Scientology: The Phone Call

hi kids this is dr. Benjamin wog here in occupied Clearwater Florida this is my first trip to flag and a very special one it is too because this is the day on which the harassment began the phone rang at about 6:30 tonight and a man from the front desk asked if I would indeed be leaving tomorrow I verified I would and then he very graciously offered to book a cab for me I then went down to the lobby oddly enough there are no men working in the office I spoke to one of the lovely women at the counter and she told me a fascinating story earlier somebody give me a call and said I want to set up a cab for you at 12 o'clock and they would be here to catch that cab and then I heard from you that you had not set up a cab so basically the gentleman called to set this kind of up said that he was not staying here I didn't get a name or anything like that just that he would be here and make sure the cab was waiting at 12 o'clock sharp and this is just a note saying to falsify that if we could left if the person comes and still make them think cabs coming at 12:00 and to get you out of here at 11:00 did did somebody call before that asking about who what room I was in or what room the other guys are in no yes they said your room well first they just asked for a cab and they have to do a staying in the hotel and they said no and I was like okay we'll do a room number somebody else going and they said yep 246 mr. bunker I mean they said that's all that's going well they didn't say mr. bunker in general just 246 it's two o'clock in the morning now and I was just about to go to sleep but something that the woman at the front desk said is sticking with me according to her the cab that was supposed to pick me up at noon was not just for me but for another unnamed man is this a possible kidnapping attempt I'd like to talk to the police about a possible attempted kidnapping hi yes something very odd is going on related to Scientology and it seems like there may be an attempt to kidnap me tomorrow at noon here in town filming the I was filming the transit board authority meeting are you good Batman yes somebody called me here at my hotel at 6:30 claiming to be from the front desk of the hotel and wanted to verify that I was checking out tomorrow and could he arranged to have a taxi come to pick me up I said sure at noon I then went downstairs to the lobby and there's no man who works at the front desk there's no man in the office okay great I appreciate that thank you thank you so much bye well they're sending an officer over here and he should be here in about 10 minutes and we'll see what happens then I'm in town here I was here to tape the Transit Board hearing today because there was a Scientology related issue and I remembered in December there was a picket of Scientology right and they had signs on the side of the buses saying you know think for yourself quit Scientology well there was a hearing on that matter today so I flew in from LA to videotape then about 6:30 tonight I got a call here from a man who said he was from the front desk and he said we're just verifying to see if you're checking out tomorrow and I said yes I am and he said would you like us to get a cab for you I said well yes please and he asked what time I said my flights around choose to make it noon okay I then went downstairs to the lobby and I asked the two women who worked at the counter if there was a man who worked here at the front desk and they said no I asked if there is a man in the office and there isn't they told me that a man had called after he talked to me a man had called to tell them to book a cab for noon for me and another person he said he's not a guest of the hotel but he is going to come and meet me here and at first I thought well I'm just going to get out of here before noon so I told them oh listen get a cab for me at 11:00 and I'll just get out of here but then as I started to think about what the woman said that another man's going to be here to get in the cab with me and go somewhere mm-hmm I started to think maybe this is something serious and I believe it is Scientology related because they know I was in here photographing them today okay and I went down to the Fort Harrison it took some photos there and they saw me there okay so I was concerned about that and I didn't know if there was a possibility that maybe we should keep the noon appointment and there should be a police presence to see if somebody comes to take me somewhere or at least I'd like to have a record of this happening and you get this there's going to be a record while I'm doing here is and it is going to be dead I'll file a report tonight okay if you choose to keep that appointment that's your business if you would like somebody here you can call then and have a deputy come out okay I did tape the the girl at the front counter telling her story of how man called okay to do this if you'd like to watch the tape of that I could play that back no that's all right okay but so far we don't have any crime here these are these are also suspicious things but not oh it's criminal yet okay I think if I was in your position I probably even 11 but then I feel I imagine that they are going to just meet me at the airport anyway I mean if I leave by 11:00 they'll track me down there yeah whichever they believe have Delta out of Tampa Tampa yeah but if they they didn't know my name but they found out who I was they found out what room I was at yeah then did this yeah if you had any contact with them in the past and emailing anything from attorneys telling you the Scott and don't like that no the first time that I came out in the open and showed my face in any of this anti-scientology activity was at the cult info conference about a week or two ago in Connecticut and I'm now trying to go around the country and videotape events and have a record of you know our activities that fact net which is is that the organization your sister yes and here's a business card if you'd like with is that a way they could get your name be through them um I don't think so I think the people there have been harassed they know Scientology's tactics they know not to give out that information but Scientology has their ways of finding out these things okay I'm deputy chase and this is your report number 99 39 773 and that's going to be filed as an information report all right Delta porch are down 10th floor will be tonight sir and if you have any more trouble tonight don't hesitate to call appreciate that very much welcome right now thank you for all right thank you so much try to get some sleep oh I will okay bye well we'll see what happens personally I want to see what happens at noon hi it's now 11:30 and I'm going to call back the Sheriff's Department and see about getting a deputy here hi there this is mark bunker we spoke about 10:00 and I just wanted to see if we can get a deputy out here yes but I was wondering if I could meet him on the opposite side of the hotel by room 145 yes in case somebody is watching his room so I met the deputy and he was familiar with Scientology a big scary organization any just liking to them though oh boy that's true okay that's everything the cab was here but I didn't see anyone else I probably waiting for me I've got to get another piece of luggage yet Oh everything was interesting I'll tell you that oh yeah thanks well noon came and went and no one showed up perhaps they saw the squad car I did get an escort all the way to the airport and arrived home safely but I did make a vow that day I thought today might be a good time to start a journal of harassment every underhanded dirty trick that Scientology pulls I'm going to document so you the home viewer can follow along yes the phone calls the family and friends the drive-by pickets the leaflets in the neighborhood anything they try to pull will put on the web thank you for joining me let the fun begin

Channel: Mark Bunker

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Length: 10min 37sec (637 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 01 2012