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John E.L. Tenney

@JohnELTenney

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Original Weirdo Lecturer, Author UFOlogy, Occult & Psychical Phenomena, Cryptozoology Co-Host What's Up Weirdo? Podcast Diversify Your Weirdness

Metro Detroit, MI
Joined November 2009
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John E.L. Tenney
9 years
I was talking about Illuminati-Alien-Bigfoot-Ghost-Robots who live inside the Moon before it was cool.
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3 years
Honestly though, I'm still just upset at Zack Synder for telling 100+ extras, including me, during the filming of BvS that we didn't look sad enough when Superman died so we should put on our "9/11 faces" and "Remember how that felt!? Give me that sadness!" It was gross.
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3 years
1929: A police officer removes the Papier-mâché "gods" from the basement of prophet, witch and spiritual-healer Benny Evangelista after he and his family were murdered. The case remains unsolved.
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6 years
This is the most people have talked about Lucifer since Salem in the 1690's. #SaveLucifer
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5 years
@AOC I did an interview on Fox a few years ago and they asked me if God was real, I said I didn't know. The headline for the interview online was "Man claims Satan is real"
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4 years
Very proud of Brayden Harrington speaking tonight. I spent Kindergarten through 7th grade going to speech therapy classes in order to overcome my stammer/stutter. I've been giving public lectures for over 30 years.
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3 years
I haven't mentioned it publicly but my father went into the hospital 80 days ago. Tonight he is home sleeping in bed.
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3 years
I had to do it.
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3 years
I would appreciate if you would read this.
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3 years
I'm pretty sure I just found evidence that @pattonoswalt was born in 1869 not 1969.
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John E.L. Tenney
2 years
I saw this little doll house at the Dollar Tree and thought it would make a good haunted house...so I made it a haunted house. #crafty #hauntedhouse
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5 years
I'm closing in on 20K followers so let's just make sure everyone knows where I stand on some stuff... I practice witchcraft I'm pro-choice I'm vegan I support the LGBTQ community and I think Trump is a fucking moron. If any of those things bother you feel free to unfollow.
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7 years
RIP Jerry Lewis
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John E.L. Tenney
4 years
If you're upset at the destruction of confederate statues you're going to be really pissed when you find out about Native American burial mounds.
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John E.L. Tenney
4 years
Picking up some new followers on here so let's make sure everyone knows where I stand on some stuff... I practice witchcraft I'm pro-choice I'm vegan I support the LGBTQ community and I think Trump is a fucking moron. If any of those things bother you feel free to unfollow.
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3 years
Going to start an Only Fans but it's just me in my pajamas and robe drinking coffee, smoking a pipe and reading UFO reports in a whisper.
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3 years
How'd you get into weird stuff? UFO Person: "I've seen UFO since I was a baby" Ghost Person: "I grew up in a haunted house" Occult Person: "I'm a ninth generation witch" Me: "I like weird shit"
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@JohnELTenney
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3 years
Trump new lawsuit in Michigan claims voter fraud in Edison County, Michigan. There's no Edison County in Michigan.
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5 years
How about this... In 2025 during the 9th season of Stranger Things, (which will then be set in the year 1991), the "kids" (now in their 20's) find out a young FBI agent has started researching their adventures. His name is Fox Mulder. #StrangerThings3 #Xfiles
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2 years
I was the original Stranger Things kid.
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1 year
If you're looking for "demons" they aren't hiding in the basement of old house on a paranormal reality TV show, they're on TV news shows arguing against free school lunch programs.
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4 years
I think a small part of my frustration with some people in the "paranormal community" stems from the fact that they feel uncomfortable(?) saying "Black Lives Matter" but they feel fine saying "There's a demon in your basement" or "A ghost said someone was murdered in your attic."
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@JohnELTenney
John E.L. Tenney
4 years
Hot take: I care about you. And for those of you reading this thinking, "He doesn't even know me" Yes, you.
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4 years
Someone discovered my podcast, Realm of the Weird, and sent me an email saying..."This would have been interesting and unique if you would have done it a year or two ago but now it's just another knock off paranormal podcast." The episode they were talking about is 8 years old.
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@JohnELTenney
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5 years
I cannot begin to explain how happy I am to see the diversity which will be working together tonight on #HauntedSalemLive on @travelchannel . I applaud and congratulate all of my weirdo friends. Diversify your weirdness indeed. #DiversifyYourWeirdness
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@JohnELTenney
John E.L. Tenney
5 years
Here's some advice to everyone interested in paranormal/supernatural/occult/monster/alien stuff from me, an "old guard" "gatekeeper" "elitist" old man. No one knows what the fuck is going on so don't be an asshole.
