The day before the conference, I drove 6 hours northeast from Cedar City and went directly to the Dinosaur National Monument in northern Utah. My interest was not in the dinosaurs, but the rock art located in the monument at McKee Springs. To get there, I drove from the visitor center 10 miles on a paved road and an additional 12 miles on a dirt road. No one was out there! Here is the escarpment where the rock art was located.
A few days ago I returned home after a fabulous trip up to Vernal, Utah for PhenomeCon 2025. We had 4 full days of presentations and off site field trips, including a closing reception with costumes and a rock band on the final night. Topics that were covered were Bigfoot, ghost hunting, UFO’s, strange psychic phenomenon of all sorts, and of course, Skinwalker Ranch, which is located near Vernal, in northeast Utah. This was my chance to meet in person several of the personalities that I had been following for years on TV, radio, and via their podcasts. If you would like more information about this event, you can go to www.phenomecon.net. I am assuming that this web site will be up all year with information, and starting after the first of next year, there will probably be information about the 2026 event.
Whitley Strieber kicked off the first day with a fascinating lecture on his years of interactions with the Grey ET’s. There were several time slots each day where several people were speaking in different locations at the conference center at the same time. There was a lot to choose from! Ben Woodruff, who is the biologist for Skinwalker Ranch, was one of my favorites. He spoke about several animals that had been found dead there, but did not decay nor were they gnawed on by other animals who ordinarily would have done that. Even after many months! He also supervised the DNA analysis of a carcass that was found in the ranch’s creek. It turned out to be 10% Asian and Greenland grey wolf, and 90% “other” from the wolf family. How did it get there? There was also coyote and raccoon DNA found in an unknown animals scat. Predators may kill these animals but do not eat them. Ben is thinking that there is an extra large animal from the cat family lurking there. Ice Age jaguar came up as a possibility.
Other interesting speakers were Dave Schrader, James Keenan, William Henry, Mireya Mayor, Ami Bruni of ”Kindred Spirits” fame, and one of my very favorites, David Paulides of “Missing 411” fame. I am not much into Bigfoot, so I skipped most of those talks. I did sign up to have a special lunch with George Noory who is the host for the “Coast to Coast AM” radio show. It was so nice to see him in person after many years of listening to his voice on the radio!
Of course, meeting the Skinwalker Ranch cast was the reason why many people attended the conference. Several spoke individually, and they all participated in a panel discussion. Dr. Travis Taylor was a real hoot to listen to! Quite a character. No one is allowed to go on to ranch property without specific permission, but there were several off site activities that took people near to the ranch’s boundaries. They even shot off several research rockets for conference attendees.
The whole area around Vernal is considered to be a UFO hotspot, and most people living in that area have witnessed not only UFO’s but a host of other psychic phenomena. The native tribes there also have a multitude of stories about this. Unfortunately, I did not witness anything. If I go next year, I will certainly sign up for some of the offsite events which happen mainly at night!
Below are a few photos. First is George Noory.
Finally, just for kicks, here is a clip of the “Hitchhiker“ band, featuring Travis Taylor. They played at the closing reception. Not my cup of tea! Too much yelling.
This past Sunday, I took the opportunity to go hiking in the high country near Cedar Breaks National Monument. The day started out partly cloudy, with even a few rain sprinkles, before shifting to high clouds with blue skies in between.
The combination of the rhythm of the walking and the high elevation, today at 11,000’, always puts me in an altered state where interesting insights can be had. Today was no exception. (BTW—walking a labyrinth or visiting an ancient sacred site does the same thing.)
So as I was walking along, I started expanding my Core Essence, creating a bubble of higher dimensional energy around me. I always feel that doing so is a great way to engage in the natural world while walking outside. Suddenly, in my mind’s eye, a being of light appeared. He was all in white with an unusual headpiece on. It was very flat and wide. I queried him and got that he was one of my higher dimensional guides from the level of my monad, and my galactic level of consciousness.
