By Tim Binnall
Ghosts and haunting, psychedelic entities, and the transformative power of near-death experiences were among the fascinating topics explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. Meanwhile, at the C2C website, we told you about a possible Bigfoot video from California, a German crop circle with a short shelf life, and an Indian infant who bit a cobra snake to death. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
The transformative power of near-death experiences took center stage on Wednesday night's program as hypnotherapist Crystal Faith recounted her journey to the 'other side' and how it changed her life forever. Occurring during a rare obstetric emergency, she explained, she initially traveled out of her body and observed the doctors tending to her. She subsequently ventured to what she described as a "white void space," where she encountered a divine being who introduced her to her future children and imparted incredible knowledge to her via a telepathic download. Faith indicated that the experience allowed her to communicate with a variety of interdimensional guides, including the Pleiadians.
A pair of videos possibly 'starring' two iconic cryptids, Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, made headlines this past week. First, a man visiting the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California inadvertently filmed a large dark figure dashing through the woods a short distance away from his dog, who was playing in the snow. The moment went unnoticed by the witness until he later looked at the video and was left to wonder if the eerie interloper was Sasquatch. Later in the week, compelling footage from Loch Ness showed a puzzling anomaly that briefly surfaced and seemingly swam against the tide. Though the object could have been a seal or a log, one supposes that it could also have been the site's famed 'monster.'
The eerie phenomenon of strange beings appearing to people during psychedelic experiences was explored on Sunday night's program by former neuroscience researcher David Jay Brown and visionary artist Sara Phinn Huntley. Describing these encounters as particularly intense, the duo posited that the mysterious entities are not hallucinations, but genuine figures from a different form of reality. To that end, the pair noted a remarkable amount of consistency in reports of these beings that would appear to preclude them from being merely the product of one's mind. During their appearance, Brown and Huntley recounted their personal psychedelic encounters with such beings, including the peculiar "machine elves" cited by many others in the past.
A crop circle story from a different perspective crossed our desk this past week when it was learned that one of the mysterious formations had appeared in Germany, but only lasted for a few days. The peculiar design, which resembled the spiked ball of the Morning Star medieval weapon, sparked considerable interest in the country as the phenomenon is something of a rare occurrence there. As people began swarming the property, the farmer who owns the field knew his whole wheat crop could be endangered by the influx of visitors. As such, he harvested the fantastic formation a few days after it was found. Despite the mystical powers often associated with crop circles, the farmer amusingly observed that "I didn't feel anything when I drove over it."
Ghosts and hauntings were in the spotlight on Tuesday night's program as seasoned paranormal investigator Leslie Rule reflected on her decades-long exploration of these mysterious phenomena. In contrast to how they are often depicted in pop culture, she argued that spirits should not be feared and posited that they are simply people, like us, who have become earthbound rather than crossing over to the 'other side.' During her appearance, Rule shared several spooky accounts from her years of research, including a haunting on the Queen Mary ship seemingly connected to a missing woman, and detailed common occurrences reported in ghost sightings, such as knocks and apparitions appearing in mirrors.
Easily the wildest story of the week came by way of India, where an infant stunningly bit a cobra snake to death. The one-year-old boy, identified as Govinda, was briefly left unattended when the deadly creature suddenly slithered around his hands. Not realizing the danger he was in, the curious tot turned the cobra into a chew toy, which spelled its demise. In the process of inadvertently saving himself from the perilous predicament, Govinda ingested a small amount of the creature's venom, causing him to faint. Fortunately, prompt medical treatment put the boy on the road to recovery with an amazing tale that will likely follow him for the rest of his life.
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