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- A Love of History Leads to the Paranormal
- Work Begins on Prehistoric Marden Henge in Wiltshire
- Fortean / Oddball News - 6/28/2010
- Videos: UFO Recorded Over Oregon / Fresno, CA During Lunar Eclipse
- Enoch: What Are We To Believe?
| A Love of History Leads to the Paranormal Posted: 28 Jun 2010 12:26 PM PDT  daily-record - Whether it's in his quest to learn more about the city he grew up in and its people, or learn more about spirits lurking around, Douglas Myers is sure of one thing: Don't believe it until you see it.It's what propels him in his hobby as a lover of history and a researcher of the paranormal—otherwise known as ghost hunting—outside of his day job as the sole civilian employee of the Wooster, Ohio Fire Department. "Like the elephant's child, I'm just full of insatiable curiosity," Myers said of his love of history. "I grew up with a family that never threw away anything, so we were surrounded by family antiques and collectibles, so it's just part of my nature." A Wooster history buff, Myers has a fascination for the unusual, like his research of Ralph Henderson, the first Wooster police officer killed in the line of duty. Harry Glick, who while in prison for the crime, went on to build Ohio's first electric chair. "When it comes to local history I have a fascination for the unusual, the everyday man versus the noble pioneer and Founding Father, because there's lots more everyday men and women in our 200-plus-year history than noble pioneers," Myers said. He said he researches the everyday man in hopes of "giving him credit for his sacrifice, that's a real satisfaction in bringing these people to light, and their stories." Wayne County Probate Court Judge Ray Leisy said Myers' attention to detail and love of research makes him a great historian. "When you discuss history you sometimes fall into the habit of repeating not rumors, but popular history about what people say actually took place, but when you start checking the detail at that time, it's been embellished," he said. "Doug never falls into the trap. He spends a lot of time going back and checking his sources." When writing Broken Banks of the Wayne County Frontier, Leisy passed it on to Myers for a quick review to make sure nothing was amiss. "I'm glad to say I had it right, I try to do the research he does," Leisy said. In addition to local history, Myers is a Civil War history fan. On one notable trip, he and his son, Daniel, went to Gettysburg, Pa., to view battlefields, but also to try and see what they could find at night. "I kept a very open mind, I didn't particularly believe in ghosts. I kept a skeptical mind. You needed to show me for me to believe it," he said. But walking the field one night with his son, he said they heard a replay of part of the battle, cannons and all. "In the middle of the field, in the middle of the night, as clear to our ears as it could be—Fire! and boom-boom, boom-boom—and dead silence," Myers said. It was one of the more "awkward, bizarre and surreal moments of my life," Daniel Myers said, but helped to give him "new perspective on things." "He is a good person, a wonderful father, as a friend he's there when you need him," he said of his father. "He'll help anyone out." So that sparked his interest, and now Myers researches sites of hauntings, even local spots, to see what he can find. He said photographing "death curve," the 90-degree curve near Wooster Memorial Park, produced three orbs in his photo—signs of possible spirits. Coincidentally, he said, he came across information about a crash there and three out of four family members died at that site. Some day, Myers said, he'd love to set up a ghost tour in Wooster. "There's enough stories to really fill an evening of haunted Wooster as there is in Gettsyburg." A lover of theater, Myers has performed in local plays and dinner theaters, including a performance of The Philadelphia Story, where he met his wife, Shelly. "She played the upstairs maid and I just couldn't resist a woman in uniform," Myers said. Both had auditioned for the play at the insistence of two friends. "It was just one of those things," she said. "We met and just kind of clicked I guess you could say." Myers said his wife of more than 13 years is "very supportive of all my interests ... tolerates my collection, is extremely, mercifully tolerant of my collections and my outings." "He's just eclectic," Shelly Myers said with a laugh. "He likes whatever he can find." That would include collections like "Death Dirt"—soil samples he collected from historical sites, like the ambush site of Bonnie and Clyde, the area of East Liverpool where Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd was killed, or the site of the wreck of the USS Shenandoah. "I always wanted to see that site," he said of where Bonnie and Clyde died. "And what a thrill, it really was. I got there and I am there all by myself, and this abused memorial people had chipped souvenirs off of. I go, I have to bring a souvenir home with me. I thought, oh, how about some dirt?" Sometimes those collections will be turned into gifts. Like the sample of sand in a Smucker's jar from Ponte Verda Beach, Fla., where a German sub came to shore given to his daughter, Lauren Chitty. "He's all over the place. He likes being funny ... He's quirky, I'm just lucky he's the way he