tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21654169672331404872024-03-14T11:54:56.099-06:00Xoomthe truthMr. Xoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01741617957256702332noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-81974758368948534572008-09-06T22:04:00.002-06:002008-09-06T22:14:47.735-06:00Twins Born 3 Years Apart<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBfJG1my3T_U4BJjDPhnocrA7xi8eLzpW51OflHWgGWEhlEIiMVBE_DQJcI1Quv6881maIf6A-u2NHnZ1h7gKR8fAxPtk3ke-8VXXDS85idL_-ZXNNgD6qqQwuhPUX4GxRwqg67-WwDuW/s1600-h/twins_ver3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBfJG1my3T_U4BJjDPhnocrA7xi8eLzpW51OflHWgGWEhlEIiMVBE_DQJcI1Quv6881maIf6A-u2NHnZ1h7gKR8fAxPtk3ke-8VXXDS85idL_-ZXNNgD6qqQwuhPUX4GxRwqg67-WwDuW/s200/twins_ver3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243127990404235474" /></a><a href="http://mynewsfromindia.blogspot.com/2008/09/birth-of-twin-after-3-year-gap.html">Here's an interesting tidbit</a>. <blockquote><br />Creating medical history of sorts, an embryological <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin">twin</a> was born after a gap of three years at a fertility clinic here.<br /><br />A baby boy was born in the clinic three years after his twin sister was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin">2005</a>.</blockquote><blockquote><br /></blockquote><blockquote>The doctor said "sperm and ovum were taken from the couple and three embryos were formed in the laboratory of the clinic in January, 2005". <br /></blockquote><blockquote><br />One of them was separated and placed in Rubai's womb and she gave birth to a female child, Ishani, in October that year, the doctor said.<br /><br />The other two embryos were preserved in <a href="http://www.futurelooks.com/uploads/355/terminator_2_large_13.jpg">liquid nitrogen</a> in a deep freezer. Three years later, when the couple wanted another child, one of the preserved embryos was taken out of the freezer and inserted in the mother's womb. </blockquote><blockquote><br /></blockquote>It's hard to keep up with medical breakthroughs these days. What's next, they'll tell us they've <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)">cloned a sheep</a>? <div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div>Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-33157565427585410832008-09-04T16:01:00.003-06:002008-09-04T22:01:38.893-06:00RE: The Zodiac StoryGood find, Mac.<br /><br />Here's the video to that story:<br /><br /><div id="watch-player-div" class="flash-player"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/watch-vfl53733.swf" style="" id="movie_player" name="movie_player" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="q=zodiac%20identity&vq=null&sourceid=ys&video_id=id0qvIetOzI&l=256&sk=wjis0rvZMzbg1j4Fk-lnUNCf57407mvdC&fmt_map=&t=OEgsToPDskJRr0-IUNqe1SlC1U5CGxhj&hl=en&plid=AARWHhnRXigz95L4AAACgAAQAAA&playnext=0&enablejsapi=1" height="385" width="480"></embed></div><br /><br />Here is a link to the <a href="http://cbs13.com/crime/zodiac.killer.kaufman.2.805799.html">follow-up of the story</a>. This could either be one of the greatest finds in true crime history (the greatest for me) or the most disappointing.<br /><br />Can't wait to see. More as it comes...<br /><br />CCleveland Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17405900614391653605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-27115720848060751752008-09-03T12:18:00.003-06:002008-09-03T12:31:58.360-06:00FBI Investigates New Evidence In The Zodiac Murders<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfVCaHrZSEpOdn3cajHsrY8lG9TfkXCkH4I48RGzxtHxZSkR_t13HbVigbCd3DuUJpEtf9WAwpVP9EjqdPwDyVL_6_UjQcZeMH0Hzes297f7PluSMqMVGoIQdBJosSwUPSJVK0oidcEIE/s1600-h/zodiac-killer-1-tm.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfVCaHrZSEpOdn3cajHsrY8lG9TfkXCkH4I48RGzxtHxZSkR_t13HbVigbCd3DuUJpEtf9WAwpVP9EjqdPwDyVL_6_UjQcZeMH0Hzes297f7PluSMqMVGoIQdBJosSwUPSJVK0oidcEIE/s320/zodiac-killer-1-tm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241863887101928882" /></a>For any of you not familiar with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer">Zodiac Killer</a>, his murder spree took the lives of five known victims between December <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968">1968</a> and October <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969">1969</a>. Although <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer#Arthur_Leigh_Allen">suspects</a> were questioned, no hard evidence has left the mystery unsolved to this day. Perhaps <a href="http://cbs13.com/crime/zodiac.killer.kaufman.2.805799.html">this</a> could be the long needed break in the case.<br /><br /><blockquote>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fbi">FBI</a> confirmed to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/cbs13.com">CBS13</a> on Thursday that they are now running <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_fingerprinting">laboratory tests</a> on some items that may link a suspect to the killer.<br /><br />The evidence was given to the FBI by a <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=pollock+pines&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title">Pollock Pines</a> man who also claims he recently found the disguise worn by the Zodiac Killer during one of his attacks.<br />"The identity of the Zodiac Killer is Jack Tarrance. He's my stepfather," said Dennis Kaufman.<br /><br />Eight years of Dennis Kaufman's life has been consumed with attempting to prove the only father he's known since he was five-years-old is none other than the Zodiac Killer.</blockquote><br />During the quest to prove his stepfather’s guilt, Kaufman found several pieces of intriguing evidence, including handwriting comparisons, phone taps, a knife, and the famous <a href="http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/zodiac/zdskch.jpg">Zodiac Hood</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote>Just recently, Kaufman remembered his stepfather asking him several times about an old PA system, which led him to take it apart.<br /><br />"When I first opened it up that did affect me. My heart skipped a couple of beats when I saw it," he said.<br /><br />The material folded and tucked inside, Kaufman believes, may unmask the zodiac killer.<br /><br />"It was a black hood with a zodiac on it," Kaufman said.<br /><br />It's similar to the hood worn during the vicious 1968 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer#Lake_Berryessa">Lake Berryessa</a> attack, which could be key evidence connecting his stepfather to the killings. He also believes there are dozens of additional victims which were never linked to the Zodiac, including Kaufman's own mother, who he claims was suffocated.<br /><br />"She sat there and told me Jack was trying to kill her and I didn't listen. I can only imagine how she felt. Imagine how scary that would be. That is what kept me going this whole time," he said.<br /><br />The FBI confirmed they are running DNA tests on items that Kaufman gave them.</blockquote><br />One can only hope that this new evidence could bring closure to the mystery. If the evidence pans out and proves in fact that Jack Tarrance is the Zodiac, it would be a bittersweet victory of some sort… Jack Tarrance died in 2006.Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-47957411904154746032008-09-02T14:08:00.003-06:002008-09-02T14:16:15.315-06:00One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s… Ticket Across the Pacific?<a href="http://news.aol.com/article/men-cross-pacific-on-raft-of-plastic/151458">Here’s an interesting piece</a>. Who knew that sailing across the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> aboard a trash boat could be so much fun? I guess you can make anything happen with enough ingenuity… And a relentless desire to raise awareness of “<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/070423-ocean-plastic.html">ocean debris</a>” - By sailing 2,600 freaking miles across the Pacific Ocean. Am I crazy for thinking that’s absolutely crazy?