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Paranormal America 2
by Hugh Mungus
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© 2010. Hugh Mungus
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Fantasma Colorado (Arizona) 7
Ong's Hat (New Jersey) 13
The Ely UFO Crash (Nevada) 23
A Ghost Ship in the Desert (California) 31
Mysterious Healing Dirt (New Mexico) 37
The Curious Case of Stan Romanek (Colorado) 43
Killer Trolls From Hell, Etc. (Massachusetts) 61
A Black Mailbox on the E.T. Highway (Nevada) 69
The Dreamy Draw UFO Crash (Arizona) 75
Buried Treasure, Missiles and Murder (New Mexico) 81
Dead Drunk (Nevada) 89
The Kecksburg UFO Crash (Pennsylvania) 95
Epilogue 105
Bibliography 111
About the Author 123
Author’s Note 125
1
Introduction
Advances in technology have pushed mankind
into the realm of what was once deemed fantasy.
Even so, many continue to deny the existence of
the paranormal, exclaiming, "I have to see it to
believe it."
With this logic, one would have to see oxygen to
accept its validity. Of course, viewing this element
with the naked eye isn't possible, yet we're certain
it exists because we don't fall over dead.
Since we haven't all floated into the ionosphere,
the presence of gravity is believed to be fact, but
when was the last time you actually gazed upon
this invisible energy?
Can you observe an atom without the aid of a mi-
croscope? No, and yet you take for granted
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your entire body, and everyone you've known, is
comprised of nothing but atoms.
Microwaves, sound waves and wireless transmis-
sions are but a handful of alternate realms existing
around us all the time, even though, to our limited
visual spectrum, they're imperceptible.
What resides in the ultraviolet, or the infrared, be-
yond our scope?
Consider the anthill and 10 lane superhighway
analogy, as proposed by leading theoretical phys-
icist Michio Kaku. You're an ant. You're building
an anthill with thousands of your insect buddies.
Your edifice resides 15 feet from a 10 lane super-
highway. Every hour, tens of thousands of vehicles
pass at breakneck speeds.
"Do you, the ant, comprehend the superhighway
for what it is?"
Introduction 3
The answer is, "No."
How could an ant understand the meaning of a
superhighway, and the cars traversing it, if this
insect doesn't grasp the purpose of vehicles and
the roads upon which they travel? An ant's intel-
lect is limited to what it can perceive.
Viewing humans as the ants in this scenario, it's
plausible there are forces our inhibited mentalities
can't comprehend.
A friend recently engaged in a college lecture re-
garding astronomer Galileo Galilei. Prior to such
an axiom being accepted, Galileo was a champion
of heliocentrism, the idea the Earth and other plan-
ets in our Solar System revolve around the Sun. G-
squared also improved the first telescope, making
it suitable for stargazing, thereby rescuing human-
kind from belief in erroneous astronomical tenets.
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As the class discussion ensued, my friend stated,
"I'm smarter than Galileo." My buddy exclaimed,
"We're all smarter than Galileo."
According to his rationale, as generations prog-
ress, they consecutively become more intelligent.
Two hundred years ago, the greatest minds on the
planet weren't even certain germ theory was rele-
vant. Today, the common person fights germs ef-
fectively with antibiotics, astringent and sanitizer.
My friend's point was interesting. If humankind
advances technologically, the average individual
hundreds of years from now will have access to
more knowledge than the most brilliant scientist,
today. This isn't to say a cast member of the Jersey
Shore is more intellectually advanced than Gali-
leo. If the survival of humanity depended upon
Snooki developing the telescope, we'd all be
dead. Still, you get the picture.
Introduction 5
It's imperative humans continue to learn. Should
we claim omniscience, and become stagnant, we
run the risk of extinction. There's too much we
don't understand threatening our survival.
It's important to keep an open mind, but in the
essential words of skeptics, "not so open that our
brains fall out." Don't take anything at face value.
Constantly question.
What follows is a compilation of intriguing para-
normal tales.
"Are they real?" you ask.
Your guess is as good as anyone's. Hopefully
you'll conduct your own research into the subse-
quent material, so these enigmas can be solved.
Akin to congratulating a recent arm amputee on
losing 20 pounds, traversing on private property is
Destinations Across Paranormal America 6
just wrong. Explore the locations featured herein
with caution and respect.
Hugh Mungus
7
Fantasma Colorado (Arizona)
"The Devil killed her, I tell you! It was the Devil,
himself!” the hysterical woman shrieked.
The damsel in distress collapsed in her husband's
arms, as the man gazed outside at the mangled,
female body. The yard was bleached with blood.
Blood and a pureed hand, or maybe it was part of
a face. From this distance, it was difficult to tell.
Huge hoofprints ringed the area around the ca-
daver, and thick strands of red hair littered the soil.
A second man — the slain woman's husband —
rushed outside, collapsing to his knees and weep-
ing over what was left of his dead spouse.
Inside the modest home, the rancher turned to his
agonized wife. The woman gazed up, sensing her
husband's skepticism. Her tear-stained face con-
torted. "I know you don't believe me, but the Devil
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was here! He visited our house!" The woman mo-
tioned to the crushed corpse outside. "What else
could have done that?!"
Miles away, 72 hours later, Lucifer made a second
appearance, trampling the tent of two prospectors
in the middle of the night. Escaping injury, the
men scurried from their demolished shelter, as a
massive beast galloped into the blackness. A
search of the area turned up the same crimson fi-
bers and enormous hoofprints left in the wake of
the first encounter.
Both tales spread across 1883 southeast Arizona
faster than syphilis in a Wild West whorehouse.
Folks began whispering of Fantasma Colorado, a
malevolent entity terrorizing the region.
From his perch on the ridge, Cyrus Hamblin could
see the beast clearly. Word of the infamous Red
Ghost had reached local newspapers. In these
Fantasma Colorado 9
parts, Cyrus was one of the unlucky few able to
read. Now, staring down at an angry camel, the
man wondered if this animal was the cause of all
the commotion. Had this been an ordinary drom-
edary, he felt certain those who endured its wrath
would recognize it for the beast of burden it was.
Here in the afternoon Sun, though, the animal's fur
gleaming red like rage, the camel appeared any-
thing but prosaic.
Strapped to the brute's back was something bi-
zarre. Something horrible. Squinting, Cyrus swore
the object leashed atop the monster was a decom-
posing, human corpse.
Weeks later, the beast was spotted again. This time
by prospectors taking target practice. Although not
a single bullet found pay dirt, the deafening re-
ports of revolvers had caused the camel to sprint
for its life. In the frenzy, the head of the animal’s
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disintegrating rider came loose, landing at the feet
of the astonished men.
Deduction painted a portrait of a lost settler facing
dehydration, and strapping himself to the back of
the camel, in hopes the beast would find water be-
fore it was too late. Having to carry a fetid carcass
through blazing heat, the dromedary probably be-
came enraged, and exacted revenge on anything
human within its path.
Sightings of Fantasma Colorado abated until 1893,
when one Mizoo Hastings gunned down a beast
thought to be the nefarious Red Ghost. By this
time, the monster had relieved itself of its pesky
passenger, and was traveling sans skeleton. How-
ever, rawhide straps believed to have once se-
cured the corpse to the camel, were still attached
to the animal's back. Oddly, these leather bands
were affixed in a way the passenger could have
never fastened, himself.
Fantasma Colorado 11
Had the man atop the animal been alive when
attached to the creature, sent off into the desert as
capital punishment? Was it more likely somebody
possessing a maniacal sense of humor, a cadaver
and a camel simply slung the body onto the beast
to get a laugh? Perhaps we'll never know.
One thing is certain. Reports of dromedary sight-
ings in Greenlee County, Arizona, persist to the
present day. Not indigenous to the region, these
beasts were imported by the U.S. Army in the
1850s as a method of transportation. The program
fell apart when the animals — although well suited
for the terrain — began displaying their inherently
irate nature.
Some claim the fabled Fantasma Colorado still gal-
lops across the desert in the Grand Canyon State.
Should you care to take a look for yourself, Green-
lee County is accessed via U.S. Route 70, U.S.
Route 191, State Route 75 or State Route 78.
13
Ong's Hat (New Jersey)
The Gate pulsed. Through the opening, the alter-
nate dimension came into focus.
Both Frank and Althea could see an environment
identical their own taking shape in the other
world. Rolling hills, trees, swaying grass. But some-
thing in this new existence was different. Some-
thing didn't feel quite right. Frank couldn't put his
finger on it until Althea spoke up.
"There are no buildings," she exclaimed.
The former Princeton student squinted, affording
himself a deeper view through the ingress. Althea
was right. There were no buildings. In fact, nothing
man-made at all was visible in this bordering real-
ity. Not a house, nor a road, not even a fence with
which to corral the intermittent, wayward cow.
And where there are no buildings,...
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"There are no people," Althea finished Frank's de-
duction, as twins often do for one another.
Both siblings had been cast out of Princeton for
promoting free thinking. Their combined Ph.D.
thesis on "cognitive chaos" had gone over like a
lead zeppelin. In fact, the brother/sister team had
been expelled for proving their groundbreaking
theories, mathematically.
Their cutting edge study centered around inter-
dimensional travel. It was imperative this type of
research continue, and yet, suppressed by the
powers that be, further progress was impossible.
The two students needed a place in which to pur-
sue their experimentation without hindrance.
As the twins gazed into the uninhabited reality be-
fore them, they realized they had found Nirvana. A
dimension untouched by human existence. A
place with limitless possibilities. A world in which
Ong’s Hat 15
people might someday stop the aging process,
and cleanse themselves of disease simply through
mind power.
The portal widened. The Gate hummed. The mur-
mur was now almost unbearable, as the orphan
test subject sitting beneath the glowing rift became
translucent.
"It's working!" Frank thought. "The damned thing's
working! We were right all along!"
In no obvious pain, the waif gazed about. His
body became transparent. Images from the dimen-
sion behind him were now clear. Blue sky, boul-
ders, clouds.
And that's when Althea noticed it. Not only was
the runaway vanishing before their eyes, so too
was the Egg, the very machine they had created
with which to facilitate inter-dimensional travel.
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Wide-eyed, the orphan turned toward the twins. A
moment later, he, the Egg and the Gate disap-
peared. With that, the hum dissipated, and the
neighboring reality vanished. Only the nocturnal
sounds of the forest remained at Ong's Hat.
The New Jersey Pine Barrens is no place to be
caught after sundown. Tales of ominous creatures
inundate this rural region. In the heart of the
weirdness once resided the hamlet of Ong's Hat, a
town supposedly titled due to one Jacob Ong, an
initial settler of the area.
According to legend, Ong was quite the ladies'
man, sweeping women off their feet with sophisti-
cated dance moves, and dress befitting someone
of great affluence. As with most gigolos, Jacob's
past returned to haunt him.
When a spurned lover discovered Ong's philan-
dering ways, she confronted him at a local dance.
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The furious woman stripped the man of his prized
possession — a silk hat — and crushed the derby
to ruins before Jacob's eyes. Gathering his expen-
sive chapeau, a distraught Ong ran outside and
threw the hat into a nearby tree, where it remained
for a number of years. Due to the rural nature of
this region, the lonesome article of clothing be-
came a demarcation by which travelers could find
the isolated village.
Today, the legendary landmark no longer exists.
Neither does the populace of Ong's Hat. The town
has long been abandoned, but the strange tales
surrounding it live on.
Most notable is the saga of Frank and Althea
Dobbs, twin siblings who reputedly discovered a
portal to an alternate dimension in this bucolic
setting. According to author Joseph Matheny, in
his book Ong's Hat: The Beginning, Frank and
Althea had been students of Princeton University.
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Disenchanted with the strict ideology of the institu-
tion, the twins worked diligently on a theory to
prove not only inter-dimensional travel, but also
the belief that humans were in full control of their
own mortality. Frank and Althea theorized people
could heal themselves of any affliction, and put an
end to physical aging. After submitting their thesis
on the subject of cognitive chaos, the twins were
expelled from the Ivy League school.
Determined to pursue their paranormal studies,
the brother and sister team set up shop in a run-
down trailer in remote Ong's Hat, New Jersey.
Legend has it the siblings joined a commune in
the desolate countryside, where they tested fantas-
tical machinery on local, wayward runaways. The
tiny cooperative came to be known as the Institute
of Chaos Studies. Roughly three years after its in-
ception, the ICS completed work on a device
known as the Gate, which allegedly transported
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one of the delinquent test subjects to and from an
alternate dimension.
A chemical spill at nearby Fort Dix forced the
constituents of the Institute to flee. Rather than es-
caping to higher ground, the group departed into
a separate dimension. Allegedly, those comprising
the ICS continue to live at Ong's Hat, but within a
different reality.
It's a widely held belief the legend of Ong's Hat is
the fictional brainchild of author Joseph Matheny.
Matheny posted his saga on the Internet in the
early 1990s, in attempts to insert the story into the
collective consciousness of the then-burgeoning
World Wide Web.
If you've ever watched the lonelygirl15 webisodes
on www.youtube.com, you'll understand this an-
ecdotal blending with online reality. To those not
familiar with lonelygirl15, it was the precursor to
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vlogging, videotaping oneself rambling about vari-
ous subject matter, and posting it on the Internet
for the world to view.
Debuting in 2006, lonelygirl15 was created by a
group of young filmmakers. Although fictional, the
show was initially believed by its audience to be
fact. The story followed the everyday existence of
a teenaged girl named Bree. As the production
gained popularity, and its fanciful nature was re-
vealed, two derivative series — centered around
conspiracy theories — were produced.
Back to Ong's Hat, baby! There are those who
claim Matheny's legend is true. Whether or not
one believes the Ong's Hat saga is beside the
point, contends its creator, who asserts his work
stemmed from an actual written narrative known
as the Incunabula Papers. To be certain, it's a lot
of information to digest. Reading Ong's Hat: The
Beginning, listening to the Incunabula Papers on-
Ong’s Hat 21
line (see the Bibliography) or visiting southern
New Jersey, would be great initial steps to unrav-
eling this mystery.
Accessed via the Garden State Parkway, and the
Atlantic City Expressway, the Pine Barrens is a
massive stretch of rural America — home to the
Jersey Devil, as well as more than one species of
carnivorous plant. Those seeking the former loca-
tion of Ong's Hat should traverse the New Jersey
Turnpike, taking State Route 70 east. From this
point, follow exit 4 and continue along Route 72
south. Take a hard left onto Four Mile Circle for
about a mile, and you’ll reach your intended des-
tination. Those hoping for a more precise locale
from which to portal hunt may be disappointed, as
it seems Ong's Hat, much like its inter-dimensional
travelers, has vanished.
23
The Ely UFO Crash (Nevada)
"I certainly believe in aliens in space. They may not
look like us, but I have very strong feelings that they
have advanced beyond our mental capabilities...I think
some highly secret government UFO investigations
are going on that we don't know about, and probably
never will unless the Air Force discloses them."
— former Arizona Senator,
Barry Goldwater
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"Sixteen," the rancher reckoned beneath stale cof-
fee breath.
"Is that possible?" the grizzled man queried him-
self, marveling at the lifeless bodies in the ravine
below. From this lofty vantage point, the victims
appeared childlike in stature. The glow emanating
from the crashed spaceship provided an unnatural
amount of light for this hour.
"Could some of 'em still be alive?" the cowhand
wondered.
The living piece of shoe leather squinted. Crow's
feet the size of pterodactyl talons emerged. Dark
silhouettes scurried across the corners of the
man's vision. The opaque shadows clarified into
the shapes of coyotes.
The ancient, withering Paint beneath the rancher
shifted uneasily.
The Ely UFO Crash 25
"Damned predators," the man grumbled to him-
self. "Nobody alive, nor dead, deserves this fate."
The cattle herder gingerly dug spur-less heels into
his steed's sides. The horse sidled forward, crest-
ing the precipice of an unstable cliff.
"What're you doin’?!” the man's mind raced. "You
wrangle cattle, you old fool. Martians and flyin'
saucers is government business—“
Before the thought completed its journey from
synapse to synapse, the earth about the aged va-
quero exploded. Night became day. Racing over-
head, helicopters cleared the ridge behind the
frightened cowpoke.
The man's terrified nag retreated up the slope, as
the terrain beneath it's hooves gave way.
In the distance, a wave of military vehicles con-
verged on the defunct, saucer-shaped craft.
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Trembling, the cowboy slid down his mount, col-
lapsing beneath a pair of useless knees. The man's
horse turned wild-eyed from the scene, disappear-
ing into a field of cholla.
The gaucho watched as Jeeps appeared from all
directions in the ravine below him, like ants gath-
ering on something sticky and sweet.
"This is big," thought the herder. "Too big for one
used up cowpuncher and his worn out horse."
The entire United States Army was assembling in
the gully.
"It's a wonder they ain't spotted ya', you damned
idiot—“
With that, the sound of falling metal emanated be-
hind him. The man spun, expecting to come face-
to-barrel with a rifle wielded by some trigger
happy, 18 year old recruit. Instead, the rancher
The Ely UFO Crash 27
spied obscure figures in the distance. A handful of
men and women in civilian clothing.
A light blue dress and medium-heeled pump were
the last images the cowboy saw before whomever
was behind him disappeared into the blackness.
"Witnesses," was the ranch hand's initial thought.
"I ain't alone," reasoned the man. Had they seen
the same things he had? The flying saucer? The al-
iens? The army below?
