Dark Thoughts: Men in Dark Suits
A look at the paranormal with a professional amateur.
Not What You Expect
Since Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones turned them into heroes the Men in Black have been front and center in popular culture. Their origins date back to the mid-1950’s and ufologist Albert K. Bender. They appeared and threatened Bender to stop his “saucer work” several times, usually appearing out of thin air and leaving as suddenly. He claimed they told him the truth about the UFO phenomenon. What Bender learned frightened him so badly that he abandoned his research and never spoke of it again.
Bender suffered from medical conditions that could easily explain what he saw. What it can’t explain is what continues to happen, to this day.
The Typical Experience
The Men in Black continue. They appear in small, inconsequential UFO incidents. MIB’s appear out of nowhere and ask to be invited in. They seem to suppress the will of the people they are talking to. Vague threats are made to not discuss what they’ve seen and to stop all research into the subject. These phantoms dress in a fashion that seems out of time. Their vehicles, if any, are classic era cars in brand new condition. After their bizarre visit, they will typically vanish and are gone.
Most stories of the MIB sound ridiculous when you read them. However, consider the nightmare of waking up with a clown at the foot of your bed though. It sounds silly, but it’s far from it when it happens to you.
What Are They
We have a phenomenon involving well dressed people with seemingly supernatural powers. Traditional explanations only cover a part of the incidents reported. Maybe there’s another explanation. Something beyond even the world of UFO’s. What if they’re tulpas? Something created by the mind of humans and given physical form. Perhaps they sustain themselves by feeding on fear and negative emotions? What if the reason they stick to smaller UFO cases is to be the focus of the sighting? What if, in the end, we brought these phantoms on ourselves?
Further Reading:
Nick Redfern’s Website – Prolific Author on the subject
Nick Redfern on Amazon – His Author Page on Amazon
The Mothman Prophecies by John Keel – An amazing number of Men in Black encounters
Albert K. Bender – Wikipedia article on the man who started the nonsense
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So I happened upon this very cheesecake-heavy premiere issue of Extremes of Violet, complete with pinups by some of the comic book greats of the time, and decided to make some Peeping Toms collage art by incorporating the voluptuous vixen into various crystal pieces to create a sort of fishbowl effect centered largely on her bosom (which is unavoidable).
Each of the Peeping Toms is shown from three angles because of how much the pieces shift as the light plays off the crystal. I started with these star forms.
The second bowl was even a bit iridescent, and violet at that!
Next I did a series of really perky busty bowls, which really get the feeling across that you are looking through the tiny peephole in a door as well as exemplifying the content even more. Note: these are shown in two rows with side details as well, so there are a lot of pics here…
I experimented a little and tried a couple of other scenes, like the portrait, as well. She’s staring back at the Peeping Toms…
I also tried this more square bowl form.
And finally, I found this little heart, which is my personal favorite of the group.
These works are a continuation of my Creepy Comics collage series, shown on Haunted MTL here.
Creepy Comics 5
Feel free to check out more of Jennifer Weigel’s work here on Haunted MTL or on her writing, fine art, and conceptual projects websites.
So I probably should have taken a before picture, but I found a faux wood stained plaster Jesus statue and turned it into Zombie Christ. Because it’s the second second coming. Or something. It’s kind of an offshoot of my nail polish paintings reappropriating thrift store art…
Anyway without further ado, I present…
I was a little concerned that I made him too green at first, but I’m happy with the finished result. This statue just looked so anguished. It’s eyes had been closed but I like them better open and even painted them with blacklight reactive nail polish so they will stand out even more and be interactive in other ways to add creepy factor.
Sadly I don’t have a blacklight anymore or I’d share a picture that way too. Oh well. I’ll leave you with a fun detail shot instead.
Next time I may make him more gray than green though. We shall see…
Feel free to check out more of Jennifer Weigel’s work here on Haunted MTL or on her writing, fine art, and conceptual projects websites.
So it’s been awhile since we’ve looked at some of the things I have gathered, so I thought I’d bring back my art collection for another round… Here are the first and second highlights in case you missed earlier explorations.
From left to right: M Pena Windstone Editions bat-winged flap cat, bone mask by Terry and Susan Wright, wood cat in skull by labcreature, real hair art by myself, pencil drawing of Barbarois Elder for Vampire Hunter D anime cel
From left to right: Barbarois Elder for Vampire Hunter D anime cel, Turn Me Royal portrait of my father and stepmother as Frankenstein’s monster and his bride, painted horse skull
Left to right: Overgrowth by Ellie Bradley, heart by TenderFlesh, praying devil girl by Torman’s Treasures
And a vintage plastic 2-foot Jack O Lantern I got at a yard sale and have kept on display on his very own stool in the living room since. So happy.
Anyway, there are some more highlights from my art collection, as it is always growing and evolving. I have lucked into several of these pieces at antique and thrift stores or acquired them from the artists or more. And yes, I still have Da Ting the taxidermy shih-tzu from the first of these posts.
