb5t5eyClof9pmhUVF8tuiWuF8r2jwpTZanLfWjuTj2OsCMy_1LIjUWs/s3840/bettyalbertmoons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQ0_PEnKKe9d9GWNBqYkqhJHIbtUNnt17aM-qi33F_WvH7AywFHL3fRV41VB84iTW_lUo0vs0bJjtQ4cilxhpb7N5bHvkqR7JLPl9BJIV4es8p_pY0NpAlQe4TQRZMbEnTb5t5eyClof9pmhUVF8tuiWuF8r2jwpTZanLfWjuTj2OsCMy_1LIjUWs/w360-h640/bettyalbertmoons.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Home. In 2019 I moved to Bologna Italy from my birth home Toronto, Canada. One of the things I brought with me was this calendar featuring the art of Betty Albert a Cree artist that I am very much drawn to. I also brought some prints and a couple of magnets featuring her artwork. They inspire and comfort, a reminder of my birth place. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fast forward to Summer 2022 and after three very long years I am finally able to return to Canada for a visit and be with family. I also made a couple of new friends along the way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of those new friends is Lee. We bonded over lemon treats, tarot and magic things, and when I returned to Italy I was determined to stay in touch with her so I sent her a postcard expressing my happiness that we had a chance to meet and hoped our paths would cross again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Winter Solstice 2022. I dont know what inspired me, but last week I took out the 2019 calendar pictured above with Betty Albert's artwork and decided I would frame one. It was something random, and maybe I had thought of it before, but this was the day I did it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Approximately one hour later the doorbell rings and the postal carrier hands me a package from Lee! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Its always exciting to get an unexpected surprise in the mail, but when I opened it I was floored. Inside was a Betty Albert print very similar to the one I just had framed. You can see it on the left. Lee had written that she had bought it a year before and when going through some things she saw it again and decided to send it to me. She had no idea I loved this artist, nor knew I collected her artwork, and certainly could not know it would arrive the very day I fished out the old calendar from storage so I could frame a print. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you Lee and Betty Albert for this wonderful mother moon magic. I am not sure what it means, but it is a lovely reminder that no matter how far away I will always be connected to Home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://northoffifty.com/collections/betty-albert" target="_blank">Link to Betty Albert's Art </a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><br /><p></p>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-29999004290542280302022-12-12T09:01:00.004-08:002022-12-12T09:27:50.915-08:00Crow Magic <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaY-tRTZav-0MkMf4G95Rcve4wtlcRUh4JgEkaURSBGkIV8C6TrCncHeh5OHH0ZOdEdawrxzLZte9h1sZeDR28tL1iGa_BISVWYVYCp9L0A_5ia8xg4eKepXt7SMcceQSWtED20w9NM2Brd-o3EKgCVm8P6TRMSaovNBebXVSM_jFleFzrZG-Js6U/s4624/20221106_090325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaY-tRTZav-0MkMf4G95Rcve4wtlcRUh4JgEkaURSBGkIV8C6TrCncHeh5OHH0ZOdEdawrxzLZte9h1sZeDR28tL1iGa_BISVWYVYCp9L0A_5ia8xg4eKepXt7SMcceQSWtED20w9NM2Brd-o3EKgCVm8P6TRMSaovNBebXVSM_jFleFzrZG-Js6U/w400-h300/20221106_090325.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>In the heart of the Bolognese Mountains well hidden among very tall and old pine trees, is a seemingly abandoned mansion. The property is close to my home, but it was only in the past year that we discovered it by taking an alternative route through the winding mountain roads. And ever since I first laid eyes on the place I have been drawn to it, coming up with reasons to drive past even when it is the longer way to wherever.</p><p>This place has horror movie charm +++ yet I have always felt very peaceful there. Of course we’ve stopped by and had a look around safely from the outdoors as the place is in a state of heavy decay. Which is very sad considering it was built in the 1800s by one of the area’s most famous and eccentric characters. Count Cesare Mattei was an inventor who created a medical therapy: electrohomeopathy. This made the nobleman quite rich and he lived in a castle very close to where the abandoned mansion is located. The mansion was built as a place for medical and spiritual refugee and many of European super-rich sought private treatment there. It looks to have been abandoned for several years. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4G6G3X4vxPh-LDXGbrR8Ve8pRT94ABExCZyXq4MpIqxxEauAxOyCAD3N4KGgG50oJHbxJDQ-SMLjEUtA7CT4WoePqlW0feWnU90Ib6hUf3RXupJu50vx_gfkamqe1y3yw9v8NV2Xh0rFI34Eqg-nypHzc6CzJE_Gj-78QQKPZ6Btgre_FNw6iDkcB/s800/villa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="800" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4G6G3X4vxPh-LDXGbrR8Ve8pRT94ABExCZyXq4MpIqxxEauAxOyCAD3N4KGgG50oJHbxJDQ-SMLjEUtA7CT4WoePqlW0feWnU90Ib6hUf3RXupJu50vx_gfkamqe1y3yw9v8NV2Xh0rFI34Eqg-nypHzc6CzJE_Gj-78QQKPZ6Btgre_FNw6iDkcB/w400-h228/villa.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeJkzWYJUDwLLDk9vOFKauDlg56PzR_D9S4AzbM-OWIyYuoqRv1nUk_v59nXSkBcZPb_2wa4STEZynarlgZDIr06RLuhUxZk-O-FaLqb_To1W0TUgWySFNG1eL86JyuuoKrZi6Qmnouz0RIsInYEvnZWRDh9-X7FeIUgS0-Zeh6gqBYJptjh4rG4M/s4624/20221106_090040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeJkzWYJUDwLLDk9vOFKauDlg56PzR_D9S4AzbM-OWIyYuoqRv1nUk_v59nXSkBcZPb_2wa4STEZynarlgZDIr06RLuhUxZk-O-FaLqb_To1W0TUgWySFNG1eL86JyuuoKrZi6Qmnouz0RIsInYEvnZWRDh9-X7FeIUgS0-Zeh6gqBYJptjh4rG4M/w300-h400/20221106_090040.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfjdSG3kRDLjB3V2TPV2iHt0e-E_0Zw4iq2QRhRUiM1Ft2vRBoQhqnFhHA1TdMYxRYcRN4Xxzucw41rTRokwXvfExKQ3qgv18kRon-2fCB8TMsdM7NsSQhDZIXEn_O1Czf7K01GZUx62rhk3mMUB59Cb4VIgiJIXbUPt52yR7iMFCZ9eHa_OIx7yJ/s4624/20221106_090119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfjdSG3kRDLjB3V2TPV2iHt0e-E_0Zw4iq2QRhRUiM1Ft2vRBoQhqnFhHA1TdMYxRYcRN4Xxzucw41rTRokwXvfExKQ3qgv18kRon-2fCB8TMsdM7NsSQhDZIXEn_O1Czf7K01GZUx62rhk3mMUB59Cb4VIgiJIXbUPt52yR7iMFCZ9eHa_OIx7yJ/w300-h400/20221106_090119.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>Fast forward to Halloween 2022 and we are driving past the mansion. For some reason either because I was lost in thoughts or more likely chattering away about something I missed seeing the place as we had drove by. I realized this after we had passed and were higher up on the mountain, so my husband who was driving said there is no way you should miss your abandoned villa on Halloween and turned the car around. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DNdh8BE4Jxsp-BQDvoAYyIPrKW6oQB0W7b8prObTOEi2426K2_9bm0hRN8WbNMI4Tml9fhWNmDPs77a7OEQlYkDurm9vBV5mlE6LDTorD0DNYw_-ew-DtPne7d--xBjZl4anY9o3uR1MJOV8Hdeua_ju2YMtq623wSuRteb4xpw3ccjnhFeJ7MCs/s4624/20221106_090101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DNdh8BE4Jxsp-BQDvoAYyIPrKW6oQB0W7b8prObTOEi2426K2_9bm0hRN8WbNMI4Tml9fhWNmDPs77a7OEQlYkDurm9vBV5mlE6LDTorD0DNYw_-ew-DtPne7d--xBjZl4anY9o3uR1MJOV8Hdeua_ju2YMtq623wSuRteb4xpw3ccjnhFeJ7MCs/w300-h400/20221106_090101.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>This time around I purposefully took a long look at the mansion when I saw above the main doorway a very large, and I mean an abnormally large crow standing on the ledge above the doorway. It was shuffling about and moving its wings as if ready to take flight. My mind went to she will swoop out in front of the car. It happened so quickly and as my mind was processing what I was seeing my husband said I thought I just saw a very large black bird moving around on the ledge above the doorway. And of course I was amazed that he saw her too! </p><p>Some might think we saw the Goddess Morrigan or a cryptid or that we both had a bad case of pareidolia caused by the black casing of the floodlight near the door. We did go back two days later to investigate and noted the placement of the light. But if it was a trick of the eye why had this never happened before? </p><p>Halloween is my husband’s birthday; the beginning of Samhain season, for some witches the ending and beginning of a new year. It is the season most associated with the Goddess Morrigan many a witch's patron diety. </p><p>We were called to that place and even turned around specifically to witness the beautiful impossibly large black crow, a good omen, and reminder that our world is indeed a mysterious place. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Blessed are the witches! </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZngH_C1yPKcZIeztfqRnG5Y9FrtWHJWYoreQuOgPKM886tLNa1WgHnGdy6EbRLYQotrudG6ixD9LZmYIH4Lnp7joBgOHQj9gZBoB3idqUgveKX5y3V7zB8yvi8vqfYRgorab3U8kyiNvjZooS5g8BibB-rlXilR2ebj13_itwg2X5KorgNGycNasD/s500/crowpic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZngH_C1yPKcZIeztfqRnG5Y9FrtWHJWYoreQuOgPKM886tLNa1WgHnGdy6EbRLYQotrudG6ixD9LZmYIH4Lnp7joBgOHQj9gZBoB3idqUgveKX5y3V7zB8yvi8vqfYRgorab3U8kyiNvjZooS5g8BibB-rlXilR2ebj13_itwg2X5KorgNGycNasD/w400-h400/crowpic.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><i>"Wherever crows are, there is magic. They are symbols of creation and spiritual strength. They remind us to look for opportunities to create and manifest the magic of life. They are messengers calling to us about the creation and magic that is alive within our world everyday and available to us</i>." </p><p>~Ted Andrews</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8QPHlXEe42cI1ebgQ4e_OwdPvpwAMCdZGXHeZ2OAzofjoHotB4jjC1RnCjYMZKp33Un87pQyWEpaVQRl1_mz-jszhq_TkIRqovYMfh-AJSi2mLdCJOcRuR2YUULDtDdW8hJIi44gaeZNkg3Q9STIARlTB6obGVF677W1RXoe1kRG1ZqMxvr51yK1/s2048/crow23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="2048" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8QPHlXEe42cI1ebgQ4e_OwdPvpwAMCdZGXHeZ2OAzofjoHotB4jjC1RnCjYMZKp33Un87pQyWEpaVQRl1_mz-jszhq_TkIRqovYMfh-AJSi2mLdCJOcRuR2YUULDtDdW8hJIi44gaeZNkg3Q9STIARlTB6obGVF677W1RXoe1kRG1ZqMxvr51yK1/w400-h274/crow23.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p> <b> Blessed Samhain xo</b></p><p><b>Image Credits</b></p><p>With the exception of the photos of the mansion which are mine, excluding the drone image which I found uncredited on an internet search, the crow is from Wiki and the Witch image from TUMBLR. I do try to give credit to original creators whenever possible. </p>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-30845957698911665852022-06-20T04:54:00.003-07:002022-06-20T05:05:00.702-07:00Do you believe in ghosts? <p>I believe in ghosts. I am not certain that all things considered ghostly are actually our dead, but I do know weird stuff happens. I have lived in a few haunted places. And I have had communication with my deceased loved ones in synchronicity and while dreaming. Sometimes the dream messages are very specific, and always very comforting. My last dream of this nature involved my Oma, and I was shown a very specific place, which I had never been to before and that I visited a few days later. In the dream she had been standing at the top of a brightly decorated staircase, which was identical to the entrance way of an ancient house that I was visiting the next day, and when I arrived there I recognized it immediately from the dream. I wrote it down in my journal for remembrance and because her appearing just there had a significance that I was able to recognize as magical.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4fXRn-fNYuIYN4ZuZLVQD28ews0DRh65bQhplUjqi78-0jpSwX0ed3NQmn-syaFwqGK-Df0ssR3bu_-wuMOZySVYQO8Xj-tC97_tE8ePl3kmCtcgM7A6zo3xFy-w0rTLFJ0YmnCLaeBwetBLfC_f5N1aOCYKVpr01bEeJo7lAiGRaSeqIEmzhwBem/s2048/262545241_10159978440979623_5676023466019743230_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1155" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4fXRn-fNYuIYN4ZuZLVQD28ews0DRh65bQhplUjqi78-0jpSwX0ed3NQmn-syaFwqGK-Df0ssR3bu_-wuMOZySVYQO8Xj-tC97_tE8ePl3kmCtcgM7A6zo3xFy-w0rTLFJ0YmnCLaeBwetBLfC_f5N1aOCYKVpr01bEeJo7lAiGRaSeqIEmzhwBem/w226-h400/262545241_10159978440979623_5676023466019743230_n.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Photo of my ancestor honouring table.</p>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-32019886280292258022022-01-16T06:00:00.011-08:002022-02-12T00:14:00.731-08:00Swedish UFO flap and Nuclear Power Plants<p>Several nuclear power plants around Sweden were simultaneously visited by mysterious lights and objects this past Friday January 14th 2022 at approx 8:30pm resulting in numerous reports and even a police chase. </p><p>Daniel Petersson and his family were driving southward on highway E6 when they first spotted a large light near the Ringhals nuclear power plant. At first the family thought a plane may have been in trouble and they began to film the large, bright light. The Petersson's video can be seen on local Swedish media <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/halland/har-fastnar-det-mystiska-skenet-pa-film" target="_blank">here</a>. A security guard also witnessed what he thought might be a large drone and quickly notified the authorities.