Los caminos de la genialidad son inescrurables

Escuchen esta misteriosa canción, titulada "El hombre quemado":



Dice la historia oficial que fue recibida por el equipo de Milenio 3 y desconocen el origen...

Bueno, algunos datos sí podemos dar:

La voz es la de Pablo Villarrubia y lahistoria la de Joao Prestes en Sao Paulo que explicará quien apareció quemado de dentro hacia afuera.

Escuchen a partir del minuto ocho:



Probablemente la voz de la canción (mejor dicho, remix) se trate de la aparición radiofónica de Pablo Villarubia en Milenio 3, contando la misma historia.

Y la música es esta (vía ForoCoches, of course):




ACTUALIZACIÓN 11/03/2012.

Según desvelaron en Milenio 3 el pasado día 11, y como habíamos apuntado, se trata de la voz de Pablo Villarubia hablando del caso de Joan Prestes.

Y como nos había apuntado K, está realizado con la aplicación de móvil Songify. Lo único que nos quedaba por saber era el autor y, según se ha desvelado, fue Santiago Camacho.

PS: Como se entre la SGAE del número de descargas que ha tenido esta canción...

The Cottingley Pictures. Do Fairies Exist?

Elsie Wright, was a sixteen year old, when she asked her father for his camera (a Butcher Midg No. 1 Magazine Type Falling Plate 1/4-plate camera) She and her eleven year old cousin, Francis Griffith, took several pictures of themselves besides the river behind their home. When Mr. Wright, unveiled the plates, he discovered that there were pictures of her daughter and nephew but also of what appeared to be fairies, but he was convinced that they were faked, so he forbade her daughter to take the camera again. Buy her mother, Polly Wright, was sure that they were real.

The affair became public in the summer of 1919, when Polly Wright, attended a meeting at the Theosophical Society in Bradford. She was interested in the occult and she had some experiences in that matter, such as astral projection and memories from past lives. That night's conference was about "the live of fairies" and Polly Wright told the person sitting next to her about the existence of the photographs taken by her daughter. After this conversation several of the photographs got in the hands of some prominent theosophs.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, father of Sherlock Holmes, also interested in the occult, had to write an article on fairies for Strand Magazine for the Christmas issue, that was to be published for the end of november of 1920. Working on this article he got to know about the existence of the copies of the photographs.

[Wikipedia]

In 1981, in an interview by Joe Cooper for the magazine The Unexplained, the cousins stated that the photos were fake; they had held up cutouts with hatpins. Frances Way (née Griffiths), however, continued to maintain until her death in July 1986 (Elsie died in April 1988) that they did see fairies and that the fifth photograph, which showed fairies in a sunbath, was genuine.

Maybe the pictures were faked; maybe they were real. But the most surprising thing is that two girls, of sixteen and thirteen years old, were capable of doing such great pictures; and especially in that time, that photography was technically difficult.

Jesús de Galíndez

Jesús de Galíndez (1915-1956) [*]

Hay pocas personalidades que definan tan bien la complejidad de la Guerra Civil española como la de Jesús de Galíndez. Pero además, su vida y muerte resultan aun más fascinante que las circunstancias que le tocaron vivir.

Parece increible que alguien con la vida de Galíndez sólo haya merecida una película más bien mediocre de título "El misterio Galíndez" (2001), basada en un libro de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, y un documental muy recomendable de 2002, llamado simplemente "Galíndez", dirigido por Ana Díez.

Cartel del documental

Cartel de la película

¿Pero por qué es tan interesante este personaje?

Galindez era miembro del PNV. Durante la Guerra Civil es enviado a Madrid, donde dedica grandes esfuerzos a salvar la vida de personas amenazadas (miembros de la Iglesia entre otros). Al terminar la guerra debe exiliarse, y como muchos exiliados, huye a la Republica Dominicana. Allí descubre los horrores de la dictadura de Rafael Trujillo [*].

Posteriormente se traslada a los Estados Unidos, y en New York se convierte en profesor de la Universidad de Columbia. Participa en numerosos actos del exilio dominicano y de otros paises latinoamericanos.

