Where the fuck is Bigfoot...?

Okay, long story short:  A guy named Rick Dyer claimed he shot and killed Bigfoot.  Dyer said he'd sell DVDs showing the body and a separate video showing an autopsy.

Dyer, pictured left after he was arrested on fraud charges not related to Bigfoot, also got himself a cool looking SUV and a trailer so he could drive the Bigfoot body all over the country showing it off to those who would pay. Nifty!

Oh, and there was a pay-per-view last week where you could pay to see the body.

That Pay-per-view?  Never happened.  Those DVDs?  Never shipped.  The body?  Nobody has seen it.  Dyer keeps promising, but appears to be awfully short of any delivery.  Big surprise.

Throw all of this Bigfoot drama together and you have a big pile of steaming Sasquatch poo that Dyer has stepped right into.  Apparently Dyer invited someone who is known in Bigfoot circles to come view the body, only to ditch the guy after he flew to Los Angeles to meet Dyer.

So who is this Dyer character who claims to have shot, killed, and autopsied Biggfoot?  Many claim he has a long history of fraud including ripping people off on eBay.  Some Bigfoot fans think he's the second coming with his rather loud bravado, often sounding like Bill Clinton denying he ever had "sex with that woman".  Dyer is/was a used car salesman.  Big Surprise again.

Just give this simply awful rap video Dyer has up a view - it is painful in both song and vanity Dyer pays to himself.  And I thought the UFO people were weird, ego oriented, vain, and living vicariously through the Internet.  Anyhow, this has caused a big stir in the Bigfoot world and there is so much drama and nonsense going on that I really don't feel like taking the time to put it all here.  Just do a search and you'll find plenty to fill any amount of free time you might have.

This isn't the first time Dyer has claimed to have a dead Bigfoot.  Remember back in 2008 when two men were paid $50,000 for a dead Bigfoot?  Yep, that hoax also involved Dyer. Big surprise, eh?

In the meantime, check out this cool picture of Dyer's SUV and trailer he says he's going to haul Bigfoot around in...nifty.  Eat your heart out Ray Santilli!

This joke never gets old...

How can a psychic not see it coming?  Then again, this is Sean David Morton I'm making reference to.  Looks like the embattled bunk psychic/stock market huckster has once again lost his quest to get the Securities Exchange Commission's recent victory in court against him and his wife, co-conspirator Melissa Ann Morton, overturned on appeal.

Morton apparently did not pay the filing fee for the appeal, I believe he claimed he was broke and asked that the filing fee be waived.  So how does Morton go from stock market psychic to broke and not know it was going to happen?

Rumors abound that Morton and his wife have been evicted from the so-called headquarters of his Prophecy Research Institute - indeed, you can read all about this sprawling campus of a "research institute" right here. 

But don;t fret too much for The Mortons; it looks like scamming people out of their money and being on the receiving end of financial hardship (well, at least according to court documents they filed) hasn't stopped them from attending all those USC football games or playing at Disneyland.  Then again, I'm sure that Disneyland employee discount is a decent benefit to have.

Too bad some of the people who lost their life savings to The Mortons can't afford to run off to football games or visit The Mouse...

Short Lived

Old news now, but for those who missed it:

Looks like Art Bell's new show in Sirius Radio has been canceled.  Adios.

The lunatics are free again!

Just a quick note that late night radio legend Art Bell will be returning to the airwaves via the Sirius radio network and is jumping right out of the gate by parading well known fraudster "Dr. Reed" - you know, the guy who claimed to kill an alien in the woods and then took the body home and stuffed it in a freezer?  Yeah, that guy, who really isn't "Dr. Reed" but a Seattle based con man named John Bradley Rutter.

When will the UFO nuts just stop...?  Way too much crazy out there and way too many lunatics eating it all up.

An interesting Amazon.com search

So if you search 'Sean David Morton' on Amazon.com you get the following result for a book:

"Securities Fraud: Detection, Prevention and Control"

My, how appropriate.

Why would I be surfing Amazon.com for this bucket of dirt, Sean David Morton?  I'm looking for a very early self published biography written by none other than America's worst financial psychic himself.  It was either written in the early 90s and is pretty hard to find.  I'll pay decent money for a copy.

