By Tim Binnall
Sasquatch encounters, past lives, and the power of plants were among the fascinating realms explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. And, here at the C2C website, we told you about a strange string of UFOs filmed in New York State, a 'Grim Reaper' at a British woman's funeral, and a Sato surname singularity poised to overtake Japan in 500 years. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
The mysterious nature of plants was explored on Tuesday night's program as geomancer Emma Fitchett discussed the unique properties of the flora with which we share the planet. Noting the pioneering work of researcher Cleve Backster, she argued that plants possess a sentience that has actually long been accepted in ancient traditions, though has only just begun being studied by Western science. She also talked about the special relationship that humans have with plants by way of their ability to provide remedies for a variety of ailments and posited that we could actually communicate with them by way of meditation.
A pair of peculiar stories that unfolded at memorial services, of all places, made headlines this past week, beginning with a spooky video from a wake in the Dominican Republic wherein a wreath of flowers was observed eerily rocking back and forth to the astonishment of mourners in attendance. While some viewers of the viral video argued that the movement might have been caused by the wind, many other online observers theorized that the chilling incident was paranormal in nature. Meanwhile, in Britain, a woman with a sharp sense of humor left her loved ones laughing by way of a friend whom she enlisted to attend her funeral dressed as the Grim Reaper.
Revisiting the phenomenon of past lives, intuitive medium Geoffrey Jowett returned to the program on Monday night to share insights into how karma influences the reincarnation process. He asserted that souls are connected in familial groups and that they manifest in different combinations over many lifetimes in a cycle of growth and rebirth. These clusters, he explained, do not necessarily have to involve one's actual family or romantic connections, but could also include co-workers or creative collaborators. Jowett likened the soul to an otherworldly vessel that casts forth a spirit that manifests in a person unknowingly tasked with learning a life lesson that it will ultimately bring back to its origin on the 'other side.'
This past week featured two tantalizing UFO cases that wound up in the news, beginning with an intriguing video captured by a witness in New York State. The odd footage showed a strange string of lights that briefly illuminated the night sky before disappearing from sight. Besides something alien in nature, theories for what the baffling cluster of orbs could have been including military flares or Starlink satellites, though as of now the mysterious lights remain a mystery. Later in the week, a pilot for the Spanish Air Force shared a remarkable account of being scrambled to intercept a UFO that was detected near his military base, but fled the scene at an incredible speed when his squadron attempted to engage with the curious object.
Encounters with Sasquatch took center stage on Saturday night's show when Barbara Shupe detailed her remarkable experiences at a location in the Cascade Mountains known as the Field of Dreams. She recalled an eerie incident in 2014 wherein she spotted a peculiar figure running through a forest and, the following day, discovered a series of Bigfoot tracks throughout the area. This led her to the conclusion that the famed cryptid may be supernatural in nature and something of a cloaking device for a far different phenomenon beyond merely a flesh and blood creature. Since that time, Shupe said, she has had additional odd encounters and Field of Dreams has attracted an array of individuals who have had similar strange experiences.
Perhaps the weirdest story of the week came by way of Japan, where a professor cautioned that the country's law requiring married couples to adopt a single surname would ultimately result in everyone having the last name Sato centuries from now. In explaining his weird warning, Hiroshi Yoshida noted that the frequency of the name had increased by 1.0083% in just the period of 2022 to 2023. Projecting this trend to continue, the professor indicated that half the population of Japan would have the surname by 2446 and a proverbial Sato singularity would occur just 85 years later. With that in mind, he advocated for a change in the law, lest the country ultimately wind up with everyone sharing the same last name.
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