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January 20, 2013
Mysterious Cattle Deaths and Mutilations Explored on The Paracast
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Please Visit Our Online Store: You asked, and we answered. We are now taking orders for The Official Paracast T-Shirt and an expanded collection of other specially customized merchandise. To get your T-Shirt now featuring our brand new logo, just pay a visit to our online store at The Official Paracast Store to select your size and place your order. We also offer a complete lineup of other premium merchandise for your family, your friends and your business contacts.
About The Paracast: The Paracast covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet.
Set Up: The Paracast is a paranormal radio show that takes you on a journey to a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions. The Paracast seeks to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join long-time paranormal researcher Gene Steinberg, co-host and acclaimed field investigator Christopher O'Brien, and a panel of special guest experts and experiencers, as they explore the realms of the known and unknown. Listen each week to the great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: Gene and Chris present a special episode focusing on the subject of "cattle mutilations," which been popularized by people such investigators as Linda Moulton Howe, who have laid the blame for these mysterious livestock deaths on "aliens." But there are cases of unsolved livestock deaths that have sinister, more down-to-earth overtones. Case in point: Werner Bock and other ranchers of the Maritime Provinces of Canada. For almost 40 years, these ranchers have been victimized by what could be described as a systematic campaign of terror and death. Bock will explain his frustrating attempts over the years to understand what happened to his livestock and who caused it.
Chris O'Brien's Site: Our Strange Planet
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: The Paracast Community Forums. We recently completed a major update that makes our community easier to navigate, and social network friendly.
Time Travelers and UFOs
By Gene Steinberg
For years, I’ve argued against the assumption that, if UFOs, if real, must come from outer space. That theory may seem perfectly logical considering that we have discovered evidence of more and more planets, orbiting other star systems, which may be similar to Earth, and thus may contain life. Assuming some are more advanced than we are, they would conceivably spread across the stars with advanced spaceships, so it seems to make sense that we are a regular stopover for ETs.
Wouldn’t they be curious, after all, about other intelligent races in the galaxy? Or maybe we think too much of ourselves.
But that’s not proven by any means. It’s not as if we have real evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth, so why not consider some alternatives? One of those alternative theories has it that they are visitors from our own future, and that raises a load of possibilities, some potentially troubling.
Certainly time travel has been a ripe source of possibilities that have fed lots of sci-fi stories and even a number of movies. The most famous of the breed is probably H.G. Wells “The Time Machine,” written in 1895. In addition to theatrical movies in 1960 and 2002, and a TV movie in 1978, “The Time Machine” has inspired the plot lines of other TV and movie productions. In the Sy-Fy TV series “Warehouse 13,” they even have a female character named H.G. Wells who, of course, is able to travel through time.
In the 1979 movie, “Time After Time,” we see Wells traveling to the present day in his time machine to battle Jack the Ripper. Wells also turns up in several episodes of that TV comedy/drama of the early 1990s, “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.”
But is there any evidence that such a thing is possible, and not only possible, that it has actually happened?
Well, during a recent appearance on a nationally syndicated computer radio show, “Craig Crossman’s Computer America,” I was asked to spend an hour talking about UFOs and other mysteries; for a change of pace I suppose. During that discussion, Crossman suggested I have a look at a curious YouTube video of a 1920’s Charlie Chaplin silent film. This segment, lasting all of two minutes, 19 seconds, depicts one character walking with what appears to be a portable handset of some sort.
Considering that we saw the progenitor to the clamshell mobile phone in the 1960s in “Star Trek,” I suppose it’s reasonable to believe that some screenwriter in the early part of the 20th century imagined people using portable telephones. After all, we do have sci-fi movies of that era showing travel in space, so why assume that a time traveler of some sort, or perhaps an extraterrestrial visitor, must be responsible for such a segment in an old movie?
But what if there were actually people who were dressed in a peculiar fashion, or were otherwise out of time? Well, if you look over the Fortean literature over the centuries, you will find reports of people of this sort. And assuming they weren’t just wearing costumes for some sort of social gathering, why the anomaly? After all, one would think that if someone was smart enough to travel through time, they’d be smart enough to dress appropriately for the purpose. Why draw attention to themselves? Maybe it’s all a lark and they just don’t care.
But that takes us to the core problem that may arise with time travel, which is how do you avoid doing something that messes up your own future? Would they have computers on hand that would assess the probabilities, or just go for broke and assume it’s all meant to be anyway, so it doesn’t matter? This time travel paradox is also a big part of some of the sci-fi fare over the years.
I think of the fourth motion picture in the “Star Trek” series, “The Voyage Home,” directed with a light touch by Leonard Nimoy. There’s a scene in which Scotty and Dr. McCoy visit a glass maker in the 1980s, as the former uses a 1985 Apple Macintosh computer to create the design for “transparent aluminum,” so they could assemble a huge tank in which to transport a pair of humpback whales to the 23rd century.
