tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109033202024-03-07T22:38:28.666-04:00The Other Side of TruthPaul Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.comBlogger1101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10903320.post-59470613426437752922022-06-29T04:27:00.000-03:002022-06-29T04:27:14.981-03:00Nick Pope - Useful Idiot of the Far Right<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1Y0qTl3pQ43Ek3lYa6_Bf6XHELzOcTA3h77YdsfEUY3gEHran7yN8J9U7hFNe75i9EJA-blr2nsqnLMq30bHT-au_LsYZmOMqyGN_1lDicN0vuGPF0LI9orAytH64OybHw3uCl-FYZANZJ1cH9LaOdmrqlQfPOx5NauoTgNw5FnEzPrGFtU/s4032/CA5CCC7D-E468-405B-86FF-8B370835AE8E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1Y0qTl3pQ43Ek3lYa6_Bf6XHELzOcTA3h77YdsfEUY3gEHran7yN8J9U7hFNe75i9EJA-blr2nsqnLMq30bHT-au_LsYZmOMqyGN_1lDicN0vuGPF0LI9orAytH64OybHw3uCl-FYZANZJ1cH9LaOdmrqlQfPOx5NauoTgNw5FnEzPrGFtU/w400-h300/CA5CCC7D-E468-405B-86FF-8B370835AE8E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s a very, very, very, very small thing on one of the most significant days in modern American political history, but hours after we watched a very courageous young woman sit before a Congressional committee to detail Donald Trump’s attempt to replay Mussolini’s “March on Rome”, Nick Pope (who still bills himself as the “UK’s Fox Mulder” long after that claim has been revealed to have been a massive exaggeration) wandered on to Fox News this evening to talk about UFOs with the execrable neo-fascist Tucker Carlson. In doing so, he yet again decided that there’s no such thing as bad publicity in his never-ending quest to monetize his three-year stint decades ago shuffling paperwork at the British Ministry of Defence, and there’s no low that he won’t embrace in order to try and sell a few books.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I know it might come as a shock to #UFOTwitter, more than a few of whom travel along the same path as the conspiracists and dead-enders who populate the Big Lie cult of Trump, but there are more important things than UFOs. The very real threat to democracy is one of them. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As for Pope, his fifteen minutes of pseudo-fame has long ago passed it’s best-before date. By shamelessly trying to hang on to any relevance, even within ufology, which is in and of itself about as irrelevant as it gets in the grand scheme of things, he has become nothing more than a useful idiot for those, like Carlson, who desperately want Americans to ignore both what happened on January 6th, and what continues to be done by the far right to undermine American democracy. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Shame on him.</div><p></p><p>Paul Kimball</p>Paul Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10903320.post-57200112161387062282021-05-15T21:59:00.001-03:002021-05-15T21:59:12.042-03:00Who Are They? What Do They Want?<p> It’s Ed, and he wants his lawnmower back.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAI4tb4hz8M8gWcuyAVqyRdBdTyFdhvqMGNWrbkdLwwUqY2nqONoLd2wJelBOEroZJdBw4gea8xqWb_o9CP_2nR-YhBtUOvwR7Wf374q166vmIoL6oXLs-ghJbSkESRX4hE0IjA/s1000/347B9842-6C8E-4DD3-A103-0A2A16DE6C88.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAI4tb4hz8M8gWcuyAVqyRdBdTyFdhvqMGNWrbkdLwwUqY2nqONoLd2wJelBOEroZJdBw4gea8xqWb_o9CP_2nR-YhBtUOvwR7Wf374q166vmIoL6oXLs-ghJbSkESRX4hE0IjA/w480-h640/347B9842-6C8E-4DD3-A103-0A2A16DE6C88.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Paul Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10903320.post-85171152561335440112021-04-20T04:43:00.003-03:002021-04-20T05:15:05.016-03:00An Empty Suit<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzNeHRrII7WYD1RH0z1HbXV5UR__dE0UZ3ErhyNR2TLd-xHIOaMgmI6sQ5HKflH7X3d02UgB1zlvxQvkDD_73WeJ8M9ZgXPYaVlsukz08i7JEkxQgGEJxzjlJVB_7k45XXxc1qw/s992/corbell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="992" height="581" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzNeHRrII7WYD1RH0z1HbXV5UR__dE0UZ3ErhyNR2TLd-xHIOaMgmI6sQ5HKflH7X3d02UgB1zlvxQvkDD_73WeJ8M9ZgXPYaVlsukz08i7JEkxQgGEJxzjlJVB_7k45XXxc1qw/w640-h581/corbell.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Agree or disagree with the late Stan Friedman, or the late Dick Hall, or the late Errol Bruce-Knapp, or their colleagues from years past, but you could count on them being serious of thought, erudite, and, in the main, gentlemen (if ones with the occasional sharp intellectual elbow in the corner of the rink, a la Gordie Howe). The late Mac Tonnies, who was at the forefront of a new generation of researchers until his tragic death, was both smart and imaginative, curious and cultured. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Those days are long gone. Now ufology gets the likes of Jeremy Corbell, who apparently thinks that profanity is a sign of gravitas. The only thing worse than his crass gutter mentality is the odious slogan he hangs it all on - "weaponize your curiosity", which appeals, no doubt, to a certain, targeted constituency. In the end, Corbell is all about the marketing. He doesn't stand on the shoulders of those who came before him. He's just kicking their memory, and their accomplishments, in the shins.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And to think that people wonder why I turned my back on ufology years ago. Each time I check back in, it's just gotten worse.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So long as it pushes the likes of Corbell to the forefront, the "field" is nothing more than an empty suit, hanging on a sad sack of bones, waiting for burial.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Paul Kimball </span><br /></p>Paul Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10903320.post-9154473639203528552019-09-09T09:29:00.002-03:002019-09-09T09:29:29.653-03:00Synchronicity, Irish Style<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Turns out she grew up in Halifax, not far from where Linda and I live now (she lives in Ottawa now). We had a lovely chat on the way back to Dublin.</div>
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Linda posted the picture above before we knew any of this, just after I took it. It was only when we got back to our room hours later that she looked at it more closely, and then turned to me and said, “Of the six pictures you took on the platform, look who is in this one photo that I posted, but none of the other ones.”</div>
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And then a whole bunch of other synchronicities / coincidences happened. It starts with one...</div>
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Paul Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10903320.post-30363474684246448582019-01-28T05:37:00.003-04:002019-01-28T05:37:24.678-04:00Project Blue Book - A Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Paul Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10903320.post-17487453233611910762018-03-13T18:02:00.001-03:002018-03-13T18:21:53.274-03:00Stan Friedman Retires<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Stan is the person who most shaped the course of modern ufology over the past fifty years, for both good and ill. While I didn't always agree with him (or even often agree with him), Stan remains one of my favourite people, and I wish him a long and happy ride off into the sunset. He's earned it.</div>
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<i>The Daily Gleaner</i>, the local newspaper in Stan's hometown of Fredericton, New Brunswick, <a href="https://www.telegraphjournal.com/daily-gleaner/story/100534279/stanton-friedman-ufo-researcher-fredericton-debate-british-columbia" target="_blank">reported the news on the weekend</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During the panel we covered the nature of remote viewing, how it might tie in to other aspects of the paranormal, Project Stargate and other government programs, our own efforts in different ways and contexts to experiment with remote viewing, and the possible ongoing interest in the subject by intelligence agencies, perhaps in black projects that are not officially acknowledged.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you're looking for a good time with some fascinating speakers talking about the paranormal and some down-home Maritime hospitality, then I hope you'll join me, <a href="http://radiomisterioso.com/" target="_blank">Greg Bishop</a>, <a href="http://www.micahhanks.com/" target="_blank">Micah Hanks</a>, <a href="http://www.somewhereintheskies.com/" target="_blank">Ryan Sprague</a>, Chris Styles, and all the other great speakers next weekend at the 3rd annual <a href="https://eastcoastparaconference.ca/pages/schedule" target="_blank">East Coast Paraconference</a> in historic Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The irrepressible Tim Binnall will also be popping by for the third year in a row, so it's kind of like a "New Cabal" gathering..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My good friend Greg returns for the second straight year, and will be speaking, in the loosest of ways, about Roswell's 70th anniversary, and what it means for the study of UFOs (which he tells me will get into his intriguing co-creation hypothesis). Ryan is best known for his interest in and work on the subject of UFOs, and he will no doubt work the subject into his talk </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Beyond the Bermuda Triangle: Visiting Other Mysterious Triangles Around the Globe." Micah will be wading into some truly thought-provoking ideas with his presentation on "Magic, Mysticism, and the Molecule." Chris will, of course, be offering an extensive presentation on the Shag Harbour UFO incident, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this October.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's a piece of trivia for you - I <i>hate</i> ghost investigation shows on TV. I've never made it all the way through an episode of any of them. I particularly loathe <i>Ghost Adventures</i>, but <i>Ghost Hunters </i>is almost as bad. I've only watched as much as I have to over the years in a professional capacity as a producer and director, in order to see what other shows in the ghost investigating genre look like, and how they are presented. Not so that I can copy them, mind you - rather, so I know what not to do.<br /><br />It all seems so fake to me, because almost all of what you see is "action" (much of it, I am convinced, being faked, or at the very least highly exaggerated). That's not how it really works in "the field". A lot of time is actually spent sitting around, talking to your fellow investigators. I wish the ghost shows would give us more of this, and less of the staged "bumps in the night" stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think this is critical because it helps the viewer understand the investigators more as people. As I'm convinced that if there is anything at all to the paranormal, it has as much to do with the people involved, their journey, and their personal interaction with whatever might be out there as it does anything else, then understanding the people, and who they <i>really are </i>(as much as that is possible in any television program), is vital to the overall story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the debut episode of my <strong><a href="http://view902.com/view902podcast/">View 902 Podcast</a> </strong>last December, I chatted with my friend historian <a href="https://twitter.com/firkon">Aaron John Gulyas</a>. We covered an eclectic range of subjects, including the strange life and times of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_K._Bender">Albert K. Bender</a> and his role in creating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_black">Men In Black</a> mythos (the subject of Aaron’s presentation at the <a href="http://view902.com/the-2016-east-coast-paraconference/">2016 East Coast Paraconference</a> in Liverpool, Nova Scotia), why people gravitate towards the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_hypothesis">Extraterrestrial Hypothesis</a> as the go-to explanation for UFOs, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornette_Coleman">Ornette Coleman</a> as a metaphor for consciousness, and some 19th century American history, including a debate over who really won the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812">War of 1812</a>. We also fielded a couple of questions from a <a href="http://www.theparacast.com/forum/threads/ask-aaron-john-gulyas-the-other-side-of-truth.18012/">message forum on The Paracast radio show</a>, and conclude with a <em>shocking</em> revelation about President-elect <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Donald J. Trump</a>.</span></div>
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benefits of shooting a television series on the road is that you can always
build a vacation into the process, which is exactly what Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I did in late May and
early June of 2009 once we had finished filming the four episodes of <i>Ghost Cases</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Ghost Cases</span></i><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> in the United Kingdom.
After all, we were already there, which meant that we didn’t have to pay for
the airfare from Canada to Europe, so we took advantage of the situation. In
many ways it had been a stressful eight months since we had begun production on
<i>Ghost Cases</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Ghost Cases</span></i><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, much of it a carry-over from the <i>Eternal Kiss</i> shoot, so Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I were definitely
looking forward to some time to decompress.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">After we bid adieu to our
good friends Dave Sadler</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Sadler, Dave</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and Steve</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'>Mera, Steve</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Mera</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Mera, Steve</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> in Manchester we made our
way south via London to the small village of Gillingham in Dorset, where we
spent a couple of days with my old friend and colleague Will Fraser</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Fraser, Will</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, who had hosted <i>The
Classical Now</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>The Classical Now</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> a few years back.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> With Will as our gracious
host and tour guide we visited the ancient sites of Stonehenge</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Stonehenge</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, Woodhenge</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Woodhenge</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, and Avebury</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Avebury</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, as well as Salisbury</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Salisbury
Cathedral</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, where we all climbed to the top of the Cathedral (and I also got
to see the grave of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Heath, Edward</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, which I’m pretty sure I found more interesting than either Will
or Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> did). I remember at one
point, as we wandered about the Cathedral, that Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> made a joke about how we
were still spending most of our time with dead people. We both had a good
laugh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">After our stay in Gillingham
Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I headed back to London
where we saw five musicals in four nights (for those keeping score, the
musicals were: <i>Wicked</i>, <i>Phantom of the Opera</i>, <i>The Lion King</i>, <i>Les Miserables</i>, and, on the spur of the moment, the final performance
of<i> Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour
Dreamcoat</i> at the Apollo Theatre, which blew the lid off the joint). We
toured Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Baker Street, the British Museum,
The Tower of London, and the Imperial War Museum, and also attended the lecture
at the RSA by Michio Kaku</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Kaku, Michio</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> that I discussed earlier.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">From London it was off to
Scotland, where I had studied in 1987 and 1988 whilst an undergraduate student.
Back then I spent almost all of my time in the eastern part of the country at
the University of Dundee</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'>Scotland</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>:</span><span style='mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA'>University of Dundee</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and the surrounding region,
so this time I decided to see what the western side had to offer. We flew into
Glasgow, rented a car, and made our way up through Loch Lomond and Crianlarich
to the Highlands</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Scotland:</span><span
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Highlands</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, where we walked amongst the Three Sisters and Glen Coe, and then
caught a ferry from Oban to the mystical Isle of Mull</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Scotland</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>:</span><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Isle of Mull</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Three days on Mull based
in Tobermory provided for some great whisky, a couple of castles, some ancient
standing stones in Lochbuie and castle ruins at Aros, hill-walking galore, and
a day on the Isle of Iona</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Scotland</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>:</span><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Isle of Iona</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, which is one of those places that everyone should try to visit
before they shuffle off this mortal coil.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> I also made sure to visit
every cemetery and burial ground that I could find because I’ve always been
drawn to the history that one can discover there, and the connection you can
make with the past. Luckily I had a great traveling companion who felt the same
way, or was at least willing to indulge what many other people might consider
my ghoulish interest in the final resting places of the dearly departed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Our trip back from Mull</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Scotland</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>:</span><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Isle of Mull</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> took us through Inverary,
which was beautiful. We then spent two days and nights in Glasgow where we
wandered the streets, poked about more old churches and cemeteries, drank some
great beer, and unfortunately went to see <i>Terminator:
Salvation</i>, a truly dire film. Still, that evening had a memorable moment.
Before we went into our theatre in the multi-level cinema complex we popped by
the bar for a beer. As we sat there chatting I noticed that there was a small
black spot on my leg (I was wearing walking shorts). I took a closer look and discovered
a heretofore unnoticed tick that I had picked up whilst hill-walking the day
before. It was the second one on the trip; before we left Mull</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Scotland</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>:</span><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Isle of Mull</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, the very nice lady who ran the bed & breakfast in which we
stayed had removed another one that was… well, let me just say that it was too
close for comfort for any man!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Having observed our
host’s technique for safe tick removal in Mull</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Scotland</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>:</span><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Isle of Mull</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> said she would help me out.
I figured it could wait until we got back to the hotel after the movie so we
went in and found a couple of good seats. After five minutes of sitting in the
theatre, however, I couldn’t stop thinking about the bloodsucking little devil,
so I asked Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> if we could get rid of it before
the film started. We went out to the lobby where we quickly realized that we
would have to use the child changing room given that she couldn’t go into the
male washroom and I couldn’t go into the female washroom (a lesson I once
learned the hard way after a night of heavy drinking in San Juan</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>San Juan,
Puerto Rico</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, Puerto Rico</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Puerto Rico</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We waited until the coast
was clear and then snuck into the room and locked the door. I can only imagine
what the people who were walking by must have thought when they heard the
following rather animated conversation coming from inside.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Do you see it?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“It’s so small”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I can see it from <i>here</i>, and you’re kneeling right next to
it – how do you <i>not</i> see it?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Okay, there it is. I’ve
got it… I’ll just give it a twist.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Be careful!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Does that hurt?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Ow!!!” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we eventually exited
the changing room there was a small crowd gathered in the hallway, evenly split
between those patrons who thought we were horrible people engaged in some sort
of carnal escapade, and those who thought we were really cool people engaged in
some sort of carnal escapade. I admit that I did nothing to disabuse them of
their notions as we went back into the theatre. For those who were unfortunate
enough to join us for <i>Terminator: Salvation</i>,
at least we had provided some entertainment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">As our time in the United
Kingdom drew to a close we flew down to London and stayed overnight at Heathrow
before our flight early the next morning for the final destination on our grand
adventure, the Czech Republic</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Czech
Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. Neither Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> nor I had ever been on the
continent of Europe before, so we had debated where we would spend our last
week on vacation. Romania was a contender because we both thought hiking
through the mountains around Cluj and checking out the land of Dracula</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Dracula</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> would be great fun. Greece
was also a place we considered, for more leisure-oriented reasons, as was Italy,
but we eventually settled on Prague</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Prague, Czech
Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, which came highly recommended by a number of our friends back
home who had been there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I’m sure Romania, Italy
and Greece would have been wonderful (and I plan to visit all three someday),
but we made a good call with the Czech Republic</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Czech
Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, where we had an amazing time. We spent the first five days in
Prague</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Prague, Czech Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, walking around the city for hours each day. Part of the charm and
romance of Prague</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Prague, Czech
Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> is getting lost on a
walkabout, and we certainly managed to “misplace” our bearings on more than one
occasion. One local I chatted up while asking for directions congratulated me
on being so far from where I thought I was and then told me that if you didn’t
get lost in Prague</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Prague, Czech
Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> you hadn’t really been
there, which I thought was pretty zen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">We popped into myriad
shops and cafes and restaurants, and toured the magnificent Prague</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Prague, Czech
Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> castle, where the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Kings
of Bohemia, the Holy Roman Emperors, and the presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech
Republic all held “court”. We also attended
enthralling performances at the State Opera (Prokofiev</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Prokofiev,
Sergei</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">’s ballet <i>Cinderella</i>)
and the National Theatre (Dvorak</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'> Dvořák</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>, Antonin</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">’s <i>Rusalka</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Rusalka</span></i><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, which I mentioned earlier), and I managed to catch a little
black light theatre while Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> was doing some shopping for
her mother. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">While we were based in
Prague</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Prague, Czech Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, we also wanted to see some of the rest of the Czech Republic</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Czech
Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, so we took two day-trips outside of the city. The first sojourn
was to Terezin</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Terezin, Czech Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> because I wanted to visit
the former concentration camp. It was a very moving place, and both Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I came away with a
different perspective on our world after spending the day there. We also
continued our habit of poking about in places where we weren’t supposed to go
when we opened a door and walked into a series of dark tunnels which ran
underneath the fortress. Eventually we made our way out to what had once been
the grounds on which prisoners were executed by firing squad. Only when we
looked behind us did we notice the sign indicating that the tunnels were off
limits, presumably for safety reasons.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn3" title="">[3]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn3" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">For the second day trip
we hopped a train to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Kutná
Hora</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Kutná Hora, Czech Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>"
</span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, where we immediately made our way to the famous Sedlec ossuary</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Sedlec
ossuary, Czech Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, which contains the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people
(a wide margin of error, but at some point when you’re piling up skeletons I
imagine you lose count). It was definitely a creepy place, with skulls and
bones placed everywhere. As we walked out I once again thought to myself that
for two people who were trying to decompress from several months of ghost</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>ghosts</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> investigating we were
certainly spending a lot of our time in places where you would expect a few
ghosts</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>ghosts</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> might be lingering. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">We had some wonderful
goulash for lunch and then took a tour of an old mine that was so dark and
confined I was sure I was going to get stuck underground (having had a double
portion of the goulash probably didn’t help as I tried to navigate the tightest
spots). I don’t like dark, confined spaces, so it was definitely a “confront
your fears” moment. Finally, we visited Saint
Barbara's Church, one of the most famous Gothic churches in central
Europe and a </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">UNESCO world
heritage site. Somewhere along the way Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> managed to get us lost. As
with our rambles in Prague</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Prague, Czech
Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, however, her error in </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Kutná Hora</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Kutná
Hora, Czech Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> led to something we wouldn’t
have otherwise seen – a beautiful field of tulips on the other side of town,
far from the regular walking routes taken by tourists.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn4" title="">[4]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn4" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I decided to spend the
final two days of our trip in Český
Krumlov</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Český</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'> Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, a small city in the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">South Bohemian
Region of the Czech Republic</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Czech Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> best known for the
fine architecture and art</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>art</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> of its historic old town and
</span><span lang="CS" style="line-height: 115%;">the State Castle of Český Krumlov</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, second only to the castle at Prague</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Prague, Czech
Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> itself in size and splendor.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn5" title="">[5]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn5" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I love riding trains</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>trains</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> so I convinced Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> that we should take the
four hour train ride to Český
Krumlov</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Český</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'> Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> instead of what would have
been a somewhat shorter trip by bus. It was a bad decision. The train was old,
which was great, but it was musty, which aggravated my hay fever. Opening the
window made it even worse as it was the beginning of June and pollen was everywhere.
I spent four hours with watery eyes, a runny nose, and more than one roll of
toilet paper next to me by way of tissue paper. To her credit, Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> never once said, “I told
you so.” Of course, she spent most of the time sleeping, which is probably what
I would have done if I had been her sitting across from a de facto Snuffleupagus.</span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">
</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I had booked us a double
room at the Pension Ve Vezi</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Pension Ve
Vezi, Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, an inn shaped like a small wizard’s tower about a ten minute
walk from the castle and another five minutes from the old town.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> Unfortunately, when we got
there things went from bad to worse. The new owner of the inn, who had taken
over after I made the reservation two months earlier, had placed us in a room with
only one bed, and all of the other rooms were occupied. He apologized profusely
for the error and assured us that he would switch us to the room with two beds
that we had reserved the next evening, but this still left us in a bit of a
quandary. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">We could have moved to
another inn, but it was late in the afternoon, we had just arrived in town, I
was still suffering from hay fever, and we really liked the Pension Ve Vezi</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Pension Ve
Vezi, Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. After all, who wouldn’t want to spend a couple of nights in a
wizard’s castle? We told him that the arrangements would be fine, and he
reimbursed the cost of the difference in rooms and gave me a break on the total
price by way of apology, which was a nice gesture that I appreciated. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I made our way up the
winding staircase to our room. It was quite cozy, and would have been great for
a couple, but we were <i>not</i> a couple,
so someone was going to have to sleep on the hard floor. Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> offered to do so, but I am
nothing if not a gentleman, so I insisted that she take the bed. With a smile
on my face I assured her that as a <i>Star
Trek</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Star Trek</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> fan I fancied the idea of
sleeping on a good, solid floor, just like a Klingon warrior would. I’m pretty
sure that she didn’t believe me, which might have had something to do with the
way I kept looking down at the floor and wincing, but I was insistent and she
eventually agreed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">As it had been hours
since we had eaten we decided to take a walk through our section of town, past
the castle, across the bridge that spans the Vltava River</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Vltava River</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, and into the old town square, which was ringed with hotels and
restaurants. Despite our grumbling stomachs we couldn’t help but meander
because there was so much to see. There were cubby-holes, narrow lanes, and
winding side-streets that made Prague</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Prague, Czech
Republic</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> look like wide-open Los
Angeles</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Los Angeles</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> by comparison, and we were
drawn down more than a couple of alleyways by the sight of an interesting
looking shop or building. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">As we walked along, I
turned to Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and said, “Now <i>this</i> is a place where we should have
come to look for ghosts</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>ghosts</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She nodded, and then
replied, “Maybe we’ll see some while we’re here.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I just shook my head, smiled
and said, “I certainly hope not. I’m retired from ghost</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>ghosts</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> hunting.” Before she could
answer, I began to imitate Dave Sadler</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Sadler, Dave</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> in a most exaggerated
manner, and she broke out into laughter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">We eventually made our
way to Lazebnicky bridge</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Lazebnicky
bridge, Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> where we got a great look
at the castle, which was perched precariously on top of a rocky outcropping like
something out of a fairy tale. The bridge itself is fairly short, with statues
of various religious figures on the sides, including a very impressive one of
Jesus</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Jesus</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> framed with the castle as a
backdrop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">We found a nice
restaurant in the town square and plunked ourselves down on the patio. A very friendly
waitress came by and immediately made us feel at home. She recommended the
goulash, which was fine by me. Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I each ordered what
turned out to be really good Czech beer and settled in for a couple of hours of
great food, people-watching, and conversation, during which we conducted a
spirited recap of our zany adventures.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">One of the subjects that
came up was the question of whether she and I might be carrying any “negative
energy” (for lack of a better term) from our ghost</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>ghosts</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> investigating. Perhaps even
more ominous, we considered the possibility that by opening the door as we did
time and again to “contact,” maybe we had allowed something unwanted to come in
and attach itself to us, something about which we had been warned by more than
a few people we had met over the preceding months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> had discussed this subject
at our blog a few months previously when she wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">There's always a risk you'll get burned when
playing with fire, and the idea of a spiritual realm is definitely a
metaphorical fire, if not a literal one. Paul and I have joked from the
beginning about having to travel to Peru at the end of the series to be
"cleansed," but perhaps there is more truth there then I initially
realized. I've never doubted the significance the unknown can play on a
person's physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being, and with that
knowledge, I have entered the world of "ghost</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>ghosts</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> hunting" with my eyes wide open, so to
speak. However, being aware of the unknown doesn't make one any better equipped
to deal with it. With the number of completed episodes mounting, and
unexplained experiences increasing, I've recently redirected my research back
to this idea of "aura cleansing." Just in case.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">As the conversation
continued I casually mentioned to Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> that I knew a priest back
in Canada who was an expert on exorcisms, and that perhaps he could save us the
price of a trip to Peru, or some of the other destinations we had considered
for some sort of shamanistic retreat. She thought it would be a good idea,
although she still wanted to test the transformative powers of ayahuasca</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>ayahuasca</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMDu4-q-6vmH6puGZmtfh_OQRYLkqYXIdMazy639ZxjZjUZNRFVWs4xzbhp6NnqWjMVGBpiHIY0LQFDMrGgUAbZx_b4f0n9gVF_VboKT7pF30d14A1c0bmHSgDKGFGy-5zXxukQ/s1600/30JPG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMDu4-q-6vmH6puGZmtfh_OQRYLkqYXIdMazy639ZxjZjUZNRFVWs4xzbhp6NnqWjMVGBpiHIY0LQFDMrGgUAbZx_b4f0n9gVF_VboKT7pF30d14A1c0bmHSgDKGFGy-5zXxukQ/s640/30JPG.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Holly enjoying a local beer at
dinner; behind her is the town square.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">“If it helps break down
the walls we erect and allows our own minds to battle the demons</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>demons</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> we all have within us,” she
said to me, “then paranormal</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>paranormal</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> or no, I'm all for it.” I
agreed, even as I wondered whether some cheap Czech absinthe might do the trick
just as well. Still, a trip is a trip, and all doors open to the same pathway
of elevated consciousness</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'>consciousness</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, which is something I either heard Jim Morrison say once or read
on the wall of a dingy bathroom in an even dingier bar in northern Alberta. But
I digress…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">As I chatted with Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> I thought about relating an
anecdote from <i>Three Men Seeking Monsters</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Three Men
Seeking Monsters</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, by my good friend Nick Redfern</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Redfern, Nick</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">In chapter nine,
the Bard of Birmingham recounted a meeting he had with an alleged witch</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>witches</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> named Sarah
Graymalkin</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Graymalkin, Sarah</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">. “You don’t realize that while you are looking for
these things,” she told him, “believing in them and telling others about them
who also become emotionally charged believers, they are manipulating you and
your followers as a food source.”<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
In the end, I decided to keep that tidbit of information to myself,
particularly as our own “food sources” has just arrived.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Speaking of Nick</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Redfern, Nick</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, he and I had discussed the question of being
“stalked” over margaritas in San Juan</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>San Juan,
Puerto Rico</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, Puerto Rico</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Puerto Rico</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, in 2005. We were there investigating the legend of
the chupacabra</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>chupacabra</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> for my
documentary <i>Fields of Fear</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Fields of
Fear</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, and had just spent the day interviewing a number of
people in rural areas who claimed to have seen the alleged vampire-like
creature. One in particular stood out for me because he was convinced that the
chupacabra was actually a demon</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>demons</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> from hell sent
to torment him. I remember asking Nick as we sat on the hotel patio next to the
Caribbean Sea whether he ever got worried about the forces that we might be
dealing with. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Nick</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Redfern, Nick</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> thought about
it for a moment, then smiled and shook his head. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Bring ‘em on,” he
said defiantly. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wasn’t quite
sure whether he meant the forces of evil, or another drink, as he had just
finished his margarita.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn9" title="">[9]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn9" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The interesting
thing about the chupacabra</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE
"</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>chupacabra</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, as I look back on our adventures in Puerto Rico</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Puerto Rico</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, is that it easily fits within the “performance art</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>performance
art</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">” interpretation of the paranormal</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>paranormal</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">. I think the vast majority of sightings of the
alleged creature have simple prosaic explanations, but there were some cases
recounted to us that were far more bizarre than just a few chickens being
attacked in a cage by what was surely a wild dog. For example, a man named
Pucho and his family told us about seeing a strange, shadow-like creature</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>shadow people</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> that resembled
a huge bird. His account was not all that dissimilar to what I experienced at
St. Edith</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>St.
Edith's Church, Shocklach (Case of the Haunted Graveyard)</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">’s church in Shocklach</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>St. Edith's Church (Case of the Haunted Graveyard)</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, and the link is made even more interesting by the
fact that Pucho’s sighting occurred next to a small rural church (The Church of
the Three Kings). Pucho ascribed it to the chupacabra because that was the meme
his culture had created as a sort of “one size fits all” explanation for weird
happenings, whereas with my interest in science fiction my first thought had
been some sort of Star Trek</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Star Trek</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">-like trans-dimensional void. But what we both described
was more or less the same thing.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn10" title="">[10]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn10" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">With this on my mind
Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I finished our dinner
and then meandered through the streets of Český Krumlov</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>Český</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> Krumlov</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> for about an hour, during
which time I noticed a toy store that intrigued me because all of the toys were
made locally and by hand. I filed a mental note to stop by the next day and see
if there was anything there that would make a good gift for friends or family
back home, particularly my niece and three nephews.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">By the time Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I made it back to the
wizard’s castle it was about 10:30 pm. We chatted for a little while as I
tested the floor, which I discovered was every bit as hard as it looked. Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> gave me all but one of her
blankets, which provided at least a bit of separation and cushion from the
floor, although it was a far cry from the comfortable beds that I had gotten
used to on the trip. Around 11:20 pm we turned out the lights, intent on
getting an early start on our sight-seeing the following day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Within a couple of
minutes I realized two things. First, the less time I spent lying on the floor
the better, because I’m definitely more Ferengi than Klingon. Second, my hay
fever was still acting up, which added insult to injury (I think it was
probably the dust on the floor). After a few minutes of trying to get
comfortable, and not sniffle every five seconds, I gave up. I turned on one of
the lights and told Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> that I needed to go for a
walk to clear my sinuses. She asked me if I wanted her to come along but I said
that I would be okay. After all, how much trouble could I get in on a weeknight
in a beautiful and peaceful town like Český
Krumlov</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Český</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'> Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I wandered out into the
night and stood in the small garden next to the inn. I let the cool breeze waft
over me for a few moments which definitely helped clear up the sinuses. The
area was completely deserted as I started to stroll down </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Pivovarská</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. I had my MP3 player with me and I was listening to some
Radiohead</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Radiohead</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> as I passed several
buildings on my left and trees on my right. After a few minutes I reached <span class="st1">Latrán</span>, the
street which cut through the center of the town. I hung a left and headed
towards Lazebnicky bridge</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Lazebnicky
bridge, Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> across the Vltava River</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Vltava River</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and the town square on the
other side.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Despite not being very late, at least by my reckoning, there
wasn’t another person out and about, which I guess wasn’t surprising given the
fact that it was a Monday evening in early June, before the real height of
tourist season hits the town. A few lines from an old song I had written years
before but never recorded suddenly came to me as I took in my surroundings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The streets
are quiet in this old town<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the bars are
closed and the girls have gone home,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The streetlights
shine, from end to end,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and I wonder about the message that they send…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">As I ambled along,
stopping to look into shop windows or down darkened alleyways, I played a
little game that I often engage in whilst on a walkabout where I sort of
experiment with time travel</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'>time travel</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, at least as a concept. I look at a place further along on my route
and take a moment to imagine myself standing there. I continue on until I reach
that point, and then look back at where I was and remember myself from that
time. Sometimes it almost seems like I can see myself in the future, and then
in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">By the time I reached the
Lazebnicky bridge</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Lazebnicky
bridge, Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> I had worked myself into a
routine of picking the two points and then walking between them, almost like I
was attaching pitons one by one as I climbed a mountain. I imagined myself at
the end of the bridge, attached my mental piton, and then started across. When
I got to the other side I leaned against the railing, looked back across the
Vltava to where I had been standing just moments before, and pondered where and
how we all fit into the grand scheme of things. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The lyrics from another old song of mine intruded on my thoughts
again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sly scissors
separate the threads,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">look to see
if the time, it does fit,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as it slips
through the needle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stare softly
at this sudden leap of faith,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">catch the
wind and fly away,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">no destination, just a landing.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn11" title="">[11]</a></span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My gaze wandered down to
the river. I picked up two small stones and tossed one into the water below. As
I watched the ripples move out from the point of impact I thought to myself
that in many ways the interaction between the stone and the water served as a
metaphor for our lives. I threw the other stone into the river at a spot a
couple of feet to the right of the first one and watched as the ripples from
its impact eventually met up with the ripples from the first stone. Then I
continued on to the town square, having indulged myself in enough philosophy
101 for one evening.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Český</span><span lang="EN-US"> Krumlov</span><span lang="EN-US"> central square at night. I was
sitting on the bench in the </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">foreground when I saw </span>the shadowy figure for the
first time.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I got there
everything was closed and there still wasn’t another person to be seen. I sat
down on one of the benches scattered about the square and enjoyed the solitude,
the location, and the crisp night air, which was invigorating. I spent ten
minutes looking around at the various buildings and imagining the people who
might have lived in them over the centuries. From time to time I glanced up at
the sky to see if I could pick out a satellite or a stray meteor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Then, as I was looking
down the street towards Lazebnicky bridge</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Lazebnicky
bridge, Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, I realized that I was not completely alone after all. I turned my
head and saw what appeared to be a man</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>shadow
people</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> walking slowly across the
square at about roughly the same pace I had been moving at earlier. He was
perhaps twenty meters in front of me. Although the square was lit to a degree,
the level of illumination was insufficient for me to get a good bead on him,
particularly as he wasn’t looking in my direction. I didn’t really think much
more about it as he reached the center of the square, and I turned my head in a
different direction. A second or two later, however, I felt obliged to have
another look at the man – when you’re in a foreign country, alone in a strange
town at night (no matter how peaceful it might seem), it pays to be careful. When
I looked back to where the man had been walking, however, he was gone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I surveyed the entire
square but there was no sign of him. What made it strange to me was that he had
been walking at a slow and deliberate pace, and he was nowhere near the edges
of the square or any of the various hotel doors when I looked away for just a
second or two. I hadn’t heard anything that would have indicated he had
suddenly run to a door and opened and closed it, even if he could have made it
in time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Maybe, I thought to
myself, I had looked back towards the bridge for five or six seconds instead of
just one or two, but I immediately ruled that out. I remember shaking my head
and saying aloud to myself, “I know the difference between a quick glance over
my shoulder, and a shift that lasts several seconds longer.” Eventually I just
shrugged and figured that it was time to head back to the inn for some shuteye
because I was obviously starting to see things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I stood up and gave the
area a final, curious look. I thought back to Dave Sadler</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Sadler, Dave</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">’s story of the young girl and the “time slip</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'>time slips</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">” at St. Edith</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>St. Edith's Church,
Shocklach (Case of the Haunted Graveyard)</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">’s church in Shocklach</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>St. Edith's Church (Case of the Haunted Graveyard)</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, and wondered whether something similar had just happened to me.
