Intrepid Radio

Join me on Intrepid Radio tonight with Scott Alan Roberts and Dr. John Ward:

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Spooky Southcoast

I just appeared on Spooky Southcoast with host Tim Weisberg.  Catch the archives to hear our discussion on the Black Eyed Children.  A few listeners called in to report their own strange encounters with weird black eyed beings.

Listen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpZO6oK5JZs

Simmons' Travels

I’d like to take a moment to tell you about a project I’ve been involved with recently.

It involves a backpack named "Simmons."  Yes, it’s a bag with a name, but don’t pin that on me, that was done by a friend of mine, an Englishman named Richard Terry.

Actually, it’s all part of a great concept.  Some of you may know Richard, he was the host of “Man V Monster,” a show that explored animal related mysteries around the globe.  During his travels, from the depths of the Amazon to remote Indonesia, Richard had his backpack, Simmons’ close at hand.


Like all good journeys, Man V Monster came to an end. However, Richard decided that Simmons’ journey should continue so he hatched this scheme.  Over the course of a year, Simmons’ would be handed off to various world explorers, each one carrying the bag to destinations around the globe.

I was proud to participate as the third person to carry Simmons’ going to locations such as Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile and Tombstone, Arizona.  Simmons’ has now been passed of to the next explorer and the journey continues.

At the end of the year, Simmons’ will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.  All proceeds go to benefit ARKive, a world conversation and preservation organization dedicated to helping wildlife around the globe.

You can help us with these efforts.  Simply go to the Simmons’ Travels Facebook page located here:
https://www.facebook.com/SimmonsTravels?fref=ts

Click like and, if you can, share the link with your friends and ask them to like the page.  The more attention we can get for the project, the more money Simmons’ is likely to fetch at auction and that’s more money to benefit wildlife.
http://www.arkive.org/

Not only that, but on the Simmons’ Travels page, you can see photos and updates from the various explorers as they travel with Simmons.
Thanks for your support, and please, spread the word.

Strange Intruders

Coming Soon:

 

Mayan Pyramid Destroyed

An ancient Mayan pyramid has been destroyed--to be used as filler for road construction.

One of the largest pyramids in Belize, near the Mexican border, has been bulldozed by a road construction crew.  The workers used backhoes and bulldozers to crush the stone from the pyramid so that they could use it to fill in a road.

Known as the Nohmul complex, the ceremonial pyramid was dated to about 2,300 years old.  It was considered the most important ancient site in Northern Belize.  The structure sat in the middle of a sugar can field.  While the pyramid lacked the typical stone sides that mark many pyramids, it was about one hundred feet tall and was well known in the region as a sacred site and ceremonial centre.

Jaime Awe, head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology said that they damage was discovered last week;

"It's a feeling of incredible disbelief because of the ignorance and the insensitivity...they were using this for road fill.  It's like being punched in the stomach, it's just so horrendous."

Pre-Hispanic ruins are under government protection in Belize wether they sit on private or public land.  Police are conducting an investigation of the incident and criminal charges may be filed. 

Awe believes the incident was a result of lazy workers who didn't want to quarry for the needed rock.

"To think that today we have modern equipment, that you can go and excavate in a quarry anywhere, but that this company would completely disregard that and completely destroyed this building.  Why can't these people just go and quarry somewhere that has no cultural significance?  It's mind boggling."

Belize has hundreds of Mayan ruins, many of them covered by jungle.  Sadly, this is not the first time such destruction of an ancient site has taken place in Belize and other countries in the region.

According to Professor Francisco Estrada-Beli of Tulane University;

"I don't think I'm exaggerating if I say that every day a Maya mound is being destroyed for construction in one of the countries were the Maya lived.  Unfortunately, this destruction of our heritage is irreversible but many don't take it seriously.  The only way to stop it is by showing that it is a major crime and people can and will go to jail for it."

Eye in the Sky

UAVs (Unmanned Ariel Vehicles), more commonly known as "drones," are quickly filling the skies.

Learn more about what this technology may mean for all of us as the development of these vehicles marches rapidly forward.

Check out my latest article in this month's Politics, Prophecy & the Supernatural at:

http://www.lamarzulli.net/news_magazine.htm

The Writer's Corner

I was recently interviewed by Playwright and Screenwriter Ryan Sprague for his site, The Writer's Corner.

Ryan's based in New York City and has some pretty exciting projects in the works.  I'm especially looking forward to his film "Reach" currently in pre-production.

Drop by his site and check out my interview, and while you're at it, take a glance at some of the other interviews he's done with writers from several different corners of the creative world.

http://www.ryandsprague.com/2/post/2013/04/david-weatherly-author-of-the-black-eyed-children.html