Glass Pyramids in the Bermuda Triangle…that’s a new one…sort of.

The ever popular phrase or words of wisdom spoken to those who judge and ridicule people as a learning lesson…those who live in glass house shouldn’t throw stones. Well this has absolutely nothing to do with this motivational parable to better one self. This does however have everything to deal with a story I had heard about a month ago. I was eating lunch with some friends and the words spoken were “Hey you like this weird stuff in the world” My friends know me oh so well…because the answer would be yes…yes I do. They went on to tell me about a story they had recently heard about that I did not hear about which is abnormal for me, but Im allowed off my game every now and then I suppose. The story was about glass like pyramids that were recently discovered through satellite pictures…give it up for Google Earth. I was intrigued so I wanted to know more, I figured how did they miss these glass like pyramids in Egypt I mean of all things made out of glass no less. However I would be wrong in my location as my friend proceeded to inform me they were discovered in the Bermuda Triangle…missed it by this much, a reference for all you Get Smart fans out there.

It would appear that a number of countries have been conducting sonar experimentation of oceanagraphic  levels all centralized within the Bermuda Triangle area. Why are these countries focusing on this area, well it could be for a number of reasons, but this isn’t about their science experiments and more of their discovery of the weird and bizarre. Besides Im sure what they are really doing will somehow wind up on Jesse Ventura’s Conspiracy Theory soon enough…I love that show.

Located about 2000 meters below the surface of the ocean in the Bermuda Triangle is located a strange structure that looks and in fact is a pyramid like structure. The structure appears to be about 200 meters tall with a diameter of 300 meters on each side…oh and its made of a glass-like material possibly quartz or in fact glass itself, it is still undetermined at this point in time. In a size relation it is bigger than the pyramids located in Egypt. It is determined however to be odd and unusual and the theories of how it got there and what purpose it serves is running rampant on a number of levels.

Now situated on the top of this pyramid are two holes which magnify the current of the water causing a vortex, mist and violent waves on the surface above. Now doesn’t that sound a bit familiar? Think back to all the stories of the boats that disappear within the dreaded Bermuda Triangle...they have all talked about rogue waves and strange mists…and who knows with the unexplained power of the pyramids it could possibly mess with the navigation controls/compass of the ships. Now that doesn’t explain the airplanes that disappeared within the Bermuda Triangle, but that is for another time…and who knows it may time in at a later date.

The theories are abundant with the origin of the glass pyramid at the ocean floor. Some believe the pyramid was constructed on land and then through either Pangaea or regular earthquakes may have shifted it into the ocean to its current location. Some believe it to be a part of the great theory of the city of Atlantis and that this pyramid could in fact be the gateway to the hidden sunken city…not quite sure I believe this one, but I would love if it were true…just saying.

Now I know what you’re thinking…maybe I don’t, but I am going to pretend I do for the sake of this blog. You’re thinking WOW how crazy is this I wonder if there are other glass/crystal style pyramids located at the bottom of the ocean sort of like the crystal skulls of Indian Jones fame and the fake end of the world propaganda. The answer to your thought provoking question would be yes…yes there have been a number of other pyramids found before these were, oh and these pyramids in the Bermuda Triangle were found once before by a scuba diver back in 1968.

Now I could get into all the theories of the powers that these mysterious glass like underwater pyramids possess, but I would need a lot more time and a lot more energy to deal with them all. From the writings and beliefs of the pyramid power to the crystal like connection with the crystal skulls there are just far too many of them to try and write out and tear apart individually. Maybe if I get bored and don’t feel like banging my head straight into a brick wall I might write those one day, but today is not that day.

Is it pretty cool to have found these glass like pyramids located within the Bermuda Triangle? The answer would be damn right it is, I know I was intrigued about it from the moment my friend told me about it. Would I love for at least one of these crazy wacky theories of pyramid power to actually work…the answer again would be yes I would, but alas there is no true hard evidence of its existence.

Maybe as I get older I lose more and more of my desire to care about crazy wacky stories like I had in my youth. Maybe they all seem to be the same exact long stretch of the truth to make it something that it is not. Naaaaa, I still love learning about the weird and bizarre, but they do all seem to be repeating the same old story line anymore, I just wish people would stop grasping and straws and grasp more at the truth…oh well.

Be safe and watch out for those pesky pyramids,

John Cannon

Twitter: @JohnCannonTBS

The Spear of Destiny…one relic Hitler would have loved to acquire.

Holy relics…the relics that any and all archeologist, antique dealer &/or psychopathic madman or woman, lets be pc on this one, would want to get their hands on. Sure relics of the past are a huge market especially on the black market. Hell there is massive amounts of money given each day for the real things as well as forgeries and fakes. Which I guess a forgery is a fake so why do people usually say the two together? It doesn’t matter, but what does matter is that ancient holy relics have been sought after since after the death of Christ. Sure Egyptian and Chinese and ancient English relics are by far among the top of those those relics sought after, but ancient holy relics far surpass those.

So what types of ancient holy relics are there, well Im glad you asked…ok you might not have asked, but for literary sake I am saying you asked so just keep reading. Soon after the crucifixion and death of Christ it was said that any relic associated with him or his stories of miracles throughout the bible would bring a wide range of powers to those who possessed them. These weren’t just limited to Jesus, but a good majority of them were.  Spilnters from the cross, nails that were driven through him, the ark of the covenant, the holy grail and so on and so on, the list keeps going and going and growing and growing.

It is said that if you took at the supposed splinters if the cross and put them together that it would total around 50 crosses. Why is this you might wonder? Well because back in the day fakes were more rampant then they are now a days. However there is one holy relic that was sought for by one of the most psychotic madmen to have ever lived…so far. That man would be Hitler and that holy relic would be the spear of destiny. It is said that whomever possess the spear of destiny will have unlimited power and everlasting life. That’s right who ever has that spear can never die and have power that rivals that of God himself. Wow…can you imagine that? Hitler could.

For those who do not know exactly what the spear of destiny is, well it would be the brass tip of the spear that pierced the side of Jesus while he was dead and crucified upon the cross. Roman guards would pierce the side of those men crucified in order to drain the blood and ensure that the person was in fact dead, this was common practice. However the fact that it was the side of Christ made that particular spear more valuable than any other.

Hitler was a prominent member of the Thule society which in essence were a bunch of relic hunters and occultists who were into some dark things as well as some things that are just sort of out there like the hollow earth society. They took their teachings from psychics and cult leaders of the past as their doctrine and believed the possession of these relics would make them invincible. Hitler’s leader of the SS Henrich Himmler was one of the major players on this and sent out campaigns across the world to find such items.

Now its quite obvious that Hitler never was able to get his hands on this spear because well…he is dead and the Nazi regime is no more…well at least to the world power they once were. So where is this spear of destiny? Has anyone found it? The answer to both of those questions is yes it has been found ad it is currently sitting in the English Museum located in England. So does it posses the power it is said to? Nobody knows and as for it being the actual spear tip it is unconfirmed. Yes they have done some carbon dating and other experiments to check its validity, but its more of a word of mouth and a legend of lore with it being the one and only true spear tip.

I have had the privilege of being able to see it and it s simple rusted spear tip, but the story and history associated with it makes it more than just a rusty piece of metal. Whenever your in England I encourage you to check it out along with all the other antiquities they have collected over the years.

Be safe and splinters are religious,

John Cannon

Twitter: @JohnCannonTBS

Human skin wallet!!! This ain’t Louis Vuitton!!!

Men and their wallets…some men have them and some shove all their money and business cards and worldly possessions into their pockets. Women have purses and men have wallets it’s a plain and simple fact unless you are a drag queen then that theory goes right out the window, but yet some women do have wallets within their purses so yet again I destroyed my own theory. I digress however…now women have tons and tons of choices for purses and their wallets and it is a fashion statement of epic proportions. They have Calen Klein, Louis Vuitton, Ed Hardy and so on and so on. The number of designers out there in the world for women’s fashion is unlimited. Yet when you get to men’s fashions there is not that much to chose from especially something to set yourself apart from the rest of the men out there. So what would you say to a wallet made of human skin, not alligator, ostrich, or cow leather, but actual 100% human skin??? Sound intriguing??? Now if you’re like me, which I pray to God you are not, then you would all about wanting to add this to your fashion accessories and imagine the talking point it would be in a conversation. So how does one get their hands on such a great piece of fashion??? Well let’s go back to where it all started…in New Jersey…what a shock on that one, huh???

In the town of Morristown, New Jersey around the year of 1833 there was a family named the Sayre’s. This family was a well to do family of the town and was well liked by all. Then a man by the name of Antoine Le Blanc arrived as an immigrant from France who took up menial jobs from the Sayre’s to make a living and have a place to stay. Now Le Blanc was from a well to do family in France and being the bottom of the totem pole and shoveling horse crap he considered to be well above his nature even though he came to the US with nothing in his name. He was pompous and arrogant and wanted to be the king of it all…please keep in mind he was from France so we really shouldn’t be that shocked at how he was acting. So Le Blanc decided he had enough and wanted it all for himself, again he IS French, and so he killed the entire Sayre family in order to get their land and money and prestige. Now he obliviously completely ignored that fact that the Sayre family were major players of the town and well liked so when they went missing obviously the town went looking for them only to find their butchered bodies. So without hesitation Le Blanc was rushed to the court house where he admitted to the crime while in jail and was promptly sentenced to death. The town wanted nothing more than to see Le Blanc die and have the most disgrace he could have possible. So they hung him and donated his body to the medical field where they would dissect and cut him apart and ultimately throw his body in a shallow grave. However he was not buried before they carved some skin from him, tanned it and then made wallets from it. Oh wait I forgot to mention they is wasn’t just wallets they made from his skin, but also lamp shades, purses and book jackets…see so the ladies could get some skin after all too, these items were considered to be “charming little keepsakes”.

Now to this day nobody knows where these “charming little keepsakes” of morbid curiosity have landed in life. Yet there IS one wallet still in existence located at the Morristown Historical Society…its is one of the human skin wallets. Now you cant just see this without appointment or permission, but Weird NJ did and TV show on this subject and the wallet just looks like a regular leather wallet that would have been made from a cow. However the story and the legend behind the wallet is what makes this such a value morbid curiosity.

There have been items made from human skin throughout history, but its usually by head hunter tribes in foreign countries. Well now I must step back a bit and, yes in America there have been items made from human skin, but those were usually made by serial killers who also ate their victims…such is the case with Ed Gein who happened to be the inspiration for Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. So for “civilized” towns folk to take on the aspect of morbid curiosity creators, that sort of steps outside of the box of “normal” logic.

So if you’re ever in the market for a new wallet see if they have human skin, I would love to see the look on their face.

Be safe and just remember…skin to win,

John Cannon
Twitter: @JohnCannonTBS

White Light Healing… Someone Call an Electrician.

You walk coolly into the Barnes and Nobles looking for that certain attention grabbing good read that you want to devote your time to. As you make your way past the small tables with books of the month and pass the bargain aisles you make your way back farther and farther. As you pass the True Crime and Science Fiction you happen to discover the New Age section. How fitting is it that this should be in the same area of True Crime and Science Fiction? I will admit this to you all before I get started, that I visit this section each and every time I go into a book store. I have been buying books from this section for years and been researching/studying everything I could, that was dedicated to this particular book section. I am absolutely fascinated by New Age Phenomena and books that are written about it.

While I was examining the spines of the books and what they were about, I found one called White Light Healing. Now I am not new to this concept, but I am however more of a skeptic now than I had previously been in the past. I talked to a number of “white light” healers and some have been intriguing and some have been down right scam artists. You see the topic of “white light healing” is very easily faked and easy to cover up just as well. Am I going to make some people angry with this little blog of mine, you’re damn right I am, but am I going to make some people put their skills to the test and prove I am wrong…I would hope so.

I thumbed through the book on “white light healing” and it was very confusing, read like stereo instructions in my honest opinion. So I decided to do some more research to get a better grasp on what they were trying to convince me. Now they talk about envisioning white light pouring over you or out of something and flowing freely like water in fact one quote is this, “…breathing in the pure white light, seeing it streaming down into your chest, and breathing out the grey…in with the white and pure…out with the grey, the old, and the worn…” This is some crazy tree hugging stuff right here my friend, in with the good air out with the bad, isn’t this from a CPR class or something?

Now if this is a form of meditation, which I think it is from what I have gathered, then why not just say it as that. Don’t say it’s “white light healing” when there is literally no white light involved or healing for that matter. If light was involved then we would be hanging Christmas lights or light bulbs over our heads, heck you could pull the ol’ eating a light bulb carney trick and replace that whole apple a day thing.

There doesn’t need to be some overly complicated series of instructions to teach people how to meditate and then call it some sort of “healing”. I could easily go up to someone who is full of anxiety and angst, say to them take a couple deep breaths and relax. Oh wait we all pretty much do that now, so why connect it with some sort of healing?

