By Tim Binnall
Animal ghosts, the mysteries of the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx, and winged humanoids were among the fascinating topics explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. Meanwhile, at the C2C website, we told you about UFOs spotted in Argentina and Turkey, a bizarre meat heist in Florida, and a Chinese woman who inadvertently caused several car accidents after she tweaked a traffic mirror to improve her feng shui. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
Winged humanoids took center stage on Saturday night's program as author Richard Estep discussed the phenomenon that, he argued, extends far beyond the legendary Mothman case. To that end, he noted that there were reports of flying beings and similar entities long before the series of sightings in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, which made such creatures famous. Though he conceded that sizeable birds, such as the sandhill crane, are often mistaken for winged humanoids, Estep observed that there are a handful of truly uncanny cases that defy explanation. He also pushed back against the popular notion that Mothman was a harbinger of doom and opined on the true nature of these mysterious flying entities.
This past week featured a pair of peculiar UFO videos that caught our attention. First, in Turkey, a mystified witness captured footage of an odd orb that hovered in the sky over a city where it was also seen in the same area around four months earlier. Theories for what the weird object could have been included a drone, an errant balloon, Jupiter, and, of course, otherworldly visitors. Meanwhile, in Argentina, a group of friends could not believe their eyes when, while traveling down the highway, they stopped to wait for a friend and spotted a curious cloud that appeared to rotate and emit a series of colorful flashes.
While many associate ghosts with the spirits of people, an often overlooked aspect of the phenomenon is that of departed creatures also manifesting into our realm. On Thursday night's program, author Paul Koudounaris detailed his research into the afterlife of animals. He indicated animal hauntings generally occur in the form of visitations wherein one's departed pet makes their presence known in subtle but familiar ways. These animal spirits, he said, are checking in on their human companions and sometimes remain by their side, hoping that they will be recognized and a connection can be reestablished. During his appearance, Koudounaris also talked about animal reincarnation, pet cemeteries, and the legendary tale of a "Demon Cat" said to haunt the U.S. Capitol in the 19th century.
A pair of bizarre food-related arrests that made headlines this past week, beginning with a wild case out of Florida, wherein a man allegedly stole a staggering $3,500 worth of meat from two separate grocery stores in the span of about 30 minutes. Making the incident even weirder, cops said, the suspect threw away all of the pilfered food after he drove to his girlfriend's house and discovered her cooking dinner with another man. Later in the week, a former Little Caesars employee in North Carolina found himself in trouble with the law after he allegedly broke into the restaurant and hosted a proverbial pizza party wherein he cooked up some pies and actually sold them to customers.
Mysteries surrounding the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx were revisited on Sunday night's program as geologist Dr. Robert M. Schoch returned to the show for a conversation about his theories on what may be the true history of the iconic ancient structures. He posited that weathering on the monuments would seem to indicate that they date back to around the end of the last Ice Age, which was 12,000 years ago, rather than 4,500 as is conventionally believed. Additionally, Schoch suggested that the head of the Sphinx was once that of a lioness rather than a human and that it was recarved at a later date. He also gave credence to the theory that there is a chamber hidden beneath the monument, as envisioned by Edgar Cayce.
By far the weirdest story of the week came by way of China, where a woman caused a series of car accidents after adjusting a traffic mirror in the hopes of improving her feng shui. The strange case started around two months ago when the unnamed Shanghai resident's luck took a turn for the worse. In response, she enlisted a feng shui master, who identified a traffic mirror pointed at her home as the source of her disharmony. Taking what she thought was corrective action by tweaking the device, the woman wound up leaving drivers unable to see oncoming traffic as they cruised down the curvy road in front of her house, resulting in several car accidents.
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