Bangor Daily: Fort Kent native North Shore Medium bringing messages from the other si

[cosmicaug]

From the Bangor Daily News at http://bangordailynews.com/2014/11/11/living/fort-kent-native-north-shore-medium-bringing-messages-from-the-other-side/print/

And, by the way, they seem to be deleting comments which criticize the fact that by uncritically writing this article they are legitimizing a harmful fraud. The shown capture below is what I saw when I tried to make a sarcastic reply to one such post:

Some excerpts.



She's certified! Never mind, I thought she was a fraud.

Far from the silver screen, Jocelyn Boucher is a real-life certified psychic medium who has helped hundreds of people communicate with their dearly departed.

And she has an origins story:

“When I was 3-years-old, I witnessed my sister being killed,” she said. “An 18-wheeler crashed into our house, killed her and I saw the whole thing.”

Soon after, the family moved into an apartment over the former Nadeau’s House of Furniture on Main Street in Fort Kent.

“I was really going through some post traumatic stress syndrome and pretty much pushed everyone out of my life,” Boucher said.

Almost, everyone, that is.

Boucher found comfort in the presence of what her family thought was a childish “imaginary friend,” but who Boucher said was actually the spirit that had died in that apartment.

That spirit soon brought out some if its friends for Boucher to meet.

Boucher went looking for answers and began working with a certified medium.

“She helped me fine tune my gift,” Boucher said.

Today, Boucher is a level 4 spiritual medium, a reiki master, shaman and holds a degree in holistic health.

And it always works. And the story helpfully tells the reader where the events are almost as if it were an advertisement for these events rather than a news story:

Boucher works with clients one-on-one in person or over the telephone in addition to public shows.

She has two upcoming shows at the Inn of Acadia in Madawaska that are already sold out, plus an event at the University of Maine at Fort Kent at 7 p.m. Dec. 20 she is calling “The Spirit of Christmas.”

The best news Boucher has for anyone interested in contacting their departed loved ones is, they are never no-shows.

“I always connect,” she said. “The spirits are only a thought away.”

 

[carlitos]

There are plenty of critical comments on the article. Perhaps the sarcasm tags weren't understood by their comment-moderating service, or looked like spam.

 

[Aepervius]

May they meant certified, as in certified insane (iow : she has paper to prove it ?).

 

[Giordano]

Perhaps there is some mis-placed concern about legal liability. Calling someone a con-artist is harder to prove than simply indicating that what they say is incorrect or that this article is highlighting a person who should not be highlighted.. Con-artist implies a motivation for gain that is harder to prove in a court of law, and is therefore much harder to demonstrate than would be an error in actual facts. Or one can offer a statement clearly as one's opinion.

 

[madurobob]

Ms Boucher is kinda cute, I might let her get in touch with my lost loved ones, if you know what I mean...

Anyway... sadly, much of what passes for journalism fits this model these days - poorly concealed advertisements for local businesses. I'll bet elsewhere in the paper there is an appropriately sized ad buy from Ms Boucher.

 

[Dissolution]

How did she get so many qualifications in things that are utter rubbish?
What's the maximum level for a medium, anyway?

 

[madurobob]

How did she get so many qualifications in things that are utter rubbish?
What's the maximum level for a medium, anyway?

Mine goes to eleven

 

[cosmicaug]

There are plenty of critical comments on the article. Perhaps the sarcasm tags weren't understood by their comment-moderating service, or looked like spam.

Oh, my comment was not removed. The comment I was replying to, which was calling out the newspaper for publishing this rubbish, was deleted. My capture shows the original comment because I had started writing it before it got deleted.

 

[Rincewind]

Messages from the other side?

What: South Shore?