VYS0014 - Show Notes
To usher out the old year and welcome in the new, Hine and Buckley take a look back at a selection of the weirdest news stories of 2022 and track them against the development of Vayse throughout the year: Fish-falls, haunted AI art, dreaming arachnids and the persistent, bizarre and unfounded claims of Uri Geller - this episode has it all... and more... Recorded 27 December 2022 on location at Shireshead Studio, Lancashire.
The news stories in this episode were sourced from the incredibly wonderful website https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/
Schedule for Weird Night on BBC2 18th December 1994 (https://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=46518.0)
X-Files – Season 1 Episode 12 - Fire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcIS11jim4E)
Attack of the 50ft Woman (1958) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYRWvMaFJjE)
Attack of the 50ft woman (1993) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCY3EU2zWI4)
Pee-Wee’s big Adventure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhBxbUEIq1g)
The First Episode of Fortean TV with a new introduction by Lionel Fanthorpe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBublO69VGE)
Fortean Review of the Year 1994 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5joD8DUxJ0)
Mysterons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slDNOtOQ8oA) by Portishead
January
Fish Fall in Texarkana (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/12/30/raining-fish-Texarkana-Texas/9101640895785/)
Magnolia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnamcFv_N9Q)
Charles Fort (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fort)
What Magic is This? – Charles Fort (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/11/11/charles-fort/)
The Book of the Damned (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-book-of-the-damned/9781528718301) by Charles Fort
New Lands (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605838389_new-lands/9781374989368) by Charles Fort
Lo! (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605838389_lo/9781612030517) by Charles Fort
Wild Talents (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605838389_wild-talents/9781612030531) by Charles Fort
Kentucky Meat Shower (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower)
Uri Geller claims to know where the Arc of the Covenant is (https://mobile.twitter.com/theurigeller/status/1478380726961778693)
Uri Gellar - Fascinating article and video about a Stanford study and the subsequent CIA interest into his abilities (https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/may/09/cia-uri-geller-video/)
Modelling portfolio of Uri Geller (https://www.urigeller.com/picture-gallery/uri-modelling/)
Hellier (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1FwIuicx88)
The White Lotus Season 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGLq7_MonZ4)
Polypores BandCamp (https://polypores.bandcamp.com/)
Curiosity rover finds possible evidence of life on Mars (https://phys.org/news/2022-01-nasa-curiosity-rover-intriguing-carbon.html)
Woman marries the colour pink in historic ceremony (https://www.unilad.com/news/woman-marries-colour-pink-in-historic-vegas-wedding-ceremony/)
Man receives genetically-modified pig heart in transplant breakthrough (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59944889)
Uri Geller claims that an alien 'mass landing' is imminent (https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/354934/uri-geller-claims-that-an-alien-mass-landing-is-imminent)
February
Mystery 6ft creature spotted on rural road in England (https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/late-night-sighting-6ft-tall-23189628)
Fresno Nightcrawlers Cryptid Study (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jvkP_aHTps) by Madame Macabre
Passport to Magonia (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605843614_passport-to-magonia/9780987422484) by Jacques Vallée
Joshua Cutchin (https://www.joshuacutchin.com/)
Brain scan captures last thoughts of a person as they died (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/brain-last-thoughts-before-dying-scan-b2022099.html)
NDE video - A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife | An In-Depth Interview with Eben Alexander (https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PdwUXAPnU9k)
The OA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvHJtez2IlY)
All The Things She Said (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mGBaXPlri8) by Tatu
Anthony Peake (https://www.anthonypeake.com/)
The Lyra (synth) (https://somasynths.com/lyra-organismic-synthesizer/#:~:text=LYRA%2D8%20is%20based%20on,generators%20in%20old%20electric%20organs.)