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hXpZeSa1n8M&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hXpZeSa1n8M&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><div>I in no way want to belittle these guys' accomplishment, or the importance of ocean junk, but personally, I’d just make a donation to a local charity to assist in raising awareness. But hey… that’s just me. All in all, I have to hand it to these guys. They managed to do something different.<br /><br /><br /></div>Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-73881511139033004672008-08-29T23:48:00.005-06:002008-08-31T08:02:25.294-06:00Another Strange Find<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifyvooI_zdzTD_SrCmlDWgxEBfdn5JqGL3SKRHa5_admXE1IqJiCosYf8AHATvPs0AqXp8gPOyvw0tlNNGWVdCIV61csJflZbUcoQTRV1QcKJnN_CP0FAFSwG_wJFf3OFAej1molzz-m2_/s1600-h/malachite.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifyvooI_zdzTD_SrCmlDWgxEBfdn5JqGL3SKRHa5_admXE1IqJiCosYf8AHATvPs0AqXp8gPOyvw0tlNNGWVdCIV61csJflZbUcoQTRV1QcKJnN_CP0FAFSwG_wJFf3OFAej1molzz-m2_/s320/malachite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240185062520392114" border="0" /></a><br />Here's another one for you. At first glance, it would appear that someone has just opened one of Cleveland's dresser drawers. It is very similar, but not quite as disturbing and not as covered in jelly. These happen to be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachite">Malachite</a> crystals. Nothing mysterious or unexplainable, just thought you guys should know that this kind of stuff is out there. Watch your backs.<br /><br />Not to change the subject but...Who the hell is <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/guess-where-im-going.html">Varian</a>? What is Cleveland thinking? Where did he get the money? He still owes me money. Hasn't he seen <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hostel-Directors-Cut-Jay-Hernandez/dp/B000UNYK3A/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1220076540&sr=8-2">Hostel</a>?<br /><br />I love how he blows back into town, posts some crap about <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/back-on-field.html">having the plague</a> and then flies off to meet some internet chick.<br /><br />WTF?<br /><br />Does Cleveland even get what it means to be part of a team? Fine, go, you've stayed your hour. We don't need Cleveland here at team Xoom. If he's gonna blow us off like this, maybe we should start combing the pervert clubs for his replacement. Shouldn't be too hard to find someone else sitting around naked, filming themselves being a jack off in their fruit salad, silk jacket. I hope the ghost of Bruce Lee kicks his ass.<br /><br />Have fun in Hong Kong you Hong Dong.<br /><br />Am I wrong? Am I wrong? Donny, you're out of your element!Richard Cutmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635755422646039015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-7598287433010970132008-08-29T21:24:00.005-06:002008-08-30T07:23:29.753-06:00I Can Go Get My Pliers Now<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVRFGXZ4rVH39c9yrvMM_EIjwZZbGe2Uo0i0O3G2tbsrlJ7pjlQ6F9JHXtLZmKlT_RofZrnnb4fUrWogHL3iZH9aUt-nSCY3LbBQiCZwhe9C-JwgdUuIzpoBbnX_zF4Rgmy_J7fodsa2f/s1600-h/scary.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVRFGXZ4rVH39c9yrvMM_EIjwZZbGe2Uo0i0O3G2tbsrlJ7pjlQ6F9JHXtLZmKlT_RofZrnnb4fUrWogHL3iZH9aUt-nSCY3LbBQiCZwhe9C-JwgdUuIzpoBbnX_zF4Rgmy_J7fodsa2f/s320/scary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240171860545881810" border="0" /></a>I posted something the other day about a run in I had with some kind of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/C-H-U-D-John-Heard/dp/B00004Y6BC/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1220073113&sr=8-1">C.H.U.D.</a> creature. It made me scream like a little girl and almost piss my pants. Some of you might not be familiar with the story, so <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/oh-my-god-what-hell-is-that.html">catch up</a> before reading on.<br /><br />I sent out an appeal for help, and my cry was heard. A person claiming to be a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycology">Mycologist</a> sent me an email explaining it. He said that it was actually two fungus creatures getting it on! The dark clumps in the middle and bottom are one kind of fungus while the spines shooting out are actually <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitizing">parasitizing</a> the clumps. He said he couldn't tell me more without a sample. I said he could take a flying f**k at a rolling donut, with all due respect of course. I'm going in there with bleach water and a couple of cans of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterno">Sterno</a> and I'll break up this little mold orgy before it gets out of hand.<br /><br />I really like those pliers.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4d_cdUEbsTT8Hs0M8OdU1LDU8QTNIdLJL_iE6SNmjHq_f7SsMOdBDxfNf3-QfsFU03S8g3UMm9nBIPDVfmjtvWnez_xQnZYg4yd73mp2_KV88XG1JkJgyFQbpsTXc0rhH-tKq_kmcbCp/s1600-h/fungi.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4d_cdUEbsTT8Hs0M8OdU1LDU8QTNIdLJL_iE6SNmjHq_f7SsMOdBDxfNf3-QfsFU03S8g3UMm9nBIPDVfmjtvWnez_xQnZYg4yd73mp2_KV88XG1JkJgyFQbpsTXc0rhH-tKq_kmcbCp/s320/fungi.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240173859444017714" border="0" /></a><br />He also said that my photosensitive theories about the creature were not only baseless, but quite simply, retarded.<br /><br />Good call on the <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/re-omg-dicks-creature.html">Manilow</a> coif MacReady. Did you get that picture from Cleveland's, "Pictures I like to look at while I sit around half naked gulping and throwing wine" file?Richard Cutmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635755422646039015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-42760690423443634562008-08-29T09:00:00.000-06:002008-08-29T09:52:35.698-06:00MacReady's Top 5 Disappearances: RecapSo there you have it folks, my top 5 disappearances. Although there are many other disappearances out there, these are the ones that I chose. I once again must reiterate for guys like <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/07/clevelands-beef-uncut-or-cleveland-gets.html">Cleveland "I spilled the Wine" Williams</a> - My list in no way dictates what the best or most mysterious disappearance, just my favorites. <br /><br />5. <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/macreadys-top-5-disappearances-5.html">Louis Le Prince</a><div>4. <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/macreadys-top-5-disappearances-4.html">Steve Fosset</a></div><div>3. <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/macreadys-top-5-disappearances-3-man.html">Jimmy Hoffa</a></div><div>2. <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/macreadys-top-5-disappearances-2-amelia.html">Amelia Earhart </a></div><div>1. <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/macreadys-top-5-disappearances-1-flight.html">Flight 19 </a></div><div><br /></div><div>If you have any disappearances that you think should've made the list, let me know. I'll be happy to investigate. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-80332003761479661662008-08-28T16:00:00.000-06:002008-08-28T16:55:56.773-06:00MacReady’s Top 5 Disappearances: #1 – Flight 19<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWA_SqOKzzze-M8a4-urWn9gIJ7nX2OXGkRavTds03sU_1PZ2fNZeqjIKUt1Tu4fQfCJkFHkWrKAEHlsRN64M9Ar-4OGVm4BItBfY9WBqSO1SOpjX4G8lnOsT6Gxr-BG1e5SQ2arZHBF-F/s1600-h/F19.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWA_SqOKzzze-M8a4-urWn9gIJ7nX2OXGkRavTds03sU_1PZ2fNZeqjIKUt1Tu4fQfCJkFHkWrKAEHlsRN64M9Ar-4OGVm4BItBfY9WBqSO1SOpjX4G8lnOsT6Gxr-BG1e5SQ2arZHBF-F/s320/F19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239292474419940706" /></a>The mysteries surrounding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_19">Flight 19</a> have long been a fascination of mine. If you’ve ever heard of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle">Bermuda Triangle</a>, then you’ve probably heard to Flight 19.