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- Bel Air Lights / UFOs - Hartford County, Maryland
- Fortean / Alternative News: Kid's Imaginary Friends, Drunk Birds and WikiLeaks UFO Revelation Fizzles
- Haunted Tales of the Wayside Inn
| Bel Air Lights / UFOs - Hartford County, Maryland Posted: 13 Jan 2011 11:53 AM PST     I received the following comment from the witness in Bel Air, Hartford County, Maryland in reference to these sightings: "I'm still seeing UFOs almost nightly around Bel Air MD. If you're interested in getting more information feel free to contact me." I asked the witness to forward a narrative on the activity. When I receive it, I will update here. In the meantime, the MUFON CMS report the witness filed on 1/12/2011: For the past two months I've been seeing strange lights and aircraft in my area around Bel Air Maryland. After seeing them on a regular basis I went out and bought a video camera so I could document these sightings. I started to notice these lights almost every night usually around 7:00PM EST. They appear very low in the sky, usually over trees and sometimes they can be extremely bright. At times they appear to pulsate and move extremely slow. Generally they hang around for 5-10 minutes before fading out. Sometimes when they fade out and start moving away they start to blink a red light or strobe light like you would see on a standard aircraft. However I can assure you that these objects do not behave like standard aircraft. I have also seen and filmed several large black triangle aircraft with 4 bright head lights. They fly extremely low maybe 200 feet off the ground and are almost completely silent. Sometimes they turn the head lights on and off while flying. I had one fly directly over my head one night while I was filming and even though it was only 200-300 feet above me I couldn't hear any sounds coming from it until it was directly over my head. Once it was over my head it sounded like a jet engine but the craft appeared to be a black triangle shape. It was very eerie to have such a large object flying that low and right in front of me yet completely silent until it was directly over my head. Click for video - 1/12/2011 Click for video - 1/5/2011 Click for video - 11/5/2010 NOTE: I recently posted the following: UFO Flap Over Central Maryland. I live just west of Baltimore, so these sightings have peaked my interest...Lon         | ||||
| Posted: 13 Jan 2011 12:10 PM PST  Researcher Investigates 'Imaginary' Friends BBC - It used to be thought that children with imaginary friends were in the minority. It has sometimes been assumed that children had imaginary friends because they were lonely and lacked real friends. Perhaps this is why some parents and others may show concern when a child has an imaginary friend, particularly once they have started school, and older children and adolescents tend to keep their imaginary friends a secret. Imaginary companions or friends have certainly been a misunderstood phenomenon. There has been surprisingly little research about imaginary friends. Consequently there has been little information about how many children have imaginary friends, what the imaginary friends are like and why children have them. Recent research has been providing some surprising answers to some of these questions. Firstly, there is now clear evidence that imaginary friends are a common feature in childhood development. It is now recognised that imaginary friends are often part of normal development. A good example comes from the United States, where pre-school children and their parents took part in a 2004 study looking at different aspects of development, including imaginary companions. The children were then followed up after starting school, when they were aged seven years. The researchers were very surprised to find that 65% of children up to age seven currently or previously had had imaginary friends. Like other research, imaginary friends which were based on a special toy were included. In a study in the United Kingdom, 1,800 children completed a questionnaire about imaginary friends. Forty six per cent of them reported past or current imaginary friends, including nine per cent of 12-year-olds. There is a need for more research about which children have imaginary friends and why they have them. We do know that children with imaginary friends are not a homogeneous group. Certainly, it is now recognised that imaginary friends are often part of normal development. Young children with imaginary friends are often described as sociable, imaginative children who love stories and pretend play. They enjoy playing with friends and at times when friends are not available, they call on their imaginary friends for entertainment. Children also call on their imaginary friends when they feel upset about something that has happened or about what some one has said to them. Little girl playing on a pebble beach One report indicated that nearly half of UK children have had imaginary friends Some children will talk to their friend about the problem, others will play with their imaginary friend, which takes their mind off the problem and the unhappy feelings disappear. We also know that some children who have endured traumatic life events may also draw on their imaginary companions for support. The imaginary friends of older children and adolescents are a much more private affair. Often unknown to parents and others, although a best friend might know about their existence. Older