When McCoy asks Scotty whether he has just damaged the timeline, Scotty responds with a twinkle in his eye, to the effect that how do we know that the fellow who ran that plant didn’t invent it? That offhand remark was used to explain away the potential impact to the timeline.
The TV genre show, “Fringe,” which wrapped up its five-year run this week, deftly manipulated time travel and alternate universe plot lines. Without spoiling your enjoyment of the final two episodes, let me just say that our hapless heroes were trying to find a way to send someone to the future to undo the damage done to early 21st century Earth by the “watchers,” a curious group of visitors from the future, inspired by the Men In Black.
Not to be outdone, the new Sy-Fy series, “Continuum,” depicts a group of rebels from the year 2077, who return to the present day to wreak havoc. They are followed by a police detective who somehow managed to catch hold of the time travel energy wave.
Now none of this means that we really do have time travelers in our midst, either from our own future, or some other world. Nor does it mean that there isn’t an element of space travel and interdimensional travel involved.
To be sure, the UFO mystery is incredibly complicated. While it may be comforting to find just one answer for all the unknowns, the sightings that do not carry conventional explanations, it’s too early in the game to dismiss evidence that doesn’t seem to fit in any sensible category.
When I hear about time travel, I do wonder what it would be like to go through time to undo one’s own mistakes. What would happen if I met up with an earlier version of myself anyway? Would the whole universe go poof? But think of the scene in “Looper,” where the older version of the protagonist, portrayed by Bruce Willis, first meets his younger self, portrayed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who has been ordered to assassinate his older counterpart. Talk about confusing.to have more information about these potential books in the near future.
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January 20, 2013
Mysterious Cattle Deaths and Mutilations Explored on The Paracast
Special Announcement: The Paracast is heard Sundays from 2:00 AM until 5:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
Why It's Important for You to Donate to The Paracast: Although ads help cover a small part of our expenses, the income they produce is never enough to pay your humble hosts decent wages. Also, we do not receive any revenue from the ads placed on the show by our network or local stations. So we hope you're able to help fill the gap, if you can, to help us cover increasing server costs and other expenses -- or perhaps provide a little extra cash for lunch and utility bills. No contribution is too small (or too large
. It’s easy to send a donation. We have a Donate link on our home page, below the logo and audio player. There's also a Donate link on our forums, at the bottom of the sidebar on the right. Or just send your PayPal donation direct to sales (at) theparacast (dot) com. And if you’ve had a problem getting to our Donate screen, please try again. We just fixed a serious PayPal access problem, and it should work properly now.Attention U.S. Listeners: Help Us Bring The Paracast to Your City! In the summer of 2010, The Paracast joined the GCN radio network. This represented a huge step in bringing our show to a larger, mainstream audience. But we need your help to add additional affiliates to our growing network. Please ask one of your local talk stations if they are interested in carrying The Paracast. Feel free to contact us directly with the names of programming people we might be able to contact on your behalf. We can't do this alone, and if you succeed in convincing your local station to carry the show, we'll reward you with one of our special T-shirts, and other goodies. With your help, The Paracast can grow into one of the most popular paranormal shows on the planet!
Please Visit Our Online Store: You asked, and we answered. We are now taking orders for The Official Paracast T-Shirt and an expanded collection of other specially customized merchandise. To get your T-Shirt now featuring our brand new logo, just pay a visit to our online store at The Official Paracast Store to select your size and place your order. We also offer a complete lineup of other premium merchandise for your family, your friends and your business contacts.
About The Paracast: The Paracast covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet.
Set Up: The Paracast is a paranormal radio show that takes you on a journey to a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions. The Paracast seeks to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join long-time paranormal researcher Gene Steinberg, co-host and acclaimed field investigator Christopher O'Brien, and a panel of special guest experts and experiencers, as they explore the realms of the known and unknown. Listen each week to the great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: Gene and Chris present a special episode focusing on the subject of "cattle mutilations," which been popularized by people such investigators as Linda Moulton Howe, who have laid the blame for these mysterious livestock deaths on "aliens." But there are cases of unsolved livestock deaths that have sinister, more down-to-earth overtones. Case in point: Werner Bock and other ranchers of the Maritime Provinces of Canada. For almost 40 years, these ranchers have been victimized by what could be described as a systematic campaign of terror and death. Bock will explain his frustrating attempts over the years to understand what happened to his livestock and who caused it.
Chris O'Brien's Site: Our Strange Planet
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: The Paracast Community Forums. We recently completed a major update that makes our community easier to navigate, and social network friendly.
