UFO Openline News PARANORMAL EDITION,Issue 18, 6/16/09

Greetings one and all, and welcome once again
to the Extraordinary world we live in.

Colombia: Satanic Ceremony Results In Shocking Image
Wiltshire's Latest Crop Circle
Revealing Ghostly Secrets at the Union County, NJ Courthouse
Flight 2012
Colombia: Satanic Ceremony Results In Shocking Image

Three teenage girls from a Tolima town saw a ghost standing behind them in a photo taken after having played improvised satanic rituals, local media reported Wednesday.The incident happened last week in the town of Purificacion when the girls, between 15 and 17 years old, decided to dress up as witches and to try satanic rituals and spells - just for fun.One of the teenagers asked her younger brother to take a photo of the girls to remember the evening. They had the shock of their lives when they discovered the clear image of a man standing behind them.Seeing the alleged ghost, the girls started to scream and panic and one of them even suffered a nervous breakdown.The three friends swear that they were only playing around and did not use a ouija board to invoke spirits, which is a more common reason for panic among teenage girls in Colombia and especially in the Tolima department._____________________Here is another report:Six girls between ten and fourteen years old were admitted to a local hospital in the Tolima department after having played with a ouija board.The girls, all from the village of Buenavista, were taken to the Rafael Gutierrez hospital in San Juan del Valle after having played the Parker Brothers board game that is used to summon spirits, but according to some can summon demons.Hospital psychologist Maritza Guzmán told Caracol Radio Saturday that, even though the girls were free of physical symptoms, tests had proven the girls were suffering psychological disorders when being admitted.All girls were sent home after being examined, but continue to be under supervision of the hospital's psychology staff.The families of the ouija-playing girls asked the local priest to conduct a serious of prayers for the girls.
Wiltshire's Latest Crop Circle

This spectacular crop circle appeared ay Windmill Hill, near Devizes, last week.The 350ft ying and yang design has already attracted a stream of sightseers as the Wiltshire crop circle season gets under way.Visitors from all over the world, particularly America, flock to the area to see the circles.One local fan is new Wiltshire resident Robbie Williams who is aid to have chosen to live at Compton Bassett, near Calne, to be closer to them.___________________Here is another account about this fantastic crop circle:The formation, measuring approximately 350ft (100 metres), seems to depict a Yin Yang pattern and appeared on May 25 beneath Windmill Hill, near Devizes.It was captured on camera at an area close to the great man-made mound of Silbury Hill, Wiltshire.As many other crop circles previously spotted in the area, it seems to follow the Yin and Yang theme.The green and then golden fields of the world's crop circle capital of Wiltshire have spawned an array of patterns in the past that have fascinated those who seek them out.Enthusiasts and experienced crop pattern hunters have often spotted formations appearing close to these sacred sites.The crop circle season extends from April to harvesting in September, and is believed to be worth millions of pounds to the local economy.Windmill Hill is thought to date to the Early Neolithic period some 5000 years ago, 3700 BC and was constructed as a causeway enclosure. It is the largest known of its kind measuring 21 acres (8.5ha).It consists of three rings of concentric ditches, which were probably dug out in the same manner as the deep Avebury ditch, using antlers and oxen shoulder blades.It was a major task taking many man-hours over many years.It is thought that the camp was at its most important as a farming community during a relatively peaceful and prosperous time of approximately 3000- 3500 years until the advent of the Romans when their presence is evidenced by traces of a villa found on the western slopes of the mound.
Revealing Ghostly Secrets at the Union County, NJ Courthouse

Seth Laderman won't say whether the ghost of Hannah Caldwell is finally ready for her close up.But he is predicting fans of Ghost Hunters, the popular cable television series on the Sci-Fi channel, will not be disappointed when they tune in this summer to see what the crew found when they visited the Union County Courthouse. "They can expect a pretty cool investigation," said Laderman, a co-producer of the Sci-Fi channel's Ghost Hunters.In fact, the crew, which travels the country investigating reported paranormal activity, was so pleased with what they encountered at the Elizabeth courthouse this spring that when the series returns for its sixth season in July, the courthouse piece is expected to air as either the first or second episode in the 25-show season, Laderman said.The historic courthouse with its wide marble staircases, and the adjoining cemetery at the First Presbyterian Church, with all its Revolutionary War-era gravestones, provided backdrops worthy of any movie set. But the investigators from Ghost Hunters also couldn't resist the opportunity to investigate reports that Caldwell's ghost haunted the historic courthouse.Hannah Caldwell was buried in the church cemetery next to her husband, the Rev. James Caldwell, a strident revolutionary known as the Fighting Parson. But the circumstances of her death more than two centuries ago remains the subject of historical dispute. By some accounts, she was mistaken for a sniper by a British redcoat, while other reports say the killing was retaliation for her husband's activities.Some historians have even suggested it could have just been a stray shot from either side. Regardless, her death was used to rally the area's farmers, who until that point, had remained fairly ambivalent about the revolution.Retired Star-Ledger reporter Robert E. Misseck, who covered the Union County Courthouse, remembers writing his first stories about the Caldwell ghost in the 1970s."It was three or four weeks before Halloween, when one of the custodians in the courthouse comes into the press office and tells me he saw a ghost--a woman standing in the elevator with him, all dressed in white," Misseck said.Soon after the story ran, a psychic paid a visit to the courthouse. She was "getting the vibe" that Caldwell was not pleased with the way her murder was depicted on the official Union County seal, Misseck said.Laderman said the Ghost Hunters enjoy investigating public buildings, in part because there's usually far more history involved and more people who have had experiences there.The crew brings a host of electronic equipment, from EMF detectors, which record the presence of electro magnetic fields, to special recorders that pick up sounds inaudible to the human ear. They will also come with nightvision cameras equipped to film in the dark, along with cameras equipped with thermal sensors."We try to bring as much science into this as we can," Laderman said.Grant Wilson, one of the co-founders of the show, said that when the crew investigates paranormal incidents, they consider it as much a success when they debunk a story as when they find evidence supporting the presence of unexplainable forces."We're not in the business of convincing people," he said, noting that the team had "a great time investigating" the county courthouse area.Sheriff Ralph Froehlich, whose office is in charge of courthouse security, not only observed some of the filming, but also provided the crew with some of the history to the courthouse and its alleged other worldly inhabitants--yes--there have been reports of other spectral beings.Froehlich got to sit down with the show's hosts for the segment, called the "reveal," where they share their findings.While he promised not to repeat what was said before the show airs, the sheriff did say the experience has left him sitting on the fence when it comes to matters dealing with the paranormal."I'm not a believer, but I'm not a disbeliever," Froehlich said. "I think there are things we don't understand."
Flight 2012

This is a true story that has recently become a movie script available for hire. For the first time we get introduced to the real thing. - Vivian Harper_____________________In 1967 our UFO club in Vancouver BC was hosting a speaker from California. The day before she was to do her lecture she was on ‘talk radio’. “Bob” heard her and phoned the station. A meeting was set up in our house because dad had a brand new reel to reel audio tape recorder.Poor old Bob. He said he was dying of cancer and just had to get this story off his chest.He tells us he was a watchman for a gold mine in the Yukon that was closed for the winter. He had no electricity. He was isolated except for his dog. On this day he was baking bread and roasting a chunk of beef in his wood stove. The date he gives us is the 14th of February 1950. At -52’F it is so cold, if you opened the door the cold air would come rolling onto the floor like a cloud of CO2.And this is the way it happened that day. All of a sudden, standing before him, in the mist, were three not so human beings. They scared the pants off Bob.He spoke to them, they just stared at him not speaking not moving. Looking very sinister, they then looked around the room. Bob tried to ease the situation with some light chatter. He began to think they were Russians. At the time we were hearing a lot about the Russians. The cold war started later that year. He spoke a few Russian words to them and there was no response. Bob is trembling by now but offers them some fresh baked bread. Now what human could refuse fresh baked bread I ask you? I can imagine the aroma coming from that little cabin in the middle of nowhere in the blowing snow and sub zero temperatures. But no they were not there for the cuisine. Bob tried to motion to them “Close the door”. That’s when Bob hears them speak to each other in clicks and clacks and some guttural sounds. His confusion became terror when they tore off their hoods and Bob shone the kerosene lamp into their faces. Humanoids for sure but not quite. Still Bob is not sure what he had here. The humanoids looked troubled Bob said. He does not know how troubled they really are. If he knew the extent to their troubles he may have hid under a rock. In the poor light he notices their bald heads are kind of a green color. He told us that if you saw these beings from 30 feet you would not notice them to be different. But up close they were quite different. Their jaw joint was put together differently. Their hands were small like a child’s and their arms are very short. Bob tells the story of how he finally realized who and what they were. He reached for a knife to cut himself a piece of bread and one of them grabbed his arm so hard he nearly fainted from the pain. “Oh my.” He recalls, “I knew he could kill me in a second.” The pain continued with him in the corner, moaning and groaning. Just then one of them came over and motioned to Bob to place his finger in this small depression looking device. At first he was too afraid to do anything but decided anything was better than the pain he was feeling. Once he did he felt a complete and utter pleasant feeling go through his body and the pain disappeared. He says it was then that he realized that they were not from Saskatchewan.Their clothes smelled badly of burned metal. The next 3 ½ days Bob watches as they bring in boxes of “stuff” he does not recognize.“Looks like some machinery and instruments.” he says. They used a screen that answers to our description of a laptop computer, on his kitchen table to examine and take apart the equipment. All of it smells like burned metal. He thinks that they have crashed themselves and are working on their own craft using screwdrivers. Did he not know that alien crafts were not made of nuts and bolts?Actually Bob was a witness to the aftermath of a more sinister story. One that starts on earth.Early on February 14th 1950, a B36 bomber left Fairbanks, Alaska doing what the US Air Force described as a simulated combat mission. It was a war readiness test for the B 36 and it’s crew. This meant that it was supposed to be an actual test carrying the actual nuclear core to be put in the actual Fat Boy bomb once in the air. This duty was given to Captain Ted Schreier who was the acting Weaponeer. There were 17 members to this crew. Captain Harold Berry at the controls and Co-pilot Ray Whitfield. The pertinent rule in this story is the no fly zone over Canada. Their route was from Fairbanks to Great Falls Montana with an attack approach in San Francisco and ending in Fort Worth Texas. Following the coast they were about 7 hours in the air when out of no where there was absolute panic aboard flight 075. They radioed the Alaskan tower.“May Day...! May Day…! Loosing air speed” Captain Berry bellowed into the mouthpiece.The plane shudders. Someone in the background yells, “We have engine 1, 2, 5 in flames. “ They are at 8000 feet. They know they are going down and so does the tower at Fairbanks. The main concern now is to get rid of the bomb. But the bombay doors are stuck and the plutonium has been inserted. It is Captain Schreier job to dismantle the plutonium core. It is not clear if he managed to do this however.The story is they turn west to drop the bomb and turn east again to enable the crew to parachute out over Princess Royal Island off the coast of BC. Can you imagine the courage it would take to jump out of an airplane in the middle of the night in Northern BC in February? Five men did not make it.Except a strange thing happen about then. The plane did a 180’ turn around, back to Alaska.At this point we do not have enough evidence to say exactly what happened after that but circumstances do tell us a lot.Captain Schreier, the weaponeer, was never found and his parachute was found 54 years later at the crash site meaning that he never used it. We believe he was trying to fly the weapon and the B 36 and the plutonium back to Alaska. The fear was that it would get into the hands of the weapon hungry Russians. If he wasn’t protecting the contents on the flight what was he doing risking his life for nothing more than an old B 36.The plane lays crashed in the blowing snow with no hope of rescue. America’s first ‘Broken Arrow’.Did the three aliens steal something from the plane? And did they take it to Bob’s cabin?The real interesting story is the relationship Bob had with the aliens. The day after Bob hears one of them say a few familiar English words. “Stay” …”you stay” he says.“OK” Bob says astonished.It is clear from the start that Chris had a job to do and Bob was in the way and a nuisance. Time after time Bob would ask questions. If he had an answer at all it was only a word or two.“Where do you come from?” What is your name? “Cliss” is the response.Bob chose to call him Chris. A name he understood.“Do you have women aboard?”“No women” with no explanation.But added that they came from a place very far away. So far away in fact, Chris has never been there himself. His grandfather had set out on a scientific mission. Since then there was Chris’ father and then himself.Bob couldn’t figure out how to ask but wanted to know how did Chris come into being if there were no women? He let the question pass.Bob wanted to know how many years it would take to go home. This opened up a can of worms for Bob.“No time” Chris said.“From here to here”. Chris motioned with his hands.I can understand that, but Bob had never thought about time as being anything except linear.Later, watching from across the room he is observing their antics as closely as possible.And they don’t look happy. They are engrossed in their work.Bob went to go outside and feed the dog. He should have known better for all of a sudden all three of them were down his throat so to speak. Chattering up a storm and physically blocking the doorway.Chris calmed them down. And told Bob under no circumstance should Bob try to leave the cabin.It was this moment when Bob realized that Chris was the boss and that he was a prisoner.The one he called Red because when he got mad his face and neck went beet red. He was the scariest one and would have no trouble killing Bob if need be.Red is an interesting character though. He is the only one to get angry but the first to laugh a bit. He was banging on the table trying to tell Bob to stay in doors when a pot fell off the wall with a loud bang. The silence afterward was deafening until Red and Bob both began to laugh. For Bob it was a nervous relief. Red wore contact lenses. It gave him a bug-eyed look.The third character, Burnie, was a “gofer.” Go for this and go for that. He was out doors so much Bob said the bit of skin around where a missing ear was burned off was so cold it was blue. Bob hunted up a pair of old earmuffs for him.At dinner Bob offered them food but they had their own. A liquid mixed with a powder and stirred and eaten with a small paddle. The cup was 2 inches wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. If the top was twisted it would warm up.I hope Bob felt better after the heavy load was off his shoulders. He died soon after our visit.There is a message in his story that is important today. Our beautiful blue jeweled planet is in danger.But more than that, our galaxy experiences a trickle down effect caused by any nuclear explosion.“Earth will not be allowed to do this again”. said Chris.Chris also said he would be back, bringing his troops with him.Something about a convergence in 2012 AD.How about that?NOTE: Vivian Harper can be contacted at amphibian62@q.com. I thank her for allowing me to present this account
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Reader Emails: Gifts From Above
Gen. Wallace Still Haunts Tennessee Mansion
9/11 Blueprint for Truth: Architect Richard Gage, AIA
Illinois Cemetery's Spectral Past Highlighted In Publication
Suburban Legends: The Palisades Panthers
Reader Emails: Gifts From Above

I was down in the back meadow with my dog Twiggy around 9:PM. I was looking east when I noticed to my left a very bright white light moving from behind the trees, I watched in astonishment because it was very obvious that it was not a plane. There was no blinking whatsoever, just a continous white light and very low and silent.At first, I thought I heard jet sounds, but it turned out to be a jet flyingbehind me. The white light suddenly stopped...with camera ready I snapped a photo. It then proceeded on it's way toward the east, gliding along slowly. I watched for a good 2 minutes or more. I said thank you, thank you, thank you! .....and waved bye!Earlier I had gone over to my friends to put their dogs up around sunset, which has been the routine. I was at a meeting prior to this so Twiggy was not with me. I walked down to the shore of the lake and the sun was just going down. I did a long meditation and thanked our Universal Siblings for their visits and the fantastic photos they had given me the past few weeks.I felt like this sighting was a response and a thumbs up for sharing with the world.Thanks!Marilyn B.____________________Personally it seems to me that all UFO activity and sightings are increasing somewhat exponentially. The only reason I can personally say this is last Sunday evening me and some friends here in central UT saw 6 and I repeat 6 UFO's within a 4 hour period. I am somewhat skeptical when it comes to first hand encounters as people tend to leave logic aside. I didn't have a camera as we were at a ranch and really weren't planning on seeing anything odd that night. We just planned for another night. Now with my skepticism's I am convinced that what we saw was not the ISS or iridium flares or the lacrosse and space debris. I looked up the coordinates of my location, took note of the times and visibility of the ISS, iridium flares and the lacrosse. What we saw was too bright, too slow, made no noise, was not blinking, was what seemed very low and happened repeatedly after I started flashing my 3,000,000 candle power spotlight at the first object. I am convinced because of me flashing my spotlight that the later sightings occurred. I have witnessed several UFO's in my area but never more than 1 on one night. It was truly amazing and actually scared my friends with their solid beliefs that UFO's and aliens don't exist.Now I will not say that these objects were flown by any entity or extraterrestrial intelligence or if they were government made. But I'll tell you the things were damn bright and that night is still kind of tripping me out along with my friends. I have thought a lot about what happened and it was truly amazing. I never thought I would witness something on that scale with friends there to witness it also. I am just wondering if it has anything to do with project blue beam or if it is something entirely different. I am tired of wondering and, as crazy as it sounds, want to know regardless of how it happens. I am tired of fighting logic against hope and just want to know if aliens are real. I am to the point where I would welcome some kind of encounter. Time will tell.____________________I saw a UFO in 1964 near Los Angeles airport. I believe there were a lot of sightings over Los Angeles in the 50s & 60s.Oh - I can hear the skeptics now - because it was over a busy airport. I was born and bred practically under the flight path and my mom worked there. I observed planes for many years - NO it was not a plane.I was sitting in my car waiting for my mom to get off work (at airport). I looked up and saw this glowing disk in the sky way above a tall building (maybe 10 stories) - across from the airport. At first I thought it was one of those search lights for advertising. I sat and just observed it for about 20 minutes. There was no sound that I could detect.I couldn't see actual details because it was glowing - like it was self illuminating, a yellow/white illumination.This was at 4:30 in the afternoon. Clear blue skies - only some high wispy clouds.The object moved in a half semi circle (again, reason to believe it was a search light) - but it stopped and just stayed there for about 5 minutes. I wasn't jumping up & down yelling "It's a UFO" - I was just observing it. Then it moved back to where it started.THEN - it shot straight up in the air through the high wispy clouds until I could not see it anymore.
Gen. Wallace Still Haunts Tennessee Mansion

The white-pillared Cherry Mansion in Savannah, Tenn., is where General Wallace died with his wife at his side."My darling knew he was going and pressed my hand long and fondly to his heart. Then he waved me away and said, ‘We meet in Heaven." They were the last words upon those loved lips," Ann Wallace later wrote.The home is privately owned but identified by a historical marker. The owners say it is haunted and passersby report seeing a Civil War soldier looking from an upstairs window.The speculation is it is Wallace's ghost._____________________Cherry Mansion HistoryThe Cherry Mansion, located on Main Street in Savannah, TN was built around 1830 by David Robinson, who in turn gave it to his daughter when she married W. H. Cherry. Cherry was a wealthy man, who owned much land, and many slaves. During the Civil War, Cherry was an ardent Union Sympathizer, as were many people in Savannah. Mr. Cherry always opened his home to Union soldiers.In 1862, just before the Battle of Shiloh, some Union soldiers, including General U. S. Grant, were welcomed into the mansion. In fact, Grant was there in the mansion during the first hours of the battle, reportedly recovering from a night of binge drinking. Even so, had it not been for Mr. Cherry making his home so opening, and welcoming Union forces, the outcome of Shiloh may have been different. Today, Cherry Mansion is a privately owned home, but is marked by a historical marker. For years, owners have said the house is haunted, though no one has ever been harmed by the ghosts. Among the more common activity reported here are typical ghostly activity: apparitions, loud noises, and the occasional voice. Many passersby have reported seeing a man dressed in a Civil War era military uniform peering out of an upstairs window. In 1976, a well documented ghostly occurrence happened. Four people witnessed a man dressed in a white suit walking down the street. Something about him just didn't seem right. He walked up to the medal historical marker, and read it very carefully. Then he vanished!_________________Union Major General W.H.L. WallaceWilliam Harvey Lamb Wallace earned acclaim and a brigadier general’s star as a fighting officer. Unfortunately, it was the same approach which led to his death, April 10, 1862, due to wounds suffered at the Battle of Shiloh. Wallace was born in Urbana, Ohio, July 8, 1821. As a boy, his family relocated to La Salle County, Illinois. In 1846, Wallace was admitted to the Illinois bar, but within a year, he enlisted in the 1st Illinois Volunteers for the Mexican War. Initially a private, he rose to first lieutenant and regimental adjutant while fighting under the army of Zachary Taylor.After the war, he returned home and resumed his law practice. He was an elected district attorney for a time. With a call for troops at the start of the Civil War, Wallace returned to the military as colonel of the 11th Illinois (enlisted May 1, 1861), a 90-day unit which extended its enlistment for three years. Based at Bird’s Point, Missouri, Wallace led his men on a chase of Missouri State Guard Brig. Gen. Jeff Thompson “The Swamp Rat” holding Bloomfield, Missouri. That was part of the campaign with ended with the Battle of Belmont, Missouri, Nov. 7, 1861.First contact with the enemy came in skirmishes against Thompson’s forces. If the 11th Illinois missed out on the main fighting at Belmont, it made up for it at Fort Donelson, Feb. 13-16, 1862. In the campaign to take the river forts in northern Tennessee, Wallace commanded the Second Brigade of Brig. Gen. John McClernard’s First Division, Wallace’s men had an easy time at Fort Henry. But in the siege of Fort Donelson, Wallace and his brigade were in the thick of the fighting. The brigade suffered with a change in weather and then suffered heavily from Brig. Gen. Pillow’s attack out of the fort Feb. 15, 1862. Representative of the carnage was the 11th Illinois. According to the adjutant general’s report, in five hours, the 11th Illinois, part of Wallace’s 2nd Brigade, lost 329 of its 509 men who were killed, wounded or missing. Of that number, 72 were killed and 182 wounded.In reorganization of the army, Wallace was promoted to brigadier general March 21, 1862, and assigned to command of the 2nd Division of the six concentrating around Savannah and Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. The morning of April 6, 1862, found Wallace’s division on the Federal right, in advance of the main lines. Suffering heavy casualties during the Confederate attacks, Wallace brought his command back to form up on the right of Brig. Gen. Benjamin Prentiss’ 6th Division at what later became known as the “Hornet’s Nest.” Defending the sunken road in heavy woods, the Federals were ordered to hold out. Late in the day, April 6, the position began to break. Just after conferring with Prentiss to hold out to the last man, Wallace was hit in the head with a piece of shell. Prentiss surrendered soon after that. Wallace was left on the field, undisturbed among the many casualties. It’s likely he was left for dead in the dark.Federal troops found him about 10 a.m. April 7, somehow still alive. He was removed to Pittsburg Landing, where his wife had arrived the day before. Wallace lingered until April 10, when he died at the Federal command post (Cherry Mansion) at Savannah, Tennessee. Wallace was buried near Ottawa, Illinois.
9/11 Blueprint for Truth: Architect Richard Gage, AIA

NOTE: long video...'9/11 Blueprint for Truth' presented by Architect Richard Gage, AIA. New evidence or is this just more of the same debate? Pictures of angled cuts on columns of demolished buildings, description of how the core columns may have been accessed, etc. You be the judge..
Illinois Cemetery's Spectral Past Highlighted In Publication

Legend has it that night-time trespassers to Moon Point Cemetery, south of Streator in Livingston County, will find themselves at the mercy of the "hatchet lady,"the ghost of a woman who lost her mind following the death of her child.And if a train passes by while visitors are at Moon Point, their cars will not start, leaving them trapped in the cemetery.Or so the story goes.Such are the yarns spun by local residents, according to Michael Kleen, who publishes an online serial called "Legends and Lore." And these kinds of tales are right up his alley.Kleen recently visited Moon Point Cemetery after hearing these local legends and included his investigation in the May edition of his publication, available at www.trueillinoishaunts.com."It is stories like this that make our small towns interesting and unique," he said. "The legends of Moon Point have been passed down from one generation to the next, playing an important role in forging a sense of community."Kleen took some time to talk to The Times via e-mail. Here's what he had to say about Moon Point, the paranormal and what he enjoys about his investigations.Q. Can you tell me a little about yourself and your publication?A. I earned a master"s degree in American history from Eastern Illinois University in 2008. I am the author of several books, including "Tales of Coles County, Illinois," "Six Tales of Terror" and "One Voice." I've spoken on local history and folklore at Teapot"s Café in Beecher, Charleston Middle School and the 2007 Conference on Illinois History in Springfield. I have appeared on Joliet Paranormal Radio, AM-1050 WLIP, and have had several articles published in Paranormal Underground magazine and KILTER — the journal of Gothic Art Chicago. I am also the publisher of Black Oak Presents, a quarterly digital journal of Middle American art and culture.The Legends and Lore of Illinois is a monthly serial that highlights places of folklore and ghost lore in Illinois that anyone can download and read for free. It is in its third year, and I recently released a book comprised of the first 24 issues. The Legends and Lore of Illinois tries to examine places of folklore in Illinois from a unique angle, including using fiction and humor. Our motto is "leave science to the scientists." I take a lot of pictures of each place, but I don't go around pointing thermometers at headstones.Q. How did you first become aware of Moon Point Cemetery?A. I learned about Moon Point Cemetery, like many places, on the Shadowlands Index of Haunted Places. Unfortunately, most of the places on that Index aren't really worth looking into, and there are a lot of errors on there. When I determine subjects for future issues, I make sure there is plenty of information available about each location. When I looked up Moon Point, I saw it had a Wikipedia entry, and it was mentioned in a number of other Internet postings, so I thought it was interesting enough to include in an issue.Q. Did you visit the cemetery? What were your impressions? Do you have a protocol you follow when visiting these places?A. I did visit the cemetery. I make sure to go to every location I write about and I take dozens of pictures to make sure each "Legends and Lore" issue is well illustrated. One of the purposes of the serial is to allow people who aren't able to go to these places to see what they look like. Not everyone has as much free time as I do! My impressions of Moon Point were basically the same as what I get at every allegedly haunted cemetery. When you've been to as many as I have, they all start to blend together after awhile. I think Moon Point is interesting because of the variety of stories associated with it, and it isn't every day you hear about the ghost of a "hatchet lady," so that was what drew me to the place. For the record, no one threw hatchets at me while I was there.Q. How did you become interested in "legends and lore?" While this legend involves the supernatural, do all of your visits center around that?A. I've been interested in the paranormal my entire life. Of course, everyone wonders what happens after they die, and I certainly look for any shred of evidence that a part of me will continue on. I think these ghost stories are oddly comforting for people. It makes you think maybe there is a chance you just won't blink into nothingness. Most of the locations I write about center around the paranormal, but they don't have to. For instance, next month's issue will be about the Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, which has been abandoned for a number of years. I haven't heard of any stories associated with it, but I thought it would be an interesting subject.Q. What is it you enjoy about putting out this publication?A. I ask myself that question every day, because it is really difficult to go to all these places, do the research, put out an issue every month and work on all my other projects. I guess what keeps me going is the thought that somewhere out there, someone is sitting at home reading my work and really getting something out of it. I want to make that connection, and I love when people write to me and say how much they appreciate it. Also, I love going on road trips and exploring new places. There's always a chance something interesting might happen, so it keeps me coming back.Q. What kind of reaction do you normally get from locals when you visit?A. I tend to avoid other people when I go to each location, but I've had locals e-mail me after an issue has come out and shower me with all kinds of information you couldn't get anywhere else. The people living around these places know so much more about them, but the question is, where do you start asking? You can't just go up to someone's house, so you'd have to start asking around at gas stations and McDonald's. "Hi, I'm just some random dude off the street, do you know anything about that creepy cemetery outside of town?" Come to think of it, that might make these trips a lot more interesting... As for the local police, I don't ever have much trouble with them. But if they ever ask what I'm doing somewhere, I simply tell them and usually they don't seem to care. I always go to these places during the day, so there's never a problem.Q. I notice the publication includes a fictional component. Why mix both reality and fantasy? What do you want readers to get out of experiencing both?A. Ah, yes. The fictional element of each issue follows the adventures of a group called The Fallen, who investigate each location and get into all sorts of trouble. The stories keep things interesting, for me especially, and also for the readers. I really want to stoke the imaginations of my readers. I think with the "investigation" craze, there's a tendency to want to reduce paranormal experiences to some kind of Tinker Toy experiment, but I firmly believe the best part of the paranormal is its ability to inspire wonderment and creativity. We all know a hatchet lady doesn't really lurk in Moon Point Cemetery, but it's fun to pretend and it's fun to go somewhere and be scared. Why come in and ruin that? So that's why I think fiction and storytelling are such important parts of the creation of ghost lore, and it's something I'd like to encourage, as long as people can tell the difference when the lights come on.
Suburban Legends: The Palisades Panthers

The Palisades panther(s) first appeared on the morning of March 6th, in Snedens Landing, a hamlet on the Hudson, just over the New Jersey line. Jane Bernick glanced out her kitchen window and saw, lying in the grass about twenty yards away, a pair of large black mammals. Assuming that they were bears, she retrieved a pair of binoculars. Closer observation revealed that they were feline. Panthers. No question. She spent ten minutes watching them groom each other, before they slinked off. No one believed her.A week later, Bernick’s next-door neighbor Grace Knowlton, a sculptor, was sitting in her living room, with two guests, when she saw a black panther stalk through a clearing about fifty yards away. She had a sense that it was following another one, but couldn’t be sure. Knowlton called the police, who regarded her report with suspicion, perhaps because she owns a pair of black standard poodles. But she was insistent—the tail, the hind legs, the glistening coat.A few days afterward, Dorian Tunell, an electrician, went on a bicycle ride with his eight-year-old son in Tallman Mountain State Park, about a mile north of Knowlton’s place. Not far into the woods, he heard a rustling and looked to see a big black cat jumping over a rock.“The panther!” the boy cried. He ditched his bike, and Tunell scooped him up with one arm and rode to a friend’s house, warning people along the way to get their pets inside. The friend called the park police, who seemed uninterested until they were told that a neighbor had set off into the woods with a 12-gauge shotgun. (He was wearing loafers.) The police converged, in force, but found nothing.Still, panther mania took hold. The authorities mounted warning notices and motion-sensitive digital cameras on trees. A town animal-control officer, who goes by Thunder, passed his days parked at Snedens’s only stoplight, on the lookout for a panther crossing the road. The neighbor with the loafers changed into full camouflage and roamed the woods with a bayonet. A deli up in Piermont christened a sandwich (chicken cutlet with melted mozzarella) the Panther Special. Residents put out a glossy journal—a “panthology,” they called it—of panther poems and limericks, with references to Pablo Neruda, Inspector Clouseau, and Bobby Seale. A contributor named Cantankerous Nick wrote:An outpouring of amateur verseHas not solved our community’s curse.This lame verbal scatAbout a black catHas made the atmosphere worse.A panther: Was it possible? The term panther can describe any big cat, such as a jaguar or a cougar. Jaguars aren’t native to the Northeast; and although cougars may be, it has been many years since they have ventured so close to the George Washington Bridge, and, anyway, they are tawny, not black. Everyone who saw the panther(s)—several more encounters followed—swore that there could be none more black. People were saying that there were a couple of pet black panthers in the county—owners of exotic animals, like sex offenders, have to register with the authorities—but these cats had alibis. So the residents of the Palisades speculated that the panthers had come from Alpine, New Jersey, a few miles south, where one would find mansions and therefore, presumably, citizens more inclined to own and then abandon pet panthers.Another sighting, in late March, by a woman in her driveway, inspired the villagers to call in a professional tracker. One resident had had as a lab partner in college the renowned tracking guru Tom Brown, Jr., who had started an organization called Tracker SFI (for “search and forensic investigation”). Tracker SFI applies the ancient Apache art of tracking to police investigations.SFI deployed a Brown acolyte named Shane Hobel. A week had passed, but Hobel could tell that a big animal had lain down in the gravel in the woman’s driveway. He followed a trail into the brush, across a road, and onto a construction site, where Dorian Tunell happened to be working. Hobel showed him where the panther had tracked mud on a log.That night, Knowlton’s poodles burst out of the house barking. They ran through the electric fence and didn’t come home. The next day, a friend found them stranded on a cliff over the Hudson River. That same day, another neighbor, until now a skeptic, saw a panther out by his tire swing. Hobel raced back to Snedens and tracked the cat’s trail to a cedar at the edge of a nearby parking lot, where there was a fresh claw mark in the bark. It was five inches wide—a big cat’s paw, splayed. Hobel said, “The panther walked up to the base of the tree, paced, sat down, wiggled its butt a bit, arched its back, stretched, reached up, and scratched the trunk of the tree. Then it meandered off to the left.” It was his theory that the panthers, solitary by nature, had split up and headed north. A few weeks later, two workers saw a panther pursuing a deer, on a golf course, nine miles north. Tunell had taken to driving around up there at night, aching, like Richard Dreyfuss in “Close Encounters,” for another glimpse.A first-time tracker, less familiar with the old Apache ways than with “Bringing Up Baby,” visited Snedens recently, hoping for signs. Tunell’s bike trail began a few feet from the gateway to the home of the actor Bill Murray. The first-timer keened, “I can’t give you anything but looove, baby.” No panther(s).The tracker headed south through Snedens, past Orson Welles’s old house and a house belonging to Björk, to Knowlton’s place, an old farm, strewn with her sculptures. Knowlton has lived there for forty years. She took the first-time tracker along Shane Hobel’s route: past a vine-engulfed water tower and a patch of poison ivy, through the woods—Panther Pass, she called it—and into the parking lot, to the tree that the panther had allegedly scratched. There it was, all right: a scratch mark.Hobel returned to the Palisades on May 18th. He parked his black Jeep in a lot off Route 9W and spread out some cat-track photographs and topographic maps on the hood. He is compact and clean-shaven, a self-abnegated forty-one, and was dressed in camouflage pants and a Tracker SFI fleece and cap. He told the story of Tom Brown, his mentor: at the age of seven, while looking for fossils in southern New Jersey, Brown came across a Native American boy, who introduced him to his grandfather, an elderly Apache scout named Stalking Wolf; over the next nine years, Wolf initiated Brown into the tracking arts. Brown, and later Hobel, learned how to tell, from an imprint in the earth, the height, weight, sex, speed, and mood of the animal or person who had made it. “A track is merely the way Mother Earth feels about you the moment you left the track,” he recited. Hobel’s mother was a showgirl from Buffalo, his father a Russian concert pianist. For a time, Hobel was a stuntman, working at an Old West theme park upstate. Now, in addition to his work for SFI, he teaches martial arts and wilderness survival.The construction site where Hobel first saw the cat tracks was just south of the lot. A crew was there grading gravel. “You guys looking for the phantom panthers?” one of the men said. Hobel replied that the panthers were not phantoms. The man said, “People actually saw them? Did they have a couple of cocktails in ’em?” Hobel laughed politely and then dropped into a thicket off the road. With a laser pointer, he indicated the tracks of raccoons, squirrels, and deer in the leaves and mud. Then he crouched down over a bare circle the size of a coaster. “This is easily two months old,” he said, tracing claw marks with the laser. “It’s the rear right foot of the panther. Here’s the heel pad.” There was an empty bottle of Michelob next to it. A pack of cyclists whizzed by. Hobel, on hands and knees, sniffed at the trunk of a tree. “I smell for the obvious,” he said. Then he lowered his face to the ground: “I will put myself in the vision of a rabbit.”After a while, he crossed 9W and walked up the driveway of the woman who had seen the panther in the gravel. “They’re behind us,” he said, of the Snedens residents, “in large part because we’re really the only ones who believe.” Even believing Snedenites seem to recognize, however, that the panthers may fulfill some metaphysical or metaphorical craving, in a neighborhood already expert at sating them. (In the fifties, locals used to spot a raccoon wearing a red bow tie.) As one credulous non-panther-witness wrote in the panthology:A diversion from financial woesWe’ve fixated on two feline foesWe’re all mad as hattersBut nothing else mattersWhen the market is at nerve-racking lows.Hobel dipped into the bushes, crawling into a sort of juniper den. He pointed out a hardened “bile pile”: “It was frothing and fresh the day we saw it.” There was a scratch on a tree trunk. He poked with a knife at a pile of dried scat and held it up close. “We call this V.S.P.O.P., for ‘very strange pile of poo.’ ” He said that in the woods nearby he’d found a deer carcass and a half-eaten squirrel. “I cut off the squirrel’s skin and kept the skull. The panther left me a gift.”Hobel went back across 9W and past the construction site. “Find him?” one of the workers called out.“We’re just cooking him up,” Hobel called back.“Save some for us,” the worker said, and they laughed.Hobel doesn’t think it does the art of tracking any good to take cynicism personally. He said quietly, “Go with the joke, keep moving.”
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Owner Says Notorious Ghost Still Roams Queensland Hotel
Fort Caspar Museum Visitors May See More Than Expected
Astounding 600 Foot 'Jellyfish' Crop Circle In Oxfordshire
UFO Appears During Filming of Documentary on Alien Abductions
Photos: Australian Yowie Hunter Attacked
Owner Says Notorious Ghost Still Roams Queensland Hotel

While it has been the stuff of local urban legends, paranormal investigators are set to officially unlock the mystery behind Rosewood's notorious ghost.Ipswich councillor David Pahlke, who co-owns the hotel where the mysterious sightings have been reported, said the supernatural story goes back 100 years to a fire at the Rosewood Hotel in 1914.Cr Pahlke said according to local legend, the fire was started by the person whose spirit remains at the pub.While he hasn't sighted the ghost, believed to be called 'Rusty', he said he had felt its presence.“I have had doors open on me and in one instance water came off the veranda of the hotel when I came in,” Cr Pahlke said.“We had a Gold Coast darts team staying here once and they complained about music at 3am, someone playing a piano. We don't have a piano.”Water has also been said to drip from the ceiling on to the bar below.Cleaners have also been said to notice damp bedding in the front bedroom.On Saturday, June 27, Ghost Tours, in partnership with the Queensland Paranormal Investigators will host a ghost hunt at the Rosewood Hotel.Managing director of Brisbane-based Ghost Tours Jack Sim said those on the tour would have the opportunity to do their own paranormal hunting.“Customers are given the opportunity to use scientific methods such as EMF readings, or detecting disturbances in the electromagnetic field, and old fashioned methods like flour through to divining rods and spiritual boards,” Mr Sim said.Tour guests are also encouraged to bring their own cameras (still and video) to aid in the investigation.The self-proclaimed dark historian said he had spent a very eerie night at the hotel.“The ghost stories seem to date back at least four decades,” Mr Sim said.“Pubs are known for attracting great story telling and in the case of the Rosewood Hotel, it seems to focus around a particular room,” he said.“On the night at the pub, we will try to find at least some proof of paranormal activity.”Cr Pahlke said he hoped the hunt wouldn't scare 'Rusty' away.“He is a friendly ghost. He lives here in harmony,” he said.____________________Rosewood Hotel HistoryOne of three pubs in the main st, hence the name "The Middle PubThe original Rosewood Hotel which was one of four hotels in Rosewood in the early days, burnt down on the 7th January 1914. When the present Rosewood Hotel was rebuilt a ghost took residence, dubbed the Water Ghost due to the fact clothes hanging up are found mysteriously wet and sheets of water have been seen falling from the balcony with no one in site.The present owner is local Ipswich Councillor David Pahlke and the today houses accommodation rooms on the second level."The earlier Rosewood Hotel and eight other buildings were destroyed in a huge fire in January 1914. The hotel was rebuilt shortly afterwards. It is a very handsome two-story building, with an interesting double veranda. There is an awning across the footpath, the entrance is approached across a small open veranda which is recessed from the footpath and surrounded by a decorative timber valance."
Fort Caspar Museum Visitors May See More Than Expected

