J. Burkes MD 2015, updated 2026
Pet animals have a calming effect on humans. On one occasion involving High Strangeness, contact work apparently had a calming effect on wild desert animals.
Introduction: The religious literature from around the world has depicted holy figures attracting wild animals. These narratives convey the concept that spiritual enlightenment can reestablish mankind’s balance with nature.
Ancient sacred writings from India recount great sages achieving deep states of meditation in forests. Natural enemies, tigers and deer are described sitting quietly nearby the sages. Legends of St. Francis of Assisi similarly describe him preaching sermons to birds and coaxing wild rabbits to sit in his lap.
In 1992 I volunteered as a Working Group Coordinator for the Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind (CE-5) Initiative in Southern California. This was a project of the Center for the Study of ET Intelligence (CSETI) established by Steven Greer MD. From 1992 through 1997 I served on the CSETI Board of Directors. The initiative involved going to remote locations where UFO sightings had occurred in an attempt to attract what are now called Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). Contact protocols developed by the CSETI leadership involved meditation and the use of powerful lights to communicate our intention to peacefully interact with the intelligences associated with UAP. This approach was based on the assumption that UAP intelligences used consciousness-based communication(telepathy) and would respond to our requests to interact with them. Employing the CE-5 protocols in the high desert of Southern California, my contact team had immediate success. Anomalous powerful lights signaled at us in the Santa Susanna Pass and we had sightings of red orbs over Rocky Peak State Park that was adjacent to the Pass.
In 1993 at a resort called Robson Mining World near Phoenix, Dr. Greer led a training workshop with over sixty attendees. Strange events abounded, but one of the most amazing experiences involved the behavior of little white-tailed jackrabbits.
On the first night out-doors, despite the increasing chill, all focused attentively on the CSETI leader as he spoke from the center of the circle surrounded by the participants. It was then that something quite remarkable occurred. Half a dozen jackrabbits suddenly appeared at the campsite.
Instead of their usual behavior of staying as far away as possible from humans, they came right up to the large group. Some bunnies actually stood up on their hind legs and paused, as if to listen a bit to CSETI Director’s discourse.
The normally timid creatures became increasingly bold. We were seated close together on folding chairs. Several rabbits actually scurried between our legs. It was simply astounding!
The proprietors of the resort told us that they had never heard of such behavior being exhibited by wild jackrabbits. It seemed to me that perhaps our group emanated some kind of attractive force or presence that the little rabbits might have found irresistible.
As described above, the legends of various faiths describe their spiritual leaders meditating in wild locations and being surrounded by an assortment of savage beasts lying peacefully. I can’t vouch for the reliability of such myths. Obviously those little rabbits were not savage beasts. Nevertheless, it was delightful to see the cute creatures scamper around the campsite, a most unusual sight!
Comment Posted on Facebook several years ago:
Donna Hare When we were with Dr. Greer and he was leading our group in a meditation all the animals dogs wolves etc. started howling all around the canyon and Steve said, silence and waved his hands down to silenced them and complete silence at once via the entire canyon.
Donna Hare was one of the Disclosure Project witnesses who gave testimony at the CSETI “Behind Closed Doors Briefing” in Washington DC in 1997. I met her there and listened to her testimony. In the 1960s, while working in a US Executive Branch facility, she observed a photo analyst tampering with photographs from rocket launches in preparation for the Apollo Mission to the Moon. She asked why they were airbrushing out circular objects on the photos that appeared to be simply film artifacts. The technician told her that artifacts don’t cast shadows on the ground. They were erasing UFOs maneuvering near the rockets during the launches.
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