from INVESTIGATOR MAGAZINE 153 and 156
BRITAIN SHUTS UFO DESK
Investigator used to
have articles about UFOs regularly. But these declined due to
investigative dead-ends and lack of scientific substantiation.
WATER- SUNSHINE DIET
The Sunday Mail of South
Australia reported: “Naveena Shine, 65, from Seattle, stopped eating in
May to explore Breatharianism — the concept that food is not necessary
and sunshine provides all the nourishment needed.” (2013 June 9)
Ms Shine followed a diet of water and tea and "a small amount of milk."
She set up cameras so outsiders could monitor she wasn't cheating and
said she was aiming for 100 days without eating. She wrote on Facebook,
"Plants live on light, then we eat plants. Are we simply not accessing
our inherent ability to live on light? ... If humans did not have to
eat, we could turn our planet back into a place of beauty."
A sedentary person taking only water and tea might survive 3 months. Drinking milk would make a difference.
Harry Edwards reported on "Breatharianism" in Investigator #69 and
argued that people's need for food is proved because millions die from
starvation.
After six weeks Ms Shine’s weight had declined from 159 to 126 pounds
which is the normal rate of weight loss from fasting and after 47 days
she resumed eating. (Gabbatt, A. The Guardian, June 19)
BIBLES
MYTHICAL BEASTS
Aside from the famous hoax photo of the Loch Ness Monster in 1934, and
the 1967 footage of an alleged Bigfoot running, sightings and
encounters are still occurring.
Fortean Times (No. 273, March, 2011) reports that landscape gardener
Richard Preston, working near the Loch Ness shore, saw a "four hump
feature". The same page recalls "famous Nessie hunter" Tim Dinsdale
(1924-1987) who recorded a 2-minute film of Nessie in 1960. His son,
retired police detective Simon Dinsdale, is quoted stating the film is
genuine and that he himself had seen Nessie on two occasions.
Also on the same page is the testimony of Jason Cooke a security guard
from Nottingham. Cooke found the 23-metre-long monster with Google
satellite maps!
Fortean Times (No. 282, November 2011) has photos of "two humps" moving
through Loch Ness, 50 metres from the shore, photographed on September
7, 2011.
Fortean Times (No. 296, December 2012) reported a sighting of "Bigfoot"
in Northern Quebec, Canada, on September 29 by two women. Also William
Barnes, who encountered Bigfoot in 1997, has teamed up with
anatomy-anthropology professor Jeffrey Meldrum to raise $300,000 to
build a "remote controlled dirigible" to search for Bigfoot.
For more information on illusive monsters consult Wikipedia or books such as the following:
Buhs, J.B. 2009 Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend, University of Chicago Press
Cohen, D. 1989 Encyclopedia of Monsters, Guild Publishing
Costello, P. 1975 In Search of Lake Monsters, Panther Books
Dinsdale, T. 1976 The Leviathans, Futura Publications
Guenette, R. & F. 1975 The Mysterious Monsters, Sun Classic
Lavers, C. 2009 The Natural History of Unicorns, Harper Collins.