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Ghost Fire Alert
This is what might be ancient rock carving of Garuda overlooking the sipapu, or "hole in the earth" at Bandelier National Monument in NM.
FYI, I just got back from a field trip to New Mexico, where I met with two West Virginia Mothman experiencers who recently moved there, Sharon and Jordan Rogers. Sharon is one of three experiencers (the others being Harriet Plumbrook and John Frick) who seemed to consistently attract paranormal phenomena whenever I met or corresponded with them. This trip was no exception. Sharon and Jordan and I visited several paranormal areas in Albuquerque, such as Rancho de Corrales, Jemez Pueblo, Petroglyph National Monument, Bandelier National Monument, and the haunted hill at the end of Menaul Ave. in Albuquerque, which we visited around midnight on Feb. 1st.
When we got to the haunted hill, which is fronted by large grass fields on the plateau above Albuquerque, Sharon and Jordan both stated that an area to the left, where an enormous shadow hovered on the cliffs, was active with tricksterish “elementals.” Both tried to walk in that direction, but were stymied by fears that something “wasn’t right.” After we meditated for some time in absolutely freezing wind, I decided to press forward because I figured we would have to go back to the car soon. After walking about a hundred yards towards the base of the cliffs on the right, I saw what appeared to be a fire burning underneath the shadow area to the left. It appeared to be inside of a cave of some sort. The fire could only be seen by walking into the zone that Sharon and Jordan had previously identified as “off limits.” After I told them about the fire, they walked forward in order to see it. As we watched over a period of a few minutes, the fire died down to nothing. After another minute or two, it mysteriously came back. At that point, our Mothy senses were tingling… We had to decide whether or not to walk to the fire, which was a couple hundred yards away over iffy terrain. Knowing that the legend of haunted hill featured a serial killer who used a cave to dismember victims (like in WV during Mothman), we decided to leave and come back when it was light – to see if there was any evidence of fire. Interestingly, when we went back to comb the area, there was absolutely no evidence of any fire, or the covering up of any fire. And, no evidence of any cave… It seems that we may have witnessed an actual ”ghost fire” in a “ghost cave.” One wonders if these fires might somehow be related to sightings of the Firebird, or Phoenix.
Sharon and Jordan’s experiences in WV and NM will be featured in my fourth book in The Mothman’s Photographer series, due out this year, tentatively called The Magical Mechanisms of the Mothman Code: The Unified Field Connecting UFOs, ESP, Angels, Demons, Conspiracies, Cryptids, Ghosts, Prophecies, and Spiritual Awakening. The book will also feature writings and interviews with several other witnesses and experts, such as John Keel, conspiracy author Adam Gorightly, Penn State professor Dennis Day, ritual magician Allen Greenfield, ufologist Sandy Nichols, paranormal investigator David Scott, geologist Robert Denton, Jr., and psychic healer Mina Bast Marinkov. Also included will be interviews 25 through 38 of my Grassy Knoll series with Vyz. The book will tie a lot of strings together, providing what I feel is a strong framework for understanding why we see Mothman and other “cryptids.” While it may not have all of the answers, it will have many of them. Thanks to all who contributed their experiences to this collaboration. Hopefully it will provide some meaningful signposts for future researchers.
By the way, Vyz just posted show #38 to his Beyond the Grassy Knoll site, and it is a good one. Vyz, Robert Denton, and I get into many of the strange truths regarding mounds, dinosaur bones, caves and hybrid creature sightings, like the glowing Garuda seen in New Guinea and the Thunderbird seen on the Navajo Reservation (which burned the tops of trees). Robert is a trained scientist who also happens to have found significant dinosaur fossil sites using only his intuition. One of the things we figured out after the show is that the Shenandoah Valley, whose name origin is shrouded in mystery, may actually be named after “Shen” (spirit) and “duah,” which is one of the names the Garuda is called by natives in New Guinea. Interestingly, one of the other names for the glowing Garuda in New Guinea is “Indava,” reminiscent of Orinda (the Thunderbird’s energy), Indra (the god of fire), and Indrid Cold. Yet another name for the Garuda in New Guinea is “Ropen,” reminiscent of those ropes that seem to fall mysteriously from the sky in Mothman and UFO sighting areas. Pack a lunch and scroll down to Feb. 17:
[...] First, Andy Colvin has just returned from NM and has a post about that at Washington LOWFI. [...]
Hey Andy, I just read the section in your latest book last night with the reading by Mina Bast. She sees a fire in a cave. Any chance the person with the amber thick stuff that was left in the cave was part of the NM experience? I have no personal experience with seeing any ghost fires and haven’t heard much about it. Maybe it is something more particular to you and not a regularly occurring phenom. Your friends saw it too but probably would not have if you weren’t there.
When I first heard Mina talk about the fire, I immediately thought of the south west part of the Iberian Peninsula – in the area of the Rock of Gibraltar. Recently, we had that story about “Atlantis” being found off the coast thereabouts. Interestingly, someone close to me used to play in the fields as a kid in front of the haunted hill at the end of Menaul. Many of the weirder events in my life in the past few years actually coincided with visits this person made to Albuq. I’m still trying to figure it out.
When I think of Southern Spain I automatically think of the Moors who occupied the area for so long. We know that Moors could have been in what is now New Mexico and other parts of America after fleeing religious persecution when noncatholics were being burned at the stake during the Inquisition. I wonder why the vision Mina had of the ghost fire made you think intuitively of the sw part of the Iberian Peninsula and the actual seeing of a ghost fire did not remind you of it.Maybe the answer is that there is no connection.That is perplexing and maybe one day it will make sense.
Andrew, Please contact me as soon as possible for information about 1967 trip to W.V. when I was 9. I think you’ll be presently suprised by what I’ve learned about Mothman.
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