Weird America

[johnny nemo]

I was thinking about Jeff's post "What Dreams May Come" and it remided me of a story I read in a book called "Weird America".<br><br>The story was that two girls were in the woods near their house and saw what looked like a floating, glowing orb.<br>As the orb got closer, they realized that a man dressed in robes was carrying the orb and was approaching them.<br>They got scared, ran into their house and told their father about it.<br><br>He disappeared into the woods and didn't return for a couple of hours.<br>When he returned, they said that he appeared to be almost entranced.<br><br>When they asked him what happened in the woods, he became enraged, said that nothing happened and forbade them to ever enter the woods again.<br>He joined an apocalyptic cult, soon thereafter.<br><br>Unfortunately, that's all I can recall of the story, as I lost the book many moons ago.<br>I sorely miss it, as it was filled with many Fortean tales told by a man who travelled the country in the 70s and investigated anamoulous occurences and locations.<br><br>Anyone own a copy?<br> <p></p><i></i>

[Rigorous Intuition]

Haven't heard that story, thanks. Is <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525474919/qid=1146869810/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-5982737-7062428?s=books&v=glance&n=283155">this</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> the book? Looks interesting. Great reviews - many from people regretting having lost their copies - though the book's unfortunately out of print and has appreciated greatly in value. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=rigorousintuition>Rigorous Intuition</A> at: 5/5/06 6:04 pm<br></i>

[sunny]

I've been hearing a similar story since I was a child about an area just a few miles from here, Kali-Oka Road, which boasts a Civil War Era plantation, a "Cry Baby Bridge," and numerous other rural legends. (tho the plantation and the bridge do <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>exist</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->)<br>My Maw Maw was an educated woman with a Masters in Education, so naturally she used to poo-poo the stories. Of "strange light orbs" sighted along the lonely old road, spotted once by her adventurous youngest brother during a drunken jaunt with friends, she said it was Foxfire, or swamp gas. But her brother never belied that, and insisted he knew what swamp gas looked like and "that aint it."<br><br>Supposedly, two young girls had seen the orbs in the early 20th century and gone mad. No mention of the father. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=sunny@rigorousintuition>sunny</A> at: 5/5/06 8:43 pm<br></i>

[johnny nemo]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Haven't heard that story, thanks. Is this the book? Looks interesting. Great reviews - many from people regretting having lost their copies - though the book's unfortunately out of print and has appreciated greatly in value.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>That's the one.<br>If you can find a copy of it, I recommend getting it.<br><br>I just found out over the weekend that the reason I lost it is because my brother stole it from me, years ago.<br>I'll be stealing it back the next time I see him .<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[thurnandtaxis]

there was talk at one time of Feral House re-releasing Weird America, though it seems nothing ever came of that. "Brandon" also wrote another <br>book along the same lines "The Rebirth of Pan".<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.geocities.com/nodotus/jbfruits.html">www.geocities.com/nodotus/jbfruits.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>It should be noted that "Jim Brandon" is a pseudonym for William Grimstad, author of such gems as "The Six Million Reconsidered", and<br>"Anti-Zion" He seems to be currently reviewing books for the revisionist<br>"Journal of Historical Review"<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v09/v09p223_Grimstad.html">www.ihr.org/jhr/v09/v09p2...mstad.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>He is also noted as a friend of James Shelby Downard of "King Kill 33" and Michael Hoffman of "Secret Socities and Psychological Warfare"<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/king_kill_33.htm">www.theforbiddenknowledge...ill_33.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

[johnny nemo]

Ugh.<br><br>I appreciate knowing the truth about the author of the book, even though he now goes from hero to zero, in my opinion.<br><br>No wonder he was so interested in the Hopi Legends about the True White Brother..... <p></p><i></i>

[thurnandtaxis]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>I appreciate knowing the truth about the author of the book, even though he now goes from hero to zero, in my opinion.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Yeah, it makes figuring out whatever is of value from the entire three of those authors I mentioned somewhat complicated. In each of their cases, King Kill 33, Secret Socities and Psychological Warfare, and Weird America / Return of Pan, the works seem on the surface like enticing expose's. But then appear more as baited traps to set lure afficionados into much less innocous territory once they begin to "deconstruct" the author's biases.<br><br>I used to recommend Downard and Hoffman's work offhand back in the 90's but now I am much more reserved, careful to add disclaimers and contextual perspectives whenever I do. Definately not for the novice conspiracy thrill-seeker or easily impressionable.<br><br>I recently read both the Brandon books at a local research library and found them much less problematic on the surface and certainly a good deal more grounded than other "ancient mystery" books coming from the same time period in the 70's.<br><br>Though I find Grimstad's need for a pseudonym in his honeypots a good deal more disingenous<br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>