Pero al mismo tiempo actúa como espía para la CIA; les pasa informacion sobre fascistas que recibe de la direccion del PNV en el exilio. Pero cuando termina la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y comienza la Guerra Fría, el enemigo de EEUU cambia. A partir de entonces la informacion que los servicios secretos norteamericanos exigen ya no es sobre actividades fascistas, sino sobre comunistas. Galindez recibe la orden de la direccion del PNV de proporcionar esta información.

En aquella epoca publica también una tesis sobre la economía en la dictadura de Trujillo denunciando sus abusos. Se dice que fue este quién organizó el secuestro de Galíndez.

El 12 de marzo de 1956 Jesús de Galíndez desaparece en la Quita Avenida.

La teoria más verosímil sobre su desaparición dice que habría sido secuestrado por agentes de Trujillo con la colaboración de policías y agentes americanos. Es trasladado sedado en ambulancia hasta un aeropuerto donde se le sube a una avioneta que volara hasta la Republica Dominicana via Miami. En la Republica Dominicana es torturado, asesinado, y arrojado al mar.

Pero la desaparición de Galindez desencadena una campaña promovida por sus amigos y conocidos para encontrarle. Así es como el piloto de la avioneta que traslado a Galindez, un americano llamado Gerald Lester Murphy [Time], descubre que no trasladó a un enfermo sino a un profesor universitario. Asustado decide huir de la Republica Dominicana, pero Trujillo ordena su muerte, que intentan hacer aparecer como un suicidio.

Pero esto provoca que los padres del piloto comiencen a investigar, con la ayuda del congresista de su Estado. Trujillo teme de nuevo ser descubierto, y decide cargarle la muerte de Murphy a su copiloto, el dominicano Octavio de la Maza, acusándole de haberlo asesinado y de que mantenian relaciones entre ellos. Octavio de la Maza es detenido y tambien lo asesinan simulando un suicidio.

A partir de entonces se desencadenan una serie de muertes por todo Estados Unidos; de todos aquellos que participaron en el secuestro de Galindez.

En la Republica Dominicana el hermano de Octavio de la Maza, Antonio [*], encabeza un atentado que termina con la muerte del dictador Trujillo.

The story of the 'Fausto', the ship that disappeared three times

Canary Islands

When we talk about sea misteries and ghost ships, we usually think of ships that disappeared and were never found or thips that were found after its disappearance with no alive crew on it. The unique thing about the story of the boat “Fausto” is that it disappeared three times.

The "Fausto" was a motor fishing boat of 14 meters in length and was fitted with an engine of 4hp. Judging from the comments, was regarded as extremely seafaring craft, which suggested that could withstand strong waves.

The crew was formed by Ramón Concepción Hernández, 47-year-old skipper, married with eight children, of whom three are married: his brother Eliberto, 42, married with six children; Miguel Acosta Hernández, 43, married with three children, all three were Tazacorte natural, agricultural and fishing village on the island of La Palma , home to their families . The fourth crew member, Julio García del Pino, 27 years old, was born in El Paso , married with two children. He had joined the crew of the "Fausto" on July 21 st , date on which the boat left port for sea fishing. He had embarked on the island of El Hierro to returning to La Palma . The boat was owned by Rafael Acosta. [ La Vanguardia, 1968, October 12 th ]

It so happens that the "Fausto", built in Santa Cruz de la Palma, had sunk once before when it was docked in the port, following a fire caused by a spark from the engine. After a few months it was refloated, remaining in the dry dock about two years until it was acquired by its current owner, Ramon Acosta Arroyo. After its reconstruction was launched again on 27 April 1966.

Tazacorte

In 1968, July 21 st , it sailed from Valverde, the capital of the Island of Hierro , with destination Tazacorte, in the island of La Palma. A fter several days at sea without news from the boat, it was given up for lost until it was seen by the British ship "Duquesa", found it 111 m iles West from Las Pal­mas . The british merchant provided the crew of the "Fausto" with their situation and supplied them with food and water. After that the “Fausto” took the direction of La Palma. British merchant who provided them their situation and stocked food and water. In Tazacorte it was expected around 25 July, but again lost again.

