Posted on 11/05/2009 6:34:20 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Strange things happen to those who enter one Mid-state house. Invisible fire ants bite your feet. Fillings in your teeth throb with pain. Then there's the mysterious light.
The invisible field of pure energy in a Clarksville family's backyard can do some shocking things. A fluorescent light bulb was almost fully illuminated with no batteries and no plug.
Mike Virtue and his family enjoyed spending time in their backyard, but that was before he said crews removed three large trees. Mike said the trees provided a buffer, and he noticed when they were gone.
"Even in sneakers - cutting grass or playing back here, it felt like I was getting bit by red ants," said Mike.
Strange things started happening in the backyard. Friends complained metal fillings in their mouths started to ache.
Mike said his camera took some photographs catching bright, colorful streaks not visible to the naked eye.
"It looks like lightning, it looks baby lightning," said homeowner Derrica Virtue.
No one knew what to think. Then they listened to the noise, and they looked up at the high power lines.
A TriField meter measures an electric-magnetic field or EMF. In the backyard the needle pushed 100 Mgs, enough as NewsChannel 5 saw to actually light a fluorescent bulb in someone's hand.
"I'm terrified - terrified for my kids," said Derrica.
Derrica is a mother of three healthy children, including an infant. The power lines are about 100 feet away in the backyard. Still there's a constant energy reading inside her home of about a 10 on the electro magnetic gauge.
Some experts said anything above a five when it comes to long-term exposure inside a home could be too much.
"It's strong and I'm worried about my kids," said Derrica.
Nearly 40,000 articles have been published on the topic over the past three decades.
The TVA web states: "Scientists and doctors have found no testable hypothesis ... by which power fields can cause adverse health effects."
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health finds: "Many studies report small increases in the rate of leukemia or brain cancer in groups of people living or working in high magnetic fields."
The World Health Organization reports "gaps in knowledge about biological effects exist and need further research."
All 8-year-old Andrew knows is he's staying away from the backyard and a trampoline he said does more than just bounce him into the air.
"I'd just usually go like this and a spark would hit me," said Andrew.
The family plans to move.
"I'm afraid we can't sell the house because nobody wants to buy a house with a power line biting at their feet," said Mike.
The TVA is not to blame for the backyard because the power lines were there first.
The Virtue's, who are not the original owners, blame the builder who put the home too close to the power lines.
They said their realtor never told them anything about a problem with an electro magnetic field.
The Virtue's said they never thought about the power lines, but when they bought the home, there were three large trees in the backyard to absorb much of the energy. Once the trees were removed, that's when the problems started.
“That which does not kill me makes me stronger.”
Literally.
Well, the statists have the perfect solution here. Turn off all the electrical grids and poke a windmill on her property... and the property of everyone else.
As ham radio operator near a big KVA line, I’ve found a little rain usually clears those things up.
KInda like election night eh?
When life gives you lemons...build a coil on the roof, tie it to a rectifier and inverter and cut your electric bill. Yeah, I know the TVA would go after them but what’s already being induced in that trampoline frame in the backyard could probably light a few bulbs right there.
As the "story" goes, he was taken to court by a power company, but exonerated, with the argument being that the passive losses, once "lost" could not then be claimed by the electrical company, or something to that effect...
Finders keepers?
If it is true, I surely would like to read the case file.
Grandma is pregnant? (Just wait for Deathcare™)
“When life gives you lemons...build a coil on the roof, tie it to a rectifier and inverter and cut your electric bill. Yeah, I know the TVA would go after them but what’s already being induced in that trampoline frame in the backyard could probably light a few bulbs right there.”
But wouldn’t a coil, like a Faraday cage, protect them (and,as a benefit, gather electricity?)
“..build a coil on the roof..”
That’s what I was thinking. I’ll bet you could power the house if its as bad as described. As far as the TVA, I’m just catching EMF before it hits the house. Feel free to fix the leak.
I onceparked on a back road under a high-voltage power line to inspect some plants I had spotted growing in a ditch. Won’t do that again.
I received a nasty shock as I got out of the truck and had a heck of a time getting back in! Every time I tried to open the door I’d get another shock.
I wound up using my tripod (rubber feet)to push the latch and pop the door open and jumped in.
I remember reading years ago that moonshiners in Tennessee would run their fences under the power lines and collect enough juice to power their stills. Not sure if it’s true or not.
A myth ... like the one where a couple of locals claimed their grandfather would serve roasted Bracklebird whenever they went to visit, and he got the bird already cooked by tossin’ a three foot length of tow cable onto the Hi voltage lines when the birds were lined up on it, causing a surge that fried the birds and they dropped to the ground, cooked for pluckin’. We have lots of myths to entertain the yankees who come through on their way to somewhere else, we hope.
I seem to recall that case or one similiar about 20 years ago.
However, I’m remembering that the court sided against him.
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