The cowpoke opened his mouth, preparing to sig-
nal to his fellow onlookers. His thoughts raced
back to the mobilization for D-Day goin' on in the
ravine. He fell silent. Would the military be able to
hear his shouts from here? He didn't care to find
out. In fact, the only thing he did care to find was
his damned horse. Taking a last look at the chaos
below, the man crawled from the cliff into the en-
veloping night.
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He could discern the faint outline of his grazing
mount in the distance. "The short memory span of
less intelligent animals,” thought the cowboy. This
was one instance in which he envied his horse.
The rancher knew he, himself, would never forget
this incident, no matter how hard he tried.
The strength returning to his arthritic knees, the
man stood, approaching his weary steed. In mere
moments, both he and his nag would vanish from
the scene.
By daybreak, so would 16 extraterrestrial bodies
and a downed alien spacecraft.
The above is a fanciful description of what some
ufologists believe to be an actual anomalous crash
in 1952 Ely, Nevada. Details concerning the event
are more difficult to uncover than hair on Dr.
Phil's head. Nonetheless, the legend persists.
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Did an inexplicable craft wreck in the Silver State?
Were 16 deceased alien bodies recovered by an
Operation Blue Fly-type team? Is there any truth to
the claims these extraterrestrial corpses were trans-
ported to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio,
where they now reside in deep freeze storage?
Located in the far eastern portion of Nevada, Ely
truly resides amongst desolation. Nestled at the in-
tersection of Highways 50 and 93, the minute
hamlet is neither north nor south, but rather cen-
trally positioned within the context of the state.
Smack dab in the middle of mining country,
rolling hills interspersed with deep valleys offer the
perfect environment for a clandestine UFO crash
and retrieval.
Should you find yourself traversing the wide-open
expanse of eastern Nevada, point your trusty, me-
tallic thoroughbred in the direction of Ely. Word
has it locals continue to speak of the crash in
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question, as well as the subsequent recovery of
alien bodies.
31
A Ghost Ship in the Desert (California)
Ghost ships. The phrase elicits images of translu-
cent sea vessels floating upon frenzied waves.
Envisioning a spectral sloop, one rarely pictures a
landlocked cutter a hundred miles from the ocean.
Yet, that's exactly what purportedly sails the Salton
Sea in Southern California.
Now an inland body of water, the Salton was be-
lieved to have been, at some point, connected to
the Pacific Ocean. In fact, numerous conquista-
dors were convinced California was an island.
According to tale, in the late 17th century, a Span-
ish galleon, laden with precious pearls, navigated
the Salton Sea in search of an alternate route to the
Pacific. Due to lack of precipitation, the deltas up-
on which the ship entered this body of water,
evaporated. The vessel became trapped within,
what is now, the Continental U.S. As a result, the
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crew ran the galleon aground, venturing through
the desert on foot. Although it's believed the sail-
ors reached a friendly settlement in Mexico, ac-
counts of the men, from then on, remain scarce.
It wasn't until 1775, the abandoned ship — long
since engulfed by swirling sand dunes — began
re-appearing.
His name was Manquerna, and he traveled by
night, in order to circumvent the blistering, day-
time desert heat. Making a living scouting the fun-
damental charting of California, this explorer, at
one point, encountered a massive Spanish sailing
vessel embedded in the sands before him. The
ship appeared not only a hundred years old, but a
hundred miles off course.
Upon boarding the galleon, Manquerna discov-
ered it fraught with pearls. Procuring what he
could, the man disembarked, and documented
A Ghost Ship in the Desert 33
the location of the vessel. Manquerna then hired a
small band of soldiers to aid in his quest for the
remaining riches. Unfortunately, shifting sands hid
the whereabouts of the ship. The galleon, and its
treasure, were once again lost below the dunes.
In 1870, The Los Angeles Star published a group
of articles regarding Charles Clusker, an adven-
turer hell-bent on uncovering the craft's wherea-
bouts. According to the features, Clusker, himself,
forever vanished into the desert, during an excur-
sion to find the supernatural sloop.
In 1878, a troupe of German prospectors witnes-
sed the vessel hovering across the wastelands. In-
trigued, a member of the ensemble set out after the
vision, only to be discovered days later, dead from
thirst deprivation, and completely nude.
Butcherknife Ike — a seasoned miner — claimed
to have uncovered the three-master in 1905. Un-
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fortunately, Ike's assertions were never verified,
and the ship once again slipped through the col-
lective grasp of treasure hunters.
The most conclusive evidence supporting the ex-
istence of a ghost ship in the Salton Sea came in
1915, when a Native American sauntered into
Yuma, Arizona, and paid for several purchases
with handfuls of pearls. The man reported to have
spent the previous evening in a partially buried
sea vessel that was filled with buckets of the pre-
cious gemstones. When offered several hundred
dollars, should he divulge the whereabouts of the
ship, the drifter took the cash, and spent the night
in lavish accommodations. Craftily, he vanished
into the desert before those seeking his services
awoke the following morning.
Numerous treasure seekers have mounted expedi-
tions in search of the famed Spanish galleon. To
date, all have met with defeat. Shifting sands could
A Ghost Ship in the Desert 35
attribute to the elusive nature of the ship, as the
dunes easily reveal sizable objects, one day, only
to hide them, the next.
Whether or not this meaty hunk of folklore har-
bors any truth, those relating the tale often add
their own delicious spice, claiming the vessel has
been bleached white by swirling sands. Thus, the
galleon now glows beneath the full desert Moon,
while spirits of perished sailors walk its decks.
Since the precise location of the ghost ship re-
mains a mystery, your best bet for finding anti-
quated riches in the Southern California Desert
would be to visit the Salton Sea. This inland body
of water is located south of Interstate 10, in both
Riverside and Imperial Counties, off either High-
ways 86 or 111. Bring plenty of water, as the sea is
far too salty from which to drink.
37
Mysterious Healing Dirt (New Mexico)
The uncanny glow emanated from somewhere in-
side the Earth.
"What could it be?" Don Bernardo pondered.
Cracked, bleeding hands clenched in anticipation.
Stale thickets crunched beneath Abeyta's feet, as
he neared the luminance that called to him.
He could see the shaft of light clearly now, spilling
forth into the viscous New Mexican night. Desper-
ate to discover what was tugging at his senses, the
zealous man broke into a lumbering run.
Ten feet. Eight. Five.
Don Bernardo stopped, his unbridled momentum
giving way to innate clumsiness, as he toppled
headfirst into the parched dirt beside the radiance.
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Pawing frenziedly at the loam before him, his
mind raced. "What is it? What in the name of God
is it?!"
Abeyta's callused fingers hit something solid. The
resplendent beam splintered into shafts. A painful
brilliance burst forth. Don Bernardo shielded his
eyes, as he gazed upon a glowing crucifix pow-
ered by some unseen energy. Although the artifact
appeared brighter than the Sun, he didn't hesitate
to grasp it. From the pulsing relic, a conductivity
radiated unlike any he had felt before.
A church of worship known as El Santuario de
Chimayo beckons off the beaten path, some 30
miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sheltered
amongst the Sangre de Christo mountain range,
this place of prayer has become a destination for
millions pursuing its purported healing powers.
The year was 1810. The evening was Good Fri-
Mysterious Healing Dirt 39
day. Don Bernardo Abeyta — a member of the
Penitentes, a sect of the Catholic Church — was
participating in a customary penance of self-flagel-
lation in the hills of El Portrero, New Mexico. Dur-
ing his atonement, Don Bernardo observed a bril-
liant luminance emitting from a nearby bluff along
the Santa Cruz River.
Approaching the light, the holy man dropped to
his knees, burrowed into the soil with his bare
hands and excavated a glowing crucifix of myster-
ious origin.
Elated by his discovery, Don Bernardo brought
local priest, Father Sabastian Alvarez, to witness
the anomaly. Ecstatic, Father Alvarez carried the
crucifix back to a nearby church, where the lumi-
nous artifact was positioned amidst the main altar.
Upon awakening the following morning, parish-
ioners discovered the crucifix missing. After a
Destinations Across Paranormal America 40
search, the radiant object was found in the ground
from whence Don Bernardo had unearthed it. For
a second time, the crucifix was carried to the cha-
pel and placed atop the altar.
In the wee hours, the sacred article once again re-
turned, of its own volition, to the soil from where it
had been taken. After a third attempt to remove the
crucifix from its original resting place culminated
in the same result, all those in the midst of the mi-
raculous migration decided not to bring the cross
to the church, but rather the church to the cross.
Hence, El Santuario de Chimayo was constructed
between 1814 and 1816, atop the soil where the
unique crucifix had been found.
Today, it's purported the dirt amassed in a diminu-
tive hole in the floor of the cathedral possesses ex-
traordinary healing powers. Each year, upwards of
300,000 tourists make pilgrimages to El Santuario
de Chimayo. Some of the travelers come seeking a
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miracle from the dirt, which is constantly replen-
ished, and made available to anyone who has
taken the trek. In a room adjacent the shallow hole
of soil, rests a variety of casts, crutches and wheel-
chairs from those who have reportedly ventured to
the quaint sanctuary, and been healed of their
physical afflictions.
El Santuario de Chimayo is open to the public
between the months of October and April, from 9
AM to 5 PM, and May through September, from 9
AM to 6 PM daily.
The church is located at 15 Santuario Drive, in the
town of Chimayo, one mile south of where High-
ways 76 and 520 intersect.
There's no fee to visit the sanctuary, but should
you desire a souvenir in addition to the healing
dirt, there is an adjacent gift shop.
43
The Curious Case of Stan Romanek (Colorado)
“[…] I looked out the window and saw this bright
light. It was zigzagging around. I went up to the pilot
and asked him if he had ever seen anything like that.
He was shocked and said he hadn’t […] We followed
it to Bakersfield, and all of a sudden to our utter
amazement it went straight up into the heavens. When
I got off the plane I told Nancy about it."
— then-Governor of California, and later-40th
President of the United States, Ronald Reagan
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The extraterrestrial peered through the window.
Stan trembled as he watched the videotape replay.
"Could this really be happening?" the Denver na-
tive’s mind raced. An alien peeking into his house
wasn't typical evening entertainment.
The pane through which the creature had been
leering was on the second floor. Romanek knew
there wasn't anything between the lawn outside
and the sill. No place for this being to find footing.
This wasn't the first time Stan had captured an E.T.
on camera. In fact, he had been playing cat-and-
mouse not only with anthropomorphic entities,
but also Men in Black, mysterious balls of light,
unmarked helicopters, ominous phone voices and
UFOs since 2000.
And how could he forget the abductions? Surreal
episodes from which he awoke to find himself
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locked outside his home, sporting a bloody nose
and fresh wounds.
Romanek didn't even believe in this stuff. Wasn't it
four years ago he was poking fun at those who ex-
pressed an interest in the paranormal?
Through his video camera's viewfinder, the fraz-
zled man watched a creature that couldn't have
been from Earth duck below the window.
"Why would something so intelligent traverse vast
expanses to spy on me?" Stan pondered.
Little did Romanek realize, the footage he shot that
evening would be a source of ridicule from skep-
tics, as well as ufologists. In 2008, Stan would re-
lease the video, which he believed was evidence
of exoplanetary life. Even though the raw footage
had been verified by experts as having not been
tampered with, in the eyes of many, it was a hoax.
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Stan conceded it was possible some esoteric fac-
tion may have been playing tricks on him, but
then the question arose, "Why would an arcane
force go to such great lengths to alter one ordinary
man's life?"
Born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, Stan Romanek
was the son of an Air Force officer. As a result,
Stan and his family relocated on a regular basis.
When only four years old, and living in North-
wood, Colorado, Romanek recalled his older
brother Jimmy witnessing an enigmatic craft hover-
ing over the town's water tower. Upon returning
from work that evening, Stan's father corroborated
his son's claims by asserting he, too, had observed
the aerial anomaly.
Since the incident hadn't involved Stan, he'd for-
gotten it. Until recently Romanek also failed to
recall childhood episodes in which he was visited
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by a woman with uncommonly large eyes, who
spoke without opening her mouth.
It hadn't been until 2000 that Stan began experi-
encing the paranormal once more. Whilst video-
taping Colorado's Red Rocks Park, Romanek ob-
served an aerial craft comprised of numerous rota-
ting spheres, keeping pace with his van. As he
attempted to photograph the conundrum, the ves-
sel vanished into the heavens, resulting in a small
sonic boom.
Shortly afterwards, twin F-16s appeared out of no-
where, racing after the enigmatic vehicle.
As with numerous encounters, Romanek wasn't
the sole witness to this event. In fact, other ob-
servers that day attested to seeing the same craft.
It was about this time Stan professed to hearing bi-
zarre clicks when speaking on his home phone.
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Perturbed, Romanek called his telecommunica-
tions company, who subsequently discovered a
bugging device on the line in question.
Shortly, thereafter, whilst in line at a restaurant,
Stan found himself approached by a gaunt stran-
ger in business attire, who whispered in passing,
"It's not over yet."
Electronic devices began inexplicably failing when
in Romanek's presence. Within a year, he went
through nearly 10 home computers, as the ma-
chines shorted out not long after he'd unpack
them. Street lights quit whenever Stan was near,
and touch lamps would continually turn off and
on in response to his close proximity.
Most troubling, though, was the way birds were
suddenly attracted to Romanek. The effect escala-
ted to detrimental proportions, when dozens of
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fowl flew into the windshield of his van one day in
an apparent mass suicide.
UFOs began targeting Stan in a sort of hide-and-
seek. Such was the case on a return road trip from
Pennsylvania, when an inexplicable, airborne craft
trailed Romanek and his two passengers. This pe-
culiar, metallic disc hid itself behind clouds when-
ever the trio attempted to photograph it.
On the evening of September 20, 2001, Stan
would allegedly be the target of an extraterrestrial
abduction. After he and others witnessed a 30
foot, crimson globule above his place of work, Ro-
manek headed for the shelter of home. Little did
he know, he'd soon encounter three humanoid
creatures on his apartment's front stoop. Enor-
mous eyes and nearly non-existent mouths fore-
warned Stan he was face-to-face with a species not
of this Earth. What's more, the frightened man
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would be unable to overpower the entities, who
had intentions of seizing him.
From that point on, Romanek recalls awakening in
bed, lamenting over the most bizarre dream he's
ever had. Divots in his back, and torn skin on his
wrists seemed to support Stan's belief that some-
thing nefarious occurred the previous evening.
Even so, details of what transpired eluded him.
Intrigued by Stan's affirmations, Fox News inter-
viewed the Denver resident. For some unknown
reason, the segment didn't air until eight months
later. Suspiciously, a monumental blackout —
affecting 20,000 Colorado homes — occurred the
moment the program was scheduled to broad-
cast. Electricity was restored one hour later, pre-
cisely when Romanek's interview ended.
And then came the hypnotic regression revealing
the details of Stan's abduction. The troubled man
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remembered a luminescent room in which he
found himself adhered to a wall by some invisible
force. His surroundings were apparently manufac-
tured for creatures smaller than humans.
The same beings who had initially assaulted Stan
on his balcony now came into view. Romanek felt
his captives remove several hunks of flesh from
his lower back, before he was rendered uncon-
scious. When he awakened, the apparent female
of the group was cleansing his wounds.
Stan began a telepathic discourse with his seem-
ingly sympathetic captor, inquiring as to where the
creatures originated from, and what their inten-
tions were. The being answered Romanek's que-
ries with cryptic symbols.
Eventually, she revealed that, "Something signifi-
cant [was] about to happen." With that, the crea-
ture stared intently into Stan's eyes, and his
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thoughts were inundated by visions of catastro-
phes to humanity. The images were so intense,
they caused Romanek’s knees to buckle, as he
collapsed to the floor.
The exhausted man's response was, "Is this what's
going to happen? Is this what you're showing me?"
Stan would later be informed by those incarcer-
ating him the cataclysmic events were possible
outcomes for humankind, should the current situ-
ation on Earth continue.
During Romanek's initial regression, he began
drawing what later became an extensive series of
mathematical equations, which could only be
understood by astronomers, cosmologists, mathe-
maticians and physicists. These formulas were
always conceived while Stan was either hyp-
notized, with his eyes closed; or asleep, in com-
plete darkness.
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Romanek's enigmatic representations were deter-
mined to be physics regarding planetary align-
ments, space travel and wormholes. Stan's noctur-
nal scribblings also yielded reproductions of the
Drake Equation, used to ascertain the number of
species within our galaxy that could possess ad-
vanced intellects. The fact that Stan maintained a
sixth grade proficiency in mathematics made his
formulas that much more astounding.
Spook lights — in the form of red orbs — followed
Stan and his family wherever they went. Able to
traverse solid walls, these conundrums destroyed
electronics, searing through plastic and metal.
In June, 2002, Stan's wife Lisa was the recipient of
a disturbing, anonymous E-mail, which read: "This
is regarding Stan Romanek. I understand this might
be a little hard for you to accept but it's all real. As
you know by now this UFO case is very important,
but what you don't know is how important! It
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seems that the people upstairs are making a state-
ment and Mr. Romanek is the conduit. I, for one,
would like to see this happen. But there are those
in the organization I work for who do not. In fact,
the reason for this contact is so that you know that
Stan is in danger! I have tried to contact Mr.
Romanek, but Stan is stubborn, and I am sure he
believes these warnings to be a hoax.