I can easily open up a store front, hang some awesome new age decorations and charge tons of cash for people to come to me and tell them to breath deep and relax thus resulting in them being healed. Of course if they go away and aren’t healed then I can easily say, “well you didn’t believe in mother earth and her Keebler elves of light healing so its your fault,” Yeah I can totally do that however I never would because I have way too much of a conscience, despite what people say, to do that. Yet there are people who are doing this, and I’m not talking about the people who do it because they believe in it, I’m talking about the people who are doing it because they are scams and cheats…and there are a lot of them.

 

In my travels around the world I have met many, many people who claim to have “white light healing” powers…superman had powers…you have a belief. Now I will admit I have met some people I would give a second though to in their abilities with stuff, but that’s like one out of a thousand people I meet in this realm. If people want to believe that this heals them then I am completely down with that, the placebo effect is a tried and true method to help many people overcome things. If you don’t know what that is then it is simply this, if you tell someone this red crystal like candy will heal them and if they believe it will work then it will work for them even though all it was is a simple watermelon jolly rancher.

Let’s call this “white light healing” what it really is…meditational deep breathing in order to help you relax and feel better. If you can prove to me rationally and scientifically that “white light healing” does in fact have some merit behind it then I am all ears and willing to retract what I have stated, but every time I make the challenge no one steps up to the plate, so I doubt anyone will at this point in time. As for taking classes to “perform”, and I say “perform” because it is a performance and not actually real, this ability for “white light healing” then I would love to see your course syllabus and explain to me how that scam works.

Be safe and we’ll leave the light on for ya,

Jon Bolton

Ghost Equipment…Adapt, Improvise & Overcome

Adapt, Improvise & Overcome is a motto generally assigned to the United States Marine Corp and they are by far the best at living up to this motto. They have accepted this motto because they generally aren’t given the funding as the other three braches and seem to get the hand-me-downs of weaponry and technology yet they use it better than the original armed force it was intended for. They are the masters of adaptation, improvisation and the ability to overcome any and all that is placed in front of them. Now by no means am I about to put Ghost Hunting and the outstanding US Marine corps in the same category, but I merely wanted you to know the origin and reason behind such a motto. Now onto why I used it to discuss Ghost Hunting and the equipment they (we) use for paranormal investigations.

In the realm of Ghost Hunting there is no equipment truly designed to catching, finding or discovering ghostly apparitions. All equipment is based off of loose understanding of what a paranormal entity is supposed to be. We use such equipment as K2, EMF, Digital Recorder or even FLIR Cameras to help us find those which we consider to create paranormal events. My question is why and how did we get to this point? I have talked with many a ghost hunter and have even e-mail some of the more popular TV shows about getting answers to some of the most basic of questions. The responses to these questions however are always the same or no response back from the e-mails. The responses are that this is how it is yet when I ask for more in depth to see if they know the reasoning why it’s because they have bought into the TV shows and their methodology.

I have been and continue to do research into the paranormal and find out answers to the basic of questions that nobody really knows why. I will try experiments to prove or disprove something…that’s what science is all about. Do ghosts really emit energy and draw energy out of the air to manifest? Why do ghost that appear as warm on a FLIR always leave cold spots which should register as dark colors? How do we know that digital recorders are truly reliable in capturing EVP when it could be something else? How do we conclude something is paranormal when it could be a simple environmental anomaly? These are the questions that I have no found a good answer on from anyone including those on the TV shows that I have had the privilege of talking with.

Now I am by no means a saint in this category as I have a number of pelican cases full of different types of equipment for experiments. I have bought some that was said to be built just for ghost hunting, but really is it? We are taking everyday equipment used for logical purposes and attempting to use it for something nobody understands. The paranormal can be a science as long as people treat it as such, don’t be so willing to give into the modern trend of what TV shows tell you. If you have a doubt, then experiment it until there is nothing left, but true evidence. Think outside of the box and research because it may be something very simple that you’re missing.

Be safe and try coloring outside the lines for once,

Jon Bolton

Hungry Ghost???....Try an all you can eat Chinese buffet.

In the land of the rising sun, China for those of you who have no clue what I was talking about for a minute, there is a festival that has taken place for hundreds of years. In a society/culture/belief of China there stands to be quite a number of supernatural and spiritual festivals that take place. One such festival is called the Hungry Ghost Festival which is celebrated on the 15^th month of the 7^th lunar month…yeah I tried finding that one on the calendar too, if you find it let me know.

