Third Man reports

The Third Man and The Last Stand

John Geiger — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:57:48 -0400

In "Dreams", a chapter in The Last Stand, his retelling of Custer's defeat at the hands of Sitting Bull and his Lakota warriors, Nathaniel Philbrick recounts the visions experienced by young Lakota men on spirit quests: "A vision could occur at any pivotal moment in a Lakota"s life. After days without food and water, alone, often on a mountaintop…

Third Man in Ontario

John Geiger — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:54:54 -0400

The Canadian Press has reported a woman who was lost in northwestern Ontario for six days was comforted by a Third Man. The story, written by reporter Steve Lambert and published by the Toronto Star, details the ordeal of Valerie Cain, who was lost when she stopped for a break during a July 12 drive to Red Lake.. She saw some rapids off the…

Nancy Reagan still sees 'Ronnie' when alone at night

John Geiger — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:32:43 -0400

In a case of the Widow Effect described in The Third Man Factor, Nancy Reagan, the former First Lady, has revealed she still sees her deceased husband, U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Mrs. Reagan told Vanity Fair magazine: “It sounds strange, but … I see Ronnie. At nighttime, if I wake up, I think Ronnie’s there, and I start to talk to him.…

Robert Manry logbooks now online

John Geiger — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:42:14 -0500

One interesting case that is not in The Third Man Factor involves Robert Manry, of Willowick, Ohio, who in 1965 sailed a small boat, Tinkerbelle, alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 78 days. He wrote in his logbook on June 14, after being repeatedly swept overboard in very rough seas, “I must say that I have had the most uncanny feeling of…