And that is why mom said "Never trust dolphins."

Bottlenose dolphin picture taken by someone from NASA

Mom actually never said don't trust dolphins and I doubt most moms would say it period, excepting the possibility that they were a dolphin-phobic. However there is a slight chance that the infamous Grey aliens might be related to said dolphins, therefore making them natives of earth. Of course they might also have evolved in similar conditions to those dolphins therefore making them more likely extra-terrestrial. Either way, Greys seem to have a thing for basically kidnapping people, which in my books makes the Greys someone you can't fully trust.

The theory that the Greys came from dolphins I first learned about in either a UFO book or TV program when I was growing up. Since then it's hung out in the dark corners of my brain periodically popping up and saying "Hi I'm here." So I figured it's time to finally do something with that piece of info and see what I can come up with.

To start with, there are two major similarities between dolphins and the Greys. First, they're both obviously grey and second, they both have suspiciously creepy black eyes. Beyond any doubt these can be considered rather big similarities, at least in my mind...which isn't much to go by, but it's a start, and at least I'm trying. Anywho, back to the dolphin/alien thing.

So after having poked a stick at my brain to many times to count I finally let this dolphin/Grey connection out and did an internet search on it. The result it seems is that it's a somewhat popular theory. Well at least that the Greys evolved in similar conditions to dolphins, with some thinking they are related.

The biggest bit of this theory is the eyes (no pun intended). You see (the unintentional puns keep coming), when creatures evolve in low light levels, their eyes adapt in ways to get as much light as possible. For instance, dolphins live in the sea/water (Which by all accounts makes sense. After all, it'd be a bit odd walking down the road and suddenly seeing a dolphin swimming by. Why with all that defying the laws of gravity and stuff we'd have all kinds of chaos.) where light conditions, as most would agree, are rather low. Therefore dolphins eyes evolved all fancy like so they can see better in darker light, but also so they can see better in brighter light as well. The result is a black lens that slides down over their pupils.

This is very similar to the proposed reasoning for the large black eyes of the Greys. It is thought that perhaps they originally evolved (On land of course though. People would be getting abducted by dolphin like creatures instead if they had come from water, or at least they'd have clearly webbed hands and feet or gills or something.)on a planet with low light levels and were in need of adaptations of the eyes similar to those of dolphins.

As for the grey skin, well dolphins actually come in a variety of colors, even pink as far as Amazon river dolphins are concerned, however grey is a dominant one in many species of dolphins. The greys on the other hand...who knows, perhaps that is just the result of coming from a warm planet and not needing insulation.

I guess in a way, you could consider intelligence a third similarity, but I hardly think the IQs of the two can be compared. Although it can be said dolphins are as or almost as intelligent as apes, or perhaps even us (With the added advantage of not being able to destroy vast portions of the landscape for their own purposes, although dolphins have been rumored to rape each other, which is just as bad.). However that hardly compares with the ability to build flying saucers and stealthily take people aboard and then suppress the memories of said people when they are returned.

I think the only comparison I can make now is that some UFOs (unidentified flying objects) have been seen in water, coming out of water, and going into water, thereby giving them the title of USOs (unidentified submerged objects.). That doesn't necessarily point to a watery origin for the occupants however, seeing as we humans are fairly amphibious ourselves with our fancy nuclear subs and what not.

So in my honest opinion, I think the Grey aliens evolved off world on another planet in conditions that caused them to have some similarities to dolphins and are not of cetacean origin.

And for now I'll make my exit with a quote from Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series: "So long, and thanks for all the fish."



Sources and Further Reading:
Grey Aliens, Dolphins, and an Interesting Comparison
Alien/Dolphin Share Heritage?
Greys and dolphins
Some Dolphin Basics
Ultimate Guide: Dolphins

What would or could we do?

Conspiracy theories, you either believe in some, don't believe in any, or you label the people nuts who come up with or believe them. They can involve everything from the 9-11 attacks, Nazis, the moon landing, and even aliens in some sort of grand X-files like plot. Then there is also that chance that some of them are real, leaving one big question; what do we do if one turns out to be true?