Unfortunately, time is running out. It has taken a
lot of work, but I have managed to keep your
location out of the picture...I have contacted
others in MUFON [Mutual UFO Network] who
have been working closely with Stan. I hope you
don't take this lightly; there is a lot at stake here!"
On more than one occasion, when some of the
Romanek family's point-and-shoot cameras went
missing, they reappeared with mysterious photo-
graphs of classic Grey aliens on them. The pic-
tures seemed to suggest that extraterrestrials using
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the devices had inadvertently taken their own self-
portraits, whilst fumbling with the machines.
After hearing unexplained sounds on their out-
door deck, Stan and his wife ventured into the
backyard, only to discover their lawn furniture
scattered about. Such would be the case for two
consecutive evenings, until the chairs in question
inexplicably ended up in a precise configuration
on the roof.
Resultant of these incidents, Romanek took ran-
dom photos into the blackness engulfing his yard.
His efforts were rewarded when he examined the
pictures and discovered the face of a Grey alien
peering back at him from between the deck’s rail-
ing slats. Although Stan hadn't observed the enig-
matic presence as he was taking the photographs,
the creature appeared to have been mere feet
away from him in the darkness.
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Any summary of Romanek's occurrences would
be remiss without mention of Audrey, a fore-
boding, electronic voice who made her presence
known via telephone. On July 25, 2004, Clay
Roberts — one of Stan's friends — found the fol-
lowing message from this computerized enigma
on his voice mail:
"Hello, Clay. I apologize for being so forward. It
did not take us long to get your phone number.
Our surveillance is mostly for passive monitoring,
but it does come in handy. I cannot tell you who I
am for safety reasons, but I can tell you that your
perceptions of Stan Romanek and his experiences
are real. And yes, there is a connection with Stan's
family and the military, but it is anyone's guess
what the visitors do with Stan. What is important is
why they chose him. As you have probably
noticed, Stan is slightly different. The way he
thinks...the way he perceives the world seems to
be a little more advanced than usual. His non-
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verbal communication and abstract thinking skills
are off the map. So yes, he is slightly different. The
interesting thing is that Stan has no idea who he
really is. We believe the visitors are going to make
a statement and it will be interesting to see what
part Stan will have as this unfolds. There are a few
of us in high positions that are tired of the lies. We
look to the day when everything will be revealed,
knowing it will be enlightening for all, but there are
those in specific agencies that would disagree,
and for many reasons, most of which has to do
with ego and power, and they are getting aggres-
sive because they are scared of the inevitable […]
If anything 'funny' were to happen, it would look
suspicious…and they do not want to draw atten-
tion to themselves...Stan is doing all the right
things, but he needs support. Stay focused on
your goal, but keep an eye out without overly ex-
citing Stan and Lisa. They have a lot to deal with as
it is. This has taken a great deal of effort, contact-
ing you, so please watch what you say and who
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you say it to. The immediate people involved in
this case are okay. But some of Stan and Lisa's
friends are not who they seem."
To this day, Stan, Lisa and Clay purport to being
baffled by the origin of the correspondence, al-
though they have determined the voice was pro-
duced via a retail computer program known as
Audrey. Hence, the moniker.
To properly document the ongoing, anomalous
activity Stan professes to encounter would require
an entire book. Fortunately, such a publication
exists. Get your grubby, little hands on a copy of
Messages: The World's Most Documented
Extraterrestrial Story, by Stan, himself.
Via www.youtube.com, view some of the pur-
ported otherworldly footage Mr. Romanek has
shot. Watch Stan's 20/20 interviews, or analyze
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his appearance on Larry King Live, and draw your
own conclusions.
Stan and his family currently reside in Denver,
Colorado.
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Killer Trolls From Hell, Etc. (Massachusetts)
Six hours ago you were the happiest person alive.
Now, staring over Assonet Ledge, you find your-
self peering into the gaping maw of Hades.
The mysterious lights that lead you here engulf
your shivering frame like a blanket of stars. Gazing
at the shear cliff beneath your feet, you realize
you're inches from death. The water below isn't
visible from this height, but you've heard the sto-
ries. Temperatures so extreme divers have yet to
determine how deep the river runs at this point.
You realize the authorities may never find your ca-
daver. You recall the campfire yarns spun about
countless corpses lost beneath the depths. You
kick at the loose rock beneath your frayed tennis
shoes. The ledge begins to give way. "Is this how
they all died?" you wonder.
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Wasn't it just this morning your boyfriend pro-
posed to you? How could you possibly be con-
templating suicide?
And that's when you catch site of her, off to your
left. "But she's only a character from a ghost story,
right?" you question your sanity.
Turning, you realize the pitch black, female sil-
houette standing beside you is more real than any-
thing you've ever known. The Lady of the Ledge
gazes back at you.
If you were cut, you'd bleed liquid nitrogen. Since
she has no face, you can't be certain, but you sur-
mise she's smiling as she leaps to her death.
You're 28 years old, and six months from becom-
ing a CEO of a Fortune 500 corporation. How is
any of this even possible?
Killer Trolls From Hell, Etc. 63
You step out over the cliff. Before beginning your
free fall, you glance back at the ridge behind you.
The strange, swirling lights have been replaced by
miniature people. As you ascend into the abyss,
you recall being told about Pukwudgies as a child.
Trolls, weren't they?
Before you have time to recollect, you're saturated
in inky blackness, and what feels like liquid ice, as
you take your final breath on Earth.
Most paranormal locations are renowned for a
single type of supernatural conundrum. Haunted
venues are inhabited by spirits. UFO flaps deline-
ate locales rich with aerial anomalies. Hotspots of
High Strangeness, however, are environs in which
both these enigmas, and countless more, may be
present on a regular basis.
Similar to the Skinwalker Ranch in northeastern
Utah, the Bridgewater Triangle is a region in which
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a variety of unexplained phenomena are allegedly
experienced.
The Triangle encompasses 200 square miles, des-
ignated at its points by the hamlets of Abington,
Freetown and Rehoboth. It's no wonder the infa-
mous Hockomock, or Devil's Swamp — a marshy
area known for its supernatural activity — resides
at the heart of this region.
Over the years, the Triangle has been recognized
for its bizarre troll encounters, cattle mutilations,
cryptozoological creatures, ghostly haunts, prodi-
gious dog attacks, meteorological curiosities and
UFO sightings.
The Bridgewater — like the Skinwalker Ranch — is
theorized to be a possible portal between dimen-
sions. Inexplicable spacecraft have been witnes-
sed above this region since the mid-1700s.
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To this day, spook lights are observed bounding
down Elm Street in the town of Bridgewater, near
Rehoboth Cemetery and alongside the Raynham
Dog track.
Home to numerous Native American burial sites,
the Triangle is often considered blighted soil. Free-
town is said to be cursed by the Wampanoag
tribe, from whom colonialists duplicitously pur-
chased the land in 1659. The Freetown-Fall River
State Forest, in particular, is noted for its violent
history, which includes an abnormally high sui-
cide rate, ritualistic animal sacrifice and Satanic-
based homicides.
To this day, local authorities continue to investi-
gate mysterious cattle mutilations in the area. Free-
town law enforcement also discovered a subterra-
nean bunker within city limits, that housed dimin-
utive chairs, complete with restraints, surmised to
have been intended for children.
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Within the Bridgewater Triangle resides Dighton
Rock, a 40 ton, granite boulder initially located in
the Taunton River. The slab has since been trans-
posed to the Dighton Rock Museum, in Berkeley,
Massachusetts. According to scholars, this enig-
matic crag contains mysterious pre-Columbian in-
scriptions. The anomalous markings lining the 11
foot long stone continue to baffle scientists.
Since 1677, scholars have unsuccessfully endea-
vored to decode the rock's petroglyphs, which in-
clude carvings of "human heads and bodies, cros-
ses, misshapen letters, broken lines, and other sin-
gular forms." The only thing experts seem certain
of is that the inscriptions span thousands of years
in their making. What's more, some theorize a
number of the markings on the artifact may be of
extraterrestrial design.
Between the '70s and '80s, Hockomock Swamp
fell victim to a rash of encounters with a beast
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known as the Hockomock Swamp Creature. The
monster was apparently the Bridgewater Triangle's
version of Bigfoot. One witness asserted the being
in question was observed lifting the rear of a local
police vehicle.
Men in Black — anthropomorphous entities out-
fitted in dark attire and sporting warped facial fea-
tures — have also been encountered roaming the
Triangle.
Pterodactyl-type beasts, with wingspans up to 12
feet, are periodically reported circling the skies
above Hockomock Swamp. One such recounting
was, in fact, logged by a local police sergeant.
The anomalies allegedly inherent to the Bridge-
water Triangle far extend the limits of this chapter.
Suffice it to say the 200 square miles between the
towns of Abington, Freetown and Rehoboth may
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be one of the most mysterious and unusual places
on the planet.
Since this particular Hotspot of High Strangeness is
so vast, it can be reached via any number of high-
way conduits. Located in southeastern Massa-
chusetts, the Bridgewater Triangle not only en-
compasses the towns of Abington, Freetown and
Rehoboth, but also the cities of Berkeley, Bridge-
water, Dighton, Easton, Lakeville, Middleboro,
Norton, Raynham, Seekonk, Taunton and West
Bridgewater.
69
A Black Mailbox on the E.T. Highway (Nevada)
"I'm a pilot and I know just about every machine that
flies. It was bigger than anything that I've ever seen. It
remains a great mystery. Other people saw it, respon-
sible people. I don't know why people would ridicule
it."
— former Arizona Governor,
Fife Symington III
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What do dead cows, a lack of radio stations and
an absence of telephone poles have in common?
These disparate elements can all be found near
Area 51, perhaps the most Top Secret military in-
stallation in the world.
During my travels, I learned the deceased bovine I
passed along the state-named Extraterrestrial High-
way was resultant of a free roaming policy, an 18
wheeler and its groggy operator.
A high speed chase emanating from the above fa-
cility, involving a red Hummer and white Bronco,
piqued my interest. A photo I shot of an anoma-
lous, aerial craft during my desert sojourn, keeps
me pondering to this day. Three mini-tornadoes
simultaneously skipping across arid caliche only
intensified my experience. For a nonexistent loca-
tion in the middle of nowhere, there sure is a lot
goin' on near Dreamland; a.k.a. Area 51.
A Black Mailbox on the E.T. Highway 71
On the itinerary of any serious Groom Lake inves-
tigator is the renowned black mailbox. Now beige,
this postal drop demarcates a spot where UFO en-
thusiasts, at one point, gathered nightly, searching
the skies over Area 51 for enigmatic activity. Lo-
cated along Route 375, between mile markers 29
and 30, the original mailbox was supplanted with
a contemporary version for practical reasons.
Contrary to misconception, the letter receptacle is
not the property of Area 51, but rather belongs to
Steve Medlin, the sole ranch owner in Tikaboo
Valley. Prior to changing out the old mailbox, our
herdsman friend often discovered tourists rifling
through his correspondences, hunting for Top Se-
cret documents. Steve's letters frequently came de-
livered sporting fresh bullet holes. The latest ver-
sion of the famed mailbox is impervious to gun-
fire, complete with a lock to deter the curious. The
original black letter drop was auctioned off for
$1,000 in '96 to a UFO fanatic.
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A dirt thoroughfare leading south from the land-
mark is aptly named Mailbox Road, and intersects
after five miles with Groom Lake Road, which
leads to the fabled base.
Area 51 was the testing facility for the U-2 spy
plane, the SR-71 Blackbird, the F-117 Nighthawk,
the Bird of Prey and perhaps even Bruce Willis'
latest hairpiece. It's been surmised Dreamland is
also responsible for the development of a Top Se-
cret aircraft known as the Aurora, which allegedly
reaches velocities five times the speed of sound.
According to tale, the skies above Area 51 were so
filled with inexplicable craft during the late '80s
and early '90s, that UFO hunters were able to view
spectacular atmospheric shows, nightly, from the
black mailbox.
This region became popular after Robert "Bob"
Lazar — an alleged physicist — claimed to have
A Black Mailbox on the E.T. Highway 73
been contracted out by the government to reverse
engineer extraterrestrial spacecraft. According to
Lazar, during his stint at S-4 — a site adjacent Area
51 — he’d witnessed alien vessels in flight. In ad-
dition, Robert attested to encountering an extra-
terrestrial entity at the base. Whether or not Bob's
assertions are valid remains a hot topic amongst
ufologists. Whatever the case, Lazar’s declarations
drew UFO hunters to the black mailbox like
Oprah to Twinkies.
The level land around the postal drop is advanta-
geous for skywatching. During summer months,
especially on weekends, one may still encounter
UFO seekers there, scanning the heavens.
Should you tire of losing your paycheck on pro-
gressive slots, and hanker to witness unidentified
flying objects, point your car north on Interstate
15. Veer left on Highway 93, and continue until
you reach Highway 375. From there, travel north-
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west. Skip those two-for-one margaritas on the
Strip because you've got 120 miles of desolate
asphalt ahead of you. Keep an eye out for free-
roaming cattle, as these livestock may outweigh
your car, and can often be found crossing the two-
laner in the middle of nowhere.
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The Dreamy Draw UFO Crash (Arizona)
"…there is a serious possibility that we are being vis-
ited, and have been visited for many years, by people
from outer space, from other civilizations."
— former Chief of Defense Staff for the UK, and
former head of NATO's military committee,
Admiral Lord Hill-Norton
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The dead bodies weren’t fitting inside the freezer.
As Frank attempted to close the door of the appli-
ance, an inert, four-fingered appendage kept the
lid from sealing flush.
"Damn!" the geezer muttered, glancing around the
rotting basement for an axe.
Was he gonna have to slice these bastards up like
Teddy quarterin' meat down at the butcher shop?
He couldn't do that, could he? After all, these were
alien cadavers. Men from Mars. Hackin' away at
‘em would be like cuttin' the head off Christ.
"What to do?" he pondered. He took another plug
off the bottle of homemade Agave nectar.
The overhead lamp — the only source of light 15
feet below the Earth's surface — accentuated the
pallid features of the interstellar travelers.
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"Damn, they was creepy!" thought Frank. Almost
looked like us, but those big, black eyes reminded
him of an insect.
The cattleman timidly reached down. His palms
quivered. Mind you, this was a man who wrestled
live rattlesnakes. His trembling fingers gripped the
frail wrist of the creature before him, snapping it
like cracked wheat. Folding the hand back upon
itself, he fit the appendage into the freezer. He felt
sacrilegious doing so. Framed against the eerie
setting, he closed the lid of the appliance on the
most important discovery of humankind.
Most folks are aware of the legendary tale birthed
outside Roswell, New Mexico, July 7, 1947. How
is it, then, so little is known of a reported extrater-
restrial spacecraft accident three months later?
October, 1947. Southern Arizona. Above an area
currently known as the Dreamy Draw Dam, a craft
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of otherworldly origin allegedly hurtled to a violent
death along a sand-strewn mesa. Most accounts
assert the vessel came to rest at the base of Squaw
Peak Mountain, adjacent downtown Phoenix.
A pair of dead alien beings — four and a half feet
tall — were supposedly retrieved from the downed
vehicle by a local individual, who ended up stor-
ing the corpses in his home freezer. Shortly, there-
after, a horde of Men in Black allegedly descended
upon the scene, and confiscated the bodies.
According to legend, the spacecraft was camou-
flaged beneath an urban sprawl now known as
the Dreamy Draw Dam. Already in possession of
an alien craft from Roswell, the Army Corps of
Engineers simply built an infrastructure over the
space vessel, in order to hide their discovery.
Numerous locals claim the dam serves no practi-
cal purpose, as the region never accumulates
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enough moisture to warrant the need for a levee.
Maps delineating the embankment's location are
few and far between. Should one happen upon
the structure, don't expect to find demarcations
denoting the word "dam." There aren't any. The
area is surrounded by No Trespassing signs, fore-
warning of heavy fines and incarceration to those
opposing their cautionary notice.
Information regarding this alleged incident is more
difficult to uncover than an intelligent statement in
Paris Hilton's The Simple Life.
Stockpile this onto the fact the Dreamy Draw Dam
is located just south of Highway 51, and you've
got yourself a modern-day mystery.
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Buried Treasure, Missiles and Murder (New Mexico)
Sixteen thousand gold bars lit the dank cavern be-
neath Victorio Peak. As far as Doc Noss knew, this
epitome of all mother lodes was his and Ova's,
alone. And the gold was just the beginning. If you
included the jewel-encrusted antiquities, priceless
weaponry and religious heirlooms, Doc estimated
the stockpile was worth somewhere around a bil-
lion dollars. Those were 1937 dollars, no less.
The only question was how to bring the cache of
wealth to the surface. After all, the prospector had
burrowed endlessly into the limestone crag in or-
der to get to this point.
Life was funny. Ol' Doc Noss had been pros-
pectin’ the better part of his days, never once hit-
tin’ a vein anywhere near this magnitude. Then,
one afternoon while scanning Victorio Peak for
deer, he noticed an out-of-place rock configura-
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tion. Upon investigation, the slabs of stone yielded
a tunnel just large enough for the wiry man to fit
through.
Being a miner, Doc's curiosity got the best of him.
Being part Cheyenne, his strong resolve enabled
him reach the bottom of the chasm, which was a
claustrophobic nightmare.
Thus far, Doc had disclosed his secret to only one
person, his wife Ova. The couple set up temporary
accommodations at the summit, and Doc began
the arduous process of extracting two bars of gold
a day.
