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On January 2, 2007: An Australian television station aired a special presentation called, "Mayday: Head on Collision. It appears to be a documentary-style dramatization of a head on train crash in the United States.
Viewers tuning in this evening (the program aired at 7:30 pm local time) were warned of the show's adult content, but were not warned of the inexplicable event that was about to occur after the show returned from a commercial break.
The video seemed to glitch and jump to various points in the presentation while an audio loop continually pleaded, "Jesus Christ, help us all Lord!" This bizarre recording recording continued for almost ten minutes, while people sat in disbelief.
There was no gag.
There was no explanation.
Some viewers found it humorous:
Australia's "The Seven Network" was not laughing. It later issued the following explanation:
A Seven spokesman said a technical glitch was responsible for the religious message being broadcast in Victoria and NSW.
The spokesman said the network was always “spreading the good wordâ€, but not in a biblical sense.
“It was a technical glitch due to an audio problem with the tape,†he said.
“The line actually is ‘Jesus Christ one of the Navarines’ and this is from the documentary.
“It was not a prank, but one of those things that happen from time to time. The tape was stuck or something glitched between 7.35pm and 7.41pm, and we did everything we could to fix the problem as quickly as possible. Once everything was sorted, the program continued.â€
The whole issue could be laughed away or excused except for one problem: The repeating voice is not saying ‘Jesus Christ one of the Navarines’, as the network claimed it was. It is clearly saying, "Jesus Christ, Help us all Lord!"
That's actually where this story gets even more quizzical. The voice in question wasn't actually from the program in question at all. It was the voice of Preston Wheeler, an employee of a company contracted to help drive cargo shipments through the streets of Iraq. One day he brought his camera with him and decided to tape the convoy in action.
He saw much more action than he anticipated. View the actual recording of his last day of employment with Halliburton below.
I strongly suggest that you watch the whole clip, but... scroll to 2:07 and listen to the earnestness of Preston's plea:
It doesn't make sense, does it?
By the way, Preston did survive. Three other employees did not. View his comments on that day: YouTube link
thanks to Tim Boucher and YouTube for the details on this mystery.
Non fiction normally. In fact, the material I usually like to read is more textbook in nature than entertainment.
I find people to be too falible to worship... to emulate? that I have no prob with. Right now I'm emulating... to heck with it! This one time let's talk about my HERO .