Speaker 1: Hey everyone. My name is Sheldon Thomas. For those that
may not know, I am Brient Thomas's son. The reason
you're hearing my voice instead of Dad's voice today is
on the morning of June fourteenth, Dad passed away suddenly
from a heart attack. This has spent a very hard
time from me and the family, and for some of
you this will be quite a shock. The last few
weeks have been the hardest weeks of my life, and
I apologize for taking so long to put a statement out.
Admittedly this has been hard for me to put together.
Dad and I were very close and talked every day.
Last I spoke to him was a few hours before
he passed. I also was often as co host for
the YouTube live show on Fridays, where you can still
watch those live sessions on the Paranormal Portal YouTube channel.
Dad was such a hard working person, not just for
the Paranormal Portal, but for even the little things for friends, family,
and even strangers that he would meet. If someone needed help,
he was the type of person to go and make
time to help them. That's something I loved about him
dearly and applied into my own life to help those
in need. Whether we knew them or not, he believed
in the words he spoke and put out there into
the podcast and into the world. That's why at the
end of every show he would end the show with
the statement of remember, we love you all. Be good,
be kind, be nice, take care of each other, help
each other out, find the magic in every day, and
remember to laugh as much as you can. He believed
in those words and lived them. I am thankful for
the dead I had and grew up with, and have
many fond memories as well, even spiritual values he taught me,
whether he went into the woods or hiked on the
bluff in the town I grew up, and he always
taught me to respect nature, respect the trees, and even
the bugs and insects. Well, there was one insect we
mutually never respected. That of course, was mosquitoes. Oh lord,
we hated mosquitoes. There was a prank he would pull
on me as a kid whenever he would drive me places,
of course, not on the highway, but like drive throughs
and slow moving areas like that. He would suddenly hit
the brakes and he would make my head swing forward
and he would say oops and crossing. He would laugh
as I gave him a look. Every memory I have
with him I cherish dearly. He was my hero in
life and still is. He has all the answers. Now,
I want to thank you all for listening to his show,
whether you knew here or have been listening for years.
He appreciated every single one of you, and so do I.
So as far as the paranormal portal, I'm sure you're
all wondering what will happen moving forward. It was always
his dream that I would take it over and keep
that passion alive, and of course I plan to do
just that. It's just going to take time for me
to get things figured out and ready. But until then, in.
Speaker 2: His own words, until then, you all take care and
remember we love you all. Be good, be kind, be nice,
take care of each other, help each other out, find
the magic and every day, and remember to laugh as
much as you can, and we'll be back next time.
Speaker 3: So good night. Everybody back then had a
Speaker 1: Show too,