Happenings
The clairvoyant's tale
When my granny married my grandpa, she brought a maid with her, from her parental house. Eventually she became a family member. This lady had a peculiar ability to see into the future. Her inborn power of clairvoyance benefited us in many ways. I can still remember one incident.
We used to live in Comilla. I was a very small child at the time, but I can remember every bit of the incident. My third uncle was a banker and served in Calcutta (Kolkata). He came to Comilla during the Puja holidays and wanted to go back after the vacation was over. He was supposed to go by train to Chandpur, then by steamer to Goalondo and again by train to Sealdah. This was the route at that time. The night before the very day he was supposed to leave for Chandpur, the maid had a dream. She dreamt of a train accident that killed many.
Next morning she made quite a fuss about it which ultimately barred my uncle from leaving for Calcutta. And what a tragic surprise! The train bound for Chandpur met with a severe accident which left many passengers dead and fatally wounded. There was then little doubt that the maid was clairvoyant.
Everybody experiences dreams, but a clairvoyant dreams images, or experiences sounds or voices and foresees some sort of danger. Clairvoyance is the ability to see into the future. A clairvoyant can also see things that others cannot, like auras, spirits and energies. By consulting with these spirits the clairvoyant can find all kinds of answers which are not otherwise available. Sometimes clairvoyants are used to help investigations in solving crimes or get clues to crimes committed.
It was an amazing incident that took place in August 1970. Sirens were screaming, four petrol cars roared through the coast road leading off the Pacific highway alongside the Spanish-style beach house of Leon Harris. Inside the house blood was splattered all over the floor and walls, furniture had been overturned and smashed. The battered bodies of Leon Harris, his wife and their two daughters lay in the pool of blood on the floor. A box containing 2,000 dollars was missing. Possibly the killer had been looking for money, and, strangely enough, he left no clues. The homicidal scene was uncannily bereft of clues.
Days passed, and the detectives felt helpless and baffled. Eventually Los Angeles police thought of taking help from a clairvoyant. In fact, at the time the police department had a panel of 15 psychics to help investigations from time to time. "I was beginning to come to the conclusion that a good psychic and a good detective were often an unbeatable combination," said detective Ray Gros, who helped psychic investigations in Los Angeles. So Dutch-born Jan Steers was called in. At forty-five, Steers was a renowned psychic investigator in America.
Two nights later, Steers rang Gros with some uncanny news. "I have discovered the clue that will give you a major lead. There is a small room next to the living room in which the killing took place," he told Gros.
"Go into this room and you will find the murderer's finger prints. They are on the right hand side of the door jamb, five feet four and a half inches from the floor." They were exactly there, only at a quarter inch difference!
"Come down to the station and we'll throw you in jail. There's no way you could know this unless you are the murderer," Gros told the clairvoyant.
But actually Steers had been in San Fransisco on the day of the murder. Moreover, he had no access into the house where the murder had taken place. He also knew the details of the killing……. that the killer was a labourer, worked with metal, probably in a foundry. Meanwhile, the fingerprints were checked and they were found to be of a Mexican with a previous record of violence, but who had never been in police custody over the years. After extensive enquiries a month later, the killer was located in a foundry in Detroit. It was proved that he had not been at work in August 1970. Eventually he admitted committing the murder and was awarded life imprisonment.
"Jan was 100 per cent right in his predictions. Everything he said was true!" said Ray Gros.
"It's not the first time a baffling case has been solved by a clairvoyant. We treat them seriously and it's paid off!"
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