By Tim Binnall
Bigfoot, near-death-experiences, and iconic UFO events from 1947 were among the fascinating topics explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. Meanwhile, at the C2C website, we told you about a cluster of UFOs spotted passing over a Mexican volcano, a British psychic's eerie warning that possibly came true, and a Florida man who feasted on his own pet peacocks to settle a strange feud with his neighbor. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
A seminal year in UFO lore, 1947 featured two pivotal events: Kenneth Arnold's famed flying saucer sighting in Washington State and the infamous Roswell incident in New Mexico. On Saturday night's program, Connie Willis presided over a spirited panel wherein guests from the two respective 'camps' made the case for why their region of the country could lay claim to being the proverbial starting point for the phenomenon. Representing Washington State were historian Steve Edmiston, museum curator Jason Mattson, and filmmaker Vince Ynzunza. Meanwhile, standing for Roswell were forensic engineer Paul Semones and investigative reporter Toby Martinez.
Two weird webcam videos caught our attention this week as they just may have provided a glimpse of some high strangeness. First, diligent Loch Ness livestream viewer Eoin O’Faodhagain captured yet another potential 'monster' sighting when he noticed a rather sizeable anomaly emerge from the waters of the famed Scottish site. Estimating that the peculiar form was a whopping seventeen feet long, he argued that it had to be Nessie, as no known animal at Loch Ness could grow to such an enormous size. Meanwhile, in Mexico, a webcam watching over the famed Popocatépetl volcano filmed several glowing anomalies that some believe were UFOs traveling around the site that has long been suspected of being a secret alien base.
Bigfoot was back in the spotlight this past week on Coast to Coast AM as, on Thursday evening, researcher William Sheehan provided his perceptions of the creature based on accounts from those who have encountered the elusive cryptid. While he advocated for the idea that Sasquatch is a flesh-and-blood creature, he also conceded that there were unusual elements to the phenomenon that suggest it may be more than merely a yet-to-be-discovered animal. Among the stories Sheehan shared during the evening, one particularly compelling tale involved a delivery driver who claimed to have stumbled upon a severed Bigfoot head in a taxidermy shop while dropping off some packages.
This past week featured a particularly eerie story of a psychic prediction possibly coming true in a rather unfortunate fashion. During a visit to a fortune teller, Hannah Roper was cautioned by the mystic that she should not venture to the neighboring town of Fenton and, if she did, she must be careful consuming alcohol. Despite its inconvenience, she heeded the weirdly specific warning for six months until finally breaking the self-imposed embargo one fateful evening that she later came to regret. While having a few drinks at a friend's house in Fenton, Roper went to use the restroom, but mistakenly passed through the cellar door instead, which sent her careening down the stairs and sustaining a brain injury that necessitated a metal plate being put in her head.
Near-death experiences took center stage on Monday night's program as leading NDE researcher Dr. Jeffrey Long shared insights from his extensive study of the phenomenon. Having investigated over 4,000 such events, he marveled at the remarkable consistency among those who claim to have visited the 'other side.' Bolstering the case for NDEs being real, he argued, are instances of out-of-body observations made by the experiencer that are beyond what their senses could achieve. Detailing trends he has noticed from looking at countless cases, Long indicated that only a tiny percentage of near-death experiences involve a 'hellish' realm and around 20-30% of cases see people return to the realm of the living with some kind of psychic or intuitive power.
By far the most bizarre story of the week came from Florida, where a man was arrested for animal cruelty after he allegedly killed and ate his own pet peacocks to spite his neighbor, who had refused to heed his repeated requests to stop feeding the birds. The culmination of a long-running feud between the two, the suspect revealed the twisted meal in a gruesome letter wherein he boasted of his actions to the unnamed woman. When cops investigating the case questioned the man about his account, the suspect readily admitted to following through on what had been a previous threat to eat the colorful creatures and even detailed to police the process by which he cooked the peacocks in a frying pan.
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