Then I laughed, and asked myself what I would have said if someone had told me,
just a year before, that I would be standing in the town square of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Český</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Krumlov</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Český</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'> Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> talking to myself about shadowy figures</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>shadow
people</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and time slips</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>time
slips</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.
I know that I probably would have dismissed the idea as ludicrous. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">As I made my way down the street
towards Lazebnicky bridge</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Lazebnicky
bridge, Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> I decided to stop and have
a look in the toy store I had noticed earlier in the day. I leaned up close to
the window and surveyed the display. There were wooden cars with little mice
driving them which I thought were cute and would make a perfect tongue-in-cheek
gift for my former fiance at the time, Linda</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Wood, Linda</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, who has a pronounced phobia about mice.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> As I moved closer to see if
I could make out a price tag I once again saw something out of the corner of my
eye. I lifted my gaze up from the wooden mouse, and over my shoulder I could
clearly see the reflection of a shadowy figure in the shop window.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I immediately clenched
both fists, stepped to my left, and turned around – not because I expected to
meet someone from the Men in Black</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Men in Black</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, or a demon</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>demons</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, or anything like that, but because I thought I might be about to
get mugged. Somewhere in my mind, as I turned to face whoever was standing
behind me, I was kicking myself for having forgotten my standard operating
procedure for walkabouts. I’ve spent years living in Halifax and taking long
walks every night, and the one thing that I’ve learned is that the best way to
stay safe is to stay focused on your surroundings. The five months I spent as
an RCMP special constable in the wilds of northern Cape Breton in the summer of
1990 also taught me that you react defensively to an unknown situation first
and worry about whether or not someone gets offended afterwards. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">In one sense I need not
have worried, because as I stared out into the street I found that I was still
alone. But while the lack of a mugger was a relief, the situation I now faced
created an entirely different set of concerns for me. I had definitely seen the
reflection of someone in the window</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>shadow
people</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, only to turn around and find that there was no-one there who
could have made that image.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">For the first time I felt
a very palpable sense of unease, mixed with a tinge of fear</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>fear</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. The disappearing man in the town square had been one thing because
he hadn’t been right next to me, so it wasn’t really a threatening situation.
But a figure appearing in a window over my shoulder when there was no-one there
was something else altogether. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">As I left the toy store I
quickened my pace a bit. I reached the bridge, and started to walk across. At
about the half-way point, next to the statue of Jesus</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Jesus Christ</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, I heard footsteps behind me. The sound was as clear as the
horse’s hooves had been in the cemetery at St. Edith</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>St. Edith's Church,
Shocklach (Case of the Haunted Graveyard)</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">’s a month before. I came to a stop, and could feel my jaw
locking, which is something I do when I’m nervous. Trying to play it as cool as
I could under the circumstances, I turned around slowly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQrjeBqHZFM_oqdYJ_2OFAvUsz-ASEPZddMF3ezvQ29yHhF8McH1m77OMbCHQiS42PlQmjNme_Fpi_FAo6Dy9pTedsTAqFXrDApghJxQyQyRsC95i66wQleVTfTBllLztj2Rlfw/s1600/38JPG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQrjeBqHZFM_oqdYJ_2OFAvUsz-ASEPZddMF3ezvQ29yHhF8McH1m77OMbCHQiS42PlQmjNme_Fpi_FAo6Dy9pTedsTAqFXrDApghJxQyQyRsC95i66wQleVTfTBllLztj2Rlfw/s640/38JPG.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The statue of Jesus on Lazebnicky
bridge.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The footsteps stopped.
There was no-one else on the bridge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And then I felt it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A force on my shoulder,
like a hand. Not hard like a blow being struck, but the kind of feeling I
imagine you would get when a police officer walks up behind you and places a
firm hand on your arm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I pivoted at the same
time as I took a step forward, away from whatever was behind me. I’m not a
fighter, but I learned a couple things during my stint in the RCMP.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">One again there was
no-one there</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>shadow people</span><span lang=EN-US>"
</span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I didn’t run, although
somewhere deep in my soul I wanted to take off as fast as Dandelion, a
particularly speedy rabbit character from my favorite novel, <i>Watership Down</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Watership
Down</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
But after eight months of myriad strange experiences my curiosity had come to
equal my fear</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>fear</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, at least to the point where I maintained a semblance of dignity
as I got off the bridge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">With a brisk pace, and
more than a few nervous glances over my shoulder, I walked up <span class="st1">Latrán</span>, hung a right on </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Pivovarská, and
made my way back to our inn. By the time I got there I had calmed down a bit,
although when I pulled the key for the front door out of my pocket I dropped it
on the ground. My hand wasn’t shaking, but it wasn’t perfectly steady either.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">When I got back to the room Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> was asleep. Normally I would have washed up
and changed before going to bed, but I just closed the door and lay down on the
floor. I didn’t care about how uncomfortable it was – I was just happy to be
back inside with someone else in the room.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I thought about waking Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and telling her about what had happened but I
decided against it. I wish I could say that I let her sleep because it had been
a long day, and as a gentleman I figured at least one of us deserved a good
night’s rest. The real reason, however, was that I didn’t want to tell anyone about
what I was already starting to think of as the “shadow man.” As was the case at
St. Edith</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>St. Edith's Church,
Shocklach (Case of the Haunted Graveyard)</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">’s church in Shocklach</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>St. Edith's
Church (Case of the Haunted Graveyard)</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, my natural inclination is
to keep an experience like this to myself lest I seem like a fool to others. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I pulled out my
MP3 player, turned it on, and put the headphones into my ears. I cycled through
the music</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>music</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> until I found Radiohead</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Radiohead</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">. I scrolled down through
the songs and finally came to the one I wanted: “Where I End and You Begin”. I
hit play and leaned back to listen as Thom Yorke</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Yorke, Thom</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> sang:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">There's a gap
in between</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There's a gap
where we meet<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Where I end
and you begin…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">X will mark
the place<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like the
parting of the waves<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like a house
falling in the sea<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the sea<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I will eat
you alive<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There will be no more lies…<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn14" title="">[14]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn14" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As I lay there
on the floor I noticed a narrow ray of light coming into the room from the
small window. After a moment, I held my hands out in front of me and started to
form shadow figures on the wall, as I thought back to a song lyric of my own
from 1993:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A troubled shroud it
calls out loud<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">amidst the music</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>music</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and the singing,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it is ignored<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by the guilty ones,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">condescend to turn around<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">deduce the nature of this
conversation,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">try to remember<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">what
you once were…<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn15" title="">[15]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn15" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">We’re all guilty of something, I thought, as I closed
my eyes and tried to get some sleep. Maybe what we see on the outside is a
reflection of what we have on the inside. In its own way, that notion was as
disturbing to me as the possibility that I had actually encountered some sort
of supernatural being</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>shadow people</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn16" title="">[16]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn16" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">When we got up the next
morning I had a sore back to go along with more questions than answers about my
strange experience the night before, but I didn’t mention either to Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. It was the second last full day of our trip and there was much
to see and do in </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Český</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">
Krumlov</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Český</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'> Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">,
so I didn’t want to provide any unnecessary distractions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">After a quick breakfast at the inn we
walked up to the castle, which is even more impressive once you get inside. We
toured an art</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>art</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> exhibit located in underground catacombs and
climbed to the top of the castle tower, which tested my fear</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>fear</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> of heights just as much as the ascent to the
top of Salisbury</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Salisbury Cathedral</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Cathedral had a couple of weeks earlier. The
other highlight was a guided tour through a section of the interior of the
castle where we got to see the antique furniture, paintings, and other
artifacts from centuries past. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">After the guided tour we wandered
around the grounds for another hour or so and then made our way back to <span class="st1">Latrán, where we
proceeded towards </span>Lazebnicky bridge</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Lazebnicky
bridge, Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. As I walked across the bridge I thought about my experience the
previous night for a brief moment, but I was having such a good time with Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> that I didn’t dwell on it.
The toy store was open, and we both went inside and browsed for what was
probably close to half an hour. I bought some small toys for my nephews and
niece, and the wooden car with the mouse behind the wheel for Linda. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">As we left the store
Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I decided to split up.
On our trip we had spent almost all of our time together (particularly in the
evenings – my walkabout the night before had been my first such solo foray at
night during the entire trip), but from time to time we had wanted to see
different things so we would head in separate directions for an hour or so. In
this case, Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> was on the hunt for some
gifts for her mother, while I wanted to check out a book store I had seen
earlier. We agreed to meet in an hour at the restaurant where we had eaten the
night before, and headed off in our separate directions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUhZFTKHMk_bFKr2MoQ4-cl16VnIko8TRP978BlZvWmxCYTjOxzK7PMnoNStZqMOf_kjKVQGcP_2Br1ifgDZLNDi15SdmwVs3aNaBRsiux-DCXFZJ7-e571A9NN75XovD2y_hKA/s1600/36JPG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUhZFTKHMk_bFKr2MoQ4-cl16VnIko8TRP978BlZvWmxCYTjOxzK7PMnoNStZqMOf_kjKVQGcP_2Br1ifgDZLNDi15SdmwVs3aNaBRsiux-DCXFZJ7-e571A9NN75XovD2y_hKA/s640/36JPG.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The strange drawing I saw on a
wall near where I had an encounter with the shadowy figure.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Almost as soon as I
turned a corner down the side-street that led to the bookstore I saw something
drawn on the wall of a building that made me stop in my tracks. Outlined in
black was a giant eyeball with three lines that ran straight down from the
center like legs, and two hooked lines that jutted out from the sides like
arms, or tendrils. What I found most interesting, however, was the center of
the eye, where someone had drawn what appeared to be the shape of a shadowy
figure</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>shadow people</span><span lang=EN-US>"
</span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I thought it might be my
over-active imagination</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>imagination</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> so I took a closer look. As
far as I was concerned, the center of the eye was definitely not the kind of
thing that you would expect someone to place there if he just wanted to
indicate the pupil. I took a photograph of the strange graffiti, and then made
my way to the bookstore.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I met up as planned in
the town square where we had another lovely dinner, after which we decided to
find a bar and sample more of the local beer. As we walked back towards
Lazebnicky bridge</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Lazebnicky
bridge, Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> noticed a sign hanging over
a door. She skipped over and stood next to it in the way a <i>Price is Right</i> model stands next to a car in the final showcase
showdown. A big smile crossed her face. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“C’mon,” she pleaded.
