Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) urged FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on Monday to fire any federal employee who had knowledge of guidance directing them to skip the homes of Trump supporters in Florida, according to a letter first shared with The Daily Wire.  Blackburn wrote to Criswell on Monday, urging her to comply with the investigations that have been launched into the agency after The Daily Wire reported that fired FEMA supervisor Marn’i Washington ordered relief workers in Lake Placid to “avoid homes advertising Trump.” Whistleblowers said that at least 20 homes were skipped due to the guidance because they had a Trump flag or yard sign.  “I write to express my disgust with the blatant display of bias described in recent reporting by the Daily Wire — confirmed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)—indicating that a FEMA supervisor ordered relief workers to avoid approaching the homes of Trump supporters during Hurricane Milton relief efforts in Florida,” Blackburn wrote. “The American people are already highly mistrustful of the federal government, and these actions only confirm their worst fears.” Criswell announced on November 9 that Washington had been fired, saying that she believed the guidance to be an “isolated” situation. Since then, Washington has come forward and said that FEMA has a widespread policy of avoiding homes due to “political hostility.”  “This revelation is appalling and is a direct contradiction of FEMA’s core values and mission. FEMA’s most valuable asset is its reputation — which these recent examples of bias have critically harmed,” Blackburn wrote. “This also raises questions about potential discrimination in other parts of the country affected by recent hurricanes, including Tennessee.” Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced last week that they would be investigating if anyone in the Volunteer State, which was hit hard by Hurricane Helene, had been discriminated against by FEMA. Blackburn said she fully backed the state’s investigation and asked Criswell to comply.  Blackburn said that any employee “who had knowledge of or has participated in” Washington’s guidance, or any other similar instructions, should be fired.  There are still questions about when federal officials learned about the guidance. A whistleblower complaint was first filed with the Department of Homeland Security on October 27 yet no disciplinary action appears to have been taken until November 8 when The Daily Wire published its report on the guidance. 

'Trump can replace all those attorneys'

Hurricane Milton ... a true legacy storm

'Outrageous government conduct amounting to a substantive due process violation'

'anti-sacred, secular by nature, unmysterious, unnuanced'

'Central Donald Trump campaign vow'

The image was taken in Moscow, not Tel Aviv.

'Maybe they're not journalists in the true sense'

A Woodstock, Illinois man is walking to his friend's home at night when he is stalked and later observes a tall humanoid figure with the head of a wolf. He believes it was the 'Bull Valley Monster.'I received the following account:"At the time of this incident, in the summer of 2017, I lived in Woodstock, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. I was about half an hour away from the Wisconsin border. This cryptid has been called different names since the late 60s. It was known as the 'Bull Valley Monster' on the Illinois side. I recall my uncle speaking about it when I was 12 and he seemed nervous even talking about it, but he never saw it. The general public probably knows it (or them) as the 'Beast of Bray Road.'At the time I worked a night shift so on my days off I was a night owl. That night a friend had invited me over. It was nearly 11 at night. I crossed the highway and got on this bike trail near the train tracks. To the left of me was this large field and on my right train tracks and the highway. After I got to the point where some trees covered the field I got this weird feeling. All of a sudden I heard movement in the trees, thought it was a deer perhaps because 'it' was moving the smaller trees as it moved forward. My first instinct was to give it some room to pass until I heard this growl and my thought was 'Uh oh, a badger.' Then a second later it hit me that this was at least as large as a deer and moving large tree branches, not a badger. Then it growled about ten times louder.Now it was moving my way faster and breaking branches. I immediately turned and ran across the train track and onto the highway not even looking to see if any cars were coming. Once I hit the other side of the street I didn't stop running for about fifty feet and turned my head and saw about three cars coming. I looked across the road and could see a crouching humanoid shape with a wolf head profile. There was a hint of bright red eyes seen in the darkness. It was at least 7 feet tall hiding between 2 train cars watching me. It seemed to be scared to be seen. I ran and did not stop running for about 3 blocks. Did not stop till I reached this well-lit area where there was this cluster of factories and a closed auto store. Even then I did not feel safe till I reached the old downtown area. There was a 24-hour gas station and a few open bars. I slowed my pace and walked a block to my friend's house. All the time I was trying to absorb what had happened.It was a bipedal animal that had probably stalked me long before it charged me. But I will say that I 'sensed' it. That was the weirdest thing, the sense of uneasiness that preceded it. That and the loud growl that was very inhuman.Anyway, I got to my friend's house and he had his front door open. He asked if I was alright. I just pushed past him and grabbed 2 beers from the case we had not finished the night before and said, "Man, sit down. You're not going to believe this." We spent the rest of that night talking about my encounter. We were throwing out all these theories about what it could actually be and if it might be able to walk through dimensions and that is why no corpses of these things are ever found. This was something that was "unclassifiable." D**********DISTURBING 'MIMICS!' - NATURAL, CRYPTIDS, or SOMETHING ELSE? | LIVE CHAT | Q & A (WITNESS REPORTS!)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapHey, folks. Please feel free to share your thoughts & comments on the recently uploaded video of the CHICAGO MOTHMAN. I'm interested in what you have to say. Thanks. LonEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.This blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved

A teenage Washington elk hunter in the foothills of the Cascades northeast of Yakima when he spots a humanoid figure smoothly striding through the forest. He believes it was a Sasquatch.I received the following account:"I've told my family this story a couple times, and I get some weird looks, but it really stands out for me so I will share it with you. It is the only sighting I have ever had, and wouldn't call it an encounter per se.Anyway, I was a teenager at the time and was enjoying a late-season elk hunt in Washington State with my father. I don't recall the exact area, but it was in the foothills of the Cascades, northwest of the Yakima area. This was in mid-November or so, with a minor skiff of snow on the ground; not enough to completely cover the ground.My dad and I set out from the truck in the early morning and followed a ridge line that was on one side of a natural bowl that had been logged a few years before. The ridge line was still treed and fairly dense until you reached the edge of the ridge. We decided to make our way to the bottom of the bowl and follow a road/skid trail that went from the bottom to the top and try to push any hidden game towards my brother-in-law who went around the other side of the bowl. It probably took us about 20 minutes to go from the ridge to the bottom.Halfway up the skid trail we stopped to take a break (it was pretty steep in places) and watch for game sign. As I turned to look towards the bottom of the bowl I glanced up towards where we had previously been and saw a dark humanoid shape moving at a speedy pace along the ridgeline where we had come from. Now, it wasn't a hunter so far as I could tell; it had no hunter orange on or a discernible pattern of clothing. What was more impressive was the long gate of the figure as it rapidly moved along the edge of the trees. My younger mind told me it had to be a cross-country skier because of the gate and speed at which it was moving, but like I said, there wasn't near enough snow for a skier to be moving that quickly. The primary reason to believe it might be a skier was its smooth locomotion. The head and shoulders didn't appear to rise and fall as you might expect from a bipedal creature, especially one on the move like it was. It didn't look like a human on the run at all and I had this uneasy feeling as I watched it cover the space of a quarter mile in what seemed like seconds. It continued on down the ridge until it disappeared from view, entering the trees.I remember sitting in stunned silence before we resumed our climb. At the time I didn't mention it to my dad because I knew he would say it was just another hunter, but even to this day, I have very deep doubts about that possibility. I wish I had said something. I wish I had pointed it out.Maybe 'Harry and the Hendersons' made too big an impact on me when I was a kid, but I feel I spotted Bigfoot that day." S**********DISTURBING 'MIMICS!' - NATURAL, CRYPTIDS, or SOMETHING ELSE? | LIVE CHAT | Q & A (WITNESS REPORTS!)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapHey, folks. Please feel free to share your thoughts & comments on the recently uploaded video of the CHICAGO MOTHMAN. I'm interested in what you have to say. Thanks. LonEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.This blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved