Photo from Cloudbait Observatory, Guffey, Colorado
Several years ago, while Mel and I were raising our support to come to Ukraine, we left our youngest son, Andrew, at home. Andrew was 17 or 18 at the time, so it's not like we were leaving a little kid home alone! :) :)
When we returned, he told us that he had had a very frightening experience in the middle of the night. He woke up suddenly, for no apparent reason. Suddenly the room was filled with a bright light, it lasted for what seemed to him a long time, and then just as suddenly, it was gone.
We watched our share of the X-Files while the kids were growing up so you can imagine the thoughts that were going through his mind. All alone, the middle of the night, strange light outside suddenly filling his room. It actually really scared him. It would have scared me, too, I'm sure! I'm not sure how he found out it had been a huge fireball, hurtling through the sky that night - but that's what it was. Apparently it went right over our mobile home, shining it's bright light in through his window. I don't remember any more details - did he hear something that woke him up? I don't know. He has always tended to be an 'owl' - which is what they call people here who are 'night people'. (So am I, but of course, that's obvious, isn't it? ha ha!) Andrew has since looked up records and found information on that particular fireball, proving that's what it was. I think he's still a bit spooked over it, though, because he mentioned it again while we were home.
One night we were driving home down Highway 50 through the Arkansas River canyon between Canon City and Texas Creek, headed west. Again, just as suddenly as what happened to Andrew, a huge bluish ball streaked across the sky in front of us and disappeared behind a mountain in front of us. "Whoa! What was that?!" We knew we'd seen a big meteor or 'falling star' but the size was amazing.
Several years before that, Mel and I were coming home to my parents house, very late at night after a meeting in Denver. As we came up around one of the twists and turns in the road that leads up the mountain side to their home, we came to an open space where we could clearly see Pikes Peak. It was covered in snow and gleamed brightly in the full moons' light. Suddenly (it always happens suddenly, you know), from directly overhead, a big blue light burst out of space and streaked across the sky. We actually watched it for several seconds before it crashed into the north face of Pikes Peak. We saw it hit - light, puff, no light. Wow! That was incredible! Do it again!!! :) :)
I'm not sure how common fireballs are. I'm not sure why so many are seen over New Mexico and Colorado. Maybe it has to do with the clear night sky and higher elevation. Maybe it has to do with the number of satelites that fly over Colorado all the time, and all of the space junk that eventually falls back to earth. Or maybe it has to do with something else entirely. I don't know.
There is a lot of unexplained stuff that happens in New Mexico and Colorado. Like the Taos Hum. Like cattle mutilations. I was shocked to read that at least 3 more cows have been found this year in southern Colorado, killed and mutilated. Here is a link to the Pueblo Chieftain article, Two more cows found mutilated. I haven't looked any farther to see see if there have been any more since then (March 24, 2009).
Maybe I've written about this before, I'd have to go back through the archives to check, and I don't want to do that right now. My cousins had a dairy farm east of Colorado Springs. Some of their neighbors had reported seeing 'black helicopters' in the area. One night, in the early 1970's, while my cousin was driving home, she was forced off the road to her house by a very bright light suddenly shining in her car window. She couldn't see anything clearly other than this bright light. She stopped and waited until the light went away and she could see again, then she drove on home. The next morning they found one of their prize bulls out in the pasture, mutilated in the "normal" mutilation pattern. A few years later, up in the mountains, our neighbors' dog was found on the side of the road, mutilated in a similar way. A 'black helicopter' had been seen the day before by my sister-in-law. She was up at my parents house at the time, alone. It so terrified her, seeing this helicopter hovering over my parents house, that she took all of the dogs with her (there were 5 :) ) into the bathroom and locked the door. The bathroom was the only room in the house without a window. My parents found her in there several hours later, still frightened.
No, I've never seen a black helicopter - but I know people who claim they have. Several people, in fact. I've never seen a mutilated animal, that I know of. I've seen dead cows out in fields, but assume they were winter-kill. I've never seen unexplained lights in the sky at night - but Mel has, along with a thousand other witnesses to the same event, near Colorado Springs. Does this freak me out? Yes, a little bit, I have to admit. The unknown is frightening, especially when there seems no rational explanation for it. Mel insists that what he saw must have been military aircraft - but others who saw it disagree. I choose to believe my husband. :)
It's easier to say that people who see things like this are nuts, or unbelievable, that there must be an explanation that is rational and so forth. Yes, that is easier then saying there really is something going on that the public doesn't know anything about. It comforts us, gives us a feeling of security.
But I am convinced that there are many things going on that we, the public, know nothing about. I have to be careful in what I say. I have to remember that I could very easily be labeled a nut, too. I have to keep one thing in mind at all times whenever I think of these things - GOD is sovereign, God is GOD and nothing is outside of His control and will.
Along with that knowledge comes the fact that I truly believe we are living in the very last days. One of Mel's profs at seminary mentioned in class one day that he believes Satan was loosed from the pit in the 1950's. (Obviously this man is/was amillenium - I'm not sure if he is still living). I have thought about that many, many times since Mel told me what he said. He apparently based that thought on the radical change in society all over the world that happened in the late 50's and early 60's. The hippy age. Drugs, free love, peace, Viet Nam, rock music, the occult being played with by more and more people.