The Shame of Ed Dames

THE SHAME OF ED DAMES

Boasting that he would solve a child's murder, supposed remote viewer

Ed Dames failed to provide any factual information on a case ultimately solved

by old fashioned police work.

 

Back in late 2000/early 2001, ufowatchdog.com ran a story about bogus remote viewer Ed Dames and his shameless exploitation and self promotion involving murdered children.  One case in particular struck close to home; the tragic death of fifteen year old Leah Freeman (pictured right).

The murder left a family devastated and a small Oregon community in shock.  Then slithering along came Ed Dames who hyped himself up on late night radio predicting doom and gloom at every turn and claiming that he could use the power of remote viewing to foresee the unforeseen and delve into the past with the power of his mind.

Apparently, like so many remote viewers and supposed psychics, Dames couldn't see his own future; a future riddled with failed predictions, nonsense, and an endless barrage of shameless self promotion at the expense of the dead.

"Get your facts straight before you go "bow wow," Doggie. The so-called 'investigator' was the principal officer assigned to the case, and the one who pleaded with us to assist -- and we obliged...So, try to control those premature canine ejaculations of yours; when we nail Leah's murderer, you'll be just another crow-eatin dog."
--E-mail from Ed Dames to ufowatchdog.com when Dames was asked to comment about why he was not officially involved in the Leah Freeman murder investigation.

Dames made a number of statements as fact pertaining to the Freeman case, including saying that the murderer was employed by a local company in the area.  Dames went so far as to identify a company in the area.  Shortly afterward, a representative of the company advised Dames to cease and desist his unfounded accusations.

In an interview, Dames stated the following about what he claims to have discovered about the murderer in the Freeman case, "He was moonlighting and doing some other stuff too. And it’s more complicated. This particular person was a construction worker and was working on different locations in different towns. So that was a mess. I had to refine the cue and then run “killer’s employer.” That’s what gave me the name of the employer. We were able to look where the headquarters was, and looked at the symbol for the company, then put that together analytically."

Dames claimed his data was compiled from over eighty remote viewing sessions, and swore that he would find the murderer of Freeman.  Dames went so far as to claim he had promised Freeman's mother that he would find the killer, but it turned out that Dames had never actually spoken to Freeman's mother.

But the empty promises of Dames didn't stop the police from pursuing the case and had a suspect from the start of the case - Nick McGuffin.

McGuffin (pictured left) had been Freeman's boyfriend at the time of her murder and worked as a short order cook, not in construction.  Police discovered that McGuffin had made several untruthful statements regarding his whereabouts and activities the night Freeman went missing.

Local police and members of The Vidocq Society, which consists of former FBI agents, profilers, and forensic experts, worked the case together when it was reopened in 2008.  Their work ultimately led to the arrest of McGuffin, who had been a prime suspect since the beginning of the investigation.

On July 19, 2011, an Oregon jury found McGuffin guilty of the murder of Leah Freeman, convicting him on a lesser charge of manslaughter.  McGuffin was sentenced to ten years in prison.

In the end, Dames was wrong...again.  Sadly this isn't the only case involving a child's murder Dames has inserted himself into and never solved.  I don't think that a single prediction Dames has made has ever come true.

What it must be like to raise the hopes of the friends and families of a murder victim, only to pull the carpet out from under them when your promises of help are like your predictions; useless.

Happy 4th, folks!

Have a great holiday, be safe, don't be a dick by drinking and driving.

Where did all the money go?

The $6,000,000 Question

Now that the SEC has won the fraud suit against Sean David Morton,

what ever happened to all of the money?

About one-hundred investors who invested over $6mil in what government regulators at the SEC called a "psychic scheme" designed to defraud, all have the same question: What happened to all of the money?

According to court documents, regulators at the SEC discovered that at least a quarter million dollars from this psychic investment fund established by Morton was diverted to Morton's so-called Prophecy Research Institute.  This still leaves $5.75mil drifting somewhere and the fact that Morton never disputed the facts established by the SEC in civil court speaks volumes.

Let's say that some of the funds were indeed lost during some sort of investing, but how much was it really?  What was the $250,000 that was diverted used for?  Where did all of the money go?  Has some of it been stashed?  Did it all get spent?  Is it sitting in an off-shore account somewhere?  If anyone knows, they certainly aren't in a hurry to tell anyone.