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John E.L. Tenney
4 years
Picking up some followers... Just making sure people know where I stand... I practice witchcraft I'm pro-choice I'm vegan I support the LGBTQ community and I think Trump is a garbage monster. If any of those things bother you feel free to unfollow. Wash your hands.
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5 years
Almost 2 years ago I sent a letter & photos to actor James Karen for his autograph. I never received a response... he died last October. Today I discovered he signed them but forgot to send them. His wife found them and they are now in my hands and heart. #JamesKaren
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John E.L. Tenney
3 years
One of the most bizarre things I did during quarantine was create a map to a city that only exists within a podcast. #NeighborhoodListen @earwolf #DignityFalls
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4 years
Today someone called me a "Man-witch" but I heard it as "Manwich" and honestly, for a second, I thought they meant I was meaty and saucy.
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3 years
When I see people in horror movies running around their house hiding from a killer I always think, "How fucking big is that house?" In my house I could run into the family room and the killer would be in the kitchen like, "I see you in the family room" #HorrorMovies
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1 year
Incredible. I post about a stupid dance show I was on in the 80's, not even remembering the name of the show, and in less than 30 minutes I'm watching it. Here's some of me. My hair was so tall. Unbelievable.
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They're coming!
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4 years
Every year, every day, every moment is new. Be yourself. Be weird. Happy Year New.
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5 years
The last time I saw Lorraine Warren was in the late 90's and Ed was still alive. My last memory is of them is holding hands and smiling...I have the notion that it is happening again now. RIP Lorraine Warren. #LorraineWarren
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4 years
If, during one of my lectures, I sounded as insane and uninformed as the President sounds at his press briefings people would have me committed... and I lecture about UFO, ghosts, monsters and witchcraft. #TrumpPressBriefing
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3 years
By the 1960's only two of the papier-mâché "gods" were still in existence. Here they are shown in storage at Detroit Evidence Property Control.
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4 years
When I see people breaking their isolation to go to church I can't help but think of something I heard Wayne Dyer say along time ago... "If you can't find faith, comfort and Heaven in your heart, you'll never find it at a church." #SundayThoughts #StayHome
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5 years
I don't often drink soda but when I do... #Mothman #Coke #Soda #Pop #Paranormal
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John E.L. Tenney
3 years
I know people think it's important to rally the government to admit there are UFOs but how about first rallying everyone to be kind, get a vaccine if they can, stop treating our world like a garbage dump and act like creatures that extraterrestrials might want to interact with?
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2 years
Love
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1 year
Friday I was on the premiere of Kindred Spirits, Saturday I co-hosted a What's Up Weirdo event, Sunday I was a speaker at The Whitney. 34 years ago I died Not bad for a dead guy. I'll never be able to express the love I have for all of you who make my existence a remarkable dream
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4 years
Trump sounds totally removed from reality. I say this as a person who often discusses time-traveling alien wizards and ghost spiders. #TrumpRallyTulsa
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@JohnELTenney
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2 years
Advice for young people: 1. Don't be a dick 2. Try to talk to ghosts 3. Try to meet Bigfoot 4. Attempt to contact extraterrestrial wizards 5. Explore cities in your dreams 6. Talk to animals 7. High-five trees 8. Try to divine the future 9. Talk to nature 10. Do witchcraft
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Advice for young people: 1. Skip college. 2. Learn a trade. 3. Get married young. 4. Join a small biblical church. 5. Have babies as soon as you can. 6. Homeschool your kids. 7. Catechize your kids. 8. Date your spouse. 9. Don’t own a TV. 10. Go camping.
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She had the chance to date Glenn Frey but chose my father instead ... now they've been married for 55 years. Happy Anniversary to my Mom and Dad. #anniversary #mom #dad
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2 years
When I tweeted this, a decade ago, it got zero likes. Let's see if anything has changed. #WeirdosUnite
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John E.L. Tenney
12 years
If you are a weirdo. I want you on my team. Weirdos Unite!
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John E.L. Tenney
5 years
There are so many questions I have about this photo... and I have no answers for any of them. @joshuagates
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5 years
Me to myself: Stop buying books! Me: (Continues to buy books.) Me to myself: Stop it! ...wait... for sure get that one. Me: (continues to buy books) Me to Myself: How in the world are you going to read all of ....oh and get that one too. #books
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2 months
I remember, as a manager, almost being sent to jail by Border's Corporate because they discovered that instead of ripping off covers and throwing away the books that had been marked down to zero, as was their policy, I was instead donating them to a local library.
