Today, our friend Bruce Gernon and Rob’s co-author of The Fog dropped by the house. He had some interesting insights concerning his theory about electronic fog, what happened to him 40 years ago in the Bermuda Triangle, and what may have happened to Malaysian Flight 370.
Bruce’s visits are always interesting and today was no exception. He came with a book – The Golden Vortex by Nick Nelson – and two odd little objects. One was white and round, the other was black, until you held it up to the light and then it turned blood red and you could see something in the center of it, a round object. You can see the black object in the photo; it looks like a miniature perfume bottle.
“So what is this, Bruce?” I asked.
“It creates miniature vortices. The author of The Golden Vortex and I did an exchange of books and he sent these little gizmos with the book. He believes that during my flight through the Bermuda Triangle, I was swept up in one of these vortices – except that it was a much larger geomagnetic phenomenon.”
I picked up the dark object. It was light, felt like plastic, yet when I touched it to the leg of our iron coffee table, it stuck to it. “It’s magnetic?”
Bruce explained that the object is made up of a plant-based nylon and carbon graphite. I wasn’t sure what carbon graphite is, so of course I went to Google and found some interesting articles here and here.
And I discovered that experiments with carbon graphite are ongoing. And yes, it’s magnetic.
Bruce handed me the brochure on this “black diamond”, as Nick Nelson calls it, and then said, “Okay, Rob, you sit on the couch. Trish and I are going to stand about three feet apart and you put the black diamond between us.”
“What are we proving here?” I asked.
“One of us is either going to shrink in height or grow taller. Rob will be able to see it.”
Huh? I was going to suddenly become the incredible shrinking woman?
Bruce and I first stood back to back, so Rob could see how much taller Bruce is. Then Bruce and I stood side by side, about three feet apart, with the “black diamond” between us. Rob studied us, nodded, then Bruce and I changed places. In exchanging places, we had to pass through the miniature vortex created by the black diamond.
I felt…lightheaded, strange, with a tingling feeling zipping through my arms and down into my hands like an electrical current. Rob’s eyes widened. “Wow,” he said. “Trish is suddenly a couple of inches taller than Bruce.”
I had to see this for myself, so we tried the experiment with Rob and Bruce. And I took before and after photos.
Here are Bruce and Rob, side by side in our living room before the object has been placed between them. Bruce to the left, Rob to the right. You can see they are about equal in height, relative to the TV in the background.
Then they changed places, stepping through the supposed miniature vortex created by the “black diamond,” which is between them. Is it just me or does Bruce look taller?
Very strange stuff. I am now off to read The Golden Vortex.
I think Nick Nelson may be onto something here. And this object, when worn around the neck, allegedly has health benefits: increased stamina, focus and circulation; quicker recovery times and fewer aches and pains; less interrupted sleep and more dreaming; greater resistance to colds, flu; no jet lag,
We’ll experiment and report back.

















