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"I saw three reptilian humanoid beings in the right corner of my dimly lit bedroom, standing shoulder to shoulder, just in front of my closet doors."I received the following interesting account from an experiencer:"Hello. I found your website through a Google search which consisted of the words, 'reptilian + clipboard,' as insane as that sounds. Allow me to explain. Forgive me for my lengthy email - I promise to 'nutshell' this as much as possible. Still, I feel you’ll be interested in the story I have to share.I am a married 41-year-old stay-at-home mother of two teenagers who lives in Massachusetts (an Ohioan transplant). I am also a writer and deep diver of all things spiritual/paranormal/metaphysical and have been for most of my life. I’m an ex-paranormal investigator; having investigated locations across the US for several years; I hung that hat up about a decade ago to raise my children, but the insatiable interest in the unknown has persisted. It just manifests in other ways.A couple of years ago, while my children were safely elsewhere for the evening, I decided to take psilocybin mushrooms (in the form of a chocolate bar) in what would be considered just slightly more than a micro-dosage. I had been micro-dosing for a few consecutive days prior as a means of deep spiritual healing, as I had researched the healing effects psilocybin mushrooms have on PTSD and depression for years; both of which I had been diagnosed with a few years prior.I never took enough to 'trip' as most people do; for my intention was never to get high. My intentions were purely medicinal. I wanted to heal my mind.This evening, because my children were away and my fiancé was working in Martha’s Vineyard for the weekend, I decided to up my dosage just a bit out of sheer curiosity, but still well within the 'micro-dosage' range.At one point, I decided to meditate and stare at myself in my mirror with the lights off (it was still light out, so although the blinds were closed. I could see my reflection well enough) to heal my emotional trauma which created my PTSD. I attempted the scrying technique, which you may or may not be familiar with, but essentially it’s when you stare into a mirror at your own reflection and sometimes you see things that common sense dictates you just shouldn’t see.For a brief moment, I thought I saw my reflection appear as what I first thought was a dragon.. then I thought, 'dinosaur face?' Then I quickly thought, 'reptilian.'Up to this point, I didn’t know much of 'reptilians,; other than they were 'bad' (which I’ve since learned likely isn’t the truth and instead a gross overgeneralization of a possible species like our own, where there are always a few bad eggs amongst the bunch).It’s fair to say I am far more skeptical than not, depending on the day and my mood. But in my colorful and extensive history of both researching and investigating the paranormal, I’ve had my own fair share of seemingly unexplainable occurrences, so I quickly filed it in my brain under, “WTF was that? I’ll come back to that later,” and went about my evening.As I mentioned, I wasn’t 'tripping.' I wasn’t in any real state of drug-induced hallucination. Micro-dosing on psilocybin can be best described as a super light and unburdened feeling, which does not affect your ability to go about your normal, everyday responsibilities whatsoever. If anything, I had far more energy and pep in my step. I was the joyful little ray of sunshine I had been in my youth before life got ahold of me and snuffed my light out. While micro-dosing, it feels as if 40 years of trauma and neglect had been temporarily lifted off not just my physical body, but my emotional and spiritual bodies as well, and I could breathe again. It helped me to see and sort through the things that had been plaguing me, whether consciously or subconsciously for decades.I explain this because this is why I feel the next experience I’m about to share with you is possible. I’m forever searching for the explanations. The 'whys.' So, when I experienced what I’m about to share with you. I needed to know how to substantiate it in my own mind. In the process of trying to figure that out, I considered fairly early on that it’s likely what happened was that the psilocybin essentially cleared my channels, my static, my personal interference induced by personal trauma and thick emotion, temporarily. My unburdened body was able to perceive/tune into a channel otherwise imperceptible. That’s my theory. A few hours after my mirror experience, as the psilocybin had nearly left my body completely, I decided I’d go to bed early since I had no children to wake me.A few hours in (another few hours for the psilocybin’s effects to have left my body, so I cannot attribute this at all to any hallucinogenic effects, as I’d not taken nearly enough at any point that day, but I want to be crystal clear in mentioning psilocybin was a part of this experience in