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		<title>By: John Carlson</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Carlson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Myra - Thanks, I appreciate it! Hope you visit the site again regularly. I have some new articles coming out soon. 

Regarding the big cats, it doesn&#039;t sound to me like much of a stretch of the imagination that panthers or mountain lions could have made their way back to parts of the country where they once existed, or perhaps migrated up from the south or from other areas outside of their native regions. To me, England sounds like a less likely place to see big cats than does Mississippi, but I&#039;m inclined to think that the British big cats might have been released there by the owners of exotic pets and eventually adapted to the environment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Myra &#8211; Thanks, I appreciate it! Hope you visit the site again regularly. I have some new articles coming out soon. </p>
<p>Regarding the big cats, it doesn&#8217;t sound to me like much of a stretch of the imagination that panthers or mountain lions could have made their way back to parts of the country where they once existed, or perhaps migrated up from the south or from other areas outside of their native regions. To me, England sounds like a less likely place to see big cats than does Mississippi, but I&#8217;m inclined to think that the British big cats might have been released there by the owners of exotic pets and eventually adapted to the environment.</p>
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		<title>By: Myra</title>
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		<dc:creator>Myra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Mr. Carlson,
 
I know that this comment is a little late, but I have just discovered your website and I must admit that I find your blogs absolutely fascinating. :) 
Anyway, I am commenting about the Cryptids in Suburbia pt. 1 blog, about the &#039;alien cats&#039;.  I know a lot of scientists deny the existence of what we here in Mississippi refer to as &#039;black panthers&#039;. However, I am shocked by this as I know of no one here that has not seen first hand these alien black cats (my mom, grandmother, other family members) or have heard second or third hand stories of others that have seen them here.  Unfortunately, I&#039;m the only one that has failed to see this felines but perhaps one day I shall.
Black panthers here in the United States do exist. 

Sincerely,

Myra</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Mr. Carlson,</p>
<p>I know that this comment is a little late, but I have just discovered your website and I must admit that I find your blogs absolutely fascinating. <img src='http://www.theparanomalist.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Anyway, I am commenting about the Cryptids in Suburbia pt. 1 blog, about the &#8216;alien cats&#8217;.  I know a lot of scientists deny the existence of what we here in Mississippi refer to as &#8216;black panthers&#8217;. However, I am shocked by this as I know of no one here that has not seen first hand these alien black cats (my mom, grandmother, other family members) or have heard second or third hand stories of others that have seen them here.  Unfortunately, I&#8217;m the only one that has failed to see this felines but perhaps one day I shall.<br />
Black panthers here in the United States do exist. </p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Myra</p>
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		<title>By: Jhonny Paranoid</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jhonny Paranoid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I personally never seen a cryptid. But I&#039;ve heard numerous reports from different people about gargoyle-like flying &#039;monsters&#039;, with leathery wings and all that. I do believe them (most of them) but kinda makes me wonder, where do they come from? and where do they hide? What if they pop up from an alternate dimension?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I personally never seen a cryptid. But I&#8217;ve heard numerous reports from different people about gargoyle-like flying &#8216;monsters&#8217;, with leathery wings and all that. I do believe them (most of them) but kinda makes me wonder, where do they come from? and where do they hide? What if they pop up from an alternate dimension?</p>
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		<title>By: Billy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Billy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi once again John. i find these articles fascinating.  think about how many stories people don&#039;t get to hear, and i know first hand  often people tell no one of the most strange incidences. The red eyes, that&#039;s not normal right? i know my friends were certain they saw something with red eyes that could be seen in the dark. I was thinking skinwalker, like that movie, jeepers creepers. That&#039;s the kind of thing i think of. Supernatural demon thing. I&#039;ll mention this too, when i told you the story of the friend on the snowmobile, it was right near an old abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. The house must have been part of something like an old mineing area or something.  It&#039;s in the mountains. And that&#039;s where i think these things live, in old mines and caves. where it flew, (they one they heard flying with a wail.) it flew to a place called &#039;the cobble&#039; which is near an old abandon mine. I meditated on it and i thought it was in an old mine where it would tuck away in a small crack. That was before they told me where this thing flew to.  