In recent court filings by Sean David Morton and his co-defendant/accomplice/wife Melissa Ann Morton, they now claim to be destitute and unable to afford fees associated with appealing their loss to the SEC's allegations of fraud.  Sean David Morton alone was ordered to pay more than $11mil in restitution, fee, and fines - or as the SEC calls it, disgorging ill gotten gains.

You can read the appeal filed by The Mortons here.  In the appeal, The Mortons claim to have little to no income and allege that they could not file an appeal in a timely manner due to medical issues and "filing of bankruptcy due to financial ruin."

I wonder just how much forethought went into the financial ruin of some of their investors who lost their savings or retirement - I think it safe to venture little to none.

Yet it appears The Mortons can afford to go to Disneyland, hold season football tickets at USC, travel to conventions, host tours in foreign countries, and sell their goods among other activities.

The Mortons never appeared to actually dispute the charges brought by the SEC, instead choosing to argue jurisdiction, venue, their alleged status as ambassadors to the fictional Republic of New Lumeria, and tossing accusations of government misconduct in a clearly contrived effort to somehow find a technical loophole from which to escape all the while assaulting the courts with a barrage of incoherent legal ramblings.

So the question remains: Where did all of the money go?

By the way, The Mortons' appeal was denied.  Even a non-psychic could see this coming.  What's Sean David Morton's excuse?

MUFON Promotes Greer Nonsense

MUFON Promotes Greer Silliness

Greer promises more evidence on bogus 'alien' in Las Vegas

For an organization that stakes itself on scientific investigation, MUFON doesn't seem to mind staking itself in the heart by stooping to promote more low grade UFO theatrics.

Yep, the folks at MUFON have chosen to parade around Steven Greer and that nonsensical film Sirius in which Greer promotes his delusional beliefs by wrapping up every conspiracy theory possible to justify his theory that aliens have been on this planet and the government is covering it up to enslave us all by hiding free energy to keep an all sinister monetary and power based cabal in business.

Mind you, this cabal has supposedly assassinated political figures including presidents, and controls people at the highest levels of all worldwide governments and corporations.  Yet, somehow, Greer has managed to outwit these evildoers at every turn and has a dead man's trigger on hand that will release a damaging cache of info that will expose these goons.  Uh, yeah.  Sure.

Greer's shameless self promotion knows no bounds to the point where he goes so far as to claim that the events of 9/11 were manufactured to divert attention from the 2001 Washington, DC Press Club event.  Greer would have you believe that this evil cabal decided to put disclosure on the back burner by using a terrorist attack to kill thousands and start a war...months after DC Press Club event took place.  In the world of UFOs, self promotion knows no bounds or decency.

Greer's presentation bio on the MUFON Symposium's website includes the laughable statement that the Sirius movie is an "historic film" that "was inspired by Dr. Greer’s work."  And if you go see Greer at the symposium, he advertises that he has the latest news on the Atacama humanoid.  I'll hazard a guess that it will be about more unknowns in terms of DNA and the need for further study and funding is needed.  I'm sure Greer cheerleader Paola Harris will be there shaking her head up and down in affirmation.

So hats off to you, MUFON, for letting nuts like Greer loose at your "scientific" organization's symposium.  Maybe someone should tell the folks at MUFON that scientific investigation also involves the use of common sense.  But common sense doesn't sell tickets or DVDs like hype.

Your time will be better spend at the San Diego Comic Con in July where the folks involved in pretense don't try to pass it off as fact...

Human remains with elongated skulls found in Mexico

Read all about it here.  Looks like Doc Greer's supposed alien ain't all that unique after all.  For more humor, you can now also view the hilarious "dead man's trigger" that was talked about in the Sirius documentary.  Yep, this is what Greer was saying would be released if anything nefarious happened to him. 

Listen, folks, the government doesn't need a disinformation program to discredit UFO lunatics when they have Doc Greer to do it all on his own with his antics.

Dark Matters Radio, Tuesday April 30th

Okay, just this once

I think I'm crazier than the people claiming UFOs and aliens are here checking out Earth.  Siriusly, I must be a nut because I have been talked into appearing on Don Ecker's radio program this coming Tuesday, April 30th to discuss the recent film Sirius starring "Commander" Steven Greer (yes, you read correctly, "commander").  