Not appear to follow the trawler began their search for boats and planes from naval and air base of the Canaries, investigations proved fruitless. However, again lost in the Atlantic , were worth nothing without the search by the Spanish authorities with the destroyer "Magallanes", two tugs and several aircraft.

On October 10 th , the "Fausto", which was adrift in the Atlantic, was found b y the Italian merchant "Anna Di Maio”. There was only one crew member aboard, and he was dead. The news of the appearance was broadcasted by Radio Trieste and captured by "Entel". The full text of the message sent by the master of Italian ship reads:

"Coastal Radio Trieste. Today 9-10, 10.54 hours, 0.3 minutes latitude 23 degrees north latitude and 38 degrees 30 minutes West longitude, fishing boat “Fausto”, number plate TE-2-1268. Single sailor dead. No paper from the boat nor from the dead sailor discovered on board. He was many days dead. 16.12 hours. We tow the boat to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. We hope to arrive at 15.10. Captain “Anna Di Maio” ". [ La Vanguardia, 1968, October 15 th ] [ ABC, 1968, October 11 th ]

The "Fausto" was found on 10 October (or the 7 th at 8:00 am according to Spanish newspaper ABC), by the Italian ship "Anna Di Maio". As a rough estimate, the "Faust" was about 1,200 miles from the island of La Palma and about 1,700 miles from Puerto Cabello.

The body found on board was the one of Julio Garcia del Pino. The crew, Heriberto Hernández Concepción, motorcyclist, sailor Miguel Acosta Hernandez and skipper, Ramon Concepcion Hernandez, were presumed dead or missing.

"When we find the "Faust" there was only one body on board ", said today the Italian captain of the freighter "Anna Di Maio," Bruno di Magio, upon arrival at Puerto Cabello.

"It looked like a ghost ship ", he remarked, " was totally abandoned. In the engine room, the corpse of a young man in an advanced state of decomposition. "

When the "Faust" was towed by the Italian ship to Puerto Cabello , this crew noted that, at dawn on 12 October, the fishing boat had disappeared.

"Two days after starting the towing of "Fausto", October 9th, at five in the morning, we realized that it had disappeared and that we could do anything to retrieve it ," he told the astonished journalists who had gotten on board the "Anna di Magio" hoping to make photographs of "Fausto", believing it to come towed. [ ABC, 1968, October 16 th ] [ ABC, 1968, October 17 th ]

The second mate of “Anna di Magio”, Aseione Luciano, who personally discovered the dead body, noted that, although he was completely naked and had no personal documents which identify him. By letters found on board he was supposed to be Julio Garcia del Pino, three of whose brothers, who reside in Venezuela, Puerto Cabello came today hoping to bury his remains.

The delegate from the Spanish Consulate in Puerto Cabello, Santiago Marichal, was given by Captain Di Magio a sealed envelope containing letters from Julio Garcia.

But according to ABC, fatally, forty-five hours later, at dawn on October 9, the "Faust" was lost for the third time, to discard the rope with which it was being towed by the Italian cargo ship to Venezuela , explained Captain Di Magio today

The "Faust" seems doomed to roam the Atlantic , unaware of the rescue attempts and the search conducted by vessels and aircraft and insensitive to the anguished messages Navy stations and amateur radio in various countries, who attempted to contact her small radio transmitter.

Puerto Cabello

With tears in his eyes, the brothers of Anthony Garcia del Pino, John and Peter - evoked today in Puerto Cabello, while listening to the captain's story "Anna di Magic, the dramatic moments lived by his brother, who, without water and exhausted and all food, remained near the transmitter, using the latest effort of his life for help, hoping that some ship sing his final call.

The "Faust" is a "ghost" that may reappear again at any time, to mariners on the ocean, until it is brought ashore or sink on its own under water. The crew, consisting of brothers Ramon and Concepcion Ettberto Hernandez and Miguel Acosta Hernandez, took a passenger to Julio Garcia del Pino, who apparently managed soorevivirles to die later in utter solitude.