Actually on the the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month in Chineese tradition. This is the time when the ghosts of the deceased come out fomr the lower realm and walk amongst the living. The people would make altars flled with food or fake money in order to appease those who have past on and to appease the Gods of those past on who may not have been good people. Sometimes they make small boats filled with lanterns and then are floated on the river which helps to give the dead direction as where t go. There are many ways to celebrate this holiday so long as it appeases the deceased.

Can you imagnie a scheduled day when the gates of Heaven and Hell would both opena dn converse amongst the living. I don’t know about you, but the imagery of Ghostbusters after the containment grid was shut down comes to mind when the ghost are running all over the place. To hold a concert and the first five rows are empty becayuse they are reserved for the dead? This may see pretty “backwoodsish” yet this is what they believe, this is mainly based within the Budhist Taoists religion of the far east.

Now this isnt just a Chinese celebration, this festival or ones like it are also celebrated in places such as  Japan, Singapore, Vietnam and Taiwan. The middle eastern culture tend to be more aware of the dead and while they mounr just as we do in the western world they however see to hold onto their loved ones and pay much more respect for them not only in the living form but in the spiritual form as well.

The Hungry Ghost Festival is just one of many wasy the asian culture embraces the after life and which leads me to wonder why there aren’t more asian ghost hunting groups within the country. I guess one may never know.

Be safe and have an eggroll,

Jon Bolton

 

The Rapture is coming… Thank You Chicken Little

The Rapture conjurors up visions of hell on earth and things happening in biblical proportions; to quote Dr. Peter Venkman “Dogs and Cats living together, mass hysteria.” The Rapture is believed to be by many the day when Jesus will call the chosen up to Heaven with him, they will all just disappear and be in heaven while leaving the rest of the world to hopefully get onto the next wave of ascension or be blinked out of existence for the rest of eternity to never be thought of again, pretty scary/creepy no matter how you look at it.

Now why am I brining up the whole Rapture topic, well on May 21sr, 2011 the Rapture is supposedly going to take place. That’s right folks the Rapture is about to happen and you can’t stop it, so run up those credit card bills because you won’t have to pay them off, so long as this date is correct…which it isn’t. That’s right, there is no way this can be accurate, I say this for a number of reasons and not just because I’m selfish and want to see the entire season of Mythbusters before the Rapture happens.

Let’s look at the most convincing evidence of them all, in the bible, Matthew to be exact, it states: Matthew 24:36: "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only" Now to me it would seem nobody really knows when the Rapture is supposed to take place, not even Jesus himself and last time I checked he and God were pretty tight with one another. So if not even Jesus knows the date then how in the world can we? The answer is that we can’t known and won’t know until the day it happens, plain and simple.

Now there have also been quite a number of Rapture dates through out history, some dating as far back as March 21^st, 1844 and even dates predicted as far into the future as 2060, which was calculated by Sir Isaac Newton. These dates are based off the biblical time line of events presented to us through the good book. I also hate to be the bearer of bad news, but trying to figure out exact time lines in the bible is pretty much impossible, the calendar is not the same as it was back then. Many scholars have tried with great effort to figure out true dates and times within the bible and each time there are so many different answers because most of the things are based on interpretations as to when the events actually occurred.

Now the May21st Rapture has been pushed really hard by Harold Camping who is the president of Family Stations, Inc. which is a religious based radio broadcast company. He has been criticized for his teachings and this Rapture date for a number of years. May I also add that this is the 3^rd or 4^th Rapture date he has come up with over the years, so as each one passes he revises his statement with quoting miscalculation on his part. Do I care really if he says the Rapture will happen on a certain date at a certain time? No I do not, however I do mind if people start to really buy into and in the process hurt themselves and others. His group has been compare to the Branch Dividian incident involving David Koresh and the Heaven’s Gate group, which if we all remember how these two groups ended it wasn’t good.

I am not saying you can’t have opinions and speculations as to the time and date of the Rapture, but make sure express it is presented as such. If you start to predict the future end of the world then in essence you are going against the teaching of the Bible. The Bible wants us to be kind and good to our fellow man/woman, not to work them up into a anxiety filled stressful frenzy based upon a date and time you made up just to try and prove how “Godly” you are. Just be good and just enjoy life while helping out where you can along the way, that’s the true message when you boil it all down. Take what is said with a grain of salt and do your own research and draw your own opinions because you may find out more about yourself than you realized.

 
Be safe and be happy; it’s the best way to make it though life,

Jon Bolton