Creepy Story.

[Forward Union]

This is a psychology question,

During an early morning Australian radio show, a caller referring to himself as "Bongo" rings in and gives an account of an incident he suffered as a trucker in 1978. He claims his truck ran out of fuel, after he took a wrong turn in the Pilliga, one of the largest natural reserves in Australia. During the night, around 3 or four AM, he was supposedly attacked by a mysterious creature, which dragged him from the truck deep into the dark woods of the Pilliga, to a lair decorated with severed legs. He doesn't go into much detail but was not used or killed by the creature, only to be found by a logging truck in the morning. This incident disturbed him so much he has been in psychiatric care ever since. The story makes complete sense, the route he describes exists and the turn off easy to miss, etc.

You can listen to the account here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXFZ2Yv38nM&feature=related)

I believe this is a real person, that he was a truck driver in the late 1970s, and I believe that his truck broke down and that he is now in care. I obviously don't believe that there are any such creatures deep in the Pilliga. I have a difficult time beliving that the caller called "Bongo" is a total prankster.

If you listen to his voice he seems to be genuinely terrified, stutters and finds in painful to "recollect" in other words he seems to truly believe that this happened to him. Assuming the account of the creature attacking him is not true, which illness can cause this kind of false recollection?

[Vorchev]

Schizophrenia? Maybe Borderline?

[Book O'Dead]

Maybe, before his fateful wrong turn, he was already delusional.

Or maybe the Chupacabra moved to Australia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra

[Jimmie Higgins]

It can be any number of things. If it was actual schizophrenia then there probably wouldn't just be one instance of a severe delusion but waves of it and I'm sure he would have been diagnosed. Then again, if he was schizophrenic the whole thing could just be a delusion to explain his psychiatric care to himself. It would definitely seem like a real memory and cause real terror to him.

Patrick Cocburn's son has schizophrenia and they wrote a book together about it - I read an excerpt in the Independent that was very interesting and moving:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/patrick-cockburn-my-son-the-schizophrenic-925400.html

[The Fighting_Crusnik]

Could be schizophrenia, but considering how many screwed up people there are in the world, any chance that he was nearly picked off by some crazy guy who, for whatever reason, decided to spare him?

[Red Rabbit]

Could be schizophrenia, but considering how many screwed up people there are in the world, any chance that he was nearly picked off by some crazy guy who, for whatever reason, decided to spare him?

This seems most likely to me.

[Book O'Dead]

The times are such to turn anyone delusional. Imagine having to drive long, lonely stretches of road carrying all of the urban demons in your speed-addled brain. Added to that are the weird noises in the dark when you stop your truck to get a bit of shuteye. It's a paranoiac's wet dream!

Who remembers here the scene in Waiting for Guffman where they interview some guy who says he was abducted by a UFO?


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Here's a preview of the movie itself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmkjNb3jiJc

[Deicide]

As I began reading this, I thought it was going to be about an Alien abduction. Anyway, he was most likely a headcase before this or this was the first outbreak of psychosis.

[Halleluhwah]

As I began reading this, I thought it was going to be about an Alien abduction.

The truth is out there.


Anyway, he was most likely a headcase before this or this was the first outbreak of psychosis

If it happened in 1978, then I would wonder whether he has experienced similar outbreaks while under psychiatric care.

[Hexen]

Maybe, before his fateful wrong turn, he was already delusional.

Or maybe the Chupacabra moved to Australia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra

Well actually try to study Aboriginal folklore/mythology to find a connection of the creature he's talking about (since the world doesn't revolve around the American continent). You never know....

Edit: There is a connection in Aboriginal folklore, it's most likely a Yowie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yowie) or Bunyip (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunyip).

[CryingWolf]

Confabulation.

[Os Cangaceiros]

The OP obviously doesn't listen to Coast to Coast AM w/ George Noory. That story is downright normal compared to some of what the wingnuts who call into that show say.

[Forward Union]

The OP obviously doesn't listen to Coast to Coast AM w/ George Noory. That story is downright normal compared to some of what the wingnuts who call into that show say.

haha well in that case I might have to start

[Revolution starts with U]

The OP obviously doesn't listen to Coast to Coast AM w/ George Noory. That story is downright normal compared to some of what the wingnuts who call into that show say.

Coast to Coast?! :wub:

[DasFapital]

maybe throw some sleep paralysis in there too.

[Comrade Samuel]

I hear sleep depervation can can cause you to start seeing things, he said himself it happened about 3 or 4 and who knows how many hours he had already been driving before that.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Coast to Coast?! :wub:

I really like Coast to Coast AM. George is so polite to all his guests, even the ones who obviously escaped from the insane asylum. I love how he says "Fascinating!" to whatever they say, no matter how inane it sounds, and he always makes it sound sincere, not like he's condescending. "Oh, you were abducted by aliens, and they gave you an anal probe? Fascinating! You took peyote in the Sonoran desert and saw a yeti? Fascinating!"

The only time I ever heard skepticism in his voice was when he had some guest on who claimed that all religious figures such as Buddah and Jesus (and Santa Claus) were actually just methaphores for magic mushrooms. The guest mentioned something about Julius Caesar, and George said, "What about Julius, was he a mushroom too?", to which the guest replied (obviously irritated) "No, he was a historical figure."

[Sperm-Doll Setsuna]

Edit: There is a connection in Aboriginal folklore, it's most likely a Yowie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yowie) or Bunyip (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunyip).

The Bunyip was severely deformed by settlers misconception as to its nature and furthermore, even this one's behaviour does not fit this story. Usually the Bunyip was almost exclusively limited to swamps.

I'm sure Rex Gilroy, another man marked by psychosis and other severe psychiatric ailments, has been all over this case, spouting some demented rubbish.

Coast to Coast AM should be forced off the air, bet that cooking cesspit of insanity has contributed to mental health problems for thousands.

[Raúl Duke]

Aliens. It was Aliens.