As a documentary delving deep into the unexplained livestock deaths across the US over the past five decades, Netflix’s ‘Unsolved Mysteries: Mysterious Mutilations’ is unlike any other. That’s because it comprises not just archival documents and footage but also exclusive interviews from those close to the matter as well as reporters, officials, and investigative journalists. Amongst the latter is Christopher “Chris” O’Brien, who has actually even published a 600-page book on this ordeal in such an objective manner that it brings all possible theories to light.
Christopher O’Brien is a Career Investigative Journalist
It was back when Christopher was just a young boy that he first developed a keen interest in bizarre, enigmatic, and paranormal activities, driving him to pursue a career looking into the same. This Medina, Washington native thus relocated to the San Luis Valley in south-central Colorado and north-central New Mexico to kickstart his career in 1989, as this place is known for some strange movements. Little did he know his investigations into the area, with the help of ex-military personnel, local officials, ranchers, as well as a network of skywatchers, would result in him having a trilogy.
Christopher’s Mysterious Valley trilogy includes ‘The Mysterious Valley’ (published in 1996), ‘Enter the Valley’ (published in 1999), and ‘Secrets of the Mysterious Valley’ (published in 2007). These honestly covered everything from alleged secret military activities, cryptozoology, local folklore, Native American legends, reported UFO sightings, and unexplained animal mutilations. Yet, because of his continuous, ever-evolving explorations, he has since also managed to pen an entire book on the latter topic alone, titled ‘Stalking the Herd: Examining the Cattle Mutilation Mystery’ in 2014.
We should mention Christopher’s work has been featured in the Albuquerque Journal, Denver Post, New Mexican, Pueblo Chieftain, Rocky Mountain News, as well as Spirit magazine too. Plus, over the years, this renowned UFOlogist has also written original articles for magazines such as Fate, Phenomena, UFO Encounters, UFO Universe, and Zeitgeist, among many others.
Christopher O’Brien is No Stranger to the Entertainment Industry
While Christopher is primarily an investigative journalist, his career has led him to be involved in various radio and television originals as a contributor editor, feature, or producer in the past decade. In fact, he has even allowed some of his original field footage to be used in such productions so as to back either his claims or the point being put across by the show in itself. So, just some of the programs Christopher has been involved in are ‘Ancient Aliens,’ ‘Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura,’ ‘Exploring the Unknown,’ ‘The Unexplained,’ ‘UFO Files,’ ‘UFO Hunters,’ and ‘Weird or What?’
As if that’s not enough, he has even been a part of Paramount’s ‘Sightings,’ TBS’ ‘UFO: The Search,’ Discovery Channel’s ‘Billion $ Secret,’ Ron James’ ‘Ghost Asylum’ (2008), James Fox’s ‘The Phenomenon’ (2020), and Ron James’ ‘Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations’ (2023). Furthermore, we should mention he has even served as a consulting producer, researcher, and writer for Stage 3 Productions, resulting in him having credits in ‘History, Mystery, and Greed: the Story of Snippy the Horse’ as well as ‘Dead Whisper and Disclosure Dialogues.’
However, today, it appears as if Christopher is expanding his wings by not only focusing on the expansive San Luis Valley but also other areas as a proud Chemung, New York resident. He is actually currently working with a team of specialists to install high-tech video surveillance and hard-data monitoring systems across the valley to document its happenings, yet he is focusing more on his work as a public figure/television and radio spokesperson too. Moreover, and more importantly, it appears as if this outdoor enthusiast with a passion for recent events is now also putting in efforts to become a sonic sculpturist as well as a technoshaman — the latter is a creative movement that combines shamanism and technology. As for his personal life, all we know is that Christopher is single and has sadly already lost his mother as well as his brother — while the former passed away on Christmas, the latter died on his birthday, so celebrating such events yearly is hard for him.
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