Ray's X-Blog

Fortean Three: North Country Odd Events They say bad things happen in a series of three. Looks like odd events can follow that pattern. Recently the North Country – the corner of New York State where I live, hinterlands bordered by Canada and Lake Champlain – has popped up in the news of the weird and extraordinary. Someone saw a black panther in the Lake Placid area. Not an indigenous critter in these parts. According to an article in the Lake Placid News dated 4/24/08, Tsermaa Plumley thought she heard a bear prowling around their property on Schaefer Road in Keene. Her husband Dan investigated to see what kind of animal was in the compost. They were surprised to see a large alien black cat (or ABC to use the Fortean abbreviation). The mysterious black panther left; no one was harmed, just startled. ( http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/placid-panther/ ) The day before (4/23/08) WPTZ-TV in Plattsburgh reported that a local student videotaped an UFO at night. Mysteriou

X-Rayed: Theresa Janette Thurmond Morris Theresa Morris believes she is an alien-human hybrid who possesses a special gene to fly extraterrestrial vehicles. She has strong memories of being abducted when she was very young by ETS. Before she was old enough to attend school, Theresa was given a ride on a UFO but she had to return home because her family was looking for her. The ETs dropped her off in an empty field. This experience – sometime between the ages of three and five – caused inner conflict. As she explains in her essay, Alien Civilizations Exist!, she knew she was loved and needed in two places, above and below. It was explained to her by the ETs that she had to be with her earth family for a while. Theresa observed: “I accepted my destiny as I was a small child and knew I had no choice.” She began school, fitting in with the normal children. A serious medical condition – a liver disease, Hepatitis A – threatened her life. She was very ill for a while, needing a comple

Toilet Seat: Up Or Down? Leave it to chemical concocters and modern advertisers to come up with a solution to an age-old problem between men and women. Reader’s Digest magazine prides itself as being “ America In Your Pocket .” I hadn’t seen an issue for some time and so out of mild curiosity I picked up a copy I found tossed into the FREE BOX at the used book shop. The cover for the April 2006 edition of RD demonstrates real concern for the human condition. Headlines shout: -- Our Borders – WHAT’S AT RISK NOW -- Shocking! The New Threat to Kids -- ‘I CAN’T AFFORD TO GET SICK!’ Fixing Our Health Crisis Yup, this digest-sized magazine is loaded with digestible articles that offer pragmatic solutions to perplexing problems. And even the advertisers get into the act. That’s why there’s a full-page ad featuring a close-up of a toilet. The seat is still down. The copy explains: Earlier today YOUR HUSBAND WASN’T QUITE AS ACCURATE as he likes to think he is. In the lower right-hand cor