According to t he information referred by "El Nacional” from Caracas is said that the "Fausto" has been seen in several American ports under the name " Maria Dolores " and sold for more than a hundred thousand Bolivars, before leaving the Canaries. It also says that the Venezuelan police have known that one of the crew turned several months ago some money to his family, living in England, which rules out the thesis of the death at sea from the crew of the "Fausto". [ La Vanguardia, September 24 th ] Other chronicles from the same newspaper "Diario Nacional" of Venezuela reports that the ship now sails under the name "Carmen Dolores" and has been seen in the ports of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and Trinidad. Venezuelan police apparently have reports that the fishing might be in some small Caribbean island. However, there is no vessel registered under the name " Maria Dolores ". The Spanish police has sent to Venezuela the data of the three crew members of the fishing boat, Ramón Concepción Hernández, Miguel Hernández and Concepción Heriberto Acosta, in case they are located in that country. [ La Vanguardia, 1970, September 25 th ]

The Story of Xavier C.

Xavier C was one amateur photographer (also journalist and draughtsmans) who went to the forest of Vallgorguina on July 21st, of 1986, to take photos. This forest is famous for the dolmen "Pedra Gentil" and for being a documented place of witches activity in the past.

He was making photos when he lost conscience of time. The next day he declared to have forgotten anything that happened within the 24 previous hours. In a session of hypnosis he claimed that he had been in a cave surrounded by strange beings.

But the fact that has kept this story alive (that otherwise would have been long ago forgotten), is the in the film that Xavier C. was carrying that day, two misterious photos were found.

They could be nothing, or they could be everything. It's up to you to decide.

Ever Dream This Man?

My favourite show "Cuarto Milenio", from Spanish channel Cuatro, last sunday analyzed the "Ever Dream This Man?" controversy. The history goes as follows:

"In January 2006 in New York, the patient of a well-known psychiatrist draws the face of a man that has been repeatedly appearing in her dreams. In more than one occasion that man has given her advice on her private life. The woman swears she has never met the man in her life.

That portrait lies forgotten on the psychiatrist's desk for a few days until one day another patient recognizes that face and says that the man has often visited him in his dreams. He also claims he has never seen that man in his waking life.

The psychiatrist decides to send the portrait to some of his colleagues that have patients with recurrent dreams. Within a few months, four patients recognize the man as a frequent presence in their own dreams. All the patients refer to him as THIS MAN.

From January 2006 until today, at least 2000 people have claimed they have seen this man in their dreams, in many cities all over the world: Los Angeles, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Tehran, Beijing, Rome, Barcelona, Stockholm, Paris, New Dehli, Moskow etc. "

If you have dreamt of this man, please click here.

All this can be found at the official website of Ever Dream This Man? And it is part of the campaign for the forthcoming movie This Man.

Reflexions sobre Cuarto Milenio / Milenio 3

L'altre dia prometia explicar perque m'agrada Cuarto Milenio (i potser encara més Milenio 3). Hi ha èpoques en que ho escolto més i d'altres menys. Ara estic en una de les que ho escolto gairebé a diari. Em posso programes més o menys vells, dels temes que més m'interessen.

A primera vista, el programa pot semblar de pseudo-ciència, i ho és molts cops. L'important és important saber quina informació creure i quina no, o si creure-se'n res. Això dependrà de cadascú.

Però té molts interessants, molts dels quals val la pena tenir en compte. En primer lloc, com no es cansen de repetir, tracten temes que en cap altra programa toquen. Alguns d'ells són rucades, però no tots. I fins i tot, molts cops et preguntes perquè (a Espanya) només n'han parlat ells, quants mitjans de comunicació seriossos de la resta del món sí n'han parlat.

L'incident Dyatlov, que vaig explicar aquí és un exemple d'una historia que si hagués tingut lloc a EEUU segurament hauria donat lloc a un blockbuster hollywoodià, un telefilme de sobretaula i una minisèrie. Però com va succeïr a la siberia soviètica no se n'ha sabut res. Hi ha tants factors en aquesta història que la fan apassionant (això tenint només en compte els fets comprovats que ningú discuteix) que sembla increible que mai abans n'hagués sentit a parlar... Semblaria increible si no sabessim que a les televisions espanyoles uns insults de la Belen Esteban valen més que tot el cinema clàssic.