What got me pondering this you may ask? Well I came upon an interesting article today while browsing through The Daily Grail. It would seem that someone has filed charges against the WHO and UN in response to the swine flu outbreak (Which in and of itself is a bit odd...more below), accusing them of bioterrorism.

Personally I've wondered about the swine flu outbreak myself. First it just spontaneously makes the news in April after purportedly killing many people in Mexico, with various numbers of deaths (mainly do to weak immune systems and secondary infection) reported. Within days it's suddenly all over the world in small pockets (with symptoms being more mild and only a few deaths compared to the possible hundreds mentioned in Mexico), but then reports seem to dwindle down and vanish for a few weeks or so. The media says that it's probably in decline, but will probably resurface in the fall and winter during normal flu season. Then, all of a sudden, the WHO raises the pandemic level to 6, making it an official flu Pandemic, despite the decline, mild symptoms, and a death rate not much higher then the average flu.

Bit odd if you ask me, a bit odd indeed, even more so when you consider that this strain of swine flu known as H1N1 was originally said to be a mix between human, swine, and avian flus which by means has an extremely small chance of happening in nature. And that is where this lawsuit comes in. It proposes that this strain was genetically engineered in a effort by various pharmaceutical companies, the WHO, and the UN. An idea that some including myself pondered back when the swine flu first made the news. Even our Pleiadian friend, Maggador, has similar thoughts on this, although he proposes that the flu itself is a hoax in an effort to sell vaccinations, which may be partly true, but flu being real and just manufactured and put out there for the same reason he suggests.

Either way, in the end it's the vaccinations the lawsuit is concerned over, suggesting that they will do nothing, but spread the flu further, possibly even making the vaccinated more vulnerable to the flu's effects. There is apparently even talks of mandatory vaccinations, which would do nothing more then benefit pharmaceutical companies.

Anyways, this all is purportedly part of a plot that would allow the UN to take over the US, possibly even with the help of our own president. And that's where I come back to my question. What do we do if there is truth in this matter? Would many just brush it off as more nutcases making up conspiracies until it's to late? Or would we see through it, rebelling against the possible grand scheme? And an even more looming question...would those who would seek to prevent the scheme be labeled as quacks, or locked up under manipulated laws? Only the future can tell in my opinion and that is as scary as the possibility that any of this could be true.

Faith healing on trial

A family here Oregon is on trial today for the death of their 15 month old daughter in March of 2008, a death which is the direct result of their religious beliefs involving faith healing. Their daughter who had been sick with pneumonia and a blood infection could have lived if the family had gotten proper medical attention for her, but instead they turned to their belief that God and Jesus would be able to heal her, and now the question being raised is whether or not they guilty of their daughter's death?

By all means it is a controversial subject. Freedom of religion has been one of the many things that makes the USA what it is, but where do you draw the line? Is it right for people to ignore what most others would consider logical and turn to their religious beliefs in hopes of helping their family member through faith, prayer, or similar practices? After all, to the families who hold such ideas, their religious beliefs seem just as logical as ideas held by people that don't follow their beliefs.

Personally, I feel that despite the fact their beliefs caused the death of their daughter, they are guilty of nothing, but making a poor choice and that they have suffered enough from the death. Bringing it to trial on charges of manslaughter only extends their suffering and brings out the intolerance (as evidenced by the comments at the end of this Oregonian article) of many people on both sides of the controversy it creates.

Maybe as a method of prevention of future incidents, perhaps some laws/restrictions should be put in place that allow religious freedom, but still protect the lives of those who aren't old enough (as in this case) to decide what they believe. For instance, if a child is under a certain age (like 15 years old or so) and suffering a life threatening ailment, the family must get medical attention for the child unless the child is above the age restriction, in which case the child must make their own decision on whether to seek medical attention or follow their religious beliefs.

As for my own beliefs in faith healing, I must say I'm a firm believer in mind over matter, which I think is crucial to faith healing, no matter what religion the healing belief stems from in my opinion. Simply put if you have a strong enough belief that your faith, God, Cthulhu, or Flying Spaghetti Monster will heal you, then it just might happen. However I would advise mixing such beliefs in healing with the proper medical attention and only appealing solely to whatever deity you believe in when it seems medical care is not going to work.