“This is perfect!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I walked over and stared
up at the sign. It looked like a piece of abstract art</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>art</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, and had just two words on it: Horor Bar</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Horor Bar,
Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes you just have
to shrug your shoulders, and go with the flow. This was definitely one of those
times. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">We walked in and
immediately descended a staircase to the cellar of the building where the bar
was located. All you really need to know about the Horor Bar</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Horor Bar,
Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> is that it looks like a
dungeon out of a 1930s horror film, and it has a coffin for a table where patrons
can sit and enjoy a beverage. In other words, it comes by its name honestly. I
almost expected to see Bela Lugosi hunched over behind the bar, hissing “yes,
master” as Basil Rathbone ordered a nefarious-looking drink. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The joint was sparsely
populated when we walked in. While neither Baron Wolf von Frankenstein nor Ygor
were present, my disappointment was immediately ameliorated when I saw the
waitress leaning against the bar. Wearing a Lana-Turner-at-the-soda-fountain
face, she was possessed of the kind of physical beauty that carves a permanent
little corner in your memory as soon as you behold it, like a first kiss, or a
magic hour sunset. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Standing across from her
was an older man whom I pegged for either a regular or the owner. There were a
couple of locals huddled together at one of the tables near the bar talking to
each other in low whispers, and a group of three young Americans tucked into a
corner table by the door who were much more animated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The waitress came over
and asked us what we wanted (at least I assume that’s what she said, as she was
speaking Czech). As soon as we replied in English, she smiled and said, “Ahh…
more Americans,” a statement which drew a few glances from the group of
boisterous gringos in the corner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Nope,” I replied
good-naturedly. “Canadians.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Her smile disappeared in
an instant, and she became very apologetic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I’m so sorry,” she said
in English that, whilst broken, was a lot better than my Czech. “Many
apologies.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I smiled and shook my
head. I had seen this more than once in my travels. A few Canadians with low
self-esteem get offended when they’re mistaken for our southern cousins, and I
suspected that she must have run across a couple of these obnoxiously defensive
types at some point. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“No worries,” I said in a
cheerful tone. “Tonight we’re all Czechs!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She smiled again, broader
this time, and asked us what we wanted to drink. I told her to bring us
whatever she felt was their best local beer on tap, a gesture of confidence in
her knowledge of the local scene that she clearly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">In a couple of minutes she
returned with two very fulsome brews. As this was our last real night of the
trip Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I were planning on
making it a late evening, so I inquired when the bar closed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“When the last customer
leaves,” answered the waitress with a friendly laugh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“My kind of bar,” I said,
as she smiled and then moved off to check on the Americans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I raised a glass to
toast eight months of adventures together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“It’s been a wild ride,”
she said enthusiastically, and then took an approving sip of her beer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“No kidding,” I replied,
as I tasted what turned out to be an excellent lager. I gave the waitress a
wave of thanks and a nod to indicate that she had definitely made a good
choice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">“Flirt,” joked Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Absolutely,” I
countered.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">“She’s pretty,” Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> commented, looking over at
the bar.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I took another sip of
beer and played it cool.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Hadn’t noticed.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> “Well, if you want some alone time,” Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> said, tongue planted firmly
in her cheek “just let me know, and I’ll take an extended bathroom break.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Deal,” I replied with a
grin, but knowing full well that I wouldn’t go beyond casual flirting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">As the evening wore on
Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I descended into a
state of happy-go-lucky inebriation as we conducted something of a
retrospective of our time working on <i>Ghost
Cases</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Ghost Cases</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“What would you say was
the scariest experience you had,” I asked at one point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Her face tightened as she
took in a deep breath. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">“Churchill Mansion</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Churchill
Mansion (Case of the Haunted Mansion)</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">,” she said quietly, and then exhaled, as if it had been a
Herculean effort just to say the words, much less conjure the memory. There was
no need for her to say anything else. I remembered <i>that</i> investigation very well. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Churchill Mansion in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Churchill Mansion</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Churchill
Mansion (Case of the Haunted Mansion)</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> is an old home in Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Nova Scotia</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, that had been converted to an inn. It has a well-known
reputation for being haunted, and we weren’t the first television show that had
filmed an episode of a paranormal</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>paranormal</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">-themed show there.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn17" title="">[17]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn17" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The stories at the
Mansion revolved around the original owner, Aaron Churchill</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Churchill,
Aaron</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, a famous seafarer and entrepreneur who was said to haunt the
place with lascivious intentions towards any female guests, and his niece
Lottie, who eventually suffered a mental breakdown and wound up in an asylum in
Boston.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn18" title="">[18]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn18" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">On our first night there,
Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, the crew and I sat down with the owner, a gnome-like old-timer
named Bob, who related to us all of the various stories surrounding the
mansion. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">“I don’t really want to
go on the record with this,” Bob told us cagily, although I’ve always found
that as soon as someone says something like that it means that they really <i>do</i> want to go on the record, so I always
keep the camera rolling unless they specifically request that I turn it off (at
which point I always oblige). In Bob’s case, the persuasion came from a bottle
of whiskey that he kept close by. After a swig or two, he continued. “One of
the stories is that Aaron and Lottie had…” He paused, and swallowed hard. “A
relationship.” Churchill</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Churchill,
Aaron</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> died in 1920, but Bob
explained that in a small town like Yarmouth there were some stories that you
just didn’t discuss publicly, at least not with outsiders. I knew exactly what
he was talking about because when I was stationed with the RCMP in northern
Cape Breton, perhaps the most isolated region of Nova Scotia</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Nova Scotia</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, we often had trouble getting people to talk about various
crimes. They preferred to keep it “in house,” and then let us pick up the
pieces after they had served their own rough brand of local justice.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn19" title="">[19]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn19" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“This is hard to do
without getting into trouble,” he said. “We feel that there was a special
connection between Aaron and Lottie. She was brought up as his daughter, and
maybe she even was his own daughter. Lottie I think thought a lot of Aaron in
ways other than as her uncle. There was certainly a connection between the two
of them.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bob intimated that Lottie
may have murdered a servant at the mansion, which he hinted was covered up. He
then quickly moved on to other areas of the overall story, and we didn’t press
him further as we all shared in the free-flowing whiskey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">After a while Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> left the living room. I
assumed she was going to the bathroom. A few minutes later I was feeling
peckish, so I stood up and asked Bob if there was any food in the kitchen. He
told me that I was welcome to rifle through the large and well-stocked fridge
and take whatever I wanted.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">As I turned the corner
from the living room and headed down the hallway towards the kitchen, I saw
Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> leaning against the wall.
She had clearly been crying.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> “Hey there,” I said without my usual sarcastic
edge. “What’s wrong?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Can I have a hug?” she
answered with a quavering voice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’m not much of a
touchy-feely type, but a friend in need trumps my naturally reserved nature, so
I embraced her, and we just stood there for twenty seconds or so. Then she
lifted her head, said “thanks,” and we stepped away from each other. I didn’t
press for an explanation as she wiped the tears from her eyes. I just waited
for her to get comfortable and tell me on her own time what was going on if she
wanted to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“He’s here,” she
eventually said, her voice steadier, but still a bit uneven.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Who is?” I asked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Aaron,” she answered. “I
can feel him.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> “Is there anything I can do?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She looked around her and
shook her head. I could tell that she was getting her bearings again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">“I think I’ll be fine,”
she said, and went back to the living room while I continued on to the kitchen.
As I piled various types of deli meat onto a couple of slices of whole wheat
bread I found myself hoping that Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> was all right, and wishing
I could have done something more to help.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">When we finally called it
a night I went to my room at one end of the upstairs hall and Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> went to hers at the other
end. Mine had originally been Aaron Churchill</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Churchill,
Aaron</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">’s room, and she wanted no part of that, so she wound up in
Lottie’s old room. The crew had positioned small digital cameras to monitor us
as we slept, because allegedly paranormal</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>paranormal</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> activity had been reported
in each room.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I managed to fall asleep in short order, only to be woken up about
an hour later by Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> knocking on my door. In the
episode, she described the circumstances as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 19.85pt 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
tried to fall asleep, but couldn’t shake the feeling that there was someone
else in the room with me. I was so spooked that I went down the hall and asked
Paul if he would come up to Lottie’s room and keep me company while I tried to
fall asleep.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I had never seen Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> quite so shaken before. She was almost on the
verge of tears again, but there was something else at work, something that ran
even deeper. I went back to her room (where we left the door slightly open,
lest anyone get the wrong idea if they wandered by), and sat down on the second
bed. We chatted for about half an hour and then she finally fell asleep. I
nodded off shortly thereafter. All the while, the DVR camera kept recording,
which gave us a record of what became a very strange and disturbing evening.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The camera recorded Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> tossing and turning in what
she later described as one of the most restless nights she had ever
experienced. She wasn’t the only one who found the room uncomfortable, however;
I was lying on top of the blankets and was woken up by an intense chill, after
which I crawled under the covers for the rest of the night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">As Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and I were trying to get a decent night’s
sleep in Lottie’s room, the digital camera we had stationed in the hallway
recorded the door to a crew member’s room suddenly and violently opening and
closing. There was no draft whatsoever that could have accounted for the savage
force with which the door was moved. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile, back in Lottie’s room
Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> was still having trouble sleeping. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“It was made even more disturbing,”
she later explained, “by the fact that I also couldn’t roll over. It was as if
there was a person in the bed next to me.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">We both got a surprise when we
reviewed the camera footage once we got home, because we discovered what
appeared to be an unnatural indentation beside Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> in the bed as she slept, as if someone else was
indeed lying there.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn20" title="">[20]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn20" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I asked her about it all
again as we enjoyed another beer at the Horor Bar</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Horor Bar,
Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“It was almost as if I could sense
the presence,” she recalled, as if it had just happened. “Remember the footage
where I suddenly woke up shortly afterwards?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I nodded. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I could definitely feel something or
someone in that room with me,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I thought back to the strange shadowy
figures</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>shadow people</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> I had run into the previous evening and the
feeling of the hand on my shoulder as I stood on Lazebnicky
bridge</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Lazebnicky bridge, Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.
I wanted to say something to Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> – to let her know that I understood exactly
how she felt. But we all cast our own shadows, and we have to walk with them by
ourselves, so I just nodded, took a sip from my beer, and changed the subject.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The answer most often given by people who believe
there is a paranormal</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>paranormal</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> aspect to ghostly phenomena is that ghosts</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>ghosts</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> are the spirits of the dead who simply refuse
to accept the nature of their situation, and so they remain trapped in a
netherworld between this life and the next. To the disbeliever, on the other
hand, ghostly phenomena are nothing more than a trick of light here, a
coincidence there, and any one of a number of other prosaic factors everywhere
else. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">In the vast majority of cases I have no doubt that
the disbeliever is right. Indeed, there were times whilst filming <i>Ghost Cases</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Ghost Cases</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> where we uncovered clear evidence of a hoax,
or a story that had simply spun out of control over the years. But when
confronted with experiences like those that Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and I had in multiple locations in 2008 and
2009, I’m forced to conclude that there’s probably something more at work –
something that reminds us of who we really are deep down inside. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I don’t believe, however, that these unexplained
experiences represent the spirits of the dead haunting us, at least not in the
sense of “my dead grandma is sitting on my bed with me.” There may indeed be
something waiting for us beyond the grey wall that is death</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>death</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, a subject I will address
in greater detail a bit later, but in my opinion it doesn’t involve our being
trapped in this realm of existence to wander the same hallway or haunt the same
bedroom for all eternity. I can’t imagine that the afterlife, should it exist,
is so banal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">As far as I’m concerned we either die and that’s
the end, which is an outcome that has a certain poetry to it, or there is
something much more interesting waiting for us. Even purgatory would involve
something more than aimlessly puttering around your old house as a disembodied
“spirit,” unless of course we choose to posit that “God</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>God</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> the almighty” has no more imagination</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>imagination</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> than a reality TV producer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Of course, there are those who think that ghostly
phenomena are brought about by demons. But what is a demon</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>demons</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, exactly?<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn21" name="_ftnref21" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[21]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Once you cut through the clutter and ideological detritus of thousands of years
of religious dogma, myths and legends, a “demon</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>demons</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">” represents nothing more
than an advanced non-human intelligence</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>advanced non-human intelligence</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">. Over the years it has
suited organized religion, as a tool of social control for political authority
(regardless of how that authority has been constituted), to present us with a
Manichean view of good versus evil, and angels</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>angels</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> versus demons. God</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>God</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> is on “our” side, which is of course the
“good” side; the “demons” are on the other side. But that has been an
interpretation, and as with all interpretations one must consider the
circumstances and the motivations of the people who created it. As I look at
it, it’s an interpretation based solely on a desire, a need even, to keep
people divided and shackled by fear</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>fear</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, and to keep them from
thinking for themselves.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn22" title="">[22]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn22" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">As far as ghostly phenomena</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>ghosts</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> goes, I think that as with UFOs</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>UFOs</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> one can reasonably speculate that at least
some unexplained cases of the phenomena we ascribe to “ghosts” are brought
about by an advanced non-human intelligence</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>advanced non-human intelligence</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, interacting with us under
a different guise but for the same reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I’m a big fan of Cirque de Soleil</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Cirque de
Soleil</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">. I’ve been to Las Vegas
several times over the years and always go to see a Cirque show when I’m there.
