Phantoms and Monsters: Pulse of the Paranormal

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• Two Huge Cryptid Birds in Chattanooga
• Daily 2 Cents: Black Eyed Sister -- Alien Strolling Around the Neighborhood -- Texas 'Black Cats'
• Report of UFO Activity - South Central PA

Two Huge Cryptid Birds in Chattanooga Posted: 01 Jun 2016 01:04 PM PDT Mike in Chattanooga called in to tell of his Thunderbird sighting: “Where I grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee right behind my grandmother's house there was a cemetery. Behind that were railroad tracks. Behind that was some government property that everybody always called 'the TNT.' And I was always told they tested bombs, ammunition, tanks and other stuff back there during World War II. When we were kids we would always walk back in there, just wasting time in the woods. It was 8000 acres of just rolling hills up and down, all over the place. I was back there with my friend one day. I was maybe 13 or 14 years old. And we kept thinking we were seeing someone following us. We couldn't really make out any definition but it just looked like there was a white figure on top of the hill every time we'd get down to the bottom of the hill. We'd get down to this little plateau and we had three ways we could take. We could go back towards the house and we could go left or right and deeper into the woods. One of the ways went up a hill. All of a sudden I hear my friend go, 'Hey, what's that!?!' I look up in the tree and there is this gigantic bird sitting in the top of the tree, up near the top branches. Before I could even turn up and look at it, I hear this giant whooshing sound behind us and whatever it was, it was following us. It took flight and landed right next to the other one in the tree and when it did, it broke the tree limb. The limbs came crashing down, big loud sound. Both took off into the air, wing span larger than I ever want to imagine at this point. These birds were big enough to carry off a human being. You could definitely hear it. I mean, it was like a whoosh! It was me and my friend Marco and there were two of the birds. After they flew off we kind of skedaddled real quick. Then a couple of weeks later we go back out into the woods. I've got a rifle, he's got a little handgun. You know, we think we're bad ass. We go out to the same tree and you know there was this branch, freshly broken, same one they were sitting on as big around as, I'd say maybe a coffee can maybe a little bigger, snapped straight off the tree like it was just broke. That was the last time I went back into those woods and they've now turned it into a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga." Source: Darkness Radio – May 23, 2016 Transcribed by Jamie Brian NOTE: This immense tract of land, where this sighting occurred, is part of what used to be the Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant; known locally as VAAP. Consisting of over 7,000 acres located in the heart of the county, the area has always been closed to the public and heavily guarded. Because of this, the area holds a certain mystique for residents. VAAP’s history stretches to World War II when the federal government acquired 7,000 acres for TNT production. Employment peaked at about 3,500 workers and production ebbed and waned over the years with the ammunition demands for the Korean and Vietnam wars. Production ceased at the facility in 1977. Is there some type of connection between ordinance plants with flying cryptids and humanoids? Example...the Mothman seen at the TNT plant in Point Pleasant, WV Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter Phantoms & Monsters: Mysterious Encounters Admissible: The Field Manual for Investigating UFOs, Paranormal Activity, and Strange Creatures Phantoms & Monsters: Bizarre Encounters THE 'PHANTOMS & MONSTERS' NEWSLETTER DEPENDS ON YOUR SUPPORT!

