Well, well. A guy has to earn his living, I guess. And evidently, Mr Beckley does it by selling stories about the unusual and paranormal. I guess we know what that means. But he does come across very genuine regarding his own UFO experiences and even though he sells these stories, he seems to discern between the more credible ones and the crazy and/or possibly made up ones.
I guess, with the "Poltergeist" he was a little too young to be an objective observer, but it does seem interesting that his sister would have been around the "right" age of puberty. It would be interesting to know if she may have been holding something back which might have manifested as these events
His second own UFO experience was very interesting, too. You hear about these "interactive" lights from time to time, again from places like Hessdalen, and I sometimes think, well, maybe these things are just plain consciousness (Poltergeist like or whatever), playfully flying around and having fun with us earthbound creatures.
Mr. Houdini (who originally came from Germany, I believe) can definitely be called a debunker. I guess, like Randi, if you are in that business, you see too many people who want to create an air of mysticism around themselves and don't hesitate to be fraudulent about it to believe that stuff like psychic abilities really exists. As I said before, it does take observations of your own which seem to be inexplicable, to begin to wonder. I guess, Mr Houdini didn't have those.
All in all, I liked the show a lot (and not only because I got mentioned which I take as an early Christmas present). Mr Beckley does have a lot of stories, many of them to be taken with more than a grain of salt, but they are interesting. You know, here in Germany, you don't ever hear about the history of Ufology. The subject is officially non-existant.
By the way Gene, I'm not a sucker for liverwurst, but Bratwurst I like a lot. I guess you could say my outward gestalt was a little influenced by bratwurst. And beer. And Wiener Schnitzels.
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