Right next to Colorado Springs is the city of Manitou Springs, nestled right up against the mountains. In the late 60's and early 70's Manitou was known for being a headquarters for witchcraft. I've always thought it was interesting that Colorado Springs is the headquarters for over 100 Christian organizations, and right next door is Manitou with it's long history of the occult. (Another little town, located just up Ute Pass from Manitou is Crystola - named for the crystal ball used by some of the original inhabitants, according to a little book on the region.) While writing this post, I looked up Manitou on google and found this article, written earlier this year: Goddess Statue Gets A New Name. Yep, right there on top of the town clock is a "goddess", one of the daughters of Zeus.
I've also read that this is just a myth, Manitou being a hot spot for the occult, saying the myth started in the early to mid-70's. I disagree! I was born right next door and this was talked about at least as early as the mid to late 60's, when I was just starting my teen years. People have been coming to the area for over a hundred years because of it's 'spiritual' nature.
I am also reminded that there are various forms of this kind evil, not all being directly labeled occult. Stan Petrowsky has written about his spiritual pilgrimage on his website. The specific page mentioning Colorado Springs and the area is located here: Into The Mountains. He was very involved with The Church Universal and Triumphant, Int. until he became a Believer in Jesus Christ. Actually, his pilgrimage story is very interesting and a testimony to the sovereignty of God.
The first time I read his account, I was surprised to learn that Church Universal and Triumphant had their headquarters in Colorado Springs for a period of time while I was a teenager. On the other hand, after graduating from high school and getting an apartment in Woodland Park, I remember meeting people in a laundromat who lived in a nearby commune and called themselves something like Children of The Way. I remember how they were dressed, all hippy-ish in sandals and beads and natural fibers and long hair and beards, and how 'happy' they seemed, and 'natural'. I was attracted to it, and not just a little. In looking up more info on The Church Universal and Triumphant, I learned that they had an organic foods store and restaruant in Colorado Springs named The Four Winds. I used to eat there sometimes on my lunch breaks at work - they had a really great alfalfa sprouts and avacado salad. I used to think 'why can't I get more 'into' this kind of life style - organic and back to nature? I like it.' Now I know why - God's hand was protecting me. Wow! I had no idea until now that I 'touched' them at all in my life.
As I look back at that time period in my life, I realize I was in a very dangerous place spiritually (humanly speaking). I was living a double life - a Christian on Sunday and at work, but my private life was full of blatant and willful sin. From 55 years of age now, I can look back and see how God had His hand on me then, keeping me from going off 'the deep end' and ruining my life totally. God had different plans for me, and I am so thankful that He did!
I was reading a Christian blog a couple days ago and clicked on one of the writer's links, titled UFO. Why in the world would that be on a Christian blog, was my first thought. I am not charismatic or pentecostal and because of where and how I grew up, I have a tendency to be a real sceptic about these kinds of things. I read the article, however and was intrigued.
The writer of the link article was talking about the occult and people involved in it during the 30's and 40's. This person quoted sources directly involved with it then who said a 'portal' to the other dimension had ripped and could not be closed and that beings from that other dimension now have free access to us/our dimension/earth. That is a very simplified version of what was probably 10 pages or more of printed material. One of the names is well known due to a series of Science Fiction books he wrote. I knew he was involved in the occult and cautioned our kids when they were in high school from reading his books.
I've been thinking about all of these things for the past couple of days. Again, my biggest concern is that I'll be considered a 'nut', 'one of those people' or laughed at. All that aside, I remember what Mel's prof said about Satan being loosed and I think of the 'portal' being ripped and mere humans unable to close it again and I think of all the weird things that are happening more and more often around the world. And I wonder if it isn't all connected in some way.
There is so much we do not know. We live our lives in our own cozy corner of the world. Often we laugh at, ridicule or ignore things that are 'weird', unusual, scary or maybe just seem stupid to us. I haven't even mentioned yet all of the visions of 'Mary' seen around the world recently, or all of the UFO sightings being reported (recently a whole rash across Great Britain).
We are living in the End Times - I didn't say that - the Bible says it. How long will they last? I have no idea, other than so far they have lasted for 2000 years. But the Apostle John saw a vision and in that vision God gave him, Satan was loosed at the end for a short period of time before Christ returns. I read about what is going on in the world today. I read about what is happening in the Church universal today. I think of all the people who are being deceived by the cults and false religions today. I think of all the people in the world who no longer believe it is wrong to abort a baby or to have sex with and even marry a person of their own sex. I think of fathers and mothers who murder their families, of serial killers, school shootings, suicide bombers. I think of the Great Deception that Christ talked about. I haven't even mentioned earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural events that are happening more and more often.
I believe we are living in the very end of the End Times. And I long for my Savior to return and put an end forever to all of this evil.
Come quickly, Lord Jesus!
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