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Shadows and Apparitions Keep Vigil At Fire Station
Lady Gaga Claims Aunt's Ghost Saved Her
Author Says She Talks to the Angels
Alien Bases Real Reason Obama Suspended Moon Missions?

Shadows and Apparitions Keep Vigil At Fire Station

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 03:30 PM PST

Fire Lt. Kevin Linhart stands in a hallway Friday near where a ghost reportedly was seen at Frankfort Fire Protection District Station 3 in Green Garden Township.

suburbanchicagonews - In the vast open spaces of rural Green Garden Township, the wind whips wickedly and the nights are eerily dark. The only structures on this empty stretch of LaGrange Road are the Frankfort Fire Protection District's station and training facility and Fawn Landscaping across the road.

So what would bring a television crew out here in the middle of the night? Ghostly apparitions, shadowy figures and things that sing or go bump -- in the night. Many believe the fire station - a former lawn implement shop - is haunted.

Firefighters aren't the sort to be easily alarmed, but they admit there have been many unexplainable effects, events, even comings and goings. Some are more amused than alarmed, but most now are believers that there is "something going on" out there at Station 3.

The station will be featured on A&E's new "Paranormal Cops" show, to air at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Lt. Todd Hamm worked at this station a long time.

"I used to see things going in and out of the ambulance - shadowy things," he said.

One night, a couple of years ago, there was a dark-clothed, blackish figure that walked right in front of him while he was watching TV alone at night after everyone else had gone to bed.

"I was taken aback. I was going to yell, but I didn't want to wake anyone up," Hamm said.

There were other "things," too, that he tried to put out of his mind, such as footsteps upstairs in the attic.

"Yeah, there's some stuff out there. We just try to co-exist with whatever is going on," he said.

Sightings by firefighters over the past year or so include a tall blue shadow in the hallway, an angry cowboy and several silhouettes and shadowy figures going by doors or windows and standing over their beds at night.

According to Assistant Fire Chief Bob Wilson, the Will County Ghost Hunters Society was called in several months ago. Its investigation claimed that the ambulance was haunted and that there is an angry cowboy out there, among other spirits. When A&E called, Wilson initially thought it was a "joke."

Firefighter George Schwass never believed the stories until he saw the blue, shadowy apparition in the hallway one night. He thought it was his lieutenant, the only other person on duty that night, but he later learned the lieutenant was not walking the halls at 3 a.m.

"It's a pole barn. With a little bit of wind, it creaks," firefighter Joe Odette said, as if he could dismiss these paranormal events. "It's on everyone's mind. I never used to believe this stuff."

But he's heard so many tales. And then one night he was leaving on an ambulance call, and as his colleague turned back to close the huge overhead door, it suddenly closed - by itself.

"I think there's something here - I just don't see it," he said.

Firefighter Tom Warszalek said he welcomes and believes in spiritual activity but, sadly, never has witnessed it.

"I would love to see it," he said. "I like ghosts. I don't want them to be mad at us. I don't want to be freaked out."

He also believes some things are more plausible than "floating ghosts."

Like the doors that Mike Illarde heard opening and closing when no one was there or the radio that mysteriously went off and sent a signal to the dispatch center.

"I don't know if this place is haunted. It could be. Anything is possible," Warszalek said.

Firefighters have been told these are not evil spirits, said Wilson, who always has heard the guys talking but never has seen an occurrence for himself.

"They're freaking me out. I'm not saying I believe it or not. One way or another, let's prove it, right or wrong. You never know," he said.

Will A&E's show provide such proof? The show's investigators and film crew did not share much of what - if anything - they discovered at the fire station. Hopefully there will be no emergency calls Tuesday night so firefighters can tune in.

Will it put Frankfort on ghost hunters' maps or make the firefighters appear foolish?

Most of them seem to be having fun with all this ghostly attention. Lt. Kevin Linhart is excited about the show, even though he's a bit skeptical.

"I told the (TV people) they were wasting their time," he said. There could be spirits, he reasoned - after all, unfortunately, people have died in these ambulances and there have been fatal car accidents in the area. And who knows about the life and death of the previous owner?

"I've heard they are friendly spirits. I just wish they would do some work around here," Linhart said.

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Lady Gaga Claims Aunt's Ghost Saved Her

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 10:54 AM PST

straitstimes - American singer Lady Gaga has claimed that the ghost of her dead aunt - who lives within her - saved her from an addiction to cocaine and LSD.