Una altra història de la que també he parlat, és el cas de Carla Moran [*], que sí va ser portat a la ficció en una pel·lícula de culte.

Altres històries interessants però que sí són conegudes (relativament) són les del niño de Somosierra [*], la història d'un nen que va desapareixer en un accident de camió al 1986. Una historia representativa d'aquestes misterioses desaparicions de persones dels que mai més es torna a sentir (històries en les que es basa aquella pel·lícula tan fallida, Nos miran). Especialment aquest cas en que la desaparició es va produir arran d'un espectacular accident en una carretera nacional.

El Fausto era un vaixell pesquer espanyol que va desapareixer tres cops (vegeu La Vanguardia d'aquest dia, d'aquest, d'aquest, d'aquest i d'aquest). Primer va desapareixer prop del lloc on es trobava pescant. Dues setmanes després es troba amb un carguer i els tripulants els diuen que no necessiten ajuda. Se'n torna a perdre la pista i uns messos després un vaixell italià se'l troba al mig de l'Atlàntic. No hi ha ningú viu i només queda un cadaver. Troben el diari d'un tripulant al que li manquen les pàgines finals. I el més misterios, quan arriben a port a Veneçuela han perdut el Fausto, segons afirmen s'ha desenganxat mentres el remolcaven.

Més històries impactants: la de runes a la lluna [*], que potser no tingui cap base científica però, i la bellessa d'imaginar que existeixin runes a la Lluna?

Un altra història pseudo-científica: la del pou de super-fondaria de Kola [*], a Rússia. Un pou real a la península de Kola, on els científics de la URSS pretenien travessar completament l'escorça terrestre, per arribar fins al mantell. Degut a que les dificultats tècniques que van trobar superaven les seves previssions van haver d'abandonar el projecte als 12000m (segueix essent el pou de major fondaria del món). Però la llegenda diu que la raó per la qual es van aturar és una altra: segons això la veritable raó és que haurien trobat l'infern, i per provar-ho hi ha per internet unes grabacions sonores pressuntament realitzades al pou (i que segons sembla tenen el seu origen en alguns dels científics que efectivament van treballar al pou) i en les que es senten el que podrien identificar-se com a crits i laments.

I, per acabar (per ara), les sombras errantes de Vegas de Coria? Diversos habitants d'aquest poble van veure un extrany personatge alt i prim, tot vestit de negre. Una trobada és especialment singular: un pages se'l troba i li pregunta: "¿Somos personas o qué?", interpelació que en la seva simplicitat revela un origen imperativament real, la impossibilitat de que sigui una historia inventada. I la resposta de l'espectre, de la visió, de l'aparició, no menys corprenent: "¿Es que no me conoces?". La resposta és pròpia dels millors cops d'efecte de Lost.

Incident Dyatlov

Com ja he confessat anteriorment, sóc un seguidor de Cuarto Milenio/Milenio 3 (algun dia explicaré perquè). De totes les històries que expliquen, cadascu té les seves preferides. Més enllà de que ens creguem més o menys el que ens conten, ens ho podem pendre com contes, o fins i tot com falsos documentals (un gènere del que també sóc un apassionat).

Una de les meves històries preferides de les que s'han contat a Cuarto Milenio és l'anomenat incident Dyatlov. Us poso unes fotos i després us explico el que (segons la historia i la llegenda) va succeir.

Tot va succeir al 1959, quan un grup de deu joves de la Universitat Politècnica dels Urals, van fer una excursió d'ski de fons pels Urals, amb l'objectiu d'arribar a la muntanya Otorten (Отортен).

El grup arriba en tren a Ivdel (Ивдель), al centre de la provincia d'Sverdlovsk Oblast el 25 de gener. En camió arriben a Vizhai (Вижай), el darrer poble habitat. El 27 de gener comencen a caminar cap Otorten.

