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Nick Redfern--Monster Files

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Nick has got an exceptional work ethic and a writer's skillset that allows him to be prolific. His humility and genuine interest in the subject matter, along with his ability to recount great tales in detail, make him an excellent guest. His ability to search through the many files makes him a secretary of history and sometimes he could be mistaken for the historian.

Thanks for asking my question that brought out the repeated theme of gov't using popular culture, folklore and strange sightings of monsters as a form of misdirection and social manipulation.

Fcseven said:
I wonder if Chris and Nick aware of the connection between the Heaven's Gate suicides and project Blue Beam? I believe some of the programmers were members of the cult that suicided themselves in 1997. There is a strange connection between Blue Beam, Heaven's Gate, and the Phoenix lights. Some believe the Phoenix lights incident was a massive psyops.
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I also enjoyed this read, though believability fell off at the point NASA was being identified as strategizing to bring about the electronic Antichrist. But then how far is it from Redfern's Demonic UFO's? In this way I'm not there for Nick as historian as much as reflector of all histories he discovers. I wish there was more of a specific personal angle or focus, a definitive opinion and analysis, as opposed to reporting everything, with the suggestion being that many things are possible i.e. Bigfoot translators working with the Man. All of that stuff is rooted in pure speculation and deserves as much criticism that Jimi H. can throw at it. Does this type of reporting help to enhance the profile of the paranormal or does it serve to promote more of the 'woo-woo' factor?
 
Loved this episode! You guys covered a nicely diverse range of topics, although the main focus was right up my ally! I really enjoy hearing Nick Redfern, and I admit I don't think I have heard enough of him so far (not your fault, totally mine - I haven't delved that deeply into his work as of yet).

And I have to say - every time I heard the crazy demonic Paracast shout out at the breaks, it made me laugh. Probably more than it should have! :D
 
spookymulder said:
This is kind of cool even if it's a fake but given the circumstances, of course he's wearing plaid. I posted this awhile back in another thread.


Is This Trail Camera Image a Ghost? - Game & Fish
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When I first looked at that image, it made me think someone was moving quickly in the camera's view so it seems mundane. But the story around it (no footprints, nothing seen at the time, etc.) is curious. I wonder if anyone has any old photos of the Pot Weaver guy to try and compare. Thanks for sharing!
 
Grifynne said:
Loved this episode! You guys covered a nicely diverse range of topics, although the main focus was right up my ally! I really enjoy hearing Nick Redfern, and I admit I don't think I have heard enough of him so far (not your fault, totally mine - I haven't delved that deeply into his work as of yet).

And I have to say - every time I heard the crazy demonic Paracast shout out at the breaks, it made me laugh. Probably more than it should have! :D
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I vote for the return of Chris's Trickster voice too, its been far too long Mr O'Brien.. far too long
 
And what about this British Army 'Flatwoods Monster' deal? I found that fascinating. Such a coincidence if it was and I think, like many others, that the reported Flatwoods Monster was a bit too much 'Robby the Robot' even for Ufology. But thinking that it could have been a military concoction from the early 50's......remembering exactly where sci-fi was back then, it's almost exactly as you'd expect such a man-made 'monster/robot' to be, if that indeed was the case.

Like everyone else, I take my hat off to Nick for his work ethic, prolific output, varied material and ability to just find stuff that other authors don't seem to manage, bar a few, such as Brad Steiger.
Oh, and perhaps we should call him Nicks Redfern as in courts martial as there simply must be more than one of him!
 
If we are bubbles of consciousness and the world is our dream, then we could expect dream-like phenomena to come and go. That which we all agree upon is the 'stable world,' and that which we do not agree upon is the 'paranormal.'

Synchronicity is a clear sign that this is in fact what is happening. It is non-causal.

So where is Bigfoot? In the imagination of whomever is seeing it. Jung thought that such things actually exist for a period of time. Ghosts are quite real as well - for a time - and under certain circumstances.
 
Jeff Crowell said:
It sounded like he was constipated not scary to me. Lol!
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I thought it sounded quite scary. And familiar. Weren't there some really almost genuine recordings in that "Fourth Kind" alleged documentary-ish movie, where the aliens/fakey-Annunakey guys sounded quite like that? Must have taken Nick some practice but was quite impressive IMO. Let's keep that for Halloween episodes.

Good show, thanks for asking my questions. I tried to dig up more about the 2D-Wendigo stories alluded to in the internet article, but couldn't find any possible sources. It would sure be interesting to ask a native american mythology expert if there were more sighting reports with that high strange aspect.
 
Grifynne said:
When I first looked at that image, it made me think someone was moving quickly in the camera's view so it seems mundane. But the story around it (no footprints, nothing seen at the time, etc.) is curious. I wonder if anyone has any old photos of the Pot Weaver guy to try and compare. Thanks for sharing!
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Indeed, very interesting. If it's just a guy quickly moving in front of the camera while facing it, why would his lower legs seem to be missing? Any foto experts here who could explain that (without resorting to "it's photoshopped", which of course can never be absolutely excluded nowadays)?
 
Polterwurst said:
Indeed, very interesting. If it's just a guy quickly moving in front of the camera while facing it, why would his lower legs seem to be missing? Any foto experts here who could explain that (without resorting to "it's photoshopped", which of course can never be absolutely excluded nowadays)?
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His front left foot is in motion more and faster than his body which is turning and, consequently blurring while the long exposure of the camera aperture is capturing all that it can that is still and mostly still. Objects moving fast in front of an open lens will only register blurred motion, a transoarent outline or nothing at all if it moves fast enough. His right leg is still planted and clearly visible.
 
Burnt State said:
His right leg is still planted and clearly visible.
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Sorry, I don't see the lower part and foot, even if I enlarge the pic. The resolution is quite crappy, though, and enlarged I see only pixels.

Objects moving fast in front of an open lens will only register blurred motion, a transoarent outline or nothing at all if it moves fast enough.
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OK, that would be the explanation. So he probably must have waited for just the right moment, maybe jumped or otherwise moved his feet quickly? All of which would probably mean that it's a deliberate hoax, probably involving the guys who set up the trail cam?

So what would you say to the last foto in the vid I posted here? That's pre-digital camera and the rest of the image is clear, only the lower legs are missing. The foto is at approx. 3:10. Maybe answer in that thread, I'm already feeling guilty to have hijacked this one completely.
 
Polterwurst said:
So what would you say to the last foto in the vid I posted here? That's pre-digital camera and the rest of the image is clear, only the lower legs are missing. The foto is at approx. 3:10. Maybe answer in that thread, I'm already feeling guilty to have hijacked this one completely.
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The one with the subway electric chair and the floating woman at the end look like darkroom manipulation with superimposed imagery. But, the first one with the large headed woman that appears in the first 'ghost' photo is genuinely intriguing as the darkroom requirements for this are beyond me. At first I thought she was a cutout that had been inserted into the frame in the darkroom and the neg had been cut around the glasses, but the glasses in front of her have parallax distortion of her shirt in the glasses which means she, or her image, must have been physically present at the time the image was taken. The only thing that makes sense here is that there was an actual large cut out image placed behind the table and between the two women. Perhaps having a large printed image present at the time of shutter release would also account for the size differential and the blurriness of her specifc image. Only the people sitting at this table know the truth as emulsion does not lie.
 
Late to the party. Only came to ask a question to Chris:

In the interview you mentioned something about 'two-dimensional' creatures, which you said to have commented on previous shows. Could you please tell me more about this?

Would this have something to do with the so-called 'nightcrawlers'?

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