- On June 2, 2003, about 6 a.m. a postal worker traveling
east on County Road 3673 in Wise County, Texas, slammed on the brakes of
her white Mustang when a frightened group of deer suddenly bolted across
the road in front of her. Incidents with wild deer are nothing new in this
mostly rural county but this time there was a bizarre twist-- the deer
were being chased by two red fireballs about the size of basketballs.
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- Co-workers described her as visibly shaken when she arrived
for work at a local post office. She breathlessly described the strange
encounter to coworkers. I had just arrived for some routine mailing matter
when she gave me an account of the incident. Intrigued, I visited the site
and upon investigation, I have found and photographed several damaged small
trees that appear to have been subjected to a high heat source traveling
on a straight trajectory as if something had passed by. Leaves on the affected
trees appeared to be wilted and dried in appearance. Leaves outside the
trajectory appeared normal.
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- Mothmen cometh...
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- The following day, June 3, 2003, at approximately 9 a.m.
two major accidents occur on Hwy 114 in Wise County. One multi-vehicle
accident near Rhome and another at the Hwy 114 and Hwy 51 intersection
involving a concrete truck, a rock hauler, and three sections of a triple-wide
mobile home. The same postal worker had taken the day off and was traveling
into the Dallas area for some recreation. She was in a vehicle stranded
in between the two accidents. One minute ahead of schedule she would have
been involved in the first accident and a few minutes behind schedule she
would have been involved in the second accident. This author was stuck
in traffic just a few cars back behind the second accident. I am still
mentally thanking the girl at the coffee shop for being a little slow that
morning or I would have been involved in the wrecks.
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- A few days later, I showed the cover illustration on
Loren Coleman's book Mothman and Other Curious Encounters to the postal
worker. It depicted a shadowy figure with two luminescent red eyes. The
woman immediately claimed that those glowing red orbs were the same as
what she had seen chasing the deer. While there are no current reports
of winged "weirdies" in Wise County, this is by no means the
first report of flying fire balls, often associated with Mothman type events.
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- Even more curious is the "name game" that seems
to extend from prior Mothman events to this one. A man named 'Turner' was
involved in the second accident; a man named 'Turner' was also killed when
the Silver Bridge collapsed in 1967. The "name game" is a definition
applied to the fact that certain families with the same last name pop-up
repeatedly in relation to Mothman or UFO sightings. 'Turner' is one of
those names. No one has any explanation for this phenomenon.
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- UFO?s...
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- Does Wise County host some mysterious phantom similar
to the infamous Mothman? Is the county on an alien flight path? Or could
it have something to do with the dead alien in the Aurora Cemetery? UFO
researchers for years have documented the site of "balls of light"
or "balls of fire" near UFO sightings. These balls have also
been reported to herd animals through fields,forests, and sometimes to
waiting craft.
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- Foo-Fighters returneth...
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- In Jim Marrs' book Alien Agenda, he documents that in
late 1944, Lt. Donald Meiers of Chicago was flying in a British-made twin-engine
night fighter called a Beaufighter over Germany's Rhine Valley when what
appeared to be flaming globes suddenly appeared and moved toward and took
up chase of his plane. This was just one of many such reports during WWII
of circular objects chasing Allied craft. They became known as "foo-fighters".
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- In Nick Cook's book The Hunt For Zero Point, he also
discusses the Nazi Secret Weapon "Ball Lightning Fighter" or
"Foo-Fighter." It was Renato Vesco's account in his book Intercept
But Don't Shoot, first published in 1960, that Cook first covers this Nazi
wonder weapon. "It was built and flight tested - once in the vicinity
of Kahla, site of a huge underground weapons development complex in Thuringia,"
wrote Vesco. "During the day it looked like a shining disc spinning
on its axis and during the night it looked like a burning globe."
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- One can't help but notice the proximity of Wise County
to Lockheed Martin Fort Worth, Texas and the former Carswell Air Force
Base home of Strategic Air Command.
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- Should Wise County residents hide in their homes, lock
up the livestock and repent next Sunday? Not likely. But if you live in
the area and have recently seen something unusual call our office at 940-433-8094
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- The staff at ConspiracyCafe.com has been working on this
investigation since
- June, 2003.
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- We have uncovered some very unusual happenings right
here in our hometown of Wise County. Two investigators with two very different
points of view on this investigation.
