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  • A Strange Disappearance, a Hit Song, and the Mysterious Deaths of Lela and Raymond Howard

    10/20/2021 10:34:39 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 24 replies
    https://mysteriousuniverse.org ^ | January 1, 2021 | Brent Swancer
    It began as an exciting trip. Every year, the elderly couple Lela, 83, and Raymond Howard, 88, took a drive out from their home in from Salado, Texas, to go to a music festival in the nearby town of Temple. It wasn’t a long way, just about 15 miles, so when Lela’s son begged to let him drive them, they refused, instead opting to take the trip just the two of them as they always had. Although Lela’s son, Hal Copeland, was concerned due to Lela’s signs of early Alzheimer’s disease, as well as the fact that Raymond had suffered...
  • Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo (1971)

    09/10/2018 5:37:00 PM PDT · by SamAdams76 · 17 replies
    Lobo's real name was Kent LaVoie. He changed it to Lobo for show business reasons. Can you blame him for that? Anyway, he is still alive today, in fact thriving, at the age of 75 - which is the new 55 or so they say. I don't know much about Kent's (Lobo's) personal life but he seems like a cool guy to hang around with. His very first hit, way back in 1971, is about hitting the open road with a girl and a dog - and a car that runs poorly. It's a forgotten song now but back...