UPDATE: Bell visa granted

By William R. Toler

Last week on Coast to Coast A.M., host George Noory informed the audience that Art Bell’s wife Airyn was granted her permanent visa.

While broadcasting from Manila, Bell, creator of the overnight radio show, had told listeners of his plight and encouraged them to flood President Barack Obama with emails to try and fix the debacle. He had also written a letter to Sen. Harry Reid for assistance, before being informed that his bride’s visa application had been terminated.

Bell’s problem caught the attention of millions of listeners and the alternative press, including the Independent Register.

Congratulations Art and Airyn. I hope to hear your broadcast again from the high desert.

Orwellian world

By William R. Toler

I often wonder if I’m becoming too paranoid.

I’ve asked several people that question and haven’t really gotten a response. Although when I told my estranged wife I had just purchased 1984, she said I should lay off that type of stuff.

But, after reading the first two chapters of George Orwell‘s classic novel, it seems apparent that the world of “Big Brother” is fast approaching. Truth is stranger than fiction, but what is stranger is when fiction becomes truth.

Georgia bigfoot a hoax

By William R. Toler

According to cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, the reported Bigfoot find in northern Georgia is a hoax.

Following Friday’s press conference — in which the supposed finders of the creature provided no new information, and even contradicted their stories — Coleman told George Noory, host of Coast to Coast A.M., that he was 99 percent sure the Bigfoot was not real.

Prior to Coleman’s dismissal, mask and prop maker Chuck Jarman announced on the international radio program that the bigfoot in the photo was a costume he created two years ago.

Coleman also said that high-profile claims that turn out to be hoaxes can be detrimental to those who are genuine in their search for the unknown.