Sue Darroch and Matthew Didier's Paranormal Blog

Each Friday we will have a look at the stories and experiences that have been related to us over the years that are amongst our personal favourites. These will include Crypto, Ghosts, Hauntings, UFO's, and other strange events that may be considered Fortean, from in around the Toronto, Canada area .... and since they are from our own personal files will likely not be found elsewhere on the web .... enjoy!

Old Theatre Yonge St South of Bloor

Many years ago, my husband and I went to see a movie in downtown Toronto. It was in an old house. It was quite dark in there before the movie started. The lights were old, and had been converted to electric. We were sitting there waiting for the movie to start when this woman just appeared! She was hovering horizontally above the floor. I noted that she was wearing a white gown. It scared me so much that I looked away and when I turned around and looked again she was gone. I didn't tell my husband at the time because I was afraid that he would think I was crazy. I think the movie was Dr.Zhivago. I told my mother about it and she said it might have been my grandmother because she always wore long nightgowns.I don't think so because my grandmother was still alive at the time this had occurred.

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When it comes to sleep I prefer a very dark room for optimal rest. Window Blinds are therefore a must in my own bedroom, and I find those that provide maximum protection from the light the very best. SelectBlinds offers a huge selection to Canadian shoppers directly online. You might have heard of them as suppliers of window treatments on Extreme Makeover Home Edition or read about them via the Toronto Star amongst other media sources.

They offer the best blind in my opinion for maximum light protection with their light filter Roman Shades which are functional, but still look really good.

I find the darker the room, the more enhanced dreams become as well, and find that lucid dreaming is far easier to achieve.

One of the topics we have discussed at length over at the PSICAN paranormal message forums are dreams, in particular prophetic dreams.

Personally I do believe I have had a handful of dreams over the past 40 + years that may in fact have been prophetic. None of these were what I would consider earth shattering, but enough for me to consider the possibility.

In our discussions the topic came up of prophetic dreams that indicate a possible crime. What to do? What would you do if you had a dream that you felt was related to a past, present, or future crime? Would you go to the police?

My gut reaction to that last question was yes, absolutely! However, upon deeper reflection the answer is not an easy one at all. What if the dream provided only very vague details, or no known location? What if, the police felt you were some sort of crackpot, and dismissed what you had to say anyway? If they did listen to you, and you were wrong would you have wasted their time, possibly even harming their investigation?

A lot of questions, and unfortunately not a single cut and dry answer.

What are your thoughts?

Since we began revamping the PSICAN main site, as well as the ParaResearchers.org site I have also been looking at further ways to help promote both of them. We have listed the blogs on several directories, but have relied pretty much on the search engines for the websites.

I really do not want to spend extra cash on listings as we are not-for-profit, and seeking charitable status, so I have been looking at ones like Dirmania.org. It is a free, quality directory, that offers different categories that could suit a niche hobby, business site such as ours. The sites must be in English according to submission guidelines so I will need to find out if a bilingual site English/French such as P.R.Q. would be acceptable. Surfing around the site this morning I found it to be well designed, and easy for users to navigate around.

If you dear readers have any suggestions in regards to web promotion (websites, and not blogs) please do let me know via the comments or drop me an email.

The video clip above is of a huge group of actors that all stop moving and remain frozen at the exact same time in grand central station in new york. It really looks cool!

I came across this because we actually received a report from a lady in British Columbia, Canada who had witnessed a very similar event at the same time frame around the Surrey place mall.

Apparently something similar occurred here in T.O outside the Eaton Centre.

Thanks to reader Craig for this tip.

Yesterday was my every two year check up with the eye doctor, and I found out that I will need to go back to see her in August. There is nothing terribly wrong, but apparently the pressure reading (where they hit your eyeball with air) on my left eye was all over the map with readings of 16 (normal) 28, and then 25 .... who knows...eh! I did tell her I blinked quite a bit while it was being done.

One of my issues with my eyes is that they often become dry, and irritated. I use artificial tears, and unfortunately have had to avoid contacts in the past. I have been reading some good things in regards to acuvue oasys, my sister who also has very dry eyes that get sore easily uses these. You can pick these up online through 1-800-GET-LENS, which is handy, and can save a ton of bux.

I think I might try these contacts out as I just got a new prescription yesterday (only slightly changed) and they guarantee to be exact to the doctors instructions.

When I first came across this photo......

....I thought surely these are creatures from the Dr. Who universe..lol!

Actually these eye-popping "creatures" are street performers that are taking part in a parade in down town Tokyo, Japan. Thanks to the BBC.

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The BBC is reporting on a very interesting medical case. Apparently a hobby shop owner who sliced off a finger in a freak accident involving a model airplane propeller has regrown the finger with the help of a powder made from a pig's bladder.

The BBC provides an in-depth look at this medical miracle. Here is a snippet:

In every town in every part of this sprawling country you can find a faceless sprawling strip mall in which to do the shopping.

Rarely though would you expect to find a medical miracle working behind the counter of the mall's hobby shop.

That however is what Lee Spievak considers himself to be.

"I put my finger in," Mr Spievak says, pointing towards the propeller of a model aeroplane, "and that's when I sliced my finger off."

Full BBC Article Here

The BBC site also include a video clip. Very cool!

What are your thoughts? Medical miracle, do you think this will be routine in the future?

People from the beginning of recorded history, through various cultures have adorned themselves with tattoos, and body jewelry for beauty, for uniqueness, as a badge of honour etc. Despite what you may think, these practices are quite ancient, and not at all new.

What is new of course is the ability to sit at home or at work, and conveniently shop for wholesale body jewelry online.

Can you believe this gorgeous Titanium ring with dragon design is only $3.85! I'm not kidding! The is of a ring that is manufactured by Acha Co. Since they are the makers of these different jewlery pieces you can really save huge bux with them!

They are definitely worth checking out, particularly if you are thinking of setting up your own small business. They do accept PayPal, and offer live chat as part of their customer services.

Over the weekend I shared some vintage UFO reports from the Ottawa Valley, Canada area with you. These were sent to me by a fellow researcher. Today I will share a few more from you that are originally taken from newspaper clippings:

An equally bizarre apparition jumped across valley skies the following spring. Driving from Chalk River, James Turcotte and his family saw a fireball streak across the car's windshield. It had a green light and discharged a multitude of colours before fading away. He suspected it was a military aircraft, as they were nearing Camp Petawawa.

On the outskirts of Pembroke, Orville Wasmund's wife noticed the object from her kitchen window. She thought it was silver, and promptly alerted her neighbour, John Murack, who described it as a "big ball of light." On Chamberlain Street, Shirley Corrigan saw this spectre, which was shooting particles and emitting a greenish glow. It abruptly disappeared somewhere over the Ottawa River. Scientists observing the same object from Ohio determined it was probably a meteor travelling at an orbit 80 miles above the earth.

Were meteors the answer to all these sightings? Possibly. But then how to explain away what Leo Chaput saw? One night in May, 1969, the 54-year-old mill worker was sitting in his summer kitchen when he saw a white light soaring above the Wabush Line. The "machine," as he called it, landed in the field behind his Chapeau farm house. Chaput investigated the next morning and found three crop circles burned into the grass. The rings were 27 feet in diameter. The needles on a nearby pine tree appeared singed off and there was no indication of carbon deposits. Chaput professed he got a good look at the UFO.

"I was standing near the field and watched this bright object travelling below the tree-line," he explained to a horde of skeptical reporters. "The front of it had two large red eyes. I watched it for about 10 minutes, then it disappeared."

The most serious close encounter occurred weeks later in Petawawa Village. In the early morning hours of July 13, a woman ran into the Arrow Taxi stand with an incredible story. She was in a hysterical state but calmed down long enough to recount what she saw to the on-duty cabbie, John Chesson. She had been driving down Black Bay Road when a huge light swooped down from out of nowhere. It hovered over the car for a couple of minutes, lighting up the roadway. What terrified her was the UFO then followed her for a few miles before bolting from the scene. Chesson stepped out to see for himself. In the far distance, he caught a glimpse of what he described as a "bright star" sailing through the sky.

Meanwhile, panicked phone callers flooded the police switchboard. Others had seen the entity. Provincial constables Jack Mackay and Grant Chaplin were dispatched to investigate. Entering the village, the officers suddenly stopped their squad car. There in the sky was the UFO, moving slowly in a south-easterly direction. The officers were soon joined by a small crowd of 12 other disbelieving motorists who had pulled over to watch the anomaly. Mackay figured the object was cylindrical in shape, hovering some 1,500 feet above the ground. What puzzled Mackay was it had no solid body or form. From the main gate of the base, three military policemen also watched the object in amazement. The UFO moved in a slow, continuous orbit for another 40 minutes before it disappeared west of Pembroke.

While the Petawawa incident garnered national media attention, this incredible night was all but forgotten a week later. Every person on the planet with a television set was watching American astronaut Neil Armstrong step onto the surface of the moon.

Chilling .... particularly the Petawawa Village incident. To be honest I am not sure what my reaction would be to such an event, but i can say that I too would have been terrified under those circumstances.

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Any Canadian interested in a dynamic assessment of where the planet stands in its current fragile plight must view the video of Mr. Hellyer’s keynote address at the Washington DC X-Conference on Saturday April 19, 2008.

Mr. Hellyer’s speech is a finely orchestrated narrative about how and why we are being lied to about an Extraterrestrial presence and what we need to do about it.

Each of you who choose to listen to this historic speech will be convinced that an immediate investigation must be launched into what military and non-elected government personnel have been hiding from us for over 60 years and how our duly elected representatives have be kept out of the loop; in Canada, in the United States and beyond our borders internationally.

Not only is the truth being withheld, democracy itself has been abrogated by an invisible elite determined to control everything from access to proper and just health care, economic autonomy, to the price of oil and who on the planet becomes educated.

Exopolitics Toronto and its Director Michael J. Bird who was in attendance at this historic event urges all who are in receipt of this message to view Mr. Hellyer’s speech and decide whether or not action is required to allow for an open dialogue about the presence of Extraterrestrials and… the TRUTH.

Exopolitics Toronto is of the belief that no one can take a position on this delicate issue off-handedly unless they are informed and aware of the issues involved. Exopolitics Toronto remains accessible to any journalist, broadcaster or politician who wishes to discretely inquire, in total confidence, about the larger complexities of this matter.

The decision is yours.

Mr. Hellyer’s speech may be viewed here

The text of the speech is here