The Key Reappears: Anthony Peake's Apport-like Incident at Contact in the Desert 2026
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Anthony Peake recounts a mysterious incident at a Whitley Strieber signing where a copy of The Key suddenly appeared on the floor—identical to his own edition but with cut pages and pencil notes—while he had forgotten his copy, prompting him to wonder if it was an apport and to ask attendees to check if the found book belongs to them.
During the final day of the 2026 Contact in the Desert, Anthony Peake recounts a deeply inexplicable incident from the 2024 edition. He had planned to bring his copy of Whitley Strieber’s The Key, a True Encounter, to have it signed but forgot it when a taxi arrived early. The next morning, while at the authors’ signing area at Palms and Indian Wells, and on a quiet phone call with his wife in the UK, he noticed a book appearing in the middle of the floor: The Key, identical to his own edition but with peculiar cut pages and pencil notes inside. He did not hear it fall; it simply appeared, and he could tell it was a well-loved copy. He wonders whether this was an apport-like phenomenon, especially since he needed the copy to meet Whitley that day, and notes that Whitley had signed a different copy for him earlier, with an inscription reading from the floor to Anthony Peak the Key. He invites attendees of the event to check whether the found copy belongs to them and to reclaim it if so. He closes by inviting reflection on what might have happened and thanking viewers for listening.
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