Additionally, the prospector and his spouse were
forced to circumvent the Gold Reserve Act, a law
forbidding private parties from owning the most
precious of metals. Because of this decree, Doc
and Ova temporarily hid their treasure in the
desert, far from the prying eyes of the government.
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After retrieving over 100 bars, Doc realized his ef-
forts could take forever, unless he pursued a more
direct approach. Hiring a munitions expert to det-
onate a larger pathway in the cavern seemed a
good idea at the time. Eighty sticks of dynamite
later, Doc realized the covered conduit had not
only failed to widen, but was now sealed off.
Reaching the unclaimed riches consumed the fa-
natical prospector, who invested 10 years of his
life, and large portions of what he'd originally un-
covered, on his hopeless attempts. Unable to sell
his bullion on the open market, Doc was forced to
ply his wares with less-than-savory characters.
Noss enlisted the aid of rodeo rider Tony Jolley.
Late one night, the two men stole into the desert,
dug up 110 gold bars, and re-interred them in 10
different locations. The entire time, Doc rambled
about unseen forces out to purloin his treasure.
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Dawn broke. Noss drove Tony to the cowboy's
motel, where the exhausted cattleman slept most
of the day. Stirring in the late afternoon, Jolley me-
andered to a local diner, only to overhear that Doc
had been shot to death.
It was believed Noss uncovered a nefarious plan
by associate Charles Ryan to steal his gold. An ar-
gument ensued between the two men, and Doc
reached for a gun in the back seat of his truck.
Ryan pulled a piece of his own and laid the miner
out in, what a jury claimed, was self defense.
Tony Jolley — now the only person who knew the
location of the riches — was nowhere to be found,
allegedly on his way home to Idaho.
Doc's wife continued her own quest for what lay
beneath Victorio Peak, but was evicted by the gov-
ernment, who were intent on using the area for the
forthcoming White Sands Missile Range.
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After hearing accounts of Noss' quest, Captain
Leonard Fiege and Airman Tom Berlett, both sta-
tioned at Alamogordo's Holloman Air Force Base,
attempted an exploration of the Peak in 1958.
During his pursuit, Fiege stumbled upon a con-
cealed cave. Sitting down in the darkness on what
he believed to be a stack of stones, the military
officer caught his breath. Moments later, drawing
his flashlight, Fiege discovered his makeshift chair
was actually a mound of gold bricks.
The men realized there was no way to sneak pon-
derous bars of precious metal past base security.
As such, they sealed off the entrance to the cave
and applied for grants of permission to claim the
treasure. The process was protracted, and by the
time allotments were awarded, Fiege failed to re-
call the location of the cache.
Ova Noss petitioned to claim what she believed
was rightly hers. After much deliberation, permits
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were granted, but they always expired before the
treasure could be unearthed.
Renowned Attorney F. Lee Bailey even entered the
fray, representing an anonymous client with inter-
est in obtaining buried wealth. When all was said
and done, perhaps the greatest hidden treasure
ever would remain unclaimed, beneath a disfig-
ured peak in southern New Mexico.
Ova Noss died in 1980. Her daughter, Letha
Guthrie, and grandsons, Jim and Terry Delonas,
continued their own search for the fleeting trove.
Tony Jolley returned to New Mexico, and confes-
sed to having excavated 10 gold bricks he and
Doc buried decades prior. After using the treasure
as security on a loan, and failing to pay the lend-
ing institution back, Tony now felt guilty. The cow-
boy attempted to make amends by leading the De-
lonases to the remaining nine caches. Time had
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attenuated Tony's memory, though, and he was
unable to recall a single buried location.
To date, the locale of the Victorio Peak Treasure
remains a mystery. An exploration of your own
may prove fruitful, but traversing upon govern-
ment land — especially that within a military forti-
fication — is ill-advised.
89
Dead Drunk (Nevada)
You gaze right. A diaphanous apparition saunters
to the bar, ordering a greasy, label-less bottle of
brown liquid.
More frightened than a politician being strapped
to lie detector, you turn left. A fist resembling a
Civil War cannonball passes through your face.
Shaken but not stirred, you call for a frosty, cold
one, just in time to catch screen legend Carole
Lombard hitting on you before she vanishes into
thin air.
Sound like the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney-
land? The only difference here is that these spec-
ters are real.
Traveling north along I-15 to Las Vegas, one rock-
ets past the exit for Jean/Goodsprings, a two-lane
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highway known as Route 161. Seven miles down
this forgotten thoroughfare resides a 24 hour bar
called the Pioneer Saloon. The place is packed
more tightly than a 44 inch bust in a training bra.
Bikers, bluehairs, businessmen, limo drivers and
working girls party here at all hours. Allegedly,
more ethereal guests frequent the Pioneer, as well.
A downed plane. A distraught husband. Two Hol-
lywood movie moguls. This is the waterin' hole
where Tinseltown icon Clark Gable drank himself
blind, awaiting news of Carole Lombard's crashed
plane at nearby Mount Potosi. Betrothed to the
aforementioned actress, Gable abused his liver, in-
advertently burning holes in the bar top with ciga-
rettes that would slip from his fingers, as he per-
iodically passed out. Claims of Lombard's spirit
wandering the premises linger to this day. Indenta-
tions left by Gable's mishandled Marlboros along
the cherry wood bar are still visible.
Dead Drunk 91
But Carole Lombard’s entity isn't the only ghost
said to haunt the Pioneer. The apparition of an el-
derly prospector allegedly sits at the brass rail in
the wee hours, surveying its surroundings.
One spirit at this gin joint who doesn't have the
best of intentions is that of Paul Coski, a once-
massive individual boasting the reputation of be-
ing able to beat up two men, simultaneously.
Supposedly, after being caught cheating at cards,
Coski was sent six feet under by a pair of bullets to
his side. The bar brawler's coroner report still re-
mains on a wall of the establishment, providing a
piece of history, whilst covering up the twin divots
created during the felling of the ornery man.
According to tale, Coski's spirit is seen in the tene-
brous regions of the saloon, bleeding from its tor-
so, and glaring down at unsuspecting clientele.
Just as quickly as this imposing apparition is spot-
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ted, Mr. Coski's ethereal presence apparently van-
ishes before it can do any harm.
A back room of the Pioneer Saloon houses a me-
morial to Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, as well
as a showcase for the numerous films shot in this
little slice of wasteland. Pics of Cheech 'n Chong
poundin’ beers at the bar, and publicity photos of
Sandra Bullock line the walls.
The Pioneer Saloon is located in Clark County,
Nevada, within the city limits of Goodsprings.
From Interstate 15, take exit 12 and head west ap-
proximately seven miles until you reach a rustic
building on the right. Although you may feel
you're in the middle of nowhere, don't be aston-
ished if a movie crew, paranormal investigator or
famous spirit pulls up a barstool beside you.
Wanna know more about the Pioneer Saloon, also
coined "Nevada's oldest working tavern?" Visit
Dead Drunk 93
their official Website at: www.pioneersaloon.info
and become a part of history.
Pioneer Saloon
310 West Spring Street
Goodsprings, Nevada 89019
702.874.9362
95
The Kecksburg UFO Crash (Pennsylvania)
“[…] The UFO went from a normal cruise speed to a
fantastic speed instantly. If you give an airplane
power, it will accelerate, but not like a hot-rod, and
that's what this was like. The object definitely wasn't
another airplane. But we didn't file a report on the
object because for a long time they considered you a
nut if you saw a UFO."
— Governor Ronald Reagan's pilot, Bill Paynter,
the night the aforementioned
politician witnessed a UFO
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The year was 1965. The date, December 9th. Bill
Bulebush gazed up at the fireball slicing through
the early evening sky. Without warning, the anom-
aly banked 90 degrees, plummeting into a nearby
forest. Bulebush, a native of Kecksburg, Pennsyl-
vania, immediately forgot the '64 Corvair he had
been tinkering with. Only minutes prior, Bill had
overheard transmissions on the Chevy's CB, from
as far away as Ohio, describing the enigma he had
just observed. Overwhelmed by curiosity, the lo-
cal man fired up his metal stallion, and raced off in
pursuit of the mysterious downed object.
Cresting a ridge, the Corvair's headlights illumi-
nated the ravine below where the once-airborne
entity now hissed amongst singed foliage. What-
ever the aberration was, Bill would be alone with it
for the next 15 minutes.
An acorn-shaped craft of unknown origin cooled
in the nearby grove. "It looks manufactured," rea-
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soned Bulebush, as he approached the enigma on
foot. Bill noted what appeared to be hieroglyphics
spanning a band around the base of the anomaly.
Eventually fearing the object may be an incendiary
device, Bulebush retreated to his car and made a
beeline home.
Shortly following Bill's discovery, law enforcement
and military officials arrived on scene, denying ac-
cess to a curious public. From the woods, an ethe-
real, blue smoke wafted into the atmosphere.
On the outskirts of town, Bill Weaver, 19, simulta-
neously monitored an emergency broadcast on
his car radio. Youthful and questioning, Weaver
steered his vehicle toward the south end of the
Kecksburg woods, where a group of onlookers
had already found a loophole in the Armed For-
ces’ blockade.
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Drenched in Space Race hype, it was assumed the
unfamiliar object must be a Soviet satellite. What-
ever the observers were witnessing had wedged
itself into the loose soil. From an indiscernible
point on the vessel, Bill noticed a phosphores-
cence, akin to a welding arc, incising the darkness.
Catching sight of Weaver and his fellow specta-
tors, the military ordered the inquisitive group to
vacate the vicinity.
With the initial sighting of the fireball, WHJB — a
radio station in neighboring Greensburg — would
be deluged by frantic callers. News director John
Murphy could smell a hot story like a home-
cooked meal, and in no time found himself racing
toward the site. Murphy arrived on scene around
7:30 PM to find the area inundated with soldiers.
Exploiting a chink in the military's armor, John was
able to snap off numerous photos of the mysteri-
ous craft.
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Moments later, the armed presence in the area
would confiscate the pictures in question.
Accompanying the journalist was a throng of curi-
ous onlookers. John interviewed as many of the
townsfolk as possible.
Around 9 PM, Bob Gatty — a regional journalist
for The Tribune Review — arrived on scene. Gatty
later corroborated claims of a strong armed occu-
pation at the site. Too much firepower, many pro-
claim, for anything not of Top Secret nature.
Shortly afterwards, local resident Robert Blystone
witnessed an empty flatbed trailer, flanked by mili-
tary Jeeps, disappearing into the woods. Approxi-
mately two hours later, Blystone watched the con-
voy reemerge from the forest, transporting a large,
acorn-shaped vessel beneath a tarp. The account
would be confirmed by numerous onlookers who
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observed a mysterious object hauled out of town,
under cover of night.
Although regional newspapers initially ran stories
describing an enigmatic craft falling from the sky,
these same periodicals later recanted, only to re-
port law enforcement recovered "absolutely noth-
ing” from the site. According to UFO researcher
Stan Gordon, it's this type of suspicious mishan-
dling of the truth that makes the Kecksburg Inci-
dent one of the most intriguing anomalous im-
pacts, to date.
Reporter John Murphy worked tirelessly on Object
in the Woods — a documentary detailing the par-
ticulars of December 9th, 1965. Shortly before the
program was set to air, Murphy was visited by a
pair of suit-clad men claiming to be government
agents. Following a clandestine conversation, John
decided to no longer pursue the conundrum. Not
only was his enthusiasm for broadcasting Object
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in the Woods stymied, but the reporter refused to
discuss the incident about which he had been so
passionate.
When Murphy's program did air, to the dismay of
those around him, the content of the documentary
was severely edited. Coworkers felt the meeting
between the government representatives and John
deterred the journalist from broadcasting the truth.
According to those close to Murphy, the reporter
would never again be the same, transforming into
a shell of his previous inquisitive self.
In 1969, John Murphy's imposed silence was for-
ever assured when he was killed under mysterious
circumstances by a hit-and-run driver in Southern
California.
Although, for a time, researchers believed what
crashed in Kecksburg may have been the re-entry
capsule of a Soviet spacecraft known as Cosmos
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96, popular opinion is now inconclusive on the
subject. Cosmos 96 was set to re-enter the Earth's
atmosphere the day the Kecksburg Incident took
place. However, according to conflicting reports,
the satellite either returned to the planet some-
where above the Indian Ocean or in Canada, 13
hours prior to the anomalous crash in Pennsyl-
vania. Is it possible that during Cold War hysteria,
the United States released false information regard-
ing the foreign vessel?
Could the enigma falling to Earth have been a
sizable meteorite? Such speculation seems possi-
ble, although a meteorite would fail to explain cor-
roborating accounts of actual spacecraft, esoteric
hieroglyphics and a midair directional change.
An integral step toward understanding the events
of December 9th, 1965, would be to investigate
Kecksburg for yourself. The quaint hamlet, located
in Westmoreland County, is nestled in the south-
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west portion of the Keystone State, near Highway
982. From Interstate 70/76, exit 91 (Uniontown/
Lingonier/Hwy 31/711). Take a right onto Hwy 31
and travel approximately one and a half miles until
turning right again onto Clayspike Road. Six miles
ahead, you'll find the pastoral town of Kecksburg.
Be sure to bring your cameras. You never know
what evidence may have slipped through the col-
lective fingers of investigators before you.
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Epilogue
And still you question, "Why investigate the para-
normal?” The alternative would be to investigate
the normal.
It's only when individuals probe the unknown that
new queries arise, to which new answers develop.
Thereby, learning occurs.
Instead of dealing with the known, we should be
studying that which we don't understand.
Recall the anthill aphorism in the Introduction?
We could be standing next to a superhighway of
information our entire lives, and never know it.
Alternate dimensions may be in front of our faces.
Ironically, every day, we wake up, go to work,
come home and fall asleep, never noticing these
possible other existences.
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Humans tend to believe other creatures experi-
ence the world the same way we do. Take a look
at folks who dress their dogs in sweaters, or speak
to their cats as if these animals comprehend what's
being said.
The brain of an average adult human weighs be-
tween 1,300 and 1,400 grams, accounting for two
percent of our total body mass. The brain of an
average adult housecat is a mere 30 grams, com-
prising 0.9 percent of that animal's overall bulk.
Since domesticated dogs vary greatly in size be-
tween breeds, an accurate measure of K9 intelli-
gence is difficult to assess. Suffice it to say, though,
a dog's brain — in comparison to its body size —
is also far less than the same contrast in humans.
If your cat or dog were an adult homo sapien, it
would almost assuredly suffer from mental retard-
ation. It would require an extreme aberration for
either of these animals to view the world around
Epilogue 107
them on the same intellectual level as you. Yet,
we're certain Champ enjoys being dressed in a
cardigan and matching beanie, as much as you
enthuse at seeing him wear such garments.
The same holds true for the way we tend to view
animals in the wild, as well as fish, insects, etc. For
some reason, most humans feel these creatures
perceive the world in three-dimensional color. In
actuality, scientists theorize numerous species see
in black-and-white, and some view a two-dimen-
sional world, unable to distinguish depth.
What if humans were born blind? Could our spe-
cies understand the concept of vision? Although
we were able to touch plants, rocks and water,
would we ever comprehend these things had an
optic form?
Theoretical physicists have proven the high prob-
ability of dimensions beyond the four we currently
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fathom. If these alternate realities exist, what re-
sides within them? How will we know unless we
question?
Beyond these additional dimensions may be what
scientists refer to as the multiverse, a paradigm of
infinite universes. Where does it all end? Does it
ever end? The one thing fairly certain is we won't
discover the answers through self-absorbed, Earth-
bound concepts. Take, for example, money.
Travel with a suitcase full of $100,000,000 to the
Moon, on a one way flight. See how useful that
cotton/linen combo is when you're gasping for air
inside your pressurized spacesuit. As you freeze,
you won't even be able to start a fire with all that
loot, since there's very little, if any, oxygen in gas
form on the Moon. Hence, cash is quite plausibly
useless in 99.999... percent of the known Uni-
verse. And yet, we cling to the insignificant, allow-
Epilogue 109
ing it to dictate our lives, while so much of the un-
charted awaits, ready to be explored.
From errant asteroids, to solar flares and supervol-
canoes, there are just too many potentially cata-
strophic anomalies humans don't understand. Re-
sultant of our fervent desire for Earthbound trivial-
ities — such as money — we fail to comprehend,
and thereby address, that which is important.
To summarize, the investigation of the paranormal
is imperative. It's what true science is about. Un-
less humans examine what we don't know, learn-
ing for us, and perhaps life, will cease.
111
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About the Author
In high school, Mr. Mungus was informed by an
English teacher he would never be a writer. To
date, Hugh has written over 60 screenplays.
A college videography professor told Mungus he
would never become a filmmaker. Hugh has cur-
rently produced over 40 flicks.
Forced out of the graphic design program at a ma-
jor university, today Hugh creates Websites, com-
puter graphics and online animations.
It's your choice to believe what folks claim you’re
capable of. It's also your choice to experience eve-
rything you want in life.
Hugh Mungus is a columnist for both Paranormal
Underground and UFO Digest magazines.
125
Author’s Note
The Web addresses furnished in this publication
were effective at the time of printing.
Since capricious minds change less readily than
the Internet, online locations in service today may
be defunct, tomorrow.