It seems there is a connection with the red eyes. that&#039;s not something you throw in for nothing.the people who saw this thing attest to it definitely having glowing red eyes. i&#039;d like to show that picture Bill Green sketched out to those people to see if it fits what they think they saw.  i think we&#039;re dealing with the supernatural. Hence it probably has supernatural senses . it could  probably predict danger, sense the future, super hearing, smell, vision, it could probably  read minds and probabilities.  Not easy to find. But it has rules. I don&#039;t think you can meet it without making a personal pact or agreement. You would have to agree to be exposed to the supernatural. And that&#039;s probably dangerous. that&#039;s what i think. We could also probobly capture it and have it sent out of here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi once again John. i find these articles fascinating.  think about how many stories people don&#8217;t get to hear, and i know first hand  often people tell no one of the most strange incidences. The red eyes, that&#8217;s not normal right? i know my friends were certain they saw something with red eyes that could be seen in the dark. I was thinking skinwalker, like that movie, jeepers creepers. That&#8217;s the kind of thing i think of. Supernatural demon thing. I&#8217;ll mention this too, when i told you the story of the friend on the snowmobile, it was right near an old abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. The house must have been part of something like an old mineing area or something.  It&#8217;s in the mountains. And that&#8217;s where i think these things live, in old mines and caves. where it flew, (they one they heard flying with a wail.) it flew to a place called &#8216;the cobble&#8217; which is near an old abandon mine. I meditated on it and i thought it was in an old mine where it would tuck away in a small crack. That was before they told me where this thing flew to.  </p>
<p>It seems there is a connection with the red eyes. that&#8217;s not something you throw in for nothing.the people who saw this thing attest to it definitely having glowing red eyes. i&#8217;d like to show that picture Bill Green sketched out to those people to see if it fits what they think they saw.  i think we&#8217;re dealing with the supernatural. Hence it probably has supernatural senses . it could  probably predict danger, sense the future, super hearing, smell, vision, it could probably  read minds and probabilities.  Not easy to find. But it has rules. I don&#8217;t think you can meet it without making a personal pact or agreement. You would have to agree to be exposed to the supernatural. And that&#8217;s probably dangerous. that&#8217;s what i think. We could also probobly capture it and have it sent out of here.</p>
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		<title>By: John Carlson</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Carlson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yep, still alive :)  Thanks for asking! I&#039;ve been a little overwhelmed with work and family issues the past three months, but I&#039;ve really missed blogging and I&#039;m getting back to doing it again regularly. Working on finishing the second part of Cryptids in Suburbia today, and I&#039;ve got a few other ideas for blog posts.

I was contacted this past week by writer and director &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356372/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bruce G. Hallenbeck&lt;/a&gt;, who is co-authoring a book about New Jersey Monsters. Mr. Hallenbeck asked if he could include some of the information on the Paranomalist blog and ask me a few questions. Very flattering!

Thanks again for asking. I&#039;ve been receiving a number of emails recently, asking where I&#039;ve been. It&#039;s been nice to hear from people and very gratifying. I truly appreciate the concern, and as of today I&#039;ll be back to writing consistently.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep, still alive <img src='http://www.theparanomalist.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   Thanks for asking! I&#8217;ve been a little overwhelmed with work and family issues the past three months, but I&#8217;ve really missed blogging and I&#8217;m getting back to doing it again regularly. Working on finishing the second part of Cryptids in Suburbia today, and I&#8217;ve got a few other ideas for blog posts.</p>
<p>I was contacted this past week by writer and director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356372/" rel="nofollow">Bruce G. Hallenbeck</a>, who is co-authoring a book about New Jersey Monsters. Mr. Hallenbeck asked if he could include some of the information on the Paranomalist blog and ask me a few questions. Very flattering!</p>
<p>Thanks again for asking. I&#8217;ve been receiving a number of emails recently, asking where I&#8217;ve been. It&#8217;s been nice to hear from people and very gratifying. I truly appreciate the concern, and as of today I&#8217;ll be back to writing consistently.</p>
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		<title>By: Son of Bigfoot</title>
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		<dc:creator>Son of Bigfoot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is John Carlson still alive?? I heard he was having some issues and may have had to go away for awhile. Get well John, miss you!!! 

