We wish to present an opportunity for the public to view a demonstration of two paranormal phenomena-- telekinesis and clairvoyance-- during our next meeting at the Fayetteville Public Library:
One week from now, on Sunday April 22, the Fayetteville Freethinkers will once again put their money where their mouth is and offer those who claim to have paranormal abilities two opportunities to take a considerable sum of money from us. These tests will be conducted and recorded live in front of an audience of about 60 people.
Telekinesis Test
A ping-pong ball will be placed on slightly sloped surface under a glass cover. All are invited to come and demonstrate their ability to move this object using only the power of their mind. Touching the table or the glass case is not allowed. A successful participant will receive immediate payment of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) upon moving the ball, as verified visually and by instant replay.
Clairvoyance Test
For those whose psi powers are such that localized skepticism aurae render them useless, we will have a task you can accomplish from the comfort and safety of your home. We will bring to the meeting a small case, sealed and locked, into which two items will have been placed prior to the meeting:
-- an object of some distinctive sort; and
-- a word printed on a card in a large, legible font.
Correctly identify either the word, OR the object and receive an immediate payment of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Correctly identify both the object AND the word and get an additional four thousand dollars ($4,000.00)-- a total of five thousand dollars.
The case-- loaded, sealed and locked prior to the meeting-- will be placed on the piano on the stage in full view of the audience at the beginning of the meeting. No one will be allowed to touch the piano or the case. If anyone touches the piano or the case at any time, the clairvoyance test will be terminated.
Up to five psychics who wish to participate in this demonstration in person will each be given one attempt to identify the object and the word, in person, at the meeting.
Between 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., up to five participants who attend in person will write down their identifications of the two items. Each pair of identifications submitted constitutes an agreement between the participant and Fayetteville Freethinkers. All identifications must be submitted to the moderator by 3:00 p.m.
Participants in this test who do not wish to attend the meeting may send in their answers, via email, to fayfreethinkers@yahoo.com between 2:30 P.M. CDT and 3:00 P.M. CDT. No answers will be accepted before 2:30 p.m. or after 3:00 p.m.; the time stamp on each incoming e-mail will be used to determine the submission time. For this test, only the first five entries sent via email will be considered. Each accepted entry sent by e-mail constitutes an agreement between the participant and Fayetteville Freethinkers.
We will check this email account at 3:00 p.m., in full view of the audience, and the first five valid entries sent by e-mail will be made public.
After the participants in attendance have submitted their identifications of the items, and the e-mail account is opened, the five pairs of identifications submitted by e-mail will be projected onto the screen at the front of the room, and the five pairs of identifications submitted in person will be read aloud to the audience. Descriptions will be read verbatim; words will be spelled as in a spelling bee: "Word. W-O-R-D. Word."
At approximately 3:15 p.m., one person yet to be chosen (perhaps randomly from the audience) will open the case in front of any participants present, the audience and the cameras. The two items placed in the case-- the object of some distinctive sort and the word printed on a card in a large, legible font-- will be photodocumented, as will be all pairs of identifications submitted by e-mail and in person.
In case of multiple correct identifications of either the object or the word, or of both, the appropriate award will be split among the participants who made the correct identifications.
Those who wish to participate in either test while appealing to outside experts such as professional psychics (published or not) or spirit beings (living or not) are strongly encouraged to do so.