<br /><br />It all began on December 5th, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945">1945</a> when Flight 19, a group five <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TBF_Avenger">TBM Avenger torpedo bombers</a>, was on a routine over water navigation training exercise - It became anything but routine. Forty minutes after completing leg three of the exercise “<a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq15-1.htm">Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, navigation problem No. 1</a>,” Flight 19 was lost.<br /><br />Lieutenant Robert F. Fox in FT-74 was forming up with his group of students for the same mission when he received an unidentified transmission.<br /><blockquote><br />A male voice had asked Powers [one of the students] what his compass read, the recorded reply being "I don't know where we are. We must have got lost after that last turn." Fox then transmitted; "This is FT-74, plane or boat calling 'Powers' please identify yourself so someone can help you." The response after a few moments was a request from the others in the flight for suggestions. FT-74 tried again and a man identified as FT-28 (Taylor) came on. "FT-28, this is FT-74, what is your trouble?" "Both of my compasses are out", Taylor replied, "and I am trying to find <a href="http://ci.ftlaud.fl.us/">Fort Lauderdale, Florida</a>. I am over land but it's broken. I am sure I'm in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Keys">Keys</a> but I don't know how far down and I don't know how to get to Fort Lauderdale."</blockquote><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2J--d0tc8X8&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2J--d0tc8X8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Florida Keys? Why would <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Carroll_Taylor">Taylor</a>, Flight 19’s instructor, think they were flying over the Florida Keys? Wouldn’t he remember flying that far off course?<br /><br />Taylor had been known “fly by the seat of his pants”, which led to him getting lost several times in the past as well as having to ditch at sea.<br /><br />In the end, Taylor’s attempt of find Fort Lauderdale would inadvertently be the demise of Flight 19. So certain in his location over the Florida keys, Taylor would lead his group northeast in an attempt to find land, in reality he was leading his group deep into the heart of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean">Atlantic ocean</a>, never to be seen again.<br /><br />In another strange event, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBM_Mariner">PBM Mariner flying boat</a> exploded in midair while searching for Flight 19. The Navy would later report this to be a mechanical failure.<br /><br />The initial 500-page <a href="http://www.navy.mil/swf/index.asp">Navy</a> board of investigation report put the blame on Taylor, but was later amending to “Cause Unknown” due to Taylor's mother claims that the Navy was unfairly blaming her son for the loss of five aircraft and 14 men.<br /><br />So where is Flight 19 now?<br /><br />In 1991, salvage operator, <a href="http://www.deepflight.com/">Graham Hawkes</a> discovered the wreckage of five Avengers off the coast of Florida. This had to be it… but it wasn’t.<br /><br />The serial numbers did not match. The five Avengers found were indeed lost at sea, but on five separate occasions. Yes you heard right, five Avengers from five different missions on five separate dates - all crashed in the same spot. How is this possible?<br /><br />As you can imagine, this amazing find did little in providing solid answers, and in return created a number of new questions.<br /><br />What do you think happened to Flight 19? Did Taylor lead his men aimlessly out to sea? Did the aliens from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Close-Encounters-Third-Two-Disc-Collectors/dp/B00003CX9G">Close Encounters of the Third Kind</a> abduct them? Did Flight 19 slip into some sort of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warp">time warp</a> through the Bermuda Triangle?<br /><br />Truly, I don’t think there will ever be an answer to the puzzle of Flight 19. For its mysterious nature and my fascination with the Bermuda Triangle, Flight 19 tops my list as the #1 disappearance.<div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6tWJ9Ec2TC4&color1=11645361&color2=13619151&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6tWJ9Ec2TC4&color1=11645361&color2=13619151&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div>Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-3362859557896997992008-08-28T12:00:00.000-06:002008-08-28T11:44:28.416-06:00DNC Protestors Fear the Crap Canon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjaY2wkrX951OnkJ3Yxy8XPtL8NpXoKHVkCULmyST3EOKkhWDnHdeyLI-OCp6lcFzwftOsy7ujqTwnuDrs1MyNmpl0ZTO04-OKW5y1I6HiwPPziNZVQi7DOxEe9GKSEjGzVTa-5hOOXcpl/s1600-h/brown+note.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjaY2wkrX951OnkJ3Yxy8XPtL8NpXoKHVkCULmyST3EOKkhWDnHdeyLI-OCp6lcFzwftOsy7ujqTwnuDrs1MyNmpl0ZTO04-OKW5y1I6HiwPPziNZVQi7DOxEe9GKSEjGzVTa-5hOOXcpl/s320/brown+note.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239398967752849602" /></a>Have you heard the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note">Brown Note</a>?<br /><br />If so, you or anyone in your vicinity would know… Trust me. For those of you unfamiliar with the famous Brown Note, I’ll be more than happy to explain.<br /><br />The Brown Note has long been rumored as an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_low_frequency">ultra low frequency</a> that causes anyone within range to unwillingly let loose a chocolate goose. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIbVygiJ21s">Allez Cuisine</a>!<br /><br />So why is the <a href="http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/06/10/activists-preparing-against-use-of-brown-note-at-dem-convention/">Brown Note making news</a>?<br /><br />Rumor has it that the Crap Canon is in place and will be used as a deterrent for protesters at the <a href="http://www.demconvention.com/?gclid=CNzI_trCr5UCFQwsGgodtSCJkA">DNC</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.prlog.org/10072811-mark-cohen-co-founder-of-recreate68-live-on-in-your-face-radio.html"></a><blockquote><a href="http://www.prlog.org/10072811-mark-cohen-co-founder-of-recreate68-live-on-in-your-face-radio.html">Mark Cohen</a>, co-founder of <a href="http://www.recreate68.com/">Re-create 68</a>, an alliance of local activists working for the protection of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution">first amendment</a> rights, said he believes this could be deployed at the convention in August to subdue crowds.<br /></blockquote><blockquote>“We know this weapon and weapons like it have been used at other large protests before,” he said.<br /><br />Cohen, who described Brown Note as a “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_weaponry">sonic weapon</a> used to disrupt people’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equilibrium">equilibrium</a>,” cited eyewitness accounts of its use during <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9g7FNcJ39U">free-trade agreement protests</a> in <a href="http://www.miami.com/">Miami</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003">2003</a>.<br /><br />“I think these weapons were mostly intended for military use and so their use for dealing with innocent protesters seems highly inappropriate,” he said. “The idea that they might be field testing them on people who are doing nothing more than exercising their first amendment rights is disturbing.”<br /><br />His group is preparing against a possible attack by Brown Note and other crowd-control measures by dispatching street medics at the convention trained in treating injuries in demonstration situations.<br /><br />“It’s all we can do,” Cohen said.<br /></blockquote><br />I must say, I was very tempted to add another “do” at the end of Cohen’s last statement, but I’m way past the cheeky games of toilet humor.