SOB</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is John Carlson still alive?? I heard he was having some issues and may have had to go away for awhile. Get well John, miss you!!! </p>
<p>SOB</p>
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		<title>By: John Carlson</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Carlson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Those are good points, Nicole. You often here the same thing about paranormal phenomena (which Bigfoot might fall under): often people don&#039;t see what they don&#039;t believe in or their minds can&#039;t conceive of. A famous non-paranormal example of this is the Native Americans that couldn&#039;t see the great Spanish sailing ships as they approached the shores of the New World. Their minds couldn&#039;t comprehend that such great ships could exist, so they simply didn&#039;t see them.

BFRO.net is a great site. Just looking at the NJ sightings, and not surprisingly most of them are in Sussex County and Burlington County. Sussex is in northwest Jersey near PA, and it&#039;s very mountainous and wooded. Burlington County is where the heart of Pine Barrens are located, and that&#039;s a very densely forested area.

Thanks for the input. I&#039;ll finish up part two of the article tonight.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Those are good points, Nicole. You often here the same thing about paranormal phenomena (which Bigfoot might fall under): often people don&#8217;t see what they don&#8217;t believe in or their minds can&#8217;t conceive of. A famous non-paranormal example of this is the Native Americans that couldn&#8217;t see the great Spanish sailing ships as they approached the shores of the New World. Their minds couldn&#8217;t comprehend that such great ships could exist, so they simply didn&#8217;t see them.</p>
<p>BFRO.net is a great site. Just looking at the NJ sightings, and not surprisingly most of them are in Sussex County and Burlington County. Sussex is in northwest Jersey near PA, and it&#8217;s very mountainous and wooded. Burlington County is where the heart of Pine Barrens are located, and that&#8217;s a very densely forested area.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input. I&#8217;ll finish up part two of the article tonight.</p>
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		<title>By: Nicole B.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nicole B.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think an animal with a brain at least the size of ours and that&#039;s 
been avoiding us for this long  would have an easy time avoiding 
interstates and turnpikes.  I mean, they are really loud roadways!  Lol!
I also think people seem to forget about the extensive cave system all 
over the Appalachian mountain range and that it&#039;s extremely plausible 
for larger animals to utilize these caves, even in more humanly 
populated areas.  Most of the caves are unknown and few have ever been 
explored. Duh! Lol.
Also, take into consideration that it&#039;s easy to hide when no one 
believes you exist.  Their minds are not able to let their eyes see 
something that doesn&#039;t &#039;exist&#039; to them.  There is a good example in the 
movie &quot;What the Bleep Do We Know?!&quot;.
People tend to not look down or up much.  They tend to stare at their 
phones mostly now a days.  Most people do not go into the woods, 
either.  Most people don&#039;t even know how to recognize a small mammal 
burrow, like a chipmunk, or a squirrel drey in a tree, let alone a 
hidden cave.
I think it&#039;s totally plausible and more likely than one might think at 
first.  There could be shapeshifters from other dimensions and our own, 
granted.  Regular people can shapeshift if they teach themselves.  So, 
that&#039;s plausible.  To me, it seems more fitting that there is another 
species altogether, like BigFoot.
Have you seen this site, http://www.bfro.net/   ?
I would love to go on an expedition with them one weekend.  Pretty cool 
stuff.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think an animal with a brain at least the size of ours and that&#8217;s<br />
been avoiding us for this long  would have an easy time avoiding<br />
interstates and turnpikes.  I mean, they are really loud roadways!  Lol!<br />
I also think people seem to forget about the extensive cave system all<br />
over the Appalachian mountain range and that it&#8217;s extremely plausible<br />
for larger animals to utilize these caves, even in more humanly<br />
populated areas.  Most of the caves are unknown and few have ever been<br />
explored. Duh! Lol.<br />
Also, take into consideration that it&#8217;s easy to hide when no one<br />
believes you exist.  Their minds are not able to let their eyes see<br />
something that doesn&#8217;t &#8216;exist&#8217; to them.  There is a good example in the<br />
movie &#8220;What the Bleep Do We Know?!&#8221;.<br />
People tend to not look down or up much.  They tend to stare at their<br />
phones mostly now a days.  Most people do not go into the woods,<br />
either.  Most people don&#8217;t even know how to recognize a small mammal<br />
burrow, like a chipmunk, or a squirrel drey in a tree, let alone a<br />
hidden cave.<br />
I think it&#8217;s totally plausible and more likely than one might think at<br />
first.  There could be shapeshifters from other dimensions and our own,<br />
granted.  Regular people can shapeshift if they teach themselves.  So,<br />
that&#8217;s plausible.  To me, it seems more fitting that there is another<br />
species altogether, like BigFoot.<br />
Have you seen this site, <a href="http://www.bfro.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bfro.net/</a>   ?<br />
I would love to go on an expedition with them one weekend.  Pretty cool<br />
stuff.</p>
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		<title>By: John Carlson</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Carlson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey man, don&#039;t spoil part two! I was actually going to bring up that idea in the second part of the post. Dang, now I gave it away. Couple interesting articles about just such a possibility, which you can read here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theheavystuff.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.theheavystuff.com&lt;/a&gt; and Nick Redfern&#039;s article about a guy who claimed to have seen a furry &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mania.com/lair-beasts-new-york-monster_article_118724.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;gnome in Central Park&lt;/a&gt;, NYC. Also, the post that I wrote about &lt;em&gt;Hunt for the Skinwalker&lt;/em&gt; suggests the same. 

