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pretty sure they are vegetarians. they DO kill a fuckload of folks though...one of the most dangerous critters in Africa.
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Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov, a Soviet ethnographer who is particularly renowned for the pivotal role his research played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.
This is a real person.
He apparently was always scowling like that.
At school, the young Yuri was a difficult and somewhat eccentric student, who made indifferent progress in a number of subjects and was almost expelled for poor and willful behavior. He also developed an appreciation for a freshly shorn ... well, you'll have to watch the movie for that.
During WWII, he served the Soviet Union as an artillery spotter, and rode with the Red Army into Berlin.
"You say there are schnitzel in Berlin??"
Later in life, after the success of his decipherment of the Mayan script, President Cerezo of Guatemala awarded Knorozov the Order of the Quetzal. Not to be outdone my mere Guatemalans, the government of Mexico then awarded Knorozov the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest decoration awarded by the Mexican state to non-citizens. Knorozov then bit a chuck out of the medal, and declared it to be delicious.
In his very last years, Knorozov is also known to have pointed to a place in the United States as the likely location of Chicomoztoc, the ancestral land from which—according to ancient documents and accounts considered mythical by a sizable number of scholars—indigenous peoples now living in Mexico are said to have come.
He also, apparently, was able to reproduce, with a woman (surely unwillingly, as he likely preferred his mates to be).
The issue was not, unfortunately, named Scott, but Ekaterina. Maybe there was a Scott, but he died and is buried in a shallow grave somewhere in eastern Siberia.
Quite the story, and all of it is true. Or some of it.
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This is a real person.
He apparently was always scowling like that.
At school, the young Yuri was a difficult and somewhat eccentric student, who made indifferent progress in a number of subjects and was almost expelled for poor and willful behavior. He also developed an appreciation for a freshly shorn ... well, you'll have to watch the movie for that.
During WWII, he served the Soviet Union as an artillery spotter, and rode with the Red Army into Berlin.
"You say there are schnitzel in Berlin??"
Later in life, after the success of his decipherment of the Mayan script, President Cerezo of Guatemala awarded Knorozov the Order of the Quetzal. Not to be outdone my mere Guatemalans, the government of Mexico then awarded Knorozov the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest decoration awarded by the Mexican state to non-citizens. Knorozov then bit a chuck out of the medal, and declared it to be delicious.
In his very last years, Knorozov is also known to have pointed to a place in the United States as the likely location of Chicomoztoc, the ancestral land from which—according to ancient documents and accounts considered mythical by a sizable number of scholars—indigenous peoples now living in Mexico are said to have come.
He also, apparently, was able to reproduce, with a woman (surely unwillingly, as he likely preferred his mates to be).
The issue was not, unfortunately, named Scott, but Ekaterina. Maybe there was a Scott, but he died and is buried in a shallow grave somewhere in eastern Siberia.
Quite the story, and all of it is true. Or some of it.
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British yacht crew attacked by pod of 30 killer whales
June 28, 2021·4 min read
Story and video from SWNS
The British crew of a luxury yacht feared for their lives after a pod of 30 killer whales attacked their boat - and even made off with the rudder.
Martin Evans, 45, and Nathan Jones, 27, were part of a three-man crew delivering the vessel from Ramsgate, Kent, to Greece.
The 25ft orcas bizarrely circled and smashed into the boat for two hours, before one munched on the rudder, and swam off with a chunk in its mouth.
The team feared for their lives during the attack near the Strait of Gibraltar, and shocking video shows the destructive animals attack.
They managed to sail the yacht to the peninsula at the southern edge of Spain, but were left stranded without a vessel when it was deemed too damaged to use.
Martin said: "I was on watch at the time and the boat was on autopilot meaning it was self steering.
"We'd had problems with autopilot during the trip - every so often it would malfunction. I turned around and saw the wheel moving frantically left to right on its full lock.
"I thought 'Oh my God, we've got a huge problem with the autopilot' initially but then it was quickly obvious that it wasn't the autopilot at all.
"I jumped round, took the helm, turned off the autopilot so I could manually steer and the wheel was just getting ripped from my hand.
"As I looked to my left and right - my port and starboard - there were orcas on either side of the boat, swimming along with us and bashing into the rudder.