Time Travelers and UFOs
By Gene Steinberg
For years, I’ve argued against the assumption that, if UFOs, if real, must come from outer space. That theory may seem perfectly logical considering that we have discovered evidence of more and more planets, orbiting other star systems, which may be similar to Earth, and thus may contain life. Assuming some are more advanced than we are, they would conceivably spread across the stars with advanced spaceships, so it seems to make sense that we are a regular stopover for ETs.
Wouldn’t they be curious, after all, about other intelligent races in the galaxy? Or maybe we think too much of ourselves.
But that’s not proven by any means. It’s not as if we have real evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth, so why not consider some alternatives? One of those alternative theories has it that they are visitors from our own future, and that raises a load of possibilities, some potentially troubling.
Certainly time travel has been a ripe source of possibilities that have fed lots of sci-fi stories and even a number of movies. The most famous of the breed is probably H.G. Wells “The Time Machine,” written in 1895. In addition to theatrical movies in 1960 and 2002, and a TV movie in 1978, “The Time Machine” has inspired the plot lines of other TV and movie productions. In the Sy-Fy TV series “Warehouse 13,” they even have a female character named H.G. Wells who, of course, is able to travel through time.
In the 1979 movie, “Time After Time,” we see Wells traveling to the present day in his time machine to battle Jack the Ripper. Wells also turns up in several episodes of that TV comedy/drama of the early 1990s, “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.”
But is there any evidence that such a thing is possible, and not only possible, that it has actually happened?
Well, during a recent appearance on a nationally syndicated computer radio show, “Craig Crossman’s Computer America,” I was asked to spend an hour talking about UFOs and other mysteries; for a change of pace I suppose. During that discussion, Crossman suggested I have a look at a curious YouTube video of a 1920’s Charlie Chaplin silent film. This segment, lasting all of two minutes, 19 seconds, depicts one character walking with what appears to be a portable handset of some sort.
Considering that we saw the progenitor to the clamshell mobile phone in the 1960s in “Star Trek,” I suppose it’s reasonable to believe that some screenwriter in the early part of the 20th century imagined people using portable telephones. After all, we do have sci-fi movies of that era showing travel in space, so why assume that a time traveler of some sort, or perhaps an extraterrestrial visitor, must be responsible for such a segment in an old movie?
But what if there were actually people who were dressed in a peculiar fashion, or were otherwise out of time? Well, if you look over the Fortean literature over the centuries, you will find reports of people of this sort. And assuming they weren’t just wearing costumes for some sort of social gathering, why the anomaly? After all, one would think that if someone was smart enough to travel through time, they’d be smart enough to dress appropriately for the purpose. Why draw attention to themselves? Maybe it’s all a lark and they just don’t care.
But that takes us to the core problem that may arise with time travel, which is how do you avoid doing something that messes up your own future? Would they have computers on hand that would assess the probabilities, or just go for broke and assume it’s all meant to be anyway, so it doesn’t matter? This time travel paradox is also a big part of some of the sci-fi fare over the years.
I think of the fourth motion picture in the “Star Trek” series, “The Voyage Home,” directed with a light touch by Leonard Nimoy. There’s a scene in which Scotty and Dr. McCoy visit a glass maker in the 1980s, as the former uses a 1985 Apple Macintosh computer to create the design for “transparent aluminum,” so they could assemble a huge tank in which to transport a pair of humpback whales to the 23rd century.
When McCoy asks Scotty whether he has just damaged the timeline, Scotty responds with a twinkle in his eye, to the effect that how do we know that the fellow who ran that plant didn’t invent it? That offhand remark was used to explain away the potential impact to the timeline.
The TV genre show, “Fringe,” which wrapped up its five-year run this week, deftly manipulated time travel and alternate universe plot lines. Without spoiling your enjoyment of the final two episodes, let me just say that our hapless heroes were trying to find a way to send someone to the future to undo the damage done to early 21st century Earth by the “watchers,” a curious group of visitors from the future, inspired by the Men In Black.
Not to be outdone, the new Sy-Fy series, “Continuum,” depicts a group of rebels from the year 2077, who return to the present day to wreak havoc. They are followed by a police detective who somehow managed to catch hold of the time travel energy wave.
Now none of this means that we really do have time travelers in our midst, either from our own future, or some other world. Nor does it mean that there isn’t an element of space travel and interdimensional travel involved.
To be sure, the UFO mystery is incredibly complicated. While it may be comforting to find just one answer for all the unknowns, the sightings that do not carry conventional explanations, it’s too early in the game to dismiss evidence that doesn’t seem to fit in any sensible category.
When I hear about time travel, I do wonder what it would be like to go through time to undo one’s own mistakes. What would happen if I met up with an earlier version of myself anyway? Would the whole universe go poof? But think of the scene in “Looper,” where the older version of the protagonist, portrayed by Bruce Willis, first meets his younger self, portrayed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who has been ordered to assassinate his older counterpart. Talk about confusing.to have more information about these potential books in the near future.
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