Man wins $10 million lottery jackpot twice in three years (https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/02/27/new-york-loterry-juan-hernandez-scratch-off-ticket/6965770001/)
Penny Royal (https://www.pennyroyalpodcast.com/)
'Bulging triangle' UFO appears over Islamabad for two hours (https://nypost.com/2022/02/22/mysterious-bulging-triangle-ufo-filmed-over-city-for-two-hours/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=syndicated&utm_campaign=partnerfeed)
Could the Earth itself be an intelligent entity ? (https://phys.org/news/2022-02-planet-mind.html)
March
The Greater Manchester street so haunted you had to sign a WAIVER to move there (https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/greater-manchester-street-haunted-you-23289605)
Twin Peaks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knaVDrV5AZo)
Total number of discovered exoplanets now exceeds 5,000 (https://www.npr.org/2022/03/22/1088009414/there-are-more-than-5-000-confirmed-exoplanets-beyond-our-solar-system-nasa-says?t=1648480072338)
Two children survive for a month alone in the Amazon rainforest (https://www.odditycentral.com/news/young-brothers-survive-almost-a-month-alone-in-the-amazon-jungle.html)
1st image snapped by iconic Webb telescope pushes limits of the 'laws of physics' (https://www.livescience.com/james-webb-telescope-image-limits-of-physics)
April
CIA files reveal that the Soviets were developing cybernetic telepathy (https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkp8m9/cia-document-claims-soviet-union-was-developing-cybernetic-telepathy)
Soviet Dog-head Experiment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhzEMJHQt2I)(not for the faint hearted)
The Gateway Process - Vice Article (https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9qag/how-to-escape-the-confines-of-time-and-space-according-to-the-cia)
The Gateway Process - CIA Analysis and Assessment (https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/cia/CIA-RDP96-00788R001700210016-5.pdf)
What Are Binaural Beats? (https://www.webmd.com/balance/what-are-binaural-beats) - WebMD Article
Strange Frequencies : The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31316381198&searchurl=kn%3Dstrange%2Bfrequencies%2Bpeter%2Bbebergal%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1) by Peter Bebergal
Loab (https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5vjw3/why-does-this-horrifying-woman-keep-appearing-in-ai-generated-images) – Vice Article
Loab Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/supercomposite/status/1567162288087470081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1567162288087470081%7Ctwgr%5E120a5eb32d0d17deb625b7b45a01ee894f564389%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vice.com%2Fen%2Farticle%2Fg5vjw3%2Fwhy-does-this-horrifying-woman-keep-appearing-in-ai-generated-images) by Supercomposite (https://twitter.com/supercomposite)
CrAIyon (Formerly DALL-E Mini) interpretation of Steven Seagal eating a Piglet (https://twitter.com/peterchine/status/1610602808478400512?s=20&t=ppGTPTCZPTSYfgIMgCtY7A)
Entire human genome has been sequenced for the first time (https://theconversation.com/the-human-genome-project-pieced-together-only-92-of-the-dna-now-scientists-have-finally-filled-in-the-remaining-8-176138)
Pentagon files reveal UFO 'radiation burns' and 'unexpected pregnancies' (https://www.livescience.com/ufo-report-human-biological-injuries)
Europa Pools could support life (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/19/jupiters-moon-europa-may-have-water-life-could-exist)
May
US Congress Open UFO hearing: is there evidence that aliens have visited the Earth? (https://theconversation.com/is-there-evidence-aliens-have-visited-earth-heres-whats-come-out-of-us-congress-hearings-on-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-183443)
US Congressional Hearing on UFOs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYfxwBQL69A)
Pentagon erroneously claims that it has no data on UFOs disabling nukes (https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/357743/pentagon-erroneously-claims-that-it-has-no-data-on-ufos-disabling-nukes)
Creepy dolls found washed up along Texas beach (https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2022/04/29/researchers-find-dozens-of-creepy-dolls-along-40-mile-stretch-of-texas-beach-)
NASA image shows what looks like a door on Mars (https://www.sciencealert.com/this-cool-rock-formation-on-mars-looks-just-like-an-alien-doorway)
Woman appears on TV with her 'alien boyfriend' (https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/tv/this-morning-alien-boyfriend-guest-today-love-life/)
June
Scientists create living skin to use on robots (https://singularityhub.com/2022/06/13/scientists-used-human-cells-to-make-self-healing-living-skin-for-robots/)
Terminator (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k64P4l2Wmeg)
Terminator 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRRlbK5w8AE)
Google Engineer Claims AI Chatbot Is Sentient (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/google-engineer-claims-ai-chatbot-is-sentient-why-that-matters/)
The Boggart : Folklore, History, Place-names and Dialect (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31109769189&searchurl=kn%3Dsimon%2Byoung%2Bboggart%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title7) by Simon Young
VYS0003 | Welcome to Vayse, Population 2 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0003)
VYS0006 | Dreamtides - Vayse to Face with Field Lines Cartographer (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0006)
It turns out that male mice are terrified of bananas (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/mindandbody/male-mice-are-terrified-of-bananas-heres-why/ar-AAXPezl)
Man ends up in hospital after fish jumps down his throat (https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/man-undergoes-surgery-after-fish-jumps-out-of-water-and-down-his-throat-3031386)
Voyager 1 glitch is due to aliens, claims Uri Geller (https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-708284)
July
YouTuber Coyote Peterson announces 'Bigfoot' skull discovery (https://www.livescience.com/coyote-peterson-primate-skull-fiasco)
Man kills friend 'to stop him from summoning Bigfoot' (https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/fisherman-murder-blames-bigfoot_n_62cfc41ee4b0c0bdba666e91)
Global Tribe (https://www.globalcrystals.com/)
VYS0004 | The Uncanny Vallée and the Unreal Keel - The Ultraterrestrial Hypothesis Pt.1 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0004)
VYS0005 | UFOnauts and Inverted Crosses - The Ultraterrestrial Hypothesis Pt.2 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0005)
Fisherman catches extremely rare blue lobster (https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/fisherman-catches-rare-one-in-two-million-blue-lobster-in-us-3129296)
Chess robot breaks boy's finger during tournament (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/chess-playing-robot-not-above-breaking-a-child-s-finger-for-the-big-win/ar-AAZWTOa)
Georgia Guidestones destroyed by bomb blast (https://www.iflscience.com/monument-destroyed-on-video-by-unidentified-bomber-actually-smote-by-god-say-conspiracists-64376)
August
New evidence suggests that even spiders have dreams (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spiders-seem-to-have-rem-like-sleep-and-may-even-dream1/)
Michael Levin (https://twitter.com/drmichaellevin?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)
Classified 1990 Calvine UFO photograph has surfaced 32 years on (https://allthatsinteresting.com/calvine-photo)
Kenneth Arnold 'flying saucer' sighting turns 75 (https://www.singularfortean.com/news/2022/6/28/kenneth-arnolds-historic-flying-saucer-sighting-turns-75)
VYS0007 | Too Much to Dream Last Night (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0007)
Weird creature with no anus was not earliest human ancestor (https://phys.org/news/2022-08-scientists-relieved-curious-creature-anus.html)
Possible live thylacine filmed in South Australia (https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/360221/possible-live-thylacine-filmed-in-south-australia)
Uri Geller says he will use his 'mind power' to stop a nuclear attack (https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/359646/uri-geller-says-he-will-use-his-mind-power-to-stop-a-nuclear-attack)
September
SETI pioneer Frank Drake dies, aged 92 (https://www.seti.org/frank-d-drake-1930-2022)
Weird voice whispers 'death is irreversible' during Queen's funeral (https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/itv-news-clip-queen-funeral-goes-viral_uk_63296b45e4b0bfdf5e19b270?d_id=4924373&ncid_tag=tweetlnkukhpmg00000001)
Jack Osbourne: 'US government is covering up the truth about UFOs' (https://www.postguam.com/lifestyles/entertainment/jack-osbourne-us-government-army-and-aerospace-contractors-are-covering-up-ufo-truth/article_52d2b096-baf3-5059-83d2-dc4f6868f758.html)
Ukraine's astronomers report that they have been seeing UFOs 'everywhere' (https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkg3nb/ukraines-astronomers-say-there-are-tons-of-ufos-over-kyiv)
NASA successfully smashes space probe into an asteroid (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63039191)
UFO appears in official logo of US aviation intelligence office (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/flying-saucer-appears-on-u-s-aviation-intelligence-office-logo)
US aviation intelligence office removes UFO from its official seal (https://comicbook.com/irl/news/department-defense-intelligence-ufo-logo-removed/)
Woman heard 'fairy' laughter while lost in the woods in Ireland (https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/womans-terrifying-ordeal-after-hearing-25006288)
October
Elon Musk unveils his new Optimus robot at Tesla's AI Day (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/30/tesla-optimus-humanoid-robot-elon-musk-ai-day)
Robotics firms join commitment to ban weaponization of robots (https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/361158/robotics-firms-join-commitment-to-ban-weaponization-of-robots)
Videos of 'Boston Dynamics' robot dog with machine gun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3drPEV0fmZw)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-the-inspiration-behind-blade-runner-and-blade-runner-2049/9781780220383) by Philip K Dick ("Do Robots Dream of Robotic Sheep?")