<br /><br />When confronted by the rumors of the Brown Note, <a href="http://www.theforce.net/swtc/Pix/dvd/ep4/anh05_1.jpg">Admiral Motti</a> had only this to offer:<br /><blockquote>Any attack made by the Rebels against the DNC would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they have obtained. This Crap Canon is now the ultimate power in the universe. I suggest we use it.<br /></blockquote>Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-17875787629149706662008-08-27T19:20:00.001-06:002008-08-27T21:07:09.490-06:00RE: OMG - Dick's Creature<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0btHoQzg0FXBnVq9A1viphNCUfVmH9yPKzI9POD3qwMBt8P7G8WV-1qgZpH_jVys4sXKsRBs0e2VyNIVezNoSd6CkWfVqDBQ79DyghhAu8vfZWt8GpCUAm4ChZQSZQ3UoT9b0L68ltBWL/s1600-h/imgad.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0btHoQzg0FXBnVq9A1viphNCUfVmH9yPKzI9POD3qwMBt8P7G8WV-1qgZpH_jVys4sXKsRBs0e2VyNIVezNoSd6CkWfVqDBQ79DyghhAu8vfZWt8GpCUAm4ChZQSZQ3UoT9b0L68ltBWL/s400/imgad.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238942806392565394" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9H9PUNo-FSmj-1zz-P6zxVEMykulJR9kd4bjwEJZfHmctkNGJvIGh7dPQ0UwrWHgiqvI7bwsgMbFBjA9D8QS29PTOAhooJaVqzScku2gEedJTiDNyVGzjZApquWOfVOomUGlTUhmpbV-/s1600-h/imgad.jpeg"></a>Dick, <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/oh-my-god-what-hell-is-that.html">that creature</a> is pathetic. I've seen more intimidating creatures at <a href="http://www.manilow.com/">Barry Manilow</a> concerts. Yes, I said Barry Manilow. What, you can't take a little Barry Manilow. Oh Mandy - Well, you came and you gave without takin'<br /><br />Wait a second... That creature of yours looks like Mr. Manilow's hair.<br /><br />I'm just kiddin Dick. I'll give you this much - If I were in your shoes and looked up to see that thing, I'd definitely would have gone pee pee everywhere.<br /><br />You should have caught the illusive furry creature and kept it as your own. It could have been the Xoom mascot.Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-89697052875979156552008-08-27T16:35:00.000-06:002008-08-27T16:34:40.623-06:00MacReady’s Top 5 Disappearances: #2 – Amelia Earhart<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcyt_zJiGau-uulcpXRajvIAj0fTvVphwcPZTZP68h9z8ZXyXeBNtP4-6LLGvXxtVnOlP4Z1XCRrVykWCvy8wXEIPSCIS9ejdQUtmeV_ktSyG2GGVjs0rrxnRrG1u9qCTABnwyMtuk1WL/s1600-h/Amelia_earhart.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcyt_zJiGau-uulcpXRajvIAj0fTvVphwcPZTZP68h9z8ZXyXeBNtP4-6LLGvXxtVnOlP4Z1XCRrVykWCvy8wXEIPSCIS9ejdQUtmeV_ktSyG2GGVjs0rrxnRrG1u9qCTABnwyMtuk1WL/s320/Amelia_earhart.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239253849729781778" /></a>If you’ve been following the post of <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/07/clevelands-beef-uncut-or-cleveland-gets.html">Cleveland “It came out” Williams</a> (which I highly doubt you are), you would know that my #2 pick is going to be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart">Amelia Earhart</a>. Not only does Cleveland specialize in the art of <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/07/clevelands-beef-uncut-or-cleveland-gets.html">exposing himself </a>(literally), but also the art of <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/maccready-and-his-disappearances.html">exposing the topics of my future post</a>.<br /><br />What was I talking about again? – Oh yeah… Amelia Earhart.<br /><br />Amelia Mary Earhart was a legend in the world of aviation. Notable achievements include the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States)">Distinguished Flying Cross</a>, which she was awarded for her solo flight across the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>.<br /><br />With many accomplishments to her name, and without a doubt more to come, it all came to an end on July 2nd, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937">1937</a> during her final approach to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howland_Island">Howland Island</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote>Through a series of misunderstandings or errors (the details of which are still controversial), the final approach to Howland Island using radio navigation wasn't successful. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Noonan">Fred Noonan</a> had earlier written about problems affecting the accuracy of radio direction finding in navigation. Some sources have noted Earhart's apparent lack of understanding of her <a href="http://roaring-twenties.com/bendix_direction_finding_equipment_loop___azimuth_unit.htm">Bendix direction finding loop antenna</a>, which at the time was very new technology. Another cited cause of possible confusion was that the <a href="http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Bulletins/37_ItascaLogs/Itascalog.html">USCG cutter Itasca</a> and Earhart planned their communication schedule using time systems set a half hour apart (with Earhart using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_time">Greenwich Civil Time</a> (GCT) and the Itasca under a Naval time zone designation system).<br /><br />Motion picture evidence from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lae">Lae</a> suggests that an antenna mounted underneath the fuselage may have been torn off from the fuel-heavy Electra during taxi or takeoff from Lae's turf runway, though no antenna was reported found at Lae. Don Dwiggins, in his biography of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mantz">Paul Mantz</a> (who assisted Earhart and Noonan in their flight planning), noted that the aviators had cut off their long-wire antenna, due to the annoyance of having to crank it back into the aircraft after each use.</blockquote><div><br /></div>Many believe Amelia’s plane crashed on the Japanese-controlled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saipan">Saipan Island</a>.<br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=1516363209656372296&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br />Regardless of what happened that day, Amelia's life achievements and legend will continue to amaze us, and the mystery of her disappearance will continue to puzzle us.Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-86900661117526494722008-08-27T00:23:00.003-06:002008-08-27T00:32:53.354-06:00Guess. Where. I'm. Going...In,<br /><br />Guys,<br /><br />This girl, Varian, I've been talking too, turns out I'm gonna get to meet her. Yep. That's right, I'm going to <a href="http://www.destination360.com/asia/china/images/s/china-hong-kong.jpg">Hong Kong</a> baby! And I asked her, first thing, if she'd take me to <a href="http://www.topnews.in/light/files/bruce-lee3.jpg">BRUCE FRICKIN' LEE</a>'S HOUSE!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bg0RnghcliMdWJi7NWBGYmzVZzauuWLKmFQB4572jcfUEFd5u_7BdfW1_p3lLBs9kQafWf8DE7-EJD5Xfr9IVVcXWNbu0TO1Eqou2Q-IZeLx3-sOabRyyx2VELwnjTFFMooATR6gCu1f/s1600-h/610x.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bg0RnghcliMdWJi7NWBGYmzVZzauuWLKmFQB4572jcfUEFd5u_7BdfW1_p3lLBs9kQafWf8DE7-EJD5Xfr9IVVcXWNbu0TO1Eqou2Q-IZeLx3-sOabRyyx2VELwnjTFFMooATR6gCu1f/s400/610x.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239079853568470674" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Maybe you guys can list some other sites to see (especially <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/encounters-of-spooky-kind-about-as-good.html">Mr. Xoom and his Hong Kong Film watching self</a>). <br /><br />I'm going. That's it. This girl is awesome. I'll keep you updated on any and all arrangements. Maybe I can find out the truth behind this <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/07/ba-gua-aka-devil-mirror.html">devil mirror</a> while finding love.<br /><br />C--You know he's out...Cleveland Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17405900614391653605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-34421464066269981182008-08-26T20:56:00.004-06:002008-08-27T20:00:08.663-06:00Toss Another ET On The Barbie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZtuAXciOz4pUTysitusA3Z-fqS6nunBGUSrUOUg_JMVkk3oynbcgF6v1di8UFIRSh3tPrYjPTQay3AzT_Cs_2iLTg-_K72M2kn8rCxe5ftcHtCSXLuZcQfj8NeNBsREJpRVlAiVRoo0z/s1600-h/OZ_UFO.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZtuAXciOz4pUTysitusA3Z-fqS6nunBGUSrUOUg_JMVkk3oynbcgF6v1di8UFIRSh3tPrYjPTQay3AzT_Cs_2iLTg-_K72M2kn8rCxe5ftcHtCSXLuZcQfj8NeNBsREJpRVlAiVRoo0z/s320/OZ_UFO.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239035699401583474" border="0" /></a><br />Well it looks like the Aussies are becoming very popular with alien tourists. In recent weeks an apparent "armada" has invaded the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory">Northern Territory</a>.<br /><br />The objects being reported and photographed range from dark colored disks flying in broad daylight to mystery spook lights after dark.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Last month, Roger Perner, 52, of the Hunter Valley in NSW, was taking pictures of eagles at Policeman's Point in Timber Creek on the Victoria River when he noticed a strange object in one of the shots.<br /><br />In March, Ruth Palmer, 27, of Rosebery, Palmerston, took a picture of her husband Richard Magree in front of the Devils Marbles, near infamous UFO town Wycliffe Well. When she looked at the photograph she noticed a strange object in the sky flying above her husband's shoulder.<br /><br />Stephen Jones, of Alice Springs, was also baffled when he photographed strange lights in the sky near Banka Banka, while driving from Darwin to Alice Springs in February.<br /><br /></span>You can read the article <a href="http://news.smashits.com/287086/Now-Australia-under-39alien-invasion-threat-39-.htm">here</a>. I may be wrong about this, but I think it warrants another <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crocodile-Dundee-Triple-Feature-Hogan/dp/B000QUEQ6S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1219808173&sr=1-1">Crocodile Dundee</a> sequel. What's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001357/">Paul Hogan</a> doing now anyway?<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Richard Cutmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635755422646039015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-32652360631935455082008-08-24T20:45:00.008-06:002008-08-25T15:49:43.626-06:00"Oh My God, What The Hell Is That?!"So I was doing some plumbing yesterday. I was in the crawlspace of a new house that had been vacant for about a year. I had just finished <a href="http://www.easy2diy.com/cm/easy/diy_ht_3d_index.asp?page_id=35749917">sweating the last two copper joints</a> for the washing machine when a strange sensation came over me. I had been alone, but I didn't really feel that way anymore. I glanced around, probing the darkness with my <a href="http://www.nznature.co.nz/nznat/items/images/ledswivel.jpg">handy headlamp</a>, but saw nothing. I went back to the task at hand and started packing up my gear. I got everything packed up except my <a href="http://www.channellock.com/acb/stores/1/414_-_14_inch_NUTBUSTER_reg__P1C6.cfm">pliers</a> and couldn't remember where I had set them. I began to look around on the little ledge below the floor joists. As my light rounded the corner, I was suddenly face to whatever with THIS CRAZY LOOKING SON OF A BITCH!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGHX84O32Hz5p1iQVPS7-Cwx_ElI8Qlls6r2n00G0cRtqpmNH1WMKmcjleyzQmDnX3odZ6L6jLjCJ5jKLwR8vYcCDZQTgQ47jBI-cwQEQ73sDRQ54azlfsBqzkxe5niMw976Wdx7kZ74j/s1600-h/DSCN6237.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGHX84O32Hz5p1iQVPS7-Cwx_ElI8Qlls6r2n00G0cRtqpmNH1WMKmcjleyzQmDnX3odZ6L6jLjCJ5jKLwR8vYcCDZQTgQ47jBI-cwQEQ73sDRQ54azlfsBqzkxe5niMw976Wdx7kZ74j/s320/DSCN6237.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238284578142172226" border="0" /></a><br />What the hell is this folks? I've been under many many houses over the years, and I've been in some nasty places and seen some nasty shit, but I've never seen anything like this.<br /><br />I was paralyzed. I tried to call out for help, but no sound would come out. I just stood there, staring. I wouldn't shine the light on it for more than three or four seconds at a time, as it might have been photosensitive and grown to immense proportions. I just made my observations in short intervals.<br /><br />When the feeling returned to my legs, I slowly backed away. Never breaking eye contact, never faster than a crawl, until I'd finally reached the door and emerged into the sweet salvation of the sunshine. I sprinted to my truck and grabbed my camera, shovel, and a <a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71J61ESY96L._SL500_AA280_.gif">Japanese pull saw</a>.<br /><br />When I returned to the crawlspace, I was relieved/terrified to see the entity still in place. Sitting there, being alien. I readied the shovel in defense and snapped a few photos because I knew no one would believe me. Fearing the possibility of the flash causing the gigantism issue I mentioned earlier, I limited the amount of pics taken. You may view a slide show of the mystery <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptid">Cryptid</a> <a href="http://s443.photobucket.com/albums/qq153/richardcutman/?action=view&current=6d389275.pbw">here</a>.<br /><br />Someone please tell me what this thing is and how I can stop it. I have to get my pliers back.Richard Cutmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635755422646039015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-49424645294118590782008-08-24T17:53:00.000-06:002008-08-24T17:53:00.265-06:00The Sick One Speaks Again<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbog9rYs0gwG3P8hpVYAaTOEXUHf_hiJIjSxD16-P52m_iE2p0k9rcFFXj2nmNngVi5yb-D6KiRpb12q2DIsxynjyxeeMHQMuzcM81nXfBu13-mDeOZssIR33V96-1_N-lyaMR2RxgMe3I/s1600-h/robo1-11+copy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbog9rYs0gwG3P8hpVYAaTOEXUHf_hiJIjSxD16-P52m_iE2p0k9rcFFXj2nmNngVi5yb-D6KiRpb12q2DIsxynjyxeeMHQMuzcM81nXfBu13-mDeOZssIR33V96-1_N-lyaMR2RxgMe3I/s320/robo1-11+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238192590579683538"></a>Look who came out to play... <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/maccready-and-his-disappearances.html">And share his opinion. </a><br /><br />Yes. Amelia Earhart is going to be my number 2. As far as your concerns over my list not being creepy enough – Suck a big one.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/macreadys-top-5-disappearances-3-man.html">MacReady’s Top 5 Disappearances</a> is just that – MacReady’s Top 5 Disappearances.<br /><br />I figured I’d be catching some flack over this from you. This list represents <font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">my favorite</font></font> disappearances, not the creepiest, and certainly <font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">not yours</font></font>.<br /><br />Let it be known that early in my selection process, you actually made the short list for my top 5, but in the end… I thought the <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/macreadys-top-5-disappearances-5.html">French guy</a> was way more interesting.<br /><br />How does it feel to get beat out by a French guy with the last name Prince?<br /><br />With all that said, it's good to have you back. <br /><br /></div>Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-26324900300036597272008-08-24T14:45:00.000-06:002008-08-24T14:45:00.211-06:00From the 'Uh Oh, Cutman's Auto Insurance Just Went Up Again' Files<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Lh1TqlUGXzwMgb1zCz56b-MHtmQ40AgWpIWI3TCZPZOsMusl-dWFj7aalrkb1zo_LwuAxcKjNa_nci61Zw4ZBep6Qgif9q6SAWmIEpuiMaJzuosA8yKK8T0SylBLa2TjsyxwO6PXpw/s1600-h/Cutman_fat_guy_in_car.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Lh1TqlUGXzwMgb1zCz56b-MHtmQ40AgWpIWI3TCZPZOsMusl-dWFj7aalrkb1zo_LwuAxcKjNa_nci61Zw4ZBep6Qgif9q6SAWmIEpuiMaJzuosA8yKK8T0SylBLa2TjsyxwO6PXpw/s400/Cutman_fat_guy_in_car.