My dear friend Mac Tonnies has passed away. He was a wonderful person, and one of the bright young lights in paranormal research and thought. This is an excerpt from Radio Misterioso with our good pal Greg Bishop, from 2006, which we recorded live in the studio at killradio.org in Los Angeles while Mac and I were there filming Best Evidence: Top 10 UFO Sightings.

For the entire show, see:
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/pr…

– Paul Kimball

Tonight (11/01) Nick and filmmaker Paul Kimball will join me for a special edition of Radio Misterioso. As many of you may know, our friend and fellow writer Mac Tonnies passed away on October 18th. We will recall times spent with him and review some of his work as well as what we know about the release of his last book, tentatively titled The Cryptoterrestrials.

Paul and Nick have been in contact with Mac’s parents and will offer some information on Mac’s last days as well as the condition of his affairs. We will open up the phone line in the last segment of the program for anyone who wants to talk about Mac and how he affected them.

The show will be recorded and will be available for download within a few days.

- Greg Bishop

• From cyberpunk author William Gibson’s twitter feed:
  “Very sad to learn of the death of @mactonnies. Whip-smart young Fortean surrealist dudes are too thin on the ground to begin with.”
  twitter.com/GreatDismal/status/5096995349
• Mac Tonnies Gone – Shocked and saddened almost beyond words – Greg Bishop
  www.ufomystic.com/2009/10/22/mac-tonnies-gone/
• Paul Kimball
  redstarfilms.blogspot.com/2009/10/mac-tonnies-passes-away.html
• Kithra
  kithraskrystalkave.blogspot.com/2009/10/mac-tonnies-dies.html
• Greg of The Daily Grail
  www.dailygrail.com/news/vale-mac-tonnies
• Nick Redfern
  www.ufomystic.com/2009/10/23/remembering-mac/
• Mac Tonnies has died
  www.rigorousintuition.ca/board/viewtopic.php?t=25566
• Mystery Death: Mac Tonnies, 34
  copycateffect.blogspot.com/2009/10/tonnies.html

• Alien Hypotheses on Coast to Coast AM with Guest Mac Tonnies

9-28-09  /   Host: George Noory

Author, blogger and Fortean researcher Mac Tonnies argued that the ET hypothesis (that aliens are visiting our world from other star systems) is somewhat of an outmoded concept, and the truth may be stranger than we can imagine, involving a myriad of overlapping explanations. The notion of parallel worlds has gained credence in the scientific world, and the aliens could represent a kind of symbiosis with beings from another dimension, he noted. The so-called ETs could be a species of intelligent non-humans, or “Cryptoterrestrials” (the title of his forthcoming book) who covertly share our planet with us. Because aliens are typically described as a bipedal and human-like species, it suggests to him they have developed here on Earth.

Yet, the prototypical alien– the spindly, big headed ‘grey,’ has the physique to be an ideal astronaut with few physical requirements– perhaps they were designed for space travel, Tonnies commented. Cultural associations also influence how the aliens are perceived. In Zimbabwe for instance, entities wearing silvery suits associated with metallic craft have been described as the “ghosts of ancestors,” he detailed. Regarding the alien’s reported hybridization program, we could be dealing with something beyond the understanding of our neurological hard-wiring, he said.

Tonnies sees humans themselves in a kind of transitional state, eventually merging with technology and becoming more evolved and compassionate. He also talked about how some of the artifacts on Mars, such as at Cydonia, are a genuine scientific mystery. While not yet definitive proof of ET presence, they merit serious study, he said.
www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2009/09/28#

• They Came from … Earth? An Interview With Mac Tonnies
  www.alterati.com/blog/?p=36

Mac Tonnies talks about The Cryptoterrestrial

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AMdFoxBfBw

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOt_ip_Llls

posthumanblues.blogspot.com
www.MacTonnies.com