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- Ericca Cordier - veteran paranormal researcher.
- "I have seen many strange things in my life and
have found that sometimes the TRUTH is stranger than fiction."
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- Dean Stermer - former Army Special Ops.
- "I won't say I don't believe in the Mothman; I've
just not seen it with my own eyes. I also do not believe that anything
unusual happened to the cattle"
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- The staff at ConspiracyCafe.com has compiled an enormous
amount of data that cannot possibly be disseminated over the internet.
Keep watching this site for the upcoming book.
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- December 15, 1967 Point Pleasant, Virginia the Silver
Bridge collapses killing 46 people, two bodies were never recovered. For
thirteen months prior to this catastrophic event the townspeople experienced
numerous strange and paranormal events. Many people reported a tall bat-like
creature now coined 'the Mothman', glowing orbs were seen, as well as a
significant increase in dead animals, poltergeist activity, and unusual
electrical and telephone problems plagued the town. This event was popularized
by the movie 'The Mothman Prophecies' starring Richard Gere.
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- Fast Forward: 2003 Wise County, Texas
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- On June 2, 2003, about 6 a.m. a postal worker traveling
east on County Road 3673 in Wise County, Texas, slammed on the brakes of
her white Mustang when a frightened group of deer suddenly bolted across
the road in front of her. Incidents with wild deer are nothing new in this
mostly rural county but this time there was a bizarre twist-- the deer
were being chased by two red fireballs about the size of basketballs.
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- Fast Forward: 2004 Wise County, Texas
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- On January 12, 2004 a young girl reports by cell phone
the appearance of a large black bird outside of a school yard in Wise County,
Texas. This is just one of many such reports since June of 2003.
- Similar reports abounded during the Mothman flap in Point
Pleasant, Virginia.
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- The Infections
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- This investigation has taken us down many roads and unfortunately
all of us have required medical attention for bacterial infections since
June of 2003.
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- Marty Murphy, a professional home builder required two
visits to the emergency room in July of 2003 after seeing nine instances
of mysterious lights near County Road 3673. Being diagnosed with an acute
bacterial infection (cellulitis - precursor of streptococcal staph) he
required several rounds of antibiotics and has been permanently scarred
by this event. I was diagnosed with the same bacterial infection after
viewing a similar event, though less serious in nature. Dean Stermer after
being abroad for many years in the service our country was fighting a recurring
bacterial infection (streptococcal staph) that suddenly became very serious
and required medical attention and antibiotics after investigating cattle
deaths in the area. He is also permanently scarred by this. The postal
worker that viewed the fireballs; diagnosed with an acute infection (cellulitis)
of the eye. Two different doctors initially thought that she had suddenly
developed a tumor in her eye but after a month of antibiotics changed the
diagnosis to just that of an infection caused by a burn of the eye (yes,
just like the movie...red burned eyes). All of us had a pre-existing condition
ie: cuts, lacerations, or boils prior to infection and exposure to the
investigation.
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- Wise County Regional Hospital Infectious Disease Unit
reports that instances of cellulitis and streptococcal staph that require
hospitalization were up ten fold in 2003 compared to 2002. Non-admittable
cases that would include boils and rashes were also significantly up in
2003.
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- Researchers on the Point Pleasant investigation reported
similar problems.
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- The Name Game
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- By far the strangest and most intriguing part of this
investigation has been the 'Name Game'. This is a term which refers to
the names of people that died on the Silver Bridge in 1969. The last names
of these people pop-up repeatedly during the initial investigation in Point
Pleasant, Virginia. For example a person with the last name Turner was
the first to report seeing the Mothman in Virginia, this person also died
on the Silver Bridge and the body was never found. The postal worker who
first reported the fireballs in Wise County also comes from the Turner
family.
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- An unusual and gruesome trend was seen occurring here
in Wise County, many people with the same last names as the Silver Bridge
victims were dying. From June 2003 - November 2003 twenty-three people
with the same last names have died. Since November there has been six more.
Some of the people have died of natural causes while others seemingly young
and vibrant have just stopped breathing and some have met with violent
ends.
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- The staff here cannot possibly speculate as to what this
means. All we can do is report that it is happening and is continuing to
happen.
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- What will happen here in Wise County when the 'Death
List' has been filled?