And on a final note, I must ask those that would only seek faith healing as opposed to modern medical care; would a God really allow us to develop our modern medical technology and medicine if he/she did not want us to use it?

Source/further reading:
The Oregonian - Trial in death of infant raises questions of parental rights, religious freedom

A side effect of reading "The 12th Planet": Exploring my faith

One of the odd effects that reading "The 12th Planet" has had on me, is that I've been exploring my faith a bit. I've started reading the Bible, partly because I've never read it all the way through, and partly because I want to see how things match up as compared to the potential history depicted in Zecharia Sitchin's book.

The primary thing I guess I'm looking for is the similarities in the stories in the beginning of the Bible, and those of Sumerian and Babylonian myth. Something that I've read is there, but I must see for myself in order to come to any conclusions. I guess I should also be picking up a book on Sumerian myth as well if I want to get anywhere with it.

Also, I can't help, but wonder if perhaps there is some beginning mythology or faith that originally got the whole religion thing rolling. It's truly bizarre that it appears that so much connected within ancient myths and the religions of the world. So I really think that perhaps there is an original religion that started before Sumerian civilization (Note: Despite what Zecharia says, Sumeria was not the first civilization. There had to have been more before them that built simple huts and what not, which would leave little if any evidence.) that eventually mutated into many of the faiths and belief systems we have today.

Another side effect, is that bizarrely, I've pretty much decided to follow Christianity again, or for the most part at least. My only problem is figuring out how my beliefs on evolution, UFOs, and esoterica, fit into to it all. Something that I think with exploration, reading, and some digging, with a touch of prayer or meditation, I might find the answers for, which I feel are not what many Christian's believe them to be. Heck maybe I'll get into it enough to try and write some books on how said subjects tie into it all...

And in an unrelated subject, I had a reader, blogger, and Oregonian suggest forming a group to investigate some local mysteries, something which I'm totally all for. Actually I've been thinking about trying to get in on a ghost hunt or perhaps a Bigfoot search (I hate putting the word hunt with Bigfoot, sounds like you want to kill him. Something which with ghosts, you can't do, seeing as they're already dead.) with any local groups I can find, so I could get a feel for a real investigation, besides what I see on TV. Not to mention, it'd be a fun and interesting bit to blog about.

And now for something completely different, here is a couple of emperor penguins watching a sperm whale battle with a colossal squid. Oh the tension...

A word about crop circles...

Crop circles for some reason have never really managed to hold my interest. Probably because to me all mystery in them has pretty much faded away especially once things began to get more...well more man made looking.

Honestly I think the first initial waves of the circle phenomenon were genuine...at least some of them. Then people started getting in on the act and making their own and it's since in my opinion grown into an art form for a lot of people. Sure there probably are some real ones mixed up amongst today's elaborate designs, but for the most part I think they are mainly man made, especially the more complicated ones.

That brings me to this: Phoenix crop circle may predict the end of the world

Now besides being awesome looking, this crop circle, in my opinion, is completely man made. Also I think that assuming that because it's a design of a phoenix means the artist, or maker was trying to say something about the end of the world is a bit much in my opinion. Sure the phoenix represents rebirth and everything, and that may have been a theme the creator wanted to put across, but end of the world, it's sort of like saying because I find a stain on my rug that looks like the Virgin Mary the return of Christ is near. Just a bit overboard if you ask me.

Tillamook Rock Light

Lighthouses, majestic towers from a bygone era when their lights and horns were needed to guide ships safely along treacherously rocky coasts and river mouths. Today they are looked upon as symbols of both guidance and hope. Some lighthouses however were just as dangerous as the shores they guided ships by. One such lighthouse is the Tillamook Rock Light or as others call it "Terrible Tilly".

Built in 1881 upon on an expanse of rock that's just under an acre, 1.2 miles offshore, and 100 feet above the waves, Terrible Tilly is consistently assaulted by waves. Back when it was in use it was only accessible by a form of lift called a breeches buoy, which would be tethered to a derrick on the rock, and used to pick up or drop off the keepers from/to a boat waiting below. Some not so lucky keepers and sailors lost their life while using the buoy, due to the unpredictable waters at the rock.

