The last two hours of the program featured Open Lines with a special topic line for callers to share their scariest moments. The first caller, a 'Major' who claimed to work for the CIA, said he was part of the "Freak Squad" -- a secret group charged with the task of recovering strange, unnatural creatures. According to the caller, he spent much of his time rounding up stray two-headed rabbits. He also insisted U.S. Army scientists used Vietnamese POWs for genetic experiments that turned them into chupacabras.

Jay from Thailand described the time gunmen on a motorcycle shot at him and his wife while they were driving home from their restaurant. Fortunately, they were not injured, but their assailants remain at large. Another caller detailed his father's deathbed experience. According to the caller, his dying father sat up in his hospital bed and pointed to an empty corner of the room, where he apparently could see and communicate with his deceased mother (whom he had never met).

Mike from Canada shared a story about nearly dying at the hands of truck driver trainee who jackknifed the truck he was sleeping in. Another caller said he was struck by lightning while working a cell tower. He believes he now has the power to drain batteries. A caller from Utah told of the time his family found a couple of mutilated cattle on their farm. He said the heifers' reproductive organs were removed and a small area on their necks appeared to have been "microwaved."

Death Valley Moving Rocks

The moving rocks of Death Valley have puzzled researchers for decades. The rocks, some weighing as much as 700 pounds, leave mysterious trails hundreds of yards long in the dry desert lake bed. Paula Messina, assistant professor of geology at San Jose State University in California, believes that extremely strong winds push these rocks across the surface of the playa after it has been made slick with rain. Read more at Death-Valley.us(1).
Photo: Harald Pietschmann

1. http://www.death-valley.us/article332.html

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Bumper music from Friday February 18, 2005