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| George Washington's Vision and American Prophecy Posted: 10 Dec 2010 11:42 AM PST  The soldier mentioned as having a first-hand account of the "Vision," Anthony Sherman, was a soldier in the Continental Army. However, according to his pension application, written by him, he states that he was at Saratoga under the command of Benedict Arnold at the end of 1777 and only joined the main forces in 1778 in New Jersey just before the Battle of Monmouth. Anthony Sherman wrote: You doubtless heard the story of Washington's going to the thicket to pray in secret for aid and comfort from God, the interposition of whose Divine Providence brought us safely through the darkest days of tribulation. One day, I remember it well, when the chilly winds whistled through the leafless trees, though the sky was cloudless and the sun shown brightly, he remained in his quarters nearly all the afternoon alone. When he came out, I noticed that his face was a shade paler than usual. There seemed to be something on his mind of more than ordinary importance. Returning just after dusk, he dispatched an orderly to the quarters who was presently in attendance. After a preliminary conversation of about an hour, Washington, gazing upon his companion with that strange look of dignity which he alone commanded, related the event that occurred that day. THE VISION AND PROPHECY "I do not know whether it is owing to the anxiety of my mind, or what, but this afternoon, as I was sitting at this table engaged in preparing a dispatch, something seemed to disturb me. Looking up, I beheld standing opposite me a singularly beautiful female. So astonished was I, for I had given strict orders not to be disturbed, that it was some moments before I found language to inquire into the cause of her presence. A second, a third, and even a fourth time did I repeat my question, but received no answer from my mysterious visitor except a slight raising of her eyes. By this time I felt strange sentiments spreading through me. I would have risen, but the riveted gaze of the being before me rendered volition impossible. I assayed once more to address her, but my tongue had become useless, even thought itself had become paralyzed. A new influence, mysterious, potent, irresistible, took possession of me. All I could do was to gaze steadily, vacantly at my unknown visitor. Gradually, the surrounding atmosphere seemed as though becoming filled with sensations and luminous. Everything about me seemed to rarify, the mysterious visitor herself becoming more airy, and yet more distinct to my sight than before. I now began to feel as one dying, or rather to experience the sensations which I have sometimes imagined accompany dissolution. I did not think, I did not reason, I did not move; all were alike impossible. I was only conscious of gazing fixedly, vacantly at my companion. "Presently I heard a voice saying, 'Son of the Republic, look and learn,' while at the same time my visitor extended her arm eastwardly. I now beheld a heavy white vapor at some distance rising fold upon fold. This gradually dissipated, and I looked upon a strange scene. Before me lay spread out in one vast plain all the countries of the world -- Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. I saw rolling and tossing between Europe and America the billows of the Atlantic, and between Asia and America lay the Pacific. 'Son of the Republic,' said the same mysterious voice as before, 'look and learn.' "At that moment I beheld a dark, shadowy being, like an angel floating in mid-air, between Europe and America, dipping water out of the ocean in the hollow of each hand. He sprinkled some upon America with his right hand, while with his left hand he cast some on Europe. Immediately a dark cloud raised from these countries and joined in mid-ocean. For a while it remained stationary, and then moved slowly westward, until it enveloped America in its murky folds. Sharp flashes of lightning passed through it at intervals, and I heard the smothered groans and cries of the American people. "A second time the angel dipped water from the ocean, and sprinkled it out as before. The dark cloud was then drawn back to the ocean, in whose heaving billows it sank from view. A third time I heard the mysterious voice saying, 'Son of the Republic, look and learn.' I cast my eyes upon America and beheld villages and towns and cities springing up one after another until the whole land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was dotted with them. Again I heard the mysterious voice say, 'Son of the Republic, the end of the century cometh, look and learn.' "At this the dark, shadowy angel turned his face southward, and from Africa I saw an ill-omened spectre approach our land. It flitted slowly over every town and city. The inhabitants presently set themselves in battle array against each other. As I continued looking, I saw a bright angel, on whose brow rested a crown of light, on which was traced the word "Union," bearing the American flag, which he placed between the divided nation, and said, 'Remember ye are brethren.' Instantly the inhabitants, casting from them their weapons, became