While they are all wonderful entertainment experiences, my favorite remains the
original, </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Mystère</span></i><!--[if supportFields]><i><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Mystère</span></i><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">. As the name
implies, it’s a mysterious and magical journey that touches upon all aspects of
the human condition</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>human
condition, the</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">. I’ve seen it four times,
and each time I’ve taken something different away from it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The second time I saw</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">
Mystère</span></i><!--[if supportFields]><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Mystère</span></i><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">I was with the actress Kris</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>McBride, Kris
Lee</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> McBride, a friend who had narrated my film <i>Best Evidence</i>. We managed to get seats
in the front row of the upper section of the theatre. There was a wall about
four feet high between us and the walkway which separated the two sections.
During the show there’s so much going on that your attention wanders all over
the place and you can sometimes lose track of the various performers who engage
at different times directly with the audience. Anyway, as Kris</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>McBride, Kris
Lee</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and I were sitting there, watching a
spectacular act on stage (I think it was the aerial high bar, but I can’t
recall), some performers had made their way out into the crowd. I remember them
as “bird people” because to me their costumes had a distinctly avian character.
You could see them crawling on the walls and slinking along the walkways and
floors. Given what was happening on stage, neither Kris</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>McBride, Kris
Lee</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> nor I paid them any real attention. To us they
were like shadows, lurking at the corner of our awareness.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkWvo6YTBx87sDT3TNYPhkJHBuV0a96L_pw1ZR6IDcy0-2I0N1Rh-VC7XLO4VseUCKG8nl5Dp_LjEDyS7Gcx4xHEOcs8ayGedOWz2O_wFbT5tUq_Bq0fhKP7ceCizwP-pC3Zt5w/s1600/IMG_0687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkWvo6YTBx87sDT3TNYPhkJHBuV0a96L_pw1ZR6IDcy0-2I0N1Rh-VC7XLO4VseUCKG8nl5Dp_LjEDyS7Gcx4xHEOcs8ayGedOWz2O_wFbT5tUq_Bq0fhKP7ceCizwP-pC3Zt5w/s640/IMG_0687.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">With Kris McBride and Greg Bishop in Los Angeles in 2007.</span></td></tr>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">As the act on stage ended and the audience erupted
into well-deserved applause, one of these “bird people” suddenly popped up from
behind the wall right in front of us so that the performer’s face was no more
than seven or eight inches from Kris</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>McBride, Kris
Lee</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">’ face. The performer’s
appearance definitely startled me and the people sitting around us, but our response
was nothing compared to Kris</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>McBride, Kris
Lee</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">’ reaction, as she grabbed
my arm with a vice-like grip and let out a shriek of terror that could be heard
throughout the theatre. I suspect that the Cirque performer had never
encountered a reaction quite that visceral because he stumbled away from the
wall in surprise and fell back onto the walkway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He quickly regained his composure, gave me a
concerned look as if to say, “hey, make sure your friend doesn’t have a heart
attack,” and then he beat a hasty retreat to the opening at the end of the
walkway which led backstage. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile, Kris</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>McBride, Kris
Lee</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> still had the vice grip on my arm, even as she
was being consoled by a very nice elderly couple sitting next to her. For at
least twenty seconds she was breathing rapidly and deeply, even as she kept muttering
over and over again: “What the hell was that?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">She finally calmed down, although she remained on a
bit of a manic high for the rest of the evening. Everyone in our vicinity had a
good laugh about it all, including Kris</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>McBride, Kris
Lee</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> after she had regained her composure. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over drinks after the show she and I both agreed
that while it had been scary for her at the time it was something that she was
going to remember in a good way for the rest of her life, just as the memory of
the house of horrors in Prince Edward Island has remained with me for decades.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> “I felt so
alive,” she said as she took another sip of her drink. “It was real.”<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn23" title="">[23]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn23" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">That’s exactly how I felt in the cemetery at
Shocklach</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>St. Edith's Church (Case of the Haunted Graveyard)</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, the jail cell in St.
Andrew’s</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>St. Andrew’s, NB, jail (Case of the Haunted Cell)</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, and on the streets of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Český</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Krumlov</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Český</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'> Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">. I’m willing to entertain
the possibility that those experiences could well have been a form of performance
art</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>performance
art</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> by an advanced non-human intelligence</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>advanced non-human intelligence</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> designed to appeal to one of our most primal
emotions: fear</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>fear</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">. In doing so, perhaps that
intelligence is giving us greater insight into the full range of human
experience and thereby helping us to a more complete understanding of
ourselves. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Then again, like the filmmakers who created hits
such as <i>The Blair Witch Project</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The Blair Witch
Project</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, <i>Paranormal Activity</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Paranormal
Activity</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, and <i>The Exorcist</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The Exorcist</span></i><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">, or even the
Cirque performer Kris</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>McBride, Kris Lee</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and I encountered, they may just want to
entertain us (and themselves), and see how far we’re willing to go in the face
of the unknown. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">H. L. Mencken</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Mencken, H. L.</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> believed that t</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">he
one permanent emotion of what he called the inferior man is fear</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>fear</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> – fear of the unknown, the complex, and the
inexplicable. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">“What he wants above everything else
is safety,” Mencken wrote. “His instincts will incline him towards a society so
organized that it will protect him against all hazards, and not only against
perils to his hide but also against assaults upon his mind – against the need
to grapple with unaccustomed problems, to weigh ideas, to think things out for
himself, to scrutinize the platitudes upon which his everyday thinking is
based.”<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn24" title="">[24]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn24" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">It’s a point of
view with which I have always agreed, and something I wrote about in “All
Afraid,” one of my first songs as a young musician. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What are you so afraid of,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What has brought you to this state?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Where are your natural emotions?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You’re such a
sad, sad thing…<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn25" title="">[25]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn25" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">An advanced non-human intelligence</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>advanced non-human intelligence</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> would understand that reality is far more
complex than we can imagine. Many things may remain inexplicable even to them. But
they would also understand that safety isn’t an option if one is to progress. Fortune,
after all, favors the bold. But we have been taught to fear</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>fear</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> the unknown, to the point that we live in a
world where fear seems to be the guiding principle. We have become the “inferior
man” of whom Mencken wrote. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Perhaps an advanced non-human intelligence</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>advanced non-human intelligence</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"> has built a “haunted house” and opened the
doors to all of us, to see if we can understand our own fears, confront them,
and overcome them. If this is the case, then there’s only one question that we
really need to answer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Do we have the courage to enter, or will we let our
shadows of our fear</span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>fear</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> continue to haunt us?</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Paul Kimball</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">
Will Fraser</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Fraser, Will</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">,
“Bio,” <i>Fugue State Films</i>. www.fuguestatefilms.co.uk/bios.html.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> See </span><i>Isle of Iona Visitor’s Guide</i>. <span lang="EN-US">www.isle-of-iona.net/</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>For more
information on Terezin, see <span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222;">Ludmila Chládková and Miroslava Langhamerová, </span><i>Terezin and </i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">Litoměřice: Places of Suffering and
Braveness</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">, trans. <em><span style="font-style: normal;">Petr Kurfürst</span></em> (Prague: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">Jitka Kejrova, 2003).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>For more
information on Kutna Hora, see “Kutna Hora Regional Information Service.” <span lang="EN-US">http://www.kh.cz/?l=en.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> “</span><span lang="CS">State Castle of Český Krumlov</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=CS style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;
mso-ansi-language:CS'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Český</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'> Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=CS style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;
mso-ansi-language:CS'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="CS">,</span><span lang="EN-US">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="CS">mesto
Český Krumlov</span></i><span lang="CS">. http://goo.gl/KrnH1.</span><span lang="CS"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="CS"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> “Pension Ve Vezi</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Pension Ve Vezi, Cesky Krumlov</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US">,”
<i>Krumlov Hotels</i>. www.krumlovhotels.cz/ve-vezi_e.php.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> Holly</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> Stevens</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Holly</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US">,
“Ayahuasca - Paranormal Investigator's Ghost Buster?”
<i>Paul Kimball</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Kimball, Paul</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US"> & Holly</span></i><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US"> Stevens</span></i><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens, Holly</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US">, 10
February 2009. </span><span lang="EN-US">http://goo.gl/OgZlE.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Nick
Redfern<!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Redfern, Nick</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, <i>Three Men Seeking Monsters</i><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Three Men Seeking Monsters</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><i>: Six Weeks in Pursuit of Werewolves, Lake Monsters,
Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil Dogs, and Ape-Men</i> (New York: Paraview Pocket
Books, 2004), 113.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Nick
recounts our adventures in Puerto Rico<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Puerto Rico</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--> in <i>Memoirs
of a Monster Hunter: A Five Year Journey in Search of the Unknown</i> (Franklin
Lakes, NJ: New Page Books, 2007), 207 – 231.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref10" name="_ftn10" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Ibid., 226.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref11" name="_ftn11" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Paul
Kimball<!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Tall Poppies</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, “Horseshoe Heart,” Perf.
Tall Poppies<!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Kimball, Paul</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, <i>Tall Poppies -</i> <i>All Points in
Between</i> (2012). http://youtu.be/6WCFf3TC-eo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref12" name="_ftn12" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Her version
of Hell would probably involve spending eternity in a room full of mice and ouija
boards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref13" name="_ftn13" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> Richard Adams, <i>Watership Down</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Watership
Down</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> (London: Rex Collings, 1972).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref14" name="_ftn14" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Radiohead<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Radiohead</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, “Where You End and I Begin,”
Perf. Radiohead, <i>Hail to the Thief </i>(London:
Parlophone, 2003).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref15" name="_ftn15" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[15]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Paul
Kimball<!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Tall Poppies</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, “Guillotine,” Perf. Tall
Poppies<!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Kimball, Paul</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, <i>Tall Poppies -</i> <i>All Points in
Between</i> (2012). http://youtu.be/6WCFf3TC-eo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref16" name="_ftn16" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[16]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>For a good
look at the Men in Black phenomenon, which bears some resemblance to my
experience in <span lang="EN-US">Český</span><span lang="EN-US"> Krumlov</span>, see Nick Redfern, <i>The Real Men in Black: Evidence, Famous Cases, and True Stories of
These Mysterious Men and Their Connection to UFO Phenomena</i> (Pompton Plains,
NJ: New Page Books, 2011).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref17" name="_ftn17" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[17]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i>Rescue Mediums</i>, “Churchill Mansion,” (Toronto:
Lamport-Sheppard Entertainment, 2006). Television.<span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref18" name="_ftn18" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[18]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Aaron
Churchill<!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> XE "<span
style='color:black'>Churchill, Aaron</span>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--> was an ancestor of mine. Yet another small
coincidence, or synchronicity<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> XE "synchronicity" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->. For a recounting of Churchill’s
exploits as a sailor see Michael Rafuse, “Aaron Flint Churchill,” <i>Yarmouth and the Age of Sailing Ships</i>. <span lang="EN-US">http://goo.gl/51oNv.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref19" name="_ftn19" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[19]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> This theme is a staple
of Maritime fiction. See, for example, Vernon Oickle, <i>One Crow Sorrow</i> (Chester, NS: Bryler Publications, 2010).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref20" name="_ftn20" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[20]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> The Churchill mansion</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Churchill Mansion (Case of the
Haunted Mansion)</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> investigation can be seen in </span><i>Ghost Cases</i><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Ghost Cases</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]-->, “The Case
of the Haunted Mansion,” directed by Paul Kimball<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Kimball,
Paul</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--> and Dale Stevens<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Stevens,
Dale</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--> (Toronto: Breakthrough Entertainment, 2009).