children are aware that parents, friends and others may show disapproval. As part of my research I interviewed school aged children aged five to eleven years and the parents of the younger children. All the children said that their imaginary friends were important and why they were special to them. I have concluded that imaginary friends are often a very positive feature in a child's life. They provide fun, entertainment, adventures and games. They are often good, kind and helpful friends, good at listening and always available. Some imaginary friends are not always co-operative or friendly, this however seems to make them more real and interesting to the child and sometimes helps them to express their feelings when there has been a problem. This was a small study and we do need more research. ********** Romanian Birds Die From Drinking Too Much BBC - Birds that were thought to have died from avian flu in Romania instead apparently drank themselves to death. Residents of Constanta in eastern Romania found dozens of dead starlings on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. They alerted authorities, fearing the birds had died from avian flu. But local veterinary officials decided the starlings had died after eating grape 'marc' - the leftovers from the wine-making process. The head of the local sanitary and veterinary authority, Dvsva, said that analysis of the starlings' gizzards showed they had died from alcohol poisoning. ********** Superhero? Not Quite... sky - A self-styled superhero who patrols the streets of Seattle has been injured while fighting crime. Phoenix Jones, who dons a mask and costumed body armour to thwart criminals and keep his US city safe, has suffered a broken nose while trying to break up a fight. Speaking to a television station, Jones explained how after witnessing the scuffle he called police and put one of the men in a headlock. The other man then pulled out a gun, forcing Jones to release the man he was holding. That man then kicked him in the face and broke his nose. But Jones remains undeterred, saying his injury is part of a superhero's job. "I endanger my life with a reason and purpose," he said. However Seattle Police have urged the wannabe superhero to hang up his tights before he gets seriously hurt. Speaking of vigilantes like Jones, Detective Mark Jamieson said: "They insert themselves into a potentially volatile situation and they end up being victimised as well." The detective urged people not to involve themselves in dangerous situations unnecessarily and said they should report any crimes to police. ********** WikiLeaks UFO Revelation Fizzles diatribemedia - Anyone who even slightly believes there may be more life in the universe than just planet Earth perked their ears slightly when Wikileak's founder Julian Assange said in an interview with the Guardian "it is worth noting that in yet-to-be-published parts of the cablegate archive there are indeed references to UFOs." More speculative parts of the internet believed that the Cablegate archives could contain the smoking gun in a UFO coverup. The New Zealand Defense Force even got a little spooked and released thousands of files on reported UFO sightings. Unfortunately, the first UFO Wikileak fell short of anything remotely interesting or even unknown. In a 2007 diplomatic cable from Minsk, an official is asked why his department no longer "investigates paranormal phenomena." He responds: "Unlike during the USSR, the department is not engaged in studying paranormal phenomena. [Back then], we had greater means and opportunities which we could spend on anything and everything. Today the situation is different. Then, when society was excited by something, it entered our sphere of interest. But when it comes to healers, UFOs and such, we just can't deal with them any more." In other words, the biggest revelation so far on UFOs and other paranormal activity is that the Russians ran out of money to spend on hunting Aliens sometime after the Cold War. While plenty more documents that reference UFO's probably exist in the Cablegate archives, it's more than likely they're about as big a let down as when Geraldo opened Al Capone's vault. Still, it's well known governments fired wads of cash to study all different sorts of "paranormal phenomena." The U.S. spent untold amounts on Project Blue Book. Americans still have no idea what goes on in any number of secret or so-secret-they-technically-don't-exist facilities-around-the-globe. Even Julius Levinson knew the Pentagon didn't spend thousands of dollars on a toilet seat. It's more likely the real secrets will still stay buried for quite some time, since Proxima Centauri has no embassies. Yet, anyway. ********** New Mammoth Cloning Scheme telegraph - Previous efforts in the 1990s to recover nuclei in cells from the skin and muscle tissue from mammoths found in the Siberian permafrost failed because they had been too badly damaged by the extreme cold. But a technique pioneered in 2008 by Dr. Teruhiko Wakayama, of the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology, was successful in cloning a mouse from the cells of another mouse that had been frozen for 16 years. Now that hurdle has been overcome, Akira Iritani, a professor at Kyoto University, is reactivating his campaign to resurrect the species that died out 5,000 years ago. "Now the technical problems have been overcome, all we need is a good sample of soft tissue from a frozen mammoth," he told The