1918 Railway Station Smithers British Columbia (8 - Pictures)

Above Photo: The 1918 Smithers, British Columbia Railway Station and Via Rail passenger train unloading and loading people for the run to Prince Rupert and stops in-between.

It is funny, know matter how many times I visit communities throughout northern British Columbia, I always find something new to film. I moved from Surrey, B.C. in 1981 to where I reside now, which is in small town Houston.

There were a few challenges to over come, like setting up a home in the dead of winter with temperatures dropping into the minus thirty's.

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Heritage Railway Located In Kamloops British Columbia (13 - Pictures)

Above Photo: Welcome sign for travelers visiting Kamloops, British Columbia.

For myself trains have held a special place in my life. It started when I was a little guy when I received my first train on Christmas day. I was so excited as my Dad handed out the presents, and in one of the wrapped boxes was a locomotive, box cars, tracks and small houses. I quickly opened up the box pulling everything out onto the floor in one pile. 

I knew exactly how it was supposed to be put together, at least I thought so. My dad sat with me as we both transformed a pile of plastic and metal into a working model railroad. I was so happy with a smile from ear to ear.

As the years went by, we decided to build a larger scale railway, but little did I realize that it wasn’t going to be just a bit larger, it was going to be huge as it took up the entire recreation room in the basement. It was great and we had a lot of fun putting it together and then operating it.

So when my daughter drove me to the Kamloops Heritage Railway, I was just like that kid again on Christmas day. It was off season as we were in Kamloops in November of 2015, so I could not experience the ride the train took tourists on, plus the cowboys on horse back robbing the train.

The next time we visit my daughter, I will be the 64 year old sitting on the train with a smile from ear to ear.

So make your holiday stop in Kamloops, British Columbia where all your dreams will come true as did mine.

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Witnesses Room At Their Home Turned A Brilliant Orange At Huntington Station New York (Meteor)

Date:  February 12, 2013
Time:  Approx: 5:00 p.m.

Hello Brian Vike, my name is (name removed), and my wife and I witnessed what appears to be a similar event, but in Huntington Station, NY, on the same day, but at around 5:00 p.m., from a southerly direction.

We were in our living room playing with our toddler son, when suddenly the room turned bright orange, as if the sun had changed hue and intensified in brightness.

This lasted for 1-2 seconds, enough for us to look around our living room and see that it was not a power surge affecting our lights. It was a silent event, and we did not see anything out of the ordinary outside or up in the sky.

No trails of vapor or smoke either. We both looked at each other and were a little spooked by what we had witnessed.

On another occasion last year, as I was driving alone past the Cold Spring Harbor train station (near where I live), I experienced a similar flash of light, only it was a light blue flash of light.

The whole sky seemed to have brightened considerably (it was early evening and the sun had already set). I'm a photographer by trade, and this was not like a camera flash or electrical spark in duration, it was much longer, again, into the 1-2 second range.

Nearly a decade ago, as I drove home from a job with a coworker, we both witnessed a change in the color temperature of our surroundings.

It was a warm, sunny summer day, when it seemed a large area around us, over a mile perhaps, went from the normal daylight warm light to a much cooler one, the type in which we see things after the sun is set.

There were no clouds in the sky, so we thought it was very bizarre. This event lasted perhaps 2-5 seconds.

I don't know what to make of these sightings, whether they be UFO, paranormal, natural, or some kind of group hallucination. We certainly don't do any drugs, and we are in pretty good health. Hope these can help you in some way. Regards.

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Green Light Spotted In The Sky Over Bart Station Union City California

Date:  January 7, 2013
Time:  Evening.

Hi, I saw a green light like a meteor go up in the sky and disappear tonight at the Union City Bart Station. 

What is going on?

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4 Orange Lights Moving Towards The Melkbos Nuclear Power Station Cape Town South Africa

Date:  December 16, 2012
Time:  Evening.

