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News Briefs 02-10-2014

By Grail-seekeron

Holding the ‘Fort’:

Quote of the Day:

If you’re going to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you.

Billy Wilder

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  1. black-eyed susans
    BEK’s always fascinated me and I think I’ve come up with a “logical” explanation for them. A big clue is how they often are reported to approach their victims. They knock on doors and ask to use the phone or even tap on the window of your car while you sit in a darkened lot. They can’t harm you unless you let them in, similar to vampires. this means that like vampires they have to follow a rule laid out long ago as an agreement between humans and “folks of the other side” that they can not do harm against the will of a person, but must be allowed to “come in.” Now this pertains to other acts as well, such as conjuring or asking questions to a Ouija board. Even though you may not speak the exact phrase “come in” by asking a spirit questions and expecting an answer you are asking them to interact with you and therefore “come in.” I don’t think BEK’s are aliens or vampires, I think they are some other sort of spirit that feeds on human fears or souls. Remember kids, “demon” is a word the Church bastardized from “daemon” and it never used to mean what it means today. When I say demon to you, you instantly flood your mind with images from Renaissance artwork, but that’s not all it includes.

    Back on topic, I remember watching an episode of the show Monsters/Mysteries in America (I may be wrong, emlong may be able to back me up here) that talked of the BEK. It told the story of a guy who had to pay his taxes so he went after work and the sun was setting fast. As he rummaged through the papers in his car, two kids walked up to his car and knocked on the window and he opened it to see what they wanted. Now first off, NEVER EVER roll down your window for ANYONE (obviously doesn’t apply when you get stopped by a police officer), you could get mugged, shot, or pulled out and your car stolen. He did manage to get away though once he saw the kids had black eyes. Remember, never let them in.

    I grew up in Atlantic City so this was Tuesday night for me “bada bumm tisss”

    1. Here is the trailer for the
      Here is the trailer for the BEK episode on Monsters and Mysteries In America. The guy relating the story was a journalist. His friend also narrates about how freaked out his journalist friend was.
      MMIA is a pretty good little series:

  2. Loss of smell predicts death?
    Not always. A good friend lost her sense of smell well over 10 years ago and she’s in fine shape otherwise. Why she lost it is a small medical mystery to her doctors after every kind of test imaginable came back negative, but she’s still in very good health.

    1. Remember Oliver Sacks’ story
      Remember Oliver Sacks’ story “The Dog Beneath the Skin” about a medical student who took a bunch of speed, PCP, and other stuff and spent 3 weeks graced with the olfactory acuity of a canine? Actually, this was Sacks himself as he later admitted. I think I’ll go find my copy of “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” and reread that chapter. As I recall, there was a lot of philosophizing about what heightened senses can mean and what the inverse can mean as well.

      An interesting question – do anosmics have shorter lifespans?

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