The Micah Hanks Program

This week on The Gralien Report, we’re off on our journey through the twilight realm of Forteana with a stop-off at Loch Ness, where new photos of a “monster” (or perhaps a group of seals playing?) have caused quite a stir in the Scottish Highlands. Elsewhere, why have the folks at Bank of America chimed in on the likelihood that reality is just a simulation? Finally, we revisit a conversation in which Micah and Hobbo talk with researcher Ken Storch, who had an unusual encounter with… something… in the Pennsylvania woods a number of years ago. Who, or what, did he encounter? On the heels of Storch’s odd encounter with a mysterious, “something in the woods”, we showcase a special edition of the “Crypto X” program, co-hosted with Micah by history buff and crypto-thinker Dakota Waddell. Dakota brings to the table one of the best cases of a law enforcement encounter with Sasquatch (which even Micah hadn’t heard of), in addition to offering thoughts on the belief in some circles that Bigfoot is a “paranormal” entity. Micah gives his reasons why this is not only unlikely, but perhaps also damaging to the serious study of these purported creatures. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, we’re off on our journey through the twilight realm of Forteana with a stop-off at Loch Ness, where new photos of a “monster” (or perhaps a group of seals playing?) have caused quite a stir in the Scottish Highlands. Elsewhere, why have the folks at Bank of America chimed in on the likelihood that reality is just a simulation? Finally, we revisit a conversation in which Micah and Hobbo talk with researcher Ken Storch, who had an unusual encounter with… something… in the Pennsylvania woods a number of years ago. Who, or what, did he encounter? On the heels of Storch’s odd encounter with a mysterious, “something in the woods”, we showcase a special edition of the “Crypto X” program, co-hosted with Micah by history buff and crypto-thinker Dakota Waddell. Dakota brings to the table one of the best cases of a law enforcement encounter with Sasquatch (which even Micah hadn’t heard of), in addition to offering thoughts on the belief in some circles that Bigfoot is a “paranormal” entity. Micah gives his reasons why this is not only unlikely, but perhaps also damaging to the serious study of these purported creatures. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah and the Gralien Reverend Matt Oakley, fresh back from an unsettling political event in Asheville, welcome our beloved Hobbo back to the Bunker, and delve into news pertaining to DARPA’s aim to create a new “social supercollider”. What, exactly, would this achieve? Also, Micah and Matt wax philosophically about whether the belief in aliens would have any more, or less influence, if alien life were never confirmed or discovered. On the subject of aliens, in hour two we look at new allegations about the famous Allagash Abductions, an incident where four men were purportedly taken aboard a UFO in a classic “alien abduction” incident. Does new testimony from one of the witnesses suggest proof of a hoax, or is there still legitimacy to the idea that something was witnessed that evening in 1976 over the Allagash wilderness? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah and the Gralien Reverend Matt Oakley, fresh back from an unsettling political event in Asheville, welcome our beloved Hobbo back to the Bunker, and delve into news pertaining to DARPA’s aim to create a new “social supercollider”. What, exactly, would this achieve? Also, Micah and Matt wax philosophically about whether the belief in aliens would have any more, or less influence, if alien life were never confirmed or discovered. On the subject of aliens, in hour two we look at new allegations about the famous Allagash Abductions, an incident where four men were purportedly taken aboard a UFO in a classic “alien abduction” incident. Does new testimony from one of the witnesses suggest proof of a hoax, or is there still legitimacy to the idea that something was witnessed that evening in 1976 over the Allagash wilderness? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah is joined in studio by Matt Oakley, The “Gralien Reverend” himself, as we discuss UFOs and presidential politics over the years, and what it may mean for the coming election. We also examine a potentially ground-breaking story involving the continuing search for life on Mars… could it already have been found? Then in the second hour, we revisit the idea of a hypothetical “Breakaway Civilization”, first proposed by researcher Richard Dolan. Rather than focusing entirely on whether UFOs are evidence of such an idea, we focus on the possible funding mechanisms that would allow a Breakaway Civilization to exist at all. Is the notion of secret, private methods of funding for various operations really such a far fetched idea? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah is joined in studio by Matt Oakley, The “Gralien Reverend” himself, as we discuss UFOs and presidential politics over the years, and what it may mean for the coming election. We also examine a potentially ground-breaking story involving the continuing search for life on Mars… could it already have been found? Then in the second hour, we revisit the idea of a hypothetical “Breakaway Civilization”, first proposed by researcher Richard Dolan. Rather than focusing entirely on whether UFOs are evidence of such an idea, we focus on the possible funding mechanisms that would allow a Breakaway Civilization to exist at all. Is the notion of secret, private methods of funding for various operations really such a far fetched idea? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah reports to us on the heels of the live George Noory event here in Asheville, which ended up being quite the party here in the Paris of the South. Then, after some discussion of synchronicity, we shift our attention to news of strange animal deaths, including the sudden, strange killing of more than 300 reindeer in Norway. We also examine an eerie report of a “Creepy Clown” seen near Greenville South Carolina that has one small community on-edge. Then skipping ahead to the future, in the second hour of the program we feature a number of colorful listener correspondences, including one story which an astrobiology student broke to us before the mainstream carried it. And with the discussion of astrobiology, alien life, SETI, and the future of humankind, we examine why some scientists believe that we are already existing in a new epoch, and what this means for life on Earth. But what, precisely, does this mean, and where will we be headed in the future as a civilization? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah reports to us on the heels of the live George Noory event here in Asheville, which ended up being quite the party here in the Paris of the South. Then, after some discussion of synchronicity, we shift our attention to news of strange animal deaths, including the sudden, strange killing of more than 300 reindeer in Norway. We also examine an eerie report of a “Creepy Clown” seen near Greenville South Carolina that has one small community on-edge. Then skipping ahead to the future, in the second hour of the program we feature a number of colorful listener correspondences, including one story which an astrobiology student broke to us before the mainstream carried it. And with the discussion of astrobiology, alien life, SETI, and the future of humankind, we examine why some scientists believe that we are already existing in a new epoch, and what this means for life on Earth. But what, precisely, does this mean, and where will we be headed in the future as a civilization? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, we lift off on an adventure into the Upside-Down, as Micah heads off in his TARDIS on a rescue mission, in search of… HOBS! We spend a moment catching up with Race Hobbs, our long-lost producer, before turning our attention to something startling that happened at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. A cat burglar attempted to scale the walls, in what WikiLeaks has suggested may have been an “assassination attempt” on Julian Assange, who has been “holed up” there for the last four years. We also discuss the “Great American Total Solar Eclipse”, which will be happening in just 364 days from this live broadcast… is it time to start planning a new Gralien Meetup? We also examine the latest theories about the mysterious “Tabby’s Star”, which some suggest could be a evidence of an alien megastructure. Then in the second hour, as we make our way into the Upside-Down”, we are joined by two special guests: environmental scientist and skeptical Fortean Jason Pentrail and podcaster and thinker Adam Loyal of the Friends to Know podcast join in on a panel discussion, where we look at ancient mysteries, and whether a Jungian sort of “collective unconscious” is driving human innovation. Finally, we also look at the conundrum qualified zoologists face when they spot new species unknown to science… especially when they resemble the fabled “sea serpents” of myth and legend. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, we lift off on an adventure into the Upside-Down, as Micah heads off in his TARDIS on a rescue mission, in search of… HOBS! We spend a moment catching up with Race Hobbs, our long-lost producer, before turning our attention to something startling that happened at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. A cat burglar attempted to scale the walls, in what WikiLeaks has suggested may have been an “assassination attempt” on Julian Assange, who has been “holed up” there for the last four years. We also discuss the “Great American Total Solar Eclipse”, which will be happening in just 364 days from this live broadcast… is it time to start planning a new Gralien Meetup? We also examine the latest theories about the mysterious “Tabby’s Star”, which some suggest could be a evidence of an alien megastructure. Then in the second hour, as we make our way into the Upside-Down”, we are joined by two special guests: environmental scientist and skeptical Fortean Jason Pentrail and podcaster and thinker Adam Loyal of the Friends to Know podcast join in on a panel discussion, where we look at ancient mysteries, and whether a Jungian sort of “collective unconscious” is driving human innovation. Finally, we also look at the conundrum qualified zoologists face when they spot new species unknown to science… especially when they resemble the fabled “sea serpents” of myth and legend. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah is joined in studio by longtime friend Jeremy London as the subject of time is on the table, and whether the perceptual nature of “time” is suggestive of a concept that can exist apart from the “time” of physics and Einstein’s relativity. We draw on the knowledge of the late comedian extraordinaire, George Carlin, for a bit of further insight on this, in addition to news and a bit of time catching up on emails from our listeners. Then in the second hour, we examine a handful of early reports of Sasquatch in the Pacific Northwest, including a diary from a missionary in the region who, in writing of the “legends” of the Natives there, wrote of the mountain giants who were “men stealers.” This eerie statement is in keeping with long held traditions about Sasquatch kidnappings, which we examine along with other folkloric beliefs about the creatures. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah is joined in studio by longtime friend Jeremy London as the subject of time is on the table, and whether the perceptual nature of “time” is suggestive of a concept that can exist apart from the “time” of physics and Einstein’s relativity. We draw on the knowledge of the late comedian extraordinaire, George Carlin, for a bit of further insight on this, in addition to news and a bit of time catching up on emails from our listeners. Then in the second hour, we examine a handful of early reports of Sasquatch in the Pacific Northwest, including a diary from a missionary in the region who, in writing of the “legends” of the Natives there, wrote of the mountain giants who were “men stealers.” This eerie statement is in keeping with long held traditions about Sasquatch kidnappings, which we examine along with other folkloric beliefs about the creatures. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, our interest in the odd takes us into this week’s latest unusual news. For instance, nearly 70 snakes were found in a Texas home where man recently died. Elsewhere, an officer who was said to have shot the ‘Loveland Frogman’ in 1972 now says the story is a hoax… well, sort of. And of other alleged upright-walking creatures in question, North Carolina residents are reportedly being “spooked” by Bigfoot, although other news of local oddities has preoccupied Micah lately, as the famous Brown Mountain Lights are apparently back in business, with reports surfacing about newly captured footage by a team of scientists at Appalachian State University.  We further the discussion with a number of reports of odd things happening elsewhere abroad, which includes a strange “man-like” beast killed in Australia more than 150 years ago. What was the animal really… a “Yowie”, the Australian equivalent to Bigfoot, or was it in fact some other creature, perhaps a now-extinct species of marsupial? In the second hour, we examine cases where people who have disappeared were actually attempting to avoid being found by searchers, as well as cases of “Fortean Fatalities”, where the missing have been found, but under equally mysterious circumstances. Chief among these had been the strange disappearance of Elisa Lam, a Canadian student whose body was later recovered under very unusual circumstances. However, even stranger than her death had been the footage of her captured from the elevator in the Cecil Hotel, where she was later found dead. Does the footage indicate the onset of mental illness, or as some suggest, was Lam under some other kind of influence, or perhaps even pursuit by an individual off-camera, in the hours prior to her disappearance? We examine these questions, as well as a possible conclusion to this odd story based on logical deduction, on this week’s episode of The Gralien Report Podcast.  Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report, our interest in the odd takes us into this week’s latest unusual news. For instance, nearly 70 snakes were found in a Texas home where man recently died. Elsewhere, an officer who was said to have shot the ‘Loveland Frogman’ in 1972 now says the story is a hoax… well, sort of. And of other alleged upright-walking creatures in question, North Carolina residents are reportedly being “spooked” by Bigfoot, although other news of local oddities has preoccupied Micah lately, as the famous Brown Mountain Lights are apparently back in business, with reports surfacing about newly captured footage by a team of scientists at Appalachian State University.  We further the discussion with a number of reports of odd things happening elsewhere abroad, which includes a strange “man-like” beast killed in Australia more than 150 years ago. What was the animal really… a “Yowie”, the Australian equivalent to Bigfoot, or was it in fact some other creature, perhaps a now-extinct species of marsupial? In the second hour, we examine cases where people who have disappeared were actually attempting to avoid being found by searchers, as well as cases of “Fortean Fatalities”, where the missing have been found, but under equally mysterious circumstances. Chief among these had been the strange disappearance of Elisa Lam, a Canadian student whose body was later recovered under very unusual circumstances. However, even stranger than her death had been the footage of her captured from the elevator in the Cecil Hotel, where she was later found dead. Does the footage indicate the onset of mental illness, or as some suggest, was Lam under some other kind of influence, or perhaps even pursuit by an individual off-camera, in the hours prior to her disappearance? We examine these questions, as well as a possible conclusion to this odd story based on logical deduction, on this week’s episode of The Gralien Report Podcast.  Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.

This week on The Gralien Report Podcast, we embark on our foray into the unexplained with an examination of the latest news of the weird. We begin with a look at mysterious cases of abnormal human brains, before shifting toward the ongoing search for answers about life in the universe. We also look at why some researchers are concerned about an eventual impact we may have with an asteroid which we’ll soon be studying. While samples from Bennu, as it has been dubbed, may teach us about the origins of the universe, will it ultimately deliver a “kiss of death”, or will technology intervene in the coming years that may help steer the course of humanity away from death-dealing space rocks? Then in hour two, look at the fascination viewers have with the new Netflix series Stranger Things, which incorporates elements of the supernatural, psychic phenomenon, conspiracies, monsters and the occult, and alternate dimensions into a program widely recognized as an instant “cult classic.” But is there more to why we love this show, and its homages to 1980s culture? We’ll explore this, and more, on this week’s podcast. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalogue of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report Got information or comments you’d like to share with us for an upcoming edition of the program? Send Micah an email with your thoughts or other information.