is," Chitty said. ********** WOOSTER, OHIO GHOST SIGHTINGS I once lived in a house on Larwell street in Wooster which was definitely haunted. The house was once located behind the Wooster P.D. The house has recently been torn down...Hum I wonder why. The house was a Tri-Plex when I started seeing and hearing things there it scared the heck out of me. I figured the neighbor would think I was crazy butt it was with a try talking to them about the strange thing I was experiencing little to my surprise they had experienced a lot of the thing I was. There was candles being lit, strange noises, a person saying my name when no one was there small hand prints on the mirrors and vases being moved. Little to say it got so bad I left one night and never came back. I'm just glad the place is no longer standing anymore. Maybe the unrested can finally get some rest. - Misty ---------- The Olde Jail Tavern an old jail house turned into a classy bistro is haunted by the first and only man in the city of Wooster to be hanged. He prefers to taunt young women sitting alone and to spill over your beer if you leave it sitting too long. Ask to sit in one of the ''cells''. That's where he loves to play tricks. I lived in a farmhouse for 3 years, it was about 6 miles south of Wooster on Jefferson Rd. I really could go on for hours about all the things i witnessed there but here are a few. I once woke up in the middle of the night to what seemed like every door and window in the house slamming at once, it shook the whole house and was very loud. One time I was laying in bed and a large invisible thing seeming like a large dog jumped up on the bed and walked up between me and my husband and then (like a dog) plopped down half laying on me and then just slowly the weight went away. I would be standing outside the kitchen window of the house, or outside hanging clothes on the line,and hear, outside, what sounds like three of four children laughing and playing like they were jumping on the bed and squealing and laughing and then I would hear this thump thump thump thump thump, like footsteps, then mumbling in a low males voice rum rum rum rum rum rum rum, then it was quiet for a minute, then the children's noise would gradually get louder and louder until it was loud again, then the footsteps and the mumbling and quiet. I have heard this a hundred times it just keeps repeating the exact same thing over and over again however long you are out there. I also saw one time while I was in the kitchen cleaning, I glanced out the window, it was the middle of the day, and saw a black snake curled around what was a statue sitting on top a cement cover of an old well. It was as thick as a basketball, and 15 or so ft. long. I ran out and got my son who was playing in the back yard came in and shut all the doors and windows but when I looked out again it was gone. My husband said there are big snakes in the barn or silo but this was HUGE. I never went in the barn again. - Jamie ----------- The fine dining area of the restaurant, in this former Wayne County Jail in Wooster, used to actually be the cell block. The area is located in the basement of the building. The restaurant is said to be haunted by a man who was the first, and only, person to be hung in Wayne County. He was locked up in a cell on the basement floor, but was hung on the third floor. His actions are noticed most late in the evening and early morning hours. Several restaurant managers have made comments about calls being made to the tavern (a separate building that was once used as the jail garage now used as "The Olde Jaol Tavern") from the fine dining phone when there is no one in the fine dining area. Also, flickering lights and banging of steel bars are common occurrences. I worked there when the restaurant first opened. There were already stories about pictures being taken with fuzzy human-like images in them. But one day, after the lunch crowd had cleared out and the waiting team was setting up tables for dinner, one of the waitresses came into the bar area. Her face was very pale and her eyes were wide with fear. She said that she had been checking the cell rooms (where some diners prefer to eat and where the actual cells used to be in the basement) and she saw a person sitting at a table. She said he was an average sized person wearing some type of workers overalls (the normal clientele were suit and tie people). When she asked the person if she could get him anything, he disappeared. There are spots there that seem unnaturally cold and sometimes you hear sounds but there is no one around to make them. It is definitely haunted. - ksheedy ---------- Client was told by landlord that a man that used to live there was murdered about 8 years ago in back bedroom and dragged to the utility closet where he found. Client reports that the utility closet door knob has rattled, loud and vigorously. Client told there was a little girl murdered in the same building about 15 years prior. Landlord would not release the names or exact dates. Client reports cold spot in the room where the murdered was said to take place. He has heard the voice of a man clearing throat "ahem" behind him. Client has found objects moved from one side of the room to another. Client states he witnessed cans flying out of pantry and landing on dining room table located several feet away. Client has found cupboard doors open when he