That&#039;s not to say that there aren&#039;t real, undiscovered animals living here on earth, in the same physical plane or dimension as us. And as far as the big cats in Britain, I think those may actually be animals that were kept as pets and released into the wild and not anything otherworldly or ethereal. I do think Keel and Vallee were on the right track about a lot of these types of entities, though. If there are flesh-and-blood bigfoot inhabiting NJ, I have no doubt that one of them would have been splattered on the Turnpike or Parkway by now.

Thanks for the input!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey man, don&#8217;t spoil part two! I was actually going to bring up that idea in the second part of the post. Dang, now I gave it away. Couple interesting articles about just such a possibility, which you can read here: <a href="http://www.theheavystuff.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theheavystuff.com</a> and Nick Redfern&#8217;s article about a guy who claimed to have seen a furry <a href="http://www.mania.com/lair-beasts-new-york-monster_article_118724.html" rel="nofollow">gnome in Central Park</a>, NYC. Also, the post that I wrote about <em>Hunt for the Skinwalker</em> suggests the same. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s not to say that there aren&#8217;t real, undiscovered animals living here on earth, in the same physical plane or dimension as us. And as far as the big cats in Britain, I think those may actually be animals that were kept as pets and released into the wild and not anything otherworldly or ethereal. I do think Keel and Vallee were on the right track about a lot of these types of entities, though. If there are flesh-and-blood bigfoot inhabiting NJ, I have no doubt that one of them would have been splattered on the Turnpike or Parkway by now.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input!</p>
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		<title>By: Stephan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stephan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Come on now, if you&#039;re willing to consider such an outlandish idea as thinking that some of these animals could live in such crowded places, then why not go a step further and think of another solution, one that to me actually seems more plausible: These sightings are of some sort of transiently corporeal phantasmal entities, disguised to look like various odd animals. John Keel talks about this frequently in his books, explains his theories on it well, Jacques Vallee refers to the idea constantly albeit in the context of UFO encounters. Its the only way I can bring myself to take seriously sightings of a bigfoot type animal in places like Arkansas and Oklahoma, or New Jersey. Are you kidding me? New Jersey?! there is no rational way to think that an actual natural animals the size and nature of a bigfoot could live there undetected.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Come on now, if you&#8217;re willing to consider such an outlandish idea as thinking that some of these animals could live in such crowded places, then why not go a step further and think of another solution, one that to me actually seems more plausible: These sightings are of some sort of transiently corporeal phantasmal entities, disguised to look like various odd animals. John Keel talks about this frequently in his books, explains his theories on it well, Jacques Vallee refers to the idea constantly albeit in the context of UFO encounters. Its the only way I can bring myself to take seriously sightings of a bigfoot type animal in places like Arkansas and Oklahoma, or New Jersey. Are you kidding me? New Jersey?! there is no rational way to think that an actual natural animals the size and nature of a bigfoot could live there undetected.</p>
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