One of the top costume ideas for 2022 is Avril Lavigne (https://theconversation.com/halloween-avril-lavigne-and-the-conspiracy-theory-that-refuses-to-die-176495)
Paul McCartney is dead theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead)
Kanye West fall from grace (https://autos.yahoo.com/kanye-west-fall-grace-includes-202800745.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAC-C7x_GfSVgahQdi9yy0DW4L5VlvtydyM3RiJnkrVrlN-RRZnd8MhsXx6YybRmhd131GD40z_DeahpdlC59cD0nhJITqcn8igld659w8_6uHRMpKduDwVNAKJ0CuZcx-Y3Wa6FmgtBUpgYWZxUNQBoM7VYPYJgwKJv9Iz2quA78)
VYS0008 | To Hellier and Back - Vayse to Face with Will Salmon (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0008)
VYS0009 | If There's Something Weird - Halloween 2022: Ghostbusters (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0009)
The Sacred Trust (https://sacredtrust.org/) - UK-based not-for-profit educational organisation offering shamanic trainings and workshops on shamanism
Ghostbusters (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQAljlSmjC8)
Grandmother has Ouija boards handed out to attendees at her funeral (https://www.ladbible.com/news/iconic-grandmother-has-ouija-boards-given-out-at-her-funeral-20221020)
Man falls ill after eating live crab to 'punish' it for pinching his daughter (https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3197174/i-wanted-revenge-chinese-man-becomes-seriously-ill-parasitic-infections-after-eating-live-crab)
Scientists have spliced human brain tissue into the brains of rats (https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-spliced-human-brain-tissue-into-the-brains-of-baby-rats)
Warhammer to be made into movie and TV show, starring Superman actor Henry Cavill (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63998585)
November
Oculus founder builds VR headset that kills the wearer if they die in-game (https://futurism.com/oculus-founder-vr-headset-kills)
11 school children pass out after Ouija board session in Colombia (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/11-children-found-collapsed-school-28459270)
VYS0010 | Astounding Stories - Vayse to Face with Dr Allen H Greenfield Pt.1 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0010)
VYS0011 | Weird Tales - Vayse to Face with Dr Allen H Greenfield Pt.2 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0011)
VYS0012 | Order Out of Chaos - Vayse to Face with Mark Vincent (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0012)
China's top-secret spaceplane has released an unknown object into orbit (https://spacenews.com/chinas-mystery-spaceplane-releases-object-into-orbit/)
Secretive X-37b space plane returns to Earth after 908 days in orbit (https://www.cnet.com/science/space/space-forces-spunky-space-plane-lands-after-908-days-in-orbit/#:~:text=In%20May%202020%2C%20the%20US,to%20spend%20zipping%20around%20Earth.)
NASA's Artemis I has successfully launched on its voyage to the Moon (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/16/nasa-artemis-1-moon-rocket-launch-florida)
December
Pentagon's UFO office has received 'several hundred' new reports (https://apnews.com/article/politics-trending-news-7227512231fa206da624f813455c2f0b)
A DJ, a rapper and a YouTuber are set to fly to the Moon on Musk's Starship (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63912668)
Bill Hicks – It’s just a ride (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNEyLn1Zz_g)
VYS0013 | A Vayse-man Came Travelling - Yule 2022 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0013)
SideVayse: SVYS001 | Numinous Melancholy (https://www.vayse.co.uk/svys001)
US Air Force unveils its new nuclear stealth bomber - the B-21 (https://www.forces.net/usa/us-air-force-unveils-new-700m-high-tech-b-21-raider-stealth-bomber)
Santa's grotto uses polygraph to test if kids have been naughty or nice (https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/santa-s-grotto-has-kids-take-lie-detector-tests-to-see-if-they-are-naughty-or-nice/ar-AA15biNv)
88-year-old walks into hospital with WWI shell stuck in his rectum (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ww1-shell-stuck-anus-hospital-evacuated/)
Vayse BandCamp (https://vayse.bandcamp.com/releases)
Michael-6: The Robot Talk Show Host (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWXVUJToubk) - from the criminally under-rated Peter Serafinowicz Show