knows they were left shut. Personal Observations: Apartment windows are at ground level and parking lot is just outside the windows as well as a porch where several residents sit. We could hear walking in above apt. We clearly heard people in hallway and outside talking. People came and went outside all night and in the building, their voices and footsteps could be heard inside the apartment and picked up by voice recorders. A loud conversation from another apartment could be heard while we were in the living room. No knocks, taps or unusual sounds heard inside the apartment. We found the cans stacked in the pantry haphazardly. However simply walking by or shutting doors did not make the cans fall. Cans we purposely pushed out fell straight down. Cabinet doors had magnet latches. All appeared to latch properly except for one cabinet closer to the floor. No cold spots were found or experienced. Nothing unusual was observed by the team. Nothing unusual was documented on video, audio or photos. We have been unable to verify the murders. - www.ohioghosthunter.com --------- Many years ago, I lived for a time in a large house adjacent to the cemetery on Madison Hill in Wooster. My husband and I both experienced the "presence" but never when we were together. However, we agreed that we encountered our ghost in the same areas. We both felt him watching us as we'd get ready for work in the upper hallway and on the stairs. One day (yes day – our ghost was around day and night) we were going away and decided to use the bathroom (upstairs) before leaving. About half way up the steps I tucked my sweater in the railing deciding not to take it all the way upstairs with me. My husband tucked it in further as he came up behind me. When we started back down the stairs my sweater was laying at the bottom of the stairs! Even if it fell off the railing it would not have gotten to the bottom of the steps…. The most alarming incident was on a Saturday morning. I was getting ready to head out to do some errands and sensed I was being watched. At the bottom of the steps I crossed the hardwood floor to the dining table that sat on a large braided rug. I clearly heard two footsteps as "it" crossed the hardwood and then two muffled footsteps as it followed me onto the braided rug. I ran outside right away, and we moved shortly after that. Sources: www.ghostsofamerica.com www.the-daily-record.com www.ghostsandstories.com www.strangeusa.com www.ohioghosthunter.com www.paranormaltourguide.com A Love of History Leads to the Paranormal  |
| Work Begins on Prehistoric Marden Henge in Wiltshire Posted: 28 Jun 2010 11:28 AM PDT  thisiswilshire - A site at Marden, near Devizes, rivaled Stonehenge and Avebury in its day, says English Heritage. The group is about to undertake a six-week dig at the site close to the village, starting on June 28. Unlike Stonehenge and Avebury, Marden Henge no longer has any surviving standing stones, but its sheer size is astounding. Comprising a substantial and well-preserved bank with an internal ditch enclosing an area of some 10.5 hectares – equivalent to ten football pitches – it is one of the largest Neolithic henges in Britain. Archaeologists are particularly intrigued by evidence of a huge mound at the centre of the henge similar to a smaller version of Silbury Hill. The mound collapsed in 1806 and was levelled by 1817. English Heritage hopes to find out more about this feature by obtaining dating material from any surviving features within its centre. Jim Leary, the English Heritage archaeologist who was involved in the recent restoration of Silbury Hill, said: "Marden Henge deserves to be understood more, partly because of its size, but also due to its proximity to the more famous stone circles at Avebury and Stonehenge. "How Marden relates to them is another layer of interest which we want to study. "We are potentially looking at a much more intricate system of Neolithic ritual sites in this part of the world than we previously thought." The Henge is on the road out of the village towards Beechingstoke, at Hatfield Farm, and is a popular picnic area. Parish council chairman Peter Bell was pleased with the news. He said: "I hadn't heard English Heritage were planning this, but I am delighted. It is an important local archaeological site and we don't know nearly enough about it." The Henge is on the road out of the village towards Beechingstoke, at Hatfield Farm, and is on private land. Sue Shepherd-Cross, who lives at Hatfield Farm, was delighted at the news. She said: "It is a remarkable place and it would be fascinating to find out more about it." The website Megalithic.co.uk describes Marden Henge, or Hatfield Earthworks, as the largest henge in Britain. It adds: "There is not much to see but bank and ditch. Plenty of atmosphere, though."  NOTE: Important dig, IMO. Between the henges and the crop circles, this area of Wiltshire has a secret yet to be discovered...Lon Work Begins on Prehistoric Marden Henge in Wiltshire  |
