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221 - The Glow Cloud, Explained

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The Glow Cloud

There is a known meteorological phenomenon in which objects, such as dead animals, are drawn into the air by dust devils or water spouts. And simply, that's what happened here. As far as all the chanting you people do in the presence of this cloud, our sociology team is determined this to be simply collective hysteria. The recitations just another form of glossolalia, not dissimilar to speaking in tongues. There are a lot of communal and personal benefits to these practices, so good for you, but it's not the clouds doing. It's yours.

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