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Join Date: May 2002
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Psychic weighs in on case of missing Ariz. girl
For nearly three weeks Jhessye Shockley, a five year old girl, has been missing. With no updates, psychic Dave Campbell takes the limelight to make a 50/50 prediction. He gives a lot of detail based on the "planets" and claims 80% accuracy. The police have no interest in consulting a psychic.
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Increasing entropy since 1970
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I would say his prediction is a longer shot than 50/50, given the detail he has provided. I will be very interested to see if KPHO follows up by comparing the result (if and when it becomes known) to this prediction.
I would also be very interested to know the details of the 27 cases the |
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Hamilton New Zealand
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Since he claims to know so much the police should treat him as a suspect.
Several weeks of day long interviews should be started immediately |
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
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KPHO-TV is one of the nation's leading paranormal "news story" stations. As previously discussed here on the JREF forum KPHO-TV "news reporters" just can't avoid a story on psychic detectives that usually heavily promotes the paranormal and often mentions their local 'Find Me' group with "psychic detective" Sunny Dawn Johnston or others. KPHO-TV's record for doing anything but paranormal sensationalism and avoiding the facts is near zero. If you want more factual journalism and credible reports about the paranormal consider selecting any other news station within the United States. KPHO-TV News apparently wears blinders when it comes to helping eliminate paranormal fraud.
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Mostly harmless
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That seems to be the reason that the Portuguese police followed up messages from psychics in the McCann case:
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All the "psychics" accomplished, of course, was to waste a lot of time. |
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Join Date: May 2002
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No surprise the psychic hasn't been helpful.
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CNN reports:
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I am convinced that in the mind of a "psychic" it is a completely regular activity to abduct children for the sex trade/slavery. Factually, the most common abductor of a child is the parent or someone the kid knows, but this fact is lost on "psychics". They live in world of CSI or something.
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Join Date: May 2002
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It appears that psychic Dave Campbell was wrong about everything he said if the following statements from the girl's family are true.
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More on psychic Dave Campbell: Campbell owns the The Astrology Store at 5735 W. Glendale Ave., Glendale, AZ 85301 which sells readings, carpets, piercings and books, plus an "Award winning Tattoo artist". Here's the website http://theastrologystore.com/daves-readings According to Coast to Coast AM
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I'm curious to see him give evidence that he has solved one case for law enforcement. |
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Psychics never surprise me with their greed for notoriety, but they also never fail to disgust me. To capitalize on the torturous life and death of a child...there are just no words. |
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^^^
So Dave Campbell was wrong in every single detail? |
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