The Wizard Clip Haunting

The Most Credible UFO Case Ever? The Lonnie Zamora Incident

Here is the revised Spotify-friendly description: In April 1964, New Mexico police officer Lonnie Zamora chased a speeding car into the desert and came back with one of the strangest UFO reports in American history. He said he saw a white, egg-shaped craft sitting in a dry arroyo near Socorro. He saw two small figures in white coveralls. He heard a roar, saw flames, and later found burned brush and landing marks in the dirt. The Air Force investigated. So did the FBI. Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the Air Force’s own UFO consultant, looked for a normal explanation and couldn’t find one. Project Blue Book eventually marked the case “Unidentified.” In this episode of The Parsonage Files, Rick and Rob walk through the Lonnie Zamora incident, the Socorro landing site, the mysterious red symbol on the craft, the military testing theories, and the reason Zamora’s credibility still makes this case hard to dismiss. And near the end, there’s one more strange detail. Days after Zamora’s encounter, someone else may have seen the same object moving across the New Mexico desert. Whether you believe in UFOs or not, this is one of those stories that refuses to go away. The Parsonage Files tells strange history, UFO cases, hauntings, religious oddities, and unexplained stories with curiosity, humor, and a little brotherly skepticism.

The Wizard Clip Haunting

What if you heard something in your house…and knew it wasn’t anyone you could see? In this episode of The Parsonage Files, we tell the true story of The Wizard Clip Haunting, one of the strangest paranormal stories from early American history. In the 1790s, in what is now Middleway, West Virginia, a dying stranger asked for a Catholic priest. He never got one. Then the Livingston family started hearing it. Clip… clip… clip. Clothes, sheets, and curtains were found cut with the same strange crescent-shaped marks. No one saw who did it. And it went on for years. This is a story about fear, faith, strange history, and what people do when something happens that they cannot explain. Subscribe for more true stories from The Parsonage Files. Keywords: Wizard Clip Haunting, Middleway West Virginia, Cliptown, true ghost story, paranormal podcast, haunted history, religious mystery, early American haunting.

The 1973 Ohio UFO Wave

Description:October 1973. Ohio went strange.Police officers, military pilots, and ordinary people across the state reported lights and objects in the sky they could not explain. One of the most famous cases involved an Army Reserve helicopter near Mansfield. The crew said a glowing object approached them, their instruments acted up, and the helicopter climbed even though the pilot had it set to descend.But that was only part of the story.In this episode of The Parsonage Files, you’ll hear about the 1973 Ohio UFO wave, including the Coyne helicopter encounter, police chases, strange lights over fields, and the sighting reported by Ohio Governor John Gilligan. Decades later, people are still arguing over what really happened.Some of these reports may have ordinary explanations. A few of them still do not.If you enjoy real UFO stories, unsolved mysteries, strange history, and cases that refuse to go away, this one is for you.Watch now and decide for yourself.What was flying over Ohio in 1973?Tags:1973 Ohio UFO wave, Ohio UFO wave, Ohio UFO sightings, 1973 UFO sightings, Mansfield UFO, Coyne helicopter incident, Captain Lawrence Coyne, Ohio unsolved mystery, real UFO stories, historical UFO cases, UFO flap 1973, Dayton UFO sightings, Columbus Ohio UFO, Governor John Gilligan UFO, police UFO encounter, military UFO encounter, paranormal history, unexplained Ohio, UFO documentary, The Parsonage Files

Missionaries vs. Monsters

Missionaries vs. Monsters | The Parsonage FilesThe best monster stories aren't on Reddit. They're buried in old missionary reports — tucked between crop notes and prayer requests. Nobody looks there. Which is exactly why the stories are so good.Tonight, Pastor Rick and his brother Rob dig into three real accounts from church missionaries who ran into something they couldn't explain. A congregational missionary in 1840s Oregon documents giant, rock-throwing creatures the Spokane people called the Men Stealers — more than a century before Bigfoot had a beef jerky deal. A Norwegian Lutheran pastor off the coast of Greenland in 1734 watches something rise out of the sea to the height of his ship's mast. And a Catholic missionary doctor in 1949 Tibet encounters a hairy wilderness healer connected to the Yeti tradition. But that last story takes a turn nobody expected.Three missionaries. Three remote places. Three moments when ordinary ministry collided with something strange.TIMESTAMPS0:00 – Introduction1:25 – Welcome to The Parsonage Files2:30 – Story 1: The Men Stealers — Pacific Northwest, 1840s5:03 – Elkana Walker's mission among the Spokane people6:56 – Giant tracks, bad smells, and three whistles9:42 – Story 2: The Sea Monster — Greenland, 173410:11 – Hans Egede and the lost Norse settlements11:48 – Something rises from the Davis Strait13:28 – What was it? Modern theories15:07 – Story 3: The Healing Yeti — Tibet, 194916:52 – Francis Xavier Eickinger's encounter18:16 – The Naked Lama20:41 – When the real monster isn't the creature22:10 – ClosingNew episodes weekly. Subscribe and hit the bell so you don't miss one.#ChurchHistory #Bigfoot #SeaMonster #Yeti #MissionaryStories #ParsonageFiles #CryptidHistory #PacificNorthwestBigfoot #Greenland #Tibet #WeirdHistory #MonsterStories #FaithAndHistory

The Black Dog of Bungay Church

Something entered that church during the storm... and people never forgot it. In 1577, witnesses said a giant black dog with burning eyes ran through a church service and killed people. In this episode of The Parsonage Files, Pastor Rick and Rob break down one of the wildest church legends in history: The Black Dog of Bungay. A violent storm hits. The church goes dark. Thunder shakes the building. People scream and pray. Then a huge black dog appears inside the church. Was it the Devil? A demonic vision? Ball lightning? A panic story that grew over time? Or did something truly dark step into that church that morning? We dig into the original 1577 account, the deaths in the church, the famous burn marks at Blythburgh, and the real history behind this chilling English legend. If you like scary history, paranormal cases, church mysteries, Black Shuck, haunted places, and strange true stories, you’ll want to hear this one. The Parsonage Files is where Pastor Rick and his brother Rob explore weird church history, Christian legends, and the darker side of old religious stories. Watch now and tell us what you think really happened in Bungay. Visit us at groveportumc.org #BlackDogOfBungay #BlackShuck #Paranormal #HauntedHistory #ChurchMystery #TrueStrangeStories #TheParsonageFiles