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Psychic Friends

Posted on | June 7, 2011 | 2 Comments

By now I assume that if you heard the story of mass graves in Hardin, TX, you have also heard the search yielded nothing.

First off – the tip came from a psychic. Yes, a psychic called the police and they went to investigate based only on that evidence. Oh yeah, and they first went to another property where they found nothing – and the psychic called back to tell them they went to the wrong place. So they went back out – based on a tip from a psychic.

Let that sink in.

When law enforcement arrived at the second home, they found what they thought might be blood on the back door and residents who were “uncooperative”. You know what? The cops show up at your door and want to do a search because they got a tip from a psychic, I would imagine you would be less than hospitable, too.

The blood was easily explained by an earlier incident that the local police were aware of – a suicide attempt by an AWOL soldier, who was then placed into a military psychiatric hospital in Killeen. The sheriff’s department had a report on file.

Somehow they convinced a judge to issue a search warrant based on that ridiculously flimsy evidence – psychic tip, dried blood.

During the entire ordeal, major news outlets were reporting that a mass grave had already been uncovered. A mass grave with 25-30 dismembered bodies, many of them children. Not blogs, not Twitter – MAJOR news outlets that pride themselves on their credibility. (As @ExJon said: Prediction: Within 10 minutes, reporters who fell for a psychic’s claim about a mass grave will start calling Palin stupid again.)

Comments on the story on most news sites I visited, as well as the one radio host I heard mention it, overwhelmingly blamed the death toll on our unsecured border with Mexico, on Mexicans, on D.C.’s unwillingness to stop the flood of illegal immigration.

First – just stupid on it’s face. Yes, the drug war and illegal immigration have both resulted in some tragic violence, but not every gory crime scene in a southern state is connected to crimes in Mexico.

Second – the location of the supposed carnage is a city to the north & east of Houston. A very long way from any Mexican border town. C’mon people – get some perspective.

(Sorry, rambling, stream of consciousness while watching TV)

UPDATE: From The Houston Chronicle Wait, what? Texas sheriffs now acting on tips from psychics?



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2 Responses to “Psychic Friends”

  1. John
    June 24th, 2011 @ 8:19 am

    Sweet!, you caught me off guard with this one, good job!

  2. Kim Smith
    November 19th, 2011 @ 6:17 am

    Nice site keep up the great work, thanks for the information, I will pass your post on to my friends.

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