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Bousfield of the Royal British Columbia Museum. He said "their observations absolutely tally with the classical profile of the cadborosaurus", one of the last living dinosaurs. Mr Bousfield said about 160 recorded sightings of the swift-swimming sea mon- ster have been reported. (Source: Reuter; The Sun-Herald [Brisbane], 8 May 1994) Parliament is taking Prof. Regge's proposal would have spent the night up there and seriously. Two weeks after Sir Teddy risked exposure." Taylor's outburst, an amendment was Commenting on her husband's success, tabled compelling the Parliament to pro- Frau Horak said "My husband earned his vide two seats for extraterrestrial represen- living as a water diviner, locating water tatives should Prof. Regge's report be _ pipes and underground streams for building accepted. firms. It's a gift he was born with." (Source: Fortean Times #75, June-July (Source: The Daily Mail, 26 Feb 1994) 1994) 191_CHADY CAILLITE! aeery '21-SHARK SALUTE' DIVINER INTERVENTION When the funeral flotilla of Fijian presi- Two British skiers, lost in a blizzard dent Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau sailed out of 4,000 feet up a Bavarian mountain, owe Suva Harbour on 29 December last year, it their early rescue—and possibly their was accompanied by a school of sharks. lives—to Georg Horak, a 73-year-old ~ This was entirely appropriate as the pres- dowser from Oberammergau, Germany. ident was said to be a direct descendent of Ian Middleton, 34, and Steve the shark god Dakuwaga. Swindlehurst, 28, both from Aylesbury, En route to the president's home island of Buckinghamshire, dug themselves in and Taveuni, the sharks surfaced during the tried to keep warm by drinking brandy. ceremonial 21-gun salute in front of the After hours of searching without success, Tovuto, the boat bearing the coffin. Mr Horak volunteered his services. In his Mourners considered this a sign reaf- living room, he held a piece of wire above firming Ratu Sir Penaia's bloodline from a map of the area, allowing it to swing Dakuwaqa—especially since even a single from side to side, and obtained a reading _ shark-sighting in Suva Harbour is extreme- predicting to within a 1,000-feet area where _ly rare. the skiers would be found. He also warned (Source: The Independent, 31 Dec 1993) that the men had broken something. Three pairs of rescuers were issued with UNCANNY CANINE the diviner's instructions, and continued CONNECTION their search amidst temperatures dropping An elderly woman in Britain contacted to -20°C. They found the lost skiers at local telephone engineers to say that her 11.30 pm, within the area Mr Horak said _ telephone nearly always failed to ring when they would be. And Mr Swindlehurst, in her friends called. On the few occasions fact, had broken only a ski. when it did ring, her dog always barked Rescue team chief Mr Alwin Delago _ first. said: "It was like looking for a needle in a In the UK, a phone rings when 90 volts haystack. We wouldn't have found them so are sent across one side of the two-wire cir- quickly without the diviner's help. They cuit and ground. When answered, it ewitohac ta the turn cuire sirenit allawing EURO-ALIENATION? Last December, the European Parliament's Energy Committee approved in principle a report recommending that a European UFO Observation Centre be established. The report was submitted by Italian MEP and physicist, Professor Tullio Regge, who was inspired by the findings of the Service for Assessment of Atmospheric Re-entry Phenomena, already operating out of Toulouse, France, as a state-funded body. Evidently, SAARP is unable to give sci- entific explanations for 40 per cent of the cases it has investigated. While this doesn't necessarily confirm that aliens exist, Prof. Regge said that this shouldn't rule out the theory “that aliens have established a base in the asteroid belt”. Earlier this year, British MP and ‘Eurosceptic’ Sir Teddy Taylor urged the British government to "refuse to pay one penny piece towards this madcap propos- al”, declaring it "the biggest piece of non- sense I have ever heard in my life, even out of Brussels". Obviously someone in the European Me anee Manan Wenautey 2 a wree REET WeRENe teanee mewanr | mnnene mene cannes annene wa wanman ararananrennnnnzys shouldn't rule out the theory “that aliens Three pairs of rescuers were issued with UNCANNY CANINE have established a base in the asteroid the diviner's instructions, and continued CONNECTION belt". their search amidst temperatures dropping An elderly woman in Britain contacted Earlier this year, British MP and to -20°C. They found the lost skiers at local telephone engineers to say that her ‘Eurosceptic’ Sir Teddy Taylor urged the 11.30 pm, within the area Mr Horak said _ telephone nearly always failed to ring when British government to “refuse to pay one they would be. And Mr Swindlehurst, in her friends called. On the few occasions penny piece towards this madcap propos- _ fact, had broken only a ski. when it did ring, her dog always barked al”, declaring it "the biggest piece of non- Rescue team chief Mr Alwin Delago _ first. sense I have ever heard in my life, even out said: "It was like looking for a needle in a In the UK, a phone rings when 90 volts of Brussels”. haystack. We wouldn't have found them so are sent across one side of the two-wire cir- Obviously someone in the European quickly without the diviner's help. They cuit and ground. When answered, it switches to the two-wire circuit, allowing - = two parties on the same line to be signalled HEN, SINCE SINCE without disturbing each other. WHEN Did YOu BEcomiNé A NEED To WERR GLASSES? A technician duly arrived, climbed a nearby telegraph pole, connected his test set and dialled the house. The phone didn't ring, and he tried again. This time the dog barked loudly and the phone rang. Upon further investigation, the techni- cian discovered that the dog was tied to the telephone system's ground post via an iron chain and collar, and was receiving 90 volts of signalling current. After several jolts, the dog urinated on the ground and barked. The wet ground then conducted the signal and the phone rang. See how some explanations can be so simple? (Source: InterNet message, 18 December 1993, as reported in Fortean Times #74) 62¢NEXUS AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1994