its totality), I blinked my eyes sleepily to scan my bedroom as I rolled over from my left side to my right. As I did so, I saw three reptilian humanoid beings in the right corner of my dimly lit bedroom, standing shoulder to shoulder, just in front of my closet doors. The middle one was a male, wearing what appeared to be a white or light-colored jacket or coat (I say coat, but mean more of a lab style “coat”), with a defined, chiseled jawline, what looked to be scales on the skin of his face, no hair, and muscular but not overly so. He was holding a clipboard and a writing utensil as if he were studying me as I slept and taking notes.The two beside him I never got a good look at. The second I blinked my eyes again, they were gone. They were about 5’5” - 5’10.” I wasn’t scared at the moment. I actually remember thinking, “Well, huh. Isn’t that interesting? I’ll think about that in the morning.” And I fell right back asleep, which is by no means normal for me. I am an awful sleeper. I am a thinker to the tenth degree.I awoke the following morning remembering it clearly, but my conscious mind was already fighting me hard to dismiss it and throw it away as something my admittedly overactive imagination created with the help of whatever residual magic mushroom chocolate bar still lingered in my system. But the interesting thing is, I’ve never had any interest whatsoever in the whole reptilian thing. Of all my countless hours spent hyper-fixated down paranormal and metaphysical rabbit holes over the last twenty-odd years. I’d never even considered the whole reptilian humanoids thing. It just simply hadn’t been presented to me yet in a way that fancied my thirst to know more.So, I began doing research on reptilians and discreetly Googling every now and again things like, “reptilians with clipboards,” to see what I could come up with. In the years that have followed, I’ve certainly learned a lot more about what people think they are, their origins, their villain origin stories, etc. But I’d never found anyone with a story similar to mine. So I’d begun to file the experience in my brain under, “Maybe I was just bored so I conjured a fascinating something-or-other for sh*ts and giggles,” until I read your blog post from November 2024 about a reptilian in someone’s bedroom with a clipboard!Pardon my language, but it was FKing unexpected. Spicy language is warranted. And the initial of the person who submitted it… 'S.' My first name is 'S.' I have shared this story once and only once when I still had a Facebook account as a comment on a post - and I’ll tell you, my first thought was that someone stole my personal account and reported it as their own, and I immediately was slightly miffed. There are differences in our stories, of course, and I’m giving the benefit of the doubt because I have to tell you, right now my mind is a little blown by the similarities. It certainly has brought the 'experience' right back to the forefront of my mind for consideration again. I don’t know much about you or your channel, admittedly, this is the first time I’d seen it, having been directed there by my Google search, but I eventually deemed it interesting enough to reach out to you and share my story with you. If only, maybe, for some sort of validation that someone else really did have that experience and that my own is eerily similar, and possibly, actually, real. Or, maybe someone did read my story and stole it to present it as their own. I just don’t know. But I’m curious. I’d appreciate a note back to let me know I have, in fact, just poured my soul, in the form of a completely insane story, out to a real person. Thanks for taking the time to read it. Happy New Year. Kindly, S"NOTE: I wrote back to 'S' and assured her that the November 2024 post was from another experiencer who contacted me. I have heard and read similar scenarios in the past. It is still an interesting 'coincidence,' nonetheless. Lon**********ALIEN ENCOUNTERS! EXPERIENCER TESTIMONIES | Join Us - LIVE CHAT - Q & A (OTHERWORLDLY INFESTATION!)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.OUR PRIVACY POLICYThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved

"Two figures, around 3 to 4 feet tall, appeared in the windows on either side of my front door. Their silhouettes were backlit by the flashing lights, and they reminded me of the Wandjina figures."I received the following account:"Dear, Mr. Lon. I want to share an experience I had in the fall of 2020. I’m just a regular guy living near the coast of South Carolina, and this event still lingers in my mind.At the time, my roommates had just gotten married and left for their honeymoon, leaving me home alone. I decided to spend the evening in my detached garage, which I had converted into a man cave. After playing a few rounds of 'Call of Duty' with my friends, I got up for a break, maybe for a drink or the bathroom, I’m not entirely sure.When I opened the garage door to step outside, I immediately noticed two strange things:1. It was pitch black, far darker than a normal night.2. Three owls were calling out loudly from somewhere in the trees behind my house.The owls were going ballistic, and that struck me because, in all my years living in this area, I had never seen or heard one owl, let alone three in one spot. As I stepped fully outside and closed the garage door behind me, the moment the door clicked shut, the owls went completely silent.That silence felt heavy, almost unnatural. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw it. A pale teal orb, glowing faintly like a lens flare, weaved through the trees with precision, avoiding every branch as it moved quickly across my field of vision.Panic hit me hard. I bolted into the house, slammed the door behind me, and locked it. But as soon as I was inside, every single light in the house began flashing — on, off, on, off — in perfect rhythm, about once or twice per second.At this point, I was in full fight-or-flight mode. I grabbed a shotgun, and positioned myself in the hallway, aiming directly at the front door. The lights kept strobing, and then I saw them.Two figures, around 3 to 4 feet tall, appeared in the windows on either side of my front door. Their silhouettes were backlit by the flashing lights, and they reminded me of the Wandjina figures, smooth heads, and faint but distinct impressions of red facial features. The strobing light made their movements look jittery, almost stop-motion, but they were definitely moving.I was paralyzed with fear, my shotgun aimed and ready. If the doorknob so much as twitched, I was prepared to pull the trigger. But then, as suddenly as it started, the lights stopped flashing, leaving me in total darkness.After what felt like an eternity, I gathered enough courage to step outside. That’s when I saw them, two large, red orbs, crackling with what looked like static electricity. They moved together in a synchronized yet bizarre pattern. One orb would dart forward, and the second would almost get pulled towards it like they were connected by invisible strings. Then the first orb would reverse halfway back before continuing forward again. It was unlike anything I’ve ever seen.And then... they vanished.I was left standing there, shotgun still in hand, shaking, hyperventilating, and trying to make sense of what just happened.If this was some kind of mental break, it’s the only one I’ve ever had in my life. I’ve never experienced anything remotely similar before or since.I wanted to share this story because it still feels significant, like a puzzle piece I don’t know how to fit. If you have any thoughts, insights, or questions, I’d be more than willing to share more details.Thank you for your time and consideration. Best regards, C"NOTE: This is quite an interesting account, but I have heard and read similar events and sightings. The precursor 'owl' sightings is a phenomenon that I have experienced and written about in the past. Lon**********ALIEN ENCOUNTERS! EXPERIENCER TESTIMONIES | Join Us - LIVE CHAT - Q & A (OTHERWORLDLY INFESTATION!)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.OUR PRIVACY POLICYThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved

The recording, captured by a passenger from a commercial flight, shows multiple human-like figures standing on top of clouds. What are your thoughts?A mysterious video making rounds on social media has sparked curiosity and confusion. The footage, captured by a passenger from a commercial flight, shows multiple human-like figures standing on top of clouds. While the location and timing of the video remain unclear, it has caught the attention of many after the clip shared by Myra Moore, a self-claimed paranormal expert. In her post, Moore was herself fascinated with the strange sight and asked others to share their opinion on the unusual scene above the Earth. The video has led to various conspiracy theories, as some humorously suggested the figures are just people on a snowy landscape, while others speculate it could be steam from industrial gases rising through a fog.Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the paranormal expert asked, “The following footage was captured by a passenger on a commercial airline. They were glancing outside when they noticed something weird, what appeared to be beans standing on top of the clouds and there’s more than one, but what is it? It couldn’t possibly be humans out there. What did they capture?"Humanoids Standing on Clouds?**********ALIEN ENCOUNTERS! EXPERIENCER TESTIMONIES | Join Us - LIVE CHAT - Q & A (OTHERWORLDLY INFESTATION!)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.OUR PRIVACY POLICYThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved

Does a mythical bird inhabit the Patapsco State Park, near Ilchester, Maryland? Could it be a 'Phoenix,' the renowned 'Firebird,' the immortal bird that supposedly rises from the ashes?I was thumbing through old investigation files when I came across notations I had made regarding an unknown bird-like creature. The sightings were reported in 1985 and continued into 1987. It was an odd situation because I knew a few of the witnesses and I was also employed nearby at the time of the sightings.During the afternoon of May 5, 1985, I received a telephone call from Alfred M., the initial witness. He and 2 other men had seen a large bird-like creature perched in a hickory tree while driving south on Thistle Rd. toward River Rd. adjacent to the Patapsco State Park in Southwest Baltimore County, Maryland. Alfred stopped the vehicle and watched the creature for several minutes. It eventually flew out of the tree and landed approximately 50 feet from the road where the witnesses were able to get a keen observation of the creature.Albert stated that it stood 4-5 feet high and was greenish-blue in color except for the head which was bright red. The wing span was enormous, he estimated it at 15 feet or more tip-to-tip. The legs were thick and long with distinguishable talons. The eyes were also noticeable, slanted, and large with a bright yellow hue. It also made 'clucking and cackle' sounds. After a minute or so, it unfurled its wings and took flight towards the east. Alfred said it reminded him of a hybrid 'dragon and peacock,' which he thought was crazy but he stuck with the description.At the time, I thought that the creature was either a large turkey buzzard or maybe a peacock someone may have had as a pet. In fact, a peacock farm did exist in the area back in the 1950s according to people I interviewed. I went to the location but found no evidence supporting the sighting.Later that year, I heard a rumor of a large bird being seen near the Hilton Area of the Patapsco State Park on Hilltop Rd. After several inquiries, I was able to locate the witness, Darlene M., who confirmed the sighting. She and her daughter lived nearby and had been walking along Hilltop Rd. when they observed a huge bird flying towards them. Darlene stated that the creature got within 20 feet of them then suddenly changed direction and flew into the woods. She said that they were terrified, she was sure it was going to hit them. She had gone to the library to see if she could find a picture of the creature. She found an old illustration of a Fung Hwang, or Chinese Phoenix, and said it looked very similar to what they observed. She described the head as a vibrant red with fierce eyes. The wings were bright red and tipped with large green feathers. It flew by so quickly that she was unable to get a better description.This is the image Darlene showed me - In 1886, Charles Gould reproduced this picture of the Fung Hwang or Chinese Phoenix. In fact, the male was called Fung, and the female was called Hwang. Just as dragons could be auspicious, so could these birds, said to tower over most people and enjoy music.Once again I was stumped by the sighting. I talked to two ornithologists who thought I was delusional. I also contacted the state park service and asked if they had heard of any strange reports. Nothing, though they were amused by the questions.On the morning of April 29, 1986, several employees at the local paper mill observed a large bird standing in the loading area. According to the witnesses, this creature fit the description of a very large peacock, but there were some oddities. The head was red in color and it didn't have the long plumes. Other than those anomalies the overall description pointed towards a peacock. Could there be a breeding population in the state park?In January 1987 a truck driver (Robert S.) was heading south on Thistle Rd. and was startled by a huge bird that flew across the road in front of his vehicle. I was able to interview him by telephone a few days later (he lived in Edison, NJ). His impression was that it 'looked like a dragon.' There was snow on the ground and the creature silhouetted well enough to get a quick but detailed look. Robert stated that it was 'as long as his truck was wide' and 'was powerfully built'. He also confirmed it had a red-colored head and greenish-blue body and wings.At this point, I had nothing more than anecdotal evidence. There was no natural explanation for the existence of this creature. Even today I have little to go on because I simply have not come across another cryptid that matches the description.The Gryphon is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. As the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle was the king of the birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature.The final sighting, as far as I know, took place on June 30, 1987. The witness, David, was a Baltimore Gas and Electric employee who, along with his partner, was working along the power line that runs north to south through the state park. At a point north of Hilltop Rd. near the old mill village is an abandoned church graveyard. The former church was razed in the 1930s but the graveyard was left on its own, thus, it was severely overgrown