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Destinations Across Paranormal America 2

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  • 3. Destinations Across Paranormal America 2 by Hugh Mungus CreateSpace
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  • 5. © 2010. Hugh Mungus First Edition All Rights Reserved ISBN-13: 978-1466234741 ISBN-10: 1466234741 CreateSpace 7290 Investment Drive, Suite B North Charleston, SC 29418
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  • 7. This book is dedicated to causing question.
  • 8.
  • 9. Table of Contents Introduction 1 Fantasma Colorado (Arizona) 7 Ong's Hat (New Jersey) 13 The Ely UFO Crash (Nevada) 23 A Ghost Ship in the Desert (California) 31 Mysterious Healing Dirt (New Mexico) 37 The Curious Case of Stan Romanek (Colorado) 43 Killer Trolls From Hell, Etc. (Massachusetts) 61 A Black Mailbox on the E.T. Highway (Nevada) 69 The Dreamy Draw UFO Crash (Arizona) 75 Buried Treasure, Missiles and Murder (New Mexico) 81 Dead Drunk (Nevada) 89 The Kecksburg UFO Crash (Pennsylvania) 95 Epilogue 105 Bibliography 111 About the Author 123 Author’s Note 125
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  • 11. 1 Introduction Advances in technology have pushed mankind into the realm of what was once deemed fantasy. Even so, many continue to deny the existence of the paranormal, exclaiming, "I have to see it to believe it." With this logic, one would have to see oxygen to accept its validity. Of course, viewing this element with the naked eye isn't possible, yet we're certain it exists because we don't fall over dead. Since we haven't all floated into the ionosphere, the presence of gravity is believed to be fact, but when was the last time you actually gazed upon this invisible energy? Can you observe an atom without the aid of a mi- croscope? No, and yet you take for granted
  • 12. Destinations Across Paranormal America 2 your entire body, and everyone you've known, is comprised of nothing but atoms. Microwaves, sound waves and wireless transmis- sions are but a handful of alternate realms existing around us all the time, even though, to our limited visual spectrum, they're imperceptible. What resides in the ultraviolet, or the infrared, be- yond our scope? Consider the anthill and 10 lane superhighway analogy, as proposed by leading theoretical phys- icist Michio Kaku. You're an ant. You're building an anthill with thousands of your insect buddies. Your edifice resides 15 feet from a 10 lane super- highway. Every hour, tens of thousands of vehicles pass at breakneck speeds. "Do you, the ant, comprehend the superhighway for what it is?"
  • 13. Introduction 3 The answer is, "No." How could an ant understand the meaning of a superhighway, and the cars traversing it, if this insect doesn't grasp the purpose of vehicles and the roads upon which they travel? An ant's intel- lect is limited to what it can perceive. Viewing humans as the ants in this scenario, it's plausible there are forces our inhibited mentalities can't comprehend. A friend recently engaged in a college lecture re- garding astronomer Galileo Galilei. Prior to such an axiom being accepted, Galileo was a champion of heliocentrism, the idea the Earth and other plan- ets in our Solar System revolve around the Sun. G- squared also improved the first telescope, making it suitable for stargazing, thereby rescuing human- kind from belief in erroneous astronomical tenets.
  • 14. Destinations Across Paranormal America 4 As the class discussion ensued, my friend stated, "I'm smarter than Galileo." My buddy exclaimed, "We're all smarter than Galileo." According to his rationale, as generations prog- ress, they consecutively become more intelligent. Two hundred years ago, the greatest minds on the planet weren't even certain germ theory was rele- vant. Today, the common person fights germs ef- fectively with antibiotics, astringent and sanitizer. My friend's point was interesting. If humankind advances technologically, the average individual hundreds of years from now will have access to more knowledge than the most brilliant scientist, today. This isn't to say a cast member of the Jersey Shore is more intellectually advanced than Gali- leo. If the survival of humanity depended upon Snooki developing the telescope, we'd all be dead. Still, you get the picture.
  • 15. Introduction 5 It's imperative humans continue to learn. Should we claim omniscience, and become stagnant, we run the risk of extinction. There's too much we don't understand threatening our survival. It's important to keep an open mind, but in the essential words of skeptics, "not so open that our brains fall out." Don't take anything at face value. Constantly question. What follows is a compilation of intriguing para- normal tales. "Are they real?" you ask. Your guess is as good as anyone's. Hopefully you'll conduct your own research into the subse- quent material, so these enigmas can be solved. Akin to congratulating a recent arm amputee on losing 20 pounds, traversing on private property is
  • 16. Destinations Across Paranormal America 6 just wrong. Explore the locations featured herein with caution and respect. Hugh Mungus
  • 17. 7 Fantasma Colorado (Arizona) "The Devil killed her, I tell you! It was the Devil, himself!” the hysterical woman shrieked. The damsel in distress collapsed in her husband's arms, as the man gazed outside at the mangled, female body. The yard was bleached with blood. Blood and a pureed hand, or maybe it was part of a face. From this distance, it was difficult to tell. Huge hoofprints ringed the area around the ca- daver, and thick strands of red hair littered the soil. A second man — the slain woman's husband — rushed outside, collapsing to his knees and weep- ing over what was left of his dead spouse. Inside the modest home, the rancher turned to his agonized wife. The woman gazed up, sensing her husband's skepticism. Her tear-stained face con- torted. "I know you don't believe me, but the Devil
  • 18. Destinations Across Paranormal America 8 was here! He visited our house!" The woman mo- tioned to the crushed corpse outside. "What else could have done that?!" Miles away, 72 hours later, Lucifer made a second appearance, trampling the tent of two prospectors in the middle of the night. Escaping injury, the men scurried from their demolished shelter, as a massive beast galloped into the blackness. A search of the area turned up the same crimson fi- bers and enormous hoofprints left in the wake of the first encounter. Both tales spread across 1883 southeast Arizona faster than syphilis in a Wild West whorehouse. Folks began whispering of Fantasma Colorado, a malevolent entity terrorizing the region. From his perch on the ridge, Cyrus Hamblin could see the beast clearly. Word of the infamous Red Ghost had reached local newspapers. In these
  • 19. Fantasma Colorado 9 parts, Cyrus was one of the unlucky few able to read. Now, staring down at an angry camel, the man wondered if this animal was the cause of all the commotion. Had this been an ordinary drom- edary, he felt certain those who endured its wrath would recognize it for the beast of burden it was. Here in the afternoon Sun, though, the animal's fur gleaming red like rage, the camel appeared any- thing but prosaic. Strapped to the brute's back was something bi- zarre. Something horrible. Squinting, Cyrus swore the object leashed atop the monster was a decom- posing, human corpse. Weeks later, the beast was spotted again. This time by prospectors taking target practice. Although not a single bullet found pay dirt, the deafening re- ports of revolvers had caused the camel to sprint for its life. In the frenzy, the head of the animal’s
  • 20. Destinations Across Paranormal America 10 disintegrating rider came loose, landing at the feet of the astonished men. Deduction painted a portrait of a lost settler facing dehydration, and strapping himself to the back of the camel, in hopes the beast would find water be- fore it was too late. Having to carry a fetid carcass through blazing heat, the dromedary probably be- came enraged, and exacted revenge on anything human within its path. Sightings of Fantasma Colorado abated until 1893, when one Mizoo Hastings gunned down a beast thought to be the nefarious Red Ghost. By this time, the monster had relieved itself of its pesky passenger, and was traveling sans skeleton. How- ever, rawhide straps believed to have once se- cured the corpse to the camel, were still attached to the animal's back. Oddly, these leather bands were affixed in a way the passenger could have never fastened, himself.
  • 21. Fantasma Colorado 11 Had the man atop the animal been alive when attached to the creature, sent off into the desert as capital punishment? Was it more likely somebody possessing a maniacal sense of humor, a cadaver and a camel simply slung the body onto the beast to get a laugh? Perhaps we'll never know. One thing is certain. Reports of dromedary sight- ings in Greenlee County, Arizona, persist to the present day. Not indigenous to the region, these beasts were imported by the U.S. Army in the 1850s as a method of transportation. The program fell apart when the animals — although well suited for the terrain — began displaying their inherently irate nature. Some claim the fabled Fantasma Colorado still gal- lops across the desert in the Grand Canyon State. Should you care to take a look for yourself, Green- lee County is accessed via U.S. Route 70, U.S. Route 191, State Route 75 or State Route 78.
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  • 23. 13 Ong's Hat (New Jersey) The Gate pulsed. Through the opening, the alter- nate dimension came into focus. Both Frank and Althea could see an environment identical their own taking shape in the other world. Rolling hills, trees, swaying grass. But some- thing in this new existence was different. Some- thing didn't feel quite right. Frank couldn't put his finger on it until Althea spoke up. "There are no buildings," she exclaimed. The former Princeton student squinted, affording himself a deeper view through the ingress. Althea was right. There were no buildings. In fact, nothing man-made at all was visible in this bordering real- ity. Not a house, nor a road, not even a fence with which to corral the intermittent, wayward cow. And where there are no buildings,...
  • 24. Destinations Across Paranormal America 14 "There are no people," Althea finished Frank's de- duction, as twins often do for one another. Both siblings had been cast out of Princeton for promoting free thinking. Their combined Ph.D. thesis on "cognitive chaos" had gone over like a lead zeppelin. In fact, the brother/sister team had been expelled for proving their groundbreaking theories, mathematically. Their cutting edge study centered around inter- dimensional travel. It was imperative this type of research continue, and yet, suppressed by the powers that be, further progress was impossible. The two students needed a place in which to pur- sue their experimentation without hindrance. As the twins gazed into the uninhabited reality be- fore them, they realized they had found Nirvana. A dimension untouched by human existence. A place with limitless possibilities. A world in which
  • 25. Ong’s Hat 15 people might someday stop the aging process, and cleanse themselves of disease simply through mind power. The portal widened. The Gate hummed. The mur- mur was now almost unbearable, as the orphan test subject sitting beneath the glowing rift became translucent. "It's working!" Frank thought. "The damned thing's working! We were right all along!" In no obvious pain, the waif gazed about. His body became transparent. Images from the dimen- sion behind him were now clear. Blue sky, boul- ders, clouds. And that's when Althea noticed it. Not only was the runaway vanishing before their eyes, so too was the Egg, the very machine they had created with which to facilitate inter-dimensional travel.
  • 26. Destinations Across Paranormal America 16 Wide-eyed, the orphan turned toward the twins. A moment later, he, the Egg and the Gate disap- peared. With that, the hum dissipated, and the neighboring reality vanished. Only the nocturnal sounds of the forest remained at Ong's Hat. The New Jersey Pine Barrens is no place to be caught after sundown. Tales of ominous creatures inundate this rural region. In the heart of the weirdness once resided the hamlet of Ong's Hat, a town supposedly titled due to one Jacob Ong, an initial settler of the area. According to legend, Ong was quite the ladies' man, sweeping women off their feet with sophisti- cated dance moves, and dress befitting someone of great affluence. As with most gigolos, Jacob's past returned to haunt him. When a spurned lover discovered Ong's philan- dering ways, she confronted him at a local dance.
  • 27. Ong’s Hat 17 The furious woman stripped the man of his prized possession — a silk hat — and crushed the derby to ruins before Jacob's eyes. Gathering his expen- sive chapeau, a distraught Ong ran outside and threw the hat into a nearby tree, where it remained for a number of years. Due to the rural nature of this region, the lonesome article of clothing be- came a demarcation by which travelers could find the isolated village. Today, the legendary landmark no longer exists. Neither does the populace of Ong's Hat. The town has long been abandoned, but the strange tales surrounding it live on. Most notable is the saga of Frank and Althea Dobbs, twin siblings who reputedly discovered a portal to an alternate dimension in this bucolic setting. According to author Joseph Matheny, in his book Ong's Hat: The Beginning, Frank and Althea had been students of Princeton University.
  • 28. Destinations Across Paranormal America 18 Disenchanted with the strict ideology of the institu- tion, the twins worked diligently on a theory to prove not only inter-dimensional travel, but also the belief that humans were in full control of their own mortality. Frank and Althea theorized people could heal themselves of any affliction, and put an end to physical aging. After submitting their thesis on the subject of cognitive chaos, the twins were expelled from the Ivy League school. Determined to pursue their paranormal studies, the brother and sister team set up shop in a run- down trailer in remote Ong's Hat, New Jersey. Legend has it the siblings joined a commune in the desolate countryside, where they tested fantas- tical machinery on local, wayward runaways. The tiny cooperative came to be known as the Institute of Chaos Studies. Roughly three years after its in- ception, the ICS completed work on a device known as the Gate, which allegedly transported
  • 29. Ong’s Hat 19 one of the delinquent test subjects to and from an alternate dimension. A chemical spill at nearby Fort Dix forced the constituents of the Institute to flee. Rather than es- caping to higher ground, the group departed into a separate dimension. Allegedly, those comprising the ICS continue to live at Ong's Hat, but within a different reality. It's a widely held belief the legend of Ong's Hat is the fictional brainchild of author Joseph Matheny. Matheny posted his saga on the Internet in the early 1990s, in attempts to insert the story into the collective consciousness of the then-burgeoning World Wide Web. If you've ever watched the lonelygirl15 webisodes on www.youtube.com, you'll understand this an- ecdotal blending with online reality. To those not familiar with lonelygirl15, it was the precursor to
  • 30. Destinations Across Paranormal America 20 vlogging, videotaping oneself rambling about vari- ous subject matter, and posting it on the Internet for the world to view. Debuting in 2006, lonelygirl15 was created by a group of young filmmakers. Although fictional, the show was initially believed by its audience to be fact. The story followed the everyday existence of a teenaged girl named Bree. As the production gained popularity, and its fanciful nature was re- vealed, two derivative series — centered around conspiracy theories — were produced. Back to Ong's Hat, baby! There are those who claim Matheny's legend is true. Whether or not one believes the Ong's Hat saga is beside the point, contends its creator, who asserts his work stemmed from an actual written narrative known as the Incunabula Papers. To be certain, it's a lot of information to digest. Reading Ong's Hat: The Beginning, listening to the Incunabula Papers on-
  • 31. Ong’s Hat 21 line (see the Bibliography) or visiting southern New Jersey, would be great initial steps to unrav- eling this mystery. Accessed via the Garden State Parkway, and the Atlantic City Expressway, the Pine Barrens is a massive stretch of rural America — home to the Jersey Devil, as well as more than one species of carnivorous plant. Those seeking the former loca- tion of Ong's Hat should traverse the New Jersey Turnpike, taking State Route 70 east. From this point, follow exit 4 and continue along Route 72 south. Take a hard left onto Four Mile Circle for about a mile, and you’ll reach your intended des- tination. Those hoping for a more precise locale from which to portal hunt may be disappointed, as it seems Ong's Hat, much like its inter-dimensional travelers, has vanished.
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  • 33. 23 The Ely UFO Crash (Nevada) "I certainly believe in aliens in space. They may not look like us, but I have very strong feelings that they have advanced beyond our mental capabilities...I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don't know about, and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them." — former Arizona Senator, Barry Goldwater
  • 34. Destinations Across Paranormal America 24 "Sixteen," the rancher reckoned beneath stale cof- fee breath. "Is that possible?" the grizzled man queried him- self, marveling at the lifeless bodies in the ravine below. From this lofty vantage point, the victims appeared childlike in stature. The glow emanating from the crashed spaceship provided an unnatural amount of light for this hour. "Could some of 'em still be alive?" the cowhand wondered. The living piece of shoe leather squinted. Crow's feet the size of pterodactyl talons emerged. Dark silhouettes scurried across the corners of the man's vision. The opaque shadows clarified into the shapes of coyotes. The ancient, withering Paint beneath the rancher shifted uneasily.
  • 35. The Ely UFO Crash 25 "Damned predators," the man grumbled to him- self. "Nobody alive, nor dead, deserves this fate." The cattle herder gingerly dug spur-less heels into his steed's sides. The horse sidled forward, crest- ing the precipice of an unstable cliff. "What're you doin’?!” the man's mind raced. "You wrangle cattle, you old fool. Martians and flyin' saucers is government business—“ Before the thought completed its journey from synapse to synapse, the earth about the aged va- quero exploded. Night became day. Racing over- head, helicopters cleared the ridge behind the frightened cowpoke. The man's terrified nag retreated up the slope, as the terrain beneath it's hooves gave way. In the distance, a wave of military vehicles con- verged on the defunct, saucer-shaped craft.
  • 36. Destinations Across Paranormal America 26 Trembling, the cowboy slid down his mount, col- lapsing beneath a pair of useless knees. The man's horse turned wild-eyed from the scene, disappear- ing into a field of cholla. The gaucho watched as Jeeps appeared from all directions in the ravine below him, like ants gath- ering on something sticky and sweet. "This is big," thought the herder. "Too big for one used up cowpuncher and his worn out horse." The entire United States Army was assembling in the gully. "It's a wonder they ain't spotted ya', you damned idiot—“ With that, the sound of falling metal emanated be- hind him. The man spun, expecting to come face- to-barrel with a rifle wielded by some trigger happy, 18 year old recruit. Instead, the rancher
  • 37. The Ely UFO Crash 27 spied obscure figures in the distance. A handful of men and women in civilian clothing. A light blue dress and medium-heeled pump were the last images the cowboy saw before whomever was behind him disappeared into the blackness. "Witnesses," was the ranch hand's initial thought. "I ain't alone," reasoned the man. Had they seen the same things he had? The flying saucer? The al- iens? The army below? The cowpoke opened his mouth, preparing to sig- nal to his fellow onlookers. His thoughts raced back to the mobilization for D-Day goin' on in the ravine. He fell silent. Would the military be able to hear his shouts from here? He didn't care to find out. In fact, the only thing he did care to find was his damned horse. Taking a last look at the chaos below, the man crawled from the cliff into the en- veloping night.
  • 38. Destinations Across Paranormal America 28 He could discern the faint outline of his grazing mount in the distance. "The short memory span of less intelligent animals,” thought the cowboy. This was one instance in which he envied his horse. The rancher knew he, himself, would never forget this incident, no matter how hard he tried. The strength returning to his arthritic knees, the man stood, approaching his weary steed. In mere moments, both he and his nag would vanish from the scene. By daybreak, so would 16 extraterrestrial bodies and a downed alien spacecraft. The above is a fanciful description of what some ufologists believe to be an actual anomalous crash in 1952 Ely, Nevada. Details concerning the event are more difficult to uncover than hair on Dr. Phil's head. Nonetheless, the legend persists.
  • 39. The Ely UFO Crash 29 Did an inexplicable craft wreck in the Silver State? Were 16 deceased alien bodies recovered by an Operation Blue Fly-type team? Is there any truth to the claims these extraterrestrial corpses were trans- ported to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, where they now reside in deep freeze storage? Located in the far eastern portion of Nevada, Ely truly resides amongst desolation. Nestled at the in- tersection of Highways 50 and 93, the minute hamlet is neither north nor south, but rather cen- trally positioned within the context of the state. Smack dab in the middle of mining country, rolling hills interspersed with deep valleys offer the perfect environment for a clandestine UFO crash and retrieval. Should you find yourself traversing the wide-open expanse of eastern Nevada, point your trusty, me- tallic thoroughbred in the direction of Ely. Word has it locals continue to speak of the crash in
  • 40. Destinations Across Paranormal America 30 question, as well as the subsequent recovery of alien bodies.
  • 41. 31 A Ghost Ship in the Desert (California) Ghost ships. The phrase elicits images of translu- cent sea vessels floating upon frenzied waves. Envisioning a spectral sloop, one rarely pictures a landlocked cutter a hundred miles from the ocean. Yet, that's exactly what purportedly sails the Salton Sea in Southern California. Now an inland body of water, the Salton was be- lieved to have been, at some point, connected to the Pacific Ocean. In fact, numerous conquista- dors were convinced California was an island. According to tale, in the late 17th century, a Span- ish galleon, laden with precious pearls, navigated the Salton Sea in search of an alternate route to the Pacific. Due to lack of precipitation, the deltas up- on which the ship entered this body of water, evaporated. The vessel became trapped within, what is now, the Continental U.S. As a result, the
  • 42. Destinations Across Paranormal America 32 crew ran the galleon aground, venturing through the desert on foot. Although it's believed the sail- ors reached a friendly settlement in Mexico, ac- counts of the men, from then on, remain scarce. It wasn't until 1775, the abandoned ship — long since engulfed by swirling sand dunes — began re-appearing. His name was Manquerna, and he traveled by night, in order to circumvent the blistering, day- time desert heat. Making a living scouting the fun- damental charting of California, this explorer, at one point, encountered a massive Spanish sailing vessel embedded in the sands before him. The ship appeared not only a hundred years old, but a hundred miles off course. Upon boarding the galleon, Manquerna discov- ered it fraught with pearls. Procuring what he could, the man disembarked, and documented
  • 43. A Ghost Ship in the Desert 33 the location of the vessel. Manquerna then hired a small band of soldiers to aid in his quest for the remaining riches. Unfortunately, shifting sands hid the whereabouts of the ship. The galleon, and its treasure, were once again lost below the dunes. In 1870, The Los Angeles Star published a group of articles regarding Charles Clusker, an adven- turer hell-bent on uncovering the craft's wherea- bouts. According to the features, Clusker, himself, forever vanished into the desert, during an excur- sion to find the supernatural sloop. In 1878, a troupe of German prospectors witnes- sed the vessel hovering across the wastelands. In- trigued, a member of the ensemble set out after the vision, only to be discovered days later, dead from thirst deprivation, and completely nude. Butcherknife Ike — a seasoned miner — claimed to have uncovered the three-master in 1905. Un-
  • 44. Destinations Across Paranormal America 34 fortunately, Ike's assertions were never verified, and the ship once again slipped through the col- lective grasp of treasure hunters. The most conclusive evidence supporting the ex- istence of a ghost ship in the Salton Sea came in 1915, when a Native American sauntered into Yuma, Arizona, and paid for several purchases with handfuls of pearls. The man reported to have spent the previous evening in a partially buried sea vessel that was filled with buckets of the pre- cious gemstones. When offered several hundred dollars, should he divulge the whereabouts of the ship, the drifter took the cash, and spent the night in lavish accommodations. Craftily, he vanished into the desert before those seeking his services awoke the following morning. Numerous treasure seekers have mounted expedi- tions in search of the famed Spanish galleon. To date, all have met with defeat. Shifting sands could
  • 45. A Ghost Ship in the Desert 35 attribute to the elusive nature of the ship, as the dunes easily reveal sizable objects, one day, only to hide them, the next. Whether or not this meaty hunk of folklore har- bors any truth, those relating the tale often add their own delicious spice, claiming the vessel has been bleached white by swirling sands. Thus, the galleon now glows beneath the full desert Moon, while spirits of perished sailors walk its decks. Since the precise location of the ghost ship re- mains a mystery, your best bet for finding anti- quated riches in the Southern California Desert would be to visit the Salton Sea. This inland body of water is located south of Interstate 10, in both Riverside and Imperial Counties, off either High- ways 86 or 111. Bring plenty of water, as the sea is far too salty from which to drink.
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  • 47. 37 Mysterious Healing Dirt (New Mexico) The uncanny glow emanated from somewhere in- side the Earth. "What could it be?" Don Bernardo pondered. Cracked, bleeding hands clenched in anticipation. Stale thickets crunched beneath Abeyta's feet, as he neared the luminance that called to him. He could see the shaft of light clearly now, spilling forth into the viscous New Mexican night. Desper- ate to discover what was tugging at his senses, the zealous man broke into a lumbering run. Ten feet. Eight. Five. Don Bernardo stopped, his unbridled momentum giving way to innate clumsiness, as he toppled headfirst into the parched dirt beside the radiance.
  • 48. Destinations Across Paranormal America 38 Pawing frenziedly at the loam before him, his mind raced. "What is it? What in the name of God is it?!" Abeyta's callused fingers hit something solid. The resplendent beam splintered into shafts. A painful brilliance burst forth. Don Bernardo shielded his eyes, as he gazed upon a glowing crucifix pow- ered by some unseen energy. Although the artifact appeared brighter than the Sun, he didn't hesitate to grasp it. From the pulsing relic, a conductivity radiated unlike any he had felt before. A church of worship known as El Santuario de Chimayo beckons off the beaten path, some 30 miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sheltered amongst the Sangre de Christo mountain range, this place of prayer has become a destination for millions pursuing its purported healing powers. The year was 1810. The evening was Good Fri-
  • 49. Mysterious Healing Dirt 39 day. Don Bernardo Abeyta — a member of the Penitentes, a sect of the Catholic Church — was participating in a customary penance of self-flagel- lation in the hills of El Portrero, New Mexico. Dur- ing his atonement, Don Bernardo observed a bril- liant luminance emitting from a nearby bluff along the Santa Cruz River. Approaching the light, the holy man dropped to his knees, burrowed into the soil with his bare hands and excavated a glowing crucifix of myster- ious origin. Elated by his discovery, Don Bernardo brought local priest, Father Sabastian Alvarez, to witness the anomaly. Ecstatic, Father Alvarez carried the crucifix back to a nearby church, where the lumi- nous artifact was positioned amidst the main altar. Upon awakening the following morning, parish- ioners discovered the crucifix missing. After a
  • 50. Destinations Across Paranormal America 40 search, the radiant object was found in the ground from whence Don Bernardo had unearthed it. For a second time, the crucifix was carried to the cha- pel and placed atop the altar. In the wee hours, the sacred article once again re- turned, of its own volition, to the soil from where it had been taken. After a third attempt to remove the crucifix from its original resting place culminated in the same result, all those in the midst of the mi- raculous migration decided not to bring the cross to the church, but rather the church to the cross. Hence, El Santuario de Chimayo was constructed between 1814 and 1816, atop the soil where the unique crucifix had been found. Today, it's purported the dirt amassed in a diminu- tive hole in the floor of the cathedral possesses ex- traordinary healing powers. Each year, upwards of 300,000 tourists make pilgrimages to El Santuario de Chimayo. Some of the travelers come seeking a
  • 51. Mysterious Healing Dirt 41 miracle from the dirt, which is constantly replen- ished, and made available to anyone who has taken the trek. In a room adjacent the shallow hole of soil, rests a variety of casts, crutches and wheel- chairs from those who have reportedly ventured to the quaint sanctuary, and been healed of their physical afflictions. El Santuario de Chimayo is open to the public between the months of October and April, from 9 AM to 5 PM, and May through September, from 9 AM to 6 PM daily. The church is located at 15 Santuario Drive, in the town of Chimayo, one mile south of where High- ways 76 and 520 intersect. There's no fee to visit the sanctuary, but should you desire a souvenir in addition to the healing dirt, there is an adjacent gift shop.
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  • 53. 43 The Curious Case of Stan Romanek (Colorado) “[…] I looked out the window and saw this bright light. It was zigzagging around. I went up to the pilot and asked him if he had ever seen anything like that. He was shocked and said he hadn’t […] We followed it to Bakersfield, and all of a sudden to our utter amazement it went straight up into the heavens. When I got off the plane I told Nancy about it." — then-Governor of California, and later-40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan
  • 54. Destinations Across Paranormal America 44 The extraterrestrial peered through the window. Stan trembled as he watched the videotape replay. "Could this really be happening?" the Denver na- tive’s mind raced. An alien peeking into his house wasn't typical evening entertainment. The pane through which the creature had been leering was on the second floor. Romanek knew there wasn't anything between the lawn outside and the sill. No place for this being to find footing. This wasn't the first time Stan had captured an E.T. on camera. In fact, he had been playing cat-and- mouse not only with anthropomorphic entities, but also Men in Black, mysterious balls of light, unmarked helicopters, ominous phone voices and UFOs since 2000. And how could he forget the abductions? Surreal episodes from which he awoke to find himself
  • 55. The Curious Case of Stan Romanek 45 locked outside his home, sporting a bloody nose and fresh wounds. Romanek didn't even believe in this stuff. Wasn't it four years ago he was poking fun at those who ex- pressed an interest in the paranormal? Through his video camera's viewfinder, the fraz- zled man watched a creature that couldn't have been from Earth duck below the window. "Why would something so intelligent traverse vast expanses to spy on me?" Stan pondered. Little did Romanek realize, the footage he shot that evening would be a source of ridicule from skep- tics, as well as ufologists. In 2008, Stan would re- lease the video, which he believed was evidence of exoplanetary life. Even though the raw footage had been verified by experts as having not been tampered with, in the eyes of many, it was a hoax.
  • 56. Destinations Across Paranormal America 46 Stan conceded it was possible some esoteric fac- tion may have been playing tricks on him, but then the question arose, "Why would an arcane force go to such great lengths to alter one ordinary man's life?" Born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, Stan Romanek was the son of an Air Force officer. As a result, Stan and his family relocated on a regular basis. When only four years old, and living in North- wood, Colorado, Romanek recalled his older brother Jimmy witnessing an enigmatic craft hover- ing over the town's water tower. Upon returning from work that evening, Stan's father corroborated his son's claims by asserting he, too, had observed the aerial anomaly. Since the incident hadn't involved Stan, he'd for- gotten it. Until recently Romanek also failed to recall childhood episodes in which he was visited
  • 57. The Curious Case of Stan Romanek 47 by a woman with uncommonly large eyes, who spoke without opening her mouth. It hadn't been until 2000 that Stan began experi- encing the paranormal once more. Whilst video- taping Colorado's Red Rocks Park, Romanek ob- served an aerial craft comprised of numerous rota- ting spheres, keeping pace with his van. As he attempted to photograph the conundrum, the ves- sel vanished into the heavens, resulting in a small sonic boom. Shortly afterwards, twin F-16s appeared out of no- where, racing after the enigmatic vehicle. As with numerous encounters, Romanek wasn't the sole witness to this event. In fact, other ob- servers that day attested to seeing the same craft. It was about this time Stan professed to hearing bi- zarre clicks when speaking on his home phone.
  • 58. Destinations Across Paranormal America 48 Perturbed, Romanek called his telecommunica- tions company, who subsequently discovered a bugging device on the line in question. Shortly, thereafter, whilst in line at a restaurant, Stan found himself approached by a gaunt stran- ger in business attire, who whispered in passing, "It's not over yet." Electronic devices began inexplicably failing when in Romanek's presence. Within a year, he went through nearly 10 home computers, as the ma- chines shorted out not long after he'd unpack them. Street lights quit whenever Stan was near, and touch lamps would continually turn off and on in response to his close proximity. Most troubling, though, was the way birds were suddenly attracted to Romanek. The effect escala- ted to detrimental proportions, when dozens of
  • 59. The Curious Case of Stan Romanek 49 fowl flew into the windshield of his van one day in an apparent mass suicide. UFOs began targeting Stan in a sort of hide-and- seek. Such was the case on a return road trip from Pennsylvania, when an inexplicable, airborne craft trailed Romanek and his two passengers. This pe- culiar, metallic disc hid itself behind clouds when- ever the trio attempted to photograph it. On the evening of September 20, 2001, Stan would allegedly be the target of an extraterrestrial abduction. After he and others witnessed a 30 foot, crimson globule above his place of work, Ro- manek headed for the shelter of home. Little did he know, he'd soon encounter three humanoid creatures on his apartment's front stoop. Enor- mous eyes and nearly non-existent mouths fore- warned Stan he was face-to-face with a species not of this Earth. What's more, the frightened man
  • 60. Destinations Across Paranormal America 50 would be unable to overpower the entities, who had intentions of seizing him. From that point on, Romanek recalls awakening in bed, lamenting over the most bizarre dream he's ever had. Divots in his back, and torn skin on his wrists seemed to support Stan's belief that some- thing nefarious occurred the previous evening. Even so, details of what transpired eluded him. Intrigued by Stan's affirmations, Fox News inter- viewed the Denver resident. For some unknown reason, the segment didn't air until eight months later. Suspiciously, a monumental blackout — affecting 20,000 Colorado homes — occurred the moment the program was scheduled to broad- cast. Electricity was restored one hour later, pre- cisely when Romanek's interview ended. And then came the hypnotic regression revealing the details of Stan's abduction. The troubled man
  • 61. The Curious Case of Stan Romanek 51 remembered a luminescent room in which he found himself adhered to a wall by some invisible force. His surroundings were apparently manufac- tured for creatures smaller than humans. The same beings who had initially assaulted Stan on his balcony now came into view. Romanek felt his captives remove several hunks of flesh from his lower back, before he was rendered uncon- scious. When he awakened, the apparent female of the group was cleansing his wounds. Stan began a telepathic discourse with his seem- ingly sympathetic captor, inquiring as to where the creatures originated from, and what their inten- tions were. The being answered Romanek's que- ries with cryptic symbols. Eventually, she revealed that, "Something signifi- cant [was] about to happen." With that, the crea- ture stared intently into Stan's eyes, and his
  • 62. Destinations Across Paranormal America 52 thoughts were inundated by visions of catastro- phes to humanity. The images were so intense, they caused Romanek’s knees to buckle, as he collapsed to the floor. The exhausted man's response was, "Is this what's going to happen? Is this what you're showing me?" Stan would later be informed by those incarcer- ating him the cataclysmic events were possible outcomes for humankind, should the current situ- ation on Earth continue. During Romanek's initial regression, he began drawing what later became an extensive series of mathematical equations, which could only be understood by astronomers, cosmologists, mathe- maticians and physicists. These formulas were always conceived while Stan was either hyp- notized, with his eyes closed; or asleep, in com- plete darkness.
  • 63. The Curious Case of Stan Romanek 53 Romanek's enigmatic representations were deter- mined to be physics regarding planetary align- ments, space travel and wormholes. Stan's noctur- nal scribblings also yielded reproductions of the Drake Equation, used to ascertain the number of species within our galaxy that could possess ad- vanced intellects. The fact that Stan maintained a sixth grade proficiency in mathematics made his formulas that much more astounding. Spook lights — in the form of red orbs — followed Stan and his family wherever they went. Able to traverse solid walls, these conundrums destroyed electronics, searing through plastic and metal. In June, 2002, Stan's wife Lisa was the recipient of a disturbing, anonymous E-mail, which read: "This is regarding Stan Romanek. I understand this might be a little hard for you to accept but it's all real. As you know by now this UFO case is very important, but what you don't know is how important! It
  • 64. Destinations Across Paranormal America 54 seems that the people upstairs are making a state- ment and Mr. Romanek is the conduit. I, for one, would like to see this happen. But there are those in the organization I work for who do not. In fact, the reason for this contact is so that you know that Stan is in danger! I have tried to contact Mr. Romanek, but Stan is stubborn, and I am sure he believes these warnings to be a hoax. Unfortunately, time is running out. It has taken a lot of work, but I have managed to keep your location out of the picture...I have contacted others in MUFON [Mutual UFO Network] who have been working closely with Stan. I hope you don't take this lightly; there is a lot at stake here!" On more than one occasion, when some of the Romanek family's point-and-shoot cameras went missing, they reappeared with mysterious photo- graphs of classic Grey aliens on them. The pic- tures seemed to suggest that extraterrestrials using
  • 65. The Curious Case of Stan Romanek 55 the devices had inadvertently taken their own self- portraits, whilst fumbling with the machines. After hearing unexplained sounds on their out- door deck, Stan and his wife ventured into the backyard, only to discover their lawn furniture scattered about. Such would be the case for two consecutive evenings, until the chairs in question inexplicably ended up in a precise configuration on the roof. Resultant of these incidents, Romanek took ran- dom photos into the blackness engulfing his yard. His efforts were rewarded when he examined the pictures and discovered the face of a Grey alien peering back at him from between the deck’s rail- ing slats. Although Stan hadn't observed the enig- matic presence as he was taking the photographs, the creature appeared to have been mere feet away from him in the darkness.
