BAKERSFIELD - It seems these days psychics are the rage, like with NBC?s hit show ?Medium? and world-renowned psychic Sylvia Browne.
The predictions mostly involve humans, but what about cases involving animals? 17 News worked with local detectives to open some animal cold cases.
When it comes to psychics, many think it?s smoke and mirrors, while others want to believe in psychics? abilities to communicate with the other side, especially when it comes to their beloved pets.
A telepathic team of a self-proclaimed psychic named Lori King and her clairvoyant dog ?Nick? were hot on the trail of a stolen pony named ?Thomas.?
In January, the kidnapping of the California Living Museum?s pony rocked staff members. With Thomas still missing, CALM staff was asked if King and Nick could help with the investigation.
?We're going to do whatever we can to get our boy back,? said CALM Manager Lana Fain. ?Thomas needs to be here. He belongs here.?
King is not an official detective, and Nick has no special training, either, but rather a sixth sense.
Detectives have used the dynamic duo in the past to help solve cases.
"When they bring in someone that's not directly involved in the investigation and look at it with certain types of skills like this, they may have insights,? said the detective. ?Something we have missed.?
King has looked at a number of animal cold cases, but Thomas the missing CALM pony was the only animal still alive, and she had strong feelings Thomas would be found.
A key of a different nature named ?Sophie? was in the same pen as Thomas when the pony was stolen, and according to King, Sophie the donkey witnessed his abduction.
King and Nick communicated with Sophie.
?I?m hearing there were two tall people,? King said. ?They had someone in a vehicle behind here ? that actually somehow crossed, and they came around that way.?
Some may be ?doubting Thomas,? but an undercover Sheriff?s investigator takes the intuitive pair seriously, and because he works undercover, he is not shown in video.
?There were some indications she was able to identify with what we had found during our initial investigation,? the detective said. ?Some of the locations, how they came into the area, how they left the area [that she couldn't have known]. None of that was out."
King said Nick picks up on more than scent with a sniff. She said the dog sensed people who took Thomas had actually visited him at CALM before his abduction.
The motive for Thomas? abduction?King said a child saw Thomas and wanted to own him.
?She says there is a small child of theirs that became very attached to Thomas," she said. "They had really planned this, and they had someone in the car."
That observance may not be so mind-boggling in veracity.
?One of things that I picked right away is that there was, in fact, a child that had been seen with what they believe to be Thomas,? the detective said.
More over, King said she and Nick sense where Thomas is located.
?Interesting thing is I pick up Frazier Park ... that was one of the stops,? she said.
Detectives said they had sightings in Frazier Park and Hillcrest Shopping Center.
?One person positively identified Thomas from a photo, and she was certain,? said the detective. ?When she tried to approach ... they covered the animal with a blanket ... Last seen leaving in a southerly direction from the shopping center.?
So is the clairvoyant couple hot on Thomas? trail, or are their theories running cold?
"Some of the things that happened today, some of the things she knew ? no one else knew except for the detectives and staff, and she knew them," Fain said.
"I?m going at it with an open mind,? the detective said. ?If we can get it ... mainly in the Thomas case ... if can get him back ... it kind of matched up ... and every little bit helps.?
With King?s help, CALM and the detectives are working on a new idea to bring Thomas home. That cannot be discussed, but 17 News will keep you updated on results.
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