By Tim Binnall
The power of intention, a werewolf that stalks a village in the UK, and ghost stories from a number of different locations around the world were among the offerings this past week on Coast to Coast AM. And here at the C2C website, we told you about an intriguing new theory about the Easter Island moai, provided an update on how the Cottingley Fairy photos fared at auction, and shared an eerie video of an inexplicable hum recorded in Sweden. Check out our round-up of C2C highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
Those in search of spooky stories for the Halloween season need look no further than Saturday night's edition of C2C, when researcher Paul Sinclair shared tales of a creature known as the 'Flixton Werewolf.' A part of British lore for hundreds of years, this unsettling bipedal canine creature is said to lurk around the village of Flixton and has allegedly been spotted on more than one occasion by bewildered witnesses. Sinclair recounted a number of reported encounters with the oddity which he theorized could be coming from another dimension.
While we're certainly no fans of paranormal hoaxes, we couldn't help but appreciate the news this week that the famed Cottingley Fairy photos fetched a small fortune when put up for auction recently in England. Once something of a sensation in the UK about a century ago, the fabricated fairy photos were almost as iconic as the infamous 'Surgeon's Photo' of Nessie and were seen as equally dubious until the images were outright debunked in the 1980's. Nonetheless, the scandalous pieces of paranormal history wound up selling for ten times their expected price at auction.
One could almost say that C2C was haunted this past week as a trio of guests discussed ghosts in various forms and locations. On Sunday night's program, journalist Matthew Swayne talked about haunted locations connected with World War II. We also learned about the spirits on our side of the Atlantic by way of Ron Kolek, who discussed his ghost investigations throughout New England on Tuesday night's show. And, Julie Rieger detailed her work photographing ghosts, explaining her process and imparting tips for those who may wish to try it themselves during her appearance on Monday night's edition of Coast.
A longstanding archaeological mystery may have been upended this week when a researcher who has studied Easter Island for decades published a paper which put forward a radical new theory about the location's famed moai statues. The legendary stone heads have long confounded historians and scientists who are uncertain as to what their purpose could have been. However, it appears that we may now have an answer as a recent study found that the sites where moai are found just so happen to coincide with areas on the island where otherwise-scarce freshwater can be found, suggesting that the statues were more markers than monuments.
The power of intention was explored in fascinating detail on Wednesday night's program as consciousness researcher Lynne McTaggart revealed some of the remarkable results from her attempts to influence objects as well as the world at large with mentally directed thoughts. She recalled a number of different experiments her intention groups have tried over the years and the jaw-dropping outcomes from those sessions. McTaggart also mused about what factors seem to be most beneficial to the process.
Perhaps the most perplexing story of the week came out of Sweden when a man recorded some intriguing audio of a weird hum which seemed to have no source. Described by the witness as unlike anything he had experienced in previous visits to the otherwise quiet mountain where the incident took place, the noise was said to have almost vibrated the air and lingered for an unnerving 45 minutes before slowly moving away. We're still not sure what may have caused the sound, but if it is anything like the noises we've heard tormenting people in other parts of the world in the past, they have our deepest sympathies, since it is rather maddening.
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