"We were motoring with a sail up at that point, trying to make headway towards Gibraltar.
"The seas were fairly rough and we had to drop the sails and turn the engine and all of the electrics off.
"We had the Spanish coastguard contacting us because they'd heard over the radio that another boat ahead had seen us on their automatic identification system.
"An English skipper sent us a message saying 'Kismet, Kismet, there's orcas in the area'.
"We dealt with the initial orca attack for about an hour. There was nothing we could do, we just had to sit in the boat and wait for them to go away.
"We waited the attack out on the yacht with a cup of tea - the good British way to respond to killer whales attacking your boat.
"As this is going on and the rudder was going side to side, we knew it was going to cause damage because there was no way it could handle that amount of abuse.
"We could hear a clunking sound coming from the steering mechanism, giving us an idea that something had stretched, either the cables or the chains.
"We looked behind the boat and there were bits of rudder floating in the sea.
"The foam core that builds up the internal of the rudder had been torn out - whether it had snapped off from the orcas' tails or chewed off with their teeth, we couldn't tell.
"We saw one of the orcas cheekily swimming away from the boat with a chunk of rudder in its mouth.
Source: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/british-yacht-crew-attacked-by-pod-of-30-killer-whales-193423351.html
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Sources: Vehicle owned by CPD’s Internal Affairs chief used in West Side drug arrest
CPD Internal Affairs Chief Yolanda Talley
CHICAGO — A vehicle owned by the Chicago Police Department’s Chief of Internal Affairs was involved in a drug arrest on the West Side earlier this month, according to police sources.
The car, registered to CPD Chief Yolanda Talley, was recovered by a CPD gang team on the West Side earlier this month, according to CPD sources. Talley’s niece was driving and her boyfriend was a passenger in the vehicle.
The boyfriend of Talley’s niece was arrested, though Talley’s niece was released without charges. Sources say the vehicle was returned to Talley shortly after the arrest occurred.
The arrest occurred Feb. 1 in the 500 block of North St. Louis, and the incident report noted that officers recovered about 42 grams of heroin worth $6,300. The Sun-Times reported that the boyfriend of Talley’s niece, Kenneth Miles, was charged with possession of a controlled substance.
Don Terry, a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department, declined to answer questions about the arrest, and Talley was not available for an interview.
“This matter was immediately referred to the office of the Inspector General for investigation,” Terry said in a statement.
Natalie Kuriata, a spokeswoman for the OIG, confirmed that the office received the request from CPD earlier this month.
Talley joined the CPD 26 years ago and was promoted to Chief of Internal Affairs last December. Prior to the promotion, she led the CPD’s effort to diversify its ranks and also served as commander of the Austin District on the West Side, according to the CPD.
SOURCE : https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/sources-vehicle-owned-by-cpds-internal-affairs-chief-used-in-west-side-drug-arrest/
Top cop says no evidence of misconduct in decision not to impound car of high-ranking chief after niece stopped in drug arrest, the implication being that clout was a factor
“Of course I wasn’t on the scene making any of these decisions,” Supt. David Brown said at a news conference.
By David Struett@dstru312 Feb 24, 2022, 2:05pm CST
Chicago Police Department Supt. David Brown speaks at a news conference Thursday Feb. 24, 2022, at Public Safety Headquarters. Brian Rich / Sun-Times
Pressed on whether a high-ranking police chief got favorable treatment, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown distanced himself from the case Thursday and said he “wasn’t on the scene” when someone decided not to impound the chief’s car when her niece and a boyfriend were stopped and heroin was found.
Cars are usually impounded during such arrests so they can be searched for guns and drugs. That was not done when officers pulled over a Lexus belonging to internal affairs chief Yolanda Talley on Feb. 1.
Talley’s niece was driving the car and a man in the passenger seat was charged with possession of 42 grams of heroin. Officers drove the Lexus back to the block where the arrest took place, and the keys were returned to her niece, a source has said.
Brown said he hasn’t seen any evidence of misconduct but he declined to answer questions, saying the matter was being investigated by the city’s inspector general.