Daily Telegraph. He intends to use Dr Wakayama's technique to identify the nuclei of viable mammoth cells before extracting the healthy ones. The nuclei will then be inserted into the egg cells of an African elephant, which will act as the surrogate mother for the mammoth. Professor Iritani said he estimates that another two years will be needed before the elephant can be impregnated, followed by the approximately 600-day gestation period. He has announced plans to travel to Siberia in the summer to search for mammoths in the permafrost and to recover a sample of skin or tissue that can be as small as 3cm square. If he is unsuccessful, the professor said, he will ask Russian scientists to provide a sample from one of their finds. "The success rate in the cloning of cattle was poor until recently but now stands at about 30 per cent," he said. "I think we have a reasonable chance of success and a healthy mammoth could be born in four or five years."     | ||||
| Haunted Tales of the Wayside Inn Posted: 13 Jan 2011 10:36 AM PST  Last week, a paranormal crew spent a couple days at the Sudbury inn, including a night in Room 9 where over the years guests have claimed they've seen, smelled the perfume or experienced in other ways the ghost of Jerusha Howe. The group remarks that they saw an apparition Thursday night believed to be Howe, who died in 1842. Jerusha Howe was the innkeeper's sister. A pianist, she was born in 1797 and died unmarried at the age of 45 in 1842. While living at the inn, which at the time was a boarding house, Howe occupied rooms 9 and 10 Howe, aka 'The Belle of Sudbury," fell in love with a gentleman from Britain, who promised to love her forever. When he left to go back home, he promised to return and marry her. She waited, and waited but he never came back. The story goes she died of a broken heart and for the past 150 years she's been haunting the grounds, **********  This 300 year old Hotel hasn't changed much in decorum or style from what it had been from the beginning, thanks to careful renovation by the Ford Trust. However, throughout its long history, 7 additions were added onto the original dwelling to make room and accommodate both the needs of travelers and the needs of "family, slaves, farmers and tavern workers." In 1707, David Howe built a two room house with an upstairs sleeping quarters for his wife Hepzibah and their baby, the first of seven offspring. This track of land which Howe owned had been formally belonged to the Indians, going back 3,000 years. In 1716 How was granted a license to run a "House of Public Entertainment" and was known as How's Inn in 1716, keeping a long family tradition of running an Inn and Tavern. The original downstairs, which was the kitchen, became the bar, while another two story addition was added for family quarters and eventually throughout the years became the parlor, which Longfellow made famous. Thirty years later, under the new management of David's son, Colonel Ezekiel Howe, the Inn became known as the "The Red Horse." Colonel Ezekiel How additions included the Back Parlor (which doubled the size of the Inn in mid 1700s), the West Kitchen, and the bed chambers above it, and The New Hall, which was a ball room or reception room. Interestingly, it became a meeting place for the militia to group and organize before they followed Colonel Ezekiel on April 19, 1775 to fight in Concord during the Revolutionary War.
True to familial form, Colonel Ezekiel Howe passed the Inn down to his son, Adam Howe in 1796. Adam was as successful as his father. He added the old kitchen building which was separate. He in turn passed the Inn onto his son Lyman Howe in 1830. Lyman never found the right woman to marry and died childless. One of the most famous guests to grace the sign in book was the poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who came for a rest, to recover from his wife's death and to find inspiration to overcome his writer's block, in 1862. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow indeed found comfort and inspiration here. He wrote his book, Tales of a Wayside Inn in 1863 in the Hotel parlor. Longfellow described the Inn, in 1863 - As a old Hobgoblin Hall, in need of a little TLC. "Old Hobgoblin Hall. With weather-stains upon the wall, And stairways worn, and crazy doors, And creaking and uneven floors, And chimneys huge, and tiled and tall." (Web Site) After Lyman Howe died, the buildings were no longer used as an Inn, though the nice hall was rented for receptions, and special events. In 1897, a well -to-do wool merchant, Edward Lemon bought the whole property, and reopened the Inn, which by this time really need some TLC. It was Lemon who renamed the Red Horse Inn to the be The Longfellow's Wayside Inn, with the idea of making it a place to come for aspiring writers and poets. Besides sprucing up the place, Edward added onto the building what was once the carriage house, remodeling it into an art gallery, where Edward showcased his art collection. After Edward died, his wife Cora sold the property to Henry Ford in 1923, who was the one who renovated the Inn, moved other original buildings, from the time such as the old school house, onto the large property, and made the last additions to the Inn. When Henry died, he willed it all to the state in a educational and charitable trust to be used as a historical museum. The is also now an Inn again, which has delighted some entities who have made their home here once again.
