The Men Who Stare At Goats

And then he walked through my screen door. The cheap one. It flapped once, then swung shut.

The 2004 book by Jon Ronson and the subsequent 2009 film are rooted in the real-world history of the U.S. military's experiments with paranormal phenomena The Men Who Stare At Goats

This is the story of the First Earth Battalion. And then he walked through my screen door

Most importantly, Channon believed in "Remote Viewing" and "psychic driving." He envisioned battalions of silent, meditating men who could project themselves into the Kremlin, read the minds of enemy generals, and shut down tanks by staring at their ignition coils. The 2004 book by Jon Ronson and the

Jeff Bridges' character, Bill Django, is based on Lt. Col. Jim Channon, who actually wrote the First Earth Battalion Field Manual .

The core anecdote involves a psychic spy who supposedly stopped a goat's heart just by staring at it. The Film (2009)

The goat chewed some cardboard.