Psychic Surgery…as quack as quack can be

Medical doctors go through years of training, years of studying, years of tests and trials in order to be called a doctor…they also have giant bills from their schooling to pay back. Now this is just to be considered a medical doctor and this doesn’t count the extended number of years in which these men and women study to be experts in their profession of expertise as well. These people train very hard and very diligently, especially those who ultimately become a type of surgeon within their field. They must practice on cadavers and mannequins, they must know the proper technique in which to surgically and precisely cut into a patient while holding the scalpel carefully and accurately so in order not to do more damage then they intended to do while making the incision.

Once these trained people have made the incision they begin to precisely and accurately explore through the human body looking for the item they are looking for. They could be looking for a tumor, a ruptured appendix, a hernia…any part of the internal human body that is not working as the way it should and that only surgery and the removal or fixing could help the patient survive and live another day. Surgery should only be performed by those people who are trained…those people who know the human body…those people who know what they are looking for…those people who know how to fix and cure what they are looking for within the human body.

With having said all that and talking the importance of surgery and the skill and craft and training in which doctors, both men and women, must go through I now want you to look at psychic surgery.

Psychic surgery has been around for many years and its first documented occurrence being that of the mid 1900’s. It was said to have become evident of the spiritual community within the Philippines and Brazil and then it began to creep across the world.

The basis of psychic surgery is for the person or “patient” to have a strong spiritual faith in what the so  called doctor was doing and to have faith and believe the “doctors” hands were being led by God to search out and remove or fix the afflicted area within the human body. The basic principal is that the patient lays on a table in the room and the “doctor” preps by washing the area with iodine and washing his hands like that of a normal surgery prep…now this is where it stops being anything legitimate, well that and the fact that the room in which they are conducting this quack science is not sterile in any capacity. Now the “doctor” places his hands on the patient and presses down only to have blood and the disappearance of the doctors hands supposedly into their body. The hands then reemerge with bits of tissue or organ covered in blood. The “doctor” then rubs the area with water and the area is clean and clear of any incision or damage from the “doctors” hands. See to good to be true that the “doctor” simply puts his hands into the body of a person and pulls the bad parts out…well then you would be correct because this is total and complete 100% bullshit.

Psychic surgery is nothing more than a cheap magic trick of sleight-of-hand conjured up to prey on those people of weak mind to believe such crap. Now I don’t really blame the people who goes to these quacks, they are looking for cures, they have a disease and their back is against the wall…they are scared and don’t know where else to turn except to faith…and there is nothing wrong with that. What I do have a problem with is the people spewing such false prophesies of healing and surgery. In fact Andy Kauffman fell victim to this and ultimately died because of his belief in a quack psychic surgeon who claimed to have removed the cancer from his body. The Amazing Randi has discredited these people time and time again along with other magicians and those people who wish to protect the innocent. These psychic surgery quacks need to be shut down and put out of business as well as face some sort of criminal mischief charge while being fined so bad they can barely rub two nickels together.

Am I to harsh in my opinion and statement??? I doubt it… if you saw innocent people being taken of their money and ultimately dying because of these quacks I think you would feel the same.

So don’t believe these people, seek true medical help for your illnesses. Now I am a huge fan of holistic medicine and natural healing, but when it comes to something serious please consult a doctor.

Be safe and don’t give into quacks,

John Cannon

Follow me @JohnCannonTBS for more randomness

Beneath Loch Ness…a story of a loch and a monster

The story of the Loch Ness Monster is one I am sure we have all heard about at some point in our lives unless you were just born or have lived under a rock for your life which then I will write a blog about you because to live under a rock your entire life is pretty damn interesting. So there have been numerous stories in print and a number of documentaries produced about the lake and the monster that supposedly dwells in its dark murky waters. The legend has been around for many many years and even the infamous photo taken that really sparked the interest was proven to be a forgery as admitted to on a death bed admission.

In all of this there really hasn’t been a movie let alone a horror movie made about the infamous monster of the loch…surprising the Syfy hasn’t done one considering they have done movies about stuff that have no basis of reality aka octo-shark. Seriously Im surprised they haven’t done one and put a bunch of former 80’s stars in it like the entire cats of Saved By The Bell…now that would be funny to see Screech eaten by the loch ness monster. Considering they made one where Alice Cooper gets smashed by Bigfoot its not a farfetched idea.

So I stumbled upon the movie called Beneath Loch Ness about a research team and they happen to discuss the existence of the monster Nessie. And this may be off topic but since the Loch is located in Scotland why is it every single accent sounds like its Irish and not Scottish…oh well. Now a series of events have been occurring in the town that surrounds the Loch and a TV channel is coming to do a documentary about the lake as well….oh and the towns people hate the research scientists who are seeking out the legendary creature and want them to leave.

So as the movie continues on its merry way we discover that the Loch Ness Monster is in fact spawning and the loch is a pre-historic spawning ground. And of course they try to alert the authorities to close the loch however its tourist season and wont close the loch…hmmmm Jaws plot line anyone??? So its not a matter of time for the researchers to find Nessie and do whatever it is to prove to the people the legend is real. So eventually a scientist gets stuck in the breading cave of Nessie and well Ill let you watch the rest to finish the end of this story.

The movie wasn’t all that bad and the special effects were pretty good as well. If I had to give this a rating I would give it a 3 out of 5 star rating just because it was a good watch and didn’t have to think too much about it. So check it out on Netflix and relax and enjoy the legend hunting movie watching experience.

Be safe and some legends are real,

John Cannon

Follow me on twitter @JohnCannonTBS

Edgar Cayce…not quite a quack, but looks and sounds like a duck.

In the world of psychics and mediums there are those who have the gift to see and communicate with the unseen, they have the ability to truly help those in need of advise, reasoning And understanding fo what is going on in their life and to communicate with those who have passed on. These people seek nothing, but the ability and chance to help those people without any monetary gain or fame. Now of course there are those who turn out to be charlatans, those are people who care about themselves and want to be something bigger than they are whether or not they have a true gift or not. Now these types of fake people have been around since biblical times and in fact the great Harry Houdini spent the end of his career debunking such people and the amazing Randi and Penn & Teller have spent countless hours going after these people as well. In fact the amazing Randi has offered one million dollars to that person who can prove without the shadow of a doubt in a controlled environment their ability to communicate or produce great miracles…to date nobody has collected this reward and you would think people like Sylvia Brown and others would be willing to get this money to help the less fortunate or heck even prove their true fame they so think they deserve.

Now I would like to talk about one person in the past that may or not be a quack, this man believed he was a true psychic and could heal those with incurable illnesses and speak to past on loved ones. This man was named Edgar Cayce and he was definitely one of those people who were and are considered to be one of the king of the quacks or one of the originators…the true king of quacks would be John Edward, come on Edwards please read this and say something. Anyways, Mr. Edgar Cayce has some connection to my family which is how I found about him originally and researched him. Apparently my great grandmother was very heavily into the odd, strange, paranormal and mysteries of the world, yeah I never had a chance to avoid this one, and believe this man to be able to help one of my family members. Now I learned of this story at a family dinner and I had then learned that both sets of grandparents at different times had gone down to see him years ago. Now I really had to find out about this guy and thus why I am here today discussing him.

Mr. Cayce founded  a cult, I mean “association”, called the Association for Research and the Enlightenment located in a number of states, but finally settling in Virginia, which is where my family members had met with him. It was also said he gave some sort of a reading about the lost continent Atlantis and its people and where we were able to locate this forgotten world of wonder from so many years ago…yeah and nobody went to look for it, wonder why they didn’t believe him…I have my ideas, maybe because he was a quack??? Oh wait, he also said the United States would discover the Death Ray that had been used to destroy Atlantis in 1958…maybe they have it stored with the Ark of the Covenant in the Indiana Jones films, wow talk about a discovery.

He was said to be able o help cure those with diseases that were deemed incurable. It was said with his concoctions and remedies that he could make diseases that baffled doctors become a disease of the past…sounds a bit like psychic surgery to me, which we will cover later in another writing of quackery medicine. Yet there was no documented evidence that he really did any of these feats of great miracles and wonderment. There was no evidence that his premonitions ever came true, There was no evidence that he had great powers to heal, talk to the dead, predict the future or hell even tie his shoes. You would think a man with such great supposed abilities would have been able to produce such evidence in order to appeal to the masses that doubted his abilities. I would have loved for Houdini to take him on I would have loved for Randi, or Penn & Teller to take him on and shut him down. He had numerous people convinced of his abilities and to give him money because of their belief in him, just like Benny Hinn.

He swindled these people and had them believe in his false preaching’s and teaching’s and preyed on the weak minded and innocent. These people are the type that need to be shut down and put out of business and exposed as the fakes they are. Now some people may think I am being a bit harsh, but let me explain this to you, I have a family tie to his quackery and his false hope and preachings and teachings. The family member my great grandmother brought to meet with him and heal, was in fact never healed, they never got any better and unfortunately my great grandmother got disheartened and lost some faith. So yeah, am I a bit one sided in this…sure, but prove that this guy wasn’t a quack, if you do I will retract everything I have written with a full apology.

So please be aware of those people who claim to be psychics and have paranormal abilities. Learn and research and go with your gut.

Be safe and don’t buy the bridge they have for sale,

John Cannon

Follow me on twitter: @JohnCannonTBS

Jolly Green Giant…Neither Green Nor Jolly, Discuss.

Height is an aspect of genetics and the way some people are identified in this world. Height is such a determining factor when it comes to aspects of life such as tall people play basketball and in a police line up your asked how tall they were. We see so many people who are tall in our daily lives that it doesn’t affect us all that much. Yet when we see someone who we would consider to be a giant, usually they are people who are almost eight feet or taller, we tend to stand and look in awe.

 

There are those people out there who grow to such heights that even the tallest of basketball players seem to be short. The occurrence of such genetic anomalies is rare and because of that they are very well recorded. Yet there was a time in history when it was reported that there were a great tribe of giants nine foot plus that roamed the land. The land in particular was in the European area and not really North America.

There have been stories of these giants for years and in fact as far back as biblical times. Just look at the story of David and Goliath when David slayed the mighty giant Goliath with a simple slingshot and a well placed rock.

Giants have always had a place in history not only from the bible, but also in mythology such as with the Cyclops and even the Gods themselves were giants, and we cannot forget about atlas who carried the world on his shoulders. The fascination with them is a bit mysterious or it could be the sideshow aspect that we like to stare at something we do not understand.

In fact the fascination with giants is such a draw and profitable draw that PT Barnum had a giant skeleton fashioned in order to claim its authenticity. His giant, over ten foot tall, was fashioned after the Cardiff giant, which too was a great hoax in and of itself. People from all over the world would come to stare at the preserved bones of this giant man who once walked the earth.

Now scientists are still debating whether or not there was a tribe of giant people standing over ten feet tall yet every now and then giant human bones to make their way to the surface. Is there clear cut evidence that this tribe of giants existed or could it be they to only had a few anomalies like we do today and we just happen to get lucky when finding the bones?

In either case it is left up to you for debate as you can draw your own conclusion whether or not these giants were and are real. I would like to think that there was a tribe of giants many years ago because it just further makes the history of the world that much more unique. How and why were they that tall? Were they stronger and smarter? Who knows for sure, but it is something to ponder.

Be safe and remember not all giants are gentle,

Jon Bolton

Follow me on twitter @JohnCannonTBS