By Tim Binnall
UFO sightings at drive-in theaters, ghost encounters experienced by travelers, and demonic possessions were among the fascinating topics explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. And, here at the C2C website, we told you about an albino echidna, 500 pounds of pasta mysteriously dumped next to a creek in New Jersey, and a rideshare driver who may have picked up a ghost. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
Demonic possessions took center stage on Sunday night's program as deliverance minister Danny Frigulti detailed his work helping those who find themselves in the grip of sinister forces. He cautioned that occult objects like Ouija boards can be a doorway for dark entities which, he mused, may be the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim. Frigulti explained that there are some instances in which a possession can be passed among family members as well as cases wherein multiple demons infest one person. During his appearance, he also shared details from his own experiences performing exorcisms and shared audio from one such spiritual intervention.
While tales of taxi drivers picking up ghosts are often thought of being the stuff of urban legend, this past week saw a rideshare driver in Malaysia come forward with a recent account of just such an eerie experience happening to him. An unsettled Ahsan Ismail claims that he was booked to drive a woman from a hospital to a cemetery in the city Kuching earlier this week and the trip seemingly went without incident until they arrived at their destination. It was then that the driver discovered that there was no one else in the car with him and, to his astonishment, on the backseat were "a few old money notes" that he believes were thoughtfully left behind by the spirit.
As any seasoned student of the UFO phenomenon can attest, peculiar objects in the sky have appeared before witnesses in all manner of strange and unusual settings over the years and, on Saturday night's program, researcher Preston Dennett shared accounts of sightings from a particularly unique place: drive-in movie theaters. Explaining that such incidents are actually more common that one might imagine, he revealed that, despite the considerable decline in drive-ins over the years, there are still reports of people seeing UFOs at these locations up to the present day. Dennett theorized that these appearances by mysterious craft would seem to suggest that they want to be seen by larger groups of people.
The wonders of nature were on full display this past week in the form of two eye-catching occurrences. First, in Florida, a visitor to Miami Beach filmed a mesmerizing meteorological phenomenon known as a 'crown flash,' wherein the combination of ice crystals and lighting create the appearance of a light beam flickering in the sky from within the clouds. Then, in Australia, a motorist could not believe his eyes when he encountered a breathtaking albino echidna. The spiny anteater has since become something of a celebrity in the community where it has now been repeatedly seen by residents to the point that's even been given a name: Raffie.
Imagine being on vacation and, while in an unfamiliar place, you unexpectedly encounter a ghost. On Tuesday night's program, travel writer Michael Brein shared accounts of such experiences which he has collected over the years. He recalled one particularly chilling incident wherein a woman heard furniture moving around their hotel room while visiting Gettysburg. Curious as to what was behind the strange activity, she took pictures of the room and, when the film was later developed, was stunned to see the spirit of a boy and a girl in the photos. Other tales from Brein included a possible vampire visitation in Romania and a sighting of the Hat Man by a group of girls on a 4-H trip.
Perhaps the most perplexing story of the week came by way of New Jersey, where a staggering 500 pounds of pasta were found inexplicably dumped by the side of a creek. Spawning all manner of jokes and puns on social media, the mysterious and massive mounds of spaghetti, noodles, and ziti constituted a whopping 15 wheel barrel loads when workers in the community of Old Bridge were called upon to remove them. Authorities are uncertain as to who left the piles next to the stream, though noted that the food did not appear to have been cooked beforehand, which makes the case all the more perplexing.
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