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238012118667541858" /></a><br />What a headline:<br /><br /><a href="http://jalopnik.com/5039764/drunk-high-naked-driver-crashes-into-parked-car-while-masturbating-but-wait-theres-more">Drunk, High, Naked Driver Crashes Into Parked Car While Masturbating...</a><br /><br />Sheesh, Cutman:<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-style:italic;">Canadian James Boppre<span style="font-weight:bold;">[Known in the States as "Richard Cutman" - ed.]</span>, former owner of a successful landscaping business, was on parole with house arrest on condition of sobriety after drunk driving and weapons convictions. On the evening of July 30th, Boppre fell off the wagon in a serious way. It started out with booze and ended with Boppre crashing into a parked car, speeding, drunk, high on crack, and masturbating naked with a similarly nude hooker, who was also masturbating.<br /></span><br /></blockquote><br />Oh, nevermind. Can't be Cutman. It was a <span style="font-style:italic;">female</span> hooker...<br /><br />Sorry for the mix-up, Dick.<br /><br /><br /><br />Hat Tip: <a href="http://jalopnik.com/">Jalopnik.com</a>Mr. Xoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01741617957256702332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-81565415861910419092008-08-24T14:13:00.003-06:002008-08-24T14:22:29.423-06:00MacCready and His Disappearances...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcNCM7_73CIqjGcbsYjEPlyIZqgdLY_KYFvpvqvOYM29i0rYLH9AWfDqfPXRL0Y-REU8t3YUM3puiVmIeRSKym1oPICMOPasResSBJasxhSWpf-hPBcpBz4fH8zY-vM7UoJJjIn0-fHol/s1600-h/705px-Chicken_McNuggets-739055.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcNCM7_73CIqjGcbsYjEPlyIZqgdLY_KYFvpvqvOYM29i0rYLH9AWfDqfPXRL0Y-REU8t3YUM3puiVmIeRSKym1oPICMOPasResSBJasxhSWpf-hPBcpBz4fH8zY-vM7UoJJjIn0-fHol/s400/705px-Chicken_McNuggets-739055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238181336174382290" border="0" /></a><br />MacNugget,<br /><br /><br /><br />After ragging on me about my <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/wheres-tank-man-looking-back-while.html">"Tank Man"</a> not being creepy, you go and try to post the same type of stuff. <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/macreadys-top-5-disappearances-5.html">Your Top 5 Disappearances?</a> What are you, Letterman of Xoom?<br /><br />I know, I know. <a href="http://www.ameliaearhart.com/">Amelia Earhart</a> will be on here. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa">Hoffa</a> is cliche. You'd better bring something unpredictable, man. I mean, I've been sick, but now I'm just depressed.<br /><br /><br /><br />"Tank Man" baby.<br /><br />"Tank Man."<br /><br />Out.Cleveland Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17405900614391653605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-76746580118219009692008-08-24T11:15:00.000-06:002008-08-24T11:15:00.929-06:00MacReady’s Top 5 Disappearances: #3 – A Man Named Hoffa<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDezPchRQrDUL-J6Xb-S-kUoqRJRldSYDB_OhB6o-ww1oW8ACcq8mOnH7XdDRcA1n1jbic4xqZkJcJgUdb-A76oZ1zoNTtlGewBRl9_Ucos_eHWSiWbakQx411FZkaYDd8ww1IdOXS_nk/s1600-h/Jimmy_riddle_hoffa.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDezPchRQrDUL-J6Xb-S-kUoqRJRldSYDB_OhB6o-ww1oW8ACcq8mOnH7XdDRcA1n1jbic4xqZkJcJgUdb-A76oZ1zoNTtlGewBRl9_Ucos_eHWSiWbakQx411FZkaYDd8ww1IdOXS_nk/s320/Jimmy_riddle_hoffa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237899358194630498"></a>On July 30, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975">1975</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa">James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa</a> disappeared – Never to be seen again.<br /><br />His life story was fascinating to say the least, but would ultimately be overshadowed by the mysterious circumstances surrounding his disappearance. When mapping out the timeline of Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance, it’s hard to distinguish fact from fiction.<br /><br />Since Hoffa’s disappearance, every wise guy from Sicily to The Bronx has claimed his or her involvement - A Dago fairytale grandfathers could tell their grandchildren. “Did I ever tell you that I shook hands with Hoffa?” Did I ever tell you I know where Hoffa’s body is?” Did I ever tell you... and so on and so on.<br /><br />Hoffa once said, “To the best of my recollection, I must recall on my memory, I cannot remember.”<br /><br />One thing can be certain, the people who truly know what happened to Hoffa on that day have done a great job of following his quote, cause they sure aren’t talking.<br /><br />To view a full timeline of Hoffa events,<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,121236,00.html"> click here</a>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WjqN80pu6nA&color1=11645361&color2=13619151&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WjqN80pu6nA&color1=11645361&color2=13619151&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-16472783919292888112008-08-24T08:35:00.000-06:002008-08-24T08:35:00.678-06:00Five Hoaxes That Fooled The Entire World<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2008-08/mechanical-turk.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2008-08/mechanical-turk.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Great article up over at Neatorama on <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/19/five-hoaxes-that-fooled-the-world/">five of the great hoaxes in world history</a>. Here's a blurb on the mechanical chess playing "Turk":<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">This might not seem so impressive in the day and age of computers, but at the time, a mechanical man who could beat anyone at chess was quite the novelty.<br /><br />Wolfgang von Kempelen constructed just that. It baffled people from 1770 until 1854. It was a life-sized man from the waist up, dressed in robes and a turban (to emphasize the mystic quality, I suppose). It sat with a cabinet which opened to reveal all kinds of cogs and gears and complicated-looking machinery, which were designed to hide a person sitting on a sliding seat. The person could maneuver around in the cabinet to conceal himself as the presenter opened various cabinet doors to prove that nothing was inside but machinery. The person inside would then use various levers to make the Turk move, pick up chess pieces and even shake his head disapprovingly at opponents trying to cheat. The Turk defeated the likes of Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte. Edgar Allan Poe wrote an essay on it, guessing how the tricks were done, but was largely incorrect.<br /></span></span></blockquote><br />Go check out the rest at the link.<br /><br />Somehow, I don't think <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/imagine-that-biscardi-and-georgia.html">Tom Biscardi and the Georgia Bigfoot hoaxers</a> will make a similar list in the future...Mr. Xoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01741617957256702332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-61410337843644688362008-08-23T17:30:00.000-06:002008-08-23T17:30:01.016-06:00MacReady’s Top 5 Disappearances: #4 – An Aviation Legend is Gone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0dF3RM_GKzIgD2WnRiDKnLe9BYr3sLeZjwrouLU4JJP8u3CR9D_QQvgcMxqZu-1Wnj76ORYBY-bXDTpq-equFJ8ayJOJPejbP4fGsIXX6WRrKHa5umHg6XuoyXXJP2AeSke3ae9VKJLG/s1600-h/150px-Steve_Fossett_10.22.04_287.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0dF3RM_GKzIgD2WnRiDKnLe9BYr3sLeZjwrouLU4JJP8u3CR9D_QQvgcMxqZu-1Wnj76ORYBY-bXDTpq-equFJ8ayJOJPejbP4fGsIXX6WRrKHa5umHg6XuoyXXJP2AeSke3ae9VKJLG/s320/150px-Steve_Fossett_10.22.04_287.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237780893656389586"></a>On Monday, September 3, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007">2007</a>, at 8:45 am, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fossett">Steve Fossett</a> took off in a single-engine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Champion_Decathlon">Bellanca Super Decathlon airplane</a> from a private airstrip near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_City,_Nevada">Carson City</a> – Never to be seen again.