HISTORY BEHIND THE MANIFESTATIONS: Jerusha Howe (and perhaps two other entities once source claims) still make this Inn/ restaurant home. The Story of Jerusha Howe... Jerusha was the sister of one of the owners during the period of time which spanned 4 generations of this family. She fell in love with a gentleman from Britain, who wooed her, promising his love forever. When he left to go back to the British Isles, he solemnly promised to return and marry her. It is the age old story. Something happened to him on the way to Britain or on his journey back to America, because he never returned. Perhaps he was a Casanova with a wife in England! No one knows what happened to this suitor, but Jerusha Howe's heart was broken; yet remained resolute. She never gave up hope, pined away for him, and never married anyone else, as she waited patiently for him to return. While she continued to live her life, enjoying her music abilities, tending to her duties, her love life was frozen in time. She needed counseling with a good therapist, but that wasn't an option during her time. After spending 44 years of living / working in the house, She died a single lady, whose spirit still waits for the love of her life, having fun teasing the living males who visit, and seeing after others as well while waiting. MANIFESTATIONS: Secret Drawer Society - Since the 1900's ghostly experiences with Jerusha have been written down in notes and stuck into drawers in the rooms and in other crannies found in the Hotel. While Jerusha likes to hang out in rooms 9 and sometimes 4, she has been experienced all over the Hotel. Evidence of her citrus-scented perfume, her piano playing, the feeling of her presence, being touched by her and seeing her actual apparition has been occurring here for a very long time indeed. The three rooms which were Jerusha's living space were located over the kitchen. They were made into one room, now Room 9. 1) Personal Room Visits... Jerusha Howe: The three rooms which were Jerusha's living space were located over the kitchen. They were made into one room, Room 9, when the new hall was finished. She occasionally visits other rooms as well, to check on her guests. a) A male guest shares, "Around 5 am she came into my room, sat at the foot of my bed, and a few moments later, walked in front of my bed (she looked like a small strip of green light) disappeared in front of the door." (Web-site link to this personal testimony.) b) On the stairway which winds up to the 2nd floor where her living quarters were located, the living have experienced "A haunting, faintly perfumed presence and a light, swift step on the narrow, twisting stairway." (Web Page Story) c) Room 4 - Located above the famous parlor in the first addition. In room 4, artist / writer Victoria Shearer was treated to a spectral light show. (Web Page Story) 2) She sometimes forgets her social manners and gets a little affectionate with male visitors: a) Some male visitors claim to have been caressed and gently touched by Jerusha in an alluring fashion. b) She has been known to climb into bed with an unsuspecting male visitor on occasion for a brief time, perhaps giving him an affectionate hug! 3) When the Hotel is empty of visitors, the piano piece, Copenhagen Waltz, can be plainly heard by the living, perhaps coming from her old piano. - hauntedhouses.com **********  The October 1862 visit to the old Howe Tavern by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his publisher, James Fields, would have a far reaching impact on the literary and artistic significance of America's oldest hostelry. Longfellow made the defunct Sudbury tavern the gathering place for the characters in his 1863 book Tales of a Wayside Inn, and because of the poet's immense popularity, generations of readers, poets, and artists would seek out the colonial landmark for decades to come. After the death of the last Howe innkeeper in 1861, the homestead operated as a boarding house for itinerate farmers and other temporary guests. But Longfellow penned such a vivid portrayal of the Howe tavern and its innkeeper—the Landlord of the Tales—he captured the public's imagination. The day-trippers who visited the tumble-down structure were only shown a few scantly furnished rooms, but that did not slow the near-daily rush of tourists. The first printing of his Tales sold out in a single day, and curious literati flocked to the once great inn and tavern just to catch a glimpse of the poet's muse. For over 30 years the old Howe Tavern would subsist as a homestead and boarding house but simultaneously known as the place made famous by Longfellow. Years before the Inn's name was actually changed, people began referring to the old Howe property as Longfellow's Wayside Inn. While local apothecaries and general stores sold souvenirs bearing images of the veritable landmark with its new nickname, it wasn't until 1897 that the Inn's cultural and commercial relevance was fully recognized. Edward Rivers Lemon was a wealthy antiquarian and wool merchant from Medford, Massachusetts. His purchase of the Howe property in 1896 was newsworthy, as Boston papers announced his intention of making his new business venture a "mecca for literary pilgrims." Lemon's wanted to attract people to South Sudbury as a summer retreat, emphasizing its age-old traditions as well as its artistic and literary history. It was Edward Lemon who officially renamed the Howe Tavern Longfellow's Wayside Inn and went as far as to arrange for the Society of Colonial Wars to gather at the inn in 1897, where historian and orator Samuel Arthur Bent gave his speech "The Wayside Inn—Its History and Literature." - wayside.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. Please check out their excellent and diverse catalog  The 'C' Influence Actualizing Esoteric Discussion   "The latest news from beyond the mainstream" Join Ben & Aaron for their weekly podcast! Check out Mysterious Universe Plus+ all access format!  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