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July 15, 1997: Open Lines | Time Traveler Hotline
Published 2 years, 4 months ago
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Art Bell opens the show reflecting on the previous night''s split-screen broadcast from Phoenix, noting that some listeners refused to believe the technological feat was real. He covers the day''s news, including the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace, the troubled Mir space station, and the Mars Pathfinder rover''s ongoing discovery of what amounts to red rocks on the Martian surface. Art questions the scientific value of landing at the chosen site when the far more intriguing region of Cydonia remains unexplored.
The open lines segment produces a memorable parade of unusual callers. A woman from Wisconsin describes seeing a one-foot-tall elf wearing a green suit with pointy shoes, peering into a glass of water in her childhood home. A caller from Jacksonville reports a mysterious new creature in Texas dubbed the "chupalavetga," said to be a cousin of the chupacabra that feeds on snakes. Another caller shares documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base referencing flying saucers.
Art reopens his "Time Traveler Hotline," a dedicated phone line for callers claiming to have physically traveled through time. The line rings constantly as self-proclaimed time travelers call in with predictions, echoing the eerie success of similar callers from previous broadcasts.
The open lines segment produces a memorable parade of unusual callers. A woman from Wisconsin describes seeing a one-foot-tall elf wearing a green suit with pointy shoes, peering into a glass of water in her childhood home. A caller from Jacksonville reports a mysterious new creature in Texas dubbed the "chupalavetga," said to be a cousin of the chupacabra that feeds on snakes. Another caller shares documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base referencing flying saucers.
Art reopens his "Time Traveler Hotline," a dedicated phone line for callers claiming to have physically traveled through time. The line rings constantly as self-proclaimed time travelers call in with predictions, echoing the eerie success of similar callers from previous broadcasts.