by the woods. David observed a large bird-like creature that he described as a 'Gryphon,' though he admits that he didn't get a very good look at it. He only noticed the creature after hearing a rustling sound which he thought was probably deer moving through the woods. He said the creature raised up from a rock, spread its wings and vanished. David admitted that the sight of this beast was a shock and that he did not want to go back to the location.NOTE: I really wish I had more to offer. I kept the notes and vowed to go back and investigate the encounters if more sightings were reported. The witness Darlene may have been on to something. Maybe this was a mythical firebird with the ability to be reborn from its own ashes. Unfortunately, I have not heard of other incidents. LonUPDATE: There may have been a more recent sighting by a colleague. If more information comes to light I will add an update. Lon**********RISSA MILLER - LEGEND OF 'HELL HOUSE' - LON STRICKLER - Live Chat - Q&A - (CREEPY MARYLAND HISTORY)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.OUR PRIVACY POLICYThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved

“Four areas of illegitimate activity … threaten the independence of judges on which the rule of law depends,” U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warned in his 2024 year-end report. He identified “(1) violence, (2) intimidation, (3) disinformation, and (4) threats to defy lawfully entered judgments” as the top behaviors that threaten to undermine the “critical function” courts perform in a democracy. Roberts cited a “significant uptick in identified threats” against the judiciary. According to U.S. Marshals Service statistics, he said, hostile threats have more than tripled over the past decade, and the marshals have investigated more than 1,000 serious threats against federal judges in just the past five years, resulting in approximately 50 criminal indictments. Fortunately, the marshals have successfully countered these threats—so far—but this does not negate the fact that, “in extreme cases, judicial officers have been issued bulletproof vests for public events.” This leads into the second related activity that Roberts criticized, intimidation. He observed that the practice of “doxing … can lead to a flood of angry, profane phone calls to the judge’s office or home,” or even visits. “Activist groups intent on harassing judges have gone so far as to offer financial incentives for posting the location of certain judicial officers,” Roberts added. Left-wing activists aggressively exploited “doxing” during the summer of 2022, after a draft opinion for the Dobbs case was leaked. Activists illegally published the home addresses of the six conservative-leaning Supreme Court justices online. Many more activists joined a harassment campaign that organized weekly protests at each of the justices’ homes, in an unsuccessful attempt to exhaust them into changing their position. Most concerningly, a California activist traveled to Maryland with weapons and gear to kidnap and assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, before he lost his nerve and called the police on himself. Roberts next addressed “disinformation.” In contrast with the irresponsible way the Biden administration employed the term, he provided a specific example and an appropriate response. “At its most basic level, distortion of the factual or legal basis for a ruling can undermine confidence in the court system,” Roberts wrote, perhaps thinking of President Joe Biden accusing the court of taking sides in a spending battle when it struck down his student loan amnesty with no basis in law. “Our branch is peculiarly ill-suited to combat this problem,” Roberts lamented, “because judges typically speak only through their decisions. We do not call press conferences or generally issue rebuttals.” Instead, Roberts recommended “a renewed emphasis on civic education as the best antidote for combating the epidemic of misinformation.” Finally, Roberts addressed the recent rise in “defiance of judgments lawfully entered by courts.” Only weeks ago, county election officials in Pennsylvania were openly defying their state supreme court in a fruitless effort to preserve Bob Casey’s seat in the U.S. Senate. In 2023, federal lawmakers—including Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; and Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C.