By Tim Binnall
Mysterious disappearances in national parks, using AI to communicate with the 'other side,' and the lost continent of Atlantis were among the fascinating topics explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. Meanwhile, here at the C2C website, we told you about a new search for Malaysian Airlines flight 370, a human hand dropped on an Irish schoolyard by a bird, and a bizarre pet store robbery wherein one of the crooks faked a seizure to pull off the heist. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
The intersection of technology and the 'other side' was explored in a pair of fascinating Coast programs this past week. First, on Saturday evening, paranormal investigator Anthony F. Sanchez talked about phone apps that function like the classic ghost box devices used by spirit seekers in previous generations. He noted that these programs allow for greater sensitivity and advanced recording features that can capture remarkable electronic voice phenomena. Then, on Monday night's program, producer Paul Jeffrey Davids discussed his intriguing experiments using artificial intelligence to possibly communicate with the deceased.
The mystery of Malaysian Airlines flight 370 was back in the headlines this past week as a new search for the lost airliner was launched in the Indian Ocean. The first such endeavor in six years, the expedition will utilize autonomous underwater vehicles to scour four specific areas where it is suspected that the passenger jet may have come to rest. The company behind the search, Ocean Infinity, believes that insights gleaned from MH370 flight data in recent years may have provided the necessary clues to pinpoint the location of the lost plane. Should the endeavor be successful, it will give closure to the families of those who lost loved ones in the tragedy and put an end to a modern mystery that has proven to be particularly perplexing to experts and researchers for over a decade.
The unsettling phenomenon of people mysteriously disappearing in national parks was revisited on Sunday night's program as investigator David Paulides returned to C2C with an update on his long-running research into the troubling topic. He noted several peculiar patterns that have emerged from his study of these cases, including multiple instances wherein tracking dogs could not detect the missing person and children who are later found to have inexplicably traversed terrain that would prove challenging for the most seasoned of hikers. During his appearance, Paulides also talked about what appears to be reticence on the part of the National Park Service when it comes to sharing what they know about these weird disappearances.
Strangely, this past week featured two odd stories involving, of all things, severed limbs. First, in Ireland, the discovery of a human hand on the grounds of a schoolyard sparked a police investigation where it was determined that the baffling body part had been dropped there by a bird. While it has yet to be definitively determined who the limb belonged to, investigators suspect that it likely came from an unfortunate youngster who was badly injured in a nearby explosion the previous day. Later in the week, a sinister miscreant in West Virginia drew condemnation after they sliced off the arm of a celebrated Sasquatch statue featured on the state's popular Paranormal Trail.
Could the lost continent of Atlantis be located under the South China Sea? This intriguing scenario was put forward by ancient mysteries researcher Frank Joseph Hoff on Tuesday night's program. Basing his conclusions on the work of Brazilian professor Arysio Nunes dos Santos, he noted that there appears to be an enormous submerged land mass in that particular part of the Pacific Ocean. As for the downfall of the fabled world, he theorized that volcanic activity on Atlantis sparked a cataclysm that ultimately caused the continent to sink. Hoff suggested that Indonesia could contain critical clues that might prove the tantalizing South China Sea theory.
By far the most bizarre story of the week came by way of Colorado where some brazen bandits stole a pair of bulldog puppies from a pet store by faking a seizure to distract the staff. In the wild scene, which was captured by the shop's security system, one of the suspects approached the register and then fell to the floor in what appeared to be a medical emergency. As the man was being tended to by concerned employees, his accomplice snatched a pair of the store's bulldog puppies and made a run for it. While scrambling out of the store with the pilfered pooches, the crook was nearly tackled by two of the workers but managed to escape with the stolen dogs.
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