By Tim Binnall
High strangeness in the Adirondack mountains, the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the history of UFOs were among the fascinating topics explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. And, here at the C2C website, we told you about a woman accused of unleashing a swarm of bees on police, an eerie 'cloaked' UFO filmed by a security camera, and a phantom pruner annoying a neighborhood in Texas. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
Situated on the border of Vermont and New York state, the Adirondack and Green Mountains are something of a hotbed for strange and unusual activity. On Sunday night's program, researcher Paul Bartholomew shared cases from this intriguing region of the United States. He noted that the area contains Lake Champlain, which some believe to be home to a legendary lake monster that has been spotted as far back as the 1600s. Similarly, he indicated that the region boasts reports of bipedal cryptids which date back centuries and that these beings are often said to sport glowing red eyes. Other odd stories detailed by Bartholomew included an encounter with a giant rabbit, a legendary carnivorous rock, and a vampire scare that unfolded in Woodstock, Vermont in 1817.
This past week saw several instances wherein security cameras may have captured something from the realm of high strangeness, beginning with a case out of Kansas City in which a puzzling almost-transparent UFO slowly floated through the sky in front of a house. Meanwhile, a homeowner in England could not believe his eyes when his doorbell camera detected what appears to be an out-of-place big cat scrambling across his driveway. And, finally, a security system overlooking the office of a retail store in Missouri captured footage of an eerie anomaly that some suspect could have been a full-bodied apparition that briefly manifested itself before vanishing into thin air.
The classic tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde took center stage on Tuesday night's program as Leslie S. Klinger detailed the inside story of Robert Louis Stevenson's iconic story. He explained that while some see the novel as a critique of science, an argument can be made that it is actually an exploration of the good and evil which reside inside of everyone. He also discussed how some people blamed the story for the Jack the Ripper killings, which occurred shortly after its publication, and dispelled longstanding claims that Stevenson was, himself, addicted to drugs at the time that he wrote the novel. During his appearance, Klinger also talked about H.P. Lovecraft and iconic horror characters Dracula and Frankenstein.
A neighborhood in Texas turned to the media this week in the hopes of catching a peculiar individual who has been randomly trimming their trees late at night. The proverbial phantom pruner, dubbed Edward Scissorhands by annoyed residents, seems to think he has something of a gift for topiary as home security footage shows the man snipping away at branches and then standing back to marvel at his handiwork. People living in the community are understandably not too thrilled by his antics, especially after the misguided character managed to hit a whopping 12 different trees on three streets over the course of one night.
The rich history of the UFOs was explored on Monday night's program as Robert D. Morningstar recounted some of the key cases and events involving the phenomenon since the mid-20th century. He recalled a 1956 US Air Force docudrama on the subject which featured legendary researchers Capt. Edward Ruppelt and Maj. Donald Keyhoe. Morningstar also asserted that the Nazis recovered a crashed flying saucer and managed to not only reverse engineer the craft, but also formed a partnership with Reptilian aliens to create an ET/human hybrid race. Later in the evening, he discussed 1942's Battle of LA, black triangle UFOs, and possible USO bases off the coast of Florida.
By far the most bizarre story of the week came by way of Massachusetts where a woman was arrested for allegedly unleashing a swarm of bees upon a group of police officers. Authorities say that the incident occurred as deputies were attempting to deliver an eviction notice to a home in the town of Longmeadow. However, before they could hand over the paperwork, they were confronted by an angry Rorie Susan Woods, who took issue with the legal action and arrived on the scene towing a trailer full of bee hives. Cops say that the woman proceeded to shake one of the nests and released the agitated bees upon the police officers on site. Woods was later subdued and arrested on multiple counts of assault.
Coast Insiders can check out all this week's shows as well as the last seven years of C2C programs in our enormous archive. Not a Coast Insider yet? Sign up today.