John Keel, investigator of paranormal phenomena, died last month. I found another book by him at Fahrenheit’s last weekend, and it is probably my favorite. Strange Creatures from Time and Space examine strange apparitions around the planet, throughout history, including Mothman, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, and countless others, suggesting that unidentified flying objects seen in our skies are manifestations of the same domestic psychic anomaly.
The key word there is “psychic”. While Bigfoot researchers like Christopher Noel see the collection of physical evidence in protecting Bigfoot as a natural species, Fortean researchers like Keel theorize that such apparitions may in fact be inter-dimensional. This would explain the lack of any physical evidence, after centuries of sightings, and the sickening sulfuric smell that accompanies them, which Keel points out has accompanied paranormal apparitions from ever since.
Here it is in his own words: “I abandoned the extraterrestrial hypothesis in 1967 when my own field investigations disclosed an astonishing overlap between psychic phenomena and UFOs . . . The objects and apparitions do not necessarily originate on another planet and may not even exist as permanent constructions of matter. It is more likely that we see what we want to see and interpret such visions according to our contemporary beliefs.”
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