They always sit next to me on the bus.
One guy claimed to be a retired CIA agent. He said there were subliminal messages on his TV set trying to get him to kill himself.
He claimed to speak seven languages, and called me “Senor” to prove it.
He could have been nuts.
Regards,
Shodan
Hmmm … suppose stuyguy had taken a different approach and agreed with the woman … to a point.
“Actually, not everyone is being mind-controlled by radio waves … just you. And I have to get back to the station right now because obviously they’re not doing a very good job right now!”
I once represented a client who believed that “they” could see through cameras in his eyes.
Ponder, I actually had an even better idea on the drive to work.
I should have said, "Wow. That’s a great story. I’d love to do it. We should talk some more. Can you come by the station tomorrAAHHHKKK! WHAT’S THIS PAIN IN MY HEAD!?!? MAKE IT STOP! I’M GOING TO DIE!
I think that would have done the trick.
Made a service call to a mental health professional who insisted that my company was in cahoots with the Czech government, and that his photocopier was rigged “with satellite technology” to jam whenever he tried to copy material that they considered “sensitive.”
An ex-girlfriend’s roommate, a very quiet guy most of the time, used to go into rages in him room, during which he would throw stuff around and scream a lot. When I asked him about it, he explained that he was kidnapped by the government while he was living in Montréal, and that they had used him for cloning experiments. Although he’d managed to escape, his clones were still being held captive, and he had a sympathetic connection with them because they had all been fitted with transmitter/receiver brain implants. The government periodically tortured his clones to try to force him to return, and that was what was happening when was thrashing around in his room.
And I didn’t meet this person in the flesh, exactly, but this ‘report’ was pushed throught the mail slot at the office equipment company I used to work at.
Okaaay… thanks for the heads-up, dude.
Near my cousins house there is a long wall that runs down a pedestarian footpath which has some very interesting graffiti that to my knowledge has been there since the early eighties or even the late seventies. When I say graffiti it is not the highly stylized stuff that you see scrawled over the urban environ these days but block capitals written with the kind of paint brush that you would use for decorating. Obviously written by the same person (there is also suspicously simlair graffiti on the wall extolling the virtues of Pink Floyd) it has several slogans warning about the evils of computers such as “COMPUTERS HAVE CAUSED SEVERAL FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS”, “BEWARE THE EVIL MINDREADERS”, “COMPUTERS ARE EVIL”, etc.
When walking past it, I always feel this wall should have some sort of protection order slapped on it.
Many years ago, when I was an Emergency Room technician, an elderly gentleman shuffled through the doors with several sacks. They contained jugs of water and orange juice, all wrapped in aluminum foil.
He had no medical complaint, but told us of how the Russians had rented the apartment above his and were irradiating him.
Since he was out of his home County, he had to be transported to an intake hospital for processing prior to a 72 hour evaluation at a MHMR facility. He did not consent to this procedure, and upon arrival at the intake hospital, when he was removed from the ambulance and was being wheeled in, he looked at a young couple and shouted, “Help! Help! These men have kidnapped me, are sending me to Sicily to be operated on and made into a woman!”
Something tells me that poor fellow’s elevator never got to the penthouse.
I run a local militia unit (see my web site). While they’re all great guys, I’m convinced some our members belong to the “Conspiracy of the Month Club.” Some of my favorites:
The federal government was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing incident. This is the biggie, as a lot of our guys are 1000% convinced that McVeigh had absolutely nothing to do with it. Uh huh.
Chemtrails. The proper term is “contrails,” and it refers to the mist of water left in the wake of an aircraft. But there’s more than just water in contrails, there’s also MIND CONTROL CHEMICALS. That’s right, the government is mixing mind-control chemicals w/ jet fuel!
The federal government was responsible for 9-11. Yes, the White House knew all about it! It was masterminded by John Ashcroft as an excuse to take away everyone’s constitutionally-protected rights!
Noise barrier walls along highways were really installed for the purpose of turning the city into a concentration camp. Yes, they really believe this.
BTW: I get the feeling that most of the conspiracy freaks get their information from a crackpot/con-artist named** Alex Jones**.
Why do you allow nutcases into your local militia?
I know some people like this, but I’ve never gotten it. Why would the government need to work out this elaborate conspiracy? Why not just say “My fellow Americans, the Constitution is repealed, do not resist or you will be shot” and move in the troops?
Interesting. Reminds me of the writings of Francis E. Dec, Esquire, especially the “gangster” part. I feel that Dec is the gold standard for all serious nutcases.
Here’s the instruction sheet for an engine that runs on water: http://amasci.com/freenrg/magputt.txt
You know, I’d forgotten about this guy until just recently. I even googled him a couple weeks ago, but unfortunately he shares a name with a well-known journalist and couldn’t find anything about my acquaintance. Basically, I met this guy online, we were pals, we talked on the phone sometimes about the books we were reading, totally innocuous. Anyway, once he told me that he was psychic and that he and a group of other psychic people had been taken by the US government to Saudi Arabia where they’d had experiments performed on them. He became very upset talking about it, and ashamed of himself for having spoken of it.
Later I met him in person and honestly, he was a pretty sad person. I think he was just making stuff up to make his life seem more exciting; I doubt he was an honest-to-god schizophrenic. But it was really odd.
Maybe if I type her name, Ms. rasa will come in here and tell us about the crazy guy who keeps accusing her company of preventing his computer from going to specific (hate) websites, those evil Jews!
I have been confronted by Moon Hoax believers many times, usually when I give public talks debunking it. I am not even counting Bart Sibrel, with whom I occasionally have run-ins.
Those are the only ones I have ever personally confronted, though of course the Planet Xers appear to hold steadfast to their fantasies.
I guess these don’t really count as I have never seen them wearing tinfoil. I suppose we have all run into assorted woowoos. I bet everyone reading this even knows one, or even more than one… without even knowing it. People believe weird things. Hmmm, that would make a good book title. 
My older brother.
He’s schizophrenic and he thinks “the man” keeps track of him through the fillings in his teeth. There are a number of other things that feed his paranoia, but that’s the most “tin foilish” of them.
I think there is generally a different level of paranoia involved in militia memberships. Groups tend to re-enforce suspicious thinking. Then there are those who are genuinely mentally ill – paranoid schzophrenics. Does anyone else make this distinction?
I spent an afternoon and evening talking with a most gracious paranoid schzophrenic in Washington, D.C. We met outside the Capitol and she, my husband and I eventually went to dinner together. She was a fascinating conversationalist. Bright, considerate, philosophical.
Bad Astronomer, if I may, do they have a reason WHY the government faked it all? I’m aware people like this live for their Big Bad Government theories, but wouldn’t it just be easier, if you were a conspirator, to not mention/go to the moon at all?
It’s a bit of a stretch to call (some) these guys “nutcases.” IMO they are genuinely honest and moral individuals, which is all I really care about. On the occasions when “conspiracy talk” comes up I just roll my eyes and poke friendly jabs at them.
Please forward the application forms by overnight mail. Or by fax. Or by E-mail. Or have them hand delivered by naked-woman courier. Yeah, that’s it, that’s the ticket, naked-woman courier.