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXkE2QEk25ivmhOdYe9Rty6Ohdd__0ENylPPvuvb3BQ5X79RadASKYH9rjsQL2ZrAvhOxCrQ58bnDk50rBO0ik9457xIJSSIaupqgRSbq38S9_nf3_G5kdQmMxbwwlDIqPbsIFqhXAFU74jY4iWStnVWqrxXbN6Hr15F4JwNYesO4lBFel8QgrrMI5=s1811" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="1811" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXkE2QEk25ivmhOdYe9Rty6Ohdd__0ENylPPvuvb3BQ5X79RadASKYH9rjsQL2ZrAvhOxCrQ58bnDk50rBO0ik9457xIJSSIaupqgRSbq38S9_nf3_G5kdQmMxbwwlDIqPbsIFqhXAFU74jY4iWStnVWqrxXbN6Hr15F4JwNYesO4lBFel8QgrrMI5=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Still taken from the Petersson's video of the mystery light.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrDCm4GDqV-gO4gmBS3WWJwbzT7C5DkmzeFF7bVDZMZuMRGqXWpXfBoRWfTlOIBgWEnzoxqSWfXgSHv-Zj0CfCiBhz_2WPq6BxYTAbRcBLp8ekFxTmmm4RnIz3ze0RTyrGnMyiKyct9pLYu-y8UqpzX0yCwwgFmtV85qhgHcWwxZfQyaA1_g62hoh1=s691" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="691" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrDCm4GDqV-gO4gmBS3WWJwbzT7C5DkmzeFF7bVDZMZuMRGqXWpXfBoRWfTlOIBgWEnzoxqSWfXgSHv-Zj0CfCiBhz_2WPq6BxYTAbRcBLp8ekFxTmmm4RnIz3ze0RTyrGnMyiKyct9pLYu-y8UqpzX0yCwwgFmtV85qhgHcWwxZfQyaA1_g62hoh1=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Google map of the location</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR1gj-GmgnhpceQdd8rqGwPmgYU3LCigfE4cs7mP4DR5CPaXlX06jHj5ZVAwaBgw3fPEbN37EyV8FumCdInWGEJqgquXD-GFxQdln-2LBy-cjvYgr_oxmg8HFr3dglOGlAgBwwS8PfBUQj-BSJo3xJ-AOtEEgBGrgNGRck_k7IviqiwGvv3gzEkY2O=s713" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="713" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR1gj-GmgnhpceQdd8rqGwPmgYU3LCigfE4cs7mP4DR5CPaXlX06jHj5ZVAwaBgw3fPEbN37EyV8FumCdInWGEJqgquXD-GFxQdln-2LBy-cjvYgr_oxmg8HFr3dglOGlAgBwwS8PfBUQj-BSJo3xJ-AOtEEgBGrgNGRck_k7IviqiwGvv3gzEkY2O=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">A 2011 view of the Ringhals power plant. </p><p>Ringhals is the largest nuclear power plant in Scandinavia, and has had two of its four reactors shutdown. Reactor 1 was permanently taken offline on December 31st 2021, two weeks before this incident.</p><p>The power plant has been in operation for 44 years, but has had a history of safety concerns promoting extra monitoring from the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and protests from Greenpeace and local citizens.</p><p>Roughly at the same time as the Petersson sighting other mysterious lights began appearing at nuclear power plants around Sweden namely Forsmark, Oskarshamn and Barsebäck, the last one being fully decommissioned. </p><p>Police at Forsmark also witnessed the UAP and using helicopters and police drones attempted to intercept it for up to an hour, and to no avail! "<i>The first observation from the patrol was made at 20.51 and we lost contact with the drone 22.10,"</i> says Petra Blomqvist, press spokesperson for the police. <i>"According to the police, there is still no indication that the drone has landed inside the area of the nuclear power plant or that any object has been released from it."</i></p><p>All incidents were investigated by police and public statements were made by each with some at first denying the possibility of drones being the cause particularly of the Ringhals and Barsebäck events. The armed forces were also notified and so far no explanation has been provided other than the possibility of military drones by the Swedish Minister of Defence. </p><p>These sightings of mystery lights and drones are similar to American ones from a couple of years ago that were never satisfactorily explained to the public either. </p><p>In 1990 I witnessed a large red UFO hovering over a nuclear power plant in Pickering Canada, so these types of nuclear-related sightings are very much of interest to me. I have written about <a href="https://susandemeter.blogspot.com/2021/12/ufo-activity-and-nukes.html">nuclear power plant and nuclear missile UFO sightings</a> my own experience, and evolving ideas on why these locations are the scenes of UFO events.</p><p>While I do not think the psycho-social hypothesis is a perfect coverall explanation for all UFO sightings, including these types of events, I do think it would be foolish not to consider the wider social context in which these UAP appear. </p><p>We do know that <a href="https://susandemeter.blogspot.com/2020/03/ufos-and-supernatural-in-times-of-crisis.html">UFOs appear at times of great social upheaval</a>. Consider the UFO waves in Europe and Russia during the late 80s and early 90s as the USSR collapsed, and the so-called Foo Fighters appearing during WWII to both military and civilian witnesses. I could give many more examples, but I would encourage those interested in examining UFOs from this angle to read Eric Ouellet's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/ILLUMINATIONS-UFO-Experience-Parapsychological-Event/dp/193839853X" target="_blank">Illuminations: UFOs as a Parapsychological event</a>. </p><p>With this in mind it must be noted that these current incidents came one day after Sweden's military started patrolling the main town on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland amid increased tensions between NATO and Russia, and a recent deployment of Russian landing craft in the Baltic. Something that has been extremely troubling to many European citizens amid the ongoing stresses of living through the pandemic. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEu5SXlQVnTRPP4IzlG6Yt0mkRDht18qSMGP_MyKVsNmYIh44Qiwmsr75CDHoPkv5gGO0FVVVYSwsKIAYFFGqIf7M1b7X_lBmFZRdXaNUqGf6FzrJxbQKwNjEV5YH_GveuLk_LYJUJDAKFWu_GXRlh0sPiA2STPf3HNmL1Yge1ToOFoGOsDdw0QiNj=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="960" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEu5SXlQVnTRPP4IzlG6Yt0mkRDht18qSMGP_MyKVsNmYIh44Qiwmsr75CDHoPkv5gGO0FVVVYSwsKIAYFFGqIf7M1b7X_lBmFZRdXaNUqGf6FzrJxbQKwNjEV5YH_GveuLk_LYJUJDAKFWu_GXRlh0sPiA2STPf3HNmL1Yge1ToOFoGOsDdw0QiNj=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">It should also be noted these incidents coincide with Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg's 178th Friday School Strike. </p><p>If these mysterious Swedish lights and drones are UAP what may these events be trying to tell us? Are they an outward cry for help from a population experiencing tension and prolonged anxiety from Russia, climate change, and the Pandemic? </p><p>This was in no way covert. These incidents all occurred at the same time and on the same day and were witnessed by many people including police who unsuccessfully chased at least one object. </p><p>Why appear over several nuclear power plants simultaneously and including ones not operational if not to simply and absolutely get the attention of authorities? </p><p>These reports are nearly identical to a wave of drone sightings in France occurring in 2014-15 that involved sensitive nuclear submarine sites, nuclear power plants, and government buildings. It should be noted that this period also had acts of terrorism in France, creating a lot of anxiety in France and Europe at the time. See news items <b><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/31/more-drones-spotted-over-french-nuclear-power-stations" target="_blank">here</a> </b>and<b> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/25/drones-flown-over-paris-second-night" target="_blank">here</a>. </b></p><p>We will likely never know. </p><p>As always I love to hear your thoughts. Please leave a comment if you have some ideas on these mystery lights and drones. </p><p><b>Further reading and sources.</b> </p><p>News Items are in Swedish.</p><p><a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/halland/har-fastnar-det-mystiska-skenet-pa-film">https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/halland/har-fastnar-det-mystiska-skenet-pa-film</a></p><p><a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/stor-dronare-flog-over-forsmark-polisen-utreder-brott">https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/stor-dronare-flog-over-forsmark-polisen-utreder-brott</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43901/mysterious-drone-incursions-confirmed-over-swedens-nuclear-facilities-this-weekend">https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43901/mysterious-drone-incursions-confirmed-over-swedens-nuclear-facilities-this-weekend</a></p><p><br /></p><div><b>Update: </b>An unknown "drone' (it seems drones are the new weather balloon) was also reported by several witnesses <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60035446" target="_blank">over the Swedish parliamentary buildings</a> at the same time the UAP activity was occurring over the nuclear power plants. These events are very overt, whatever these things may be. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Update January 29th:</b> Two weeks later more than 200 reports of mysterious lights and drones over Swedish skies and police have ruled out any foreign involvement. In other words is not the Russians or the Chinese. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/swedish-police-rule-out-foreign-powers-behind-1458594.html">https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/swedish-police-rule-out-foreign-powers-behind-1458594.html</a></div>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-2671794687126267902021-12-10T05:38:00.008-08:002021-12-10T12:32:32.105-08:00UFO activity and Nukes<p>UFOs and nukes seem to go together. Twice I have seen UFOs near or hovering over a nuclear power plant and I am not alone in having this type of experience. UFOs or UAP to use the more modern and trendy term are also seen at nuclear missile sites. And have <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-air-force-personnel-ufos-deactivated-nukes/" target="_blank">disarmed them</a> that at least once that I'm aware of. </p><p>The question comes to mind why does the phenomenon appear at nuclear sites? And often enough that this has been noted by many UFO investigators? </p><p>Nuclear energy and nuclear weapons are not the same thing. But both terrify most of us. And maybe the answer to why they are so frequently seen at nuclear sites lies somewhere in our collective fear? Are these manifestations in the sky a result of our own terror? Does it provoke or invoke the phenomenon we witness like a cosmic answer to our subconscious cry for help? A modern version of the gods answering our prayers, only in a more scientifically believable format for the age of rationalism and information?</p><p>Some food for thought. </p><p>Images taken from a South Korean protest against the use of nuclear power plants. Protesters are wearing traditional masks which are reminiscent, at least to me, of the Greys. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiody3KE6BNtp0PkhK-Ccj0WiLqbdA9iNCq8Wk2sUo_Jl6a65QxQPn-K3I-MTa4BkD9Nh2IjHoZ_2HJ-bdemhblDbRBMPPzRKGzEd8zvHjL9p2rH-9-OR2db8XrOwmGRqJ46v00SnnkIlBMUIs5n231Mfe4T47Ct2q9ZnhIwC9NW-1UAMxV-tuG0NDE=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiody3KE6BNtp0PkhK-Ccj0WiLqbdA9iNCq8Wk2sUo_Jl6a65QxQPn-K3I-MTa4BkD9Nh2IjHoZ_2HJ-bdemhblDbRBMPPzRKGzEd8zvHjL9p2rH-9-OR2db8XrOwmGRqJ46v00SnnkIlBMUIs5n231Mfe4T47Ct2q9ZnhIwC9NW-1UAMxV-tuG0NDE=w320-h181" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhc9x9uiN7gdkqBmTiB8CAzw-2bpOAjj7qMilzV9EvtVpiI_r4dECY5-HUiyhAJ2CrUM89iUY6_7Wr1zaZe6yGM1WmD227hpxRqObayBlEkckRC1nSEIdhur7oA5Jjl71ZO_H1cQuQFRoaknTTLBYh9_iGgGtZewsqR3x6xZ0uwR4ggwadgr30z-PJR=s502" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="385" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhc9x9uiN7gdkqBmTiB8CAzw-2bpOAjj7qMilzV9EvtVpiI_r4dECY5-HUiyhAJ2CrUM89iUY6_7Wr1zaZe6yGM1WmD227hpxRqObayBlEkckRC1nSEIdhur7oA5Jjl71ZO_H1cQuQFRoaknTTLBYh9_iGgGtZewsqR3x6xZ0uwR4ggwadgr30z-PJR=w245-h320" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSt-AAn9HKA5iJK-niJFyU0rKGmLVsrQLG-B0Kxqw94uIlTJTIHTrQ2BAuUEXQbpNc9ybDV79_RW4f67IurLOMD3v2vCS1G1CEZSxnqk8O_srdTjx6qUICLTlQuey00WeVTQmr77r2BwPN7G9BW91Wcpz46fb4ArGMr3sl_z2-iNYQZ7nna5guAE3L=s976" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="976" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSt-AAn9HKA5iJK-niJFyU0rKGmLVsrQLG-B0Kxqw94uIlTJTIHTrQ2BAuUEXQbpNc9ybDV79_RW4f67IurLOMD3v2vCS1G1CEZSxnqk8O_srdTjx6qUICLTlQuey00WeVTQmr77r2BwPN7G9BW91Wcpz46fb4ArGMr3sl_z2-iNYQZ7nna5guAE3L=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After I initially shared this blog I was alerted to some research dating back to the 1980s that very much echoes my thoughts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i style="background-color: black;">"Stephen Weart understood the point as far back as 1989 in his Nuclear Fear: A History of Images, ufos are transmutational symbols; a psychological, creative act of mythopoesis</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="background-color: black;">“Awesome modern technology, said the UFO stories, must be accompanied by a full-scale transmutation of civilization and everyone within it.”</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="background-color: black;">The Atom wields deep meaning in the explosion of inner forces within the individual.