Daily 2 Cents: Black Eyed Sister -- Alien Strolling Around the Neighborhood -- Texas 'Black Cats' Posted: 01 Jun 2016 11:16 AM PDT Black Eyed Sister Mark in Lebanon, Virginia called in to tell of something his girlfriend observed: “My girlfriend had this little dispute with her sister once and they couldn't get it resolved so they went to talk to their mother about it. Well, her sister became very... whatever the situation was, her sister became very vehemently angry and she started yelling and everything and as soon she looked, she saw her eyes going completely black. There was no whites in them whatsoever and her mom wasn't turned in a direction where she could see them. She shook her mom's shoulder and she said, look, look at her eyes and she said 'get out of here now with your baby.' She didn't want to be anywhere near her. It was when she was at the height of her anger is when she saw that.” Source: Coast To Coast Radio - Thursday May 19, 2016 Transcribed by Jamie Brian ********** Terrified residents claim they saw an alien strolling around their neighborhood Terrified residents have claimed they saw an “alien being” emerging from a UFO, climbing through trees and walking around their neighbourhood. Three students claimed they saw a strange mysterious object circling Argentine city Santa Cruz before landing at around 10pm, local news reported. A TV news reporter for Notivision said: “Three students were witnesses to the sighting from El Dorado as they returned home.” One witness said: “Something came down, straight down. A light came straight down, more or less, and they say it lost itself in that tree. It tried to get into that house over there.” Another woman said: “A very loud sound was heard. All the signals went out. There was no way to record that sound. Suddenly it fell down and disappeared. I don’t know what it could have been.” Whatever it was, it apparently didn’t stick around for long. They said it climbed through trees before abruptly heading back into its ‘spaceship’ and leaving. Look, maybe some sort of life force came to our humble planet, slightly curious, quickly browsed our internet to see what humans are really like, and noped the hell out of there. On the plus side, people have been attempting to draw the alien with hilarious results: Bit too cute to be an alien. Argentina is no stranger to UFO sightings. Back in 1988, more than 7500 witnesses claimed to see a silver UFO flying over the city of Buenos Aires. The country actually has its own annual Alien Festival, where thousands of earthlings meet in Capilla del Monte to see if they can spot UFOs flying around. -Terrified residents claim they saw an alien strolling around their neighborhood ********** Dead Alive: Rare Mental Illness Called 'Walking Corpse Syndrome' Makes People Think They're Dead A rare condition called Walking Corpse Syndrome leaves sufferers feeling as though they are zombies. First described by French neurologist Jules Cotard in 1880, the condition leaves patients with delusional beliefs ranging from having missing internal organs to being clinically dead. One of the earliest known sufferers of the condition was a patient known as Mademoiselle X who complained that she was missing several parts of her body including her brain and stomach. Believing herself to be "eternally damned", she eventually ended up insisting that, given that she had no stomach, she no longer needed to eat and subsequently died of starvation. Perhaps the best known contemporary case of Walking Corpse Syndrome is that of a man known only as Graham who for nine years has lived with the belief that he no longer has a brain or a head. Speaking recently about his condition, he described how he had stopped smoking or engaging in social activities because, being 'dead', he didn't think that there was any point. "I didn't want to face people," he said. "There was no point. I didn't feel pleasure in anything. I used to idolize my car, but I didn't go near it. All the things I was interested in went away." A brain scan later revealed startling abnormalities. "I’ve been analyzing PET scans for 15 years and I’ve never seen anyone who was on his feet, who was interacting with people, with such an abnormal scan result," said neurologist Steven Laurey. "Graham’s brain function resembles that of someone during anaesthesia or sleep. Seeing this pattern in someone who is awake is quite unique to my knowledge." Read more at Dead Alive: Rare Mental Illness Called Walking Corpse Syndrome Makes People Think They're Dead ********** Enigmatic Black Cat Reports From Texas Texans continue to send me reports of their encounters with large, black, long-tailed cats, most commonly referred to as black panthers in this part of the world. Before we begin, let me repeat a few things that I have said before. I know there is no such animal as a “black panther.” The known big cats that have been given this moniker are either African/Asian leopards or New World jaguars exhibiting melanism. When I use the term black panther, realize it is a colloquialism, a catchall phrase, if you will, that is commonly used in Texas and the American South to describe any large, black, long-tailed wildcat. Some of the reports below are older than some I have already published in previous posts. There are various reasons for this, but, suffice to say, it has nothing to do with me having any doubts about