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Between
official facts and public fantasies, there are
INTERMEDIATE STATES…
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INTERMEDIATE STATES
The Anomalist 13: A Nonfiction Anthology
Edited by Patrick Huyghe & Dennis
Stacy
An Anomalist Books Original
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ISBN: 1933665262
196 pages, illustrated
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In
this issue…
In a mix of the comic and the tragic, John Reppion searches for the
truth behind an 1845 bridge collapse said to be caused when spectators
rushed to see a clown in a tub drawn by six white geese in the river
below.
Cliff Willett wonders why UFO aliens would traverse deep space to
borrow salt, sample our pizza, or offer us pancakes in his delightful
examination of alien eating habits.
What
does U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney think of the
Nephites? Fortean researcher Loren Coleman examines the Mormon belief
in this race of beings who live in a world between the known and
unknown, who once existed and may still walk among us, saving lives and
doing good deeds.
Technology buffs in the afterlife? Mark Macy traces his involvement in
our half-century long history of attempts to use technology to
communicate directly with the dead – and them with us.
Researcher Ulrich Magin tracks down the oft-repeated story of “the
first ever sea serpent sighting” by the Assyrian King Sargon nearly
three millennia ago and gets to the slimy truth of it all.
As protosciences proliferate, David Hricenak makes the case for a new
interdisciplinary field of study called bioanomalistics that overlaps
with cryptozoology, UFOlogy, and parapsychology.
Pennsylvania geologist Sharon Hill tackles the reports of anomalous
lights, sounds, weather, and animal behavior that are said to occur
before earthquakes, explains why science has been reluctant to accept
them as useful precursors, and suggests a possible mechanism to explain
such phenomena.
Modern science may finally be shedding light on the paranormal.
Biologist Dwight Smith and researcher Gary Mangiacopra look at how
recent developments in neuroscience may help unravel the physical and
physiological mechanisms that lead to out-of-body experiences.
With an obvious passion for her subject, Victoria Alexander reviews the
extreme ecstatic practices of medieval saints and mystics and finds a
close relationship to the modern use of ayahuasca as a visionary tool.
Researcher Theo Paijmans makes use of digital newspaper archives to get
to the truth about the Black Flash – not the 1990s fictional comic book
character from DC Comics but the phantomlike creature that plagued
Provincetown in the 1930s and held its inhabitants in an ice-cold grip
of fear.
Bad sci-fi movies are a dime a dozen, but there’s something special
about The Flying Saucer. Nick Redfern wonders if there is any substance
to the claims of its star/director, who spread the word that the movie
would feature footage of a real flying saucer over Alaska. The U.S. Air
Force was certainly interested…
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Contributors this issue:
Victoria Alexander
Loren Coleman
Sharon Hill
David Hricenak
Mark Macy
Ulrich Magin
Gary Mangiacopra
Theo Paijmans
Nick Redfern
John Reppion
Dwight Smith
Cliff Willett
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