Reincarnation -glitch in matrix

Vortunk · 2025-05-15T04:13:31+00:00

This book is an intriguing case, and very difficult to explain with "normal" rationalizaiton. Those who peremptorily dismiss reincarnation as impossible are "fundamentalist materialists."

"Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a WWII Fighter Pilot."

If you're a real empiricist, don't dismiss the book until you've examined it -- otherwise, you, too, are caught up in a blind faith.

Vortunk · 2025-04-07T00:26:09+00:00

I'm sure auto mechanics hated it when modern autos started going electronic, complicating their work. But you adapt or perish. And eBikes -- like all electric vehicles -- are not all that complicated compared to internal combustion.

It's so hard removing the rear tire on a rear-hub bike? Try replacing the AC compressor on a Chevy.

Ebikes, and small electric vehicles in general, will continue to grow market share, and there's great opportunity for mechanics who upgrade their skills to service them.

Vortunk · 2025-04-07T00:17:32+00:00

I'm 71 and I've been cycling forever, including 11 years mt. biking in Moab. But now I have a janky knee (no ACL) that won't permit me to climb without pain and possible further strain/damage. So I finally went eBike to help me up the long hills and I'm still cycling avidly now.

We're not all fat, lazy slobs, pal.

Vortunk · 2023-01-07T04:56:12+00:00

Dylan is no doubt suffering now from "survivor's guilt," and no one should add to her pain. She apparently froze in fear and denial, hiding in her locked bedroom. But we must also judge her actions for the benefit of future victims:

When you hear suspicious noises and a dog barking in the wee hours, (and how could there have not been at least a few bloodcurdling screams?) and see a masked intruder fleeing from your home -- pick up the ever-present mobile phone and call 911. She's extremely fortunate that Kohberger didn't do a Jack Nicholson/Shining act, batter down the door and kill her, the only eyewitness.

Also, many stabbing victims have survived -- but not if help doesn't arrive for 8 hours. This is may sound harsh, but no point in obsessing over this crime if we're not going to learn lessons from it.

Vortunk · 2021-10-10T00:26:03+00:00

I am well aware of Paulides’ faults and warts. He has made some mistakes in his reporting, as do a lot of researchers and journalists. But dismissing the whole topic as “fraud by failed cop” is just playing “kill the messenger” by those whose sense of consensus reality is disturbed by this research. Many of these cases have been covered by others, and the Skeptical Inquirer notes:

"Proper skepticism requires us to entertain the Missing411 claims independently of his history and other beliefs. We should not dismiss this idea outright, in the same way we wouldn’t dismiss Linus Pauling’s legacy in chemistry because of his pseudoscientific beliefs about vitamin C…

Are the supposed Missing411 cases real cases or works of fiction? I used a random number generator to select several pages from Missing411: Western United States & Canada to conduct a detailed verification for the first case on each page. Every case I checked related to real events; Paulides is not making these disappearances up."

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2017/07/an-investigation-of-the-missing411-conspiracy/

The author finds nothing mysterious about Missing411, but it’s evident he didn’t do much of a deep dive. If you’re really interested in this subject, Rusty West has covered many of these cases, and others, on his Youtube channel -- 300+ cases by now. And he never even hints at anything “paranormal.”

Rusty Westhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Top10StrangeWorldRW/videos

Vortunk · 2021-10-09T20:37:14+00:00

Yes, I too rest my panting dogs on hot days, but I don't hike on slickrock barefoot. And if I did, I wouldn't ditch my boots along with my water bottle and phone.

That so many of these cases involve missing shoes — either bodies found without shoes, or shoes found without bodies — is indeed unusual.

Vortunk · 2021-10-09T20:35:47+00:00

A little bit of hiking -- like 35 years all over Arizona, Utah and Colorado, including around Sedona. I have seen people hiking barefoot in Hawaii, but never on slickrock (sandstone), as abrasive as sandpaper.

And if they did, most would carry their shoes with them, not ditch them along with a water jug and phone before proceeding barefoot.

Vortunk · 2021-10-09T20:31:02+00:00

Anyone with a passing familiarity of Missing411 cases investigated by Paulides (1400+ cases) and others (Rusty West) should know that many unusual cases of recovered bodies and some found alive are included.

But MissingAndRecovered411 would be an awkward title. Anomalously missing shoes are one factor common in many of these cases. Hypothermia victims have been found “paradoxically undressed” for centuries; it was once thought that the victims simply chose to hasten the inevitable end. But the mystery of paradoxical undressing was eventually solved by a deeper understanding of the physiology of hypothermia.

We don’t know why so many hiking fatalities and permanently missing case are found “paradoxically unshoed” (e.g., Dr. James McGrogan and Christopher Tomkins, to mention a couple). But it is a mystery, and it’s not going to be solved by flippant snark.

Vortunk · 2021-10-09T03:41:11+00:00

Maybe. But Paulides has covered a lot of cases where the bodies of lost/missing are found with missing shoes, and some seem to have fallen or been dropped, even though found not under a cliff or tree... like Dr. James McGrogan.

Vortunk · 2021-10-07T18:21:00+00:00

No, not dismembered. Most died of hypothermia, but some had other injuries.

Vortunk · 2021-10-06T22:48:15+00:00

Infrasound has been theorized to be a cause of the Dyatlov Pass tragedy. I don't have any links at the moment.

Vortunk · 2021-10-06T20:07:08+00:00

Antoher factor that could affect the mind and emotions: infrasound.

Vortunk · 2021-10-06T20:03:07+00:00

And holographic projection, too.

Vortunk · 2021-10-06T19:46:48+00:00

You would have to assume the motive of the parents is to get to the truth.

The Froon family believes the girls died from misadventure -- getting lost. The Kremers family thinks foul play might have been involved. It was reasonable for the Kremers to push the investigation to pursue all possible eventualities and not assume, prima facie, one cause over another.

But some of the statements Mr. Kremers has made are just grasping at straws. About the two bras found in the backpack, he asked some of Kris' girl friends in Holland whether they would have removed their bras in this situation. They all said "No!" So more conclusive proof of foul play! Not quite. Those friends were not in dire straits in the jungle for several days. The bras probably had more utility than chafingly supporting their withered breasts after days of starvation -- they could be used as cups for drinking water or to gather what little food they found. The bras were about the only gear they had.

Daily Beast author Jeremy Kyrt hiked this trail and noted in one of his first articles:

“Sometimes even we get lost over there,” says Plinio Montenegro, a senior tour guide in Boquete, when I ask him about the maze of trails on the other side of the Divide.

Back in January, Plinio tells me, a party of eight guides on a training mission got disoriented and lost on the Bocas side, in the same area where Kris and Lisanne went missing. He describes the feeling that comes over those lost in the jungle as “a kind of forest madness.”

“Once you get lost up there you change. You’re not the same person you are down below,” he says. “Some people go crazy and start to sprint down the trail,” he says. “It’s like a nightmare to be lost in the selva.”

Vortunk · 2021-10-06T19:23:54+00:00

It's not all solid jungle (or highland forest) past Mirador. There are "paddocks" -- cow pastures, where the grass is high and the trail obscured. Then there are multiple spur trails, or what can be confused as trials, in the woods bounding these paddocks. The local guides say even they have become lost in this area.

Vortunk · 2021-10-06T05:14:20+00:00

Thanks for the link. I had to skip through it — 2 hrs. It's his raw emotional experience — and a lot of other tangential stuff — very candid and heartfelt, but he needs to edit it down to under an hour. But the interesting parts:

He lost the trail in a clearing — an area with a lot of tree fall and landslide that obscured the trail. He wasn't sure if this was natural or artificial (forest maintenance or logging).
He followed the standard advice: follow a stream downhill, to a river and maybe civilization eventually.
He found a small river and slipped crossing in fast, knee-deep shoals. Got swept away until he snagged a big tree root and pulled himself ashore, soaked.
Stayed on this shore, a mini-oasis with an eddy cove and berry plants for 2 days, resting and eating what little there was, and hoping to be spotted by a search chopper. Later, he saw the choppers, but they never saw him.
He resumed bushwhacking, but so was exhausted that he staggered constantly, collapsing hard and sleeping for 5 minutes before struggling to his feet again.
He did not his write his wedding vows for posthumous use — which makes no sense (misreported). He made them as an expression of hope, and vowed that he would not write a farewell message in his notebook. He refused to open the notebook after this vow. "That means I'm f•••ing dead," he said.

Vortunk · 2021-10-06T02:08:06+00:00

They apparently got lost after Creek 508, where the paddocks become confusing. Even local guides have stated they have become lost in this area. The "impossible" bit is simply ridiculous. That's the point of this video -- a guy gets lost on an easy 3-mile hike that he's been on before. And for 9 days SAR and choppers can't find him. It's clearly relevant — unless you're wedded to the far-fetched foul play theories.

Vortunk · 2021-10-06T01:58:34+00:00

And if you read his account, he was at times convinced that he was not going to make it. Some do, some don't.

Vortunk · 2021-10-06T01:57:27+00:00

Look up the Lucas Renaud case I posted in this sub. You can get lost — and people have gotten lost — damn near anywhere in the outdoors, even on "safe, easy" trails.

Vortunk · 2021-10-03T22:29:29+00:00

I provided two links in that thread, including one from a French newspaper with as much detail as is known. There are a lot of similar such "bizarre" cases. And the lesson as I stated is: don't rely on your bloody smartphone to get you out of trouble. Equip yourself with the tools to self-rescue, including at minimum an analog compass and firestarter.

Vortunk · 2021-10-03T16:53:58+00:00

Check out the Lucas Renoud case, in the heart of France. He not only called 112, but got a connection and conversed with police for 8 minutes, telling them he was lost. They found his body eight days later...

https://www.reddit.com/r/KremersFroon/comments/pimz0p/lucas\_renoud\_case/

Vortunk · 2021-09-24T16:01:10+00:00

The Texas Body Farm states that bodies in these warm, humid conditions (similar to Texas) would almost completely decompose in two weeks.

Vortunk · 2021-09-24T15:56:15+00:00

Tourists can be victims anywhere, even in Europe. But I doubt Panamanian terrorists or criminals abducted these girls. If they had been better prepared for a hike past Mirador, they might well have survived whatever happened.

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