Another year of Evangelical Christian attacks on Halloween
Sometimes I tune into various TV channels such as SonLife Broadcasting, the 700 Club, or Link TV to see their take on issues. This morning on SonLife Broadcasting, ironically a veiled reference to Christianity's "pagan" origin of Sun worship, they were discussing the evils of Halloween, Witches, Druids, Satanism, demons, etc. They went so far as railing on Native American traditions, calling them "Satanic," and actually criticizing those among them to hold onto their ancestral folkways as "refusing to accept Jesus into their lives." That would be like informing those in the discussion as those who are refusing to accept the Prophet Muhammad into their own lives!
Maybe they should discuss the evil and sleazy lifestyle that their founder Jimmy Swaggart lived thoughout the 70s and 80s; how he chased around prostitutes before he was finally caught. The prostitute whose testimony finally brought him down, Debra Murphree, said that Swaggart asked her about the "availability" of her 9-year old daughter. Here his little girl was in a life challenging situation at the time, only to be lusted upon by multi-millionaire Jimmy Swaggart. I strongly believe in redemption, but c'mon... for pedophilia? Why should he make hundreds of millions of dollars as a "holy man" after that? A different prostitute, whom Swaggart had been visiting, committed suicide around that time... or was she "suicided?"
Again, in general, I strongly believe in the concept of redemption. Also, people can get away from the things they love and believe in---far, far away in some instances---and they should be able to gather themselves and get back to those things. Lastly, this is just one possible interpretation of how some Evangelicals conduct themselves; there are even a few Christians, Pagans, or even Satanists who essentially have the same view of life! Deep rooted, non-literal-absolutist beliefs, and mindful of the idea that we should all "be good."
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Unidentified creatures in the darkness
With such pleasant weather lately where I live, I have sat out late on a deck which I have access to. As mentioned on a recent post, this deck is about the size of a small bedroom... and it symbolizes for me a bedroom of nature. It's actually located outside of a tall-fenced yard, and is on the edge of a remote area on the slope of a mountain. During this October Indian Summer, it has been particularly dark out there. If there are clouds, then the surrounding urban lights will light up those clouds, which then lights up the ground. However, when the sky is clear, and especially when there is no visible moon, then it's very dark. I have been going out there with a lounge chair to listen to the Coast To Coast AM radio program in the warm darkness. The program airs at it's normal time (10 PM to 2 AM) on Saturdays and Sundays; but it's broadcast late from Monday to Friday (1 AM to 5 AM).
Being out there in that warm darkness, amid nature, is special. There is what I call an "island of stars" visible amid the surrounding lights of the urban landscape. Occasionally a raccoon will pass by under the deck, and I might shine my flashlight on it. A few coyote howls can be heard occasionally from a nearby canyon. Every now and then a large shadowed silhouette of an owl can be spotted on a nearby tree limb; visible because it's in line with the distant city lights. I treasure these small blessings. However, on that evening two weeks ago, I heard a sudden snarl in a nearby grove of trees, followed by a guttural growl! It was as though some animal had been startled. After a few minutes, I just assumed that it might have been a coyote interaction, and forgot about it.
Then it occurred again! I noticed that it didn't sound like a coyote. It was surprisingly deep and guttural. I had actually heard that same vocalization from some trees and heavy brush when I was hiking in the hills several months ago at twilight. It really didn't seem to fit the sounds made by any of the animals around here. I tried to use my flashlight to spot whatever it might have been in the blackness of that tree grove. Nothing, but stone silence. Soon I forgot about it and continued to listen to the program. I reasoned that this is part of what made this spot special. The deck allows me to be close to nature, but still with the accommodations of "civilization" so to speak. Truly the best of both worlds. Similar to what it's like to really live in a rural area or in a cabin in the woods.
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The next morning I went out there and discovered a pile of bloody guts just below the deck. These were not the guts and entrails of a rodent, but of a larger animal! There were no bones or fur, so it was not possible to identify it. It was eerie to think of that creature's snarl and growl in light of this finding! Mainly not even knowing what it is! It was simply "a beast." Maybe it was a coyote. Anyone who has done any significant amount of hiking, or even anyone who has spent any time in a cabin has heard some unidentified creatures from time to time. Years ago it happened to me on two occasions. Once it was a type of howl-cry, which I heard numerous times during a twilight hike. It sounded like some sort've hoofed animal in pain.
The other time it was a deep low groan emanating from some thick brush in broad daylight while I was hiking along a trail. Both of those experiences were strange, but not as eerie as the one two weeks ago. I told a couple of people here about what happened, and it almost feels like a mild form of folklore. I suspect that it probably was a coyote, and maybe it killed a small animal like an opossum out there. Also somewhat eerie was that the guts were devoured the next night, as I discovered the following day when I went out there to clean it up. The killing was a reminder of the harsh and beautiful W-I-L-D that is present, so close... just outside of a fence!
During this past summer, I've heard what had to be some type of birds at night out there on the deck. Apparently some birds do sound off at night however. Sometimes owls make screeching sounds in the dark, different than the common hooting. This sounded different. I remember years ago of a story of a "monster" somewhere in North Carolina which was killing and eating neighborhood dogs and cats. Finally a motion camera snapped a picture of it. It turned out to be a Florida panther which had migrated north.
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'Video: Bigfoot Howl Recorded in Canada?'
By Tim Binnall - CoastToCoastAM.com - October 23, 2019
A chilling piece of footage from Canada features what appears to be a series of haunting howls coming from a forest and some suspect that the eerie screams could have come from a Bigfoot. The strange scene reportedly occurred earlier this month as Stargell Blackstar was grouse hunting with his wife and grandson at a rather remote wooded location around 30 miles Sioux Lookout, Ontario.
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strange unknown noise caught on video
Stargell Blackstar
45,695 views - October 3, 2019
me, my wife and grandson went grouse hunting about 45km from Sioux Lookout Ontario, Canada when we heard these screams, it lasted for around 5 minutes but we only got 3:05 minutes of video and we have 2:15 minutes of it here. happened on October 3, 2019 at 6:50pm CST.
Eeire Bigfoot vocalizations recorded deep within Canadian woods, Audio enhanced (Disclose Screen)
Disclose Screen 'The Grimreefar'
12,663 - October 22, 2019
Credit- Stargell Blackstar
Published October 3rd 2019
Location- Sioux Lookout Ontario, Canada
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