By Tim Binnall
Near-death experiences, Atlantis and Lemuria, and weather control were among the fascinating topics explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. Meanwhile, at the C2C website, we told you about a new Bigfoot documentary that calls into question a cherished piece of cryptozoological lore, the conclusion of Purdue's quest to find Amelia Earhart's lost plane, and a bizarre 'mystery creature' photographed in Mexico. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
Atlantis and Lemuria took center stage on Tuesday night's program as telepath Tom T. Moore shared insights on the legendary lost worlds imparted to him through meditative communications with various channeled sources, including the spirit of an Indian shaman from the 1600s and an alien aboard a mothership from Sirius. Based on these conversations, he asserted that Atlantis existed 60,000 years ago and had been a thriving civilization boasting incredibly advanced technology that ultimately resulted in its demise. Regarding Lemuria, Moore claimed that it suffered a similarly tragic fate brought about by a war that caused the ocean to rise to such a significant degree that the continent was submerged and became a proverbial lost world.
Alas, the much-discussed Perdue-backed expedition to search for Amelia Earhart's lost aircraft came to an end this week with a rather disappointing conclusion. After an extensive investigation of an enigmatic formation which bore an uncanny resemblance to a small plane in satellite images from a few years ago, the team determined that the so-called 'Taraia Object' was not the pioneering pilot's famed Lockheed Electra. Instead, they reported that the anomaly seen in a lagoon on the remote island of Nikumaroro was simply a cluster of submerged trees. The particularly painful case of pareidolia meant that the mystery of Earhart and her missing aircraft remains maddeningly unsolved.
Is there a clandestine effort by the 'powers that be' to manipulate the weather? This worrisome scenario was explored on Sunday night's program by researcher Peter A. Kirby, who argued that geoengineering programs like chemtrails are occurring without the public's knowledge. Likening the situation to the Manhattan Project in its secrecy and scope, he posited that there has been a decades-long initiative to artificially alter the environment by both government and corporate interests. Kirby pointed to several ways in which the weather may be manipulated, including using electromagnetic energy, heating the ionosphere, and, of course, the widespread spraying of chemical concoctions in the sky.
The cryptozoological world was rocked this past week with the release of the highly anticipated documentary 'Capturing Bigfoot,' which makes a compelling case that the legendary 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film was fake. Central to the movie's argument is a never-before-seen piece of footage widely interpreted to be an orchestrated first attempt at the famous Sasquatch scene. While the documentary has been heralded in some quarters for debunking the Patterson-Gimlin film, many ardent Bigfoot buffs have disputed that conclusion, insisting that the iconic moment captured nearly sixty years ago was a genuine event and that the debate over its veracity is far from over.
Near-death experiences were in the spotlight on Thursday night's program as Dr. Jeffrey Long discussed the mysterious phenomenon which he has been studying for decades. While the subject is often treated with skepticism, he indicated that doctors familiar with such events acknowledge that they occur, but concede that there seems to be no medical explanation for an individual's brief visit to 'the other side.' Detailing the remarkably consistent elements of NDEs reported by thousands of experiencers, Long marveled that those who survive such miraculous moments often return to the realm of the living are often transformed by the experience, demonstrating greater compassion and an understandable decrease in the fear of death.
A particularly striking photo of a bizarre-looking 'mystery creature' made headlines this past week. Revealed by Mexican ufologist Jaime Maussan and his research associates at a press conference, the perplexing picture was said to have been taken by a camera placed in the country's Valley of Juárez region after a young boy reported seeing the weird beast. The group of investigators claimed that wildlife experts who looked at the image could not connect the creature to any native species from the area and suggested that it may be a monstrous mutation. Meanwhile, Maussan mused that it might be otherworldly in nature and warned that it appeared to be predatory.
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