Television.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref21" name="_ftn21" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[21]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> For an interesting take
on how some people within the UFO</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>UFOs</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> research community view “demons,</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>demons</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US">” see Nick Redfern</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Redfern, Nick</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US">,
<i>Final Events</i>,<i> </i>109 – 121, 201 – 205. Nick also discusses how demons might be
related to the Men in Black stories in <i>Men
in Black</i>, 221-233.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref22" title="">[22]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref22" title=""></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US"> One of my favorite Bob
Dylan</span><span lang="EN-US"> songs, “With God</span><span lang="EN-US"> on Our Side,” addresses this idea of “God”
taking sides throughout our various wars. Bob Dylan</span><span lang="EN-US">, “With God on Our
Side,” Perf. Bob Dylan, <i><span style="background: white;">The Times They Are a-Changin'</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;">
(Columbia, 1964)</span></span>. www.bobdylan.com/songs/with-god-on-our-side.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref23" name="_ftn23" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[23]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Kris is one
of the most creative people I’ve ever met. She had the lead role in the first
run of <i>Doing</i> Time in November, 2007,
and did a wonderful job, but like Veronica Reynolds she was replaced in one of
the lead roles for <i>Eternal Kiss</i>
because the distributor didn’t think she had enough experience. I handled it
all very poorly and she hasn’t spoken to me since, which I greatly regret (I
also don’t blame her). A mutual friend told me that she moved to western Canada
a couple of years ago and directed me to Kris’ writing blog. I wasn’t surprised
in the least to see that her work was very good. Wherever her journey takes
her, I wish her nothing but success and happiness. See Kris McBride, <i>The Best New Blog on the Internet</i>. <span lang="EN-US">http://bestnewblog.blogspot.ca/</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref24" name="_ftn24" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[24]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>H. L.
Mencken<!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Mencken, H. L.</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, <i>Prejudices: Second Series</i>, (London: J. Cape, 1921), 76 - 77. Available
on-line at: <span lang="EN-US">http://goo.gl/Ks4XP</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref25" name="_ftn25" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[25]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Paul
Kimball<!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Tall Poppies</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, “All Afraid,” Perf. Tall
Poppies<!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Kimball, Paul</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, <i>Tall Poppies -</i> <i>All Points in
Between</i> (2012). http://youtu.be/6WCFf3TC-eo.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Paul Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10903320.post-35844269697386662322017-07-31T17:27:00.001-03:002017-08-01T04:11:24.599-03:00Let Us Imagine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Several years ago, I was asked by
a friend in the United States to explain what I thought the word “paranormal</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>paranormal</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">”
meant. I knew he held the opinion that the term only meant things such as UFOs</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>UFOs</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">,
or ghosts</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>ghosts</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">,
and I was also aware that he thought it was all a bit silly; indeed, he had
given me friendly grief about my interest in the subject from time to time. But
I also knew that he went to church on a fairly regular basis, and that he was a
liberal Democrat who had voted for Barack Obama</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Obama, Barack</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> in the 2008 presidential election.</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 8.5pt;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 8.5pt;">In answer to his question, I referred
him to a 2008 <i>Newsweek</i> interview with
Obama</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 8.5pt;"> wherein the future President discussed his religious
beliefs. Obama</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 8.5pt;"> stated that he prays for "forgiveness for
my sins and flaws, which are many, the protection of my family, and that I'm
carrying out God</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 8.5pt;">'s
will, not in a grandiose way, but simply that there is an alignment between my
actions and what He would want."<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn2" title="">[2]</a></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I then sent my friend a copy of an
interview Obama</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Obama, Barack</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> gave to <i>Christianity</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span></i><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Christianity</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Today </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">in
2008, wherein he stated unequivocally, “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I am a Christian</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Christianity</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, and I am
a devout Christian</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Christianity</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.
I believe in the redemptive death</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>death</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and
resurrection of Jesus Christ</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Jesus</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. I believe that that faith gives me a path to be
cleansed of sin and have eternal life.”<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn3" title="">[3]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn3" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“So,” I
asked my friend the next time I saw him, after the election, “let me get this
straight. You just voted – in an election for the most powerful office in the
world – for a man who believes in a supernatural being, with whom he communicates
via telepathy. This supernatural being also sent his only son to Earth to be
tortured and executed, and then brought him back from the dead a couple of days
later, all so that a prophecy could be fulfilled. And of course there’s the
whole “walking on water” thing, not to mention the “water into wine’ trick, and
the raising of the dead, and…” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I paused
for effect, and then, as my friend began to frown, I delivered the punch-line.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> “And you think I’m a bit goofy for having an
interest in UFOs</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>UFOs</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and ghosts</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>ghosts</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think he
finally got my point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">At a
lecture about the paranormal</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>paranormal</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> that I gave
at the 2011 Hal-Con science fiction and fantasy convention in Halifax, Nova
Scotia</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Nova Scotia</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, I began by showing photos of some of my favorite
paranormalists, just to drive home the same point.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
The first was </span><span class="st1"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Søren</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Kierkegaard</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Kierkegaard,
</span><span class=st1><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222'>Søren</span></span><span
lang=EN-US> " </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, one of the great Western philosophers, whose work
was devoted primarily to examining the relationship between man and God</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>God</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> (who has to
be considered the ultimate in allegedly paranormal beings). I followed
Kierkegaard</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE
"</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Kierkegaard, </span><span
class=st1><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222'>Søren</span></span><span lang=EN-US>"
</span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> with Abraham
Lincoln</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Lincoln, Abraham</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, a deeply spiritual man who claimed to have had a
dream</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>dreams</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> about his
own assassination just three days before it happened.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
After Lincoln</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'>Lincoln, Abraham</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, I went with William Lyon MacKenzie King</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'>King, William Lyon MacKenzie</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, the longest-serving Prime Minister in Canadian
history and the primary architect of our modern social welfare state. King
regularly consulted mediums and spiritualists to try and contact, among others,
his mother, Leonardo Da Vinci</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Da
Vinci, Leonardo</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, and one of his predecessors, Sir Wilfrid Laurier</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Laurier,
Sir Wilfrid</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Albert Einstein</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE
"</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Einstein,
Albert</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> got a
mention, if for no other reason than his oft-quoted maxim that “God does not
play dice with the universe.”<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Finally, I added Obama</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Obama,
Barack</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, and the quotes noted above. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The difficulty
in coming up with this little exercise wasn’t trying to find serious people who
took an interest in the paranormal</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>paranormal</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">; it was trying to whittle the list down to just a
few.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The
paranormal</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>paranormal</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> is the
ultimate Rorschach test. In many respects, how we view things like UFOs</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>UFOs</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, or ghosts</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>ghosts</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, or the possibility of an afterlife, tells us more
about ourselves than it does about the subjects themselves. The paranormal is
about far more than the caricature of the crazy cultists drinking the poisoned
Kool-Aid so that they can beam up to the mothership, just as religion and
spirituality are about far more than suicide bombers flying hijacked planes
into the World Trade Center or murderers shooting doctors who provide abortions.
These are things at the very fringe of what is most definitely<i> not</i> a fringe subject.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">It
shouldn’t come as a surprise that I have drawn parallels between the concept of
“God” and things such as UFOs and ghosts; the real surprise is that more people
have not. It’s all paranormal, and it has been a defining feature of the human
journey from the very beginning, deeply embedded in our philosophy and our
religion, our stories, songs and our poems, and yes, even in our science. It’s
worth remembering that Sir Isaac Newton</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Newton,
Sir Isaac</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, the man considered by many to be the greatest
scientist who ever lived, actually wrote more about religion and the
supernatural than he did about science, without ever seeing a contradiction
between the two. That doesn’t mean he was right, of course, but it does
illustrate that the “paranormal” isn’t as outlandish as some people would have
you believe.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn8" title="">[8]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn8" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Henry Alline</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Alline, Henry</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, Canada's first great evangelist and a Christian</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Christianity</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> of a mystical bent</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Christian
mysticism</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, had a profound spiritual experience in the late 18th century
that changed his life and set him on his short career as the leader of the
first Great Awakening in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Nova Scotia</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> Here
is how Alline</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Alline, Henry</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> described what happened to
him as he walked through the woods of colonial Nova Scotia</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Nova Scotia</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> in 1775. It was about as
intense and transforming an experience as one can possibly imagine, and as such
it’s worth considering within the context of the term “paranormal</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>paranormal</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">”:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 19.85pt; margin-right: 19.85pt; margin-top: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">O the infinite condescension of God</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>God</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> to a worm of the dust! for
though my whole soul was filled with love, and ravished with a divine ecstacy
beyond any doubts or fears, or thoughts of being then deceived, for I enjoyed a
heaven on earth, and it seemed as if I were wrapped up in God, and that he had
done ten thousand times more for me than ever I could expect, or had ever
thought of: yet he still stooped to the weakness of my desires and requests,
made as before observed on the 13th of February; though I had no thoughts of it
then, until it was given me. Looking up, I thought I saw that same light,
though it appeared different, and as soon as I saw it, the design was opened to
me, according to his promise, and I was obliged to cry out: enough, enough, O
blessed God; the work of conversion, the change and the manifestations of it
are no more disputable, than that light which I see, or anything that I ever saw."<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .3pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He continued:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 19.85pt; margin-right: 19.85pt; margin-top: 10.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I will not say I saw either of those lights with my bodily eyes, <strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">though I thought then I
did</span></strong>, but it is no odds to me, for it was as evident to me, as
anything I ever saw with my bodily eyes (-in my Life); and answered the end it
was sent for.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The phrase "though I
thought then I did" should give one pause for thought. Did Alline</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Alline, Henry</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> actually see a light, and
perhaps come in contact with an advanced non-human intelligence, which he
perceived as “God” because he filtered the contact through the cultural morays
of his time? While he was clearly speaking in traditional Christian</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Christianity</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> metaphor, using symbols
that were common and well understood in his time, it’s important to understand
that the experience itself was very real, at least to Alline</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Alline, Henry</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> This
was not some dry recounting of an intellectual process whereby he had come up
with a seemingly rational reason for believing in God</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>God</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. If you had put it to him that he had “made contact” with some
non-human intelligence</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>advanced
non-human intelligence</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, he would have certainly agreed.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn13" title="">[13]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn13" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alline was so inspired by
this experience that he embarked upon an evangelical mission to spread his “New
Light” gospel even as he was wracked by tuberculosis. The eight-year revival he
led transformed the religious and social life of the Maritime colonies and
eventually spread to New England, before he passed away in 1784 at the age of
36. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Did his conversion
experience provide irrefutable evidence of the existence of God</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>God</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, or some other form of advanced non-human intelligence</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>advanced
non-human intelligence</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, whatever it might be?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course not. But that’s
the wrong question to ask.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Henry Alline</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Alline, Henry</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> was but a single ripple in
the “ocean” of human experience, just as people who study UFO</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>UFOs</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> or ghost</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>ghosts</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> phenomena, or experiment
with altered states of consciousness</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>consciousness</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>:</span><span style='mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>altered states</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>consciousness</span><span lang=EN-US>"
</span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, are ripples on that ocean. They’re all out there, on the water,
looking for new horizons. By doing so, they are often considered outcasts.