Els membres de l'expedició són Igor Dyatlov (Игорь Дятлов), el major de tots i lider de l'expedició, que ha acabat donant nom a l'incident, Zinaida Kolmogorova (Зинаида Колмогорова), Lyudmila Dubinina (Людмила Дубинина), Alexander Kolevatov (Александр Колеватов), Rustem Slobodin (Рустем Слободин), Georgyi Krivonischenko (Георгий Кривонищенко), Yuri Doroshenko (Юрий Дорошенко), Nicolas Thibeaux-Brignollel (Николай Тибо-Бриньоль), Alexander Zolotarev (Александр Золотарев) i Yuri Yudin (Юрий Юдин).

Com en totes les bones històries, un d'ells es posa malalt. Yuri Yudin és l'afortunat que el dia 28 es posa malalt i no podrà continuar amb el grup, quedant-se a esperar el retorn de la resta en una cabana.

El dia 31, es troben encara a deu kilometres del seu destí, al pujol anomenat Kholat Syakhl ("Muntanya del terror" en idioma Mansi). Decideixen acampar per passar la nit. Mai més se'ls tornarà a veure amb vida.

Quan els equips de rescat arriben al lloc on han acampat, troben que les tendes estàn esgarrades des de l'interior, com si els que hi dormien haguessin sortit fugint d'elles sense temps ni per obrir les cremelleres.

Els primers cadavers trobats estàn desputllats (només amb roba interior) a uns metres de les tendes. Han mort d'hipotermia degut a les temperatures de 30 graus (celsius) sota zero.

Fins aquí la història oficial. Però es conta que un altre grup de cadavers es trobat messos després, a una profunditat de 5m sota el gel, amb una mica més de roba però no suficient pel clima. Aparentment sense mostres de violència, però les autopsies demostren que els seus orguens interns estàn destrossats. I el que encara és més misterios, a un dels cossos, una de les noies, li faltava la llengua.

Al campament s'hi troben diverses cameres de fotos, i en elles fotos que els joves s'han fet durant la travessia. Les fotos que encapçalen aquesta entrada són algunes d'elles.

I aquí hi ha algunes de les fotos realitzades pels equips de rescat.

Més enllà de si ens creiem o no tota la historia, hi ha dos aspectes que em fascinen d'aquesta història; el primer és l'efecte que sempre té veure fotos de persones fetes poc abans de morir (segurament això és degut a que ens recorden que som mortals, i també el fràgil o fugissera que és la vida); i en segon lloc, potser encara més impactant és el fet que resulta dificil d'imaginar perque nou persones decidirien sortir mal vestits (per no dir desvestits) a 30 graus sota zero. I perque ho farien trencant les tendes, sense temps ni per obrir-les...

The Case of Carla Moran/Doris Bither

Spanish Poster for "The Entity"

I have to confess that I am a big fan of the spanish mistery television show from channel Cuatro, Cuarto Milenio. This doesn't mean that I believe everything that appears in it, but the truth is that I am fascinated by these themes.

Lately they have spoke widely about te case of Carla Moran. It is story that I have always found really interesting; not so much by the fact itself, but more by everything that surrounded it... Let me explain myself: Carla Moran (also known as Doris Bither, her alleged real name), was a woman that lived in a town called Culther (not Malice), and that claimed that she was being raped by an entity/ghost/presence. She contacted the parapsicology team from the University of California, headed by doctors Barry Taff and Kerry Gaynor. And this is what I find more amazing, that it was a deeply documented case.

And probably this is the reason why it generated a book and a movie, The Entity [*] (of which the director of Ringu, Hideo Nakata, is preparing a remake [*]).

From the many photos taken during the investigations carried by the University team (as well as videos, that seem to be lost), the most famous are these two:

But my favourite photo is this one:


Keeping aside what we think of what appears in the photos (real, accident, fiarce...), the photos are fabulous themselves: everybody surrounding Carla Moran, her pose holding her head, the elipse of light over her... I don't know why, but it somehow reminds me the picture of the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald.

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