Post by wildfire on Jan 30, 2005 9:23:52 GMT -5
Lady Wonder: The Psychic Horse
Soon after a Richmond, Virginia, woman named Mrs. Lord purchased a two-week-old filly in 1925, the animal began to behave in odd ways. She came trotting toward her owners before they called her --- as soon as they THOUGHT about calling her. A couple of years later the horse, named Lady Wonder, could count and spell short words by maneuvering toy blocks around with her nose.
Lady Wonder used her unusual talents to predict the future with startling accuracy. For example, according to the Chicago Tribune, the horse predicted that Franklin D. Roosevelt would be the next president before he had EVEN been nominated. And in 14 out of 17 years, the mare correctly predicted the winner of the World Series. Mrs. Lord, would let people ask Lady Wonder questions, charging 50 cents a question. She quit allowing sports questions, when she learned that some people were using Lady Wonder’s predictions to take the “gamble” out of gambling, on baseball games and horse-races. In at least two tragic cases involving the deaths of children, Lady Wonder was also able to supply facts that even the Police had been unable to uncover.
In the early 1950's, Lady Wonder was asked by authorities in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, if she could help then find four year old Danny Matson, who had been missing for months. The horse “told” police to go to a water-filled stone quarry. The site had already searched, twice before, without yielding any evidence connected to the case. But the police decided to give it one more try — and they did find the body of little Danny. Just as Lady Wonder had “said” they would.
In October 1955, another boy, three- year-old Ronnie Weitcamp, disappeared after he left three playmates in his front yard and scooted around his family’s central Indiana house. Sheriff’s deputies and the Indiana state police, accompanied by an estimated fifteen hundred employees of local naval depot, combed thousands of wooded acres near Ronnie’s home looking for the toddler. While this was one of the largest “manhunts” in U.S. History, still, there was not a trace of the little boy.
Stories and rumors flew! Some people had claimed to have seen Ronnie, “Taken by a tall, dark man.” Reports of sightings of Ronnie came in from all over the country, and even Europe! He was “Definitely seen in California”. Had Ronnie been kidnaped or murdered? Was he lost? What had become of this little boy? Leads and fruitless clues poured into the police department, but no solid evidence developed. Ronnie Weitcamp had disappeared. By October 22, the fruitless search was called off.
Remembering the strangle tale of Lady Wonder, journalist Frank Edwards , then news director of television station WTTV in Bloomington, contacted a friend who lived in Washington, DC. After Frank Edwards convinced his friend, that he was NOT DRINKING, that he WAS NOT KIDDING, and that he was INDEED SERIOUS, about his friend driving out to Richmond, to meet a lady with a “Talking Horse”! And that after meeting Mrs. Lord, to asked her to let him TALK to her horse, to see if her “talking mare” could offer any help in finding little Danny Weitcamp! Finally the friend (Obviously a GOOD FRIEND) agreed to make the trip. Which the friend felt was a waste of time, pride and gasoline, at BEST!
Although already thirty years of age, extremely old for a horse, Lady Wonder was still able to “talk.” Mrs. Lord was NOT informed of the true nature of the visit, other than “to see this incredible horse.” Reluctantly, Mrs. Lord allowed Edward’s friend to dubiously, ask several questions.
In answer to the doubtful question of “Do you know why we are here?” The horse immediately spelled out “B-O-Y.” By flipping over large tin letters that hung from a bar across her stall. When asked the boy’s name, the mare turned up the letters “R-O-N-E,” as if trying to spell Ronnie.
The friend WAS immediately interested!
“Was he taken somewhere?” “N-O”<br>“Where is he now?” “H-O-L-E”<br>“Is it far from where he was last seen?” “N-O”
“Is it more than a 1/4 mile away?” “Y-E-S”<br>“Is it more than a mile away?” “N-O”<br>“What type of soil is the hole in?” “S-A-N-D”<br>“Is there a large tree nearby?” “Y-E-S”<br>“What type of tree?” “E-L-M”<br>“Is Ronnie alive or dead?” “D-E-D”<br>“Will he be found?” “Y-E-S”<br>“When?” “D-E-C”<br>With that, Lady Wonder, turned and walked out of her stall.
The interview, was over.
According to Lady Wonder, the boy was dead. He had not been kidnaped and he would be found in a hole, in sandy soil, more than a 1/4 mile but less than a mile, from his home, near an elm tree, and that he would be found in December.
Edwards broadcast the information provided by the “talking”, telepathic horse on Oct 24,1955. Predictable the story received widespread ridicule and criticism.
Many were furious about a “reputable paper, selling copy with such heartless non-sense, at the emotional expense of Ronnie’s family!”<br>
Then . . . two teenagers found Ronnie’s body.
The child was found near an elm tree in a sandy gully, about 3/4 of a mile from where he was last seen alive. And he was found in Dec, just as the remarkable Lady Wonder had predicted nearly two months earlier.
