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Little Boxes Archive Update - Document 101
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 		Little Boxes Archive Update - Document 101
The Story about the falling house (formerly Document 85) is now Document 100.

Plus there's a Document 101 - "Seeing no Red"
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Document #101 Created by beth
Status: Unverified
Classification: Location: US-West, Year: 2003

Summary
The color red disappears from site leaving hikers amused.

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On October 16, 2003, several visitors to Caribou National Forest reported trouble with their vision. Those affected were unable to distinguish the color red, yet all other colors appeared normal. The effect was felt in a small area of the park, just east of Pocatello, ID. When visitors left that area, vision returned to normal. While the cause has not yet been determined, officials have been unable to duplicate the effect making further investigation difficult. When questioned, one official expressed his belief that it was a drug induced incident by "those unruly hippies".


Update: This was previously Document 88

So was it known before?
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 		Plus there are new archives 86-91.

Of these, #89 [edit here with a loud AGGRRR - I make too many mistakes in numbers lately] describes virtually the same phenomenon as #72.

It's as if they are drawing our attention to certain archives, especially "Fallen House", which has been addressed at length by Beth in her e-mail.
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 		Re: Little Boxes Archive Update - Document 101
Marl64 wrote:
The Story about the falling house (formerly Document 85) is now Document 100.

Plus there's a Document 101 - "Seeing no Red"
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Document #101 Created by beth
Status: Unverified
Classification: Location: US-West, Year: 2003

Summary
The color red disappears from site leaving hikers amused.

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On October 16, 2003, several visitors to Caribou National Forest reported trouble with their vision. Those affected were unable to distinguish the color red, yet all other colors appeared normal. The effect was felt in a small area of the park, just east of Pocatello, ID. When visitors left that area, vision returned to normal. While the cause has not yet been determined, officials have been unable to duplicate the effect making further investigation difficult. When questioned, one official expressed his belief that it was a drug induced incident by "those unruly hippies".


Didn't Bruce Willis' character have a similar condition in that awful movie Color of Night? He unintentionally pushed a patient to suicide, and he was so traumatized from the blood splattered when the patient went splat, he couldn't see the color red. It just looked gray to him.

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 		seeing red
two things:
1) wouldn't looking through green (i think that's the color) make it so you can't see red? I'm trying to remember how the back of my old transformer boxes worked...
2) i compared the archive with the mirror on BriEnigma's site, and things have been moved around:

62 (non thermal fire) --> 92
64 (mystery lights) --> 93
77 (thruster flare) --> 95
70 (cow trip) --> 96
83 (fireworks) --> 97
71 (cat) --> 98
74 (watch step) --> 99
85 (fallen house) --> 100

could be a hint that these are important, like was mentioned before. The fallen house has been stressed a lot. Also, i was thinking, it could potentially be code. if so, the order of the old numbers (including gaps from new materials) is:
62 64 77 70 83 71 74 85

[edit] hmm gaps didn't translate, but they'd be between 64 and 77 [/edit]

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 		Re: Little Boxes Archive Update - Document 101
OldMatador wrote:
Didn't Bruce Willis' character have a similar condition in that awful movie Color of Night? He unintentionally pushed a patient to suicide, and he was so traumatized from the blood splattered when the patient went splat, he couldn't see the color red. It just looked gray to him.


Huh...I don't know about that (never saw the movie), but that just reminded me of Toni Morrison's Beloved. In that book (which is amazing, btw), the main character stops seeing colors after the death of her child (the last color she saw was the pink of the tombstone, if I remember correctly). Probably not relevant, but who knows, with this game? That book had many paranormal incidents as well...

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wouldn't looking through green (i think that's the color) make it so you can't see red?


Yeah, that's it. I'm colorblind, basically it means your optical color wheel is reversed, or nonexistant in extreme cases. So what you just said is kind of like how I see the world.

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 		Re: seeing red
aegir wrote:
i compared the archive with the mirror on BriEnigma's site, and things have been moved around:

We saw a while back that Document 53 was the same as Document 51 (Not listed but there) but with the location added.

This suggests that when a document is updated, the new version takes the next available number and the old one is removed.

Therefore all documents with a different number have been updated in some way and their new position indicates the order they were updated.

Perhaps we should be looking for differences between the documents to see if any new information has been added that way.

UPDATE: Checked all the ones listed above, plus one you missed (67 -> 94 Loss of Visible Light) but can see no textual changes between the old and new ones.

Damn! Rolling Eyes
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 		Well, all I can say here is that the type of colorblindness inferred here is protanopia (red/green colorblindness, eyes have no red cones, or only a small amount of them). I have protanopia, to a lesser extent (same as protanopia, but less green cones instead of red). However, both of these are purely genetic, and most likely, they have nothing to do with this "phenomenon."