I have seen the Sirius film and it lived up to absolutely nothing it was hyped as being.  Tune in to Dark Matters Radio http://www.dqrm.com/ on April 30th to hear all about it.

I'll be joining the ever politically incorrect Don Ecker and a cast of characters including David Biedny (aka Angry Human) and Lance Moody.  Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!  Just for this one time only though, kids.  Life without UFOs and the nuts, fanatics, and delusional fruitcakes that go along with them has been very good.

Sirius-ly Skewed

Early Test Results on Humanoid Released

Greer releases alleged test results on humanoid body he claims is extraterrestrial

UFO believer Steven Greer has released new information about the Atacama Humanoid that has been played up as being an authentic extraterrestrial body.  Make no mistake about it, Greer has stated as fact in radio interviews and in print that the humanoid (pictured above) is indeed an extraterrestrial being.

Alleged test results released today state that findings show the humanoid is "male" and survived for a period of "6 to 8 years" post birth".  No other information about the testing has been released.

The obvious question here is that if this an extraterrestrial, how does anyone know it to be male?  The real problem here lies within the carrot being dangled by Greer and the film Sirius; if the humanoid body testing concludes it not to be human in origin, this does not equate it to being extraterrestrial.  Any number of new life forms are found on earth in a given year from rain forests to the oceans. If the Atacama Humanoid is proven to be an undocumented life form, it would be incredible but again does not immediately mean it is extraterrestrial.

Greer has already advertised that the area the humanoid body was found in has UFO activity.  So by this default logic the humanoid surely is extraterrestrial.  This is like saying everyone who lives near a gravel quarry must own a lot of rocks.  Greer's attempt to tie supposed UFO activity in the area and the humanoid body into one convenient package is nonsensical.

Sirius is some serious trouble if it doesn't live up to the hype, and not many are expecting it will.

05/01/13:  Someone asked where Greer had claimed this now clearly human body was extraterrestrial.  Not only did Greer make this proclamation on radio, he also made it in the film Sirius where Greer states, while describing a skull fracture on the body, "That's how this ET being was killed."

Sirius-ly?

Alleged Alien Body in Film Nothing New

Dr. Steven Greer's upcoming film Sirius is looking more like Alien Autopsy II

than any sort of startling revelation

If at first you don't succeed, rinse and repeat.  Recycling tidbits from alleged UFOs and aliens is nothing new.  Remember the alleged piece of Roswell debris and how many times that was passed off as authentic?  How about Alien Autopsy and word from the producers that there was another film that hadn't been released?  In all, these and other wild claims have spawned a number of clones and rip offs.

It should come as no surprise then that the alleged alien being promoted in Steven Greer's upcoming film Sirius has a similar history.  The good folks at The Huffington Post, among others, have pointed out that this alleged alien body already made the rounds ten years ago.

Found in October 2003, a local was digging around in the ruins of a Chilean ghost town near an old church when he discovered the remains wrapped in a white cloth.  The remains were sold a few times before winding up in the hands of a Barcelona businessman named Ramon Navia-Osorio, who also happens to head a UFO organization.  Rumor is that Greer discovered the creature during a trip to Barcelona.

Navia-Osorio had the remains examined by several experts, including a forensic medical specialist who concluded the remains were that of a human fetus.  But this information apparently did not refrain Greer from promoting supposed DNA evidence and making a sensationalized trailer for the Sirius film.

Greer used Kickstarter to raise the money for the film and testing and called it "the highest documentary crowd funding in history."  The film will premiere April 22, 2013 and can be purchased for streaming.

Admittedly, the trailer for the film is extremely well done.  However, it looks as though once this film premieres it will quickly become a less than memorable drop in the pan. That is, unless there is solid and independently verifiable evidence presented.  But like a lot of Greer's evidence, including his claims of a military led nerve gas attack on aliens, this is looking more like a grab for dollars than a pure pursuit of one of the greatest mysteries.

04/17/13: A person named David Wilcock appears in the trailer for the Sirius film. For those unfamiliar with Wilcock, he claims to be the reincarnation of Edgar Casey. This is not the type of currency that buys you any sort of credibility.

