Cryptozoology Corner

From Gregory Forth's 4-26-23 SAPIENS article entitled "On Flores Island, Do 'Ape-Men' Still Exist?"

DURING ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELDWORK on the Indonesian island of Flores between 1984 and 2003, I recorded local accounts of small-bodied, ape-like humans who reportedly lived on the island. When the discovery of the fossil hominin Homo floresiensis was announced in 2004, I was taken aback by the remarkable resemblance between the locally described “ape-men” and paleoanthropological reconstructions of the late Pleistocene fossils. Exploring how this correspondence might be explained, I continued my investigations during 10 subsequent field trips between 2005 and 2018. The result is my 2022 book. The following excerpted essay is from the book’s first chapter....

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Censorship Corner

From Deana Mitchell's 4-30-23 VOANews report entitled "Growing Demand in US to Censor Library Books":

The American Library Association says there were a record number of demands to censor U.S. library books last year, nearly double the challenges from the previous year. For VOA, Deana Mitchell takes us to a Texas town that is considering closing its library to block a court ruling ordering the return of banned books....

To see Mitchell's entire report, click HERE.

From Bruce Haring's 4-16-23 DEADLINE article entitled "P.G. Wodehouse’s ‘Jeeves And Wooster’ Books Changed For ‘Unacceptable Prose’":

Penguin Random House has altered what it termed the “unacceptable prose” of author P.G. Wodehouse in new editions of his classic Jeeves and Wooster series.

The publisher also warned readers of “outdated” terms in the revamped works, the Sunday Telegraph reports.

Publishers have recently been changing older classic works by such authors as Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming to reflect current sensibilities. The changes have been condemned by some as ruining the original vision of the authors.

To read Haring's entire article, click HERE.

Walpurgis Night

"Walpurgis Night was when, according to the belief of millions of people, the devil was abroad–when the graves were opened and the dead came forth and walked. When all evil things of earth and air and water held revel. This very place the driver had specially shunned. This was the depopulated village of centuries ago. This was where the suicide lay; and this was the place where I was alone–unmanned, shivering with cold in a shroud of snow with a wild storm gathering again upon me! It took all my philosophy, all the religion I had been taught, all my courage, not to collapse in a paroxysm of fright."

--Bram Stoker, "Dracula's Guest," 1914 

Adam Gorightly on CONSPIRINORMAL

Recommended Listening: Check out Adam Sayne and Serfeil Stevenson's 4-25-23 CONSPIRINORMAL interview with Adam Gorightly, editor and publisher of STALKING THE GREAT WHORE: THE LOST WRITINGS OF JAMES SHELBY DOWNARD. Here's Sayne and Stevenson's description of the episode:

"Adam Gorightly joins us to discuss a project that he has been working on over the last few years and has now finally published. That is the lost writings of James Shelby Downard published as 'Stalking the Great Whore.' We speak to Adam about his process collecting and going through the writings and organizing it. We then talk about some of the themes Downard writes about and more of the fantastical experiences Downard mentions in the book."

You can contact Adam Gorightly and get his books at his website.

Conspirinormal 445- Adam Gorightly 6 (Stalking James Shelby Downard)

 

Cattle Mutilation Corner

From Brandi D. Addison's 4-24-23 USA TODAY article entitled "Cows Turning Up Dead with Tongues, Sex Organs Removed. Texas Officials Aren't Sure Why.":

Authorities are baffled by a recent mystery that has occurred among cattle herds along the same Texas highway: Several dead cows, with select body parts missing.

After the unexpected death of a cow in Madison County – near College Station and about 100 miles north of Houston – the local sheriff's office has confirmed that an investigation is underway to determine what's behind a series of similar cow deaths along Texas State Highway OSR.

According to a release from the sheriff's office, the 6-year-old cow was found dead, lying on its side and missing its tongue.

"A straight, clean cut, with apparent precision, had been made to remove the hide around the cow’s mouth on one side, leaving the meat under the removed hide untouched," the news release stated. "The tongue was also completely removed from the body with no blood spill."

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Mind Control Corner

From Summer Lin's L.A. TIMES 4-36-23 report entitled "Man Holding ‘Free Billie Eilish’ Sign Climbs KTLA Tower in Hollywood":

A man holding a sign that read “Free Billie Eilish” climbed the KTLA-TV Channel 5 tower Tuesday night in Hollywood, snarling traffic in the area as streets were shut down during the hours-long negotiation with the climber.

The Los Angeles Fire Department received reports of a possible jumper at 6:32 p.m. in the 5800 block of West Sunset Boulevard, a spokesperson said.

The man was playing a guitar and holding the handwritten Billie Eilish sign, which also read “MK ultra sex slaves Donald Marshall clones” on the back, KTLA reported.

To read the entire article, click HERE.

Texas and the Ten Commandments

From Christina Maxouris and Raja Razek's 4-22-23 CNN article entitled "Texas Senate Passes Bill Requiring Public School Classrooms to Display Ten Commandments":

The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday requiring each public school classroom to display a copy of the Ten Commandments, a move that drew backlash from civil liberty advocates who say lawmakers should not dictate what religious materials students are exposed to.

The legislation, which passed the state Senate on a 17-12 vote, will now head to the state’s House of Representatives.

Senate Bill 1515, authored by state Sen. Phil King, a Republican, requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in a “conspicuous place” in each classroom in a “size and typeface that is legible to a person with average vision from anywhere in the classroom.”

King has previously said the bill will help restore religious liberties “that were lost” and it “reminds students all across Texas of the importance of a fundamental foundation” of America.

“This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school year,” the bill reads. “This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house … If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023.”

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