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- The Phones
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- Just mention the phones to Dean or I and we'll both roll
our eyes and sigh. The phones, our cell phones to be exact do some strange
things.
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- January 3, 2004 a cranky server on the East Coast had
caused me to cancel my Saturday night plans and found me sleeping on a
couch at the office instead. At 5:00am my cell phone rings; it's Dean Stermer
and he's in the parking lot of the office. He wanted to remind me to go
home and that he would be by later to finish up what I was working on.
I went ahead and drove the 15 miles to my ranch and was finally dosing
off in my own bed when I heard something odd. "Hello", "Hello!";
In my groggy state I knew the voice was Dean's but for some reason I thought
he was outside my house. This continued on for a few seconds and I turned
to look a my night stand where my cell phone lay. The indicator light was
on but it did not indicate that anyone was on the line. I turned to look
out the window again and the phone rang, the indicator light once again
was on but now it said that 'Dean' was calling. I answered and of course
it was Dean wanting to know why I had just called him; which I had not.
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- September and October 2003 were the height of our phone
strangeness. Initially we thought some prankster had cloned one of our
phones, then we thought they had cloned both our phones and were playing
tricks; we now believe something entirely different happened and it's something
neither of us can explain.
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- It started with a trip that I took to Nevada on business.
I was travelling by myself and Dean was heading up the office while I was
on the road. I had driven into the wee hours of the morning and had stopped
for some shuteye in Amarillo, Texas. At 6:00am Dean called to remind me
to get back on the road and to also ask why I had called him four
times since 4:00am. My cell phone was on the night stand the whole time
I was sleeping so there was absolutely no way I could have accidentally
hit the keys while I was sleeping. Several hours later and in Arizona,
Dean again calls me. He wanted to know if I had just called. I had not
since I was actually on the other line with clients conducting business.
Someone sounding like me had called him and rather shortly made several
requests; it was unusual so he wanted to call to make sure. His phone had
indicated it was me calling.
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- This continued on for several more days. It got to the
point where neither of us knew who was calling who nor who we were talking
to. Then the phones refused to connect to each other at all and several
attempts at text messaging were made. It too failed. The phones worked
normally for all incoming calls or when calling any other numbers.
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- When I returned to Texas the same thing continued to
happen for a few more weeks. Then it just stopped.
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- Both Dean Stermer and I are well rooted in reality. Neither
of us wanted to jump to conclusions so we waited for the phone bill to
arrive. We were curious to see if the calls that we had logged would show
up as billable time on our bill. To our surprise they did appear on the
bill. The calls were logged as coming from 000-000-0000. We have no explanation
for this.
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- The Dead Cattle
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- At approximately 1:30pm, October 17, 2003 Ericca and
I ( I being Dean Stermer) observed a dead hereford feeder calf by a stock
tank in Cottondale, Texas. It was surrounded by buzzards and did not have
any apparent unusual mutilations. The anal cavity, ear, eye and mouth were
all being picked apart by the buzzards which is pretty common for a deceased
calf. The calf had some rough fur it also had some off coloring in certain
areas. The rough fur would indicate that it was wormy (infected with worm-like
parasites), the off-coloring would indicate a respiratory or viral infection.
I have seen many cattle deaths in my life and nothing was out of the ordinary
or unusual about this one. This being the third dead cow I've seen this
month and all deaths are not unusual in nature.
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- In Point Pleasant, Virginia during the Mothman flap there
was an unusually high rate of death in animals of that area. Though the
deaths themselves were not unusual the rates of death were. It was noted
that during the thirteen months prior to the collapse of the Silver Bridge
animal deaths in the area had spiked significantly compared to prior years.
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- The High Speed Tailgating
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- An unusual and frightening aspect of this investigation
has been the instances of high-speed tailgating that have occurred with
regularity since June of 2003. Generally occurring on the back roads of
Wise County vehicles of varying description night or day will just appear
out of nowhere and will be tailgating our vehicles at 70mph. They'll be
so close that their headlights are not visible. While this initially happened
to me while I was by myself it has now occurred several times with Dean
Stermer riding with me while on business. At one point I was pulled over
by a DPS Trooper who had caught me on radar speeding but did not see the
full size white suburban tailgating me. He said it was following so close
to me that the vehicle was not visible to him. When I had dutifully pulled
over and the suburban had pulled around and sped off he did know where
it had come from.
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- This investigation is ongoing.
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