art/science
 

art{}science | fact•••fiction
objectivity××subjectivity | <<letters>>
paranoia‡‡‡schizophrenia | macro>><<micro


previous
end of thread
back to letters


From: "Geof & Shannon Allen" <wolfdogs@kerrlake.com>
To: <WEBMASTER@NORWOODFUNK.COM>
Subject: QUESTIONS IRT EXTRA SENSORY PERCEPTION
X-UIDL: 19980520.122243
Status: U


SINCE I HAVE BEEN MARRIED (3 YRS), I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING VERY ODD ACTIVITIES. IT BEGAN VERY SIMPLY:

IF MY WIFE WAS WORRIED ABOUT SOMETHING, I WOULD ASK HER WHAT WAS WRONG BEFORE SHE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEN IT EVOLVED, AND IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HER AT WORK, I WOULD CALL HER FROM MY WORK AND ASK HER WHAT WAS WRONG WITHOUT KNOWING ANYTHING WAS WRONG.

I WAS ON THE NAVY'S FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION TEAM (BLUE ANGELS) IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. ON FRIDAYS I WOULD OFTEN TAKE MY DOG INTO WORK WITH ME WHEN THE COMMANDING OFFICER WAS OUT OF TOWN. ANY TIME I HAD TO WORK I WOULD TAKE MY DOG WITH ME AS WELL. THIS WAS A NORMAL THING FOR ME, BUT ONE NIGHT MY WIFE AND MY DOG WENT IN TO WORK WITH ME. I BECAME VERY NERVOUS, SO NERVOUS MY WIFE ASKED ME NUMEROUS TIMES WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I STARTED PACING AND SWEATING AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG. I FINALLY SAID WE HAVE TO LEAVE. ONCE WE ROUNDED THE CORNER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS, I RAN INTO MY COMMANDING OFFICER. HE HAS NEVER BEEN IN THAT LATE IN THE 4 YEARS I WAS ON THE TEAM.

SINCE THEN, THINGS HAVE GOTTEN STRANGER. MY WIFE OFTEN HAS A CRAVING FOR PICKLES ONCE SHE IS ALREADY IN BED. I CAME HOME LATE ONE NIGHT AND SHE WAS ALREADY IN BED. SHE WOKE UP, AND ASKED IF I KNEW WHAT SHE WAS CRAVING. I SAID CHEESE PUFFS AND HER JAW DROPPED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHE WANTED. MY WIFE HATES CHEESE PUFFS, AND WE NEVER HAVE ANY. THAT DAY SHE BOUGHT A VARIETY PACK OF POTATO CHIPS AND CHEESE PUFFS WERE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX.

I AM NOW OUT OF THE MILITARY, AND I WORK AS A DRILL INSTRUCTOR AT A BOOT CAMP FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS. I HAVE BEEN AT THE CAMP FOR SIX MONTHS, AND I EXPERIENCE 5 TO 10 DEJA VUES A DAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN, AND AFTERWARDS MY HEAD THROBS AND I GET VERY CONFUSED.

ONE DAY I TOLD MY SENIOR DRILL INSTRUCTOR WE HAD TO TAKE OUR RECRUITS INSIDE BECAUSE THERE WAS GOING TO BE A FIGHT. IT WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT TWO KIDS WERE SUPPOSED TO FIGHT THAT DAY, BUT I TOLD HIM IT WASN'T THOSE TWO. I BEGAN SEPARATING MY RECRUITS FROM THE OTHER SQUADS, AND, WITH ME IN-BETWEEN THEM, TWO RECRUITS BEGAN FIGHTING. IT WASN'T THE TWO WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO FIGHT BECAUSE I ALREADY SEPARATED THEM. IT WAS TWO OTHERS, AND THEY FOUGHT FOR NO REASON.

I STARTED WONDERING ABOUT ESP, BECAUSE, FRANKLY, I NEVER BELIEVED IT WAS TRUE. MY WIFE READ THAT TO TEST YOURSELF YOU SHOULD TRY TO GUESS THE SUIT OF EVERY CARD IN A DECK, AND TEN WAS NORMAL. MY WIFE WENT FIRST, AND SHE GUESSED EXACTLY TEN. I WENT NEXT, AND I GUESSED 22. OVER 15 OF THE 30 I MISSED, I GUESSED THE SUIT OF THE NEXT CARD.

PLEASE HELP ME BECAUSE THIS IS EXTREMELY CONFUSING. AT FIRST IT WAS KIND OF NEAT, BUT NOW IT IS BECOMING VERY AGITATING. JUST TELL ME SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT'S JUST WEIRD.

PLEASE E-MAIL AN ANSWER TO: WOLFDOGS@KERRLAKE.COM

previous
end of thread
back to letters