Asked whether he or anyone in his command staff was involved in decisions that night, Brown replied, “Of course I wasn’t on the scene making any of these decisions.
“The officers made those decisions,” he said. “And I have yet to see anything to show me that — I have mentioned in my comments that I will not go further on — that there was any misconduct.”
But a source familiar with the incident said the decision to return Talley’s Lexus to her niece wasn’t made on the scene.
After the stop, the source said the car was taken to the police department’s Homan Square facility on the West Side. A decision was eventually made not to impound the car following conversations between high-ranking police officials, the source said.
Officers stopped Talley’s niece in the 500 block of North St. Louis Avenue. Police said they saw a passenger, Kenneth Miles, try to ditch 84 packets of heroin valued at $6,300.
Miles was arrested on drug charges. But Talley’s niece was let go because there wasn’t clear evidence linking her to the heroin, a police source said. Talley’s niece told the officers, “My auntie’s probably your boss,” according to a source.
The officers involved in the arrest were later taken off the street for training with no explanation. The source called the move an apparent “punishment.”
A high-ranking police official said the move to pull the officers off the street could have only come from Brown, First Deputy Supt. Eric Carter or Chief Ernest Cato.
During his news conference, Brown complained about the “gossip and innuendo” surrounding the case.
“I think even your profession has to give pause to rumor and innuendo before the facts are available,” Brown told a Sun-Times reporter. “I mean, I’m sure you have opinions your question was based on, based on source’s opinions.
“But opinions are not facts,” he added. ”You’re entitled to your opinion about what may or may not have happened. But the facts will be revealed when this investigation is completed.”
He said the investigation is being conducted by the inspector general because “we need an independent third party to look at all the facts so we can all have assurance that it was reviewed in an independent way by the inspector general.
“We’ll have further discussion once” the investigation is finished, he promised.
Contributing: Tom Schuba, Frank Main and Matthew Hendrickson
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CPD Internal Affairs Chief Yolanda Talley
CHICAGO — A vehicle owned by the Chicago Police Department’s Chief of Internal Affairs was involved in a drug arrest on the West Side earlier this month, according to police sources.
The car, registered to CPD Chief Yolanda Talley, was recovered by a CPD gang team on the West Side earlier this month, according to CPD sources. Talley’s niece was driving and her boyfriend was a passenger in the vehicle.
The boyfriend of Talley’s niece was arrested, though Talley’s niece was released without charges. Sources say the vehicle was returned to Talley shortly after the arrest occurred.
The arrest occurred Feb. 1 in the 500 block of North St. Louis, and the incident report noted that officers recovered about 42 grams of heroin worth $6,300. The Sun-Times reported that the boyfriend of Talley’s niece, Kenneth Miles, was charged with possession of a controlled substance.
Don Terry, a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department, declined to answer questions about the arrest, and Talley was not available for an interview.
“This matter was immediately referred to the office of the Inspector General for investigation,” Terry said in a statement.
Natalie Kuriata, a spokeswoman for the OIG, confirmed that the office received the request from CPD earlier this month.
Talley joined the CPD 26 years ago and was promoted to Chief of Internal Affairs last December. Prior to the promotion, she led the CPD’s effort to diversify its ranks and also served as commander of the Austin District on the West Side, according to the CPD.
SOURCE : https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/sources-vehicle-owned-by-cpds-internal-affairs-chief-used-in-west-side-drug-arrest/
Top cop says no evidence of misconduct in decision not to impound car of high-ranking chief after niece stopped in drug arrest, the implication being that clout was a factor
“Of course I wasn’t on the scene making any of these decisions,” Supt. David Brown said at a news conference.
By David Struett@dstru312 Feb 24, 2022, 2:05pm CST
Chicago Police Department Supt. David Brown speaks at a news conference Thursday Feb. 24, 2022, at Public Safety Headquarters. Brian Rich / Sun-Times
Pressed on whether a high-ranking police chief got favorable treatment, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown distanced himself from the case Thursday and said he “wasn’t on the scene” when someone decided not to impound the chief’s car when her niece and a boyfriend were stopped and heroin was found.
Cars are usually impounded during such arrests so they can be searched for guns and drugs. That was not done when officers pulled over a Lexus belonging to internal affairs chief Yolanda Talley on Feb. 1.
