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Luke T.
28th January 2004, 03:04 PM
While typing an aircraft supplemental maintenance manual at work today (most boring work, ever), I was listening to an Art Bell show from June 12, 2001 that I downloaded. It’s a five hour program. Two hours was dedicated to a Bible Code debate. Commercials take up almost another two hours, I kid you not. Art Bell really pushes Human Growth Hormone (HGH) pretty hard.

Bell mentioned he had asked Randi to come on his show and talk about The Challenge, but Randi had turned him down. He was really steamed about it.

Bell does not strike me as a woo-woo, except when it comes to HGH, and that may only be because their checks don’t bounce. His show is all about the paranormal, but I don’t get the impression he buys into any of it. It is just entertainment to him.

After the Bible Code debate, he opened up the phone lines so people could call in and talk about the Bible Code, or anything they chose. So one guys calls in, thusly:


Art Bell: West of the rockies, you're on the air. Hello.

Male Caller: This is Dan in Idaho Falls.

AB: Hi, Dan.

MC: NASA is talking about the comets. There are four planet sized comets inbound for earth.

AB: Now where'd you hear about that?

MC: I gave the details to NASA of the U.S. government.

AB: You gave the details to NASA?

MC: Yes. In January, 1999.

AB: You would think that NASA would know about this on their own.

MC: Yes, they've sent ships out to see the comet and plot their courses.

AB: You said four comets.

MC: Four planet-sized comets.

AB: Planet sized-comets!

MC: Expect the first on the 27th of January if they've altered it according to the course I gave them.

AB: Might I ask how you found these?

MC: From crop circles. I decode crop circles.

AB: Hmmmmmm.

MC: There was a colliding comet in a crop circle.

AB: You haven’t actually seen the comets. In other words, you’re not an astronomer.

MC: No, I'm a decoder.

AB: A decoder of crop circles. So when you approached NASA and said, “Hey, NASA, I've decoded these crop circles and the comets are on the way,” what did they say?

MC: I didn't get a response.

AB: Mm-hmm.

Toooooo much! I hope the guy(s) who made that crop circle weren’t listening. I had a hard enough time myself not losing total control at my desk. It is very difficult to keep the laughter inside when you are in a quiet work environment like mine. :D



For those of you who enjoyed our debacle with Psi-Tech over Elizabeth Smart, you will probably enjoy this other phone call Bell received during the show:


AB: Wild card line, you’re on the air. Hello.

Female Caller: That’s me. Aloha Art, how are you?

AB: I’m fine.

FC: Okay. We don’t have to talk about Bible Code today, right? This is open line?

AB: No. Of course. You can talk about anything you want.

FC: Okay. Great. Here’s my question. Is it possible, if he hasn’t answered it already, the next time you have Ed Dames on, or even the next remote viewer that you mentioned earlier…

AB: Yes.

FC: Is there, if there’s anything anybody can do to keep from being spied on by a remote viewer. I mean now when I walk down the street and you get that funny feeling of being watched…

AB: (laughing)

FC: I have to wonder, is there a remote viewer looking at me? You know, are there these invisible eyes in the sky watching what I’m doing?


She then revealed that she was concerned some remote viewers might be perverts and spying on her when she was naked. LOL!

Only in her dreams, I’m sure. But that’s a whole other paranormal field…

CFLarsen
29th January 2004, 02:37 AM
Originally posted by Luke T.
For those of you who enjoyed our debacle with Psi-Tech over Elizabeth Smart, you will probably enjoy this other phone call Bell received during the show:

You may laugh, my friend, but IF these Remote Viewers really could do what they claim (apart from "finding" abducted children), they would face serious charges.

Out of Body, Out of Mind (http://www.skepticreport.com/mystics/outofbody.htm) ;)

And, on a more somber note, let's never forget the PSI-TECH vultures:
PSI-TECH: Not So Smart (http://www.skepticreport.com/psychics/psitechsmart.htm)

Psi Baba
30th January 2004, 10:48 AM
Originally posted by Luke T.
She then revealed that she was concerned some remote viewers might be perverts and spying on her when she was naked. LOL!

Um, how much does Psi-Tech charge for those Remote Viewing courses again? :bgrin:

Hand Bent Spoon
30th January 2004, 07:38 PM
I'm convinced Art Bell doesn't believe what his callers and guests (the cooky ones) espouse. He has no compunction about using them to make a buck, though. He's probably one of the biggest cynics around.

And those callers! Talk about mental illness on parade. Entertaining, but kind of sad, too.

Yahweh
1st February 2004, 10:44 PM
Originally posted by Luke T.
She then revealed that she was concerned some remote viewers might be perverts and spying on her when she was naked. LOL!
I would think most people would have the particular fear of "being watched" while they were young...

I would hope this woman isnt burderned to the point of anxiety (or depression) with this kind of irrational fear...

neutrino_cannon
2nd February 2004, 12:42 AM
"planet sized" comets? headed 'straight toward earth"?

Well then, let's be happy that we revolve around the sun, and thus they will miss us! My limited understanding of such collisions is that the gravitational attractions between the colliding objects is very close to negligable, and it is only the initial velocities and directions that count for anything. Therefore, if they are headed straight for us, by the time they get any closer, we'll have moved out of harms way!