  • 66. Destinations Across Paranormal America 56 Any summary of Romanek's occurrences would be remiss without mention of Audrey, a fore- boding, electronic voice who made her presence known via telephone. On July 25, 2004, Clay Roberts — one of Stan's friends — found the fol- lowing message from this computerized enigma on his voice mail: "Hello, Clay. I apologize for being so forward. It did not take us long to get your phone number. Our surveillance is mostly for passive monitoring, but it does come in handy. I cannot tell you who I am for safety reasons, but I can tell you that your perceptions of Stan Romanek and his experiences are real. And yes, there is a connection with Stan's family and the military, but it is anyone's guess what the visitors do with Stan. What is important is why they chose him. As you have probably noticed, Stan is slightly different. The way he thinks...the way he perceives the world seems to be a little more advanced than usual. His non-
  • 67. The Curious Case of Stan Romanek 57 verbal communication and abstract thinking skills are off the map. So yes, he is slightly different. The interesting thing is that Stan has no idea who he really is. We believe the visitors are going to make a statement and it will be interesting to see what part Stan will have as this unfolds. There are a few of us in high positions that are tired of the lies. We look to the day when everything will be revealed, knowing it will be enlightening for all, but there are those in specific agencies that would disagree, and for many reasons, most of which has to do with ego and power, and they are getting aggres- sive because they are scared of the inevitable […] If anything 'funny' were to happen, it would look suspicious…and they do not want to draw atten- tion to themselves...Stan is doing all the right things, but he needs support. Stay focused on your goal, but keep an eye out without overly ex- citing Stan and Lisa. They have a lot to deal with as it is. This has taken a great deal of effort, contact- ing you, so please watch what you say and who
  • 68. Destinations Across Paranormal America 58 you say it to. The immediate people involved in this case are okay. But some of Stan and Lisa's friends are not who they seem." To this day, Stan, Lisa and Clay purport to being baffled by the origin of the correspondence, al- though they have determined the voice was pro- duced via a retail computer program known as Audrey. Hence, the moniker. To properly document the ongoing, anomalous activity Stan professes to encounter would require an entire book. Fortunately, such a publication exists. Get your grubby, little hands on a copy of Messages: The World's Most Documented Extraterrestrial Story, by Stan, himself. Via www.youtube.com, view some of the pur- ported otherworldly footage Mr. Romanek has shot. Watch Stan's 20/20 interviews, or analyze
  • 69. The Curious Case of Stan Romanek 59 his appearance on Larry King Live, and draw your own conclusions. Stan and his family currently reside in Denver, Colorado.
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  • 71. 61 Killer Trolls From Hell, Etc. (Massachusetts) Six hours ago you were the happiest person alive. Now, staring over Assonet Ledge, you find your- self peering into the gaping maw of Hades. The mysterious lights that lead you here engulf your shivering frame like a blanket of stars. Gazing at the shear cliff beneath your feet, you realize you're inches from death. The water below isn't visible from this height, but you've heard the sto- ries. Temperatures so extreme divers have yet to determine how deep the river runs at this point. You realize the authorities may never find your ca- daver. You recall the campfire yarns spun about countless corpses lost beneath the depths. You kick at the loose rock beneath your frayed tennis shoes. The ledge begins to give way. "Is this how they all died?" you wonder.
  • 72. Destinations Across Paranormal America 62 Wasn't it just this morning your boyfriend pro- posed to you? How could you possibly be con- templating suicide? And that's when you catch site of her, off to your left. "But she's only a character from a ghost story, right?" you question your sanity. Turning, you realize the pitch black, female sil- houette standing beside you is more real than any- thing you've ever known. The Lady of the Ledge gazes back at you. If you were cut, you'd bleed liquid nitrogen. Since she has no face, you can't be certain, but you sur- mise she's smiling as she leaps to her death. You're 28 years old, and six months from becom- ing a CEO of a Fortune 500 corporation. How is any of this even possible?
  • 73. Killer Trolls From Hell, Etc. 63 You step out over the cliff. Before beginning your free fall, you glance back at the ridge behind you. The strange, swirling lights have been replaced by miniature people. As you ascend into the abyss, you recall being told about Pukwudgies as a child. Trolls, weren't they? Before you have time to recollect, you're saturated in inky blackness, and what feels like liquid ice, as you take your final breath on Earth. Most paranormal locations are renowned for a single type of supernatural conundrum. Haunted venues are inhabited by spirits. UFO flaps deline- ate locales rich with aerial anomalies. Hotspots of High Strangeness, however, are environs in which both these enigmas, and countless more, may be present on a regular basis. Similar to the Skinwalker Ranch in northeastern Utah, the Bridgewater Triangle is a region in which
  • 74. Destinations Across Paranormal America 64 a variety of unexplained phenomena are allegedly experienced. The Triangle encompasses 200 square miles, des- ignated at its points by the hamlets of Abington, Freetown and Rehoboth. It's no wonder the infa- mous Hockomock, or Devil's Swamp — a marshy area known for its supernatural activity — resides at the heart of this region. Over the years, the Triangle has been recognized for its bizarre troll encounters, cattle mutilations, cryptozoological creatures, ghostly haunts, prodi- gious dog attacks, meteorological curiosities and UFO sightings. The Bridgewater — like the Skinwalker Ranch — is theorized to be a possible portal between dimen- sions. Inexplicable spacecraft have been witnes- sed above this region since the mid-1700s.
  • 75. Killer Trolls From Hell, Etc. 65 To this day, spook lights are observed bounding down Elm Street in the town of Bridgewater, near Rehoboth Cemetery and alongside the Raynham Dog track. Home to numerous Native American burial sites, the Triangle is often considered blighted soil. Free- town is said to be cursed by the Wampanoag tribe, from whom colonialists duplicitously pur- chased the land in 1659. The Freetown-Fall River State Forest, in particular, is noted for its violent history, which includes an abnormally high sui- cide rate, ritualistic animal sacrifice and Satanic- based homicides. To this day, local authorities continue to investi- gate mysterious cattle mutilations in the area. Free- town law enforcement also discovered a subterra- nean bunker within city limits, that housed dimin- utive chairs, complete with restraints, surmised to have been intended for children.
  • 76. Destinations Across Paranormal America 66 Within the Bridgewater Triangle resides Dighton Rock, a 40 ton, granite boulder initially located in the Taunton River. The slab has since been trans- posed to the Dighton Rock Museum, in Berkeley, Massachusetts. According to scholars, this enig- matic crag contains mysterious pre-Columbian in- scriptions. The anomalous markings lining the 11 foot long stone continue to baffle scientists. Since 1677, scholars have unsuccessfully endea- vored to decode the rock's petroglyphs, which in- clude carvings of "human heads and bodies, cros- ses, misshapen letters, broken lines, and other sin- gular forms." The only thing experts seem certain of is that the inscriptions span thousands of years in their making. What's more, some theorize a number of the markings on the artifact may be of extraterrestrial design. Between the '70s and '80s, Hockomock Swamp fell victim to a rash of encounters with a beast
  • 77. Killer Trolls From Hell, Etc. 67 known as the Hockomock Swamp Creature. The monster was apparently the Bridgewater Triangle's version of Bigfoot. One witness asserted the being in question was observed lifting the rear of a local police vehicle. Men in Black — anthropomorphous entities out- fitted in dark attire and sporting warped facial fea- tures — have also been encountered roaming the Triangle. Pterodactyl-type beasts, with wingspans up to 12 feet, are periodically reported circling the skies above Hockomock Swamp. One such recounting was, in fact, logged by a local police sergeant. The anomalies allegedly inherent to the Bridge- water Triangle far extend the limits of this chapter. Suffice it to say the 200 square miles between the towns of Abington, Freetown and Rehoboth may
  • 78. Destinations Across Paranormal America 68 be one of the most mysterious and unusual places on the planet. Since this particular Hotspot of High Strangeness is so vast, it can be reached via any number of high- way conduits. Located in southeastern Massa- chusetts, the Bridgewater Triangle not only en- compasses the towns of Abington, Freetown and Rehoboth, but also the cities of Berkeley, Bridge- water, Dighton, Easton, Lakeville, Middleboro, Norton, Raynham, Seekonk, Taunton and West Bridgewater.
  • 79. 69 A Black Mailbox on the E.T. Highway (Nevada) "I'm a pilot and I know just about every machine that flies. It was bigger than anything that I've ever seen. It remains a great mystery. Other people saw it, respon- sible people. I don't know why people would ridicule it." — former Arizona Governor, Fife Symington III
  • 80. Destinations Across Paranormal America 70 What do dead cows, a lack of radio stations and an absence of telephone poles have in common? These disparate elements can all be found near Area 51, perhaps the most Top Secret military in- stallation in the world. During my travels, I learned the deceased bovine I passed along the state-named Extraterrestrial High- way was resultant of a free roaming policy, an 18 wheeler and its groggy operator. A high speed chase emanating from the above fa- cility, involving a red Hummer and white Bronco, piqued my interest. A photo I shot of an anoma- lous, aerial craft during my desert sojourn, keeps me pondering to this day. Three mini-tornadoes simultaneously skipping across arid caliche only intensified my experience. For a nonexistent loca- tion in the middle of nowhere, there sure is a lot goin' on near Dreamland; a.k.a. Area 51.
  • 81. A Black Mailbox on the E.T. Highway 71 On the itinerary of any serious Groom Lake inves- tigator is the renowned black mailbox. Now beige, this postal drop demarcates a spot where UFO en- thusiasts, at one point, gathered nightly, searching the skies over Area 51 for enigmatic activity. Lo- cated along Route 375, between mile markers 29 and 30, the original mailbox was supplanted with a contemporary version for practical reasons. Contrary to misconception, the letter receptacle is not the property of Area 51, but rather belongs to Steve Medlin, the sole ranch owner in Tikaboo Valley. Prior to changing out the old mailbox, our herdsman friend often discovered tourists rifling through his correspondences, hunting for Top Se- cret documents. Steve's letters frequently came de- livered sporting fresh bullet holes. The latest ver- sion of the famed mailbox is impervious to gun- fire, complete with a lock to deter the curious. The original black letter drop was auctioned off for $1,000 in '96 to a UFO fanatic.
  • 82. Destinations Across Paranormal America 72 A dirt thoroughfare leading south from the land- mark is aptly named Mailbox Road, and intersects after five miles with Groom Lake Road, which leads to the fabled base. Area 51 was the testing facility for the U-2 spy plane, the SR-71 Blackbird, the F-117 Nighthawk, the Bird of Prey and perhaps even Bruce Willis' latest hairpiece. It's been surmised Dreamland is also responsible for the development of a Top Se- cret aircraft known as the Aurora, which allegedly reaches velocities five times the speed of sound. According to tale, the skies above Area 51 were so filled with inexplicable craft during the late '80s and early '90s, that UFO hunters were able to view spectacular atmospheric shows, nightly, from the black mailbox. This region became popular after Robert "Bob" Lazar — an alleged physicist — claimed to have
  • 83. A Black Mailbox on the E.T. Highway 73 been contracted out by the government to reverse engineer extraterrestrial spacecraft. According to Lazar, during his stint at S-4 — a site adjacent Area 51 — he’d witnessed alien vessels in flight. In ad- dition, Robert attested to encountering an extra- terrestrial entity at the base. Whether or not Bob's assertions are valid remains a hot topic amongst ufologists. Whatever the case, Lazar’s declarations drew UFO hunters to the black mailbox like Oprah to Twinkies. The level land around the postal drop is advanta- geous for skywatching. During summer months, especially on weekends, one may still encounter UFO seekers there, scanning the heavens. Should you tire of losing your paycheck on pro- gressive slots, and hanker to witness unidentified flying objects, point your car north on Interstate 15. Veer left on Highway 93, and continue until you reach Highway 375. From there, travel north-
  • 84. Destinations Across Paranormal America 74 west. Skip those two-for-one margaritas on the Strip because you've got 120 miles of desolate asphalt ahead of you. Keep an eye out for free- roaming cattle, as these livestock may outweigh your car, and can often be found crossing the two- laner in the middle of nowhere.
  • 85. 75 The Dreamy Draw UFO Crash (Arizona) "…there is a serious possibility that we are being vis- ited, and have been visited for many years, by people from outer space, from other civilizations." — former Chief of Defense Staff for the UK, and former head of NATO's military committee, Admiral Lord Hill-Norton
  • 86. Destinations Across Paranormal America 76 The dead bodies weren’t fitting inside the freezer. As Frank attempted to close the door of the appli- ance, an inert, four-fingered appendage kept the lid from sealing flush. "Damn!" the geezer muttered, glancing around the rotting basement for an axe. Was he gonna have to slice these bastards up like Teddy quarterin' meat down at the butcher shop? He couldn't do that, could he? After all, these were alien cadavers. Men from Mars. Hackin' away at ‘em would be like cuttin' the head off Christ. "What to do?" he pondered. He took another plug off the bottle of homemade Agave nectar. The overhead lamp — the only source of light 15 feet below the Earth's surface — accentuated the pallid features of the interstellar travelers.
  • 87. The Dreamy Draw UFO Crash 77 "Damn, they was creepy!" thought Frank. Almost looked like us, but those big, black eyes reminded him of an insect. The cattleman timidly reached down. His palms quivered. Mind you, this was a man who wrestled live rattlesnakes. His trembling fingers gripped the frail wrist of the creature before him, snapping it like cracked wheat. Folding the hand back upon itself, he fit the appendage into the freezer. He felt sacrilegious doing so. Framed against the eerie setting, he closed the lid of the appliance on the most important discovery of humankind. Most folks are aware of the legendary tale birthed outside Roswell, New Mexico, July 7, 1947. How is it, then, so little is known of a reported extrater- restrial spacecraft accident three months later? October, 1947. Southern Arizona. Above an area currently known as the Dreamy Draw Dam, a craft
  • 88. Destinations Across Paranormal America 78 of otherworldly origin allegedly hurtled to a violent death along a sand-strewn mesa. Most accounts assert the vessel came to rest at the base of Squaw Peak Mountain, adjacent downtown Phoenix. A pair of dead alien beings — four and a half feet tall — were supposedly retrieved from the downed vehicle by a local individual, who ended up stor- ing the corpses in his home freezer. Shortly, there- after, a horde of Men in Black allegedly descended upon the scene, and confiscated the bodies. According to legend, the spacecraft was camou- flaged beneath an urban sprawl now known as the Dreamy Draw Dam. Already in possession of an alien craft from Roswell, the Army Corps of Engineers simply built an infrastructure over the space vessel, in order to hide their discovery. Numerous locals claim the dam serves no practi- cal purpose, as the region never accumulates
  • 89. The Dreamy Draw UFO Crash 79 enough moisture to warrant the need for a levee. Maps delineating the embankment's location are few and far between. Should one happen upon the structure, don't expect to find demarcations denoting the word "dam." There aren't any. The area is surrounded by No Trespassing signs, fore- warning of heavy fines and incarceration to those opposing their cautionary notice. Information regarding this alleged incident is more difficult to uncover than an intelligent statement in Paris Hilton's The Simple Life. Stockpile this onto the fact the Dreamy Draw Dam is located just south of Highway 51, and you've got yourself a modern-day mystery.
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  • 91. 81 Buried Treasure, Missiles and Murder (New Mexico) Sixteen thousand gold bars lit the dank cavern be- neath Victorio Peak. As far as Doc Noss knew, this epitome of all mother lodes was his and Ova's, alone. And the gold was just the beginning. If you included the jewel-encrusted antiquities, priceless weaponry and religious heirlooms, Doc estimated the stockpile was worth somewhere around a bil- lion dollars. Those were 1937 dollars, no less. The only question was how to bring the cache of wealth to the surface. After all, the prospector had burrowed endlessly into the limestone crag in or- der to get to this point. Life was funny. Ol' Doc Noss had been pros- pectin’ the better part of his days, never once hit- tin’ a vein anywhere near this magnitude. Then, one afternoon while scanning Victorio Peak for deer, he noticed an out-of-place rock configura-
  • 92. Destinations Across Paranormal America 82 tion. Upon investigation, the slabs of stone yielded a tunnel just large enough for the wiry man to fit through. Being a miner, Doc's curiosity got the best of him. Being part Cheyenne, his strong resolve enabled him reach the bottom of the chasm, which was a claustrophobic nightmare. Thus far, Doc had disclosed his secret to only one person, his wife Ova. The couple set up temporary accommodations at the summit, and Doc began the arduous process of extracting two bars of gold a day. Additionally, the prospector and his spouse were forced to circumvent the Gold Reserve Act, a law forbidding private parties from owning the most precious of metals. Because of this decree, Doc and Ova temporarily hid their treasure in the desert, far from the prying eyes of the government.
