By Tim Binnall
Life in a haunted house, Hoodoo rituals, and the mysteries of Antarctica were among the fascinating realms explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. And, here at the C2C website, we told you about Elon Musk upsetting Egypt with a tweet about aliens building the pyramids, the discovery of a Virgin Mary statue that had gone missing in a hurricane a decade ago, and a tourist's ill-fated visit to an Italian art museum that resulted in a broken sculpture. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
While the prospect of living in a haunted house may sound enticing to some paranormal enthusiasts, actually existing alongside spirits on a day to day basis can quickly turn into a terrifying experience. To that end, on Sunday night's program, Lynn Monet recounted her time living in a haunted house and how it proved to be a horrifying and life-altering ordeal. The residence, she said, was occupied by a pair of demons and the ghost of a young man who had killed himself in the home. She likened one of the demonic spirits to a "hell dog" which frequently scratched and bit people visiting the house, while the other sinister entity resembled a gargoyle.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has something of a reputation for making strange and controversial statements on social media and, this past week, that trend continued when he wound up raising the ire of officials in Egypt by arguing on Twitter that it was obvious that extraterrestrials had built the pyramids. The nod to the popular ancient alien conspiracy theory garnered considerable attention from people online and, understandably, did not go over all that well with experts in Egypt, who quickly refuted the idea and noted historical records which indicate that the iconic structures were built by humans. To his credit, Musk later conceded that the pyramids were likely man-made and not the product of alien intervention.
Hoodoo spells and rituals took center stage on Monday night's program as natural-born medium Miss Aida shared insights into the African-derived tradition centered around removing negative energies and banishing harmful people from one's life. Differentiating the practice from Santeria, she explained that Hoodoo is not a religion and does not involve animal sacrifice. Miss Aida detailed techniques that she uses to cleanse a person's aura, recalled an incident in which she placed a curse on a man who had harmed her husband, and revealed how she created a special ritual designed to ward off the coronavirus.
This past week saw a pair of decidedly different but equally fantastic finds unearthed from the ground, beginning in Siberia where scientists removed the incredibly well-preserved remains of a woolly mammoth from a lake bed. Despite being approximately 10,000 years old, the carcass was in tremendous condition and several soft tissues, including skin, were still intact on the body. Meanwhile, in Mexico, officials in the city of Monterrey were amazed when a statue of the Virgin Mary which was lost in a hurricane back in 2010 was suddenly rediscovered partially buried in a river bed which had become exposed following a recent storm.
Antarctica is of the few remaining locations on the planet which have not been thoroughly explored by humans and, as time and technology have advanced, it has become increasingly clear that the mysterious world still holds some secrets buried beneath its ice. On Tuesday night's program, novelist Thomas Greanias talked about new discoveries being made on the frosty continent, including how satellite data suggests that there is a veritable graveyard of dead continents at Antarctica which some people speculate may be connected to the legend of Atlantis. During his appearance, Greanias also discussed his research into the longstanding conspiracy theory that the Nazis escaped to a secret base hidden somewhere in Antarctica.
An Austrian man visiting an art museum in Italy wound up at the center of a proverbial international incident this past week when he decided to climb atop a statue in order to pose for a photo and inadvertently broke several toes off of the 200-year-old piece. Security cameras at the Gipsoteca Museum captured the tourist's profound blunder as it unfolded, including the awkward moment in which he realizes what he has done and nervously lingers next to the damaged statue before making a hasty exit from the scene. While authorities in Italy have identified the perpetrator and are debating his fate, one prominent figure in the country's art community has already called for the man to fined and sent back to Austria.
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