Richard Sharpe Shaver and the Philosophy of Flying Saucers

I recommend listening to the 4-30-20 episode of Bob Carlson's UNFICTIONAL, which airs weekly on KCRW in Los Angeles. This particular episode (entitled "The Philosophy of Flying Saucers") deals with a prime cryptoscatological subject, namely Richard Sharpe Shaver, creator of what has come to be known as "The Shaver Mystery":

The story of the Shaver Mystery began in 1943 when a man named Richard Sharpe Shaver sent a letter to Amazing Stories, an early science fiction magazine. But Shaver said his story was not fiction, it was an incredible thing that had actually happened to him. These are excerpts from Shaver's writing, read by an actor. 

VOICE READING EXCERPT: I myself cannot explain it, I know only that I remember Lemuria! Remember it with the faithfulness that I accept with the absolute conviction of a fanatic. And yet, I am not a fanatic. I am a simple man, a worker in metal employed at a steel mill in Pennsylvania. 

While working in a factory, Shaver said he gained the ability to hear the thoughts of others. He quit his job, he became a hobo for a while, and that led to his discovery of a race of Pre-historical extraterrestrial creatures called the Titans. They were once part of a large civilization here on earth, but most of those had left in spacecraft... while a few were abandoned here on earth. Of those, a small number were the Noble Teros. But unfortunately, a larger number of the ones left behind became mutated by the sun's radiation into sadistic savages. They were called Dero.

VOICE READING EXCERPT: A race of Dero is produced whose every thorough movement is concluded with a decision to kill. They will kill instantly. They will instantly kill or torture anyone who will make contact unless they are extremely familiar with them and fear them. That is why they do not instantly kill each other.

And the reason Richard Shaver knew so much about Deros and the underground caverns, is because he was held prisoner by the Deros in the Cavern World. He saw how they used rays to read and manipulate people's minds. Now he was here to tell readers... they're still doing it.

You can hear the entire episode HERE.

(Previous Cryptoscatology posts dealing with the work of Richard Shaver can be found HERE and HERE.)