Author Archives: Shawn Hamilton
Lost Frank Zappa college radio interview from 1967
Mummified meditating monk in Mongolia ‘not dead’, according to expert
A mummified monk found preserved in Mongolia last week has been baffling and astounding those who uncovered him.
Senior Buddhists say the monk, found sitting in the lotus position, is in a deep meditative trance and not dead.
Forensic examinations are under way on the remains, found wrapped in cattle skins in north-central Mongolia.
Scientists have yet to determine how the monk is so well preserved, though some think Mongolia’s cold weather could be the reason.
But Dr Barry Kerzin, a physician to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, told the Siberian Times that the monk was in a rare state of meditation called “tukdam”.
“If the meditator can continue to stay in this meditative state, he can become a Buddha,” Dr Kerzin said.
The monk was discovered after being stolen by a man hoping to sell him on the black market.
Mongolian police have arrested the culprit and the monk is now being guarded at the National Centre of Forensic Expertise
Surprisingly convincing footage of ‘grey alien’
The main Extraterrestrial Biological Entity (EBE) appears just after 1 min 30 secs in … The eye blinks contribute to an interpretation that we’re seeing the grainy, black and white filming of an animatronic puppet.