Last summer, while investigating the Battle of Red Buttes, Fort Caspar Museum manager Rick Young had a few abnormal -- if not paranormal -- experiences."There was all sorts of stuff moving around in here when we were doing that," Young said.When he left the evening before, everything was normal, he said. But when he arrived the next morning, chairs were pushed up against the inside of the doors, guns were cocked, and ramrods were in the barrels. In the Sutler Store on the property, Young was particularly perplexed, he said."The door opens to the inside, so I don't know how you'd get out of there with the chair against the door," he said.The multi-use room at Fort Caspar was filled to capacity Saturday evening, but it wasn't the usual history buffs who made it a standing-room-only event.The spectators were interested in what history may have left behind at the old fort: ghosts.Those interested in the possibility of paranormal activity gathered to watch a presentation of findings by the Paranormal Research Society of Casper. The ghost hunters did an in-depth, overnight search of the state historical site in April, and caught at least one odd recording of an unknown voice."It's an opportunity to get some new faces in here," Young said of the presentation.Attendees heard the story of the Sutler Store, where a photo, taken from outside when no one else was around, showed a face staring out from the window.And researchers couldn't keep batteries working inside the store."We went through three sets of brand-new batteries [for the video camera]," said Lisa Lauderdale with the Paranormal Research Society. "The theory behind it is that ghosts need the energy to manifest."Fort Caspar Museum is built on the same land where, in 1862, the actual fort housed thousands of soldiers. Some of those soldiers died at the fort, from fights with American Indians, accidents and diseases. And for years before the Army arrived, people on their way west on the Oregon and Mormon trails passed through the grounds.Despite having none of the original buildings, Young said, there's plenty of history on the property to warrant a haunting or two.When the fort was being rebuilt, construction workers were digging and found five bodies buried on the grounds. Remains from three more bodies have been accidentally recovered since then. More are certainly buried there, Young said, but he has "no intention" of digging them up.So, does Young think the fort is haunted?"I don't know," he said, "but we've certainly had weird stuff happening. ... There's certainly a lot of history, and a lot of violent history on this land."
Astounding 600 Foot 'Jellyfish' Crop Circle In Oxfordshire

The vast pattern appeared in the field last week and experts are claiming it to be the first of its kind in the world.Karen Alexander, a crop circle expert, said: "We have seen butterfly and bird patterns in the past, but this is the first jellyfish crop circle in the world."It is absolutely huge - roughly three times the size of most crop patterns and extremely interesting. People have been aghast at the size of it. It is a complete monster."We are looking into the meaning of it, but at present it just seems to have appeared out of nowhere."Crop circle theorists known as 'croppies' - believe the patterns are created by UFOs during nocturnal visits, or caused by natural phenomena such as unusual forms of lightning striking the earth.But it has been proven the patterns can be easily created artists.Last year a crop circle described as the most complex ever to seen in Britain was discovered in a barley field in Wiltshire.The formation, measuring 150ft in diameter, was a coded image representing the first 10 digits, 3.141592654, of pi.Michael Reed, an astrophysicist, said: "The tenth digit has even been correctly rounded up. The little dot near the centre is the decimal point."The code is based on 10 angular segments with the radial jumps being the indicator of each segment."Starting at the centre and counting the number of one-tenth segments in each section contained by the change in radius clearly shows the values of the first 10 digits in the value of pi."
UFO Appears During Filming of Documentary on Alien Abductions

It was an inauguration into the world of paranormal phenomena straight from the pits of hell, but Canadian filmmaker Adam Gray couldn't even let out an appropriate scream when he saw a sinisterly cloaked figure hovering over him in the middle of the night --- he was frozen in a strange state between worlds, conscious, but unable to move or speak. Gray was experiencing what's known as 'sleep paralysis,'--- a haunting few seconds that left a lasting impression and eventually led to a documentary film on the topic --- the first of four features he and his brother Andrew have created through their company ParaDocs Productions."It's something that's very common, you get I think 15-20% of the population that experience sleep paralysis at some point," he notes in a phone interview with CityNews.ca "You're asleep and you wake up and you're paralyzed and often while people are in this state they have vivid hallucinations of an entity in their room that sort of crawls onto their chest and begins to strangle them."It sounds completely crazy, but it's actually very common...they are using it now as a way of debunking people who think they've been abducted by aliens."Alien abduction is the theme of the Belleville Ontario brothers' latest film, "The White Mountain Abduction," which delves into the mysterious case of Betty and Barney Hill, the first people to come public with claims that they were snatched away by extraterrestrials in 1961 while driving through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The brothers are used to dealing with the mysterious and bizarre. They've investigated things like crystal skulls and government endorsed remote viewing in their previous films. But what happened on the first day of shooting their latest release trumped all.They began filming on the 47th anniversary of the event, at the very site the now deceased Hill couple claimed they were abducted from. Remarkably, strange lights appeared in the night sky as a cameraman rolled tape to conduct the film's first interviews. The mysterious orbs eerily hovered in the distance before dancing along the skyline and disappearing."It was a really bizarre set of coincidences," Gray admits. "It was the first day of shooting, 47th anniversary of the abduction event, we're at the site, and just as we were starting to interview, these strange lights appeared. The cameraman just sort of kept rolling and we just sort of stood there in awe, like what the hell is this? We still don't know what it was, but we know it wasn't a star or planes...We thought maybe that it might be military flares at first but the Air Force people (we spoke to) didn't think that's what it was."After ruling out several conceivable options, Gray realized they may have actually captured footage of a UFO, while ironically filming a documentary about the Unidentified Flying Objects."It's not what I would have pictured an alien craft to look like, but it was certainly unexplainable," he adds.Gray won't go as far as to say that he believes in aliens, but after his experiences with sleep paralysis and the things he's witnesses and learned through his filmmaking, he admits there are unanswered questions, and experiences, which can't be denied. And as long as those experiences are enveloped in mystery, he's intent on doing his part to help open minds and shatter belittling stigmas."We are certainly trying to entertain people but I think our agenda is to get people to look at these things with an open mind and try and separate the sort of X-files mythology fiction from what has really happened.""I think in terms of alien abduction, as soon as you say that people sort of shut down their open mind, but it's a genuine phenomena and there's hundreds of people who have come forward, been through lie detector tests and psychologists, and they genuinely have had some experience. What is not known is what the cause of that experience was, was it some weird psychological hysteria, or a waking dream? Whatever it is, it's a really interesting mystery because it's really happening to people and it's changing their lives."
Photos: Australian Yowie Hunter Attacked

More graphic photos Cryptomundo.comIt never rains but it pours - in this case, improbable events.Hot on the heels of last week's wild weather in southeast Queensland comes a hunter of mythological beasts - Tim the Yowie Man.Tim - who uses no surname and can be almost as elusive as his quarry - says there is a direct correlation between significant rain events and sightings of the yowie."The soaked soil and muddy bogs created by the heavy rain are more conducive to animals, including yowies, leaving their footprints,'' Tim said.He said last week's rain could make "a large hairy bipedal hominoid creature'' uncomfortable and force it from deep jungle canyons into the open.So Tim has rushed from that other capital of strange mysteries - Canberra - to Springbrook in the Gold Coast hinterland, a village he describes as the yowie capital of Australia for its many sightings.So far he's seen nothing - but that hasn't put him off."I'm quietly confident of finding some sort of evidence such as hair or footprints of the mystery beast,'' he said."If I'm really lucky I may even get to see one.''Dean Harrison of Australian Yowie Research says he has just returned from Springbrook, bearing photographs of footprints he believes are of a female yowie and her young trailing along behind."They seem to be quite passive around that area compared to other areas that we've been to,'' Mr Harrison said.He said tales of yowies near Springbrook date back to before European settlement.Mr Harrison said on his latest expedition he was rugby-tackled by a yowie at 3am near Gympie."This one knocked me flying backwards. I landed in a rockpool,'' he said.Australian Yowie Research has been nominated for a Bent Spoon Award on the website of Australian Skeptics, a group that investigates paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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Skirrid Mountain Inn: Wales' Most Haunted Pub
Grace Sherwood: The Witch of Pungo
Original Occupants Still Haunt Racine's Masonic Center
Video: Lake Champlain's Legendary Monster 'Champ'?
Skirrid Mountain Inn: Wales' Most Haunted Pub

As heritage pubs go there are few within Wales or beyond our borders able to boast a historic tapestry as ornate and detailed as that of the Skirrid Mountain Inn. In the third in our series of features on Wales’ historic pubs we focus on the haunted inn that proudly claims to be the oldest in Wales. Darren Devine reportsGhosts, gruesome deaths, and an association with some of the most influential figures in Welsh history – the Skirrid Mountain Inn has a heritage as colourful as that of any pub in Wales.So much so that it has been able to weather a storm that has driven four pubs a day across the UK out of business and is at last beginning to see conditions improve.Manager Geoff Fiddler knows that while so many other inns have been consigned to the history books his has survived because it already occupies a prominent place in them.Standing in the shadow of Skirrid Mountain, the Monmouthshire pub was said to be a rallying point for Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndr before he marched on to Pontrilas, in Herefordshire.Dating back to 1110 the pub functioned from its earliest origins as both a hostelry and a court house dispensing justice to local ne’er-do-wells.And halfway up its ornate spiral staircase stands the cell, now used as a store room, where prisoners spent a lonely last night before being sent to meet their maker by bloodthirsty judges for minor offences.The last person to be executed at the pub, in Llanfihangel Crucorney, near Abergavenny, was hanged on the orders of revolutionary leader Oliver Cromwell for stealing sheep. The hangings were carried out from a beam across the joist of the pub’s staircase and the slab on which the bodies were placed remains at the well of the stairs.Mr Fiddler said it’s this history that attracts tourists, spiritualists and ghost hunters on a near year-round basis. The country inn can accommodate up to nine people, but such is its popularity with those preoccupied by the paranormal it’s fully booked on weekends until December.The 50-year-old landlord, who has been in the pub trade for 23 years with the last four spent at the Skirrid, said: “We have people coming every weekend, almost all ghost hunters and paranormal societies, and the next Saturday that we could offer anybody accommodation is the second week in December. The pub has always been here and whatever else changes the pub doesn’t. It’s absolutely steeped in history – people come from miles around just to look at and touch the stairwell.”Mr Fiddler, who runs the pub with wife Sharon and 37-year-old stepson Wayne Rowlands, says his scepticism about the paranormal has been shaken by his experiences since taking over.He said: “We’ve got an incredible oak castle-style door at the front of the pub and one winter’s evening when I was opening up I saw a man in a tri-cornered hat beckoning me.“I’m almost embarrassed to say it, but it was half-dark at the time and he was fleeting and gone.”Mr Fiddler says the pub, which includes two bars, a restaurant and a family room, also enjoys a strong reputation as a place to eat as well as drink. This has helped keep it afloat in the face of challenges from cheap supermarket beer and the smoking ban.But he said his hostelry has tried to strike a balance between offering an appetising range of locally-sourced food on its menu without going down the gastro- pub route.“We’ve got a reputation for nice food, but we’re not a high-brow place.“My wife cooks with the help of one other cook and the most expensive meal we have is a £12.95 sirloin steak. It’s not a gastro-pub – I wouldn’t eat at a gastro-pub because I find them soulless places.”
Grace Sherwood: The Witch of Pungo

More than 300 years ago, a series of strange events struck old Princess Anne County, Va. farmers.Cotton plants withered. Cows' milk dried up. Husbands' eyes wandered from their wives.Who was to blame? According to the local women, Grace Sherwood.The farmer's wife knew a little too much about herbs, was a little too pretty and wore clothing that was a little too tight, according to local historians. So they accused her of witchcraft.A judge ordered Sherwood to be tried by ducking. So on July 10, 1706, with her thumbs tied to her big toes, Sherwood was ducked in the Lynnhaven River.The street leading to her ducking spot now carries her legend as Witchduck Road."It's named after Grace Sherwood's ducking," said local historian Deni Norred, who co- wrote "Ghosts, Witches and Weird Tales of Virginia Beach." "She was the first person tried by water in Virginia for witchcraft."Sherwood escaped her bonds and swam to safety, which the court considered proof of her devilish dealings. The day's wisdom dictated that an innocent woman would have sunk, Norred said.Sherwood served several years in jail before returning to her three sons. She lived to be nearly 80 and died at her farm in Pungo around 1740.Witchduck Road isn't the only landmark named after Sherwood or her trial. There's also Witch Duck Bay, Witch Duck Point, Witch Point Trail and Sherwood Lane.Three years ago, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine exonerated Sherwood. A bronze statue at Sentara Bayside Hospital, located on the corner of Independence Boulevard and North Witchduck Road, honors her legend.But according to local stories, that legend isn't quite over. Some say Sherwood returns to visit her ducking spot every July and can be seen as a spot of light dancing on Witch Duck Bay._____________________Grace Sherwood's StoryEarly court records tell the tale of Grace Sherwood, who was tried in 1706 as Virginia Beach's first witch. Unfortunately, there are no existing images of Grace. Her story is perhaps the most fascinating of the folklore in the history of Tidewater. Witchcraft was a very serious and real thing to the colonists. The cult was believed to be a threat to the Christian Church, and everyone during the early 1700's was on the lookout for witches, who could be recognized by so-called unusual or mysterious behaviors. Grace lived her entire life in the Pungo area of Virginia Beach (named for Indian chief Machiopungo), and married James Sherwood with whom she had three sons. She was said to be strikingly attractive, string-willed, and a non-conformist by nature. These traits were resented by her neighbors, who began spreading rumors about her witch-like behavior. She was accused of blighting gardens, causing livestock to die, and influencing the weather. After eight years of constant slander and bickering by her neighbors, Grace was formally charged with suspicions of witchcraft. A jury of women were ordered to search her body for suspicious or unusual markings, thought to be brands of the devil himself, and naturally the jury found, "marks not like theirs or like those of any other women." However, neither the local court nor the Attorney General in Williamsburg, would pass judgment on declaring her a witch. It was finally decided that Grace, "by her own consent, be tried in the water by Ducking, (dunking)." Water was considered to be the purest element and the theory was that it would reject anything of an evil nature. Based on this theory, the accused was tied up and thrown into the water. If the person drowned, he was declared innocent of witchcraft; if he could stay afloat until he could free himself, he was declared a witch. On July 10, 1706, Grace was marched from the jail (which located near the present day site of Old Donation Church) down the dirt road (now Witch Duck Road) to the Lynnhaven River. This portion of the river has since been named Witch Duck Bay in memory of the occasion. This being a big event, hoards of people from all over the colony flocked to the scene as news of the Ducking had spread throughout the Commonwealth. Grace Sherwood was tied crossbound with the thumb of her right hand to the big toe of her left foot, and the thumb of her left hand to the big toe of her right foot, and thrown into the water. As predicted by her accusers, Grace managed to stay afloat until she could free herself and swim to shore. She was jailed and awaiting trial for witchcraft for nearly eight years, when the charges against her were dropped due to the softening of her accusers hearts, and she was set free. She moved back to her Pungo home and lived there until her death at the age of 80. Many stories have been told and retold over the years about this most remarkable woman. One of the many tall tales that have been handed down from generation to generation has to do with the day of her ducking. When they led Grace Sherwood through the crowd that had turned out to see her put into the water she told them, "All right, all of you po' white trash, you've worn out your shoes traipsin' here to see me ducked, but before you'll get back home again you are goin' to get the duckin' of your life." When they put Grace into the water the sky was as bright blue as a bird's wing, but immediately afterward it grew pitch black, the thunder rolled and the lightning flashed all across the heavens. The terrified people started for home, only to be washed off the roads and into the ditches by a regular cloudburst.Source:http://www.madblood.net/grace.html
Original Occupants Still Haunt Racine's Masonic Center

For three decades in the latter 1800s, housekeeper Mary Williams faithfully served the Durand family until she died in their house at age 57.Some people believe she never left the mansion she had lived in since age 26. They believe Williams’ spirit is just one of the ghosts that inhabit 1012 Main St., now the Masonic Center.Wendy Spencer, the center’s event coordinator, is a believer. She says numerous people have seen and experienced ghostly phenomena there.In April, a team of paranormal investigators came to the Masonic Center to look for ghosts and came away convinced they found some.What follows are some of the eerie occurrences that led to that investigation.First occupantsSpencer’s research at the Racine Heritage Museum shows that Henry and Caroline Durand built the mansion in 1857. They had three girls, and later a fourth came along.Williams, from Wales, had her room adjoining the Durand girls’ room and must have been their close companion. The servant stayed with the Durand family until she died in the house of consumption, 31 years after her arrival.Meanwhile, one Durand daughter died at age 5. “We believe it was Caroline,” said Spencer.She and her daughter Amy Messer say they think little Caroline’s spirit is still likely frolicking at the mansion which the Masons bought in 1921 and turned into their center.Spencer tells of the time that a 12- to 14-year-old member of the Masonic boys youth group came to her, somewhat shaken.“He said, ‘... please don’t think I’m crazy, but I just saw a little girl upstairs, and she’s not alive.’ ” The boy said she had just run down a staircase.Spencer told the boy it was all right; that was just little Caroline, and she would do him no harm.Spencer and Messer say that Messer’s daughter, Summer, has reacted to what she evidently thought were people in the Masonic Center that no one else could see.One time, Spencer said, she was with Summer, now 4, on the third floor, where a Christmas tree was set up in the Durand daughters’ room. Summer said “hi” several times as though she was talking to someone behind the Christmas tree.Then, Summer became frightened and asked to be picked up.Spencer said she reacted by asking whoever was present to stop scaring her granddaughter — and Summer immediately started to laugh and giggle.That unnerved even Spencer, who calmly talks about having ghosts at the center. They quickly left the room.Other sightingsMesser and Joy McClelland, who has grown up with the Masons, both say they’ve seen and felt otherworldly things at the center.McClelland, for example, said she was once in the kitchen making lunch. “I looked up, and over by the door was a white, floating figure.” It was human-like and lasted only seconds, she said.Spencer said her predecessor once saw a smartly attired man descend a staircase after the guests had left an event. When she turned to talk to him, he was gone.No one who has reported seeing ghosts there has felt any menace from them, Spencer says. “People don’t feel necessarily afraid — just a little uneasy.”About the possible ghosts, she said, “What we feel is they’re happy. Little Caroline died, and Mary didn’t want to leave because Caroline is here.”Spencer added, “This is such a comfortable place for people to be ... Maybe they just like it here.”
Video: Lake Champlain's Legendary Monster 'Champ'?

A cell-phone video of a “creature” that appears to be swimming in Lake Champlain near Oakledge Park in Burlington last weekend is sparking renewed discussion about “Champ,” the lake’s legendary monster.The nearly 2-minute video, taken at sunrise Sunday by Burlington resident Eric Olsen, 37, shows an object moving across the mouth of the small cove and beach area at the park.At several points during the video, the object appears to raise its “head” a foot or more above the water’s surface. At other times a portion of what appears to be a torso, several feet in length, also can been seen.“I was just filming the water when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw something move, and I turned toward it and tried to zoom in on it,” said Olsen, a Web site developer and musician.“You can see that it is moving both horizontally, across the water, and vertically, going under the surface and coming back up,” he said. “It struck me as something that was long, that it didn’t have much girth.”Olsen put what he captured with his phone on YouTube, an Internet video-sharing site. Unsure about what he had photographed and reluctant to call it a “Champ” sighting, Olsen titled the footage “Strange Sighting on Lake Champlain.”The number of viewings of the video since it went on YouTube on Sunday had reached 3,060 by Tuesday evening.Loren Coleman a cryptozoologist based in Portland, Maine, said what Olsen filmed with his phone is the best photographic evidence to date of what residents on both sides of Lake Champlain prefer to call “Champ.”“We need to figure out what is going on here,” Coleman said. “The film needs to have a formal forensic analysis performed ... to break it down frame by frame. It needs to be looked at very seriously.” Cryptozoology is the study of purportedly nonexistent or mythical creatures.Before Sunday, the best known “Champ” photograph was taken in 1977 by Sandra Mansi of Bristol while she was having a picnic on the lake with her family. The photo was verified as legitimate and later appeared in Time magazine and The New York Times.Mansi, now 66, viewed Olsen’s video Tuesday and said there were similarities — and differences — between what she saw in 1977 and what is depicted in Olsen’s footage.“I see the shape of the head, how big it is,” she said, comparing her photo and the video. “The only thing I have a hard time with is the neck. It doesn’t look long enough for me. ... Whatever he saw has a link to what I saw. Tell him, ‘Welcome to the club.’”Scott Mardis of Winooski, another cryptozoologist who has spent time researching the “Champ” legend, said Olsen’s video seemed legitimate and was “very impressive.”“It does not look like it was Photoshopped,” Mardis said. “The object in the video has the same general texture as the rest of the photograph. It does not look like it was computer-generated. It looks like a ‘Champ.’”Mardis and Coleman said the object’s movements and size ruled out the chance it was a beaver, moose or some other more common mammal. Instead, both speculated it might be some unknown species of seal with an unusually long neck.“There’s lots of things that it could be,” Coleman said. “It’s just as interesting to me if all it is is an out-of-place harbor seal.”Ellen Marsden, a biology professor at the University of Vermont, said she thinks the object is not a seal but possibly a young moose in distress.“Fish or aquatic species rarely move that slowly in the water,” Marsden said. “It did not look like a creature that was comfortable in water. It was swimming as if something was seriously wrong.” She also said seals don’t swim with their backs out of the water.Olsen said he never saw the object emerge from the lake. He said he stopped filming after two minutes because the phone’s memory capacity was limited and he was afraid of losing what he had filmed. He said he stayed at the park for another half hour before leaving.There have been several alleged sightings of “Champ” on Lake Champlain over the years, but few were accompanied by any photographic substantiation.
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NYC's West Village Serves a Variety of Spirits
Strangeness at Heathrow Airport
MUFON Investigating Numerous Northwest Missouri Sightings
Is Mount St. Helens a Supervolcano?
NYC's West Village Serves a Variety of Spirits

New York City has a long, eventful past and the city's West Village is no exception. Riotous gangs, murderous politicians, drunk writers and nutty speak-easy owners have all made their mark on this corner of Manhattan and some think that they never really left.And while New York is not one of the many cities known for their fabulous ghost tours, you can still find a few good ones. In the West Village, the best way to do a tour is with beer. So I recently took part in a haunted pub tour -- orchestrated by a friend of mine in celebration of her 30th birthday.The group of us met in front of a Starbucks before the sun went down and were greeted by a man in a top, long black cape and a cane. He was a tour guide from Ghosts of New York but he was ready to have a few beers, too. From the moment we shook his hand, he had stories for us about places in the immediate vicinity.The first official stop was in front of one of the city's most romantic restaurants: One If By Land, Two If By Sea. The restaurant was once the carriage house of infamous Vice President Aaron Burr. According to our guide, Burr still hangs out there along with his daughter (who was lost at sea) and an unidentified man who some believe to be one of Burr's servants. Burr's daughter sometimes steals women's earrings and supposedly once pushed someone down the stairs.The restaurant is a little too expensive for a group like ours, so we headed to the Barrow Street Ale House right next door. Our guide revealed that he enjoyed Blue Moon and, being in an American history kind of mood, I ordered myself a Yuengling, a beer brewed by the oldest, continually operating brewery in the US.For our second stop, we had a choice: we could head to Marie's Crisis and hunt for some ghosts in the piano bar where show tunes are favored or we could go to Jekyll & Hyde for a bit of a kitschy haunted theme. Jekyll & Hyde won the duel. And, yes, it was kitschy but it was also fun. A group of us even opted to take shots from giant (fake) syringes. I chased it with a Brooklyn Lager from Brooklyn Brewery.Our final stop of the night was White Horse Tavern, a bar famous for its dead clientele. As the story goes, Dylan Thomas loved this bar and he spent many a night here. He used to turn the tables sideways to make it easier for him to write while he sipped his drink. But one night, Thomas entered that bar and before he left, he'd downed 18 shots of whiskey before heading home -- and dying.The legend says that Thomas still haunts the bar but does nothing more than move around the tables after closing. So we headed to the bar and I ordered up a pint of Anchor Steam Beer -- which is always good. Eventually we ended up back at the Barrow Street Ale House to round up the night.
Strangeness at Heathrow Airport

As thousands of people stream into London's Heathrow Airport every day, there's little time to notice that the gentleman next to you is not what he seems. He's tall, with a bowler hat perched upon his head and he is wearing twill cavalry trousers. Nothing out of the ordinary in today's diverse culture, as millions of people rush to and fro through the terminals, some seeking a holiday in the sun, others traveling from far and wide to experience the history of the capital. And yet this chap may never find his destination, for he is a ghost!Many people have become wrapped up in the lengthy American television series Lost in which a plane crashes en route to Australia, and the survivors appear to time travel, back and forth from the island, whilst meeting the spectres of those who allegedly perished. On the 2nd March 1948 a DC3 aircraft crashed on to the runway of Heathrow Airport, and the facts are far stranger than the fiction of the mentioned television show.The man in the hat is the apparition of one of the passengers aboard that fatal flight. Legend has it that after the incident on Runway 1, a man of the same description approached those attempting to rescue survivors, and asked as to whether anyone had found his briefcase. Before anyone could answer, the man vanished.It's no surprise that Heathrow has also had its fair share of UFO activity. Local residents have often spoken about strange things in the sky above the airport. In the summer of 1979 a Mrs Godden claimed she saw an unidentified craft buzzing the Anglo-French supersonic jet Concorde. The object was reddish and appeared to be heading straight for the plane, but then seemed to fly straight through it.Heathrow officials picked nothing up on the radar, but it seems that the airport has several mysteries under its wing.
MUFON Investigating Numerous Northwest Missouri Sightings

Missouri Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) state section director Margie Kay is reporting an increase in UFO sightings reports.The following was released by Kay on June 12.A rash of UFO sightings in the greater Kansas City area have prompted investigations by Mutual UFO Network field investigators. Sightings in St. Joseph, Kansas City, Independence, Sedalia, and Warrensburg from December 31 to the present have increased in number.Some of the more spectacular sightings are as follows:Two Warrensburg women witnessed a large circular unidentified object on the evening of December 31, 2008 and the morning of January 1, 2008. Christina Cooper, a professional photographer, and her friend reported the sighting to MUFON. A third witness, who wishes to remain anonymous, and who was in a different location, spoke to the investigator by phone. The sighting occurred on the evening of December 31 at 6:30 PM and again at 12:30 and 1:30 AM on January 1. The object was circular in shape, reported to be close to the road, approximately 60 feet off the ground and had several bright white lights on it. It landed at one point on 50 Hwy.Since the unidentified object may have been in the area for several hours, it is possible that other people saw it. The locations are Hwy 13 North of Warrensburg and south of I-70, and Hwy 50 between Kansas City and Warrensburg.In March a UFO was spotted by several college professors in St. Joseph, Missouri, who viewed the object through a telescope. Two of the witnesses made drawings of the object, which were large orange fireballs in a tear-drop shape. The UFO moved away and disappeared.In late May a large oval object was spotted traveling from South to North from the UMKC campus in Kansas City, and in June a large cigar-shaped silver UFO was witnessed in Sedalia by 20 people standing in an Applebee’s parking lot.Many other sightings have been sent to the KC MUFON office, some of which were not reported to the official MUFON database.
Is Mount St. Helens a Supervolcano?

Is Mount St. Helens a Supervolcano? According to findings from New Zealand scientists, Mt. St. Helens could be exactly that. Mt. St. Helens has been known for years as one of many volcanoes that litter Washington State and the "ring of fire" that works its way around the Pacific Ocean.It's an interesting notion that has been presented by these scientists, which includes the theory that several of the largest volcanoes in the area are actually linked by underground caverns. What that could mean is that they all work together to form one large Supervolcano, and that Mt. St. Helens could be at the center of it all.The thought process behind the article that these New Zealand scientists published in NewScientist, is that three of the major volcanoes in the area are linked by a deep column that leads to a pool of what could be molten rock. That pool of molten rock is theorized to connect Mount St. Helens to Mount Rainier and Mount Adams as well. That would make it one of the largest Supervolvanoes in existence, and hold the potential of a cataclysmic eruption that could be devastating. Such an eruption would be able to blanket the sky with ash and basically lower the temperature of the entire planet over a certain span of time.So, is this a real thing? Could Mount St. Helens really be a Supervolcano? Well local scientists in Washington State aren't quite as certain as the visiting New Zealand scientists. A magnetotellurics specialist at Oregon State University stated that "Whether finding high conductivity in this area is evidence that there's really something unusual here is the thing that is more questionable." He also stated that part of the conductivity that the New Zealand scientists are seeing within the mountain is probably just water. He doesn't come out and simply refute what the New Zealanders found, but he does question how close to reality their theories could be.Mount St. Helens has been seeing activity on and off for the past couple of years, and everyone in the area still remembers when Mount St. Helens erupted back in 1980. If what the New Zealand scientists have found turns out to be fact, a Supervolcano eruption could be many times more powerful than the last one. Most of these findings (by both sides) are really just conjecture though, because not a whole lot is known about what is under these particular volcanoes. They could all be linked, or they could all be working separately, but there isn't a concrete test with which to prove that. For now area residents can look at this information, but may be forced to take it with a grain of salt unless they want to uproot their lives.
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Reader Accounts: Large Craft Over LA / UFO Reacted to Witness' Anxiety in Kentucky
Photo: Orbs / Light Specks - The Dakota Hotel - NYC
NewScientist.com: Win a Piece of Moon Rock
Roswell Incident: A Brit's Pursuit of the Truth
H1N1 Swine Flu Origin Disclosed
Reader Accounts: Large Craft Over LA / UFO Reacted to Witness' Anxiety in Kentucky

This event occurred on July 23, 2002, at approximately 10:15 p.m. (PST) in Hawthorne, California.Hawthorne is a small suburb just outside of Los Angeles, located approximately 5 miles east from the Los Angeles International Airport. The city is just about 2 miles off the approach path of planes landing. Planes continually land and it gets kind of noisy; at any time, one can see the flickering lights of planes spaced out in the distance towards the east coming in to land at the airport.This occurred while two of my friends and myself were outside talking. My two friends never saw a UFO before and are the type that tend not to believe UFOs or the paranormal without direct evidence.In any event, we were talking. They were facing towards me (south), while I was facing towards the north. While we were talking, I saw a rather huge object coming towards us from the north. At that point, it appeared to be a string of evenly spaced lights. A white one in the center, with three red lights on either side of the red lights. I immediately realized this was odd because the thing was way too big to be a plane. I interrupted one of my friends mid-sentence and said, "Don't look now, but we're being invaded" as I pointed to the object. My friends both turned around and did a somewhat comical double take. Their jaws dropped.The object flew towards us silently. It's altitude was roughly the same altitude of planes that we normally see coming in from the east. Thus, it was crossing directly in front of the flight path. I suddenly realized that all air traffic had ceased. The familiar lights of the planes coming in for a landing from the east had ceased and all was quiet.The object flew almost directly overhead (heading from north to south), traveling very slowly and completely silent. It became apparent that it was triangular shaped - a white light at the nose, with the red lights going back in a V shape. We watched it glide over us and kept it in sight until we couldn't see it anymore in the south sky. After the object passed, the air traffic eventually resumed again.The object was many times larger (perhaps 4 to 5 times) than the 747s that I'm accustomed to seeing. It traveled slowly, less than 200 mph I'd estimate.This event, which occurred over a major U.S. city and caused air traffic to be rerouted or put on hold, never made the news. I reported the sighting on MufonLA.com and noticed that others across California had seen the same object (some reported on Mufon.com and others on nuforc.org).___________________This incident took place in August, 2008. I was in my studio, which is a room I built in my unattached garage so that I do not bother my family sleeping in the house at late hours. At about 1:30 AM, my dog began barking non-stop. I went outside to see what might be going on. She was at the end of the drive way, looking towards the soy bean field across the road. I wandered down the driveway to look. I figured it could be a rabbit or a possum. She was looking a bit skyward. I looked up and saw a moving light. She stopped barking once I saw it. The light was not much bigger than Venus, however it was moving in an erratic motion. Sort of keeping with in an area of a quarter if you held it about 3 inches from your eye. The light pulsed about every 2 seconds. It would be a reddish light, it would grow brighter and fade. Then it would turn white and grow brighter. Back and forth between the two colors. It was a clear night, no moon and I could see many other stars and lights from jets. I wondered if it was just my eye jumping, so I concentrated on stars. None of them jerked about or pulsed. Then I held myself very still and watched the sky in general and the stars remained motionless, but the light continued to move about. I can't tell how big the light source was. I am not sure, it being quite dark across the field where a tree line is, if the light was in front of the tree line or a bit above it. However, it was quite low in the sky. The light began to enlarge, or move closer to me and I became uneasy. It approached for a few seconds, maybe 10 or so, then as my anxiety increased it seemed to retreat from me back to what I guess was it's original position. I watched for a few more minutes and then decided to tell my daughter about it who had been watching TV a bit earlier. I went inside but she had gone to bed. I went back outside and the light was gone. I looked around the sky and found it had moved, seemingly farther away and no longer southeast of me, but now more in the direction of southwest. I watched it for a few minutes more, lost interest and continued my art project. A few days later I contacted MUFON via email. I received an email later than night from the regional director of MUFON based in Bowling Green, KY. He asked follow up questions and I sent him my phone number. A few more days later he called me in the early evening and I repeated all I had posted in the initial email and answered in his follow up email. He informed me that MUFON had been receiving the same type of reports from eastern and southern central Kentucky for the last few weeks. He had no answers for what it could be, but just that it was a common sight from those of us who happened to wander outside in the very early morning hours.I have never experienced this before and I am really interested in how this "thing" reacted to my anxiety level.
Photo: Orbs / Light Specks - The Dakota Hotel - NYC

Katherine Fulton interview at Examiner.comIn April 2006, Katherine Fulton, a freelance writer and music buff, traveled to New York City to visit and stay with friends. She wanted to visit several places while in New York and when visiting Central Park's Strawberry Fields, she found that it was close to The Dakota, the apartment building where John Lennon lived where he had been shot and killed.When visiting the complex, Katherine was overcome with a sense of queasiness that she could not explain; she dismissed the feeling originally as being a big fan of John Lennon so her friends would not worry. They suggested that she take a picture of the place, but she felt so ill that she only took a quick shot on her digital camera and left.When she returned home, the picture proved to be more unusual than she suspected.“It wasn't until I got back from my trip that I took a closer look at the Dakota shot and saw the strange streaks of light in front of and behind the gate,” says Fulton. “I was especially puzzled because I couldn't figure out a reason as to why they would be there. No one was around me when I took the shot, so no one bumped into me to cause a light streaking effect... The photo was taken with a digital camera, which ruled out exposure or film damage, and the rest of the photos I took on the trip were sharp, clear and normal, which for me ruled out the possibility that there was something wrong with the camera or memory stick.”She showed her picture to her father who worked for years as photographer and a graphic designer and he was not able to clearly explain the phenomenon. However there is another explanation for these streaks of light, which is that she managed to photograph “orbs” in the picture.Orbs are a rare phenomenon in photography; theories range that orbs are souls or the spiritual energy of the dead to the presence of the supernatural aura. The only common explanation of the orbs phenomenon is that it is the presence of supernatural energy and they are generally not recorded on camera. In some cultures, orbs were the sign of forthcoming death and were considered spiritual creatures themselves like the Will O' The Wisps in Irish folklore or ghostly balls of flame in Japanese folklore. However more recent pictures with claims of orbs are attributed to fairies and their sparkling presence.The problem is that most claims of orbs in photographs are legitimately explained as the presence of reflected dust particles caught in the light when the shutter went off in the camera. What makes this photo different are a couple of key elements: 1. The presence of light streaks do not all move in the same direction. 2. Without knowing any of the details of John Lennon's murder at these gates, some sensitives react with foreboding at the picture, despite that there is nothing outlandishly gory or horrifying about the actual image.If the phenomenon of orbs is actually present in the picture, its significance is still up for debate. Three years later, Katherine still feels an ominous presence when looking at the picture. But she explains her reluctance to identify the streaks of light as a paranormal phenomenon.“I didn't want to go around saying that I'd captured anything paranormal simply because I didn't want to jump to conclusions. Someone could easily come along and offer a logical explanation that my dad and I hadn't considered, and I'd be okay with that. And admittedly, I didn't want to give the impression that I'd taken the photo in an attempt to capture something "ghostly" or "spooky" about what is, essentially, a murder scene. I respect Lennon too much to make light of where he was killed, and I also respect the fact that for his family and friends, this was more than the loss of a cultural icon - it was the loss of a husband, a father, a collaborator and a friend.”NOTE: if it was a video and these 'orbs' were moving around then I could consider it as possible. This looks like a film / capture light anomaly sometimes seen when the photographer is in the sunlight or light area and the subject is shaded...though, I'm open for thoughts...
NewScientist.com: Win a Piece of Moon Rock

Would you like to own this little piece of the moon?Depending on which time zone you happen to be in, 20 or 21 July 2009 sees the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing.NewScientist.com's competition to celebrate that historic event offers a rare and fabulous prize for the winner: a scrap of genuine moon rock.The competition is simple to enter. You will doubtless know the words relayed from Neil Armstrong when he stepped off Apollo 11's lunar module and onto the moon itself: "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."Can you think of something better for him to have said - something even more memorable, or perhaps something funnier?Go to NewScientist.com for details on the moon rock and entry instructions.
Roswell Incident: A Brit's Pursuit of the Truth

There is a lunar quality to the landscape of New Mexico which seems somehow appropriate for a state which is our portal to the heavens.It is here on a dried-up lake bed high above sea level that the radio telescopes of the US government's Very Large Array (VLA) receive signals from the outer edges of our expanding universe, chasing the very moment of the Big Bang through the trackless void of time and space.And of course it is also here - perhaps - that 62 years ago a flying-saucer crashed to earth on a ranch outside the town of Roswell, killing its alien crew and prompting one of the most elaborate and protracted cover-ups in history.The power of that possibility and the darkness of the nights here so far from the light pollution of the big cities are what draw scientists and curious tourists alike to this entrancing place.And it is what motivates watchers of the skies to keep, well, watching the skies, obviously.Alien ambiguityIf UFO true-believers are right, then nothing much that has happened on our tiny, fragile planet in the years since that stormy summer's night really matters very much.What, after all, would Watergate, or Vietnam or Iraq amount to if we could establish that the US government knew for sure that we are not alone in the universe?Most of the big questions about alien life and UFOs can be traced back to Roswell - not least the issue of how life-forms from another civilisation have such an uncanny sense of when the tourist industry in a small US town could use a shot in the arm.Are we really alone in the heavens, for example, and if we are not, do the civilisations with which we share the heavens mean us any harm?Is it just a coincidence that aliens have never managed to find an earth-dweller who knows how to operate his own camera properly?And why, if you have journeyed light years across the unknowable vastness of the heavens, would you confine yourself to a fleeting and ambiguous appearance before a handful of New Mexican ranchers?Why not go the extra mile and find a research institute of some kind - unless our visitors have a sense of humour, of course.But we are getting ahead of ourselves.Let us return to that stormy summer New Mexican night in 1947 when the story of the UFO landing first broke.It was a world of tension and uncertainty.The United States had detonated the first atom bombs - they were developed just up the road at Los Alamos, New Mexico - and was uneasily aware that the Soviet Union, its increasingly hostile former ally, had nuclear ambitions of its own. The Cold War was just beginning.'Switcheroo'Roswell was in those days the home base of the 509th Bombardment Group of the US Eighth Army Air Force.Most of the boys in the 509th were combat veterans and when they were tasked to investigate reports of some kind of landing on a ranch a short distance away it seems reasonable to assume they were not too excited at first. That soon changed.When they got the material back to base, they quickly concluded they were onto something historic.Their first press release talked of the recovery of a flying saucer - it was only when the suits descended from Washington that the tone of the official communiques changed.The base intelligence officer who was tasked with taking the wreckage to another base reports leaving it in an office there and returning a few minutes later to find that the space debris he had brought had been replaced with parts of a weather balloon.The fix was in. Faced with evidence of one of the most significant events in human history the American authorities had responded by pulling the old switcheroo.One account of those days comes from Julie Shuster, whose father was the press officer at the Roswell base.She now runs the museum in the town which is the focal point for the local UFO industry (it is on a street where the street lights have been decorated so that they look like alien heads).For Julie there is a simple issue in all of this which goes back to the version of events her father passed on to her."My daddy didn't lie. My father saw the bodies, my father saw the craft," she says."He saw bodies - large heads, almond shaped eyes... and material that couldn't be burnt, ripped, cut - anything."'Majestic 12'It is not quite so personal for the other true believers in the incident.Dennis Balthaser, for example, is a retired civil engineer who is perhaps the most meticulous researcher of the Roswell incident.He has spent years (and thousands of dollars of his own money) tracing every witness and every player from that night in 1947 and is convinced that there was a landing.But he is at his most compelling when talking about the cover-up which follows.Dennis lives in a rather frightening world where the US government would be perfectly happy to murder anyone (including him) who got too close to the truth.He believes the US is really governed by a kind of secret committee of senior military and intelligence officials with the president serving as a kind of hired hand to deal with the public."Basically he can't be trusted with information like this" says Dennis."Back in Truman's time, we're looking at a thing called 'majestic 12', which was a group of some of the highest military people, some of the highest dignitary people we had. I believe today we still have a group similar to that that calls the shots."Even before I met Dennis, I knew he believed that space travellers helped build the pyramids - where I, for example, am more inclined to the view that they are probably the work of Egyptians.I expected to find him hopelessly naive - but the funny thing is he is so lucid and convincing that I left feeling rather naive myself.(And in case you were wondering - if anyone ever lifts a quote from this article to promote a book or a DVD it will be that previous sentence.)Missing balloon?But here is the problem.I mentioned before that New Mexico is a place where real science and Roswell science-lite co-exist.And it is in that proximity that our explanation probably lies.At the VLA (that centre of government radio telescopy) they will tell you that around the time of the crash, the US government was sending up special high-altitude weather balloons made of a then-classified material.They were looking for atmospheric evidence that the Russians were testing their own nuclear bomb.On the night of the Roswell incident, one of those balloons went missing.Until, perhaps, it was found by the boys of the 509th.And all that stuff about alien bodies being recovered and autopsies being performed? Well I leave you to speculate about that for yourselves.If you find all that a little disappointing then you can always employ the debating technique favoured by UFO true believers - the deployment of questions designed to expose the lack of absolute certainty in almost all human affairs.How do you know, for example, that there really is not a government department 27 layers above top secret tasked with keeping an eye on these things?Perhaps they insist that articles like this are submitted to them for screening before publication.And maybe this is not the script I originally wrote and submitted - just the script they sent back.You could hardly blame me for giving in - I am sure you would not want to find my bleached bones left out in the desert, would you?All I am saying is - keep watching the skies.
H1N1 Swine Flu Origin Disclosed

A new analysis of the current swine-origin H1N1 influenza A virus suggests that transmission to humans occurred several months before recognition of the existing outbreak.The work, published online in Nature June 10, highlights the need for systematic surveillance of influenza in swine, and provides evidence that new genetic elements in swine can result in the emergence of viruses with pandemic potential in humans.'Using computational methods, developed over the last ten years at Oxford, we were able to reconstruct the origins and timescale of this new pandemic,' said Dr Oliver Pybus of Oxford University's Department of Zoology, an author of the paper. 'Our results show that this strain has been circulating among pigs, possibly among multiple continents, for many years prior to its transmission to humans.'Dr Pybus, along with Andrew Rambaut from the University of Edinburgh and colleagues, used evolutionary analysis to estimate the timescale of the origins and the early development of the epidemic. They believe that it was derived from several viruses circulating in swine, and that the initial transmission to humans occurred several months before recognition of the outbreak.The team conclude that 'despite widespread influenza surveillance in humans, the lack of systematic swine surveillance allowed for the undetected persistence and evolution of this potentially pandemic strain for many years.'The team included researchers from Oxford, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Hong Kong and the University of Arizona.
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UFO Openline News, PARANORMAL EDITION, May27, 2009

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Night at the Chisholm Trail Museum

As the sky darkened and Wellington residents were settling in for the night Saturday, members of the Wichita Paranormal Research Society started work at the Chisholm Trail Museum readying themselves for a night of spirit searching.The group was drawn to the museum for it's nearly 100 years of history – not only the building itself, but also for the articles inside it.“It's got such interesting history that we decided to investigate and see if we find something paranormal there,” said Investigator and Public Relations Manager Sherry Curry. The group investigates every Saturday and focuses on authenticating evidence and documenting the existence of any paranormal activity via audio, video and other electronic means of equipment.President of the Chisholm Trail Museum Board of Directors Richard Gilfillan says the building is one of Wellington's treasures and he's not surprised the group took interest.The building was erected in 1916 by Dr. A.R. Hatcher to house the Hatcher Hospital and Clinic. His son, Dr. A.C. Hatcher, also a doctor, joined the staff in 1949 and later took charge of the clinic after his father's retirement. Dr. A.R. Hatcher died at age 75 in 1960. Then four years later, Dr. A.C. Hatcher, only 46, walked into the hospital with chest pains and died. With no one to run the hospital, it eventually closed and became a museum, Gilfillan said.The former hospital is now home to everything from military mementos and uniforms, to old hospital equipment, farming tools and even some prehistoric fossils and mammoth bones.Having spent many hours in the museum taking groups through the history of the County, Gilfillan says he's had children say the place is haunted, though he doesn't quite believe it himself.“I think it's just the mannequins...they are a little creepy,” the former teacher said. Automatic lights also seem to frighten younger visitors as they blame the change on ghosts.This isn't the first time the society has been to Sumner County, however.A trip to the Oxford Mill resulted in some spooky results.“All of a sudden they heard glasses clanging. They had slid and had clanged into each other,” said Curry. A male voice was recorded saying, “Have a seat” when Curry and another investigator walked outside, while she and another were touched on the elbow, Curry said.The group has even visited the old Oxford High School in an attempt to make contact with spirits that have been left behind.“The old high school probably more so than any of them. Nothing happened while we were there but we got a ton of audio back,” she said.Elliott says there is a story of a student who died in a bus accident and on the audio, he says the society picked up a young girl's voice.“We picked up the voice of a little girl and there was nobody in the building with us, not even the employees,” Elliott said.After infrared cameras were placed on every floor of the museum and the members got their personal equipment ready - the hunt was on as the group split into teams.Curry and Bob Gilmer took the third floor, an add-on to the building that was used for operations. Climbing the stairs by the light of their flashlights, the two entered the pitch-black third floor and started work. The pair introduced themselves to any spirits in the room and then started to ask questions and make requests.“We aren't here to hurt you, we just want to communicate,” Curry said. “If you can see me, move towards my green light.” The light on the electro-magnet meter picks up spikes in electro-magnetic currents, which some believe are caused by the paranormal.Lori Dewinkler and Conway Springs native Donna Chaffin first took the basement and then moved to the first floor military room, calmly repeating questions and requests.Board member Brian Ferguson and Gilfillan even got in on the act, with Ferguson going down in the basement with the society members and Gilfillan keeping a watchful eye on the infrared camera feeds.Though the night seemed quiet, the investigators say there was more going on than meets the eye.“It stayed quiet with the exception of three different incidents on the second and third floor. We had one person at the end of the hall and you would hear footsteps at the other end of the hall and there was nobody down there,” Elliott said. “I was there one time and heard it myself. It definitely sounded like somebody was walking around at the end of the hallway and there was nobody around.”That's not the only thing the investigators found. While discussions were taking place in the basement, digital audio recorders were able to pick up sounds the society members couldn't hear.“They were just talking and weren't really asking questions and you hear a voice in the background say, 'It's all right,'” Elliott said. Another incident occurred under similar circumstances, the investigator said, this time with whispers holding a conversation in the background.Elliott says it's more common to pick up voices on the recorders than to pick up visuals on still or video camera.“It happens all the time,” he said.The museum seems to be one of the more active spirit centers in the County.“It looks like it's pretty on par with the Oxford Mill,” Elliott said. “Regardless, it doesn't seem to care what anyone's doing, it just does it's own thing,” he said of the spirit caught on the recorder.More results may come in later as more members of the team go over their audio findings, Elliott said.Though not a believer himself, Gilfillan says he hopes more people will visit as a result of the ghost hunt.“Maybe this will bring some attention to the museum. A handful of us work down there for nothing and it's strictly to help and promote the town so anything that brings attention to it is welcome,” he said.

Video: Triangle UFO Captured Over Moscow, Russia - 4/25/09

As more Russians purchase mobile telephones and consequently more people carry photographic and filming devices greater numbers of images of the mysterious craft or UFOs that have been seen in Russian skies for decades are brought to the worlds attention.This craft was filmed above Moscow on 25 April of this year by one mobile phone user. This UFO footage is creating a stir on Russian conspiracy websites and forum participants are split between thinking it is an alien craft, a secret government project or a private experimental plane. All agree that it is too large to be a kite and the consensus leans towards a military craft.

Large Spiders Invade Costal Queensland, Australia

In a scene that could almost be out of a B-grade monster movie, giant spiders have invaded Bowen. For about six weeks, residents have reported seeing huge bird-eating spiders crawling around their backyards and gardens.Amalgamated Pest Control Bowen pest technician Audy Geiszler took this incredible photo of one of the spiders he caught wandering across the garden of a restaurant near the town's centre.Mr Geiszler estimated its body alone was 5cm long, a specimen declared `especially large' by the Queensland Museum. Most grow to be the size of a man's hand."It was found in a public area, just wandering around the garden areas. It's a bit scary for the people," Mr Geiszler said.While at this stage there had only been about five sightings of the giant spiders, Mr Geiszler said it was unusual to see that many in such a short period."Normally they live in and around gardens and that type of thing," he said."They are very shy. They normally never venture out too far but obviously these ones have been flushed out for some reason."It's more than enough to scare a few people. It's not plague proportions or anything."That in itself is unusual because you don't normally see these species out in the open."Queensland Museum spider expert Dr Robert Raven identified the arachnid in Mr Geiszler's photograph as the eastern tarantula, which is also known as the whistling spider (Phlogius crassipes) _ the largest spider in Australia.The spiders whistle or make a hissing sound when aggravated, which can be heard about 2m away.Dr Raven said the spider, an especially large individual, was also a male."The females remain in their burrows. Because of the nice rain that you've had, you've got plenty of food about with plenty of warmth," he said."The spiders have been getting fed and now they're out walking about looking for females to mate with."Whistling spiders, which are found throughout North Queensland, are burrowing arachnids, living underground in burrows which can be up to 1m deep.The spiders have been known to eat small birds, however Dr Raven believed it would have been stocking up on insects, small mammals and amphibians."They'll go for big insects. They probably feed on toads. They have no problem with cane toads and frogs _ anything big and slow-moving that comes their way."The bite from a bird-eating spider is not known to be fatal to humans, however it can cause up to six hours of vomiting.The spider's venom does, however, kill dogs and cats with death occurring within 30 minutes.Dr Raven believed the spiders would soon return to their burrows."It's a little bit late in the season for them by my reckoning, which is probably just saying you've had plenty of rain and they've been locked up inside waterwells or something in the meantime and they're just getting loose," he said.