friends once more and united around the National Standard. "And again I heard the mysterious voice saying, 'Son of the Republic, look and learn.' At this the dark, shadowy angel placed a trumpet to his mouth and blew three distinct blasts; and taking water from the ocean, he sprinkled it upon Europe, Asia, and Africa. Then my eyes beheld a fearful scene: from each of these countries arose thick, black clouds that were joined into one. And throughout this mass there gleamed a dark red light by which I saw hordes of armed men, who, moving with the cloud, marched by land and sailed by sea to America, which country was enveloped in the volume of the cloud. And I dimly saw these vast armies devastate the whole country and burn the villages, towns, and cities that I beheld were springing up. As my ears listened to the thundering of the cannon, clashing of swords, and the shouts and cries of millions in mortal combat, I heard again the mysterious voice saying, 'Son of the Republic, look and learn.' When the voice had ceased, the dark, shadowy angel placed his trumpet once more to his mouth and blew a long and fearful blast. "Instantly a light as of a thousand suns shone down from above me, and pierced and broke into fragments the dark cloud which enveloped America. At the same moment the angel, upon whose head still shone the word "Union," and who bore our national flag in one hand and a sword in the other, descended from the heavens, attended by legions of white spirits. These immediately joined the inhabitants of America, who I perceived were well-nigh overcome, but who immediately taking courage again, closed up their broken ranks and renewed the battle. Again, amid the fearful noise of the conflict, I heard the mysterious voice saying, 'Son of the Republic, look and learn.' As the voice ceased, the shadowy angel for the last time dipped water from the ocean and sprinkled it upon America. Instantly the dark cloud rolled back, together with the armies it had brought, leaving the inhabitants of the land victorious. "Then once more I beheld the villages, towns, and cities springing up where I had seen them before, while the bright angel, planting the azure standard he had brought in the midst of them, cried with a loud voice, 'While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Union last.' And taking from his brow the crown on which was blazoned the word "Union," he placed it upon the Standard, while the people, kneeling down, said, 'Amen.' "The scene instantly began to fade and dissolve, and I at last saw nothing but the rising, curling vapor I at first beheld. This also disappearing, I found myself once more gazing upon the mysterious visitor, who, in the same voice I had heard before, said, 'Son of the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted: Three great perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful is the third, passing which the whole world united shall not prevail against her. Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land, and the Union.' With these words the vision vanished, and I started from my seat, and felt that I had seen a vision wherein had been shown me the birth, progress, and destiny of the United States." "Such, my friends," concluded the venerable narrator, "were the words I heard from General Washington's own lips, and America will do well to profit by them." - Anthony Sherman ********** "Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connexions with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." George Washington's Farewell Address, Sept. 17, 1796 ********** NOTE: many U.S. Presidents and military leaders had a prophetic nature...it's something that seems to go hand-in-hand with our nation's history. Much of what was said and conducted by our founding fathers has been lost to time but it is quite apparent that their esoteric beliefs, including Masonic rites and Rosicrucian ideals, demonstrate their mystic predispositions and the basis for which the United States was created. Judeo-Christian values are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the common culture of the American experiment...Lon          |
| Fortean / Oddball News: Creepy Louisiana, Regenerate Human Limbs and Ugandan Human Sacrifice Posted: 10 Dec 2010 10:59 AM PST   Louisiana News Station Asks For Weird Photos...Well, They Got A Few nbc33tv - An NBC 33 viewer claims to have caught an "alien-looking thing" on a deer cam. He chooses to remain anonymous but says the pic was taken on a reserve in Berwick near Morgan City. The viewer says the cam itself was busted when it was found, but the SIM card was still in it and so was the image. The viewer claims this is NOT a hoax. Click for video ********** Incredible salamander enzyme that could one day let humans regrow organs and limbs dailymail - Amputees could regenerate limbs and organs thanks to scientists who have come close to discovering how salamanders grow back lost legs and damaged organs. Axolotl salamanders are now going under the knife - while anaesthetised - in experiments at the Hanover Medical School in Germany. The hope is one day for their genes to be transplanted to people who lose limbs and organs only to see them re-grow. The axolotl salamander is able to regrow its limbs and even damaged organs. 