Topic: The Messengers

The host mentions Mike Clellan’s "The Messengers," which explores the link between owls and UFO abductions, as a unique but highly specific runner-up. He also highlights Larry E. Arnold’s "Ablaze," the definitive textbook on spontaneous human combustion. The host notes that Charles Fort once theorized that spontaneous combustion could be the work of a "plasma predator" attacking humans.

Mike Clellan, author of The Messengers: Owl, Synchronicity and the UFO Abductee, joins the program to discuss the intersection of the paranormal and conspiracy. The discussion highlights the owl's symbolic importance in dark corners of history, ranging from the hidden symbols on the U.S. dollar bill to the stone statue at Bohemian Grove. Clellan is introduced as an outdoorsman and personal experiencer who has cataloged high strangeness on his Hidden Experience blog.