Posted on 11/13/2016 11:08:13 PM PST by nickcarraway
Veteran Night Owls broadcaster Alan Robson reveals his interest in the paranormal and the supernatural
Broadcaster Alan Robson made his name with his Night Owls show.
But he’s well known for his interest in the paranormal and the supernatural.
As a result he has written a number of books about the subjects and contributed to programmes at home and abroad, including the Scariest Places on Earth hosted in the US by Linda Blair who starred in The Exorcist.
His interests have taken him to some out-of-the-way places where he has witnessed bizarre happenings.
He has watched a corpse having a stake driven through it in Transylvania as well as getting on the trail of the Yeti, where he received toilet tips for sub-zero temperatures from North East mountaineer Alan Hinkes.
First Transylvania. He was researching a story on vampires and according to Alan, around an area of Fagaras, it is customary to drive a 10ft stake into the bodies of dead men, right through the bottom of their coffin into the earth below before the lid is put on.
Apparently it is because they are fearful of the ‘strigoi’, troubled spirits of the dead who rise from the grave.
“They don’t take any chances, they nail them to the ground,” said Alan.
As for going on the trail of the Yeti, the idea came on a whim and his producer Tony McShane managed to “blag me a trip with a Japanese TV crew who were going to do a special on it”.
Alan said: “People look in the wrong place, in snowbound areas where they don’t have anything to eat. They live in the area where the snow meets the grass, and of course it is an area of land that is always moving.
“We saw some sort of cow or a buffalo which had been torn to pieces with claw marks down its body. Was it a Yeti? Whatever it is, something out there is killing things.
“There were footprints, imagine a Siberian bear - like creature with large monkey feet, large humanesque foot prints.
“Is there a Yeti? What isn’t in doubt is there’s something out there killing things.”
I’ve been a huge fan of the paranormal, metaphysical, strange phenomenon, UFO stories, cryptozoology, conspiracy theories, etc. since I was probably eight years old and watching Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious Universe and In Search Of. I’ve never believed in any of that stuff (for the most part - cryptozoology is always fun to consider though), but I sure still seem to be hooked on it. I’m always interested in podcasts that discuss such things, except when they get too much into kooky UFO and ghost stories and theories. This all morphed into my hobby of learning about ancient witchcraft and black magic, as well as conventional entertainment magic. I’m really glad I haven’t lost my interest in this stuff after all these years, because it’s endlessly entertaining to see what weird things pop up out there in our universe, and also have a good laugh at the kooks that really get into these things. I can’t believe there are so many kooky books popping up all the time about such things that people actually buy though. Two podcasts I enjoy are “Mysterious Universe” out of Australia and “Monster Talk” and the “Jim Harold” podcasts.
So would you say:
You want to believe?
No I wouldn’t. I like to take the scientific approach. I couldn’t give a damn about pop culture aspects of all this crap. Just show me the proof.
If you’re calling from east of the Rockies call1-800.....
I propose sending that bunch of redneck mountain monster sleuths to Nepal and clear up the Yeti phenomenon once and for all.:^)
I was always more into “Trucking Bozo” for my late night interstate traveling AM radio listening. The paranormal radio broadcasts could not hold my interest as one could not actually see Scully over the radio waves.
“they nail them to the ground”
Hopefully, they use a flat-head stake as opposed to a finish-stake.
I was hoping for more sub-zero toilet tips, as that is relevant to my interests.
Yeah, the article itself turned out to be worthless.
I listened from the West and never called in. :)
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