Talley’s niece was driving the car and a man in the passenger seat was charged with possession of 42 grams of heroin. Officers drove the Lexus back to the block where the arrest took place, and the keys were returned to her niece, a source has said.
Brown said he hasn’t seen any evidence of misconduct but he declined to answer questions, saying the matter was being investigated by the city’s inspector general.
Asked whether he or anyone in his command staff was involved in decisions that night, Brown replied, “Of course I wasn’t on the scene making any of these decisions.
“The officers made those decisions,” he said. “And I have yet to see anything to show me that — I have mentioned in my comments that I will not go further on — that there was any misconduct.”
But a source familiar with the incident said the decision to return Talley’s Lexus to her niece wasn’t made on the scene.
After the stop, the source said the car was taken to the police department’s Homan Square facility on the West Side. A decision was eventually made not to impound the car following conversations between high-ranking police officials, the source said.
Officers stopped Talley’s niece in the 500 block of North St. Louis Avenue. Police said they saw a passenger, Kenneth Miles, try to ditch 84 packets of heroin valued at $6,300.
Miles was arrested on drug charges. But Talley’s niece was let go because there wasn’t clear evidence linking her to the heroin, a police source said. Talley’s niece told the officers, “My auntie’s probably your boss,” according to a source.
The officers involved in the arrest were later taken off the street for training with no explanation. The source called the move an apparent “punishment.”
A high-ranking police official said the move to pull the officers off the street could have only come from Brown, First Deputy Supt. Eric Carter or Chief Ernest Cato.
During his news conference, Brown complained about the “gossip and innuendo” surrounding the case.
“I think even your profession has to give pause to rumor and innuendo before the facts are available,” Brown told a Sun-Times reporter. “I mean, I’m sure you have opinions your question was based on, based on source’s opinions.
“But opinions are not facts,” he added. ”You’re entitled to your opinion about what may or may not have happened. But the facts will be revealed when this investigation is completed.”
He said the investigation is being conducted by the inspector general because “we need an independent third party to look at all the facts so we can all have assurance that it was reviewed in an independent way by the inspector general.
“We’ll have further discussion once” the investigation is finished, he promised.
Contributing: Tom Schuba, Frank Main and Matthew Hendrickson
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A80 Toyota Supras, BMW M3s And More Seized In Massive Marijuana Bust
A Massachusetts man is allegedly behind it all, and he's still at large.
Friends, crime doesn’t pay. That is, it doesn’t pay in the long run, but in the shorter term, this article mentions dozens upon dozens of cars that were reportedly collected by an individual while running a rather significant marijuana operation in Massachusetts. Suffice it to say, he doesn’t own them anymore.
According to Mass Live, 41-year-old Cory Taylor was arrested by police following a traffic stop in Pelham that found 138 pounds of marijuana in a van he was driving. He allegedly told police he’d been paid to deliver the van to someone named Juan, and that six bales of marijuana had also been shipped to his mother’s house in New Salem. To make a long story short, there apparently was no Juan, and follow-up investigations uncovered a huge marijuana operation that he was allegedly running. Of particular interest to us, it seems Taylor had a fondness for cars.
The Sauce Spot
about 2 years ago
What a wild story! Easily 30-50 highly sought after cars, Supras, Skylines, Evos and more! The converted fire house was the home of all of these cars. Police/Feds have confiscated all of this!!! I saw the article here: https://www.masslive.com/…/raid-of-holyoke-luxury-dwelling-… - wild to see all of these cars, curious if they go to auction and when the bidding starts!
At a property belonging to Taylor’s mother, a large garage reportedly containing 37 cars was found. Social media images posted by The Sauce Spot claim to show part of the collection, which includes numerous A80 Toyota Supras and E46 BMW M3s. We see at least one Nissan GT-R in the mix, as well as a couple of Mitsubishi Evo and several cars in plastic wrap that we can’t quite identify.
Crime Doesn't Pay:
A second location in the town of Holyoke reportedly contained eight exotic cars, though specific models aren’t mentioned. The social media post shows a yellow R34 Nissan Skyline, but it’s unclear if that car was part of the second collection.