Soon after a Richmond, Virginia, woman named Mrs. Lord purchased a two-week-old filly in 1925, the animal began to behave in odd ways. She came trotting toward her owners before they called her --- as soon as they THOUGHT about calling her. A couple of years later the horse, named Lady Wonder, could count and spell short words by maneuvering toy blocks around with her nose.
Lady Wonder used her unusual talents to predict the future with startling accuracy. For example, according to the Chicago Tribune, the horse predicted that Franklin D. Roosevelt would be the next president before he had EVEN been nominated. And in 14 out of 17 years, the mare correctly predicted the winner of the World Series. Mrs. Lord, would let people ask Lady Wonder questions, charging 50 cents a question. She quit allowing sports questions, when she learned that some people were using Lady Wonder’s predictions to take the “gamble” out of gambling, on baseball games and horse-races. In at least two tragic cases involving the deaths of children, Lady Wonder was also able to supply facts that even the Police had been unable to uncover.
In the early 1950's, Lady Wonder was asked by authorities in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, if she could help then find four year old Danny Matson, who had been missing for months. The horse “told” police to go to a water-filled stone quarry. The site had already searched, twice before, without yielding any evidence connected to the case. But the police decided to give it one more try — and they did find the body of little Danny. Just as Lady Wonder had “said” they would.
In October 1955, another boy, three- year-old Ronnie Weitcamp, disappeared after he left three playmates in his front yard and scooted around his family’s central Indiana house. Sheriff’s deputies and the Indiana state police, accompanied by an estimated fifteen hundred employees of local naval depot, combed thousands of wooded acres near Ronnie’s home looking for the toddler. While this was one of the largest “manhunts” in U.S. History, still, there was not a trace of the little boy.
Stories and rumors flew! Some people had claimed to have seen Ronnie, “Taken by a tall, dark man.” Reports of sightings of Ronnie came in from all over the country, and even Europe! He was “Definitely seen in California”. Had Ronnie been kidnaped or murdered? Was he lost? What had become of this little boy? Leads and fruitless clues poured into the police department, but no solid evidence developed. Ronnie Weitcamp had disappeared. By October 22, the fruitless search was called off.
Remembering the strangle tale of Lady Wonder, journalist Frank Edwards , then news director of television station WTTV in Bloomington, contacted a friend who lived in Washington, DC. After Frank Edwards convinced his friend, that he was NOT DRINKING, that he WAS NOT KIDDING, and that he was INDEED SERIOUS, about his friend driving out to Richmond, to meet a lady with a “Talking Horse”! And that after meeting Mrs. Lord, to asked her to let him TALK to her horse, to see if her “talking mare” could offer any help in finding little Danny Weitcamp! Finally the friend (Obviously a GOOD FRIEND) agreed to make the trip. Which the friend felt was a waste of time, pride and gasoline, at BEST!
Although already thirty years of age, extremely old for a horse, Lady Wonder was still able to “talk.” Mrs. Lord was NOT informed of the true nature of the visit, other than “to see this incredible horse.” Reluctantly, Mrs. Lord allowed Edward’s friend to dubiously, ask several questions.
In answer to the doubtful question of “Do you know why we are here?” The horse immediately spelled out “B-O-Y.” By flipping over large tin letters that hung from a bar across her stall. When asked the boy’s name, the mare turned up the letters “R-O-N-E,” as if trying to spell Ronnie.
The friend WAS immediately interested!
“Was he taken somewhere?” “N-O”<br>“Where is he now?” “H-O-L-E”<br>“Is it far from where he was last seen?” “N-O”
“Is it more than a 1/4 mile away?” “Y-E-S”<br>“Is it more than a mile away?” “N-O”<br>“What type of soil is the hole in?” “S-A-N-D”<br>“Is there a large tree nearby?” “Y-E-S”<br>“What type of tree?” “E-L-M”<br>“Is Ronnie alive or dead?” “D-E-D”<br>“Will he be found?” “Y-E-S”<br>“When?” “D-E-C”<br>With that, Lady Wonder, turned and walked out of her stall.
The interview, was over.
According to Lady Wonder, the boy was dead. He had not been kidnaped and he would be found in a hole, in sandy soil, more than a 1/4 mile but less than a mile, from his home, near an elm tree, and that he would be found in December.
Edwards broadcast the information provided by the “talking”, telepathic horse on Oct 24,1955. Predictable the story received widespread ridicule and criticism.
Many were furious about a “reputable paper, selling copy with such heartless non-sense, at the emotional expense of Ronnie’s family!”<br>
Then . . . two teenagers found Ronnie’s body.
The child was found near an elm tree in a sandy gully, about 3/4 of a mile from where he was last seen alive. And he was found in Dec, just as the remarkable Lady Wonder had predicted nearly two months earlier.