—urged the Biden administration to ignore a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that halted a Biden administration rule relaxing restrictions on the abortion drug mifepristone. The Biden administration ignored those calls and ultimately won a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court. “It is not in the nature of judicial work to make everyone happy. Most cases have a winner and a loser. Every administration suffers defeats in the court system—sometimes in cases with major ramifications for executive or legislative power or other consequential topics,” reflected Roberts. “Within the past few years, however, elected officials from across the political spectrum have raised the specter of open disregard for federal court rulings. These dangerous suggestions, however sporadic, must be soundly rejected.” “At the end of the day, judges perform a critical function in our democracy. Since the beginning of the Republic, the rulings of judges have shaped the Nation’s development and checked the excesses of the other branches,” Roberts continued. “But judicial independence is undermined unless the other branches are firm in their responsibility to enforce the court’s decrees.” Lest he be misunderstood, Roberts clarified that the judicial independence he envisioned was not one that affronted free speech. “In a democracy—especially in one like ours, with robust First Amendment protections—criticism comes with the territory,” he said. “It can be healthy. As Chief Justice Rehnquist wrote, ‘[a] natural consequence of life tenure should be the ability to benefit from informed criticism from legislators, the bar, academy, and the public.’” Rather, Roberts was concerned about “illegitimate” opposition to the judicial system, mostly consisting of lawless behavior. “It should be no surprise that judicial rulings can provoke strong and passionate reactions. And those expressions of public sentiment—whether criticism or praise—are not threats to judicial independence,” he continued. “To the contrary, public engagement with the work of the courts results in a better-informed polity and a more robust democracy.” A strong court system should be a safeguard to America’s constitutional system, Roberts argued, and attempts to weaken the court are attacks on that system itself. Originally published by The Washington Stand The post Chief Justice Blasts Intimidation, Defiance of Judges in Year-End Report appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A US-based online gift card retailer has resolved a critical data exposure incident that left highly sensitive customer identity documents accessible on the internet, raising concerns about the growing risks posed by mandatory data collection under “know your customer” (KYC) and digital ID regulations. The issue came to light when a security researcher, known by the alias JayeLTee, discovered an unprotected storage server linked to MyGiftCardSupply. According to TechCrunch, the server, which lacked even basic password protection, contained hundreds of thousands of government-issued IDs, including driver’s licenses and passports, as well as selfies submitted by customers. These documents are required by the company to comply with US anti-money laundering laws, which mandate identity verification for certain transactions. Despite an attempt by JayeLTee to notify MyGiftCardSupply about the exposure, the company did not respond until TechCrunch reported the breach. MyGiftCardSupply’s founder, Sam Gastro, later confirmed the issue. “The files are now secure, and we are doing a full audit of the KYC verification procedure,” Gastro stated. He also pledged that the company would delete identity documents promptly after verification in the future. Gastro declined to disclose how long the data had been exposed or whether customers would be informed of the breach. He also did not address why the company ignored the initial warning from the researcher or failed to act sooner to secure the information. According to JayeLTee, the server, hosted on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, contained over 600,000 images of identity documents and selfies from approximately 200,000 customers. These materials are a part of controversial KYC procedures, intended to confirm identities and prevent fraud. This incident not only underscores the dangers of mishandled personal data but also raises broader concerns about the risks associated with escalating data collection mandates. As governments worldwide push for stricter KYC regulations and the implementation of digital ID systems, companies are being compelled to gather and store ever-larger amounts of sensitive information. Such expansive data requirements, while aimed at curbing fraud and enhancing security, also increase the likelihood of breaches, exposing customers to significant privacy and security risks. Separately, according to the report, JayeLTee recently uncovered another exposed cache of KYC-related data involving Roomster, a roommate-matching platform. The breach included approximately 320,000 images of passports and driver’s licenses. While the total number of affected individuals remains unclear, Roomster’s general counsel downplayed the incident, asserting there was “no reason to believe” the data had been accessed or misused. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Data Exposure at MyGiftCardSupply Highlights Risks of Digital ID Regulations appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Elon Musk has announced a significant overhaul to the algorithm of X. Speaking through a series of posts on the platform, Musk emphasized enhancing user experience by promoting content that resonates positively with users and aligns with his concept of “unregretted user-seconds.” The forthcoming changes allegedly aim to boost informational and entertaining posts while deprioritizing “negative” content. In a series of posts, Musk detailed plans to highlight more informational and entertaining content while reducing the prominence of negativity in user feeds. “Algorithm tweak coming soon to promote more informational/entertaining content. We will publish the changes to @XEng. Our goal is to maximize unregretted user-seconds,” he wrote. Musk further suggested that content generating outrage or conflict, while it may increase time spent on the platform, often fails to leave users feeling satisfied. This focus on “unregretted user-seconds”—time users perceive as valuable and free of regret—has drawn mixed reactions. Proponents see it as a step toward improving user experience, but skeptics question how such an ambiguous metric will be defined and enforced. Who decides what content qualifies as “unregrettable,” and what happens to the voices and discussions that might not fit this mold? However, Musk also revealed plans to allow users greater control over their content feeds. “We’re also working on easy ways for you to adjust the content feed dynamically, so you can have what you want at any given moment,” he stated. While this might sound empowering, it does raise some deeper questions. If the platform is steering users toward content deemed “unregrettable,” some have argued it may subtly enforce a sanitized version of discourse that prioritizes comfort over complexity or controversy. Some users have already expressed unease about the announcement. “So… the beginning of a social credit system. Got it,” one commenter wrote, referencing fears that algorithmic changes could lead to content policing. Others questioned the vagueness of the terminology. “Am I the only one who doesn’t understand what unregretted user-seconds means?” one user asked, while another quipped, “Is this happy enough for you?!” If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Elon Musk Announces Algorithm Overhaul for X, Focusing on “Unregretted User-Seconds” appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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Pokémon Go creators told users they wanted them to catch all 1,025 characters in a fun, augmented-reality version of their cities. What they actually wanted was an army of bots to take pictures for them all over the world to help develop their product. Niantic L, the former Google subsidiary that created Pokémon Go, has used gamers to contribute to its mass library of images for nearly a decade in order to hone its artificial intelligence mapping models. A country essentially has no choice but to participate in espionage in its own streets. Users contributed to Niantic’s “Scaniverse” by enabling an option in Pokémon Go that would place the adorable monsters in the user’s real world so that when a user looked at their phone, it appeared as if the Pokémon character was standing on their street, in their park, or at the local store. Niantic said this feature was “completely optional,” and people had to “visit a specific publicly-accessible location and click to scan.” Despite the feature being optional, the product’s volume of downloads (anywhere between 600 million to one billion) has allowed for more than enough data to extrapolated. “We have trained more than 50 million neural networks, with more than 150 trillion parameters, enabling operation in over a million locations,” Niantic boasted in a blog post. “We receive about 1 million fresh scans each week, each containing hundreds of discrete images.” That blog post was edited after a slew of bad press, and added, “Merely walking around playing our games does not train an AI model.” It’s not clear however, what exactly a “discrete” image means. The real product Niantic’s Large Geospatial Model could seemingly be used as a competitor to, or addition to, Google Street View/Google Maps. Where Google Maps may be able to show users the front of a monument or the entrance to a park, Pokémon Go trained its AI model with thousands of images — from single locations — to precisely determine the terrain, dimensions, and maneuverability of an area. The true meaning behind Pokémon Go’s scraping of user data does not seem to be to know where players are going or who they’re with, it’s simply that Niantic seemingly wanted to find a way to have tens of millions of people develop it product for it. The price for Pokémon licensing pales in comparison to having limitless employees around the world, who love their jobs yet at the same time don’t when they are working. “Pokémon Go is just the beginning,” Return’s James Poulos said. “When it comes to the high-tech grey zone of interactive digital overlays, this