Where Did the Road Go? Exploring the Fringe...

Seriah is joined by Super_Inframan and Chris Ernst to discuss recent weird news. Topics include a reporter’s strange experience with a chatbot, Joshua Cutchin’s encounter with an AI description of a book that does not (currently) exist, A.P. Strange, AI as a Trickster, simulacrums, “Society of the Spectacle”, Jean Baudrillard, wealthy doomsday preppers, Peter Theil, deep fake technology, Futurama, advertising in dreams, Tim Boucher, an AI-generated article about itself, quantum computing, scrying, AI as a less than fully conscious intelligent servant, fakery in paranormal photos and videos, a social media influencer targeted by deep-fake porn, changing social mores involving sexual material, tattoos and piercing, Portland OR, cultural norms, the history of fashion, neckties, lost origins of customary practices, critical thinking, political divisions, public distrust of the press, information overload, profit in the news business, the fairness doctrine in the FCC, the 24 hour news cycle, the cold war alliance between the CIA and the New York Times, algorithms, generational differences in news consumption, Tik-Tok, accuracy among various news networks, clickbait, ghost hunting TV shows, side-show gimmicks, alternative rock, “Jackass” and skater culture, the podcast “Wolf 359”, scientists predict collapse of human civilization due to deforestation, the Amazon rainforest, “Silent Running”, climate change, the ozone hole, fixable problems, the ubiquitous influence of money, a post-scarcity society, Adam Smith and capitalism, cronyism, possibly ancient machine tracks in Turkey, prehistoric wheel marks around the world, Graham Hancock, a vast network of linked Mayan cities connected by superhighways, Francisco de Orellana and possible massive lost civilizations in South America, European imperialism and archeology, the myth of progress, catastrophes, the danger of solar flares, the Carrington Event, Whitley Strieber, “Phantoms” by Dean Koontz, “The Rig” TV series, and much more! This is riveting, thought-provoking discussion!

- Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast

Outro Music by Vrangvendt with What Happiness Feels Like

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Seriah is joined by Super_Inframan and Taylor Bell. Topics include aphantasia (the lack of ability to visualize), imagination, the “mind’s eye”, meditation, mental imagery, an informal survey, imagery in dreams, personal paranormal experiences, aphantasia and creativity, graphic arts, children’s imaginary experiences, internal monologues, self-talk, songs in dreams, different ways of remembering numbers, modes of learning and types of memory, lost objects, the nature and flaws of memory, the book “The Invisible Gorilla”, a strange memory of Seriah’s resolved by keeping a diary, false memories, mental filling-in, emotion and false certainty, PTSD, memories vs. recorded reactions of 9/11, perception and age, a misperception that nearly caused a traffic accident, UFO experiences of Taylor and Seriah and questions of perception, a “folded-up fighter jet”, Barbara Fisher, a mysterious yellow helicopter, an anomalous plane, Saxon’s experience with a giant snake head, Taylor’s childhood memory of scaring himself with a movie monster, reincarnation, children’s memories of past lives, the illusionary power of confidence, confidence vs. competence, the Dunning-Kruger effect, false confidence, con-games and scammers, Steven Greer, alien races, salesmanship, aggressive selling techniques, sales and ethics, psychological manipulation, criminals preying on the elderly, spam email, “Last Exit for the Lost” radio show, the book “Miracle Visitors” by Ian Watson, false certainty in the paranormal community, proving an anomalous event vs. proving an explanation, Bigfoot, “belief” and assumptions, high strangeness, Jeffrey Kripal, paranormal encounters and the witness’s life, narratives perceived or imposed, Aaron Dabbah, myths, the limited number of core stories and archetypes, a pro wrestling analogy, the film “Cloud Atlas”, the hero’s journey archetype, the Epic of Gilgamesh, “John Wick”, H.P. Lovecraft, a long-term gaming experience, “Twin Peaks”, the ancient gods vs. cosmic horror, death and its unknowability, Joseph Campbell, and much more! This is an unusual, kind of meta, episode loaded with thought-provoking discussion!

- Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast

Outro Music by DramaScream with What I've Become

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In this quick off-road edition of the show, Seriah is joined by Saxon and Chris and they do a quick update on the balloon situation before talking a bit about some recent cosmological discoveries and the electric universe theory.

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Seriah is again joined by author and paranormal researcher Travis Watson for the second half of their discussion. Topics include sea monsters, tulpas, sea serpents in mythology, thought forms materialized by psychic energy, Alexandra David-Neel, Walter B. Gibson, a plantation ghost apparently created by belief, a psychic trauma miasma, water monsters and cold still water, relic dinosaurs, the Philip experiment, dreams, magickal practice, John Michael Greer, merfolk, an encounter between a French explorer and a mermaid, storms, John Warms, the strange ethnicity of mermaids, the folly of manatees being confused with merfolk, bizarre completely white humanoid entities, an encounter with a “fear zone”, legend tripping, Lon Strickler, a witness terrified by a tall emaciated white humanoid, the Wendigo, paranormal encounters as psychic experiences, ghost trains, Frank Edwards, phantom carriages arriving for the dead, Joshua Cutchin and the wild hunt, repeated apparitions of trains, the month of December and the dead, Linda Godfrey, Scottish Fae lore brought to Canada, broadcaster Christian Page’s bizarre abduction by unknown entities, the paranormal as a theatric presentation, initiation and fear, the Fae placing trees in people’s way, Joshua Cutchin and Fae on the march, youths encounter with fog and a strange man and missing time, people mysteriously transported to other continents, the “King Hall’s AM” podcast, J. Allen Hyneck, a detailed report of a bizarre sphere by an astronomer, intelligent plasma, Timothy Renner, strange lights and Sasquatch, anomalous lights and numerous phenomena, angels, Janet and Colin Bord, several children encounter weird humanoids mooing like cows, Susan Michaels, a UFO appearing over a hotel in downtown Montreal with numerous witnesses, unexplained slime falls on a school for three days in a row, skyfalls including a rain of frogs, black dog encounters, and much more! Travis provides a plethora of fascinating stories and the discussion is riveting!

- Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast

Outro Music is Andra Dare with Lillith

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Seriah is joined by author and paranormal researcher Travis Watson. Topics include cryptids in Canada, Fortean events, the wood bison, “Lazarus” species, the massive size and small population of Canada, the possibility of a physical relic hominid/undiscovered ape, high strangeness and Sasquatch, an encounter with an apparent dinosaur in the wilderness, Mokele Mbembe in Africa, a Canadian upright panther, the strange melanistic mountain lions, “Catman”, giant snakes, John Warms, Indigenous lore, weird holes in the ground, giant beavers, an encounter with a giant wolf, Ivan T. Sanderson, Linda Godfrey, the “bear wolf” in Wisconsin, dire wolves, an encounter with a huge upright wolf, Dogman, psychic messages from cryptids, bipedal canines, man-wolves, werewolves in magickal tradition, John Keel, Skinwalker Ranch, the multiverse, portals, perception and the unknown, spirits, geo-magnetic fields and paranormal sightings, Slenderman, “the Shadow” tulpa, black dogs and psi, lake monsters, Ogopogo, offerings and the consequences for not making them, a primitive extinct whale, underwater cryptids, lake monsters occurring along a certain parallel, Champ, the “Vast Horizon” sci-fi podcast, sea monsters, the Oz effect, strangely calm waters, a “water lion” sea monster, an encounter preceding a shipwreck, a blue-eyed sea giraffe, aggressive sea serpents, giant eels, flaps in different types of paranormal phenomena, cycles of flaps, the difficulties of compiling Fortean data, black dog phenomena, strange mists, Sasquatch in Canada, and much more! This is a fascinating discussion with so much information that it will be continued!

- Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast

Outro Music is Arrows of Alchemy by Meka-Nism

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Seriah is joined by Chris Ernst and Super Inframan for a listener stories episode. Topics include a bizarre encounter with a possible angel, holograms, sleep paralysis, experiences with the ghost of a dog, other dead pet phenomena, Biblical metaphysical and evolutionary insights on pets, psychopomps, a Jesus-like apparition in a child’s closet, a mechanical/robotic sleep paralysis incident, a “shadow cat”, an incident of unexplained knocking and scratching, micro-earthquakes, poltergeist activity, a vardoger experience, a bizarre incident with an old telephone in an apparently haunted trailer, stages of death prior to physical death, traumatic events and hauntings, a weird “partial OBE”, a woman draining energy from appliances, electrical and kundalini energy, mental health and the paranormal, the myth of normalcy, Timothy Renner and the “Strange Familiars” podcast, the “Last Exit for the Lost” radio show, a “Hat Man” and “waking dream” encounter in a tattoo shop, bad experiences with parasitic shadow people, Carlos Castaneda, holographic universe theory, strange voices, a weird disappearing spider, encounters with an invisible entity, an apparently successful occult ritual, magick and depression, chaos magick vs ceremonial magick, schizophrenia, and much more! These are fascinating stories accompanied by very interesting discussion!

- Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast

Outro Music by Marble with "Terrified One"

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Updating the show from a couple of days ago with some new information on the rash of balloon news...

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In this Off Road Edition of the show, Seriah and Super Infra Man take apart what has been going on in the last couple of weeks with all these balloon sightings, UFO comments, etc., and what really is likely happening.

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Wal Thornhill passed away on February 7, 2023. I had the pleasure of speaking with him twice on Where Did the Road Go? These are those two interviews, about the Electric Universe, cleaned up and remastered.

Originally from May 2014 and May 2015.

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For the latest “Year in UFO History” episode, Seriah welcomes Mike Clelland and Aaron Gulyas. Topics include the increased public acceptance of the UFO phenomenon, military projects out-sourced to corporations for secrecy, glimmer man invisibility suits, the late Betty Andreasson Luca, Raymond Fowler, an OBE experience with a vision of a phoenix, relationships orchestrated by aliens, Howard Menger, Orfeo Angelucci, 1950’s and 60’s contactees, George Adamski, Carl Jung, “In Advance of the Landing” book, an encounter with seven owls, Congressional UFO hearings, disclosure and its contradictions, Bill Moore, Paul Bennewitz, disinformation, gullibility in Ufology, Tom Delonge, To The Stars Academy, Cheryl Costa and Linda Miller Costa’s “UFO Sightings Desk Reference: United States of America 2001-2015”, grifting in Ufology, a quote from Jane Pauley, Whitley Strieber, Ed Walters and the Gulf Breeze incident, the Calvine UFO photo, the Aurora experimental aircraft, Nick Pope, the UK Ministry of Defense, changing U.S. government definitions of “UFO” and “UAP”, Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck’s “Wonders in the Sky”, time travel, a youth experiences time distortion, the “Wilson memo”, alleged UFO craft retrieval, pregnancy irregularities connected to UFO encounters, Roswell, Steven Greer, early 2000’s search engines, government credibility hindering disclosure, the phenomena and the individual experiencer, Garry Nolan and metamaterials, UFO Twitter, Havana Syndrome, pilots injured by UFO contact, Skinwalker Ranch, the Ubatuba UFO incident in Brazil, Kenneth Ring and NDEs, the UK Rendlesham incident and its connection to the Texas Cash-Landrum incident, interrogation of troops at Rendlesham, Larry Warren, the “Mirrors” podcast, Professor Jeffrey Kripal and Rice University’s special collections, an academic conference at Rice, Kripal’s latest book “The Superhumanities”, “White Mountain” a Netflix film produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s company about the Betty and Barney Hill abduction case, the interesting timing of the Hill incident and President Obama’s birth, the Hill incident as both high strangeness and/or a government psyop, Wren Collier, Kathleen Martin niece of the Hills, “Interrupted Journey” by John Fuller, Zelia Edgar and alien clothes, Alta and Chad Dillard, a bizarre incident involving a triangle, “Orbducted in the French Quarter” book, Brian Short, “The Seventh Dead” book, Joshua Cutchin, “Ecology of Souls”, UFO and other paranormal phenomenon and connections to death, Anne Strieber, and much more! This is absolutely riveting discussion, packed with little-known facts and connections!

- Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast

Outro Music by Cactus Cathedral with "The Encounter" Live on The Last Exit for the Lost

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