<br /><br />According to <a href="http://www.cap.gov/">Civil Air Patrol</a>, Fossett took off with enough fuel for a four to five area flight. No flight plans were filed. Fossett’s disappearance set into motion the largest search-and-rescue effort ever conducted for a person within the U.S., costing 1.6 million dollars. On September 7, 2007, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/google.com">Google Inc. </a>even stepped in and offered its satellite connections in efforts to help find Fossett.<br /><br />After only two weeks of search efforts, the rescue was called off. This has led to <a href="http://thestrippodcast.blogspot.com/2007/09/cnns-nutty-obrien-fossett-conspiracy.html">many conspiracies</a> among skeptics. From <a href="http://www.debateanything.com/current-events/7446-theory-steve-fossett-abducted-aliens.html">alien abductions</a> to an elaborate <a href="http://www.backpacker.com/blogs/347">pseudocide</a>, nothing has been off limits to the theorist.<br /><br />Many believe Fossett may have accidentally, or willingly, flied into <a href="http://blog.area51.org/steve-fossett-rumored-to-be-shot-down-over-area-51">military controlled airspace</a> and subsequently shot down. This may be a stretch to many, and I stand neutral on the debate, but if he did in fact fly over military air space, I have no doubts that he could have and probably would have been shot down.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.learnrv.com/">Remote viewer</a> <a href="http://c2c.wikia.com/wiki/Ed_Dames">Ed Dames</a> claims that Fossett was in fact not in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada">Nevada</a> when his plane crashed, but was instead miles away in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)">Sierra Nevada region</a> of <a href="http://www.ca.gov/">California</a>. If true, this would mean all search efforts were conducted in the wrong place. It is also worth noting that Ed Dames was trained in remote viewing by the United States Government's "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Price_(remote_viewer)">Stargate Project</a>". <div><br /></div><div> <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j9gEzDYgaw8&color1=11645361&color2=13619151&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j9gEzDYgaw8&color1=11645361&color2=13619151&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Without a shadow of doubt, Steve Fossett was a fascinating person with a story destine for the silver screen – That’s why Steve Fossett is #4 on my Top 5 Disappearances.<br /><br /><br /></div>Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-13047297280391534142008-08-23T14:15:00.001-06:002008-08-23T14:17:08.796-06:00The Michigan Dog Man<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIyqk8tdcQezoFD2dYkVJQ377mmqxRnlMy4EQkpJB-loi7VVQe71_deIXv0yDkG5RSxQN2Gw4Zm7gTDK5NMclL_by1WRtDCNXg-Vw_9IWb0o_3drwUiy-wppytVnsLcur6weUkfDzTTAe2/s1600-h/img.dogman2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIyqk8tdcQezoFD2dYkVJQ377mmqxRnlMy4EQkpJB-loi7VVQe71_deIXv0yDkG5RSxQN2Gw4Zm7gTDK5NMclL_by1WRtDCNXg-Vw_9IWb0o_3drwUiy-wppytVnsLcur6weUkfDzTTAe2/s320/img.dogman2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237554724523719138" border="0"></a><br />I'd never heard of the <a href="http://www.weirdmichigan.com/monsters.html">Michigan Dog Man</a>. I'd never really heard of anything supernatural coming out of <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/">Michigan</a> except <a href="http://www.amazon.com/8-Mile-Widescreen-Eminem/dp/B00005JLQE/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1219463357&sr=8-1">8 Mile</a>. It sounds like your basic local folklore kind of stuff.<br /><br />On April Fools Day, 1987, a <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=traverse+city&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image">Traverse City</a> DJ, named Steve Cook played a song he'd written. The song was called <a href="http://payplay.cd/michigandogman?gbase">The Legend</a>. It sounds a lot like <a href="http://www.cw-mccall.com/">C.W. McCall's</a> <a href="http://music.yahoo.com/track/1551943">Convoy</a>. It was supposed to be a joke based on all the tales he had collected over the years. His listeners didn't see it as a joke. Call after call came in with people reporting their Dog Man sightings, or their friend of a friend Dog Man stories. Almost overnight, a freaky ass monster was thrust from the dark forest it haunted, and into the limelight.<br /><br />There are tons of <a href="http://www.griswoldmountain.com/dogman_stories.htm">stories</a>, creepy pictures of it's eye and teeth caught by a motion activated camera. There's even a bizarre, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blair-Witch-Project-Heather-Donahue/dp/B00001QGUM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1219464268&sr=8-1">Blair Witch</a>y video of this thing, morphing from a man into the Dog Man.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FBkTQDEcBpI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FBkTQDEcBpI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />I think this is a steaming pile of Dog Man crap, but I can, and do appreciate a good hoax every now and again. I also can't figure out why he's a Dog Man and not a Werewolf or a Wolf Man. Maybe he humped somebody's leg or pissed on someones furniture.<br /><br />By the way MacReady, I liked your <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/re-mysterious-hum.html">Mysterious Hum</a> <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/update-mysterious-hum.html">posts</a>. I heard a mysterious hum coming from that room you and Cleveland were in. Weird stuff to be sure, but you know, I was actually afraid to investigate.Richard Cutmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635755422646039015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-32731770965449209392008-08-23T07:30:00.000-06:002008-08-23T07:30:00.738-06:00Welcome Back Cleveland!Hope you're feeling better, man. We've missed ya. And glad to see the three Heroes of Xoom, united again...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.eugenewei.com/images/movies/kung-fu-hustle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.eugenewei.com/images/movies/kung-fu-hustle.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Mr. Xoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01741617957256702332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-77372556765113461062008-08-22T17:26:00.000-06:002008-08-22T17:26:53.194-06:00K-9 Injustice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeDnCGcfvx3qBW5gmbkeBwhPXz12_ljCGFWsGJRo_MJw25IFRFQiIvQHut8Ueho9qQ0Yvbi_lDWSlG_pKbPtM08b57BaRxG5IjQl-GFXh1sZ1PmshVCnQvQdyO6lZTj_evUkkKtE0STum/s1600-h/IMG_0268-1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeDnCGcfvx3qBW5gmbkeBwhPXz12_ljCGFWsGJRo_MJw25IFRFQiIvQHut8Ueho9qQ0Yvbi_lDWSlG_pKbPtM08b57BaRxG5IjQl-GFXh1sZ1PmshVCnQvQdyO6lZTj_evUkkKtE0STum/s320/IMG_0268-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237469284990491730"></a>Typically, I keep my post limited to the supernatural or unexplained phenomenon, but as a dog owner, I felt <a href="http://thechaistory.blogspot.com/2008/08/chai-story.html">this story</a> needed to be told.<br /><br />Now that I’m done using <a href="http://www.blogger.com/xoomthetruth.blogspot.com">Xoom</a> as my personal soapbox, tune in over the next few days to see the remaining stories on my <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/macreadys-top-5-disappearances-5.html">Top 5 Disappearances</a>. Some of the stories listed on my top 5 may be shockers to you the viewer, but I had to take many things into consideration, including personal interest.Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-82527092798711501402008-08-22T14:06:00.000-06:002008-08-22T14:06:28.642-06:00MacReady’s Top 5 Disappearances: #5 – The Forgotten Inventor of Motion Picture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisS0xR6d6Ui7QgoTlr1zRzCVTsp6k-3sDkIy9NZiOJ6x5nqf7ydVOpskwkOynNxoz2ZqUvcY7OtDo1H-rCOKHyM4eLeIqFx3W6wGg1bkBMZHE5OQzcmJnd4sBdAqKcZI1ir2o4QEUCkcOq/s1600-h/Louisleprincerestored.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisS0xR6d6Ui7QgoTlr1zRzCVTsp6k-3sDkIy9NZiOJ6x5nqf7ydVOpskwkOynNxoz2ZqUvcY7OtDo1H-rCOKHyM4eLeIqFx3W6wGg1bkBMZHE5OQzcmJnd4sBdAqKcZI1ir2o4QEUCkcOq/s320/Louisleprincerestored.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237391991729434914"></a>Does the name “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Le_Prince">Louis Le Prince</a>” ring a bell? Most likely not, but his invention of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Leprince-spools-film1-lenscamera.png">1888 Single Lens Camera Projector MKI</a> is now held as the first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_camera">Motion Picture Camera</a>.<br /><br />What’s that, you thought <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison">Thomas Edison</a> invented the Motion Picture Camera? Au contraire my friend - Louis Le Prince applied for a <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/">patent</a> on his camera well before Edison, but was denied due to an interfering patent. Edison, who later applied, was granted his patent with no opposition.<br /><br />Louis Le Prince, who later became a <a href="http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis">US citizen</a>, continued to research and develop his camera. In September of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890">1890</a>, his plan to perform a public exhibition of his camera at <a href="http://www.morrisjumel.org/">Jumel Mansion, New York</a> was cut short due to his disappearance.<br /><br /><blockquote>In September 1890, Le Prince boarded a train on a Friday, promising friends he would rejoin them in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris">Paris</a> on the following Monday for the return journey to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England">England</a>, to be followed by a trip to the US to promote his new camera. However, Le Prince did not arrive at the appointed time and he was never seen again by his family or friends. All that could be established about his last whereabouts was that he was seen on 16 September 1890 boarding the 2:42 train at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijon">Dijon</a> for his return to Paris.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_National_Police">The French police</a>, <font style=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard">Scotland Yard</a><font style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard"></a></font></font> and the family undertook exhaustive searches but never found his body or luggage. This mysterious disappearance case was never solved.</blockquote><br />Many theories have been suggested, varying from suicide to an elaborately planned self-disappearing act ordered by his family. All these theories could be plausible, but my favorite theory deploys much more sinister implications.<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Patent Wars assassination, "Equity 6928" (1900):</font><br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712577/">Christopher Rawlence</a> pursues the assassination theory, along with other theories, and discusses the Le Prince family's suspicions of Thomas Edison over patents (the Equity 6928) in his 1990 book and documentary <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097894/">The Missing Reel</a>. At the time that he vanished, Le Prince was about to patent his 1889 projector in England and then leave <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe">Europe</a> for his scheduled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York">New York</a> official exhibition. His widow assumed foul play though no concrete evidence has ever emerged and Rawlence prefers the suicide theory. In 1898, Le Prince's elder son <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1796515/bio">Adolphe</a>, who had assisted his father in many of his experiments, was called as a witness for the <a href="http://www.biographcompany.com/">American Mutoscope Company</a> in their litigation with Edison [Equity 6928]. By citing Le Prince's achievements Mutuscope hoped to annul Edison's subsequent claims to have invented the moving picture camera. Le Prince's widow Lizzie and Adolphe hoped that this would gain recognition for Le Prince's achievement but when the case went against Mutoscope their hopes were dashed. Two years later Adolphe Le Prince was found dead while out duck shooting on <a href="http://www.fireisland.com/">Fire Island</a> near New York. Suicide was presumed.</blockquote><br /><br />Like any good conspiracy, this theory can in no way be proved. Although many would argue that Edison was a mean old bastard capable of ordering the assassination, there is no hard-core evidence to prove his evolvement.<br /><br />In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003">2003</a>, while doing research in the Paris Police Archives, the photo of a drowning victim was found – believed to be Louis Le Prince.<br /><br /><blockquote>Le Prince had indeed succeeded making pictures move at least seven years before the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_and_Louis_Lumi%C3%A8re">Lumière brothers</a> and Thomas Edison, and so suggests a re-writing of the history of early cinema." <a href="http://screen.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/2/179">Richard Howells</a> (Screen vol.47 #2, p.179~200, <a href="http://www.ox.ac.uk/">Oxford University</a> Press, 2006 </blockquote><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PPykuusoe5k&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PPykuusoe5k&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Mark MacReadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318694930058726231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165416967233140487.post-65559593613763473632008-08-22T12:30:00.004-06:002008-08-22T12:51:02.291-06:00Back On The FieldGuys,<br /><br />Sorry I haven't been posting the last couple of days. I think I've been sicker than I've ever been in my life and haven't been able to do anything (some tears please). I'm feeling a little better (I think) and though I'm on one leg, I'm ready to fight.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnfH047zsh-Gr8iMuXcrmwwAqgq8zWk4LiRqgGYciCPqg5FJvTyaL7e_aXUph8ofUUfGpRJQO91fMqfKdfFezNWgHMI85uv84dHRY7eg6uTF-1a7f5ZkYny3PeI_loDPkYoA2ODzh5GUo/s1600-h/karatekid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnfH047zsh-Gr8iMuXcrmwwAqgq8zWk4LiRqgGYciCPqg5FJvTyaL7e_aXUph8ofUUfGpRJQO91fMqfKdfFezNWgHMI85uv84dHRY7eg6uTF-1a7f5ZkYny3PeI_loDPkYoA2ODzh5GUo/s400/karatekid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237412917454042498" border="0" /></a>In regards to the <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/08/biscardis-site-confirms-georgia-bigfoot.html">Bigfoot hoax</a>, I chewed on this for a while, and I think we should try to contact the guys involved, and here's why: at first I was pissed that this type of thing would get any kind of publicity. But, if you think about, it's more bizarre for anyone to try to put together a hoax than actually finding the damn thing. I guarantee you, if we ever see a Sasquatch, there's no doubt we're gonna be disappointed. Example, the Chupacabra thing running down the road (whatever it is). Not too exciting. But the mystery makes it great. And these guys (and the guys on the <a href="http://xoomthetruth.blogspot.com/2008/07/re-has-elusive-yeti-been-exposed.html">Patterson footage</a> if indeed it's not real) are a part of the legend of Bigfoot. They'll go down in history as a piece (real or not) of the puzzle that is the Sasquatch. All because they thought it would be cool.<br /><br />That's strange.<br /><br />I'll be posting more now, as I've got the strength to keep something down while looking at the computer.<br /><br />Out (but not out of it).Cleveland Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17405900614391653605noreply@blogger.com0