It doesn't really matter, because Taylor no longer owns any of these cars. They were confiscated, along with gobs of marijuana, over a million dollars in cash, and a cache of 24 illegal weapons. These items were reportedly found in the Holyoke location, which was an old downtown firehouse that had been converted into a luxury home.
As for Taylor, he was released on bond shortly after his August 21 arrest and has since vanished. According to reports, he failed to appear for his court date, and Massachusetts law enforcement now considers him an armed and dangerous fugitive.
SOURCE: https://www.motor1.com/news/442158/...com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=msn-feed
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A Massachusetts man is allegedly behind it all, and he's still at large.
Friends, crime doesn’t pay. That is, it doesn’t pay in the long run, but in the shorter term, this article mentions dozens upon dozens of cars that were reportedly collected by an individual while running a rather significant marijuana operation in Massachusetts. Suffice it to say, he doesn’t own them anymore.
According to Mass Live, 41-year-old Cory Taylor was arrested by police following a traffic stop in Pelham that found 138 pounds of marijuana in a van he was driving. He allegedly told police he’d been paid to deliver the van to someone named Juan, and that six bales of marijuana had also been shipped to his mother’s house in New Salem. To make a long story short, there apparently was no Juan, and follow-up investigations uncovered a huge marijuana operation that he was allegedly running. Of particular interest to us, it seems Taylor had a fondness for cars.
The Sauce Spot
about 2 years ago
What a wild story! Easily 30-50 highly sought after cars, Supras, Skylines, Evos and more! The converted fire house was the home of all of these cars. Police/Feds have confiscated all of this!!! I saw the article here: https://www.masslive.com/…/raid-of-holyoke-luxury-dwelling-… - wild to see all of these cars, curious if they go to auction and when the bidding starts!
At a property belonging to Taylor’s mother, a large garage reportedly containing 37 cars was found. Social media images posted by The Sauce Spot claim to show part of the collection, which includes numerous A80 Toyota Supras and E46 BMW M3s. We see at least one Nissan GT-R in the mix, as well as a couple of Mitsubishi Evo and several cars in plastic wrap that we can’t quite identify.
Crime Doesn't Pay:
A second location in the town of Holyoke reportedly contained eight exotic cars, though specific models aren’t mentioned. The social media post shows a yellow R34 Nissan Skyline, but it’s unclear if that car was part of the second collection.
It doesn't really matter, because Taylor no longer owns any of these cars. They were confiscated, along with gobs of marijuana, over a million dollars in cash, and a cache of 24 illegal weapons. These items were reportedly found in the Holyoke location, which was an old downtown firehouse that had been converted into a luxury home.
As for Taylor, he was released on bond shortly after his August 21 arrest and has since vanished. According to reports, he failed to appear for his court date, and Massachusetts law enforcement now considers him an armed and dangerous fugitive.
SOURCE: https://www.motor1.com/news/442158/...com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=msn-feed
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It sank with a full load
St. Phatty
Active member
I think it would be fun to recover those Ferrari's.
Man pees on snack rack at Detroit gas station, moons clerk after credit card declines
DETROIT (FOX 2) - Video captured a man peeing on a snack rack after his credit card declined at a Detroit gas station Sunday night.
After the card declined, the man got into a dispute with the clerk and started urinating on the rack as the clerk filmed him. His friend cheered him on and exposed himself.
DETROIT (FOX 2) - Video captured a man peeing on a snack rack after his credit card declined at a Detroit gas station Sunday night.
After the card declined, the man got into a dispute with the clerk and started urinating on the rack as the clerk filmed him. His friend cheered him on and exposed himself.
While peeing, the man made eye contact with the clerk and asked, "We on Green Light?" referring to Project Greenlight, the program where police monitor cameras at Detroit businesses.
It is a Project Greenlight location, and police know who the man is.
"If he thinks this is a joke, well we'll be seeing him pretty soon," said DPD Deputy Chief Eric Ewing.
After peeing all over the rack of snacks, the man took bags, including the soiled ones on the ground.
On the way out, the man mooned the clerk before leaving.
Detroit police are asking for the man to turn himself in.