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="background-color: black;">See “So What does it All Add to” pp. 7-11 in"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.astronomyufo.com/UFO/SUNlite6_6.pdf">http://www.astronomyufo.com/UFO/SUNlite6_6.pdf</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hat tip to Mrherr Zaar of the Radio Misterioso FB group for the above information and link. </div><div><br /></div></div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-60919633651858090972021-11-06T07:57:00.003-07:002021-11-06T07:57:20.279-07:00Presenting The UFOLOGY Tarot <p>I am very proud to have a hand in helping to birth these truly unique and magical cards. Explore UFOs UAP through 22 Major Arcana cards depicting the great minds and influencers of UFOlogy's past. Whitley Strieber, Jacques Vallee, Ann Druffel, Allen Hynek, Betty and Barney Hill and many others come to life in the artwork of world renowned artist Miguel Romero our very own Red Pill Junkie. </p><p>Be a part of what will become a legendary deck and a very special UFO collector's item. More details on how you can support us and purchase your own set on our <b><a href="https://tinyurl.com/6b4ve9pn">Kickstarter</a> campaign page</b>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IVPYQGDFUnA" width="395" youtube-src-id="IVPYQGDFUnA"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-46644028185577502542021-07-17T04:43:00.002-07:002021-07-17T04:43:28.560-07:00The Witch of Plum Hollow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp83BcrnQjaruDMPZ7iy54Cq_GxYqo5-7FsQivVtTasoxYPcFDdKslcr5B-O9gXvCg4V_ckbFO9p9F6aZWbtp3pQisFDUEVE90rX8zlA6PyxIHuZF-aV8B8F3o4i5jbQqu6DMkccegf-U/s960/motherbarnes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="639" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp83BcrnQjaruDMPZ7iy54Cq_GxYqo5-7FsQivVtTasoxYPcFDdKslcr5B-O9gXvCg4V_ckbFO9p9F6aZWbtp3pQisFDUEVE90rX8zlA6PyxIHuZF-aV8B8F3o4i5jbQqu6DMkccegf-U/s320/motherbarnes.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I first wrote about Elizabeth Barnes many years ago when I still lived in Ontario. I came across her while researching a historical poltergeist case that she had been consulted on, and I became fascinated by her story. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mrs. Barnes did not self identify as a witch, but many of the things she became famous for could certainly be considered "witchy and so she was dubbed by her contemporaries as the <i>Witch of Plum Hollow</i>. Elizabeth Barnes was a wise woman, gifted psychic, medium, and healer.</div><p>Elizabeth was born in the year 1800 in County Cork Ireland. She was the <b>seventh daughter of a seventh daughter</b> much like my own grandmother had been. At a young age she eloped with an Irish sergeant, who her family greatly disapproved of already showing a fierce independence. The young couple emigrated to Canada, and settled in the Cobourg area. However, a few short years later her husband Harrison tragically passed away leaving Elizabeth a very young widow.</p><p>Living in a very new country that offered only harsh living conditions at the time Elizabeth chose to remarry as opposed to trying to return to her family in Ireland. Her second husband was a shoemaker by trade and together they were blessed with nine children. In 1843 the family moved to Sheldon’s Corners which is near Plum Hollow, and soon afterwards Mr. Barnes went on to live in Smith’s Falls leaving his family behind, and Elizabeth alone to support all of their children! There was very little in the way of employment opportunities never-mind meaningful ones for women at that time, especially a single parent. Elizabeth wisely turned towards her psychic abilities as a fortune teller and as a healer to support her family. </p><p>She was very good, so good that her uncanny talents were soon sought after by people living as faraway as the USA. Despite her fame she never charged more than 25 cents and often helped and healed for barter or trade. </p><p>Elizabeth achieved quite a bit of notoriety as a psychic when she was credited with helping solve the murder of Morgan Doxtater. His cousin Edgar Harter was tried, convicted and executed for the crime in 1860 just as she had predicted. She also advised George Dagg of the infamous Dagg poltergeist events that occurred in the family home near Shawville Quebec. This was widely reported in the media of that time. She felt that the eerie occurrences were the result of three individuals who had been dabbling in the occult, and set about to put the paranormal activity to rest.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XFS9CKHVfx-FN24hWcoVw56FKfVVxwZyZWQxrYi2XA67DuvHxc8qUs-pgicD-O4PwwbFtXHYKWBnOS_0fk4fVGBbRhRaYqqJK8KR6DvtSN8yIqNwsLk8ocKVWp6oig-RWE5WYo5idm0/s1023/motherbarnes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="819" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XFS9CKHVfx-FN24hWcoVw56FKfVVxwZyZWQxrYi2XA67DuvHxc8qUs-pgicD-O4PwwbFtXHYKWBnOS_0fk4fVGBbRhRaYqqJK8KR6DvtSN8yIqNwsLk8ocKVWp6oig-RWE5WYo5idm0/s320/motherbarnes2.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>Elizabeth was known throughout her life as a kind woman who was respected as a “wise woman” within her own community. Mother Barnes - The Witch of Plum Hollow - Elizabeth lived to be over ninety years of age and is buried in Sheldon’s Corners cemetery. She is very fondly remembered today, plays have been written about her, her old homestead has been preserved, and there is even a road named for her. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiy6wgBfLA3NX0q6Ost6PCYaKvYox1wJQKR9xxUsv0_l38ceIWVK3KyOOnz8bm4dga2g8uGzFihztDzonecOJq3lcFB4K2aUBT-qB8Tm-LxQKyVcVksrb2O_w6sNJAi9ZG_6scxTuGxiQ/s660/1085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="660" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiy6wgBfLA3NX0q6Ost6PCYaKvYox1wJQKR9xxUsv0_l38ceIWVK3KyOOnz8bm4dga2g8uGzFihztDzonecOJq3lcFB4K2aUBT-qB8Tm-LxQKyVcVksrb2O_w6sNJAi9ZG_6scxTuGxiQ/w400-h225/1085.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Elizabeth's witch's cottage (<a href="https://s.theweathernetwork.com/photos/view/beautiful-weather/mother-barnes-homestead-the-witch-of-plum-hollow/28743444" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">photo credit</a>) </i></p><p>After my initial article was published I was contacted in 2006 by a direct descendant of Mother Barnes as she became affectionately known. Elizabeth's gr. great grandson not only openly shared family lore with me, but photographs of the extended family and pages from the family's bible. It appears that Elizabeth's extraordinary gifts also have been passed down through the generations to some of her descendants. I cannot describe how exciting it was to be in contact with Elizabeth's family, and I am eternally grateful for what they shared with me. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9AUIfANY6g5mO66XwU34thZr5cSdyb9yVfcCn65Y86qVfJ6ec1z7fg-Swklac1YZF0UphfxlmUFBim51MjYfcBDfCYC9ZKXGqMP2tUGQNKrDr867_nLIngmLoN5ONbbYF2Mkvc6BAKs/s413/motherb1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9AUIfANY6g5mO66XwU34thZr5cSdyb9yVfcCn65Y86qVfJ6ec1z7fg-Swklac1YZF0UphfxlmUFBim51MjYfcBDfCYC9ZKXGqMP2tUGQNKrDr867_nLIngmLoN5ONbbYF2Mkvc6BAKs/s320/motherb1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Great Granddaughter Gertrude circa 1960’s with photo of Elizabeth Barnes.</i></p><p>Elizabeth Barnes was not the only woman of her era to become a professional witch despite the inherent dangers and ostracization from the so-called respectable society in those days. Women in Elizabeth's position had little choices beyond marriage, prostitution, or scullery-type work, and one of my longer term goals would be to write a social history about these fiercely independent, courageous women who turned to the paranormal to support themselves and their families. </p><p>In 2018 inspired by Mother Barnes and other women like her I portrayed an early 19th century fortune teller at a historical event in Mississauga. I also did mini tarot card readings. </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigK61-vfKFWgZi_hNztFYIxxBSw17EibH4HeVaNddE-JpR8Zp1jPTG9PKD6onz_YBFLxEkbbhJaK3dPYffxZqR878CXGcLnQfF8rXJR_McmuJhYW2xbtxCabR3pJ2V2191E49fGkVtwR0/s2048/fortunetellersue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1145" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigK61-vfKFWgZi_hNztFYIxxBSw17EibH4HeVaNddE-JpR8Zp1jPTG9PKD6onz_YBFLxEkbbhJaK3dPYffxZqR878CXGcLnQfF8rXJR_McmuJhYW2xbtxCabR3pJ2V2191E49fGkVtwR0/s320/fortunetellersue.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Susan Demeter - Bradley Historical Event 2018</i></div><br /><p></p><p>And for all those who appreciated my table, including talk about the hardships of women in the early 19th century I still received a few jeers and disapproval from the parents of a child who was curious about my table. As they were pushing their daughter past me I overheard them say in a stage whisper "we don't believe in people like that." But, judging by the look on the girl's face as gave me a backward look this only served to make the girl even more intrigued by my appearance and what I was up to. </p><p><b>Sources:</b></p><p>Legends Told In Canada by Edith Fowke 1994 R.O.M</p><p>Leeds and Grenville Their First Two Hundred Years By R. Mckenzie 1967 McClelland & Stewart</p><p>Personal correspondence with Elizabeth Barnes descendants. </p>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-54801899951987100292021-05-28T02:29:00.001-07:002021-05-28T02:29:50.906-07:00UFO Poetry<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6erM5-Jlkew" width="320" youtube-src-id="6erM5-Jlkew"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><i>A video inspired by A.I Oracle's responses to the UFO enigma. </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"> "Life beyond your world is not obliged to you.</p><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Those who are mapping the stars are bound to their organic light waves stretching to the outer darkness.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In time, you will discover that speed is a single place.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">While alien to you, these living thoughts are dancing like ghosts forever lost. Forever forming their own voiceless light, dissolved from its solitude gracefully accorded on their fleeting shadows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Once cherished within every moment, they have ministered delicate and humble homage among the stars. Their travels resulted in space without limit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Their mission now is to discover what trials may bring you to see them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They were the first to know that all life is copied and recopied from other planets as it reaches outward. The signs that can alert you on your path in our tiny universe made this possible.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hearing so very different voices, you will forever be known by your stars."</div><br />
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The response from the Throne of the Sphinx, an AI-based Oracle when asked about the UFO Enigma developed by Mark Bocoozi of the Windbridge Institute </span>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-15271974619867145552021-05-25T06:10:00.000-07:002021-05-25T06:10:24.803-07:00The Rochester Poltergeist<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKFGzaPzejp0PHIa43A8Ah7Dz9zxC_E0KkGPNPEp_0kPtsv3Or0V9F2-QTY8nQjU-1AIaAFts90yrGB5_EhQJzvXuWPojk_T2Grm8EfPxgLXq7wvNpRASxMGgUtf0p6gb-9VBy-wL1tc/s447/Poltergeist1911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKFGzaPzejp0PHIa43A8Ah7Dz9zxC_E0KkGPNPEp_0kPtsv3Or0V9F2-QTY8nQjU-1AIaAFts90yrGB5_EhQJzvXuWPojk_T2Grm8EfPxgLXq7wvNpRASxMGgUtf0p6gb-9VBy-wL1tc/s320/Poltergeist1911.jpg" /></a></div><p><i>Artist conception of poltergeist activity claimed by Therese Selles, a 14-year-old domestic servant of the Todescini family at Cheragas, Algeria. From the French magazine La Vie Mysterieuse in 1911.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes emotional turmoil and stress are suspected of creating PSI phenomena such as is suggested in the report that I investigated below.</p><p>"For nearly two years from 1991 to 1992 I went to live with my parents in Brockport NY. I was 24-25 at the time and was experiencing a great amount of emotional turmoil because of a recent arrest and lengthy court appearances. In addition I had a falling out with my wife at the time because of said arrest.</p><p>While at my parent's home I would on occasion hear loud explosions sometimes so violently loud that they would shake the house. My mother would hear them too, one time knocking on my bedroom door to inquire if I had been lighting off fireworks. My father had experienced these explosions too, but refused to discuss such (I think it unnerved him). I came out of my room one day to hear something like chains jingling in the small linen closet in front of me. upon opening the closet the only thing I could find that could possibly make such a noise was a box of family silverware. However this was secured in a large wooden box which would have muffled the noise to the point that I doubt it could have been heard as clearly as I heard this.