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February 28, 1977

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

My name is Ted Owens, sometimes called "PK Man"...a layman, and a psychic.

Jeffrey Mishlove, of San Francisco, contacted me some time ago...because he is doing a "paper" on paranormal phenomena in order to get his Ph.D. in Parapsychology...and wanted to set up a "pilot experiment" with me. (Whatever that is...I am just a layman, and do not understand the terms of the scientific community.)

I have complied with the experiment. However...being merely a layman, at the outset of the experiment I called him "Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove" simply because of my high respect for his work, as outlined in his book, "The Roots of Consciousness." I full well knew that he had not yet earned the title of "Dr.", in the academic sense...but I wanted to show him, in my correspondence, that I, at least, considered him on that level, before the fact. He immediately wrote to me and asked me not to call him "Dr." before he had earned his Ph.D. But I persisted anyway in writing to him as "Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove"...both to show my respect for him and to encourage him to keep on working hard for his Ph.D.

I have just received yet another letter from him, absolutely forbidding me to address him again as "Dr." until he has earned that title, academically.

So I must apologize, as a layman, ignorant of the procedures of the scientific community...for trampling around like an elephant in a china shop in my association with this fine young scientist...and hope that my layman's actions cast no shadow upon this young scientist's credibility...

This document will come to Mishlove as a surprise, for he certainly did not ask for it (and might not even want it, as far as I know. Again, what do I know about scientists and their procedures.)

Sincerely,

Ted Owens (PK Man)
Box 32, Cape Charles, Va. 23310

Owens