A mystery in Zug

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This is no coincidence. First we had champagne, now we have Rock 'n Roll. What kind of message is being sent down from the heavens? I have transcribed the article for easy reading.

"Organist disappearance baffles community

ZUG, SWITZERLAND - It happened last Saturday while Dorris Goldfarb was apparently rehearsing for Sunday mass. What the witnesses Reverend Hans Chapin and Roland Meyer have described to investigators is nothing short of bizarre.

"I noticed an unfamiliar pink glow on the floor tiles as I was sweeping, and looked up to see where it was coming from. It was then that I saw one of the organ pipes turning an incredibly bright, almost neon pink." Says Roland, who has been volunteering and helping at the 55 year old church for nearly 25 years.

Reverend Chapin continues: "It made no sense to me, but it was mesmerising all the same. This pink neon was growing from the base of the pipe and moving up to the top, as if it was being filled by some kind of force. As this was happening the music seemed to be changing. It was becoming louder, and distorted."

It was at that point that the two realised that they had to notify their organist immediately about the strange phenomenon that she was causing.

" We rushed through to the organ chamber and that was when -" At this point Reverend Chapin breaks down and he can no longer continue the interview, but Roland Meyer describes what they saw next "A very, very bright instance of light. It filled the room and for a moment all I could see was this brilliant white. Then the room began to appear before us again, enveloped in a veil of white smoke. As the smoke receded we noticed we were into an empty room, and Dorris was not there. The seat was pulled out for playing and we could hear the pipes playing her favourite hymn: 'This is the day the light was made' "

A week has passed and investigators remain baffled over the events described. The organ has not stopped playing Dorris's favorite hymns, and the neon pink pipe has not stopped glowing. In fact, rather bizarrely, it appears this pipe has tempered the sound of the organ with the sounds of an electric guitar. "We have been hearing 70s rock versions of 'Awake, awake, ye sons of Earth' and 'Shadow of a mighty rock' for days now. Frankly, they sound pretty good."

In a final twist and possible clue as to what happened that Saturday night, Investigators have found that a new draw-knob was switched on at the time of Dorris's disappearance.
"In all my years of organ repairs, I have never seen an 'Overdrive' setting. This is something attributed to amplifiers and pedals, used in the Rock 'n' Roll genre, not organs" Says , Martin Mueller, an Organ repair specialist who has been servicing the churches organ for decades. "That knob was never there before. Frankly I find it very strange."

Since the event no one has switched the new overdrive setting off, lest they too disappear like Dorris. Visits to the church have trebled. Meetings have been arranged for the purpose of praying for Dorris's safe return, or transcendence into heaven.

Roland Meyer sums up the feelings of this small community best: "We can only assume that this was an act of God, that this was meant to happen. A miracle has happened in our church. We have to accept the fact that God works in wondrous, and often strange, creative ways. I am sure we will find out sooner then later why he has chosen to speak to us in this way. I'm sure Dorris is happy wherever she might be, and that she is making beautiful music for him right now." "