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Do you recall acquiring any specific item or having a memorable experience at Borders Books?
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3 years
I ran out of creamer for my coffee today so I just used the frosting from my birthday cake. Never give up.
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2 years
Be the weirdo friend you wished you had when you needed one.
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3 years
If you think that the LGTBQ community doesn't deserve equal rights or that children shouldn't be taught about America's history of slavery and racism then I propose that your "deep" ideas about UFOs, ghosts and Bigfoot are most probably garbage.
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John E.L. Tenney
1 year
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches Slam in the back of my Barbie car.
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4 years
My father's birthday is today and he didn't get any birthday cards. Leave him a message here and I'll show him later. Thanks weirdos.
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3 years
I just plugged in a USB charger behind a bookshelf with no direct line-of-sight, using one hand, and now I am convinced I'm one of the most powerful beings in the universe.
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2 years
If you're going to watch the UFO hearings tomorrow and you don't want to watch it by yourself, just open this gif of me and it'll feel like you're not alone and we're both wasting our time. #UFOs #UFOhearings
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5 years
I walked out of the cemetery & stood on the corner waiting for the traffic light to change. A woman waiting in her car rolled her window down... Woman: "Why are you coming out of the cemetery?" Me: "Because it worked! It took 100 years but finally I have awakened." (end scene)
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@JohnELTenney
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4 years
Picking up new followers so let's make sure everyone knows where I stand on some stuff... I practice witchcraft I'm pro-choice I'm vegan I support the LGBTQ community Arrest the cops who killed #BreonnaTaylor Black Lives Matter Trump is bloated shit-monster.
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3 months
Finally finished my J. Allen Hynek action figure. Confirmation that I am 100% UFO nerd. #UFO #flyingsaucers
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9 months
A quick reminder. #tuesdayvibe
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3 years
@SenMikeShirkey Since this is Twitter and there is not necessarily the space for deep political insight and discourse I will simply say, "fuck you".
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4 years
For decades Bigfoot, Mothman, Chupacabra, Aliens, and Ghosts have been teaching you about social distancing ...don't let their lessons go unappreciated.
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John E.L. Tenney
4 years
No matter what you think about Kamala Harris watching her debate Mike Pence is going to be pretty fucking fun.
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2 years
Non UFO people are welcome as well. #UFO
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2 years
I found a VHS tape marked "1985 first VHS camera footage" I digitized it. Of course, it was just 30 seconds of my cat Morris.
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1 year
It's about time to print up another batch of these stickers.
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John E.L. Tenney
3 years
32 years ago today I died, and yet I live. Enjoy every bizarre, weird and mysteriously breathtaking moment.
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2 years
Just saw a kid riding his bike down the street wearing an oversized pointy witch hat and waving a plastic skeleton arm. All hail Spooky Bikeington Herald of Halloween!
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John E.L. Tenney
2 years
If you get upset because you think the people making money from doing Tarot, Reiki, psychic readings or writing books about ghosts or UFO are pulling a bad-faith grift you're gonna explode when you hear about Elon Musk.
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4 years
Me: Hey, Cicada what are you up to? Cicada: I just slept for 2 years now I'm going to scream until I die. How about you? Me: Same.
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4 years
Me at @tjmaxx Cashier: Did you find some good stuff today? Me: Well, I found some stuff that someone else will be able to sell at my estate sale after I die. Cashier: That's the realest shit I've heard this year.
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3 years
Me walking home from the bar at 3am.
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4 years
Why do you need "the government" to say UFO, ghosts, bigfoot, etc. are real? What does it do for you? Since when has "the government" been worthy of your trust?
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4 years
If you love ghosts or UFOs or witchcraft or all that crazy cryptozoology stuff but you're also a racist, homophobe, transphobic, sexist, close-minded bigot/etc. or support any of that garbage take your "thoughts" elsewhere I don't need to hear your shitty opinions.
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3 years
I bought a tin of Danish Butter cookies and on the back it said it contained 4 servings. I am here to tell you, it contained 1.
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John E.L. Tenney
4 years
Make no mistake. When trump talks about Salem Witches being treated more fairly than he is being treated he is saying that impeachment is worse than murder. People were literally murdered and he thinks his impeachment is worse. Fuck this asshole. #Trump #WitchHunt
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John E.L. Tenney
4 years
The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch is a D minus level paranormal show where the best idea anyone can come up with is to put gentle animals in harm's way in order to try and increase viewership. Irresponsible and ignorant. The people involved should be ashamed.