| Fortean / Oddball News - 6/28/2010 Posted: 28 Jun 2010 11:03 AM PDT  Mysterious New Crop Circle Formation in Wiltshire Nearly 200 crop circles have appeared in just one formation not far from Warminster, Wiltshire, known as the UFO capital of Britain. The circular 90m (300ft) design, believed to represent the passage of the Moon and Sun, contains 193 rings, including six key circles and a seventh in the centre. Crop circle expert Karen Alexander said: 'This is the most complex circle so far this year.' The formation, near the village of Mere, is the first in the area since 1997. **********  WBC Labels Lady Gaga as 'Devil's Spawn'buzz7 - 'Poker Face' singer Lady Gaga has been branded as "the devil's spawn" and "a whore face" by a religious group for promoting homosexuality. The Westboro Baptist Church, which is known for its hatred of homosexuals, targeted the 24-year-old bisexual pop singer over her sizzling, lesbian-themed video 'Telephone'. The extremist church group, which has already caused uproar by picketing the funerals of US servicemen and whose slogan is "God Hates Fags", claimed Gaga's image, clothes, songs and pop videos are "blasphemous". Followers have picketed the singer's gigs with placards saying "God Hates GaGa", and group members Megan Phelps Roper, 24, and cousin Sara Phelps, 29, have even filmed foul-mouthed parodies of 'Telephone' and 'Poker Face', called 'Ever Burn' and 'Whorish Face'. Their controversial lyrics include "Go devil's spawn to the hell where you will forever burn", and "You ain't got no poker face, you just got your whorish face". "Lady GaGa is a sleazy God-hater. She has the face of a proud whore and something needs to be done about it. She is teaching the boys and the girls to be proud whores," the Daily Star quoted campaigner Megan as saying. "GaGa is promoting homosexuality and bisexuality and God hates her. God hates all fags and fag enablers," she stated. The group even claimed GaGa was responsible for contributing to the deaths of soldiers in Afghanistan and the Mexico oil spill. "For the way that you fake pray all the time will just kill soldiers faster, spread that oil faster, bring the fire faster," they chanted. ********** Woman Mails Cow's Tongue and Opossum Head to Romantic Rival stltoday - A woman admitted in federal court that she had sent threatening letters, a cow's tongue and the head of an opossum to a romantic rival. Jessica L. Bradshaw, 39, of Lincoln County, was married at the time but fell hard for a woman in Trenton, Ill., officials said. In January, Bradshaw sent threatening notes and the animal parts to the woman's girlfriend, she admitted in court. Bradshaw pleaded guilty on three felony counts of mailing a threatening communication, and faces up to 16 months in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. Bradshaw's lawyer, Yi Sun, will ask for less, arguing that she should get a break due to her "diminished mental capacity" at the time of the offense, her plea agreement says. The first threatening letter read, in part, "WE WILL TAKE OUT ALL YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH." Bradshaw next mailed the cow's tongue in a tampon box, along with another threatening note. The opossum head was the third to arrive, according to Bradshaw's plea agreement. Her feelings for the woman "took on an intensity that overwhelmed her rational thought," according to a psychiatric evaluation conducted earlier this year. *********** Former Employee 'Rolling Back' on Walmart...Claims He Was Forced to Wear Yellow Vest Because He Was Gay consumerist - A temporary Walmart worker is accusing his former supervisors of forcing him to wear a yellow vest after learning of his sexual orientation. The worker, 18-year-old Fernando Gallardo, was quick to compare the retail behemoth to the Nazis in a complaint filed with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission. "I was completely ignored and shunned. I had nothing to do all day but wander around the store wearing a yellow vest no one else had to wear, much like Jews had to wear a yellow star of David in Hitler's Germany." Walmart claims that it forces people of all creeds to wear yellow vests. "It is my understanding that the former associate was a temporary hire while the store is under remodeling," Keene told The Advocate. "Between the 50 or so temporary associates in that store, there is a rotation through the position of 'May I Help You' associate. The several associates in this role wear a vest so customers can identify them and ask for help in finding products that may have been temporarily moved to a new spot." Gallardo doesn't buy the excuse, and further claims that store managers offered permanent positions to anyone who would testify that Gallardo voluntarily revealed his sexual orientation. His claims seem all the more plausible in light of the largest class action in history, which alleges that Walmart systemically discriminated against female workers. *********** SHOCKING REVELATION! Almost All Exxon Valdez Cleanup Crews Are Dead! Click for video Fortean / Oddball News - 6/28/2010  |