their veracity. The reports appear below just as they came to me with the exception of my having redacted the names of some of the witnesses in order to protect their privacy. This step was not necessary in some cases as the reports came to me in the form of comments to existing blog posts and were submitted anonymously. Continue reading at Enigmatic Black Cat Reports From Texas ********** YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED My goal has been to present current alternative news, interesting paranormal events and descriptions of the anomalous world that surrounds us all. I also strive to provide astral and intuitive insight for those seeking help. I hope I've achieved this...and I would appreciate your kind consideration. Lon ...or go to Paypal and use my email lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com as the payee. 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Report of UFO Activity - South Central PA Posted: 01 Jun 2016 09:10 AM PDT I received the following report from Baltimore County, MD resident Bob Hubble, who originally submitted a report to MUFON: August 22, 2011 My wife and I were vacationing at the Gettysburg Farms Campground located at 6200 Big Mount Road in the Dover Township of Pennsylvania – 17315. During the week that we spent at the campground, (Monday, 08/15/2011 through Monday, 08/22/2011), on four separate occasions mysterious items/vehicles were seen to be flying through the sky, over the campground, during the early evening hours, just after dusk. These items were observed to be dark in color, “possibly” triangular shaped with what appeared to be flames being emitted from the bottom of same. These flames were not stationary as lights would be, but appeared to flicker, just as the exhaust of a rocket would. These flames were bright orange in color and are what caught the eye first. These strange occurrences were observed by ourselves and another couple with whom we were camping. On the first occasion there were several other campers in the area, who also observed these strange vehicles/craft and commented that ET had arrived. I cannot provide any additional information on these other campers, with the exception of the couple that we were with. On each of these occasions the strange vehicles were observed be flying slowly at approximately the altitude that a small plane would be at, but appeared to be moving slower than a small plane would fly. The unknown vehicles/craft did not make any discernible noises, but moved silently across the sky. During each of the sightings, none of the mysterious craft/vehicles was observed to make any sudden or erratic movements. During each occurrence the strange vehicles/craft appeared in the Eastern sky without warning and without making any obvious noise or sudden movements. The following is what was observed by this writer and three others; •Monday, 08/15/2011 – initial observation of the above described vehicle/craft. Two craft were observed. At approximately 8:40 PM, a single mysterious craft appeared over the tree line, out of the Eastern sky and preceded in a Westerly direction, when almost over our position on the ground, the craft turned in a Southerly direction. While watching this craft for approximately 1.5 to 2.0 minutes as it was moving away from us, a second unknown craft was observed to come from approximately the same spot in the sky as the first and followed basically the same route as the first in a Southerly direction. Both of the unknown craft were observed to simply dissolve or disappear while moving away from the campground. They did not put on any burst of speed, but simply disappeared at what could have been about ¼ to ½ mile away from where we were standing. This sighting was totally unexpected as we were not expecting anything like this to occur. We were just sitting outdoors and playing cards at the site picnic table. •Tuesday, 08/16/2011 – Nothing suspicious observed as we were not available to be looking at the sky or expecting a recurrence of the prior evenings sighting. •Wednesday, 08/17/2011 – second sighting of the same type of the above described mysterious vehicle/craft. Two craft were observed this date at approximately 8:45 PM. The first mysterious craft was observed to be approaching the campground from the Eastern sky, in a Westerly direction. This craft was moving silently and smoothly just as the craft of the Monday night sightings. This first craft veered off in a Northerly direction and was still in sight when a second craft was observed to materialize from approximately the same area of the sky as the first and then followed the same route that the first vehicle/craft had taken. In approximately 1 to 2 minutes both of the craft disappeared. Again this appeared to occur without any increase in speed and the point of disappearance was approximately ¼ to ½ of a mile distant. Again the four of us were playing cards and not expecting to see anything unusual. •Thursday, 08/18/2011 – third sighting of the mysterious, above described vehicle/craft at approximately 8:45 PM. As described above the mysterious craft appeared in the Eastern sky, heading in a Westerly direction, moving at the same pace and noiselessly as on prior occasions. The craft turned in a Northerly direction and maintained a steady pace until it disappeared in approximately the same position as the previous evening. There