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EARTH RADIATION – TRUTH OR FICTION: PART 2

24 Apr 2026

Personally, I’ve been interested in this topic for years. Although I’m often skeptical about many things, that was also the case back then. In 1994, I built a loft directly opposite my other lofts, which are located above my garage. The intention was to place my young pigeons in the new loft, which I of course did. In that first year, barely 11 young pigeons remained out of the 70 I had weaned there! After a conversation with Gaby Vandenabeele about these major losses of young pigeons, Gaby started talking about earth radiation. To be honest, I didn’t really believe in it… But if you never try anything, you’ll never know. Gaby then arranged an appointment for me with the person who had also neutralized the radiation in his lofts. I am still grateful to both of them.

FIRST IMPRESSION!

At our first meeting, he said to me without hesitation: “Man, you look dead tired—you’re sleeping in a bad place.” To which I replied: “I work an average of 13 hours a day,” so it’s normal that I look tired. “No,” he said, “show me your bedroom later and I’ll tell you where you sleep.” Honestly, I wasn’t sleeping well during that period, and that had been the case for quite some time. Still, I thought to myself: this guy is talking nonsense. We went upstairs, and you should know that we have four bedrooms, each with a bed. So I asked him: “Can you show me where I sleep?” The man checked each room with a pendulum, and eventually he pointed out the exact place where I slept (for clarity: my wife sleeps there with me as well). I still thought he had just guessed… but he had guessed correctly. He advised us to move the bed and guaranteed that within two weeks I would look better. He was right—since then, I’ve been sleeping much better and more peacefully.

PIGEONS!

When he was “dowsing” outside in front of and around the lofts—without knowing beforehand which loft was suffering the heavy losses—I was curious to see whether he would guess correctly here as well. Then he stood in a certain spot and said: “This is where the problems are. You can’t keep pigeons here in good condition or perfectly healthy. They will always fall behind here!” I admit, I was impressed—and even more so when he revealed the following. The man stood facing the other lofts above the garage and moved from left to right. Suddenly, he stopped in front of the widowhood loft, which is divided into two sections, pointed upwards, and said: “Look, up there—in the top box on the far left—that’s where your best pigeon is.” I looked at Gaby and shook my head. That’s exactly where “DE ABDOU” was—the best pigeon in the loft. During his career, he won no fewer than 18 FIRST prizes and was later acquired by Gaby. That’s when I was truly convinced and thought… this can’t be a coincidence… My bed… the bad loft… identifying the best pigeon without even entering the loft—it sounds unbelievable, but it is the pure truth.

ORIENTATION!

A pigeon loft built over earth radiation drives many fanciers to despair.
Pigeons whose loft is located above earth radiation will never be in top condition. Their entire orientation system, which is based on magnetism, is disrupted by these earth rays. During flight, they can hardly find the direction they need to fly anymore. In some cases, they do not return at all.

DOWSER!

I did not rush into writing this series of articles. It should be clear that the man mentioned above is now 88 years old, and I did not want to disturb him anymore—while also wishing him continued good health. So, a few years ago, I started looking for another dowser, and I found one. The man—whose identity I will reveal in the final part—has been proving his skill and knowledge very accurately for years. Not only for pigeon lofts, but also in people’s homes, especially for those suffering from chronic conditions, he has already helped many individuals—without involving high costs. However, since this is a pigeon magazine, I will limit myself to pigeon-related issues, otherwise I would still be writing in September. I will now let him speak: “Last year, I visited a fancier who had already lost more than 100 pigeons that year. They never returned, for the simple reason that their orientation system had been seriously damaged by earth radiation. From years of experience, I—and all other dowsers—can say with certainty that anyone who loses many pigeons that never return from flights has a loft located above earth radiation. The earth radiation disrupts the pigeons’ orientation system, which works on magnetism, to such an extent that they can no longer find their way home. Moreover, they have little motivation to return home, knowing they would have to stay above that radiation again. Another phenomenon is that such pigeons never reach peak condition. They may still fly, but they will never win a first prize. In such cases, even veterinarians cannot find a solution. These fanciers often consult their vet weekly or even monthly. Usually, the vet cannot find a real reason why the pigeons fail to get into form. Medication only helps temporarily, or as soon as a pigeon improves slightly due to treatment, another illness appears. I have spoken several times with fanciers whose pigeons performed poorly with them but became true champions after being sold. Or the opposite—fanciers who bought top champions that completely lost their condition once they arrived.
This is solely due to a bad loft location. Such a loft is guaranteed to be situated above earth radiation.”

HAVE YOU PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THIS YOURSELF?

“At home, there were four children, and when I was 10 years old, we moved to another house. After some time, I started catching colds and on certain days I needed two or three handkerchiefs. This happened both in summer and winter—I was constantly dealing with colds.
Not much attention was paid to it, as it was always assumed to be my own fault, since I was supposedly often exposed to drafts or cold weather. A few years later, my brothers got married, and I moved into another bedroom. Still unaware, I was now sleeping in a bed that was not above earth radiation—and my symptoms disappeared fairly quickly. Only years later did I start dowsing and using a divining rod, and everything became clear to me. This may seem like a fairly harmless example, but I am convinced that many other, much more serious chronic conditions are also caused by earth radiation. Knowing the correct location makes all the difference, because… those who don’t move away will be affected!”

A.S.!

I also asked Ad Schaerlaeckens for his opinion, but Ad is quite skeptical about many things in pigeon racing. What he had to say:
“I’m rather skeptical about it, but when I hear many fanciers talking about it, I sometimes start to doubt… hmm, I don’t know!”

To be continued

Rudy Fosselle