# Silenced people, author and blogger Mac Tonnies (murdered) - Source: https://www.auricmedia.net/silenced-people-author-and-blogger-mac-tonnies-murdered/ - Published: 2014-07-12T04:54:27+00:00 - Categories: Silenced people And again I highly think that something weird happened to this guy, because the topics he talked and the young age when he died, only 34. So here's the story of Mac Tonnies:   *Here's a little bio: ** ### Mac Tonnies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mac Tonnies** (20 August 1975 – 18 October 2009[[1]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-walker-1)) was an American author and blogger whose work focused on [futurology](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurology), [transhumanism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism) and paranormal topics. Tonnies grew up in Independence, Missouri, and attended [William Chrisman High School](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chrisman_High_School) and [Ottawa University](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_University).[[2]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-space-2) He lived in Kansas City, Missouri. Tonnies had an active online presence and a "small, but devoted" readership, but supported himself by working at Starbucks and other nine-to-five jobs. In 2009 he died of [cardiac arrhythmia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_arrhythmia) at the age of 34.[[1]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-walker-1) ### Contents - [1 Books](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#Books) - [2 Other media](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#Other_media) - [3 Cryptoterrestrial hypothesis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#Cryptoterrestrial_hypothesis) - [4 See also](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#See_also) - [5 Notes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#Notes) - [6 External links](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#External_links) ### Books His first book, a collection of science fiction short stories titled Illumined Black*, was published by Phantom Press Publications in 1995, when Tonnies was in college.[[2]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-space-2)[[3]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-3) It carried a cover blurb by [Bruce Sterling](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Sterling) and was positively reviewed in *[Booklist](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booklist)*.[[2]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-space-2) His second book, *After the Martian Apocalypse*, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2004.[[4]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-4) His third book, *The Cryptoterrestrials*, was published posthumously by [Anomalist Books](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anomalist_Books&action=edit&redlink=1) in 2010.[[5]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-5) In November, 2012, Redstar Books published the first volume of *Posthuman Blues*, which contains excerpts from Tonnies' long-running blog of the same name.[[6]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-6) In the introduction, historian [Aaron John Gulyas](http://www.ajgulyas.com) writes that, "*Posthuman Blues* is of a piece with the Lost Generation of the 1920s and the Beat Generation of the 1950s. Tonnies spoke for his generation with passion, eloquence, and a rare insight." [[7]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-7) ### Other media In 2007 the play *Doing Time*, which he co-wrote with Canadian filmmaker [Paul Kimball](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kimball) (who was working on a documentary about Tonnies),[[8]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-NYT-8) premiered in [Halifax](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Regional_Municipality), [Nova Scotia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia).[[9]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-9) He also appeared in the documentary *Best Evidence: Top 10 UFO Sightings*,[[10]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-10) and an episode of the Canadian television series *Supernatural Investigator*.[[11]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-11) His blog, "Posthuman blues" was described by *[The Pitch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pitch_%28newspaper%29)* as "one of Kansas City's best blogs, filled with well-written, intelligent takes on offbeat news items and humorous rants from a left-leaning political perspective."[[2]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-space-2) He appeared on *[Coast to Coast AM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_to_Coast_AM)* in September 2009.,[[12]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-12) and was a frequent guest on [The Paracast](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Paracast&action=edit&redlink=1).[[13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-13) ### Cryptoterrestrial hypothesis The cryptoterrestrial hypothesis was developed in Tonnies's blog, and later published posthumously. It proposes that [extraterrestrial](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life) beings are actually mysterious and secretive races of earthly origin. These races have existed upon Earth for at least as long as humanity, and present themselves as extraterrestrials or occult beings. Some[*[who?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions)*] have suggested that this is an extension of the ideas of [Richard Shaver](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sharpe_Shaver).[[14]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#cite_note-14) [Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonnies)