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THE bAbY MIND READER
WORDS : FRANCK MARTIN
PHOTOGRAPHY : DEREK OGILVIE & JIM WILSON
“I can open and close sections of my chat about our jobs, student/supermarket came to terms with what he describes as
brain at will”, explains a straight faced for me, mind reading for him. We take his “ability to communicate with spirits
Derek Ogilvie. It is a conviction matched our seats in the corner, far away from the and infants”, I realise that regardless of
only by my scepticism. Wedding reception that is being organised my beliefs, Derek appears to be utterly
near the main door. convinced of his.
Mr Ogilvie has intrigued me ever since I
happened upon his television show, The “I lived in Glasgow for many years during “I realised I could communicate with
Baby Mind Reader, a few years ago on the 1990s and owned a few bars and a small children in roughly 2002, though
Channel 5. Essentially Mr. Ogilvie claims club”, begins a calm and mild mannered I did not think it was a big deal as I was
that he can communicate with A) Babies Derek. “However, I went Bankrupt in learning and I did not fully understand
B) The dead. As such people’s reaction to 2000 and within a few weeks I went from the significance at the time. Then I
Derek is one of extremes, to some he is a driving a Rolls-Royce to not being able to started to think that I had lost the plot.
godsend while to the majority of society afford a bus.” A man who went bankrupt Am I really getting this information from
he is a delusional crack pot. and then claims to be able to read minds? a child?”, continues Derek without a
My sceptic sense is tingling. trace of sarcasm as his wide-eyed passion
Standing outside a generic West End pub continues to duel with my disbelief. “Yet,
Derek is dressed in casual jeans and a t- “People are quick to say that a person as time went on I realised that I could use
shirt and as our photographer decides on who goes bankrupt and then becomes this ability to help families. If people do
a suitable location for a quick shoot we a successful psychic is using his claim not believe in me I say look at the results
and hopefully they will understand that I
must come from some connection I have
“I fully believe that babies can
with a child or the relatives of the dead,
read the minds of their parents
how else would I know these things?”
and as I have said I can open and
close sections of my brain at will.” As Derek speaks he sits back and sips his
lemon tea and stares over to the wedding
reception that is gradually filing into the
as a way to make money yet I have cordoned off section of the pub. The
only started to make money recently fancy hats seem to mock the seriousness
and I have been doing this for years. of Derek’s claim and I begin to conclude
Furthermore, since the age of nine I this may be the most bizarre morning of
knew I could speak to the spirit world so my adult life. “What is it like when you
for me this was nothing new. But I also read the mind of a baby?” I ask.
live in the real world and I know that
the majority of people do not believe in “I fully believe that babies can read the
people like me, they think that we are minds of their parents and as I have said
liars or delusional.” I can open and close sections of my brain
at will”, replies Derek. “So I am able to
It is obvious that Derek is no fool and enter what I describe as a dream state.
the manner in which he speaks reflects I get pictures in my head and I see little
a guarded mistrust - the understandable movies, as if I am in the child’s head
attitude of a man lampooned by many looking out through its eyes but I also
a media hack. As he explains how he get pains in my body. I combine theses
4•GUM
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