fast-evolving frontier mixes and blurs military intelligence and law enforcement data with commercial and recreational applications.” It seems obvious that Niantic is moving toward using this data for augmented-reality glasses and further personalizing user experience in a new form of consumerism. The same way social media platforms or Amazon use a unique advertising ID to suggest that new pair of mittens, Niantic hopes its AI model will not only “help with navigation” but also guide users through the world, answer questions, and provide “personalized recommendations.” Having a complex understanding of environments will allegedly give people the opportunity to be more “informed and engaged with their surroundings,” the company also claimed. Why they need you Niantic explained that without users, it wouldn’t be able to piece together proper measurements and unseen sides of any given object or location. For example, Niantic revealed that its geospatial model is unable to properly navigate winding streets in an old European town, where elevation fluctuates and objects have unidentical sides. The company explained, “Appearance changes based on time of day and season ... the shape of many man-made objects follow specific rules of symmetry or other generic types of layouts — often dependent on the geographic region.” Much of the task, kicked to the consumer, has been finding a way to see what objects or locations look like from different angles. This “spatial understanding” is nearly impossible from satellite images, street view cameras, or AI models, especially for off-the-road locations. This inability to visualize “missing parts of a scene” was indeed the missing link for Niantic to properly place objects using augmented reality or even send a robot through unmapped terrain. Eerily, the latter will help autonomous bots navigate these off-road locations. “The robots are coming,” Poulos explained. “While citizens will doubtlessly seek out boundaries where humanoid machines don’t tread, in the meantime, they need internal guidelines for navigating the physical world, and they need them fast.” “Slurping up data provided en masse by unsuspecting augmented-reality players is a logical place to turn,” Poulos added. Much like Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, Niantic is hoping the future coincides with AR glasses. Along with that comes the need to be able to recognize and place things in the real world. The company even referred this connection to the real world as the “future operating system.” What could go wrong? When asked about a possible military application for its geospatial model, Niantic’s senior vice president of engineering, Brian McClendon, said he could “definitely see it.” “I think the question is would there be anything that they would do with it that would be outside of what a consumer or a Bellingcat want to do with it,” he added, according to 404 Media. One obvious application in war time would be using an enemy’s spatial mapping against them. If one country had its every nook and cranny mapped out, that data could be sold to a foe to develop a complex understanding of that country’s terrain. This would make a grand strategy far easier to implement for nations with this information that those without such information. However, McClendon said such use would “obviously” be an issue if it was “adding amplitude to war.” He then noted the project is “months or even years away” from any kind of product but failed to answer whether or not the user data would be sold. "There will be important questions that arise and we’ll tackle those responsibly and thoughtfully." Niantic’s team, unlike many in the upper echelon of the tech space, doesn’t seem to have any direct ties to intelligence agencies; CEO John Hanke, art director Dennis Hwang, director Tatsuo Nomura, and the aforementioned McClendon are all former Google employees and Silicon Valley veterans. While this data seems poised for nefarious use, as it stands, all signs point toward ruthless capitalism. "Unfortunately, you're going to see more and more of this in the AI era,” said Josh Centers, editor in chief of Unprepared.life. “Tech companies have been collecting stockpiles of random data for years, often unsure of what to do with it. Now, the answer is obvious: Feed it to a [language model] and see what it comes up with." This collection of data gives a multinational corporation seemingly more power, in at least one sense, than a government or standing army. A country essentially has no choice but to participate in espionage in its own streets. Most countries, anyway; Russia didn’t seem to approve of the notion of Pokémon Go from the start, as in 2016 it pushed out its own version of the app focusing on Russian culture and history. Niantic eventually pulled Pokémon Go from Russia and Belarus in 2022, allegedly in response to the war in Ukraine. It’s entirely possible, however, that Russia didn’t want it in the first place. Did it know?