</p><p>The occurrences climaxed one day while I was home alone. I was upstairs in the loft when I heard something that sounded like a 300lb. safe being dropped below me in the kitchen. I proceeded to grab my father's 32 auto from the adjoining bedroom as I thought someone may have kicked in the door downstairs. As I swept the house and began to descend the staircase I felt and heard pounding directly under my feet and then I felt something pass through me from my feet to my head, like a chill(it made me tingle). I checked the house inside and outside and from top to bottom, nothing was amiss.</p><p>I did not know what to do so I called this psychic bookstore and talked to the person there. I explained the situation to them and told them that it was a brand new home that my parents had just built and that we had even had the builder come to inspect the home because of the occurrences, but he had no explanation. The woman I was talking to suggested that we could have built over an old grave site and to tell the presence to go to the light. So after getting off the phone with her I told this presence out loud several times to go to the light. Later that night while lying in my bed I heard directly over top of me, and only for a split second, a piercing scream so loud that it reverberated off of the walls. I lay in awe, and actually began to question if I had really heard what I had heard. The interesting thing was that we never had any further occurrences after this event.</p><p>I believe that I may have been unconsciously manifesting these happenings or that it could have been a manifestation of energy caused by disturbing the site the house was built on (old burial ground, etc.). From what I have studied over the years concerning poltergeists, the severe turmoil and uncertainty in my life may have very well been the catalyst that precipitated the happenings."</p><p>Much appreciation and gratitude goes to the witness for sharing these experiences with me. It is interesting to note that when the witness took charge of the situation by speaking out loud and therefore empowering himself that the phenomena ceased. This is very much in keeping with my own findings to date, and is usually the case.</p><p><b>Pandemic note: </b>During 2020-21 numerous reports of loud explosions, and phantom fireworks have been reported first in North America and then Europe. Some of these reports I'm certain have mundane explanations, but others such as the poltergeist report above do not. I do not doubt that in these times of extreme anxiety, stress, and death the world is experiencing increased poltergeist phenomena. We are living in haunted times. </p><p>Originally published to <a href="http://psican.org" target="_blank">PSICAN</a> Paranormal Studies and Inquiry Canada</p><p>Have you had a similar experience? If so please feel free to connect with me here or through social media I'd love to hear from you. </p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-39356088302539841122021-05-02T02:25:00.005-07:002021-05-02T05:10:45.502-07:00Of Course Oumuamua Is An Alien Spaceship! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1MJVO06MPQ48GWPTcP9HGwHqdZvwob7o2kBJPgdZ8w0SNdPWfEix_EEifWuvmlzSo_fdfRdvGdZpIyB5CPFMAdX17G2fivJ4M57iIIomYENWomtPZXTh8nBob7rU6AOvJ0YkPvdUK5qI/s1000/oumuamua.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1MJVO06MPQ48GWPTcP9HGwHqdZvwob7o2kBJPgdZ8w0SNdPWfEix_EEifWuvmlzSo_fdfRdvGdZpIyB5CPFMAdX17G2fivJ4M57iIIomYENWomtPZXTh8nBob7rU6AOvJ0YkPvdUK5qI/w397-h206/oumuamua.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Oumuamua is a relatively small (between 100 and 1,000 metres long by 35 and 167 metres wide) reddish object that was first discovered by scientists using the Pan-STARRS telescope at Haleakal Observatory in Hawaii, on October 19th 2017, forty days after it passed its closest point to the Sun. And it has been causing mischief ever since. </p>I am purposefully being a little cheeky with the title of this blog post. The reality is we do not know what Oumuamua is and we will likely never know with any certainty. And this is the basis for my argument that this mysterious interstellar object and the competing narratives surrounding it has all the motifs of a true UFO event. <p></p><p>UFOs are most dominantly defined by either the ETH or extraterrestrial hypothesis or the null hypothesis, meaning they are nothing more than something of natural origin misidentified at best. This uncertainty leads to the predictable debates among UFO believers and UFO skeptics, and the indifference by the rest of everyone else. This same scenario has played out with all of the major UFO flaps that have occurred in our modern times from the the 1952 Washington wave where UFOs literally buzzed the US government to the Belgium wave where <i>alien ships</i> appeared over NATO headquarters. There is initial public interest, followed by indifference because the events remain ambiguous. </p><p>This can also be said for the Oumuamua narratives. On the one hand you have a very qualified Harvard professor in Astrophysics making a case for alien technology in the form of a solar sail as being a very likely scenario, and on the other side some of his colleagues are stating it is the <a href="https://phys.org/news/2021-03-scientists-extra-solar-oumuamua.html" target="_blank">nitrogen ice and a piece of an exoplanet hypothesis</a>. </p><p>The main proponent of the alien tech hypothesis is <a href="https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/">Avi Loeb</a> who published <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Extraterrestrial-First-Intelligent-Beyond-Earth/dp/0358278147" target="_blank">Extraterrestrial – The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth</a> in 2021. My husband Massimo Teodorani who is another Astrophysicist reviews Loeb's book <a href="https://massimoteodorani.com/2021/03/07/extraterrestrial-the-first-sign-of-intelligent-life-beyond-earth/" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p>Currently Loeb is being partially supported by the mainstream UFO crowd, and mocked by the usual self proclaimed skeptics. This balance of support may tip in favour of the other direction if Avi's appearance at <a href="https://contactinthedesert.com/" target="_blank">Contact In The Desert</a> does not deliver the firm validation the ETHers in attendance are expecting. In February 2021 he replied to a question posed in a <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/astronomer-avi-loeb-says-aliens-have-visited-and-hes-not-kidding1/">Scientific American interview</a> about UFO conventions:</p><p><b></b></p><blockquote><p><b>SA: "Would you also agree to be a speaker at a gathering of UFO “true believers” outside Area 51? Where do you draw the line for public outreach that risks enhancing the so-called giggle factor that has stymied progress in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) for decades?"</b></p><p><b>AL: "</b>There are, of course, science-fiction stories about aliens, and there are many unsubstantiated UFO reports. Now, suppose there was some literature about the magical properties of COVID-19 that had no bearing in reality. Would that mean scientists should never work on finding a vaccine to this pandemic?" No!</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Avi Loeb's position as a catalyst for change (introducing the notion that alien tech exists and is observable using scientific methodology) in the scientific pursuit of this subject through his hypothesis means that he could face destruction via both camps as has happened to other scientists of the past who have submerged into the muddy waters of UFO experience. </p><p>Another motif found in UFO events is PSI which is an umbrella term for all types of psychic experience. </p><p>In Eric Ouellet's gem of a UFO book entitled <a href="https://www.amazon.com/ILLUMINATIONS-UFO-Experience-Parapsychological-Event/dp/193839853X" target="_blank">Illuminations: UFOs as a Parapsychological Event</a> he outlines numerous cases of UFO experience that demonstrate a precognition of human technology usually by no more than few years or decades -> think the airships of the 19th century, the Swedish rockets UFO flap, drones etc. </p><p>The alien tech hypothesis laid out by Avi Loeb describes Oumuamua as being a solar sail, which objectively we as human beings are only decades away if not much less from developing and deploying in space exploration. In fact Avi Loeb has been involved with the development of this type of tech before the discovery of the mystery object. See <a href="https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/Loeb_Starshot.pdf">Breaththrough Star Shot</a> which was announced in 2015 two years before Oumuamua began <i>stirring the interstellar pot</i> so to speak. The timing of this should be noted because it too is seems an omen of the coming mysterious object that would fuel a passion and interest in this area of research and tech development. </p><p>So what we have here is a mysterious flying object, that seemingly, if a defunct or active solar sail belonging to an alien civilization, predates our own technology (but not by much!) that serves to once again polarise the ETHers and the skepticals, while the majority of people have moved on and forgotten about it, because while it is open to many interpretations we will never really know what it is or where it came from. </p><p>And at this point does it really matter the nuts and bolts of the thing? </p><p>Oumuamua as with all of the other mysterious UFOs that have enchanted and bedeviled us serves a much deeper purpose in my opinion. Diana Pasulka wrote in her book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Cosmic-UFOs-Religion-Technology/dp/019069288X" target="_blank">American Cosmic</a> of crashed alien space-ship debris fields as being likened to donations from the Other, and this really resonated with me. Other than a very few reports of astronauts Oumuamua is really the very first object that we can say is a UFO and is occurring outside of our own atmosphere. It is truly extraterrestrial! Whatever it is. And this delights me. </p><p>I intuitively believe that the UFO experience including the recent discovery and ambiguity of Oumuamua has a similar function to a logo or a desktop icon, they are not exactly what they appear to be, are leading us towards something, and with a purpose, what that purpose truly is might be the more important question. </p><p>In my mind the alien ships are simply a modern bread crumb and are a part of the great human myth making that tells us we we are not alone. </p>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-76439613569129764982021-04-22T00:35:00.000-07:002021-04-22T00:35:09.876-07:00Mother Earth Day 2021<p> </p>
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We humans have been given a sacred trust as stewards of our planet and we must take positive action on behalf of our planet, not just today, but every day. We owe this to our ancestors and to future generations. Witches feel this innately as we are drawn to our Mother Earth, and the magical forces of her elements. She is the giver of our life and it is to her we will return.<div><br /></div><div>I have recently started making TikToks. Follow me for cosmic witch, magic paranormal, UFO, nature and I will follow you too.