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4 years
Last night I went to my home bar. When I walked in the door-guy said, "There's the wizard" and everyone turned to look at me then almost on cue The Wizard by Black Sabbath started playing and just for a moment... I was The Wizard.
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John E.L. Tenney
2 years
As it is with every moment of every day I hope for you joy, kindness, health, peace and absolutely unfathomable weirdness.
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3 years
Happy New Year my beloved weirdo friends. I love you today as much as I do every day. Thank you for filling my world with your unique and irreplaceable beauty.
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John E.L. Tenney
4 years
If you're watching the impeachment proceedings keep this in mind. Everyone involved Republican, Democrat, President, Lawyers, everyone you're seeing and hearing, NONE of them will go to sleep tonight wondering how they will be able to afford their next meal, or rent, or medicine.
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The guy who works at the gas station found out what I do for a living so now every time I go to buy cigarettes I have to hear about how ghosts and aliens are demons and until I accept Christ as my saviour he has to have someone else ring me up. It's wild out here.
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4 years
Well, it's not how I imagined it but... he's behind bars.
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4 years
Shyamalan Twist: No matter who eventually wins the election the country is still filled with millions of racists!
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3 years
Guess how much stock I have? None. Cryptocurrency? None. Money? A Little bit. Happiness? Tons. Kindness? Oodles. Imagination? Heaps.
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Every now and then I think about a conspiracy lecture I was giving in the 90's and unbeknownst to me the library was having a new phone system installed. When I started talking about possible government surveillance a guy fell out of the ceiling. Many people fled in panic. hahaha
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You can read Tarot with a normal deck of cards. You can look for UFO & ghosts with a compass. You can perform magic/witchcraft with a stick. Also, you can also do those things with none of those things. Also, you can just like those things because you like them. (send tweet)
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Dedication is leaving your house at midnight when it's 23 degrees outside to walk a mile to get a slurpee.
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4 years
Coming never to a TV station.
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Government position on UFOs '40's: We don't research UFOs '50's: Yeah we do. '60's: We don't research UFOs Late 60's: Yeah we do. '70's: We don't research UFOs '80's: Yeah we do. '90's: We don't research UFOs 2000: Yeah we do. 2010's: We don't research UFOs 2019: Yeah we do.
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John E.L. Tenney
3 years
Some personal truth: When it comes to putting into action the ideas regarded as "Christ-like" I know more Satanists, witches and atheists that do a better job than actual Christians.
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I always hear that God loves me but does He call? Do I ever get a birthday card? No. Satan, on the other hand, turned my alarm off, let me sleep in, put Bailey's in my coffee and is already talking about taking me to the bar this weekend. #FridayFeeling
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John E.L. Tenney
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Not only is @TheEllenShow one of my mom's favorite parts of the day but now that I've moved my parents in with me, and I'm watching it more frequently, I am quickly realizing I need to take Ellen on a ghost hunt... or looking for Bigfoot, or both. #EllenDeGeneres #ellen #ghosts
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If ghosts, magic, Bigfoot, and UFOs aren't real, if ghosts, magic, Bigfoot, and UFOs are ONLY a mechanism with which we can openly discuss our inner most thoughts and ideas about our place in the cosmos then they are still vastly important.
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4 years
Okay American now is the time... Comment your vote then retweet this post and Monday I'll pick 10 people who will win a pair of buttons. Who will it be? Mothman or Bigfoot Only you can decide. #Vote #Election2020 #Bigfoot #Mothman
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5 years
Also this will endlessly crack me up. Somewhere in an alternate universe. Chip Bagans and Zak Coffey
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4 years
Hot Take: QAnon isn't a grand, mystical, archetype encompassing, all-knowing conspiracy theory. It's a whole bunch of dumb people.
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Me: I like Bigfoot, ghosts, UFO and witchcraft stuff. QMoron: Don't waste your time with fake shit. Did you know JFK Jr. is alive, Bill Clinton was murdered, Hillary was replaced with a body double, Trump won the election and Hollywood Satanists drink baby blood? Me: ಠ_ಠ
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John E.L. Tenney
4 years
Trump does not hate, is not sad, is not angry. He is incapable of emotion. He is trying to deplete us of our humanity. He is trying to make us like him. Do not let the monster win. Stay caring. Stay loving. Stay mad. Stay sad. Stay angry. Stay human. Fuck this monster.
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