Alline</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Alline, Henry</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, for example, was called the “ravager of churches” by many
mainstream clergy in Nova Scotia</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Nova Scotia</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> once he commenced his Great
Awakening, because he didn’t play by their rules.<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> He was a revolutionary who
embraced new experiences, ideas, and ways of thinking. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whereas many people talk
about the ocean, however, very few actually go sailing. Indeed, most do their
very best to stay away from the water altogether, because they’ve been told
that it’s dangerous. They have their regimented, ordered view of the world, and
in that world it’s better to stay on terra firma, a place where unimaginative
conformity is the perpetual “normal.” They “live” in the strictest, biological
sense of the word, but they aren’t actually <i>living</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">An interest in the paranormal is nothing to be embarrassed by. For people who understand that the journey <i>is</i> the destination, and who are willing to embrace the revolution
of thought that fuels the trip, the paranormal, in all of its weird and wonderfully imaginative aspects and possibilities, is an essential part of a healthy and fully balanced life, deeply related</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> to an understanding of the human condition</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>human
condition, the</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> That doesn't mean that</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> UFOs</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>UFOs</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> are aliens
from Zeta Reticuli, or that ghosts</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>ghosts</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> are the
spirits of your dearly departed grandmother (although those things <i>could</i> be true). </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 8.5pt;">Rather, it is a prism through which we can stimulate our imagination, and potentially reach a better understanding of ourselves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 8.5pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">I discussed all of this with
the late Karl Pflock</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Pflock, Karl</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> in 2001 when I interviewed
him for the documentary <i>Stanton T.
Friedman is Real</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Stanton T. Friedman is Real</span></i><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. I asked him about what he called “the will to believe” as it
related to UFOs, but his response applied to all aspects of the paranormal</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>paranormal</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. <em><o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">“What I mean by it is the
desire for something to be true affecting one’s judgment and assessment of the
facts before you,” he answered. “The poster on the wall in Fox Mulder’s office
that says ‘I Want to Believe’ is a representation of what happens to be a very
real thing in UFO</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>UFOs</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> research. People want very
much to believe whatever it is that happens to be their interest – alien
visitation</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>alien visitation</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, abductions, et cetera. Unfortunately what happens is this leads
them to ignore facts which are contrary to the things that they want to
believe.”<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn15" title="">[15]</a></span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn15" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Karl then made clear that
this closed mindset did not just affect the true believers. “You have the
mirror-image on the so-called skeptic side,” he told me. “The CSICOP</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>CSICOP</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">-ians, the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of
the Paranormal. They start from the premise that ‘they can’t be, therefore they
aren’t.’<a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn16" name="_ftnref16" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[16]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
The true believers start from ‘they must be, therefore they are.’ So, those of
us who are slogging through all this, and trying to follow the facts wherever
they lead, are caught between these two extremes, and unfortunately are often
defined by them.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">For those of us in what
my good friend Greg Bishop</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Bishop, Greg</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> has called “the excluded
middle,” the way forward is to ignore the high priests of belief</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>belief</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and / or disbelief who
claim to have all the answers, and focus on the mystery that draws people to
the subject in the first place. It's my
opinion, expressed in my book The Other Side of Truth as well as on myriad radio shows, that this isn’t really a scientific endeavor with definitive answers so
much as it is an artistic one, meant to fire the imagination</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>imagination</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> with myriad interpretations,
varied impressions, and the widest range of possible meanings. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">It is a deeply idiosyncratic and personal search for truth, whatever that may be. It relies as much upon our ability to imagine as it does anything else. But as Albert Einstein</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Einstein,
Albert</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> said, “<span class="body1"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I am enough of an artist to draw freely
upon my imagination,”</span></span><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftn17" name="_ftnref17" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">[17]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span class="body1"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and who am I to argue with Einstein</span></span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span
class=body1><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Einstein,
Albert</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
class=body1><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></span><![endif]--><span class="body1"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">? <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="body1"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="body1"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So let
us imagine!</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> Dennis Edmonton, aka
Mars Bonfire, “Born to Be Wild,” Perf. by Steppenwolf, <i>Steppenwolf</i> (ABC Dunhill Records, 1968).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> Lisa Miller and Richard Wolffe, “Finding My Faith,” <i>Newsweek</i>, 21 July 2008.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Sarah Pulliam and Ted Olsen, “Q&A: Barack Obama</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> XE "Obama, Barack" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US">,” <i>Christianity</i></span><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> XE
"Christianity" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US"> Today</span></i><span lang="EN-US">, 23 January 2008.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Suzy
Riddler, “Paranormal Investigations with Paul Kimball at Hal-Con 2011,” <i>Hexed: Sisterhood of the Supernatural</i>,
19 November 2011. http://goo.gl/qECKO. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> Ward Hill Lamon, <i>Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847 –
1865</i>, ed. Dorothy Lamon Teillard (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press,
1999), 113 - 117.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Allan
Levine, <i>William Lyon MacKenzie King: A
Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny</i> (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre), 250
– 259. King was friends with the famous medium Etta Wriedt (1860 – 1942), whom
he met in 1932, and who visited him a number of times when he was Prime
Minister. See “Henrietta ‘Etta’ Wriedt,” Library and Archives Canada. http://goo.gl/hovPZ.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> Albert Einstein, “<span style="background: white;">Letter to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">Max
Born,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>4 December 1926,” in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The
Born-Einstein Letters</i><span class="apple-converted-space">, </span>translated
by Irene Born (New York: Walker and Company, 1971).</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> Many of Newton</span><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Newton, Sir Isaac</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US">’s
religious works can be found side by side with his scientific writings at </span><i>The Newton</i><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Newton,
Sir Isaac</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--><i> Project</i>.
www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk/.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> George A. Rawlyk</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'>Rawlyk,
George A.</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US">, </span><i>Ravished by the Spirit: Religious Revivals, Baptists and Henry Alline</i><!--[if supportFields]><i><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Alline, Henry</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:
EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]--> (Montreal: McGill-Queen's
University Press, 1984).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref10" name="_ftn10" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> Henry Alline, <i>The Life and Journal
of the Rev. Mr. Henry Alline</i> (Boston: Gilbert & Dean, 1806), 35 – 36.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">http://goo.gl/nOuvv.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref11" name="_ftn11" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Ibid., 36.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref12" name="_ftn12" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> Alline</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>Alline, Henry</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> was familiar with the works of the great
Christian</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Christianity</span><span
lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> mystics Jacob Böhme and William Law, and his own
experience contains a number of similarities with theirs. For a full discussion
of the “conversion” experience, see William James, <i>The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature, Being
the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered at Edinburgh in 1901 – 1902 </i>(New
York: The Modern Library, 2002), 210 – 285.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref13" name="_ftn13" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>See
also <i>The New Light Experience of Henry
Alline</i>, directed by Evangelo Kioussis (Halifax: Redstar Films, 2000).
Television. <span lang="EN-US">http://goo.gl/ZnYkc. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref14" name="_ftn14" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span>D. G. Bell,
<i>Henry Alline and Maritime Religion</i>
(Ottawa: The Canadian Historical Association, 1993), 11.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span></i><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> XE "<i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='color:black'>Stanton T.
Friedman is Real</span></i>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span></i><![endif]-->, directed
by Paul Kimball<!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> XE "<span
style='color:black'>Kimball, Paul</span>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--> (Halifax: Redstar Films Limited, 2002).
Television. <span lang="EN-US">www.beyonderstv.com/paulkimball-media/paul-kimballs-real-world-films/stanton-t-friedman-in-real/</span>. Pflock
died in 2006 of ALS after an interesting career. He was a former Marine, served
in the CIA as an intelligence officer, worked as a political consultant,
congressional staffer and lobbyist in Washington, D.C., and served in the
Reagan administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Deputy
Director) for Operational Test and Evaluation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CSICOP</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-begin'></span></span><span lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:black'>CSICOP</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> changed their name to the Committee for Skeptical
Inquiry (CSI) in 2006. See <i>The Committee
for Skeptical Inquiry</i>, http://www.csicop.com. While they claim that their
mission is “</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt; line-height: 115%;">to promote scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of
reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims,”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">
their way of thinking is for the most part not true skepticism, but rather the
kind of disbelief that Karl talked about. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///L:/Redstar%20Films/Publishing/TOSOT%20Final%20draft%20revised%20Jan%202013.doc#_ftnref17" name="_ftn17" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">[17]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> George S. Viereck,
“What Life Means to Einstein</span><!--[if supportFields]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span></span><span
lang=EN-US> XE "</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Einstein,
Albert</span><span lang=EN-US>" </span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span></span><![endif]--><span lang="EN-US">,”
<i>The Saturday Evening Post</i>, 26 October
1929, 117.</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Paul Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10903320.post-12788956001100645252017-07-31T04:27:00.001-03:002017-07-31T04:29:04.212-03:00Haunted: Holly Stevens at the Yarmouth jail<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My good friend and co-host <a href="http://winterlightproductions.com/winter-light-2/personnel/holly-stevens/" target="_blank">Holly Stevens</a> investigating the old jail in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in this teaser clip from the TV series <a href="http://winterlightproductions.com/television/haunted/" target="_blank">Haunted</a> (premiering in Canada in October on Eastlink TV).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was just the beginning of what was a night of almost non-stop weirdness, which made the old Yarmouth jail one of the most interesting - and scariest - locations we have ever investigated.</span></div>
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Paul Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.com0Yarmouth, NS, Canada43.8374576 -66.11738200000002143.7916436 -66.198063000000019 43.8832716 -66.036701000000022tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10903320.post-72825869942010746522017-07-24T04:23:00.002-03:002017-07-24T06:05:11.881-03:00Political Paul<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A happy-go-lucky progressive on the campaign trail in Clayton Park West.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What was I doing while I was "away" from blogging? Well, running for office in the recent Nova Scotia provincial election, for one thing (for my American chums, that's the equivalent of running for your state legislatures).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Did I win? Nope. Did I do better than anyone expected? Yes. I increased my party's share of the vote from 15% in the last election and a third place finish to 26% in this election and the first second place finish in my riding in 15 years. In other words, I left it in better shape for the next person who runs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Did my interest in the paranormal hurt me? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Indeed, while I didn't make a point of mentioning my hobby, when it did come up it was usually because someone had seen one of my films, or my ghost investigating TV shows, and wanted to talk to me about it. Never once did I get a negative comment from a voter (there <i>was</i> a high school student who posted something negative about it on twitter, but that just got him a good dose of opprobrium from constituents who noticed) - in fact, more than a few people told me they thought it was "really cool" (including some fellow candidates). </span><br />
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At the last minute this evening I decided to walk to the Halifax Forum, despite a snow storm, to catch a university hockey game between one of my alma maters, the Dalhousie Tigers, and the UPEI Panthers, whom I had never seen play before and knew nothing about this year's team. </div>
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Just before leaving the house I stopped to chat briefly with my room-mate Linda, who had been flipping through channels and come upon <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114388/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_46" target="_blank">Sense and Sensibility</a> with the late <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000614/" target="_blank">Alan Rickman</a>, which she decided to watch (both Linda and I were huge Rickman fans). Indeed, Rickman was on screen for the entire short period of time we were talking. </div>
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Paul Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10903320.post-87771008412455603482016-01-01T01:34:00.001-04:002016-01-01T01:34:10.872-04:00Posthuman Blues, Vol. III<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Paul Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10903320.post-56922190774514894912015-10-29T17:07:00.000-03:002015-10-29T23:30:29.592-03:00Ufology and Misogyny<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Every now and then someone writes a well-meaning blog post or article about the problems with ufology, and how to fix them. Virtually none of those articles mention the misogyny that permeates ufology, and which represents one of the biggest and most pernicious problems with the ufological subculture. Nowhere has that been on display more fully than in the coverage of the Emma Woods story over the past several years. If you want to see it in full force, check out some of the comments at the <a href="http://www.theparacast.com/forum/threads/october-18-2015-dr-david-jacobs.16906/page-22#post-234995" target="_blank">Paracast forum thread</a> discussing the latest appearance by David Jacobs on that program. It should act as an eye-opener for anyone who hasn't been paying attention.</div>
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