Key Fobs Mysteriously Being Disabled in Kohl's Parking Lot -Tinley Park, IL

Strange stuff. Hope they get to the bottom of it.

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TINLEY PARK, Ill. (CBS) – Something strange is happening in a Tinley Park strip mall lot.

CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov reports the mystery has left investigators puzzled, and dozens of people without a working car.

At first glance, it appears to be your typical Kohl’s parking lot. But something is awry.

A strange force is leaving some shoppers stranded; their car key fobs powerless to unlock and even start their vehicles.

Full story:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/03/12/key-fobs-mysteriously-being-disabled-in-suburban-parking-lot/?hpt=us_bn9

This is one interesting story...
I don't know about you guys but I think our wireless , EMP technology, etc. are actually creating more problems than it benefits us- not to mention how hazardous these things are upon our health /electrical brains. More and more evidence of this is coming out...and at the rate this tech is going, more will be evidenced down the road!

Stuck in Tinley Park lot? Auto experts offer tips

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For shoppers who have been trapped in the parking lot of a Tinley Park “twilight zone,” here’s a bit of advice from some auto experts: Read the owner’s manual for your vehicle.

Or keep an eye on the planets.

In recent days, several shoppers who parked near Kohl’s department store or Best Buy in the Brookside Marketplace mall have been unable to unlock or start their vehicles with a remote.

Village officials had not solved the mystery as of Tuesday.

John Howard, service manager at Rizza Buick in Tinley Park, said he’s had about a dozen calls from the owners of various makes and models of cars parked in the lot of the shopping center, 191st Street and Harlem Avenue.

“I’ve never seen this before. But there’s something in that area that is scrambling the signals from the remotes,” he said. “If you get a couple of blocks away from the mall, the car starts up.”

Remote devices simply send a signal to the receiver, in this case, the vehicle. Sometimes that frequency can be interrupted by other radio frequencies, high-tension wires, two-way radios or computers, said Bill Featherston, service writer at Bauer Buick in Matteson.

Before calling the tow truck, read the owner’s manual, Howard and Featherston said.

MORE:
http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/news/18810226-418/stuck-in-tinley-park-lot-auto-experts-offer-tips.html

Here is another mysterious key fob mystery that happened in Wolverhampton in 11/2011.
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2011/11/02/mystery-over-key-fob-blackspot/
Be sure to read some of the comments as they say thieves will oftimes do this interference , then steal the car or enter home ! Stay aware , folks!