Well, actually, colorblindness is not always... genetic...

[Just read this last night]
"Some chemicals -- solvents used in dry cleaning and in manufacturing products from powerboats to rayon -- can also damage color vision."
-From National Geographic, June 2003, "Who Knew?" sidepanel

Once again, I highly doubt this has anything to do with the sudden colorblindness, because the report described their vision as returning to normal after leaving the area. I'd think that the damage done by the chemicals mentioned above would be irreversible...

But, I just thought I'd enlighten everyone on the subject of colorblindness, because I felt like it...

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 		Hang on, I wonder if this document shuffling is to distract us from seeing new stuff?

yanka wrote:
Plus there are new archives 86-91.


Sorry Yanka, missed this the first time 'round.

Embarassed Hmm much confusion, so I guess the shuffling worked Wink

Here's the full list of new files.
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If you Ever Navigated

Document #86 Created by beth
Status: Logical explanation
Classification: Location: US-Northeast, Year: 2003

Summary
Unmanned but fully loaded antique barge found on disused portion of the Erie Canal.
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A historically accurate and fully loaded barge was discovered floating in a disused branch of the Erie Canal when three cyclists noticed the vessel run up against the side of the canal. Carrying several tons of coal, as well as barrels of metal nails, sacks of cloth, and barrels of salted fish, the barge seems to be an accurate reproduction of a turn of the century vessel. Despite signs that the vessel has been lived in (food and water, along with bedding was discovered in a forward cabin), there is no indication as to how the barge came to be on that section of the canal, which was shut down in the early 80's. An investigation by local police is ongoing.

This could be a tourist oriented publicity stunt staged by the village Museum or the local Society for the Renewal of the Erie Canal in order to increase tourist interest in the Canal's history.
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Mirror Failure

Document #87 Created by beth
Status: Debated
Classification: Location: Europe, Year: 2003

Summary
Mirrors located in a house in St Austell seem to lose the ability to reflect objects.
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All of the mirrors in the home of J. Miller (a lifetime resident of St Austell) have lost the ability to reflect the human face. While other items in the room appear in the mirrors, people standing in front of them are not visible. New mirrors which reflect normally outside of the house lose their reflective abilities inside the home, and mirrors that are behaving abnormally inside the house return to "normal" once removed to the yard or street.

Mr. Miller has been charging visitors a small fee to sit in his living room and "not see themselves" in the mirrors. It is possible that he has altered the light in his house to affect the mirrors, but no scientific explanation has been found at this time.
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Seeing no Red

Document #88 Created by beth
Status: Unverified
Classification: Location: US-West, Year: 2003

Summary
The color red disappears from site leaving hikers amused.
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On October 16, 2003, several visitors to Caribou National Forest reported trouble with their vision. Those affected were unable to distinguish the color red, yet all other colors appeared normal. The effect was felt in a small area of the park, just east of Pocatello, ID. When visitors left that area, vision returned to normal. While the cause has not yet been determined, officials have been unable to duplicate the effect making further investigation difficult. When questioned, one official expressed his belief that it was a drug induced incident by "those unruly hippies".
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Casino faces fraud charge
Document #89 Created by beth
Status: Logical explanation
Classification: Location: US-Midwest, Year: 2003

Summary
A casino located on tribal land faces charges of fraud after visitors reported being dealt identical hands on several occasions.
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Visitors to a tribal casino in early October reported that they were dealt identical hands at several tables during the course of a single evening. Members of one senior citizen's tour group noticed that every one of them had been dealt the same hand at different tables. Three members of this group have also reported being dealt the same cards in the same order in two consecutive games. The casino owners are investigating, but at least one Casino employee reported that the dealers noticed the recurring hands and "felt a little odd about the whole thing" but that there was no fraud or attempt to mislead the casino patrons.

Despite the Casino's assurances, this can be explained as either a very poor attempt to defraud the casino patrons, more likely an attempt by an unhappy employee (or anti-casino organization) to discredit the Casino.
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Bells at Midnight

Document #90 Created by beth
Status: No logical explanation
Classification: Location: Europe, Year: 2003

Summary
Campers in Vanoise National Park report hearing church bells ringing through the night.
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Over 80 hikers and visitors to the Vanoise National Park in France have reported hearing church bells or chimes during the night, despite the fact that many of these campers were over 520 km (200 miles) from the nearest village. Visitors reported that the bells rang throughout the night and often seemed to be coming from different directions. Several hikers attempting to locate the source of the sounds were unsuccessful. Of special interest is the fact that while many people noticed the sounds, others in the same encampments (park run huts) heard nothing. Park rangers thought nothing of the first reports, but after a significant number of people mentioned the sounds, they reported their confusion to the local media.