'Coagulation sets in instantly,' scientist Björn Menger told Germany's Spiegel magazine this week. 'You can almost watch the healing process happening.' They can even grow back sections of their brains and spinal columns, raising hopes that disabled people might one day be able to walk if such feats can be copied. Ambystoma mexicanum is almost extinct in Mexico due to diminishing habitats and human hunting - they are regarded as a delicacy in much the way the French like frogs legs. Scientists experimenting on a batch of them in Hanover notice that after a limb has been amputated a layer of skin cells forms from the cells at the spot of the incision. Scar tissue forms underneath and new tissue begin to grow, such as blood vessels, muscles, sinews, bones and nerves. The researchers are homing in on a particular enzyme called amblox which makes the axolotl unique in the animal kingdom. The grail is to create amblox artificially. Initial tests on human skin cells have been encouraging; wounds do heal faster, skin grows back at an accelerated pace. But a breakthrough in terms of regenerating limbs and organs is a long way off. All animals can regenerate to some degree. A human fingertip can sometimes grow back and cuts often heal with minimal scarring. In salamanders, the blood vessels contract quickly and limit bleeding when a limb is cut. Skin cells quickly cover the wound and form what is called a blastema. Researchers thought these cells must be pluripotent stem cells -- the body's master cells, which retain the ability to start growing into any kind of cell in the body. These cells are found in days-old embryos, but quickly differentiate -- becoming the various cell types from muscle to nerve to skin or blood. The Hanover research centre also acts to save the axolotl as a species. After experimentation on an individual, it is allowed to live out its life in peace - with its new limbs back in place. **********  "Spiritual" Suitcase Contained Elephant Tails, Hedgehog baltimoresun - Press releases from the Customs and Border Protection never cease to amaze with the strange items seized from people coming into the country. Today, the agency said that a passenger arriving at Dulles from Ghana - and destined for Maryland - on Dec. 3 tried to pass through with a suitcase containing a hedgehog, elephant tails, chameleons, skins from genets (a cat-like species indigenous to Africa), seed pods, sheets soaked with the blood of sacrificed chickens, and "a lot of soil." He said the items were for "spiritual purposes." The 59-year-old passenger had initially told agents that his suitcase contained dried herbs and clothing. "This is by far one of the strangest suitcases we're ever opened. The passenger told us that the items were to be used for spiritual purposes. From what we were able to learn, the items seem consistent with that explanation," said Christopher Hess, CBP Port Director for the Port of Washington. "Regardless of its intended purpose, each item posed potentially severe animal and plant disease threats to American agriculture. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists were required to destroy them." ********** Human Sacrifice on the Rise in Uganda! theweeklyconstitutional - Maybe this is just a sign of the troubling times we are all living in. Maybe it is more proof that zealots everywhere are right and that our world is truly on the doorstep of Armageddon. Or maybe it is another horrible story coming out of Africa, a place as close to Hell on Earth as it gets. Any way you slice it, it's being reported by the US State Department that the ritual sacrifice of humans (especially children) is on the rise in Uganda. The practice of human sacrifice is on the rise in Uganda, as measured by ritual killings where body parts, often facial features or genitals, are cut off for use in ceremonies. The number of people killed in ritual murders last year rose to a new high of at least 15 children and 14 adults, up from just three cases in 2007, according to police. The informal count is much higher — 154 suspects were arrested last year and 50 taken to court over ritual killings. Children in particular are common victims, according to a U.S. State Department report released this month. The U.S. spent $500,000 to train 2,000 Ugandan police last year to investigate offences related to human trafficking, including ritual killings. Apparently, over the past few years the ritual killing and maiming of people (especially children) has been so rampant in Uganda that the nation's government ordered its police force to establish an "Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce", complete with its own specially made propaganda which reads "Prevent child sacrifice". Despite these efforts however, the rise in human sacrifices in Uganda appears to come from a desire for wealth and a belief that drugs made from human organs can bring riches, according to task force head Moses Binoga. They may be fueled by a spate of violent Nigerian films that are growing in popularity, and showcase a common story line: A family reaping riches after sacrificing a