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Archae

(46,895 posts)
Tue May 3, 2022, 12:50 PM May 2022

Fake "psychic" claims to have found missing person...

Always, and this is always, on further investigation, the "psychic's" claims are simply a lie.

Always.

Psychic helps find friend’s missing son in Michigan woods

KI SAWYER, Mich. (WLUC) - A Michigan woman says she used her psychic abilities to help search and rescue crews find her friend’s adult son after he went missing in the woods.

Austin Larson went missing last Wednesday in a wooded area while working on his truck at his grandparents’ barn in Skandia, Michigan. When his phone died and he did not return, his mother, Jessica Larson, got nervous.

Jessica Larson said that because of the cold night, she worried her son would succumb to the elements. She also told WLUC about a similar incident in 2018 when her brother went missing.

“It was almost deja vu,” Jessica Larson said. “It brought back the adrenaline rush.”

For nearly 24 hours, search and rescue teams looked for Austin Larson, using K-9s and other law enforcement resources.

Kat Girard, a KI Sawyer resident, has known Jessica Larson since high school. When she saw her son was missing, she decided she wanted to help.

“I saw her post on Facebook,” Girard said. “As soon as I saw it, I sent her a message. I said, ‘Let me know the address. I need a map.’”

Girard has a more unique way of helping than others. She calls herself a natural-born psychic medium and says she has used her abilities to find missing people in the past.

https://www.wbay.com/2022/05/03/psychic-helps-find-friends-missing-son-michigan-woods/

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Fake "psychic" claims to have found missing person... (Original Post) Archae May 2022 OP
And yet the press repeat it without an ounce of skepticism CloudWatcher May 2022 #1
Of course. Archae May 2022 #2

CloudWatcher

(1,933 posts)
1. And yet the press repeat it without an ounce of skepticism
Tue May 3, 2022, 01:05 PM
May 2022

Too often our press is worse than worthless.

Archae

(46,895 posts)
2. Of course.
Tue May 3, 2022, 01:06 PM
May 2022

And even IF they find out the claims are false, they will be buried on page 23 just about at the bottom of the page.

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