Like all old structures, Tillamook Rock Lighthouse comes with many a strange tale. One involves a keeper who despite the three month work shifts, apparently went insane and tried kill his replacement so he could stay. His attempt at remaining at the rock was ended however by a push down the stairs as he gave chase to the new keeper.

Over the years tales of ghost ships drifting past the rock abounded, as well as stories of voices and other ghostly activity being experienced within the lighthouse itself when it was crewed. The Native Americans of the area told tales of the rock being home to spirits, well before the Terrible Tilly was even built. Even today, after having been retired for nearly 52 years, some people still claim see a strange light coming from the tower in the dead of night.

Sources and Further Reading:
Tillamook Rock Light - Wikipedia
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse - Discover Oregon Lighthouses
Haunted Lighthouses - scroll down to you find Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
Oregon's Haunting Lighthouses - Beach Connection
Tillamook Rock Ghost - Scenic Oregon Coast
Life on The Rock - Lighthouse News - good read about life at the lighthouse.

Final thoughts on "The 12th Planet"

Well after reading the book for nearly...3 months(?) I've finally finished it and overall it was a great read. It gave some interesting info on ancient myth and religion and also made one wonder whether or not Zecharia Sitchin may be right, and in the end I think he was a little bit. I say a little bit because for the most part, Zecharia assumes that the Anunnaki, if they were aliens, weren't much more advanced then we are now at days.

What's interesting is that Zecharia believes the Anunnaki came here to Earth in search of resources, in particular precious metals like gold. I couldn't help, but think however, that if an alien race came to Earth in search of resources, why didn't they choose someplace besides the Middle East to settle? It seems to me that there are probably more climatically friendly areas where they could have found the resources they were looking for.

Also I couldn't help thinking that if they had technology just above what we currently had, why didn't they leave traces of that tech behind? Why aren't we finding pieces of ancient rockets, computers, and other familiar devices in the deserts of the Mid East? According to what Zecharia writes, they had bases wiped out during the so called "global" deluge (thats the same one in the story of Noah's Ark), so logically there should be some sort of traces of this technology.

My final thoughts really are that perhaps the Anunnaki where more akin to actual spiritual beings, maybe of another dimension. With all he parallels between ancient myth and the stories in the Bible, I think that makes the most sense. Basically going back to my idea that perhaps these "Gods" did exist on Earth, but our interpretations of them changed (or were perhaps corrected?) overtime becoming what many now believe to be God, Satan, angels, and demons.

Really though all this conjecture of mine is probably moot, seeing as this is going off of stuff relating to myth, religions, and cultures that are well beyond 2000 years old. Stuff that for the most part we'll never know fully about unless we travel back in time or the Anunnaki or whatever they are (assuming they're real) return and explain it all to us.

Note: If any of this stuff intrigues you, I suggest checking the book out. Well worth your time if you like this type of stuff.

Prophecies or smophecies?

If you don't get the title, I'm basically questioning whether there is such a true thing as "prophecies". Figured it'd be fun to poke at that question since there are all those 2012 "prophecies" out and about as we get closer to 12-21-12.

So yeah, prophecies have been around for ages, if not since the first people learned how to communicate vocally. The question however is, have any of these really come true? I think I've asked this before, but I'm just curious. You see, many prophecies are extremely vague, or so symbolic that they can be interpreted in many different ways.

One of the many things that came about in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks, was that perhaps Nostradamus (a name that needs no introduction) predicted the attacks. Fortunately however these were not, but rumors and urban legends spawned by those wishing convince people that the end is near. This happens all to commonly after dramatic events, people saying the end is near after saying the "great tidal wave that sank Kansas" was prophesied by this person or in this book, based on some vague set of sentences or redone versions of them.

Speaking of near ends, the end of the world has been predicted/prophesied many thousands of times (just check this list to get an idea). You know what though? We're all still here. Heck we even survived the dreaded Y2k (although I read one time that there is a family here in Oregon still waiting for it). Then as I said earlier, we have 2012 creeping nearer...which people in Oregon will still be waiting for in 2013...or will they?