The controversial pop star told British tabloid News of the World that she would lock herself in a room and snort 'bags and bags' of cocaine and also got high on LSD as she tried to find inspiration for her music.

However Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, said her deceased aunt, Joanne Germanotta, saved her from addition: 'I thought I was gonna die, I wanted to be the artists I loved, like Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol - and I thought the only way to do it was to live the lifestyle.

'But then I realised my father's sister Joanne, who'd died at 19, had instilled her spirit in me. She was a painter and a poet - and I had a spiritual vision I had to finish her business,' Gaga wrote in her new biography.

'My cocaine soundtrack was always the Cure. I would lock myself in my room and listen to Never Enough on repeat while I did bags and bags of cocaine. It was about being an artist. I wasn't a lazy addict. I would make demo tapes and send them around. At the time I didn't think there was anything wrong with me, until my friends said, 'Are you doing this alone?' Um, yes. Me and my mirror.'

Gaga also claimed that her dead aunt, who she never met, remains her closest companion. She dedicated her Fame Ball tour to Ms Germanotta last year. 'I never met her - but she's been one of the most important figures in my life,' Gaga wrote.

Author Says She Talks to the Angels

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 10:15 AM PST

theoaklandpress - Life is fragile and can change in a moment.

Ed Martins of Milford learned that lesson after a freak accident eight years ago left him with quadriplegia. He simply bent down to pick up a soccer ball, fainted, hit a wall and damaged his spinal cord.

Martins, a former television cameraman and editor, uses a wheelchair, but his mind is sharp and curious.

Through the years, Martins has undergone surgeries and physical therapy for his injury.

After reading "The Angels and Me" by Elaine Grohman, he invited the author to visit him so he could try another type of therapy, an energy-healing treatment.

Grohman, who lives in Farmington Hills, describes herself as a perky Irish lady with two special gifts to share: She is an energy healer and she talks to angels. She travels the county visiting people who seek her skills and agreed to visit Martins to see what she could do for him.

"Because Ed has been confined to bed for such a long time, his energy is not flowing properly," Grohman said. "A treatment allows the energy to circulate through the body and allow healing."

She began the healing treatment by moving her hands over his body and touching his muscles. Soon he could feel heat in his feet and knees. As she held his hands, her left hand began to quiver and his fingers — normally clinched into a fist — began to open and relax.

"I feel warm and relaxed," Martins said. "My body can never relax, so this is different and good."

Once she was satisfied that his energy was flowing properly, Grohman calmly told him someone named "Maria" was there with him and wanted him to know she is always with him.

"Maria is my wife's name," Martins said. "She died recently, and I pray for her."

As Grohman continued the treatment, she relayed other positive messages from deceased family members. Maria's father wanted Martins to know he didn't suffer before his death, while Martins' brother apologized for being stubborn.

Grohman said that she sees angels in her mind and they provide messages. She describes herself as a jumper cable in that she is able to transfer energy and messages.

In an effort to share her knowledge of energy medicine, Grohman is working with several local universities. For the past nine years, she has been helping medical students, doctors and faculty at the University of Michigan Integrative Medicine Program understand energy healing.

Medical students from Wayne State University's Medical School's HuMed program shadow Grohman to observe her energy treatments, and she is a guest speaker at Livonia's Madonna University.

"I didn't know what to expect from Elaine," Martins said. "I've never met anyone like her. She is just a normal, nice person and I feel so much better. I hoped Maria would have a message for me."

Alien Bases Real Reason Obama Suspended Moon Missions?

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 09:43 AM PST

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NOTE: Here's one for the 'take it for what it's worth' file. The newest conspiracy theory is that President Obama recently shelved a planned mission to return NASA astronauts to the Moon because of alien bases. The mission dubbed The Constellation Program would have sent astronauts back to the surface of the moon on a scientific data collection endeavor. However, due to unforeseen circumstances namely economic shortfalls, the missions have been scrapped for the time being. There may have been a more intangible reason for the cancellations...the visitors circling the lunar surface may not want us to interfere with the on-goings of what they may be participating in. Many ufologists and amateur astronomers feel that there are bases on the Moon as well as occupants utilizing these said bases. Judge for yourself...Lon

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3 Legged Bear Walking Upright

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Statement with video: I don't know anything about this video, such as where it was taken, as it was E-mailed to me, but it pretty much speaks for itself. A three legged bear with cub adapting.

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