was only one craft observed on this date. Due to the two previous sightings we were looking for a reoccurrence of the sighting. •Friday, 08/19/2011 – nothing observed, however, it was well past 9:00 PM by the time we remembered to look for any strange occurrences in the sky. •Saturday, 08/20/2011 – fourth sighting of the mysterious, above described vehicle/craft at approximately 8:30 PM. As previously described the first unknown craft appeared, heading in a Westerly direction from out of the Eastern sky. This vehicle/craft turned in a Northerly direction and was followed in about one minute by a second vehicle, materializing out of approximately the same position in the Eastern sky and followed the route of the 1st craft. Within another minute the 2nd vehicle/craft was followed by a 3rd vehicle/craft which appeared in approximately the same position as the first two, followed the same route and all three vehicles/craft disappeared within approximately three minutes, without any apparent increase in speed. Again we were sitting outdoors, playing cards and not really expecting to see anything. •Sunday, 08/21/2011 – nothing unusual was observed this date. We sat outdoors from approximately 8:15 PM through 10:00 PMseeking suspicious occurrences, however, without seeing anything suspicious or unusual. It should be noted that during the times of these observations there were quite a few airliners and small planes observed in the area. Engine noises were evident from these normal planes; however, except for the change in course from the first night nothing about the description or actions of the mysterious vehicles/craft deviated in any way, with the exception of the numbers observed daily. Daily, these mysterious vehicles/craft were very distinctive as due to the flames under the craft, they glowed orange and almost appeared to be on fire, except there was no apparent emergency. These vehicles/craft were distinctly different from the normal airplanes observed. You will notice that all four of the occurrences described above happened between 8:30 and 9:00 PM nightly, just about when darkness was falling and making it difficult to obtain a really good view of the mysterious craft(s). The only viewing device on hand was a pair of 7x35 binoculars which did not provide a good view of these craft. On Saturday, 08/20/2011, I contacted the Director for Pennsylvania Chapter of MUFON, (before the Saturday sightings), and he requested that I submit this report and advise what we had seen. I had contacted him in order to determine if anyone else had reported seeing anything similar to what we had seen and he advised that he was not totally up to date on the reports, as he had been out of town for several days. I had advised that while we were camping Internet access was unavailable and that I would file a sighting report this date after arriving at home and having access to the internet. ---------- Note to Lon Strickler 05/27/2016 All of the above information is verbatim, exactly that which was reported to MUFON, once we returned home. I was contacted a couple of days later by a MUFON Investigator, (name withheld), who was given this information verbally on the phone and also e-mailed a copy of this report, (pages #1 thru #3), in addition to the MUFON reporting forms which I had completed. I spoke with this investigator on a couple of occasions and then broke off contact with him when he couldn’t discover any other occurrences similar to mine during this same time period and kept insisting that I probably saw “Japanese lanterns” and mistook them for unknown craft. I am a retired Police Detective, trained in observation and generally know what I have seen, especially after seeing identical occurrences more than once. There is a very large difference between a floating “Japanese lantern” and an obvious craft being pushed along under its’ own power. The only thing that I can say which was accidentally omitted from my initial report was the fact that when observed, these craft seemed to just appear out of one spot in the sky and not fly into the area where they were first observed. (This information was verbally given to the MUFON Investigator). When observed on the various dates of occurrence; initially all craft were observed to appear at the same spot in the sky and not fly into it. The only thing that I can assume is that there was/is some type of portal in that area/location. We have been back to that particular campground on several occasions since these incidents were experienced and we have not observed a repeat of these occurrences; not that we haven’t looked. Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook UFOs in Pennsylvania: Encounters with Extraterrestrials in the Keystone State Astonishing Encounters: Pennsylvania's Unknown Creatures, Casebook 3 UFOs and the Extraterrestrial Message: A Spiritual Insight Into UFOs and Extraterrestrial Transmissions Click the 'Listen Live' link or go to Arcane Radio 'Listen & Chat' Follow 'Arcane Radio' on Facebook Pennsylvania Upright Canine/Dogman - Todd Sees Death Investigation HOTLINE Call 570-478-0902 if you have any information on these cases. Just leave a message with contact number, or you can write direct to report any strange sighting or encounter at lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com THE 'PHANTOMS & MONSTERS' NEWSLETTER DEPENDS ON YOUR SUPPORT!