human. "I call it a problem of psychological disorientation," said Binoga. "People get disoriented. People stop having respect in humanity and believe more in the worth of money and so-called good fortune, and they lose that natural social respect for people." The sacrifices are also linked to a deep belief in traditional healers, or witch doctors, which can be found practically every half mile in Uganda. "A traditional healer with powers over spirits. Solves all cases, demons, thieves, tooth decay, madness fevers, epilepsy, and genital affairs." Other than increasing enforcement of anti-sacrificing laws and educating the poor people of that nation that good fortunes do not come pouring out of the opened bodies of sacrificial toddlers, no solution can be seen for this rising epidemic viewed by many international entities (including our own government) as just more bad shit coming out of a worse place. ********** Forget the Prosthetic Arm...Get a Tentacle Instead        |
| Virginia Bigfoot: The Danville Wildman Posted: 10 Dec 2010 09:53 AM PST  Sir: I am sending you this letter in regard to Mr. David K's article about Bigfoot. It deals with something that I experienced in Danville, Virginia back in 1968. It is part of an article I am writing for my own site Temple of the Infidel but because of my reading this article by this gentleman I will share it here with hopes that it will help him in his quest. We, my parents and siblings were visiting my mothers parents who lived back in the mountains and rolling hills of Danville, Virginia. Whenever it started to get dark, Granny would always say "Its time for yawl chaps to come inside now because the wild man will be coming out soon." I was seven then and always imagined a skinny little unshaven cartoon caveman running around in a leopard skin carrying a big club. I thought it really was just another Bogeyman story to keep us kids inline, at least that's what my older brother Chuck said it was when I asked him about it. The next day, as she often did. my aunt Beula, to keep us from under foot, told her two oldest sons Billy and Jimmy to take us with them into the woods when they went to gather some fire wood. For the most part as we scoured the forest floor for kindling and dry broken branches. Billy and Jimmy took to showing us the various wild berries, plants, roots and mushrooms we could eat and those that were poisonous and we should not even touch. We came upon a clearing that was surrounded by tall trees and Jimmy said it would be better if we spread out a bit and looked. The truth is this was only an adventure for me and Chuck, this was just another chore for them. Bored, they climbed two of the giant trees in the clearing and watched Chuck and I as we did their work. I was assigned the kindling while Chuck was told to look for the thicker branches. Basically they knew that we wouldn't find anything in that clearing but that way they could keep us busy and an eye on the both of us at the same time. I was getting frustrated because I couldn't find anything. Then I went to the edge of the clearing and saw that it dropped off onto a lower level. I saw what I thought was a pile of twigs and branches. I jumped down and ran over to it. As I neared the pile I found myself not standing before a mound of twigs and branches but in front of what looked like an igloo woven of branches and sticks or a big upside down birds nest. I immediately started to call for Chuck and in a matter of seconds he and my two cousins were standing at the top of the bank. They all were out of breath and pale with worry as they looked down at me. "What the hell are you screaming like that for?" Billy asked angrily. "I thought a damned snake had got a hold to you!!" Jimmy scolded me. They had gotten there so fast it had startled me. They must have started to run toward me when they saw me jump down off the bank. "What did you come down here for any way?" Chuck asked between gasps. "Look, look what I found." I said happily pointing to my discovery. I ran over and started to crawl into the opening. "Boy get your ass out of there!" Jimmy screamed to me, "That could be a bear cave!" "That ain't no cave," I countered, "you can look right through the branches, you can see there's nothing in there." "Yeah but the bear might be coming back, we need to go." Billy said ending the conversation, "Let's go, I think we got enough wood any way." We never spoke about it again after that day but it's like anything strange that happened to me never left my mind. What was that thing and who had built it? For years afterwards would cross my mind. Then last year MonsterQuest did a program on what they called The Grass People (The Grass Man of Ohio...Lon), which was another name used for Bigfoot like creatures. I was cooking and not really watching it until they flashed a picture of the thing I found that day out in the woods with Chuck, Billy and Jimmy. There is also a documentary called Southern Fried Bigfoot and in it they talk about the fact that Bigfoot has a lot of different names depending on the locality it is seen in, but it is all the same or a similar creature. The name they commonly use for it in Virginia is The Wild Man. In