| Videos: UFO Recorded Over Oregon / Fresno, CA During Lunar Eclipse Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:15 AM PDT   Click for video Click for video I received the following information from Jeff Gonzalez of the Sanger Paranormal Society / MUFON State Section Director and Field Investigator: Someone in Oregon while video tapping the eclipse, catches a large white object at 4:36 a:m coming from the North-West and disappearing into the South-East at 4:38 am. While also video tapping the eclipse in Fresno, Calif I caught the same UFO coming from the North-West at 4:40 am then disappearing into the South-East..This object was not a plane or a helicopter and was to low for a satellite. It was bright white with no colored or strobe lights. This thing was HUGE...Possible Mother ship because of the size. No other possible explanation can be found..It was the same craft because the times and direction plus the visual account were a perfect match..... NOTE: the following video was made the day before the recent eclipse somewhere in Australia. Historically, the UFO activity does seem to pick up in the periods just before, during and after lunar and solar eclipses. Is it because more people are watching the sky during these periods? Most likely. I have also included a video of the sighting in China in 2009... Lon Click for video Click for video Videos: UFO Recorded Over Oregon / Fresno, CA During Lunar Eclipse  |
| Enoch: What Are We To Believe? Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:02 AM PDT  During the Oregon Sasquatch Symposium, author and researcher Autumn Williams presented her new book "Enoch: A Bigfoot Story". I was told by a few attendees that her presentation was punctuated by rants against the Bigfoot community in general that were fashioned into reasons for not offering any photo or physical evidence. As well, many of the attendees believed it strange that she hadn't even been to Florida to meet the witness and check his story out. Overall, the impression I got from the attendees I talked to was that there was a disquieting lack of logic in Autumn's presentation.It seems that 'Mike', the source of the stories for Autumn's book, is not realizing any benefit from the book raising the speculation that 'Mike' won't complain, simply because there's no 'Mike'. 'Mike' was only identified as a heavy equipment operator living in Florida. No other personal info was provided other than his life had been full of disappointment which had left him depressed and bitter. I read 'Enoch' this weekend and was struck by the similarity to 'Fifty Years with Bigfoot'. I was also surprised that Autumn and Mike referenced much of Jan Klement's book 'The Creature' which supposedly is a first hand account of a semi habituation of a Bigfoot creature he named 'Kong' in southwestern Pennsylvania. Klement's story was interesting, but mostly unbelievable. The author also did not hide the fact that he is an alcoholic and has serious mental health issues. The one anecdote where he shoved the creature into the back of his station wagon and drove him 200 miles away in order to protect him from hunters during deer season was one of several head shaking passages. Klement described himself as a scientist, but he didn't take Kong's dead body to be "dissected", but decided he would drive the body to a remote location and hack up his so-called "best friend" with an axe. I'm not sure if this was simply out of friendship or a sociopathic reaction to 'Kong's' death. The 'Enoch' scenario is also reminiscent of the Janice Carter case. In 1947, on the family farm in Tennessee, it is alleged that Robert Carter Sr. began feeding a male Bigfoot, known as Fox. Through prolonged contact, Robert was able to create a habituation situation where Fox felt comfortable around Robert and his granddaughter, Janice. According to the book 'Fifty Years with Bigfoot', Robert and Janice were allowed to witness the most intimate moments of Bigfoot life, including their relationships and the death and burial of a young Bigfoot. These assertions have been questioned by a majority of researchers involved with the study of the Bigfoot phenomenon. For example, one of the authors maintained that Fox was capable of speech. She cited many examples in the book of Native American dialects, words, and names used by Fox, and even stated that he could speak English. However, in late 2006 it was proven that the supposed language and names employed by the resident Sasquatches were in fact plagiarized from the book 'Ride the Wind' (1985), an historical novel about a woman's life after she was kidnapped during the Comanche raid on her family's fort. 'Enoch' is a very well written, interesting and enjoyable narrative. I do recommend you read it since there is common sense information that could be helpful to those interested in Bigfoot. I have no doubts that 'Mike' is real, has witnessed a Swamp Ape and has knowledge of their activity. But, honestly, I'm just not convinced that Autumn isn't being 'played' to some degree by the witness. I don't want to feel like this but I have to go with my gut reaction. Hopefully I will be convinced otherwise in the future. My only wish is that if someone is privileged to be in regular contact with a Bigfoot, Sasquatch or Swamp Ape, that they would share it with us on a factual, scientific level. If you present your information in book form only, the anecdotal evidence is going to be torn apart and labeled as fiction. Possibly, Autumn will use the receipts from the book, travel to Florida, meet up with 'Mike' and attempt to prove some of the book's assertions. In 1980, I had an encounter with a Bigfoot and it was one of the most unforgettable experiences of my life. In fact, it is the reason why I started to include cryptozoology as part of my paranormal field work. I know without a doubt that these creatures exist. That's why I expect a tangible level of proof from those who claim to have had extraordinary experiences with these beings...Lon Enoch: What Are We To Believe? 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