As I continued to walk and expand, my sense was that my Core Essence was being converted into to a crystalline substance, much like a multi faceted clear quartz crystal. Very cool! This crystalline energy field continued to expand and envelope my whole body. It became as large as planet earth, then our solar system and eventually as large as the Milky Way Galaxy and included all of the solar systems in our galaxy. I was connecting with the crystalline aspects of all of those. It looked like a giant latticework of energy. Not a grid per se. For me grids are composed of horizontal and vertical lines. These connecting lines created triangles, squares, and the whole variety of complex geometric patterns. Apparently one of the skills I have this time around is to be able to hold space for the entire galaxy through this crystalline grid.
I then focused once again on my crystalline Core Essence and noticed a nugget of a black/red substance, about the size of a small grape, inside of it. “What is this?” I asked. The being in front of me said that this was the “original wound” and that each person has this.
The way I understand it is that when our spirit essence dropped in density and left the realms of unity and entered the realms of polarity, the experience was so shocking that we were each wounded. Our essence was fractured, split and traumatized, as we had never experienced such a dark and dense energy before. This resulted in the states of being that we have been living with ever since, which includes separation, competition, Judgment, greed, avarice, hate and suffering to name a very few, and on and on.
Between me and the being of light, we managed to remove most of this dense nugget of energy. There is still a bit of it left. Behind it was revealed a glowing orb of light, which turned out to be a portal leading back into the realm of unity consciousness. The original wound was blocking the way back out of this dense reality.
So how does one remove this wound? I don’t think that pulling it out would completely do the trick. It is a matter of one’s own spiritual evolution towards the qualities of unity consciousness. As one lives with and embodies the qualities of self love and love of others, compassion, joy, gratitude, allowing, generosity, etc, that wound should start to dissolve. Then that doorway back to our greatest self will open wider and wider. When the time comes, we can just pop through!
What a wonderful hike full of great stuff. BTW—as that being started to fade away since our task together was finished, I heard him chuckle. He said that what I had just experienced with my Core Essence had nothing to do with a heart chakra, the color green, or the Emerald Ray. Good to know!
As I was heading back to the trail head, a coyote ran by. That was a first for me there! Above is a photo that I took at Cedar Breaks on my way home. More rain was coming!
What a special day yesterday! At the last minute, I decided to drive up to our local mountain peak to do Lion’s Gate ceremony and receive attunements. The photo above shows Brian Head Peak, in greener times. We are in the midst of a pretty good drought right now, and everything is drying up and turning brown, especially in the high country. The top of this mountain sits at 11,300 feet, and is home to a very powerful vortex. Before I moved to Utah from Colorado, I actually did a journey where I saw the vortex from above. It looked like a giant search light beaming up from the peak.
Also, during August and September, local sheep ranchers move their flocks up to the high country to graze and live in a cooler environment. This practice has been going on since the first settlers got to the area.
So off I went. It is about a 30 mile drive to the top of the peak. Not bad. As soon as I got off of the main road and onto the dirt road leading to the top, I encountered the sheep. They were all over the place.
Here I was at the top.
As a side note, the week before, I found 2 mountain bluebird feathers on a hike not far from there. The night before the Lion’s Gate, I was given a third bluebird feather in a dream. Shortly after starting down the road from the mountain, I encountered a flock of the same bird! I was getting a message, which was transformation and passage into happiness and fertility. Wonderful!
The same sheep, and dogs, were encountered on the way back down, and the shepherd on his horse. The foliage is pretty dried up, and I do not know where they were getting water, either. No rain in sight. I had to go slow and honk my horn to get by them. They really did not want to move, which is highly unusual.
My last stop on the way home was to Cedar Breaks National Monument, which is near the mountain. There were very few people there yesterday, which was nice. Always uplifting to hang out there for a bit. You can see Brian Head Peak in the distance.