SOURCE : https://www.fox5ny.com/news/man-pees-on-snack-rack-at-detroit-gas-station-moons-clerk-after-credit-card-declines
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DETROIT (FOX 2) - Video captured a man peeing on a snack rack after his credit card declined at a Detroit gas station Sunday night.
After the card declined, the man got into a dispute with the clerk and started urinating on the rack as the clerk filmed him. His friend cheered him on and exposed himself.
DETROIT (FOX 2) - Video captured a man peeing on a snack rack after his credit card declined at a Detroit gas station Sunday night.
After the card declined, the man got into a dispute with the clerk and started urinating on the rack as the clerk filmed him. His friend cheered him on and exposed himself.
While peeing, the man made eye contact with the clerk and asked, "We on Green Light?" referring to Project Greenlight, the program where police monitor cameras at Detroit businesses.
It is a Project Greenlight location, and police know who the man is.
"If he thinks this is a joke, well we'll be seeing him pretty soon," said DPD Deputy Chief Eric Ewing.
After peeing all over the rack of snacks, the man took bags, including the soiled ones on the ground.
On the way out, the man mooned the clerk before leaving.
Detroit police are asking for the man to turn himself in.
SOURCE : https://www.fox5ny.com/news/man-pees-on-snack-rack-at-detroit-gas-station-moons-clerk-after-credit-card-declines
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Investigating "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen
“Louie Louie” was originally released by Richard Berry in 1957. However, it was The Kingsmen’s version in 1963 that stirred up controversy. It also launched an 18-month investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Parents and politicians alike feared that the indecipherable, incoherent lyrics were actually laced with indecent material. The Federal Bureau of Investigation listened to the song normally then in reverse. They even followed the band on tour, hoping to determine what was actually being said. Some states and radio stations even banned the song. Turns out, all this publicity only added to its hype.
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The Legend Of The Chronovisor, A ‘Time Machine’ Hidden In The Vatican
Father Pellegrino Ernetti, who allegedly helped build the Chronovisor, was a Benedictine monk, scientist and exorcist.
From the unsolved disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi in 1983 to a covert collection of documents known as the Apostolic Archive, the Vatican’s history is full of secrets. And of all the Vatican’s purported secrets, none may be more bizarre than the legend of the Chronovisor.
The Chronovisor is said to be a device that gives the user the ability to see through time. Though the existence of the Chronovisor has never been proven, a 2002 book by Vatican priest Father François Brune says otherwise.
According to Brune, the Chronovisor was developed by Father Pellegrino Ernetti, a Benedictine monk. Ernetti allegedly kept the device secret until the early 1960s when he confided in Brune and told him that 12 scientists, including famed physicist Enrico Fermi and former Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun, helped him to build it.
Made of cathode rays, antennae, and metals that received sound and light signals on all wavelengths, the Chronovisor purportedly allowed the team of scientists to document events of the past, including the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The machine, therefore, could validate the teachings of the Bible, simply by providing a firsthand look into the past.
Enrico Fermi, who allegedly helped build the Chronovisor, won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1938
The de facto resource on the Chronovisor is Brune’s 2002 book, Le Nouveau Mystère du Vatican. In it, Brune explains how he met Father Ernetti on a boat ride across Venice’s Grand Canal in the early 1960s. Like Brune, Ernetti was well-versed in the history of ancient languages, which made for natural conversation. But soon, Ernetti directed their chat toward science.
Brune had been expounding on the many ways in which the Christian Bible could be interpreted when Ernetti suggested that he had access to the truth via a time-traveling device.
Ernetti claimed that he and a group of renowned scientists came together in a mutual quest to uncover the past. One scientist was Fermi, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1938, and another was the ex-Nazi von Braun, whose work at NASA got America to the moon.
Nazi-turned-NASA scientist Wernher von Braun (center
According to Ernetti, the device had several antennae, three of which were made of “mysterious” metals that picked up sound and lightwaves across their entire respective spectrums.
A “direction finder” on the device was allegedly tuned into the specific era one wanted to view, while a screen displayed it and a recording device captured the footage.
The Chronovisor was thus more of a window into the past than a time machine. Ernetti said it worked like a television, catching echoes from days long gone that had been “floating” in space — and he claimed to have seen some astonishing things.