fact when you enter Danville, there is a sign that says Welcome to Danville - Home of the Bigfoot. Thank you for your time. Posey NOTE: According to the BFRO there have been no official Bigfoot sightings reported in the Danville, Virginia area, including Pittsylvania County, VA and Caswell County, NC...both counties surround Dansville. The following links are posts related to Bigfoot activity within the state of Virginia - Bigfoot Search - Lake Anna, Spotsylvania County, Virginia and Bigfoot Sighting Reported - Grayson County, Virginia ********** Reports From the Surrounding Area Pittsylvania County, Virginia On May 17, 1977 the Danville Bee carried a story that a Pittsylvania County Deputy was checking two bigfoot reports. A woman who preferred to remain anonymous but "who reputation for truthfulness and veracity is irreproachable" said the thing she saw was hairy and 7 feet tall but after she calmed down she thought it must have been a person in a gorilla suit. Danville Bee Newspaper, May 17, 1977 Pittsylvania County, Virginia Middle aged woman considered to be reliable told Deputy Mike Taylor that she saw a seven-foot hairy beast, black on Route 734 just off Mountain Hill Road. She later told a reporter she thought it must have been a man in a suit. Bobby Hazelwood reported another sighting near the North Carolina Line. ---------- Sighting Timeframe: 1979 County: Pittsylvania County Location: This siteing took place on the road that the Sugar Tree Amusement Park was to be and this road comes out into the main highway to 58 just beside the stop sign before you enter that highway 58 Activities: I was going to work early that morning they asked people to work over you could come in early or stay late the plant was so hot with no air we decided to come in to work early . I WAS TO BE THERE AT 3:00 THAT MORNING I DIDN`T LIVE THAT FAR FROM WORK SO THIS SITEING TOOK PLACE AT ABOUT 2:40 THAT MORNING I ALLOWED MYSELF ENOUGH TIME TO PICK UP MY RIDER SO 20 MINS WAS ENOUGH TIME TO GET THERE I was alone and had my radio on , this was summer time and it was very hot I had my window down . I was 21 at the time I had this car it had the dimmer switch on the floor as I past the old store and turned to the straight I seen what I thought was someone with maybe a cigarete and they were moving back and forth I thought oh lord I may have trouble this person maybe drunk and I may have a hard time getting him out of the way . I looked closer leaning into the sterring wheel I said this is not no man with no cigarete it must have been it`s eyes from the car lights I looked and said it is as tall as that stop sign and I looked at it again the body was man like standing straight up and had long arms and they swung I also noticed that the hair was longer and brownish in color the hair looked course and it flowed with it`s arm movement as I got closer I wanted to see it better it was on my right side of the road just in front of the stop sign and before I could get my foot off the floor to hit the high beam to see better it had crossed from the right side to the left side over the fence and out of sight in the wooded area . I was so scared I could just feel the thing on top of the vehicle when I got past the stop sign I didn`t stop I turned right went on to work it felt like he was on top of the car I was so scared I thought he will peel this top off and I am gone when I got to the ladies home to pick her up for work she asked me what is wrong I told her get in I was shaking so bad I asked her to punch my time card for me . I told her and my Daddy they believed me no one else did they made fun of me thats why I never did report this it was nice to have the close relationship with my Dad I never had to worry about him he has past away now but no matter what happened in my life I could always count on him . Witnesses: none Setting: dark road way with woods on both sides next to an old mansion just before the main highway that property has horses and it has old buildings on both sides with a nice fish pond and a guest house there also the other side was to be the Amusement Park which had been abandan for 5 or 6 years construction had been stopped. Physical Description: it looked like a very large man standing up right and about 7 ft or more very large with longer arms than a mans arms and they swung slowly it looked as if it would weigh about 350 to 400 pounds and had brownish hair that was flowing with it`s stride and it moved very quickly. - www.virginiabigfootresearch.org ---------- Sighting Timeframe: around 1980-81 County: Pittsylvania County Location: right off of Rte 29 near Blairs Construction Activities: walking in the woods behind grandmother`s house Witnesses: My uncle Mike Hubbard - he was walking to the train tracks when he saw what he described as Bigfoot - he saw it for a few seconds and then ran like heck. Setting: woods Physical Description: Tall, big and hairy - www.virginiabigfootresearch.org Send us an email   New Items - Strickler's Celebrity Autographs  ANOMALIST BOOKS Works on maverick science, unexplained mysteries, unorthodox theories, strange talents, and unexpected discoveries. 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