</div>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-31072294009205358512021-04-05T09:26:00.003-07:002021-04-05T10:55:22.864-07:00Mother Earth<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0t8XmwkJV1XQBqPnzlR70NZDqMfMSZXTSZfStUKtCwkX-_9HXrHvZK1Zsd83FFXYi-f07hFACCqtBShnG4xSRu9s7M6lQKsnT0F0UVdHA8_nzafAtTvqCrwjyIx173sN-1ZcJwk3mxQ/s661/MotherEarthpainting1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0t8XmwkJV1XQBqPnzlR70NZDqMfMSZXTSZfStUKtCwkX-_9HXrHvZK1Zsd83FFXYi-f07hFACCqtBShnG4xSRu9s7M6lQKsnT0F0UVdHA8_nzafAtTvqCrwjyIx173sN-1ZcJwk3mxQ/w303-h400/MotherEarthpainting1.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My painting inspired by musings on our Mother.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Our planet, our beautiful enchanted mother Earth, daughter of the Cosmos. We sprang from our Mother, which gives us our intimate connection to the Cosmic Creation, and it is to our Mother that we will return. We are stardust, but we are magic too. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The UFOs are a reminder that we are not alone, and the Universe far from being a dead thing, is fully alive and communicates with us through Nature. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Cosmic Witch, UFO experiencer </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <p></p>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-54739733083974233002021-03-12T09:49:00.006-08:002021-03-12T09:49:55.185-08:00Cosmic Witch - Magic, Witchcraft and the Supernatural<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/uaDkfm9bJYo" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><div>A short video in English highlighting my book Cosmic Witch. </div><div><br /></div><div>Feeling so much love and gratitude to Greg Bishop for the amazing drone work, Miguel Romero for dressing the Cosmic Witch and La Strega with his breathtaking artwork, Claudio Selleri and Le Due Torri for believing in this project, and my husband Massimo Teodorani aka Totemtag for the chillin' witchy music that weaves its cosmic spell throughout this video. Thank you! </div></div><div><br /></div>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-75267046922359775172020-08-14T06:05:00.000-07:002020-08-14T06:05:07.415-07:00Cosmic Witch: Magic, Witchcraft, and the Supernatural <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk7qnGYoFkGrYpSzi3BbM4UueB6tyoRBxq6Is-9CjWYPNTJ8XHmvWM4JnxlNvQf6K_0meD_x6O81sawyuLGizc1B7wi2XcxRP9oB9XyC2Ir1dTpA_p9HXjJrf1RVq1vq31Y8bn7Dt5kg/s499/mybookjpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk7qnGYoFkGrYpSzi3BbM4UueB6tyoRBxq6Is-9CjWYPNTJ8XHmvWM4JnxlNvQf6K_0meD_x6O81sawyuLGizc1B7wi2XcxRP9oB9XyC2Ir1dTpA_p9HXjJrf1RVq1vq31Y8bn7Dt5kg/s0/mybookjpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am so happy to announce the English version of my book Cosmic Witch (The Witch - La Strega in Italiano) is now available on Amazon. Feeling, excited, accomplished, nervous, happy, and relieved.</div><p>There is a strong autobiographical component to this book where I recount my experiences with mysterious lights, and other paranormal phenomena, and how those encounters shaped who I am, both as a researcher of exceptional human experiences, and as a witch.</p><p>I am an introvert, it has never been easy for me to be so open, and I am fully aware of how strange what I write about will sound to most people, but I believe in my heart that my initiation as a witch occurred when I first experienced the strange, mystical lights in the sky, which some people identify as UFOs. The encounters I write about occurred mostly in Canada and around the Great Lakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a spiritual sense, I view them as messengers from the star goddess, and throughout my life they have extended to me their cosmic invitation, and allowed me to participate in their magic.</p><p><br /></p><p>This book came about through a series of synchronicities that brought me together with my publisher Le Due Torri in Bologna Italy, and lays the foundation for future planned projects where I discuss some of the experiments I have conducted in conjuring UFOs, including a reworking of the famous 1970s Toronto "Phillip" sessions. Its is a book written from my heart and perhaps guided occasionally by unseen hands.</p><p>The beautiful artwork is by <a href="https://absurdbydesign.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/book-cover-design-the-cosmic-witch-cometh/">Miguel Romero aka Red Pill Junkie</a>, who captured the spirit of Cosmic Witch with this breathtaking image.</p><p><br /></p><p>COSMIC WITCH: magic, witchcraft, and the supernatural Available through <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FP12XFR">Amazon</a> in English and <a href="http://leduetorri.com/prodotto/the-witch-la-strega/">Le Due Torri</a> in Italiano</p>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-90089894059133106172020-08-02T05:37:00.007-07:002020-08-02T06:41:19.047-07:00Synchronicity, Terror, Technology, and AngelaOur world has been plunged into a very liminal state during these last six months, and as a consequence the veil is much thinner so to speak. I was discussing this with a friend from New York who is a professional psychic, and she agrees with me that these strange times are producing many more stranger experiences. UFOs are flying, ghosts are appearing, and I am noticing synchronicities more often than I usually do, and I am a person who sees the symbolic dream-like language of our collective reality quite readily.<div><br /></div><div>In the last couple of weeks we've experienced a number of odd things here in our mountain village, which I wanted to write down before their memory becomes blurry. </div><div><br /></div><div>On July 20th we decided to attempt to photograph comet Neowise. It was not easy to do as the comet was very faint, and while awaiting for it to get sufficiently dark enough I downloaded the <a href="https://www.randonautica.com/">Randonautica app</a>. This is something I wanted to try out for a while and for me the timing seemed good. I have linked to the Ranonaut homepage for those who are unfamiliar with it and want to learn more, but in a nutshell it is an app that gives geo-cords based on intentions you set. The idea is to venture to potentially new and random places where synchronicities may be produced with your own intention.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8GLP_BN9hUm_6lNJebhRqVbvSLZK4reqnSye0W5Q_fKUctVjeCzbpdyhv30oF0LTeRfzD4te81P-juqU4kWQGcSSztfyYQ3OYUvvLGSuuY1OsIET5Pkc4Hid-ieYnPG-H6PAVc_cMV8/s960/neowise.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="960" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8GLP_BN9hUm_6lNJebhRqVbvSLZK4reqnSye0W5Q_fKUctVjeCzbpdyhv30oF0LTeRfzD4te81P-juqU4kWQGcSSztfyYQ3OYUvvLGSuuY1OsIET5Pkc4Hid-ieYnPG-H6PAVc_cMV8/w512-h348/neowise.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is our comet photo. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>My intention that night was to see UFOs, which is no surprise to anyone who knows me. The co-ords given were somewhere in the middle of a forest close to where we live. It was very late, and at night the forest here is populated by wild boars, and wolves, and other creatures I prefer to avoid while giving all due respect IE: no way were we going at night. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, we waited until going home and used Google Earth to check out where this place is, and make a plan to visit there during the day. What we saw surprised us because right at that location exists the ruins of a large church that we had no idea was there. You literally have to hike into this location to find it, and you can bet we will do so when the weather is a little cooler. The photo below was found on the internet and has the photographer's name below.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mp4EePQ0Ss2g0pRpR-WNX9yVYXB9SVUadtOqgjlbSBo-FAiWhFpnCd_SJ51RWdqmaLwBWxjeM4A3avhT97oFP7rPLb_nm09Fsd4zU3Me9_1dEWKTux6-JAGfHf9tVuGJ7NdKX9sxHUs/s800/foto_principale_037031_10_%2528800x600%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mp4EePQ0Ss2g0pRpR-WNX9yVYXB9SVUadtOqgjlbSBo-FAiWhFpnCd_SJ51RWdqmaLwBWxjeM4A3avhT97oFP7rPLb_nm09Fsd4zU3Me9_1dEWKTux6-JAGfHf9tVuGJ7NdKX9sxHUs/w512-h384/foto_principale_037031_10_%2528800x600%2529.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="inherit">Photo: Francesco Marucci</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="inherit"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="inherit"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;">I tried using the Randonautica app the next two nights in a row with the same UFO intention and it sent us first to our local cemetery, and then a bakery! What to take away from that, but the UFOs are related to the hungry dead?!! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I haven't used the Randonautica app since, but it is a lot of fun, and if you are into synchronicities, and random adventuring its worth trying out in my opinion.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">High strangeness and the paranormal and synchronicities tend to manifest spontaneously and when you least expect them. Therefore it was not too surprising to me when a few days after the randonaut, comet chasing adventure, we had a very strange event in our car while out doing some morning errands. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We had just finished grocery shopping, something that really ranks high up there in the mundane, and routine. When we opened the car doors to put our purchases inside we were both assaulted by an extreme smell of perfume. It was so strong it was as if someone broke an entire bottle of the stuff in the car! I could literally taste it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Neither Massimo or I could come up with a reasonable explanation for it, and as the car began airing out the scent was clearly identifiable as roses.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This type of paranormal smell is not new to me. I had a similar occurrence in a house I lived in during the 1990s. The appearance of the rose scent at that time heralded the beginning of a three period of intense high strangeness that at times was frightening for me and my children, and others who came to our house and witnessed these weird things. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have to wonder if this new out of place rose smell will spark the beginning of similar cycle of high strangeness... </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The mysterious smell of roses is associated with Catholic Saints, so when it happened I immediately thought of Saint Catherine of Bologna. She was a mystic, artist and visionary and so her life story, and shrine intrigued me. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYTAQIqd1Zw6NMyLe4fuCpc5MhEgYyrhAsZ4NVXFJf13WGA9Wy3Xnvh3AcNGfwDBYCY66VIOuUmb4LYV_3GtOAMrNiArdWEF4QtyDghwBPltLXMBzbplFGgSnRdNV9rsnB9myb6Dux8E/s720/santa5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="540" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYTAQIqd1Zw6NMyLe4fuCpc5MhEgYyrhAsZ4NVXFJf13WGA9Wy3Xnvh3AcNGfwDBYCY66VIOuUmb4LYV_3GtOAMrNiArdWEF4QtyDghwBPltLXMBzbplFGgSnRdNV9rsnB9myb6Dux8E/w384-h512/santa5.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I visited this incorruptible saint twice in 2018, and the photo above is one I took of her. You can read about her and my visit <a href="https://susandemeter.blogspot.com/2018/04/saint-catherine-of-bologna.html">here</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Later that day I received a DM from an American friend who said she had a very vivid and highly symbolic dream about me, which would have roughly coincided with the timing of the mysterious perfume in our car. Her first name along with 5 generations of women in her family is a variation of the name Rose. Was she bi-locating to me with the scent of roses? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And even later that night, we were sitting outside and I kept hearing what I thought was church bells. This might not be so unusual, but the bells which started out melodic turned more and more into a cacophony, AND it was 9 pm on a Tuesday night! Of course I thought of the nearby abandoned church and wondered if what I was hearing was coming from some other reality. Massimo who was sitting with me did not hear them the way I did. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Riding the weirdness wave, I decided to try a little impromptu ghost hunting. After a few minutes of quiet meditation I turned on the GhostTube app, which was created by my favourite ghostly Youtubers at <a href="https://amyscrypt.com/">Amy's Crypt</a>, and is free to download. Almost immediately it said the name Angela. It repeated the name Angela a few times, also the words peaceful, and sailor. I had no idea what this might have meant. The only Angela that both my husband I know is the lady at the cat shelter where we adopted Pixie and Merry, and she seems to be alive and well.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After getting ready for bed I opened up my phone for one last check of messages and news and this was the first image that popped up. It startled me so much I got Massimo to take a pic of my phone screen with his. 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On the morning of 2 August 1980, Fascist terrorists planted a bomb in the waiting area of the Bologna Centrale railway station resulting in the death of 85 people and wounding over 200 more. It is known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna_massacre">the Bologna massacre</a>. The poignant image above depicts a memorial at the station and a hand touching the name of one of those victims... <a href="https://www.memoria.san.beniculturali.it/web/memoria/protagonisti/scheda-protagonista?p_p_id=56_INSTANCE_V64e&articleId=18336&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&groupId=11601&viewMode=normal&tag=tag_personaggio">Angela</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My husband had been scheduled to arrive at the train station 2 hours after the bombing occurred. He had been visiting his sweetheart in Finland and was taking the train from Milan's airport to his home in Bologna. In those days there were no mobile phones, no social media, and no easy way to communicate, so at the time his family were in anguish not knowing if Massimo had been caught up in the horrific events of that day. I can only imagine my husband's horror when he was able to get back to Bologna.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The synchronicity between the Ghost Tube session, and the photo of the memorial is striking to me. Angela's full name was Maria Angela Marangon and she was 22 years old when she died, almost the exact same age as my husband was in 1980 at the time of the bombing. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Clearly my husband is tied to that event, as are all the people of Bologna within living memory, and this is our home. Along with the name Angela the word peaceful came up more than once in my session. I hope that she and her loved ones, and all those who have suffered such an immense and senseless tragedy have found some peace. I honestly don't know if I ever could, and I plan to bring a flower for Maria Angela to the train station memorial the next time I am there. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I cannot with 100% confidence say this was a message from the other side, or know how deeply inter-connected these strange experiences over the last couple of weeks are to each other. But I do strongly suspect they are connected on some deeper level. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My take away from the Angela synchronicity is that this was a reminder of the preciousness and fragility of all of our lives. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be well and good to each other. ❤</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-14996923593432157482020-06-04T05:05:00.003-07:002020-06-04T05:13:49.597-07:00High Strangeness at the Toronto Reference Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQePbtrPNgfDWep0-aUBZpiUsinunC29IWuV30BH3MKpaa96dmrku0iRnhuZ_8ihT_bZ-qDle0YF6ZBrkURP4SSdBcFo3e87b6M6qVoqpMTbcFussb777XXDLHyPMLRsqR0IUi3St2LM/s281/TRL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQePbtrPNgfDWep0-aUBZpiUsinunC29IWuV30BH3MKpaa96dmrku0iRnhuZ_8ihT_bZ-qDle0YF6ZBrkURP4SSdBcFo3e87b6M6qVoqpMTbcFussb777XXDLHyPMLRsqR0IUi3St2LM/" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>In late November 1999, myself and two friends were doing some research on UFOs and lake Ontario at the Toronto Reference Library. The library is located in the very heart of the city, and the building is mostly open concept, as you can see from the photo above, and about 5 stories tall. From any given floor you can easily see below to the others.</div><div><br /></div><div>While we were there we were followed over the course of three different floors by an impeccably well dressed man. His clothing of note was all black. It was getting late so when we first noticed him following us we thought he may have been part of the security staff, and was either getting ready to hustle people out for closing, or may have thought we stealing something from the special collections. We also thought he may have been just a creep because he was always standing just one or two shelves away from where we were or just behind a pillar or corner. All three of us noted that there was something off or weird about him.</div><div><br /></div><div>Had this happened today I would have definitely grabbed a photo of him with my phone, but back then phones were just phones so no pics. I searched the web for a similar looking guy to add to this post, and came up with this dude, who is similar. 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When he was approx. 6-10 ft away we whirled around, and started towards him, and at that moment we looked down and really saw his shoes for the first time. They were old, with huge holes in them, could have even been two different ones covered in fresh mud and grass or hay! </div><div><br /></div><div>The photo below is just to illustrate what they looked like. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQgTKfic6vTvr3TLh_mfgCCr2BQw7CKZB2uHAbK2X01D1Ekn8EFQlCEv37-8ulm-HxNu-bDf19m8suSjBnuAPmBxHLDq6JLzFfiG-cygcAYsW7zEfn25aa42i4ItXGX1IFfkI3IZ8zGs/s660/worn-out-shoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="660" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQgTKfic6vTvr3TLh_mfgCCr2BQw7CKZB2uHAbK2X01D1Ekn8EFQlCEv37-8ulm-HxNu-bDf19m8suSjBnuAPmBxHLDq6JLzFfiG-cygcAYsW7zEfn25aa42i4ItXGX1IFfkI3IZ8zGs/s320/worn-out-shoes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/19-things-you-should-throw-away-immediately-a7604301.html"><font size="1">Image source</font></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It was very weird! The rest of him was perfect, very clean, very well-dressed, and normal .... but those shoes?!! Not only were those shoes in no way a match to the rest of his outfit, but it was a cold November, winter in the center of a major metropolitan city, and nowhere near where one would expect to see muddy hay or tall grass as were stuck to his shoes. </div><div><br /></div><div>As we advanced upon him he bolted down a set of stairs and vanished. We were at the stairs within 1-2 seconds, and he was gone, just like that, with nowhere to easily hide in an open concept building. It was like he just disappeared in the time of a few seconds! </div><div><br /></div><div>We were a bit shaken by the experience to say the least. We kept looking for him as the library was getting ready to close, but with no luck. When we were safely in the car my friends and I started nervously laughing, and joking, and wondering if he had been a ghost or even a man-in-black because we were researching old UFO cases, and mapping out where they had been reported around our Great Lakes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Would be interested in hearing from others who had similar experiences. Leave a comment. </div><div><br /></div><div>Top image source </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-47731819617443910932020-04-04T06:01:00.000-07:002020-04-14T05:09:27.346-07:00Signs Your House Is Haunted<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Many years ago I used to live in a very haunted house, and one of the lessons that experience taught me was how to recognize the signs of a haunting. In hindsight most of the houses I have lived in were probably haunted, but in general the ghostly phenomenon was so subtle, and so rare, that had I not been very observant, or a believer in strange things, I may have just written them off as something mundane, and likely forgotten about it.<br />
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Most of us live busy and exhausting lives that take us away from where we live for the majority of our waking hours. The corona virus pandemic has changed all of that. Almost all of us are now either willingly or forcibly locked inside our homes, for who knows how long. These are anxious and turbulent times. And now, as we are spending almost all of our time inside our houses, and apartments, and rooms I wonder how many people might be experiencing odd happenings that they may have not noticed before?<br />
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The following are some signs that your home may be haunted that I have learned through my personal experiences with ghosts, and through my many years of investigating hauntings. Its important to remember that since we are all living with a lot of anxiety and our routines have been upended a lot of what we may perceive as a haunting could have a natural explanation.<br />
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<b>Strange Sounds:</b> Are you hearing unusual sounds? Many hauntings do start out with strange sounds, knocks, loud bangs with no explanation, phantom footsteps, scratching sounds, disembodied voices, whispers, and even growls. Some sounds such as the house settling are normal, and you just might not be used to hearing them. If you can investigate the source of the sound you may be able to explain it.<br />
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<b>Unusual Feelings and Sensations:</b> Do you ever feel like you’re being watched when there is no one with you in the room? Have you ever had the sensation of being touched by unseen hands, or felt the temperature suddenly drop with no apparent explanation? All of these have been reported by people who live in haunted homes, including myself.<br />
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<b>Strange Dreams and Night Terrors: </b>I think right now we are all experiencing these, but in normal circumstances people living with ghosts occasionally report having nightmares, and sleep paralysis.<br />
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<i>My girls Pixie and Merry</i></div>
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<b>Pets Acting Strangely:</b> Right now our pets are likely feeling the anxiety we have due to the pandemic. My own cats Pixie and Merry are very clingy lately and seem to know something is not quite right. But in general animals might react to spirits and ghosts in ways that are unusual such as barking at something only perceptible to them, or not willing to enter certain rooms.<br />
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<b>Objects Disappearing:</b> When I lived in that very haunted house I would routinely have objects moved around, disappear, and sometimes reappear in places I knew I never put them. Ghosts are definitely tricksters. If this is happening a lot and your not in general absent minded you may have a ghost in the house.<br />
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<b>Poltergeist Phenomena and PK or Psychokinesis:</b> This is more rare, but would include things like unexplained water puddles, fires, furniture moving, doors slamming, lights turning off and on etc. Electronic disturbances including strange interference with radio, tv, internet, and phone calls, and batteries draining are another sign that a place may be haunted.<br />
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<b>Unexplained Shadows:</b> Do you see shadows lurking out of the corner of your eye that are not there when you look around? Do you see shadows where one should not be? Shadow people are a newer phenomenon, but masses or balls of black shadow date back for centuries in the ghost literature. If you experience any of these unexplained shadows your house could be haunted.<br />
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<i>Light anomaly or reflection? Taken at a place that was reputedly very haunted. </i></div>
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<b>Balls of Light and other Light Anomalies:</b> I am not talking about "orb" photos which are mostly explained, but visually seeing balls of light with your own eyes. These are frequently associated with hauntings and are described in many different colours.<br />
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<b>Apparitions:</b> These include shadow people or human shaped shadows, but often they are described as fully solid looking 3D people or animals that witnesses would never have guessed were a ghost until they did something freaky like vanish or appear to walk through a wall.<br />
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<i>An abandoned cabin in the woods near my home, that has a dark, and tragic past. </i></div>
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<b>Haunted History: </b>Many haunted houses have a tragic or violent past or are perhaps built on land that has a history of turmoil. The home itself may have a long history of ghostly activity This is not true with all haunted houses. I have investigated ghosts in brand new buildings with no history nor the land they were built on. In those cases it seemed the people were haunted and not the place.<br />
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If you are worried that you may be living in a haunted house please keep in mind that hauntings are never like they are portrayed in the movies or horror fiction. When I investigated haunted houses one of the main things I took away from talking with people is that they were more afraid of what might happen than what had actually happened ie: their imagination was driving their fear more than the ghosts were.<br />
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Most hauntings end as swiftly and mysteriously as they begin with no lasting harm, but there are some tried a true methods to either live with ghosts or send them on their way. In a few days I will write about some of the methods I've personally used and found success with.<br />
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Are you living in a haunted house? Can you add something to these signs of a haunting? If so, please leave a comment. <br />
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Some of the suggestions I've been given in addition to the signs listed in the blog:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* A history of addictions or tenants with a addictive personalities</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* Religious Iconography and or an overtly religious household</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">*Location --- near a cemetery, church, ravine, wood...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">*History of Trauma --- either in the home or on the land</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">*Ratio of females to males living on the property</span><br />
*Objects appearing and disappearing<br />
*Strange smells that cannot be accounted for<br />
