LETTER TO MISS JANET HUTCHINSON FROM (Sanitized)

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• Publication Date: October 27, 1958
• Content Type: LETTER

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PETER HURKOS
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October 16, 1958
kw r. Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Dulles:
Feeling that every possible resource
should be made known to the Central Intelligence
Agency, I am sending you this reprint of an
article concerning Peter Hurkos.
Mr. Hurkos is both widely known and
highly respected by similar agencies in Europe.
He has returned to this country after spending
the summer in his native Holland, and intends to
become a United States citizen.
Miss Emeline K. Paige, who wrote this
article, is working with us on b r. Hurkos's
autobiography.
Sincerely yours,
enclosure:
reprint from YANKEE Magazine
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 "I'll do what I can-" the big man said, and
turned from the telephone.
Requests for help were not uncommon to his
experience, so it was no surprise that an acquaint-
ance in Philadelphia, whose daughter was missing,
should call him-in Florida-to ask for the kind
of assistance that only he could give.
Concentration clouded the tall man's face for a
few minutes, then he picked up the telephone
again. "Tell the police to look in the river
fifteen feet from the boathouse, near the left bank
... they will find your daughter's body there ..."
and Peter Hurkos hung up.
* * *
In a comfortably air-conditioned office in Texas
half a dozen men watched as a large map was
spread on the floor. There were three stones on a
desk's glass top, each picked up on land recently
purchased. The big man glanced at the map, holding
one of the stones in his hand. Almost causally he
placed it on the map, then did the same with the
second stone.
"I'll have a beer," he said, nodding to one of the
men. After a slow swallow he set the third stone
on the map. "There is oil here at 15,000 feet,
here at 4,500 feet, and here at 11,200 feet," and he
pointed to each stone in turn.
Peter Hurkos had made one mistake: drilling
found the oil to be only 11,000 feet below the
surface under the third stone.
Placing stones on a
map, Hurkos can
forecast the lo-
cation of an oil
well and the depth
at which oil will
be found.
I T ALL STARTED ONE DAY IN HOLLAND.
The bandaged head moved slightly on
the pillow. The big man had been in the
hospital in a coma for three days-since
a fall from a ladder knocked him uncon-
scious.
Slowly, his eyes opened. At the next
bed a nurse was assisting a patient about
to be released after recovering from an
injury sustained in an automobile acci-
dent. As the eyes of the two men met,
the bandaged one said, "Good morning,
Mynheer Burgmeier." The other, looking
around quickly, replied, "My name is
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Who Knows
EDITOR'S NOTE: ESP, like weather forecasting, is
sometimes apparently possible-sometimes not.
YANKEE gives you this article for what it is, no more, no less.
The Mai Bho Knows
not Burgmeier. It is Joop de Vries.
"No ... you are Hans Burgmeier, a
bank teller at a bank in Rotterdam. I see
you putting money into a bag and hurry-
ing away ... and an automobile accident
... " The other snapped the cover of his
suitcase and hurried from the room.
The nurse began to strip the vacated
bed. "What made you call Mynheer de
Vries 'Mynheer Burgmeier' ?" she asked,
not certain that Peter Hurkos was fully
conscious, for his eyes were closed again.
"That is his name."
"How do you know?"
 "I don't know ... but it is so.'_ After
minute or two the patient `,poke again,
this time with some anxiety. "And you,
Nurse 7etder-you must be very carefi 1.
I see you on a, train. and you may l cSe
your valise-
Thoroughly startled, the nurse moved
to the side of the bed "How do you
:.itnw Irv n,ime?"
"I don't know" Turtdn~ ,s al, Ni .. 7_:l is 1' 'fa,l
the bottom sheet from the empty bed and
a folded paper fell to the floor. It was a
driver's license, made out in the name of
itnc Nirunip,rr,
j
"loop de Vries."
Nurse Zelder rushed to the office of
the Director, showed him the license and
repeated the brief conversation between
the men. W lade the Director infmnied
nest left his hocpita.l Nurse 7elder cried
tea tell him of the injured m-n'~, wa.rninn
to her.
Tmi,atien`1s-, the Tlr','ctnr n7it`rr?=s
"Delirium!"
?But Dr. Pie`ers, this morning on mt,
away here by train from Amsterdam 1 diri
a' r c elire!'"
Peter Hurkos-a big mar., 6'3"" and
not looking overweight at 228 pe!ttrids-- -
Joec not know why or how he .know',;
what he knows ... why the smallest de-
t~il. n no seeming inaportanCe -such. X;
the third button on a man's s st beinz
sewn with blue thread instead rf back-
''e c o .n't I:noR? bow r_;.r a rho
rm'
"he t iictu.rec' r, is t ; ,vlii- he is ,loins
CONTENTS
photographs
IU,? W-0 i-;tail.
Trout Season Opens
fiction without frills
The Christening
personality in the news
literary first
with death
The Fabulous Steam Bik..
seeing wwiithouteyes '"? ..,
The Man Whit Knry~?s
success guaranteed
Ih+a-, to hc. tn
only one of its kind
Mother's Tc,o,-er
20th century anachronism
Tit: Last -f th= 'i:,fkc
ltu-ysoe 'ws tar9oons
tip+2i:-
the devil in new england ._~.3
T'ht~~ he' "s le ,e1~r~ir
c'ys de inn rebuilt
t. PIt enit: t io r- S?,
~_ i< la'adc s me?l?r^ qo d
Fclith Speir
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`-tr his bir day . new hat ; ear
or even a new kind of dessert for dinner.
Some call it "extra sensory perception
`;rime call it a sixth sense - Whatever rt
is, it enables Peter Hurkos to solve rid-
dles, to see around corners, and---most
important-to right wrong, Workine
oo ith Flit 4gt~l ii e rsf rr ,u ntrir' .?,o ..in
ivc languages besides hia 1a' i c Dutu;
he has learned P .gush `li te''
months and speaks it with a slight Scot-
tish accent), this man is at home any-
where in the world because nothing is
,rut ,r ctranor to hu t,
In his bulging scrapbooks are clip-
pings, pictures, citations. One of the latter
bears the crest and seal of Spain's Franco:
another, highly prized, is signed by the
Archbishop of Mechlin and was present
files hold hundreds of'letters from men
?id women whose lives have henehteo
in one way or another through the cx
t_ise of Peter Tliirkoc'c sense
Living now at Glen Cove, on the coos:
Maine, overlooking Penobscot .Bas,
Peter Hurkos has spent nearly a year giv-
iccc laboratory demonstrations of his re
markable ability to knon, almost evers1-
thing_ about other people. These tests will
help medical science to understand more
:rl the extra sensory perception so highly
Ics?eloped in this Dutch house painter.
For those respect for gures, f
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of i.'iLe csit n certain test if,
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r-,ni; brain shows that ~ic n,fs
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 "I* don't know ... but it is so." After
a minute or two the patient spoke again,
this time with some anxiety. "And you,
Nurse Zelder-you must be very careful.
I see you on a train, and you may lose
your valise-"
Thoroughly startled, the nurse moved
to the side of the bed. "How do you
know my name?"
"I don't know-"
Turning away, Nurse Zelder pulled
the bottom sheet from the empty bed and
a folded paper. fell to the floor. It was a
driver's license, made out in the name of
Hans Burgmeier, its description fitting
"Joop de Vries."
Nurse Zelder rushed to the office of
the Director, showed him the license and
repeated the brief conversation between
the men. While the Director informed
the police that their bank robber had
just left his hospital, Nurse Zelder tried
to tell him of the injured man's warning
to her.
Impatiently, the Director muttered:
"Delirium!"
"But Dr. Pieters, this morning on my
way here by train from Amsterdam I did
lose my valise!"
Peter Hurkos-a big man, 6'3" and
not looking overweight at 228 pounds-
does not know why or how he knows
what he knows ... why the smallest de-
tail, of no seeming importance-such as
the third button on a man's vest being
sewn with blue thread instead of black-
appears on the radar screen of his mind.
He doesn't know how he can take a pho-
tograph selected at random from two or
three hundred on a table before him, hold
it in his hand and know at once where
the pictured person is, what he is doing,
and the state of his health. His informa-
tion is as accurate when he is blindfolded
as when his eyes are open.
Maria Hurkos, young, attractive, Bel-
gian, and a licensed pilot for both day
and night flying, would be just as happy
if her husband did not greet her after a
simple shopping expedition with, "You
bought a green dress with a silver belt
for $35, and tried on two others before
you chose this one." She has no oppor-
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for his i ay, a new hat for erse f,
or even a new kind of dessert for dinner.
Some call it "extra sensory perception";
some call it a "sixth sense." Whatever it
is, it enables Peter Hurkos to solve rid-
dles, to see around corners, and-most
important-to right wrong. Working
with the police of 27 countries, speaking
five languages besides his native Dutch
(he has learned English in the past ten
months and speaks it with a sli ht Scot-
tish accent), this man is at home any-
where in the world because nothing is
new or strange to him.
In his bulging scrapbooks are clip-
pings, pictures, citations. One of the latter
bears the crest and seal of Spain's Franco;
another, highly prized, is signed by the
Archbishop of Mechlin and was present-
ed at the request of Pope Pius XII. His
files hold hundreds of letters from men
and women whose lives have benefited
in one way or another through the ex-
ercise of Peter Hurkos's "sixth sense."
Living now at Glen Cove, on the coast
of Maine, overlooking Penobscot Bay,
Peter Hurkos has spent nearly a year giv-
ing laboratory demonstrations of his re-
markable ability to know almost every-
thing about other people. These tests will
help medical science to understand more
of the extra sensory perception so highly
developed in this Dutch house painter.
For those with respect for figures, it
is of interest that in certain tests in which
Peter Hurkos made a perfect score, an
electronic brain shows that the odds
of accomplishing this by chance are ONE
in 629,000,000,000,000,000,000 times.
Listening to opera recordings, painting
a little (pictures, not houses-and with
great speed and dramatic color), working
on his boat, and cooking, are things for
his spare time. He receives as many as
1200 letters a week from people who
feel that Peter Hurkos can help them.
When the telephone rings it may be
Boston or Buenos Aires ... and when he
leaves from the airport four miles from
his home, he maybe heading for Cleve-
land or Cairo.
Peter Hurkos can't say "No-"
Instead, he says, "I'll do what I can!"
CONTENTS MAY
photographs
Block Island Bluffs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31
Trout Season Opens _ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 32
fiction without frills
The Christening ----------------------------------------------------------Lorna Beers
personality in the news
America's Space Pilot ------------------------------------------Joseph A. Owens
literary first
With Love from Vincent -_---------------------------------------- lean Burden
race with death
The Fabulous Steam Bike ----_---------_-_----_--------...Harvey J. Miller
'seeing without eyes
The Man Who Knows). -------------------_---__-_--__--Emeline K. Paige
success guaranteed
How to be an Author-Without Writing ----------Liam Dougherty
only one of its kind
Mother's Tower ------------------------------------------------------E. B. Stebbins
20th century anachronism
The Last of the Yankee Horsetraders ------------ ....Mabel Williams
humor in cartoons
Yankee Tintinnabulations ------------------------------------------------Al Banks
the devil in new england #3
The Devil's Hoofprint --------------------------Hazel Streeter Davenport
wayside inn rebuilt
A Phoenix More Splendid _------- ---------Joseph E. Garland
new englanders make good
Louise K. Wilde ------------ --------------------------------------- Dorothy P. Rowe 110
Edith Spear ------------------ -------------------------------------------- ------- .-Ora Dodd 111
Alan Watts
departments
House for Sale, 13; We Don't Go Along With . . . , 15; Travel &
Resorts, 20; Sayings of the Oracle, 30; Small Business & Crafts, 64; The
Original YANKEE Swoppers' Column, 74; At Home in New England, 82;
Over the Horizon, 98; Trading Post, 116.
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