May 24, 2002: Open Lines - Monsters and Disturbing Entities
May 24, 2002: Open Lines - Monsters and Disturbing Entities  
Podcast: The Art Bell Archive
Published On: Fri Apr 11 2025
Description: Art Bell opens the phone lines for a themed Friday night session built around three listener-suggested topics. Callers share short-term predictions for the next six weeks, first-person encounters with monsters and unknown creatures, and accounts of sexual encounters with unseen entities or forces. A truck driver describes witnessing a massive winged shadow creature stalking a hiker in the California moonlight, while multiple callers recount being physically held down by invisible presences in their own bedrooms.The evening also touches on breaking news, including an FBI whistleblower accusing headquarters of obstructing pre-September 11 surveillance requests, and a Scotland Yard case in which a stabbed bouncer was found lying in a pool of non-human blood. Paul Harvey first reported the London story, and DNA samples are being sent to a veterinary genetics lab in California for analysis.Throughout the program, Art reads listener emails describing changes in the sun's intensity and color, with painters, photographers, and outdoor workers all reporting that sunlight feels more penetrating and white than in previous years. A caller from Kokomo, Indiana, also reports on the mysterious low-frequency hum plaguing his city and driving residents to abandon their homes.