Purported blueprints for the device
Ernetti recounted how he witnessed Marcus Tullius Cicero’s speech to the Roman senate in 63 B.C. “His gestures, his intonation,” Ernetti effused. “How powerful they were! What flights of oratory.” Ernetti made additional, increasingly bolder claims, such as having observed the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
From the founding of the Roman Empire to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Ernetti alleged that he and his team had taken a peek into some of the most important events in the Bible.
On May 2, 1972, an Italian publication called La Domenica del Corriere published his claim. Titled “A Machine That Photographs The Past Has Finally Been Invented,” the article covered Ernetti’s shocking statements for all of Italy to read.
Alongside the admittedly dubious claims, the magazine published an alleged photograph from the Chronovisor that Ernetti claimed captured the Romans crucifying Jesus Christ. The 1972 article also purported that Ernetti had witnessed the Last Supper and kept a photograph of the Biblical event for himself as a souvenir.
One of the many articles documenting Ernetti’s claims
Ernetti maintained until his death in 1994 that the machine had been hidden away by the Vatican in order to safeguard it from falling into the wrong hands. Interestingly, the Vatican decreed in 1988 that “anyone using an instrument of such characteristics would be excommunicated.”
Shortly before he died, Ernetti wrote an open letter adamantly reiterating that the device was real. He claimed that “Pope Pius XII forbade us to disclose any details about this device because the machine was very dangerous. It can restrain the freedom of man.”
The purported photo of Jesus (left) and a curiously similar painting (right) created long before Ernetti released this image
As tantalizing as the Chronovisor may sound, many of Ernetti’s claims about it have since been debunked. Skeptics have maintained that his purported photograph of Jesus was merely a cheap reproduction of a statue housed in an Umbrian church. Another magazine argued that the photo was merely a reversed image of Jesus from a postcard made in the Italian town of Collevalenza.
In 1996, Paracelsus magazine issued further critiques of Ernetti’s claims. The piece questioned why Ernetti hadn’t published detailed instructions on how to build the device in order to legitimize his claims. Furtheremore, the article revealed how the Chronovisor’s design bore a stark resemblance to a similar device in a 1947 sci-fi novella.
Brune died a believer in the Chronovisor in 2019
Some say that Father Pellegrino Ernetti confessed to having fabricated the whole story before his death on April 8, 1994, but this remains hotly contested. With von Braun, Fermi, Ernetti, and Brune now dead, only the intriguing mystery remains.
In that sense, the Chronovisor has stood the test of time as a Vatican mystery for the ages.
SOURCE : The Legend Of The Chronovisor, A ‘Time Machine’ Hidden In The Vatican
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From the 1960s until the 1990s, Father Pellegrino Ernetti claimed that he helped create a time machine called the Chronovisor, which he used to observe the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Father Pellegrino Ernetti, who allegedly helped build the Chronovisor, was a Benedictine monk, scientist and exorcist.
From the unsolved disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi in 1983 to a covert collection of documents known as the Apostolic Archive, the Vatican’s history is full of secrets. And of all the Vatican’s purported secrets, none may be more bizarre than the legend of the Chronovisor.
The Chronovisor is said to be a device that gives the user the ability to see through time. Though the existence of the Chronovisor has never been proven, a 2002 book by Vatican priest Father François Brune says otherwise.
According to Brune, the Chronovisor was developed by Father Pellegrino Ernetti, a Benedictine monk. Ernetti allegedly kept the device secret until the early 1960s when he confided in Brune and told him that 12 scientists, including famed physicist Enrico Fermi and former Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun, helped him to build it.
Made of cathode rays, antennae, and metals that received sound and light signals on all wavelengths, the Chronovisor purportedly allowed the team of scientists to document events of the past, including the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The machine, therefore, could validate the teachings of the Bible, simply by providing a firsthand look into the past.
Enrico Fermi, who allegedly helped build the Chronovisor, won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1938
The de facto resource on the Chronovisor is Brune’s 2002 book, Le Nouveau Mystère du Vatican. In it, Brune explains how he met Father Ernetti on a boat ride across Venice’s Grand Canal in the early 1960s. Like Brune, Ernetti was well-versed in the history of ancient languages, which made for natural conversation. But soon, Ernetti directed their chat toward science.
Brune had been expounding on the many ways in which the Christian Bible could be interpreted when Ernetti suggested that he had access to the truth via a time-traveling device.
Ernetti claimed that he and a group of renowned scientists came together in a mutual quest to uncover the past. One scientist was Fermi, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1938, and another was the ex-Nazi von Braun, whose work at NASA got America to the moon.
Nazi-turned-NASA scientist Wernher von Braun (center
According to Ernetti, the device had several antennae, three of which were made of “mysterious” metals that picked up sound and lightwaves across their entire respective spectrums.
A “direction finder” on the device was allegedly tuned into the specific era one wanted to view, while a screen displayed it and a recording device captured the footage.
The Chronovisor was thus more of a window into the past than a time machine. Ernetti said it worked like a television, catching echoes from days long gone that had been “floating” in space — and he claimed to have seen some astonishing things.
Purported blueprints for the device
Ernetti recounted how he witnessed Marcus Tullius Cicero’s speech to the Roman senate in 63 B.C. “His gestures, his intonation,” Ernetti effused. “How powerful they were! What flights of oratory.” Ernetti made additional, increasingly bolder claims, such as having observed the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
From the founding of the Roman Empire to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Ernetti alleged that he and his team had taken a peek into some of the most important events in the Bible.
On May 2, 1972, an Italian publication called La Domenica del Corriere published his claim. Titled “A Machine That Photographs The Past Has Finally Been Invented,” the article covered Ernetti’s shocking statements for all of Italy to read.
Alongside the admittedly dubious claims, the magazine published an alleged photograph from the Chronovisor that Ernetti claimed captured the Romans crucifying Jesus Christ. The 1972 article also purported that Ernetti had witnessed the Last Supper and kept a photograph of the Biblical event for himself as a souvenir.
One of the many articles documenting Ernetti’s claims
Ernetti maintained until his death in 1994 that the machine had been hidden away by the Vatican in order to safeguard it from falling into the wrong hands. Interestingly, the Vatican decreed in 1988 that “anyone using an instrument of such characteristics would be excommunicated.”
Shortly before he died, Ernetti wrote an open letter adamantly reiterating that the device was real. He claimed that “Pope Pius XII forbade us to disclose any details about this device because the machine was very dangerous. It can restrain the freedom of man.”
The purported photo of Jesus (left) and a curiously similar painting (right) created long before Ernetti released this image
As tantalizing as the Chronovisor may sound, many of Ernetti’s claims about it have since been debunked. Skeptics have maintained that his purported photograph of Jesus was merely a cheap reproduction of a statue housed in an Umbrian church. Another magazine argued that the photo was merely a reversed image of Jesus from a postcard made in the Italian town of Collevalenza.
In 1996, Paracelsus magazine issued further critiques of Ernetti’s claims. The piece questioned why Ernetti hadn’t published detailed instructions on how to build the device in order to legitimize his claims. Furtheremore, the article revealed how the Chronovisor’s design bore a stark resemblance to a similar device in a 1947 sci-fi novella.
Brune died a believer in the Chronovisor in 2019
Some say that Father Pellegrino Ernetti confessed to having fabricated the whole story before his death on April 8, 1994, but this remains hotly contested. With von Braun, Fermi, Ernetti, and Brune now dead, only the intriguing mystery remains.
In that sense, the Chronovisor has stood the test of time as a Vatican mystery for the ages.
SOURCE : The Legend Of The Chronovisor, A ‘Time Machine’ Hidden In The Vatican
RMS
well, even Einstein said that time travel is possible, but that you could only go back... maybe we could get a bunch of folks that thought the fifties (you know, before hippies, uppity Black folks etc) were the cats meow to try it...
if it doesn't work, and they are lost, not a big loss.
if it doesn't work, and they are lost, not a big loss.
@Rocky Mtn Squid very interesting read, man. I know exactly what you're looking for. I came across it 10 years ago - the Nazi "bell." There's a decent book called "the SS brotherhood of the Bell" it's pretty good, with photos. Google the "Nazi bell" my man!