  • 93. Buried Treasure, Missiles and Murder 83 After retrieving over 100 bars, Doc realized his ef- forts could take forever, unless he pursued a more direct approach. Hiring a munitions expert to det- onate a larger pathway in the cavern seemed a good idea at the time. Eighty sticks of dynamite later, Doc realized the covered conduit had not only failed to widen, but was now sealed off. Reaching the unclaimed riches consumed the fa- natical prospector, who invested 10 years of his life, and large portions of what he'd originally un- covered, on his hopeless attempts. Unable to sell his bullion on the open market, Doc was forced to ply his wares with less-than-savory characters. Noss enlisted the aid of rodeo rider Tony Jolley. Late one night, the two men stole into the desert, dug up 110 gold bars, and re-interred them in 10 different locations. The entire time, Doc rambled about unseen forces out to purloin his treasure.
  • 94. Destinations Across Paranormal America 84 Dawn broke. Noss drove Tony to the cowboy's motel, where the exhausted cattleman slept most of the day. Stirring in the late afternoon, Jolley me- andered to a local diner, only to overhear that Doc had been shot to death. It was believed Noss uncovered a nefarious plan by associate Charles Ryan to steal his gold. An ar- gument ensued between the two men, and Doc reached for a gun in the back seat of his truck. Ryan pulled a piece of his own and laid the miner out in, what a jury claimed, was self defense. Tony Jolley — now the only person who knew the location of the riches — was nowhere to be found, allegedly on his way home to Idaho. Doc's wife continued her own quest for what lay beneath Victorio Peak, but was evicted by the gov- ernment, who were intent on using the area for the forthcoming White Sands Missile Range.
  • 95. Buried Treasure, Missiles and Murder 85 After hearing accounts of Noss' quest, Captain Leonard Fiege and Airman Tom Berlett, both sta- tioned at Alamogordo's Holloman Air Force Base, attempted an exploration of the Peak in 1958. During his pursuit, Fiege stumbled upon a con- cealed cave. Sitting down in the darkness on what he believed to be a stack of stones, the military officer caught his breath. Moments later, drawing his flashlight, Fiege discovered his makeshift chair was actually a mound of gold bricks. The men realized there was no way to sneak pon- derous bars of precious metal past base security. As such, they sealed off the entrance to the cave and applied for grants of permission to claim the treasure. The process was protracted, and by the time allotments were awarded, Fiege failed to re- call the location of the cache. Ova Noss petitioned to claim what she believed was rightly hers. After much deliberation, permits
  • 96. Destinations Across Paranormal America 86 were granted, but they always expired before the treasure could be unearthed. Renowned Attorney F. Lee Bailey even entered the fray, representing an anonymous client with inter- est in obtaining buried wealth. When all was said and done, perhaps the greatest hidden treasure ever would remain unclaimed, beneath a disfig- ured peak in southern New Mexico. Ova Noss died in 1980. Her daughter, Letha Guthrie, and grandsons, Jim and Terry Delonas, continued their own search for the fleeting trove. Tony Jolley returned to New Mexico, and confes- sed to having excavated 10 gold bricks he and Doc buried decades prior. After using the treasure as security on a loan, and failing to pay the lend- ing institution back, Tony now felt guilty. The cow- boy attempted to make amends by leading the De- lonases to the remaining nine caches. Time had
  • 97. Buried Treasure, Missiles and Murder 87 attenuated Tony's memory, though, and he was unable to recall a single buried location. To date, the locale of the Victorio Peak Treasure remains a mystery. An exploration of your own may prove fruitful, but traversing upon govern- ment land — especially that within a military forti- fication — is ill-advised.
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  • 99. 89 Dead Drunk (Nevada) You gaze right. A diaphanous apparition saunters to the bar, ordering a greasy, label-less bottle of brown liquid. More frightened than a politician being strapped to lie detector, you turn left. A fist resembling a Civil War cannonball passes through your face. Shaken but not stirred, you call for a frosty, cold one, just in time to catch screen legend Carole Lombard hitting on you before she vanishes into thin air. Sound like the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney- land? The only difference here is that these spec- ters are real. Traveling north along I-15 to Las Vegas, one rock- ets past the exit for Jean/Goodsprings, a two-lane
  • 100. Destinations Across Paranormal America 90 highway known as Route 161. Seven miles down this forgotten thoroughfare resides a 24 hour bar called the Pioneer Saloon. The place is packed more tightly than a 44 inch bust in a training bra. Bikers, bluehairs, businessmen, limo drivers and working girls party here at all hours. Allegedly, more ethereal guests frequent the Pioneer, as well. A downed plane. A distraught husband. Two Hol- lywood movie moguls. This is the waterin' hole where Tinseltown icon Clark Gable drank himself blind, awaiting news of Carole Lombard's crashed plane at nearby Mount Potosi. Betrothed to the aforementioned actress, Gable abused his liver, in- advertently burning holes in the bar top with ciga- rettes that would slip from his fingers, as he per- iodically passed out. Claims of Lombard's spirit wandering the premises linger to this day. Indenta- tions left by Gable's mishandled Marlboros along the cherry wood bar are still visible.
  • 101. Dead Drunk 91 But Carole Lombard’s entity isn't the only ghost said to haunt the Pioneer. The apparition of an el- derly prospector allegedly sits at the brass rail in the wee hours, surveying its surroundings. One spirit at this gin joint who doesn't have the best of intentions is that of Paul Coski, a once- massive individual boasting the reputation of be- ing able to beat up two men, simultaneously. Supposedly, after being caught cheating at cards, Coski was sent six feet under by a pair of bullets to his side. The bar brawler's coroner report still re- mains on a wall of the establishment, providing a piece of history, whilst covering up the twin divots created during the felling of the ornery man. According to tale, Coski's spirit is seen in the tene- brous regions of the saloon, bleeding from its tor- so, and glaring down at unsuspecting clientele. Just as quickly as this imposing apparition is spot-
  • 102. Destinations Across Paranormal America 92 ted, Mr. Coski's ethereal presence apparently van- ishes before it can do any harm. A back room of the Pioneer Saloon houses a me- morial to Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, as well as a showcase for the numerous films shot in this little slice of wasteland. Pics of Cheech 'n Chong poundin’ beers at the bar, and publicity photos of Sandra Bullock line the walls. The Pioneer Saloon is located in Clark County, Nevada, within the city limits of Goodsprings. From Interstate 15, take exit 12 and head west ap- proximately seven miles until you reach a rustic building on the right. Although you may feel you're in the middle of nowhere, don't be aston- ished if a movie crew, paranormal investigator or famous spirit pulls up a barstool beside you. Wanna know more about the Pioneer Saloon, also coined "Nevada's oldest working tavern?" Visit
  • 103. Dead Drunk 93 their official Website at: www.pioneersaloon.info and become a part of history. Pioneer Saloon 310 West Spring Street Goodsprings, Nevada 89019 702.874.9362
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  • 105. 95 The Kecksburg UFO Crash (Pennsylvania) “[…] The UFO went from a normal cruise speed to a fantastic speed instantly. If you give an airplane power, it will accelerate, but not like a hot-rod, and that's what this was like. The object definitely wasn't another airplane. But we didn't file a report on the object because for a long time they considered you a nut if you saw a UFO." — Governor Ronald Reagan's pilot, Bill Paynter, the night the aforementioned politician witnessed a UFO
  • 106. Destinations Across Paranormal America 96 The year was 1965. The date, December 9th. Bill Bulebush gazed up at the fireball slicing through the early evening sky. Without warning, the anom- aly banked 90 degrees, plummeting into a nearby forest. Bulebush, a native of Kecksburg, Pennsyl- vania, immediately forgot the '64 Corvair he had been tinkering with. Only minutes prior, Bill had overheard transmissions on the Chevy's CB, from as far away as Ohio, describing the enigma he had just observed. Overwhelmed by curiosity, the lo- cal man fired up his metal stallion, and raced off in pursuit of the mysterious downed object. Cresting a ridge, the Corvair's headlights illumi- nated the ravine below where the once-airborne entity now hissed amongst singed foliage. What- ever the aberration was, Bill would be alone with it for the next 15 minutes. An acorn-shaped craft of unknown origin cooled in the nearby grove. "It looks manufactured," rea-
  • 107. The Kecksburg UFO Crash 97 soned Bulebush, as he approached the enigma on foot. Bill noted what appeared to be hieroglyphics spanning a band around the base of the anomaly. Eventually fearing the object may be an incendiary device, Bulebush retreated to his car and made a beeline home. Shortly following Bill's discovery, law enforcement and military officials arrived on scene, denying ac- cess to a curious public. From the woods, an ethe- real, blue smoke wafted into the atmosphere. On the outskirts of town, Bill Weaver, 19, simulta- neously monitored an emergency broadcast on his car radio. Youthful and questioning, Weaver steered his vehicle toward the south end of the Kecksburg woods, where a group of onlookers had already found a loophole in the Armed For- ces’ blockade.
  • 108. Destinations Across Paranormal America 98 Drenched in Space Race hype, it was assumed the unfamiliar object must be a Soviet satellite. What- ever the observers were witnessing had wedged itself into the loose soil. From an indiscernible point on the vessel, Bill noticed a phosphores- cence, akin to a welding arc, incising the darkness. Catching sight of Weaver and his fellow specta- tors, the military ordered the inquisitive group to vacate the vicinity. With the initial sighting of the fireball, WHJB — a radio station in neighboring Greensburg — would be deluged by frantic callers. News director John Murphy could smell a hot story like a home- cooked meal, and in no time found himself racing toward the site. Murphy arrived on scene around 7:30 PM to find the area inundated with soldiers. Exploiting a chink in the military's armor, John was able to snap off numerous photos of the mysteri- ous craft.
  • 109. The Kecksburg UFO Crash 99 Moments later, the armed presence in the area would confiscate the pictures in question. Accompanying the journalist was a throng of curi- ous onlookers. John interviewed as many of the townsfolk as possible. Around 9 PM, Bob Gatty — a regional journalist for The Tribune Review — arrived on scene. Gatty later corroborated claims of a strong armed occu- pation at the site. Too much firepower, many pro- claim, for anything not of Top Secret nature. Shortly afterwards, local resident Robert Blystone witnessed an empty flatbed trailer, flanked by mili- tary Jeeps, disappearing into the woods. Approxi- mately two hours later, Blystone watched the con- voy reemerge from the forest, transporting a large, acorn-shaped vessel beneath a tarp. The account would be confirmed by numerous onlookers who
  • 110. Destinations Across Paranormal America 100 observed a mysterious object hauled out of town, under cover of night. Although regional newspapers initially ran stories describing an enigmatic craft falling from the sky, these same periodicals later recanted, only to re- port law enforcement recovered "absolutely noth- ing” from the site. According to UFO researcher Stan Gordon, it's this type of suspicious mishan- dling of the truth that makes the Kecksburg Inci- dent one of the most intriguing anomalous im- pacts, to date. Reporter John Murphy worked tirelessly on Object in the Woods — a documentary detailing the par- ticulars of December 9th, 1965. Shortly before the program was set to air, Murphy was visited by a pair of suit-clad men claiming to be government agents. Following a clandestine conversation, John decided to no longer pursue the conundrum. Not only was his enthusiasm for broadcasting Object
  • 111. The Kecksburg UFO Crash 101 in the Woods stymied, but the reporter refused to discuss the incident about which he had been so passionate. When Murphy's program did air, to the dismay of those around him, the content of the documentary was severely edited. Coworkers felt the meeting between the government representatives and John deterred the journalist from broadcasting the truth. According to those close to Murphy, the reporter would never again be the same, transforming into a shell of his previous inquisitive self. In 1969, John Murphy's imposed silence was for- ever assured when he was killed under mysterious circumstances by a hit-and-run driver in Southern California. Although, for a time, researchers believed what crashed in Kecksburg may have been the re-entry capsule of a Soviet spacecraft known as Cosmos
  • 112. Destinations Across Paranormal America 102 96, popular opinion is now inconclusive on the subject. Cosmos 96 was set to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere the day the Kecksburg Incident took place. However, according to conflicting reports, the satellite either returned to the planet some- where above the Indian Ocean or in Canada, 13 hours prior to the anomalous crash in Pennsyl- vania. Is it possible that during Cold War hysteria, the United States released false information regard- ing the foreign vessel? Could the enigma falling to Earth have been a sizable meteorite? Such speculation seems possi- ble, although a meteorite would fail to explain cor- roborating accounts of actual spacecraft, esoteric hieroglyphics and a midair directional change. An integral step toward understanding the events of December 9th, 1965, would be to investigate Kecksburg for yourself. The quaint hamlet, located in Westmoreland County, is nestled in the south-
  • 113. The Kecksburg UFO Crash 103 west portion of the Keystone State, near Highway 982. From Interstate 70/76, exit 91 (Uniontown/ Lingonier/Hwy 31/711). Take a right onto Hwy 31 and travel approximately one and a half miles until turning right again onto Clayspike Road. Six miles ahead, you'll find the pastoral town of Kecksburg. Be sure to bring your cameras. You never know what evidence may have slipped through the col- lective fingers of investigators before you.
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  • 115. 105 Epilogue And still you question, "Why investigate the para- normal?” The alternative would be to investigate the normal. It's only when individuals probe the unknown that new queries arise, to which new answers develop. Thereby, learning occurs. Instead of dealing with the known, we should be studying that which we don't understand. Recall the anthill aphorism in the Introduction? We could be standing next to a superhighway of information our entire lives, and never know it. Alternate dimensions may be in front of our faces. Ironically, every day, we wake up, go to work, come home and fall asleep, never noticing these possible other existences.
  • 116. Destinations Across Paranormal America 106 Humans tend to believe other creatures experi- ence the world the same way we do. Take a look at folks who dress their dogs in sweaters, or speak to their cats as if these animals comprehend what's being said. The brain of an average adult human weighs be- tween 1,300 and 1,400 grams, accounting for two percent of our total body mass. The brain of an average adult housecat is a mere 30 grams, com- prising 0.9 percent of that animal's overall bulk. Since domesticated dogs vary greatly in size be- tween breeds, an accurate measure of K9 intelli- gence is difficult to assess. Suffice it to say, though, a dog's brain — in comparison to its body size — is also far less than the same contrast in humans. If your cat or dog were an adult homo sapien, it would almost assuredly suffer from mental retard- ation. It would require an extreme aberration for either of these animals to view the world around
  • 117. Epilogue 107 them on the same intellectual level as you. Yet, we're certain Champ enjoys being dressed in a cardigan and matching beanie, as much as you enthuse at seeing him wear such garments. The same holds true for the way we tend to view animals in the wild, as well as fish, insects, etc. For some reason, most humans feel these creatures perceive the world in three-dimensional color. In actuality, scientists theorize numerous species see in black-and-white, and some view a two-dimen- sional world, unable to distinguish depth. What if humans were born blind? Could our spe- cies understand the concept of vision? Although we were able to touch plants, rocks and water, would we ever comprehend these things had an optic form? Theoretical physicists have proven the high prob- ability of dimensions beyond the four we currently
  • 118. Destinations Across Paranormal America 108 fathom. If these alternate realities exist, what re- sides within them? How will we know unless we question? Beyond these additional dimensions may be what scientists refer to as the multiverse, a paradigm of infinite universes. Where does it all end? Does it ever end? The one thing fairly certain is we won't discover the answers through self-absorbed, Earth- bound concepts. Take, for example, money. Travel with a suitcase full of $100,000,000 to the Moon, on a one way flight. See how useful that cotton/linen combo is when you're gasping for air inside your pressurized spacesuit. As you freeze, you won't even be able to start a fire with all that loot, since there's very little, if any, oxygen in gas form on the Moon. Hence, cash is quite plausibly useless in 99.999... percent of the known Uni- verse. And yet, we cling to the insignificant, allow-
  • 119. Epilogue 109 ing it to dictate our lives, while so much of the un- charted awaits, ready to be explored. From errant asteroids, to solar flares and supervol- canoes, there are just too many potentially cata- strophic anomalies humans don't understand. Re- sultant of our fervent desire for Earthbound trivial- ities — such as money — we fail to comprehend, and thereby address, that which is important. To summarize, the investigation of the paranormal is imperative. It's what true science is about. Un- less humans examine what we don't know, learn- ing for us, and perhaps life, will cease.
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  • 133. 123 About the Author In high school, Mr. Mungus was informed by an English teacher he would never be a writer. To date, Hugh has written over 60 screenplays. A college videography professor told Mungus he would never become a filmmaker. Hugh has cur- rently produced over 40 flicks. Forced out of the graphic design program at a ma- jor university, today Hugh creates Websites, com- puter graphics and online animations. It's your choice to believe what folks claim you’re capable of. It's also your choice to experience eve- rything you want in life. Hugh Mungus is a columnist for both Paranormal Underground and UFO Digest magazines.
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  • 135. 125 Author’s Note The Web addresses furnished in this publication were effective at the time of printing. Since capricious minds change less readily than the Internet, online locations in service today may be defunct, tomorrow.