Oddly there will be some odd stuff occurring that year besides the Mayan calendar completing it's cycle. Most notably, a few oddball cosmological events that I mention in an older post, and well...the winter solstice which falls on 12-21-12, which happens to be the same day the Mayan calendar, for the most part, resets...

Personally I'm not to concerned about it. I mean with the cosmological stuff it's all a bit freaky, but like most of these so called prophecies, I don't think it will happen. Although I wouldn't be surprised if perhaps some big natural or unnatural disasters happen that year. Overall though I'm still more concerned about the end as predicted in Revelations (which things seem to be resembling at the moment, but that seems to happen every other decade or so), or even the Norse Ragnarok, which in my opinion has some parallels with Revelations, mainly with the world serpent, Jörmungandr, and the Bible's Leviathan, who I think stand a chance of being one in the same...I think I'll have to compare both doomsday predictions and see what I can come up with...

Anyways...now that I'm off track, I want jump back on track and ask this before I go: Is a prophecy really a prophecy if a person or people make it happen deliberately? After all they had just as much chance to not make it happen...

Oh...and just so my votes in...on 12-21-12 I want either the new level of conciseness or Cthulhu's return...either one will do...just as long as I'm wiser...or mad in the head...

I believe our alien buddy is right...

One of the things that I've always believed is that evolution was designed by an intelligence. Actually for the most part I've believed that Christianity (although I'm unsure on whether to follow it now or not, but I do no matter what believe in God and wouldn't classify myself as agnostic or atheist) and evolution are completely compatible, despite the fact many fundamentalist Christians would have you think other wise. Anyways, our Pleiadian buddy, Maggador IX-777, feels virtually the same way; that evolution is the result of an intelligent designer.

He also agrees with the same idea that I put forward in my last post, that being that the fact that anything exists at all is proof of a creator. And as I said in that post, the one question that remains, at least to me, is where did that creator come from. One could follow the assumption that many Christians and others of the Abrahamic religions believe, which is that God has just always been there. That makes just as much sense as assuming that our material world came from nowhere, however, and I think/feel that God came from somewhere as well. Perhaps another creator, or something else beyond our current comprhension. Either way, it's probably all linked to quantum physics and what not, which means we may or may not ever find out how it all works.

Anywho, I'm off before I discobulate myself and repeat everthing I said in the last post if I haven't already...

Some thoughts on God and the Annunaki

Recent image captured by NASA
that resembles a giant hand in space.

I've been pondering what I've learned from reading "The 12th Planet", related items from the web, and my general knowledge of Christianity and related religions a lot recently. Mainly on how it all seems to interconnect, almost confusingly, but does.

It would seem to me that somewhere along the line there was a beginning mythology that led to what the Sumerians believed. This later evolved into the various mythologies of the Mid East, only to be reinterpreted into what would become Judaism, by Abraham, who restructured the multiple Gods into the one God and his angels.

The question however remains as to whether the Gods of old were real beings who created us. If the Annunaki, who if according to Zecharia Sitchin's interpretation of Sumerian myth, came from another planet in our solar system is accurate, then things as pertaining to God, are truly odd. Mainly in the fact that we were created as slaves by beings that for the most part are mere mortals like ourselves, just with longer life spans. Secondly in the fact that, from what I've gathered from various things I've read on the web, it would seem that the Annunaki believed in a creator as well, which means there is indeed some sort of God, or at least both the Annunaki and many of us humans believe there to be.

Well before I get anyone lost, what I'm trying to say is that I think the relationships between ancient myth, modern Abrahamic religions, and the concept of Gods and God in general, may be far more complicated then we can imagine. Plus, if you really want to go hardcore into the whole thing, it's my belief that nothing should exist period.

I feel that the mere fact anything, be it the stars, space, Earth, and life in general exists, is definitive proof that there is some sort of creator. Really there should only be a big black void of well...nothing...and it's down right confusing to me to assume that all that we see around us and in the heavens just appeared one day out of nothingness.

As for the creator, I feel he/she/it would had to have come from somewhere as well, but where and how will probably be way beyond our current understanding of time, space, quantum physics, and what have you...simply put, the whole situation is mind boggling.