I agree with you CZ and I will try to provide as much information as I can with the time allotted. As you know I am getting married in a couple of days and everything is going crazy around here. I will also be gone on my Honeymoon for a couple of weeks.
I was prompted to join this thread much earlier than I'd wished. I was hoping that the JREF would post and not someone else, but here we go!
The Application was signed and Notarized At Fifth Third Bank in Altamonte Springs Florida.
Here are the two paragraphs that I've sent in addition as requested.
I. I. David Koenig. will contact a Paranormal Entity and communicate with it in an intelligent and
understandable manner. Reasonable questions will be asked and answered. This communication
will be recorded with Instrumental TransCommunication and Electronic Voice Phenomenon
(ITC and EVP) methods. Conventional video recording will also be used to verify contact in
addition to Still Photography. Other scientific devices will also be used to determine and verify
any unusual presences at the location.
II. This Demonstration will take Place 10/31/2008 at Lake Helen Florida. I will make contact on
that date as a preliminary test and then again on 10/31/2009 to complete the Million Dollar
Challenge , unless the JREF would like to forgo the preliminary test and go straight to the
Challenge on 10/31/2008. I would prefer to go straight to the Million Dollar Challenge and not
waste any time.
I'm quoting this ..
At JREF, we offer a one-million-dollar prize to anyone who can show, under proper observing conditions, evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event. The JREF does not involve itself in the testing procedure, other than helping to design the protocol and approving the conditions under which a test will take place. All tests are designed with the participation and approval of the applicant. In most cases, the applicant will be asked to perform a relatively simple preliminary test of the claim, which if successful, will be followed by the formal test. Preliminary tests are usually conducted by associates of the JREF at the site where the applicant lives. Upon success in the preliminary testing process, the "applicant" becomes a "claimant."
This says "In most cases" and does not rule out the ability of the JREF to go straight to the challenge.
And again..
1. This is the primary and most important of these rules: Applicant must state clearly in advance, and applicant and JREF will agree upon, what powers and/or abilities will be demonstrated, the limits of the proposed demonstration (so far as time, location and other variables are concerned) and what will constitute both a positive and a negative result.
In my case the time and place are essential to give me the best possible success.
For centuries the evening of 10/31 has held special significance and is the optimum time to attempt this communication.
The place of The Devil's Chair in Lake Helen Florida has been called a "Portal" for many years and the majority of my successes have happened there.
This is why I've included the dates and place in accordance with the first rule.
At this time I have contacted over a dozen Paranormal Research groups that have the newest cutting edge equipment to assist in the recording of the ITC, EVP, Video and/or other contact and communication.
I called the JREF to request their definition of academic (Note it is punctuated incorrectly on the application, strange) and I was told something like ..."Well, No P.E. teachers" or something like that. Funny if you know the origin of the word. The conversation was pleasant and I was able to wish Randi happy birthday a bit later.
Barnes and Noble best selling author, Charlie Carlson has mailed his affidavit to the JREF.
Historian and long time researcher, Charlie was recommended to me as THE EXPERT in the field.
He's written "Weird Florida" and articles in "Weird US" for Barnes and Noble.
Charlie Carl Carlson, Jr. (born in Sanford, Florida), is a prolific American and Florida author, novelist, actor, and film producer. Known as "Florida's Man in Black" or "Master of the Weird", Mr. Carlson specializes in paranormal, strange events and places, and many historical books. Mr. Carlson has also produced and acted in radio shows and movie productions related to his genre. Charlie Carlson joined the US Army and spent two tours in Vietnam with the famed 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Blackhorse) and after 25 years retired as a Command Sergeant Major. Charlie Carlson went on to become a showman of outdoor attractions and began his writing career as author of several Florida history books and the Civil War. In 1997 he began writing about Florida folklore and published the successful book, "Strange Florida" and portrayed Professor Charles Morehouse on the SciFi Channel's "Curse of the Blair Witch." He has produced and appeared in other movies and television documentaries. He is a frequent guest on Florida talk radio and is the author of the best selling book, "Weird Florida" [Barnes & Noble, 2005] and his first fiction novel, "Ashley's Shadow" [Luthers Publishing, 2006]. Mr. Carlson currently lives on the east coast of Florida. Charlie Carlson is one of the founding members of America's Grand Order of Weird Writers at
http://www.weirdwriters.com. Mr. Carlson currently produces independent films of which the latest was "Henry Blackheart Is Dead" with Blue Heron Films.
I understand that this is just the beginning and I have several things that were not covered in the brief two paragraph submission requested.
My contact requests and questions will be delivered in at least 5 different languages and a visual Sign language. Interpreters will be on hand to provide the very best translations of recordings and communications with the entities.
I will be seated in what is commonly called The Devil's Chair in Lake Helen.
Many have said that I should be disqualified because of my notoriety as a Mentalist and Magician.
To hold with this logic you would have to disqualify James Randi Himself and the entire Magic section of this Forum.
I'm am usually booked as a mentalist but often go beyond that label and make Paranormal Predictions and other Paranormal Activities that evolve around the Devil's Chair.
I often speak of the Paranormal Events that happen there while on these programs.
My challenge to Criss Angel is a Mentalism challenge but does not prevent me from using whatever methods I choose. The JREF MDC is a Paranormal challenge and I know the difference.
I would like to use state of the art recording methods such as digital multi-track recording, audio processing, and the latest in scanning technology. Many are getting improved results with the advent of advanced technology.
For several years it has been my goal to duplicate a Paranormal Event constructed by Hans Otto Koenig but with even stricter scientific methods.
Radio Luxembourg experiments
In West Germany Hans-Otto Koenig, an electronics and acoustics expert, developed sophisticated electronic equipment using 'extremely low beat frequency oscillators, ultraviolet and infra-red lights.' On the 15th January, 1983 he was invited to appear on Europe's biggest radio station, Radio Luxembourg. At that time it had a listening audience of millions across Europe. Koenig was asked to give a live radio demonstration of his newly developed ultrasound technique of conversing two-way with those who had died.
Koenig installed his equipment under the watchful eyes of the Radio's own engineers and the presenter of the program, Herr Rainer Holbe. One of the Radio's staff asked if a voice could come through in direct response to his requests. Almost immediately a voice replied:
'We hear your voice' and 'Otto Koenig makes wireless with the dead' (Fuller 1981:339).
Other questions were asked. But then announcer Holbe, shaken by what he and everybody else had heard, stated:
I tell you, dear listeners of Radio Luxembourg, and I swear by the life of my children, that nothing has been manipulated. There are no tricks. It is a voice, and we do not know from where it comes (Fuller 1981:339).
The station issued an official statement afterwards that every step of the program was carefully supervised. The staff and engineers were convinced that the voices were paranormal (Fuller 1981:339).
I would duplicate this Paranormal Event with even greater success.
Many have questioned whether I've even truly applied.
Here is the link that shows the JREF has received the Application.
I have the receipt 7007 2560 0000 9957 6717
http://trkcnfrm1.smi.usps.com/PTSInternetWeb/InterLabelInquiry.do
This is an honest attempt to take the JREF MDC
I have applied in good faith and I am willing to cooperate in any way to get this Challenge to become reality!
I will also take CZ's advice and no longer respond to personal attacks and non-constructive posts.
Thanks
David Koenig