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These came from members of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/paranormalpandemic/">Paranormal Experiences and the Pandemic</a> Facebook group. Thanks so much to everyone who added to this post and please feel free to join the group.<br />
<br />Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-13473028884142408752020-03-26T04:00:00.000-07:002020-03-27T12:16:43.696-07:00UFOs and the Supernatural in Times Of Crisis“The phenomenon of UFOs is real. I know that there are scientific organisations which study the problem.” - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on 26th April 1990.<br />
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The quote above came at a time when the former Soviet Union was coming to an end, the Berlin wall had started to come down, Germany was reunifying, and millions of Russians and Europeans were living in a very liminal state. It was a time when UFOs appeared all over Russia and Europe particularly over NATO headquarters, and thousands more were experiencing strange paranormal events.<br />
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In troubling times UFOs appear, and the supernatural is more likely to be experienced, and reported. This may be do to the amount of stress we are all under, or it may simply be a way to let us know that whatever is behind these strange magics, we are not alone. I really don't know for certain why humans in crisis experience psychic phenomenon like poltergeists more often, but there is a lot of historical evidence that shows this to be the case.<br />
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In 2014 I worked on research with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/ILLUMINATIONS-UFO-Experience-Parapsychological-Event/dp/193839853X" target="_blank">Dr Eric Ouellet</a> that demonstrated how UFOs may in fact be parapsychological in nature, and part of that research included examining UFO events that occurred during times of liminal states.<br />
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The most obvious being the Belgium UFO wave and the Russian waves of the late 80's and early 90s, which is why I quoted Gorbachev. It was a very uncertain time for many Europeans and Russians, and there were numerous types of UFOs, and paranormal events being reported and investigated by both civilians, police and military. The cooperation between military and civillian UFO researchers at that time was unprecedented in the Western world.<br />
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In total more that 13, 000 people officially reported experiences with UFOs, UFO pilots, and other paranormal encounters, but the true number is probably much higher.<br />
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Once again we are living in an uncertain and turbulent time. This time the whole world is in crisis over the Covid 19 pandemic, and never before have so many people been plunged into a liminal state, all at once. As I write this a quarter of the world's population, over a billion people are quarantined. And, I have to wonder if this general state of anxiety, sickness, and uncertainty will produce mass paranormal phenomena including UFO waves?<br />
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I have reached out through social media asking if anyone hears of any increased UFO or paranormal activity to please let me know as I would like to document any large scale events that may occur.<br />
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Greg Bishop and I have created a group on Facebook that aims to explore contemporary accounts as well as historical cases of paranormal outbreaks at times of human crisis such as Covid-19. Please feel free to join us. Or leave a comment for me here.<br />
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<b>Join us here:</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/paranormalpandemic/">Paranormal Experiences and the Pandemic</a><br />
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This is a very scary time for many of us, and it may help to give us some insights into how human beings experience the paranormal during times of mass crisis.<br />
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Many good wishes to us all. Be well and safe my friends.<br />
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<br />Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-15171665149313183672020-03-07T07:51:00.000-08:002020-03-08T12:56:54.261-07:00My Star Child<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A lost memory that came back to me while doing some research for a book that I'm writing.<br />
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It was a sunny winter day when I first met him. I felt the warm rays of the sun streaming through the window, and like the dust particles in the air, he too became illuminated by the sun beams.<br />
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I must have been about four or five years old at that time. It was very cold outside with a lot of snow on the ground that I could see on the other side of the window pane. And I had to stay indoors to play. I was an only child at that point so maybe it was out of boredom or loneliness that I conjured him up.<br />
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He was a little boy and he hid behind the curtains of the big bay window in the front room of the very first house that I had grown up in. I called him blue boy, because although he was a normal looking kid of the 1970’s in every other way, his skin colour was very white with a tinge of blue, and his mischievous eyes were a bright blue colour.<br />
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I remember being so happy to have a friend to play with behind the big dark curtains at the house on Cottonwood Drive. We would meet there, behind the voluminous drapery and when out of sight of any of the grownups, we would fly!<br />
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Even as a child I understood that stepping behind the curtain was a means of magical transport. It was there where I first began my little experiments in bilocation that continue to this day. With my stuffed teddy bear clutched tightly in my hands, the blue boy and I travelled beyond the stars to strange forgotten spaces.<br />
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Sometimes after these long shamanic dream-like travels my Mom would find me asleep, tucked away behind the curtains of that big front window.<br />
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Decades later when I became acquainted with the 12th century account of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_children_of_Woolpit" target="_blank">the green children of Woolpit</a> I wondered if there was any connection to that story and my own experience with the little pale blue boy.<br />
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The green children, a brother and sister were found by farmers working their fields at harvest time near some ditches that had been excavated to trap wolves at St Mary’s of the Wolf Pits also known as Woolpit in England.<br />
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Intriguingly European witches in later centuries who I feel a strong connection to were known to shape-shift into wolves when they conducted their night battles.<br />
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Were the green children little witches who got caught by the wolf traps?<br />
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Their skin was green, their clothes were made from unknown cloth, and initially their speech was unintelligible to the people who found them. Eventually when they learned to communicate in English they claimed to have come from a faraway land and that they were magically transported to Woolpit after wandering into a cave.<br />
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Were they travelers from behind the curtain like we were? Made up of imagination, and bits of dust, and starlight? Maybe... but unlike the green children who emerged from a dark underground cavern, my imaginary travelling companion rode in on a sun beam.<br />
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I never knew the name of this star child, nor do I fully recall the strange places that we visited or the weird language that we spoke only between ourselves. I do remember how happy I was to have a magical friend.<br />
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He stopped appearing to me sometime after my sister Diana was born.<br />
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Please have a look at my newly updated online cupboard <a href="http://susandemeter.com/" target="_blank">Out of My Mind's Eye</a><br />
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Susan<br />
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<i>Detail from the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round</i></div>
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In November 2016 I took a trip to Southern California with my Sisters and niece. While there I was fortunate to visit a few places that are either reported to be haunted, and have a history or legend that is paranormal in nature. Of all the places my Sisters and I went we only encountered one definite cold spot that was very weird. I should note we were not ghost hunting, but just worked in the paranormal, magical, unique and interesting when possible.</div>
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On Sunday November 13th we visited Griffith Park in Los Angeles, and it was near the old, long abandoned LA Zoo that we had the odd happening. The old Zoo is located on a hiking trail off Fire Road, Los Angeles, 90027</div>
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<i>"The Griffith Park Zoo was originally opened in 1912, amusingly built on the former location of Griffith J. Griffith's old ostrich farm. It was opened with 15 animals, and due to lack of funding, it opened without any cages, simply stockades to keep the animals in, which was inadequate for several of the species kept on site.</i></div>
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<i><br />Stories claim that the history of the zoo was rocky, and it was always struggling. For example, in 1916, the zoo was apparently leaking sewage into the L.A. River, and later during World War I, a meat shortage made it hard to properly care for the animals, forcing the zoo to substitute horse meat for beef, leading to the deaths of many of the meat eating animals, particularly the big cats. Luckily the zoo was free which kept visitors coming.</i></div>
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<i><br />In the mid 1920s, with the failure of the Selig Zoo, William Nicholas Selig donated several of his animals to the Griffith Park Zoo. Selig had owned Selig Polyscope, which post closure of the film studio, led the movie producer to take all the animals he had gathered for his films and try his hand at opening up a zoo in East Los Angeles. A zoo he had plans to mix with a large amusement park. Selig had grandiose plans involving a large zoo, rides, restaurants, a hotel, and even a giant swimming pool complete with a beach and wave making machine. None of his plans ever saw fruition however, and although the Selig Zoo was occasionally rented out to film a few movies, such as the 1918 Tarzan, the zoo ultimately failed, leading Selig to donate the animals to the Griffith Park Zoo.</i></div>
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<i><br />By May 1958, people had had enough of the Griffith Park Zoo and its condition, leading voters to vote for the establishment of a brand new zoo. An $8 million dollar bond was approved for construction, and by November 1966 the new Los Angeles Zoo opened a few miles north of the Griffith Park Zoo. All the animals were relocated there, thus ending the career of the Griffith Park Zoo."</i></div>
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We arrived at the head of the trail after several hours of exploring the Griffith Observatory and taking in a show at their Planetarium, which I highly recommend! There were quite a few people including families near the parking area who were picnicking, it was getting close to dusk, but still fairly early in the day and quite warm. As we hiked up to the abandoned zoo enclosures there were fewer and fewer people and no one on the trail giving us a chance to thoroughly check it out.<br />
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There is an eerie atmosphere there that can definitely be related to the history of how people used to believe it was OK to treat animals, and in some cases still do. A definite sadness in the air, and the scenery lends itself to a horror movie vibe.<br />
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After climbing into some of the enclosures and snapping a few photos we started back up the path away from the parking towards the trails. I was looking for some rocks to bring home from the location when my Sister called out to me to come over to where she was standing. Right in that spot there was a definite "cold spot" with absolutely no identifiable source. The temperature if I had to guess was at least 15 degrees colder and felt like standing beside air conditioner's vent. </div>
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"People often report 'cold spots' in haunted locations. These are small areas (usually a lot smaller than a room) that feel significantly colder than the surrounding area. They are considered by some to be a sign of a ghost in the area. Some cold spots are always felt in the same place while others seem to appear and disappear at different locations." </div>
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Full article on cold spots <a href="http://www.assap.ac.uk/newsite/htmlfiles/Cold%20spots.html" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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I have encountered cold spots before while visiting reportedly haunted sites, but usually not so drastic a change, and never one outdoors before. An unusual and unexpected highlight of our visit to Griffith Park. </div>
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For more on the Griffith Park hauntings please have a look <a href="http://www.weirdca.com/location.php?location=123" target="_blank">Weird California's Curse of Griffith Park page</a> which includes the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round which we visited after the the hike up to the Zoo. </div>
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This Merry Go Round was the inspiration in part for Walt Disney to build his theme park. There is information and a history on the site. It is definitely beautiful with its own creepy long ago fairground vibe and vintage calliope music.</div>
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Naturally we just had to take a ride! </div>
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Merry Go Round Selfie! </div>
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According to Weird California "a ghost lurks near the Merry Go Round, having been seen descending steps nearby and disappearing as he reaches the last step." I can believe it! And while we did not encounter that ghost I would love to hear from anyone who has had a first hand encounter or an interesting story from Griffith Park. Will definitely go back when in L.A.</div>
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Snack tip: Popcorn is free at the Merry Go Round at the end of day 😀</div>
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<br />Susan Demeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051571908334440043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576732313983406233.post-89807829674737665802020-02-17T10:01:00.001-08:002020-02-17T12:26:46.418-08:00Visitations<br />
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It has been 11 years since my Mother passed away after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. She is forever in my heart, and my mind, and I still miss her very much.<br />
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I have been going through some of my older posts from other blogs and websites that I have contributed to, and came across this one earlier today. It reminds me of how fleeting and precious our lives are, and I wanted to reshare it in honour of my Mom.<br />
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My Mother held no specific religious beliefs beyond that she would tell us that she believed in the stars, and the Sun, and our Earth. She was very much a Pagan in spirit if not in a self identifying label. She was a very spiritual woman in part due to a near death experience she had after falling into a river when she was 9 years old. And she was very interested in my research into exceptional human experiences.<br />
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A couple of weeks after her diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer with a very grim prognosis we had a long talk about death. She assured me that she had no fear of death itself, but was scared of the process of dying. Her illness came as a shock to all of us, including herself. A few weeks before she collapsed at home, and had to be rushed to the hospital we had taken a long walk on shores of Lake Ontario for her birthday. She loved the beach and she lived close to the lake. We had ice cream cones, and joked about stuff, and nothing seemed unusual or wrong on that warm Summer day. It was three weeks before we knew she was seriously ill.<br />
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When my Mom got her diagnosis she was in shock, and grief, and she told me she had no idea how she would be able to fall asleep for all of the anxiety.<br />
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Weeks later she told me that when she did go to her bedroom that first night, and climbed into bed with her book, something odd happened. She felt as if someone <i>unseen to the eye</i> had sat down on the bed right beside her. She could feel their weight, and mass as if someone was right there! She said it was like a larger person was sitting there, but she could not see them despite the lights being on.<br />
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A ghost?<br />
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She was not frightened, in fact she said she felt a great calm come over her, and she felt protected. She knew everything would be ok no matter what happened. And soon afterwards she was able to fall asleep.<br />
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Surely, she said to me, "this must have been my guardian angel come to comfort me." Everybody has a guardian angel isn't that right, Susan?" She told me about this strange experience a couple of weeks after it had happened, and as she, and we as a family began processing the knowledge that her life was coming to a close.<br />
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The day after the horrific diagnosis my Mom asked me to break the news to my younger sister. She couldn't bear to do it herself knowing it would break my sister's heart. I waited until my sister got off of work, and I told her our Mother was dying, and had very little time left. This was one of the hardest moment's of my life.<br />
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Before the end of the evening and as the news began sinking in for both of us, my sister said she had to tell me something, and it couldn't wait. She said she did not want to forget to tell me, knowing that I'm "into weird stuff" and that I'd find it interesting, and needed something else to occupy my thoughts even if only briefly.<br />
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Three days prior to the diagnosis of our Mom with terminal cancer my sister, and her partner were in the small town of Sauble, Ontario, Canada, that coincidentally was the same place our parents had first met during the 1950s. My Sis and her partner had stayed in the Sauble Beach area later than they had planned, and so they decided to rent a motel room for the night, and drive back to Toronto in the morning.<br />
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After watching a movie, my sister and her partner fell asleep. At some point during the night she was woken up by what she initially thought was her partner sitting down on the bed beside her. She felt it was a bigger person, and she turned around only to realize her partner was snoring, fast asleep on the other side of the bed!<br />
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She said she was a little startled by this because she could feel the indentation where this "bigger body" felt as if sitting right beside her, however she told me she was not scared.<br />
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The light was very dim, and she could not see this "person" only felt the sensation of someone being right beside you.<br />
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She then said it felt like a hand began stroking her head, and she felt comforted, as if the intention of this "unseen hand" was to soothe her, and she turned over and went to sleep.<br />
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She said she had no idea what the experience had been all about. In fact she said she probably just dreamed it all, but since she knew I collected "weird stories" she wanted to tell me, and give me the name of the motel so I could post an anonymous report about it to my <a href="http://pararesearchers.org/" target="_blank">ParaResearchers of Ontario</a> website. Just in case someone else experienced something similar there or if there was a history of the place being haunted.<br />
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Bear in mind that at this point I did not know about my Mom's strange experience, and I had not been able to connect the two encounters yet.<br />
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So a couple of weeks later when my Mom began telling me of her "guardian angel" I was bursting, and almost leaping off my chair. And I believe the first thing I said to her was did you talk to Diana?!!!!<br />
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My mother and sister had not shared these experiences with each other yet. And both were amazed by this synchronicity. The descriptions of their separate encounters were nearly identical!<br />
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I did not have a similar encounter, and I'm not certain how I would have felt about it if I had. I did have several synchronicities leading up to my Mom's diagnosis, but I was only able to decipher them much later on.<br />
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There have been thousands of similar experiences reported over the centuries, and probably occurring since the beginning of human history. We are certainly not alone. I hope that somehow in the telling of our family's encounter this will help someone in some way.<br />
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Video clip taken at Fort George. Both the security staff and I felt something brush past us in the dark room. This particular building is proclaimed the “most haunted” site in Kyle Upton's book on the ghosts of Fort George.</div>
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In the early 2ks I worked as a segment producer on a television show called Creepy Canada. The attached video clip was filmed by me (very poorly, sorry) after a day of shooting in Fort George, Niagara-on-the-lake, Canada. This particular building I was in is proclaimed the “most haunted” site in Kyle Upton's book on the ghosts of Fort George.</div>
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That evening after the production crew was wrapping up I was called into a room where another producer from Los Angeles had heard what he believed to be the sound of a child's spirit playing with some wooden toy blocks. I recall that he was super unnerved and when I heard the weird noises I grabbed one of the security guards who worked at the Fort to accompany me in trying to find the source of the sound.</div>
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We walked through the large barracks style building with only a flashlight and my camera to light our way until we got to the other end, down some stairs and to where the sound was coming loudest. At the source it had the very distinctive sound of an animal (maybe a squirrel or mouse that was in between the wooden panels and outer stone wall. Our walk to looking for the sound's source was a bit tense and so naturally we started laughing, and thinking of how we were going to tell the producer from LA that the "child ghost" which freaked him out so much was an animal scratching on the wall. I remember hoping the poor thing was not trapped and would find his or her way out.</div>
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The video clip begins where we started walking back. Still feeling satisfied at debunking the sound I all of a sudden felt a chill. The air literally shifted and changed. As we walked into the upper space I felt someone from behind push past me very quickly and brush my shoulder. I could see a figure a very dark a little taller than myself out of my peripheral vision. I should add here that the security guard and I were completely alone at this point.</div>
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On the video you hear me gasp, then the security guard and I ask him if he is ok? He answers yes, and I tell him we are not alone there. He also felt the figure move past us only he saw directly in front what he described as solid legs move through the door ahead.</div>
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A television production which is a fictionalized reality, a debunking, and a true encounter all in the same day in a very haunted place.</div>
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As I say, Ghosts Are A Trickster</div>
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