By Tim Binnall
In an update to the curious case of the psychic who located mysterious human remains in Maine, the medium and local authorities have shared enlightening new details on the remarkable discovery. Laurencia Bourget sparked headlines earlier this week when it was revealed that, while helping a family with a decades-old missing person cold case, she zeroed in on an abandoned bowling alley where a skeleton was subsequently found. The unfathomable turn of events understandably raised eyebrows as it would appear to be undeniable evidence for the reality of psychic phenomena. Since news of the odd discovery broke, the medium as well as the police department where the remains were found have come forward with insights on what unfolded.
Explaining how the wondrous event came about, Bourget explained to a local TV station that she first received the psychic tip three years ago when she heard a voice reference a bowling alley. The message fell through the proverbial cracks until earlier this month when the mysterious communication occurred again. "It was very obvious when I heard it for the second time," she recalled. The clarity of the communication was significant enough that she reached out to Dick Moreau, whom she has been working with in an attempt to find answers to the 1986 disappearance of his daughter Jennifer.
When Bourget and members of the Moreau family searched the location, the psychic quickly stumbled upon some clothing in a forested area behind the bowling alley. "I saw what looked like a stick sticking out of the sleeve," she said, "so I went and grabbed it and pulled it out, and it was a bone." Reflecting on the "emotional" experience, Dick mused that "she felt strongly, and we went there, and sure enough, we found a body." Sadly, in a strange twist of fate, the remains were later found to be from a yet-to-be-identified man and not Jennifer Moreau, leaving her family yearning for closure to the cold case.
As for the authorities in the community of Jay, where Moreau went missing in 1986 and the mysterious remains were found this month, they commendably credited Bourget with the discovery while also expressing some astonishment over how it unfolded. "The chief has been working for almost twenty years and I’ve been working since 2011," said Sgt. Brandon Kelly, "and neither of us have had any involvement with psychic mediums." He went on to muse that, while undoubtedly disappointing to the Moreau family, the mystifying find was "exciting in some way. Somebody did find someone who belongs to someone's family."