It is possible, due to the mountainous nature of the terrain in the Vanoise National Park, that chimes from a distant village were funneled into the park's interior. However, this does not explain the continuous nature of the sounds reported, or the inability of some to hear the chimes.
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Sun Dancing

Document #91 Created by beth
Status: Logical explanation
Classification: Location: US-South, Year: 2003

Summary
The sun appeared to move through the sky, spinning and changing colors.
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Residents of the small West Virginia town of Marlow reported on October 18 that the sun began to spin through the sky, changing colors and shapes for approx. 40 minutes. Several young children playing in the town square seem to have noticed the event first, running home to fetch their parents they alerted the small town, many of whom came outside to watch the sun. At this time there appears to have been no optical damage to villagers who claim to have stared at the sun for over a half hour as it "danced" in the sky, turning red, green, blue, and purple.

This can be explained as a case of mass hysteria started by the children, or possibly as the result of fumes released by a nearby manufacturing plant. The plant has released no statement at this time.
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Update: This has been a yanka and dozy Marl production Very Happy
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 		Uhh... I think I mentioned them a few posts above, along with 86, 87, and 89 (which is different from 72 - look at locations). Smile Smile
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yanka wrote:
Uhh... I think I mentioned them a few posts above, along with 86, 87, and 89 (which is different from 72 - look at locations). Smile Smile


Yeah, Sorry about that, I've updated my post.

being a dolt, I started at the end (where the new stuff should be) and worked backwards. So the trap worked, I got sucked in Embarassed

And thanks for the heads up on the casino one, damn I must be getting old Embarassed .
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 		Might be good to keep stuff in the same place, so here is an excerpt of Beth's e-mail:
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Dear Ms. McConnell,

Mrs. Rockwell down the road said that you might be interested in hearing my story and that you might know someone that could help us. It's been quite a mess and I'm just sick over it.

On October 6, I was cleaning up the lunch dishes and noticed the sky going green outside the kitchen window. They always say the sky goes green before a tornado and I wanted to call Mr. Ross inside. Now it struck me as odd then because it was a beautiful day but you can never be too safe about such things. So I hustled outside and called for him but he couldn't hear me so I ran right after him. The next thing I know, a loud crash scared the fright right out of me and I couldn't move. Mr. Ross came running and helped me back up to my feet and when I turned back around, the house was in a pile on the ground.

Now I know that it had to have been an earthquake. Houses don't just fall apart like that and the insurance man said that he talked to the weather service and that there wasn't a tornado, which I could have told him. He also said that it wasn't an earthquake as nothing else was destroyed, not even the chicken coops just down from where I was standing. I don't know how these earthquakes work, but there is just no other possibility. He also said that the only thing that could account for this happened at suppertime and about 2 miles down the road which just happens to be where Ms. Anne's goat barn collapsed. But I know that it was just after lunch because Mr. Ross always does the back field at 2, you can set your watch to it, and I could see him working on getting there.

Well now the man is telling me that the insurance won't pay us for anything. And really, it's not the money. I lost my mother's china. It was her mother's and her mother's before her. Nothing can replace that. But it sure would be nice to have them help us pay to have a new house built. That's why we pay this insurance and it's not cheap. I really do hope that Mrs. Rockwell was right and that you'd be able to explain this for the insurance man or point me to someone that can. As I told you, I'm just sick over this.

Thank you kindly,
Margaret Ross


This is about #100 (let's see if I can put the right number in Rolling Eyes ) = Fallen House.
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 		One last thought before I fall asleep: that thing about the mirrors... though I have no idea how this could possibly lead to anything... the devil and anything "satanic" supposedly does not cast shadows, reflect in the mirror, etc.
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All of the mirrors in the home of J. Miller (a lifetime resident of St Austell) have lost the ability to reflect the human face.


Let's not forget that scene with Neo and the mirror in M1. For me, it symbolised Neo becoming aware of the facade that is the matrix. Maybe that's what's happening to everyone because the matrix is breaking down?

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 		Locations of paranormal incidents in Little Boxes archive
Browsing through the various reports in Beth's archive and thinking about locations, a couple of things jump out at me:

-The majority of the incidents happen in the USA and Western Europe. This may be a function of where there are people who read little-boxes.net and email Beth, or a function of the media that Beth reads in her research. There's a sprinkling of incidents from elsewhere in the world, but those are well in the minority. Are the locations forming a meaningful pattern? I've been thinking about taking the time to map them.

-There seems to be a lot of incidents that occur in (or just outside) National Forests, or some kind of wilderness park type setting. I suppose this is reasonable in the sense that there are few people around in those sorts of places, so when something really weird happens it seems less likely to be real (and more of a topic for paranormal research) since there are few people to verify it occurred. If everyone inside of a square mile in a major metropolitan area couldn't see the color red, you'd hear about it.

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