Pay Up: Morton Owes in SEC Fraud Case

FINAL JUDGEMENT ISSUED IN MORTON FRAUD CASE

Two year case comes to a close as Morton is ordered to pay millions in 'psychic scheme'

Sean David Morton (pictured above) was accused by the SEC of defrauding

millions from investors

How many psychic readings would $11,535,382.18 buy?  Apparently not enough for self proclaimed psychic Sean David Morton to see that would be the amount he is now liable for paying from his involvement in what the SEC called a 'psychic scheme' that Morton used to swindle investors out of millions of dollars.

Judge Katherine B. Forrest today issued a final order of judgement against Morton and other defendants, including his wife Melissa Ann Morton, commanding "disgorgement of all investor funds unlawfully diverted" by The Mortons for their personal use.  You can read the order against Sean David Morton here.

In addition to Sean David Morton being ordered to pay nearly $12mil, co-defendant Melissa Ann Morton was ordered to pay $574,128.23.  You can read the order against Melissa Ann Morton here.

The lawsuit filed by the SEC accused The Mortons of falsifying investor data, illegally diverting funds, and centered around Sean David Morton's false claims of being able to use psychic powers to predict the stock market.  The SEC contends that Morton's predictions were inaccurate and that Morton also lied about investment accounts being audited and certified.  In all, $6mil of investor money was lost with only half of that sum actually being invested.

Today's final judgement order brings an end to nearly two years of litigation that saw The Morton's attempting to bog down the courts with a plethora of inane legal briefings rambling about The Morton's being immune from U.S. jurisdiction even though they reside in the state of California.  The Morton's appeared desperate during the filings going so far as claiming to be ambassadors from something referred to as the Republic of New Lemuria.  The Mortons even provided the court copies of what they alleged were official New Lemuria credentials and claimed they had diplomatic immunity.

Court Issues Judgement Against Mortons

Federal Judge Rules Against Mortons in Fraud Lawsuit

The Mortons fail to appear for a mandatory court appearance and are ordered to pay nearly $12-million in fines and fees for defrauding investors

Sean David Morton (pictured above) and his wife, Melissa Ann Morton, were accused

by the SEC of defrauding investors out of millions of dollars

Sean David Morton's supposed psychic ability failed when he was unable to predict the outcome of an SEC lawsuit filed against him and others for what the SEC called a "psychic scheme" designed to defraud investors out of millions of dollars.

Trouble began for The Mortons when the SEC launched an investigation into an investment group that Morton promised would net large returns based on his psychic predictions of the stock market.  Morton attempted to stop the investigation through litigation and failed, claiming he was being targeted by the government so SEC officials could visit California and go to Disneyland.

The lawsuit, filed by the SEC in March 2010, was slowed down due to a number of baffling, rambling and disjointed papers filed with the court by The Mortons, as well as The Mortons trying to evade being served papers and not cooperating during the discovery process.  Judge Katherine B. Forrest issued an order for The Mortons to appear in court on February 11, 2013 for a summary judgement hearing.

The legal antics didn't end there and continued with The Mortons filing over ten briefs with the courts including a motion for a change of venue and a letter from Sean David Morton alleging that he is "a duly appointed Ambassador" for the Republic of New Lemuria.

The Mortons alleged in an unusual letter to the court that they were not under the jurisdiction of the federal government and claimed to be ambassadors from the "sovereign California republic", yet asked for the date of appearance to be changed because they were unable to travel due to being "financially destitute".  The letter can be read here.

The Mortons later filed with the court blaming their failure to appear on weather conditions on the east coast and that the court had not provided them with ways "to defray the costs of airfare, hotel and travel costs to appear in a jurisdiction that is Foreign/Non-Domestic to the State of New York, New York State, the federal Southern District of New York and to the domicile of the de jure State Nationals of the California Republic."  The document appears to be faxed from what The Mortons refer to as the Republic of New Lemuria.

Since The Mortons failed to appear as ordered by the court, a default judgement was entered against them ordering them to pay nearly $12,000,000.

Sean David Morton was scheduled to give a presentation tonight entitled "How to Secede from the U.S. Incorporated (Everything you always wanted to know about getting the Gov't off your back, but were afraid to ask)".  It is unknown if he would be charging to make anyone an ambassador to the Republic of New Lemuria...