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Psychic Seeking Fame and Fortune, Enters Caylee Anthony Case

August 14, 2008

Just Say No!It was only a matter of time before some "psychic" would crawl out from under a rock to get involved in the case of Casey Anthony and her missing 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony. Cases like these are generally a big draw for these individuals because they provide them with opportunities to bask in the media spotlight. Publicity equals money (or so they hope) and, for the majority of these kinds of people, that is their single motivating factor.

This week, self-professed "psychic detective" Gale St. John made it known that, despite the fact that no one has invited her, she is searching for Caylee. According to WFTV.com, St. John has said that Caylee is somewhere in Orlando, near a lake, surrounded by trees and wildflowers. It's as though this isn't something that - minus the mention of "trees and flowers" - hasn't already been the subject of speculation in the media since the beginning of the investigation.

In addition to her supposed revelation, St. John made sure to inform WFTV.com that she is in need of donations so that she can afford to continue the search - although she was quick to point out that she would not be making a "profit."

"Geez, I wish I wasn't losing my house right now. So, if I'm making a profit somehow, it's not doing me a lot of good," she said.

It remains unclear why, other than for sympathy, she would have felt it necessary to mention her current housing problem.

St. John also made it a point to pimp her low budget TV show, The Body Hunter, which will supposedly air on cable in the near future. Must see TV, I'm sure.

On St. John's Web site, which I am not going to link to here, the Caylee Anthony case is listed at the top of the page, along with the following text: "If anyone wishes to help pay for travel expenses they can do so by clicking on the donate button below."

She also provides a link to a Web site for Brian Thomas Ladd, a controversial "psychic" who I've discussed here before.

During a separate interview with WESH.com, St. John said that she has a special ability to track people.

"It's the signature that you would leave when you walk into a room and leave. If I put a blindfold on and each one of you walk[s] in the room after I've been near you, I can tell who you are. You leave that vibration, that signature. Some of the things we do is going on a blind drive where you don't look at streets, you go completely on signature. Tracking and following just like a dog would track, only instead of smelling it, we feel it," St. John said.

Similarly, I too have an ability – the ability to pick up on the distinctive smell of a rat, and right now, there is an overpowering stench in the air.

Over the years, I have covered countless missing person cases, and I have yet to witness a single one in which a psychic has helped to reunite a family with a missing loved one or assisted in the discovery of the bodies of deceased individuals. Period.

If St. John truly is "psychic," then she can kiss her money woes goodbye by taking the Million-Dollar Challenge" that is being offered by the James Randi Educational Foundation. The foundation is offering a one-million-dollar prize to anyone who can show "under proper observing conditions, evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event." The challenge is ongoing and will continue until March 6, 2010. To date, not a single person has passed the preliminary test.

How about it, St. John? Are you up to it?

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