Flagged DNA, a Secret Handler, and Missing Time in a War Zone

Government contractor Rich Barker breaks his silence for the first time about a series of unexplained events tied to his overseas deployments in Iraq. Rich recounts having his DNA flagged during a routine blood draw, discovering years later that a close friend was actually his handler, and waking up three days later with no memory after a sudden illness while playing cards on a military base. The conversation covers a do not detain flag placed on his license without explanation, his eyes reportedly changing color between black, gray, and yellow depending on his mood, and a striking memory of a fellow DoD contractor transforming into a seven foot tall dog-like creature in front of him. Rich and Rye discuss possible explanations ranging from MK Ultra style programming to bloodline-based recruitment, and Rich shares his own ongoing search for answers, including his discovery that no DNA testing service in the country operates outside of government control. In This Episode • Government contractor Rich is going public for the first time about a string of events he still can't fully explain, starting back in 2008 when financial hardship pushed him to take an overseas contracting job for the money. What began as routine maintenance work on military bases in Iraq slowly turned into something Rich now believes was a long-running recruitment effort he never agreed to. • A man Rich considered a close friend, someone he trusted enough to store his motorcycle with, turned out to be quietly monitoring him the entire time. The friend would show up with unsettling knowledge of Rich's private conversations and repeatedly told him he needed to start playing by the rules, a phrase Rich now understands as pressure to comply with a recruitment he never consented to. • Before deploying, Rich went through what he was told were routine vaccinations and a blood draw, supposedly for identification purposes in case something happened to him overseas. He didn't question it at the time, but it's the moment he now believes his DNA was first flagged by whoever was tracking him. • One of the strangest incidents happened while Rich was playing cards with a female DoD contractor outside their living quarters on base. He suddenly felt ill, went to lie down, and woke up three days later with only a slight headache and no memory of what happened in between, an experience he kept to himself for roughly a decade before telling anyone. • That same DoD contractor, who Rich says was deployed directly through Langley to Ramadi, was rumored among his contacts to belong to something referred to only as a wolf pack. Rich describes a specific memory, one he isn't fully certain is real, of watching her transform into a seven foot tall, pale, fur covered, dog faced creature right in front of him while the two were hanging out. • Rich later discovered he had a do not detain flag attached to his license, something no one explained to him at the time and that he only learned about after being waved through a situation that should have gotten him in trouble. Years afterward, when he finally pressed his handler on why he'd been targeted in the first place, the answer was simply that his DNA had been flagged during that original blood draw. • That answer sent Rich down his own research path into bloodlines, epigenetics, and whether trauma itself can alter a person's genetic markers enough to draw attention. His wife has told him his eyes visibly change color depending on his mood, going jet black when he's angry and shifting to gray or yellow at other times, something Rich has no medical explanation for. • Rich also describes trying to independently verify his DNA results, only to discover that every genetic testing service in the country, no matter how private it appears on the surface, is ultimately tied to government oversight. He was later told by his handler that he'd been declined from whatever program was being considered for him because he was deemed uncontrollable. • Rye closes out the conversation weighing the possible explanations for everything Rich described, from MK Ultra style psychological programming to a bloodline-based recruitment pipeline, noting that mental and physical changes like the ones Rich experienced tend to intensify after deployment. Both agree there's likely more going on beneath the surface of ordinary contractor work than most people realize. Best Line of the Night "Why did they pick me? I'm just a mechanic. I'm a nobody." Rich, recalling the moment he finally pushed his handler for a real answer. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/codega-s-codex-of-curiosities--6244705/support. 📬Inquiries: CodexOfCuriosities@gmail.com 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channe... 💻Website: www.codegascodex.com 📲Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ccofcuriosities 🤳Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/codex.of.curiosities/ Support the Show! 🛒Codega's Store: https://codegas-bodega-shop.fourthwall.com/ 🎙Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Codega... 📦Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.mx/hz/w... Disclaimer: Neither The Host (Rye Voss) nor the podcast (Codega's Codex of Curiosities) are responsible for the views and opinions of any of the guests. * All claims made by individual guests are at their own discretion and may not reflect on the overall views of Codega's Codex of Curiosities or Rye Voss