April 19, 2002: Open Lines
The mirror discussion produces equally strange testimony. A caller in Chicago describes catching his reflection frozen in a pose he had already moved from, while a 16-year-old girl recounts seeing a past life image of a man appear during a scrying session before a mysterious voice warned her away. A caller describes using a video camera pointed at a television to create an infinity loop, claiming the captured still frames reveal faces and entities.
A man from Missouri claims he experiences time stopping involuntarily, during which he admits to shoplifting from stores undetected. A woman from Tennessee says she learned as a child to will herself invisible, a skill she still uses to avoid traffic stops. Art connects these accounts to Higbee's research on an electron cloud that absorbs light, rendering a person unseen.
Key Moments
Donna Higbee on Spontaneous Human Invisibility: Art reads from researcher Donna Higbee's letter describing a phenomenon she calls human spontaneous involuntary invisibility, with cases gathered from journals and internet bulletin boards.
Peter's Bathroom Vanishing in England: Art recounts Peter, a 37-year-old in England, who allegedly turned invisible after using a bathroom at a 1987 party - friends, girlfriend, and a waiting woman all failed to see him until he reappeared.
Janice Walks Out of the Police Station Unseen: Art tells the story of Janice in Minneapolis who, as a teen caught shoplifting with friends, was reportedly never seen or questioned at the station and simply got up and walked out.
Underworld Tunnels and Caverns Open Line: Following his Red Elk interview earlier in the week, Art opens a second line for callers who have spent time in caves, mines, or tunnels and encountered beings, tracks, or sounds they couldn't explain.