Hi, my girlfriend and I saw 4 consecutive orange lights tonight moving from a south to west direction along the Atlantic seaboard towards the Melkbos nuclear power station in Cape Town South Africa.

The first two lights traveled together and then the 3rd one was about 5 minutes later, the forth was another 5 minutes later.

We are sure they weren't planes as there were no blinking lights what so ever and the lights stayed constant from what would have been a frontal view to a reverse view on a plane, therefore if it was a plane flashing lights would have shown.

Also sure they weren't Chinese lanterns as they traveled roughly 20 kms at a very rapid pace and were way to high.

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Helicopter Buzzes Bright White UFO Over Indian Point Power Station Buchanan New York

Date:  October 1971
Time:  Approx: 11:00 p.m.

About 2 years ago, around 11:00 p.m. at night, I think I saw a small circular orb UFO fly over the power lines which cross through Pomona on the Thiells Mt Ivy Road.

A helicopter seemed to be maneuvering to keep it away. I had been on a phone call, and had been distracted as a helicopter kept flying and buzzing around for at least half an hour while I was on the phone, so I did not visually see the entire incident nor the UFO white orb for as long a period as I would have wanted to.

I wanted to understand what was going on, but I heard the helicopter buzzing around for at least a half hour, which was very unusual. I am not 100% certain of what I saw. I think the power lines are part of the electrical lines that come directly out of Indian Point Power Plant, the site of numerous sightings of UFOs especially in the 1980s.

The small orb UFO was of a bright white light, moving at high speed, and subsequently moved to the top of the ridge of High Tor Mountain which crosses Rt. 45 near 202 in Mt Ivy I saw a perfectly circular white light on top of that ridge for several minutes, but no strobe light, not even light beams emanating from that orb, which suddenly just vanished.

I got in my car to drive the two minutes over to see what had happened. That section of Rt. 45 that goes over that ridge was cordoned off by traffic barriers that night. There seemed to be activity going on on that ridge. I called the police department to find out what had happened, but they said they were unaware of any problem in that area whatsoever.

I called the Journal News the next day to find out what had happened, and why Rt. 45 was cordoned off, but they had no information whatsoever either. I went to the local Colonel's Deli in Mt. Ivy to find out what was going on, as the store was just below the ridge, and they said they had heard the loud helicopter sounds as well, but also had no idea of what had happened.

A friend who works with the Rockland County Emergency Services said it was not one of their helicopters. Also, when the above incident happened in October 1971, I am wondering whether the UFO and the strobe light the witness describes searching the woods, was actually possibly studying and inspecting the power lines from Indian Point that run through that section of Pomona, and the Thiells Mt Ivy Road area and also run on an east west parallel between Indian Point and Suffern.

Another theory is that the UFO might have been studying the geology of planet Earth and the Ramapo Mountain Fault lines which run through this area from New Jersey and the Ramapo Mountains, including the Suffern area, and across the Hudson into Westchester near and possibly even under Indian Point. It's all a mystery!

http://ramapolookout.blogspot.com/2011/04/earth-quakes-threaten-indian-point.html
http://ufocasebook.com/hudsonvalley.html

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Orange/Red Objects Looked Like They Were On Fire In The Sky Over Valley Station Kentucky

Date:  August 12, 2012
Time:  Approx: 10:30 p.m.

My wife and I seen 8 objects they looked like they were on fire glowing kind of orange in center and bright red on outside.

They flew straight at us in a straight line spread out then went up at an angle and disappeared. Took some pictures but not the best.

This was at around 10:30 p.m. August 12, 2012 in Valley Station Kentucky.

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Bright White Object Seen Flying In The Sky Over Parson British Columbia (ISS - International Space Station)

Date:  August 2012
Time:  Evening.

Hi I’m in Parson, B.C. and this is the fourth or fifth time I’ve seen this.

It’s a huge, very bright light travelling in a straight line and it moves fairly slowly.

I think the only explanation is military, but there’s no sound and it’s very, bright and large. Something that bright and large should make a sound shouldn’t it?

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