The St. Catharines Poltergeist S01E04 Part Two
07/09/17 • 34 min
In this episode we speak to researcher and historian Dr. Christopher Laursen about the poltergeist phenomenon.
About Dr. Christopher Laursen
from his web page https://christopherlaursen.com
I am a scholar of religions, sciences, and the environment. I explore and study the interconnections between them. What Carl Gustav Jung called the “collective unconscious,” the philosopher Gregory Bateson referred to as “ecology of mind,” and the visionary artist Alex Grey calls the “net of being.”
The way I do this is by focusing on people’s extraordinary experiences, historically and in the present day. Such experiences have been given many names: intuition, self-actualization, peak experiences, mysticism, paranormal, supernormal, preternatural, psi, parapsychological, psychical, second sight, extra-sensory perception, clairvoyance. I position these experiences as part of nature, human and environmental. These things are “super natural.” Inspired by the work of the historian of religions Jeffrey J. Kripal, I insert a space between the noun “natural” and the adjective “super,” meaning beyond our present knowledge but with the potential to be better comprehended. The word “super natural” draws our attention to the potential that nature holds, and how people and cultures sense that potential. I approach these topics from historical perspectives and by working with those who sense and study that human and natural potential.
I am an educator who teaches university courses, works with researchers, and speaks to the public on topics that relate to the interconnectedness between religions, sciences, and the environment. Trained as a historian, I introduce a historical perspective to these topics, particularly in relation to how people experience these things and make knowledge from them. I bring in contemporary experiences and studies in order to examine what’s at stake in the present. How do these things reshape humanity and our world? I also educate through written work and other forms of media. Please see Teaching for more about my current courses at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington.
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In this episode we speak to researcher and historian Dr. Christopher Laursen about the poltergeist phenomenon.
About Dr. Christopher Laursen
from his web page https://christopherlaursen.com
I am a scholar of religions, sciences, and the environment. I explore and study the interconnections between them. What Carl Gustav Jung called the “collective unconscious,” the philosopher Gregory Bateson referred to as “ecology of mind,” and the visionary artist Alex Grey calls the “net of being.”
The way I do this is by focusing on people’s extraordinary experiences, historically and in the present day. Such experiences have been given many names: intuition, self-actualization, peak experiences, mysticism, paranormal, supernormal, preternatural, psi, parapsychological, psychical, second sight, extra-sensory perception, clairvoyance. I position these experiences as part of nature, human and environmental. These things are “super natural.” Inspired by the work of the historian of religions Jeffrey J. Kripal, I insert a space between the noun “natural” and the adjective “super,” meaning beyond our present knowledge but with the potential to be better comprehended. The word “super natural” draws our attention to the potential that nature holds, and how people and cultures sense that potential. I approach these topics from historical perspectives and by working with those who sense and study that human and natural potential.
I am an educator who teaches university courses, works with researchers, and speaks to the public on topics that relate to the interconnectedness between religions, sciences, and the environment. Trained as a historian, I introduce a historical perspective to these topics, particularly in relation to how people experience these things and make knowledge from them. I bring in contemporary experiences and studies in order to examine what’s at stake in the present. How do these things reshape humanity and our world? I also educate through written work and other forms of media. Please see Teaching for more about my current courses at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington.
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The St. Catharines Poltergeist S01E04
In February of 1970, police officer Richard Colledge, formally Canadian Armed Forces Infantryman, opened the door to a small downtown apartment to investigate what his colleagues described as strange events.
He was told that loud noises could be heard from within the walls, objects would fly off walls and shelves and furniture would levitate and that a boy, was presumably either the cause or the centre of such mysterious mischief which Roman Catholic Priests were now praying over.
He stepped over the threshold of the apartment door a skeptic, but exited the residence a complete believer in the paranormal.
And he wasn't the only one. Other police officers, Roman Catholic Priests, Nuns, Newspaper Reporters, a city building inspector, a lawyer, two doctors, Family, Friends and complete strangers all witnessed the strange goings on at 237 Church St. In St. Catharines Ontario Canada.
Today, it remains the most documented case of Poltergeist activity known. And it also is the least publicized because the family, the boy in question, and everyone surrounding the case tried their hardest to not attract publicity or notoriety.
This is Part One of a Two Part Series. In the next episode we will speak to Dr. Christopher Laursen about the Poltergeist phenomenon.
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The Falcon Lake UFO Incident S01E05
On the afternoon of May 20, 1967 an amateur geologist, Stephen Michalak stumbled down the highway toward the Falcon Motor Inn in great distress.
An RCMP highway patrol officer slowed down and observed Michalak hunched over and swaying but apparently trying to flag him down. After hearing Michalak tell a story and warning the officer to stay away from him because he had radiation poisoning, the officer determined he must have been drunk and drove off after Michalak declined help.
Michalak staggered into the Motel front office breathing heavily and asking to see a doctor. Having no doctor available, Michalak rested in his hotel room, calling his wife, and saying there had been an accident, but there was nothing to worry about. The next day his wife and son met him at the bus terminal in Winnepeg where he was promptly driven to the hospital. Michalak would be forever perplexed about his physical condition.
Something very strange happened to Steve Michalak in the spring of 1967 just north of Falcon Lake Manitoba for which no one is able to properly explain and today the incident, known as the Falcon Lake Incident is still unsolved.
Was it a real UFO encounter, a secret US aircraft, a hoax or something else?
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