— Nucléaire : le bouquet énergétique n’a pas qu’une fleur - Libération
Topsy, a six-ton, 10-foot-tall female Indian elephant in a circus, had recently developed a bad temper, killing three circus workers in as many years. Each had in one way or another abused her. After a failed attempt to publicly poison Topsy by feeding her cyanide-laced carrots, and flawed plans to have her hanged, officials decided instead Topsy would be publicly electrocuted by Thomas Edison as a publicity stunt.
Sliders are those people who appear to possess a truly uncanny skill: they can turn off, or turn on, streetlights when they are in their near-vicinity. Sometimes, it seems, this is entirely at random, and on other occasions, there is evidence that the phenomenon - or perhaps skill would be a better term - can be controlled, at least to some degree.
And, to prove his point, Evans provides his readers with numerous accounts - from equally numerous walks of life and backgrounds - of people who are possessed of this curious talent. Clearly, as the author shows, this is a worldwide phenomenon, rather than one solely limited to one locale or one particular person.
"— REVIEWS OF THE MYSTERIOUS KIND: Sliders: When The Lights Go Out…
This is an old phenomenon, named after Russian inventor Semyon Davidovich Kirlian, who made it famous in 1939. Its technical principles are simple. In a nutshell, it consists of applying a high voltage electric field near a photographic plate, which, as a result triggers the appearance of a radiating light surrounding the object being photographed. What is most baffling about it, is that, in spite of the phenomenon’s alternate name bio-electrograph, it works for both living beings and innate objects, refuting theories that defend the existence of a human aura, that can be photographed. (via Kirlian Photography: the soul of things
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