All right, let’s get down to brass tacks here – let’s rule out what this potential tunnel-dwelling entity is not:
1.It’s not a cryptid. Through my research, and a description from Roland, this entity takes the shape of a human being – or something resembling a human being. Even if the entity is not human, and only taking the shape of a human (or hijacking the physical form of a human), it would still not be considered a cryptid, as a cryptid is the same in both substance and form.
2.It may very well be an alien, I cannot rule that out; however the history of alien sightings and happenings suggests they originate far above the land, and not beneath it.
3.This leaves it as a prime candidate for a “spirit.”
With these points in mind, specifically number three, I don’t think it’s as simple as all this…I think it’s much more complex than I, or anyone else, expected...
I frequently receive tips and all sorts of far-fetched claims involving the paranormal, so I’m often suspicious of them and do not follow a lead unless I have done my due diligence and seriously believe there may be some tangible truth to a specific claim. The potential activity in the tunnels underground sparked an interest in me, not only due Roland's claims, but also because of the tunnel’s proximity to the Omega Corporation, which is based just under 30 miles away on the outskirts of Harrison, Arkansas.
As I mentioned earlier, the Omega Corporation had been consistently coming up in conversations I had while investigating Roland’s claim. At first, I was bewildered by the connection, and by the potential ramifications of such a connection, but I now feel secure enough in my findings to begin probing this relationship further.
Omega Corporation is a major multibillion-dollar corporation that researches state-of-the-art technologies for numerous “undisclosed” clients, the kind of clients with bottomless checkbooks. If you’re unfamiliar with Omega, just know that it’s their business to have their hands in everything that matters. Divisions of Omega Corporation have been known to dabble in everything from testing electromagnetic pulse theories to MRI machines to titanium forging.Their primary laboratory is in Harrison, which I recently discovered maintains an extensive medical facility.
This is very troubling to me.
From my days as a consultant with The Defense Department, I recall that some “below-the-radar” medical testing consistently took place in underground channels, for both security and safety reasons. I also recall that Omega Corporation was on the payroll as a government contractor for research and development in technologies at the time – mainly research into electromagnetic radiation and practical uses for it. This is extremely interesting, and once again…troubling.
I feel I must reiterate my “reverse-existentialist” theory, in which I assert that if it’s absurd to think that something exists outside of the human’s ability to comprehend such a thing existing, it’s equally absurd to think that it could NOT exist.
And this is where it gets important to pay attention –
This theory not only should be applied to pursuits in investigating the paranormal, but also in pursuits in investigating “the divine;” and furthermore, that these two seemingly disparate worlds may have more in common with each other than most people think.
My mother once told me as a child, “never trust a person with a mustache.” Did that prevent me from growing a mustache in the 1970’s? No, it did not. The warning, although I believe it was sincere, lacked a firm grounding in reality.
I once had a case that involved an elderly woman who swore her husband’s facial hair was a result of a pact with the devil. While I initially accepted the retainer’s fee for my service to investigate the claim, I refunded half of the payment when I determined the claim to be less a result of evil, and more a result of this woman’s particular battle with dementia. Needless to say, my opinion was her husband’s facial hair did not seem the least bit unnatural...
Although this is my first attempt at internet blogging, I’m indeed hip to various other dimensions of the world wide web. One particular dimension I’m extremely familiar with is “ebay.”
Here are some links to some wonderful Polaroid cameras that are ideal for retrofitting as you begin your own attempts at capturing paranormal evidence:
While prepping the investigation of this latest tip, I feel this is an opportune time to expand upon my methods for collecting data.
I do not consider myself a luddite (I’m not one of those people who prefers the nostalgia of a record player over the user-friendliness and compactness of an MP3 player, not to mention the immense storage capacity on those things), but I cannot help but think there is an element to rapidly rising technology that is meant to keep the consumer intentionally in the dark. Once the world transforms elements from the organic and into ones and zeroes, it’s infinitely harder for the average citizen to make sense of those elements.
What the average person needs to capture paranormal evidence:
1.Polaroid Camera.
2.Flash, do not use an excessive amount of light, or light sources that utilize fire (such as a lantern or a match), as this might introduce a temperature shift into the environment that will disturb the entity and prevent it from being photographed properly.
3.Thermostat; to gauge temperature shifts and record measurements during moments of activity.
I attach a small digital video camera to my Polaroid, so that I can document my own movements and progression, and when I feel it’s the right moment to attempt to document a specific phenomenon, I snap an instant photograph while filming. I liken this method to the game videos football coaches show their players before the next game, as a means through which they can view their mistakes and learn from them, and consequently invent new strategies as a result. I use the videos I record in much the same way. If I’ve gotten good results, I may continue the specific approach that I used; if my results are less-than-desirable, I will often shift tactics and brainstorm new approaches to documenting future entities. I find these videos are very important with this respect, and not in the respect of compiling evidence.
I’m not sure whether the latest vampire craze has anything to do with my students’ interest in “ghosts.” They certainly can’t get enough of stuff like the Twilight series, The Vampire Diaries, and True Blood, I would argue that vampires fall into the category of “ghosts” as opposed to the category of “cryptids,” even though they are portrayed as being physically in our world, they are technically dead – the physical body is controlled by an ethereal force, a force outside, or beyond, our spiritual world.
This popular “gothic,” or simply “goth” as the kids like to call it, sensibility has driven up the numbers of students registering for my fall class. Whatever it’s called, I’m a fan of this sensibility, as it’s currently keeping me employed at my university. I have noticed that along with the rise of student numbers has come the rise of piercings, tattoos and black leather exhibited on their persons. I have no opinion on their personal disfigurements or lapses in fashion sense, that is their business and their business alone.
The more extroverted kids have taken to actually wearing “fangs;” in fact, you can get your own pair of dental-fit fangs right here if you’re so inclined:
In the 1950’s, excitement over UFO
sightings was at a fever-pitch. This was
reflected in the newspapers and, more dramatically, in the science fiction
movies of the era. There was even a
title for those who were enthusiastic for the rage:
“UFOlogists.”
In 1952, various fast-moving objects appeared on radarscopes at three separate installations in
Washington DC, including the Capital building and Andrews Air Force Base.
Fighter Jets were launched, but did not come across anything.
The same thing
apparently occurred again the next night, however this time the objects were confirmed
by witnesses on the ground. The largest
press conference in the government's history regarding unidentified phenomenon was
called by Major
General Roger M. Ramey, USAF operations chief, and Major General John A.
Samford, USAF director of intelligence, to
explain to reporters that radar traces were caused by thermal inversions,
despite the absence of proper weather conditions on the nights in question for
this phenomenon to have been the cause of the incidents.
Many believe that this category of
unexplained phenomenon is not technically “paranormal.” To these ghost snobs, I disagree, for as we
just learned, the definition of the word “Paranormal” is that which is not
scientifically explainable.
It also helps to embrace a firm distrust
of the government and what the government allows the general public to be aware
of. An unidentified flying object may
very well be an alien, or it may very well be an F-15 fighter jet, or it may
also be an otherworldly spirit: as long as we’re kept in the dark, all three
options are equally likely.
They
are all scientifically unexplainable, as long as the scientists are not allowed
to explain them. And, I must admit, the
mystery surrounding such incidents and claims of UFOs, and the reticence of
the government to elaborate on such incidents and claims, does make you wonder…what are aliens and UFOs?