Pentagon Ordered Sen. Barry Goldwater NOT To Inquire About UFOs and Aliens

The date of July 16, 1969 was the day of the launch of Apollo 11 and the initial kick-off for the first landing of the human race on our neighbour, the moon. The global importance of this major historic event was very evident at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. It was Moon Shot Day! Many famous people from all over the world gathered in the VIP launch viewing area near the Apollo LCC (Launch Control Center).The security was at its highest level with VIP guests present from every nation on earth. One guest was in attendance whom I had supported during his political career, Senator Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona. He had been the Republican Presidential candidate in 1964 running against President Lyndon B. Johnson. He had lost by a wide margin, but, we in Florida had delivered him a victory in Brevard County, Florida and the Space Port area and pride in ourselves regarding that minor accomplishment. In 1968, Goldwater won back his Senatorial seat in Arizona.Senator Barry M. Goldwater was a former Major General in the United States Army Air Corp wanting to be a fighter pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt and/or a P-51 Mustang aircraft, but was assigned to deliver various aircraft to combat areas. He had flown an estimated 160 plus other planes during his WW II and civilian years. I was also informed that he had been checked-out in an SR-71 Blackbird. That was VERY impressive to learn.Being a registered Democrat supporting a Republican candidate in Florida did not gain me any favour through my lifelong political party in Florida. I constantly lived with insults and jokes which supplemented my involvement in UFO research. McCleland has always been a maverick.During the long countdown of the Saturn V Apollo 11 launch vehicle, I took a breakfast break from the LCC and walked to the nearby VIP guest viewing site in hopes of meeting Senator Goldwater. As I scanned the numerous people gathered, I asked one of our security guards if he was aware of the location of Goldwater? He pointed his finger to an open field nearby saying "Do you see that guy over there setting up his camera tripod, Mac? That's Senator Goldwater".I had my camera around my neck in hopes of having a photo opportunity with the Senator. I strolled across the crab grass turf as he was setting up his personal camera.I was surprised he was alone except for a half dozen other guests that were nearby also setting up their cameras. I introduced myself and he responded with a polite greeting.He asked if I was a guest in the VIP area. I chuckled a bit and said, no sir, I am not yet a VIP. He smiled, and said, yes, I know how you feel.I had the same experience in the past. We talked about his earlier effort to gain the Presidency and I told him about my personal efforts in Brevard County. He thanked me saying at least he had won here in the Cape area.I seriously pondered my next question concerning UFOs and finally asked him if he would discuss the subject with me? I was surprised he had no Secret Service Agents or NASA Public Affairs personnel hovering around him. I explained my position at KSC and my being the NICAP Unit-3 Director for Major Donald E. Keyhoe at KSC. He had met Keyhoe in DC years before.He approved our discussion on the UFO subject and we began our exchange of information.I began by saying it was obvious he had a deep abiding interest in UFOs and possible visits of alien races to earth. He said, "That is accepted fact in Washington and especially at the Pentagon, young man." I had some understanding of his alleged statements regarding UFOs in the past and brought up the popular story of his effort to gain entry into a special storage area at Wright-Patterson AFB that purportedly had alien artifacts in it. He said, "Yes, that's the main event concerning me and UFOs."I was under the impression that a U.S. Senator with a past as a Major General in the U.S. Army Air Corp and a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for many years would carry some weight in my allowances to enter such an area of military secrecy. I was rudely awakened to reality very swiftly when I was denied passage. It had me angry enough to discuss it with a personal friend of mine in the military and inquired why my position in the U.S. Senate had no such allowance?My friend, General Curtis LeMay, Chairman of the Military Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon VERY angrily told me that I had no need to know. He gave me a lot of HELL about my activities at Wright-Patterson.He threatened to end our friendship for life! My God, Mac, that surprised the hell out of me." LeMay added, "you stay clear of our mutual friend, "Butch", too. ( meaning General William "Butch" Blanchard) his having been at Roswell (later Walker) Army Air base and the 509Th., will not gain you any favour for knowledge of that Roswell crash claim."Goldwater said, "Mac, Butch Blanchard was also a very valued friend of mine since WWII." He was the person who announced that a disc had crashed near Roswell in 1947. This cussing out did awaken me to one fact, that the UFO situation is the highest level of national secrecy. Much higher than the H-Bomb was and more than anything else that is known within the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, DIA, NSA, etc. That is, nothing is higher security than aliens being here on this planet. Then I realized Curtis was correct. And I never again approached him on the subject. That seemed to prove to me that UFOs were a fact, and do exist. But, are they all aliens? I highly suspect a majority are!Clark C. McClelland, former ScO, Space Shuttle Fleet, KSC, Florida 1958 to 1992. Former Director, NICAP Unit-3 at Cape Canaveral and KSC, former MUFON Assistant Florida State Director, and former Director, Kennedy Space Center MUFON Unit, KSC.
Strange Illness Reported In Nicaragua

As if swine flu weren't enough to worry about, reports have been coming out of Nicaragua of another illness spreading. Referred to by locals as grisi siknis—which translated from the indigenous Miskito language means "crazy sickness"—it has been causing mass hysteria among the population lately and has the Nicaraguan authorities at a loss for answers.No one understands what causes the illness or why it has returned to the small northern port town of Bilwi on Nicaragua's northern Caribbean coast, but 80 cases have been reported in the last 2 months alone and the outbreak has local residents on edge.The illness seems to only spread among the indigenous population and has primarily affected young adolescent Miskito women. The first reported cases of the sickness can be traced back to the 1800's, but the cause has left Western doctor's mystified. Professor Pablo McDavis has been researching grisi siknis in the Indigenous Diseases Department at Uraccan University for the last few years. "We have taken samples of blood from patients while suffering an attack and, in a lab, we can't detect anything," McDavis explained to the BBC. "Drugs or injections tend to only increase a patient's aggressiveness. Clinically we can't detect anything," he continued, "It is like an outbreak. If an attack is not contained quickly, it can spread throughout an entire community."Some experts say the illness is mental and not physical but the Miskito population believes it to be tied to supernatural forces and demons that inhabit the earth. "There is more devil than God in the city right now," said Rev. Kenneth Bushey, of the Moravian Renovation Evangelical Church, where seven women took ill with grisi siknis during a youth group event last month. "God is testing our faith.''Meanwhile, business for witch doctors and faith healers has been booming. Doña Porcela, a respected traditional healer, has been traveling the area, offering respite to those affected, "Grisi Siknis turns people into witches and they go crazy," she says, but she can cure people with a special concotion she has created. "It can be drunk or bathed in," Porcela explains, "Within three or four days, they are normal again."
Massive Circular Radar Image Raises Questions in Switzerland

On the morning of Friday the 24th of April of this year employees at MeteoSwiss (Switzerland’s meteorological department) got the surprise of their lives. Huge circular fields hovering over Switzerland were picked up by their radars (picture above). The blue coloured circles covered the entire country. The question was asked as to whether a massive UFO was in the upper-atmosphere above the scenic mountainous nation or perhaps these circles were signs of an imminent hurricane.Felix Schacher, a senior Meteorologist at MeteoSwiss claimed the circles were not UFOs or the signs of a hurricane about to wreak havoc on his country. Mr Schacher told the Swiss news site ’20 Minutes’ that they were merely caused by the reflection of water droplets. A few minutes after being queried on the issue the radar images were hurriedly removed from the departments website. Are we being told everything the Swiss meteorological knows about these radar images? Many Swiss UFO researchers have left comments on various internet forums expressing their doubt about that.

Paramedic Recalls His Experience at Haunted Connecticut House

'I wanted out as quickly as I could,' former paramedic says of 'Haunting in Connecticut' homeFor the record, Joe Krupa is not the superstitious type. A Delaware County sheriff’s deputy, the former Star Press photographer has spent much of his life as a public-safety worker, including time as a volunteer firefighter and paramedic back in his home state of Connecticut.Nor is he particularly religious.So when you talk to him about the recent horror movie The Haunting in Connecticut, a film featuring demon-possession, but also one that’s billed as being based on “a true story,” you expect a doubtful reaction from a man who would never compromise his credibility.Which you get, mostly. Still, there was something about that house…“I just know that when I was in that house, I wanted out as quickly as I could,” recalled Krupa, whose ambulance, back in 1986, was dispatched to the Southington, Conn., dwelling upon which the 2009 movie and a 2002 television documentary were based.What’s more, he and his partner were sent there to take a 15-year-old boy, the very kid whose possession is the basis of the film and the broadcast, to a psychiatric hospital.Though that was years ago, Krupa’s memories of the day remain clear. After all, he had grown up near the house, which he had known as a funeral home, so he was surprised to find himself sent to what was now just a rental property, especially for that unusual assignment.Stepping inside, the surprise continued. “It was just strange,” he recalled. “Things just seemed out of place.”As you might guess, the experience as he lived it was not the same as that portrayed in the film, or even the television documentary. The ambulance run came in the middle of the day, for example, and not in the middle of your standard “dark and stormy night.”What’s more, the teenager didn’t fit our common notions of demon possession, at least not as detailed in that classic horror flick, The Exorcist.“He wasn’t violent or belligerent,” the deputy recalled. “He just didn’t want to go.”Once the kid was in the ambulance, however, Krupa read the comments a doctor had noted on a medical chart. The youngster had heard noises in the house. Voices, too. And unseen forces had assaulted him.While the boy was the main target of this activity, however, the rest of the family had reportedly experienced it, too. Krupa recalled wondering, was this kid really nuts? Or were the parents blaming the kid for what had happened?“We weren’t getting a clear story,” he said.About a year later, Krupa was surprised to read a National Enquirer story regarding the house, the family and the haunting. That paper’s reputation for lurid reporting notwithstanding, it was mostly a low-key, factual piece.Furthermore, Krupa learned that two well-known ghost hunters - Edward and Lorraine Warren, who had earlier played a key role in examining the house featured in the book and movie The Amityville Horror - were also called to this one.At one point, Krupa added, a priest performed an exorcism there and, during the process, a tree on the property toppled onto some electrical lines, cutting off power to downtown. He experienced the power failure, and was surprised when a buddy explained what had caused it.“I said, ‘You’re kidding,’” he recalled, laughing.Looking back on the experience now, what does he think?“I dunno,” he said. “I think it’s interesting. Somebody’s making some good money here.”He added that, while the television documentary played it loose with some facts, he figures the movie does so to a far greater degree. “I assume it’s way over the top,” he said.Still, despite that, he knows how he felt when he was inside that house.Not scared, exactly.“I was on edge, I’d say,” Krupa noted. “It wasn’t a rational kind of thing. Maybe a sense of danger. “Call it a sixth sense.“There are things we can’t explain,” he said.
The Haunted Morgue - Old Royal Naval College, London

'I can clearly sense an anxious female presence, perhaps a nurse, who's quite territorial about this end of the room,' says David Wells. The notorious medium and qabalist ('that's qabalist with a q, not a k,' he insists) is leading us through a 17th century morgue pointing out its spectral inhabitants like so many oil paintings. We're beneath the Old Royal Naval College, Wren's Greenwich masterpiece, for the opening night of London Ghost Week. And if David and fellow medium Andrew are to be believed, we're not alone. 'Over there, in the corner, there's a character in a funny hat, with a sword. A bit like a pirate,' reckons Andrew. The whole time, we're watched over by the shade of a young man with 'special needs'.The venue is super creepy, even to hardened skeptics like ourselves. We're in a crypt-like environment where dead pensioners were stored prior to burial. Marks are visible on the sills where coroners would sharpen knives. A Victorian bowling alley runs along one side of the room, drenched in stories of phantom bowlers and skittle pickers. Beside it sits the table upon which Nelson's body once rested. It is an auspicious place to hunt ghosts.David had prepared our minds with a psychic pep talk. We've learned how to 'open our chakras' and make contact with 'astrals'. We've been tutored in the ways of dowsing, crystal pendulum reading and glass moving. And we've been guided round the haunted spots of Greenwich by a former naval chap who once lived in the College. Alas, when the time comes to hunt our own ghosts, nobody except the mediums actually sees anything, and the only noise is a vague tapping that could be anything.Still, nobody was disappointed. Believers in such things got to hone their psychic skills with tips from a master practitioner. The skeptics in the crowd were hugely entertained by the unusual venue and activities, even if the underlying premise is built on mumbo jumbo. And the many spectres of the Naval College got some sympathetic company for an evening.London Ghost Week (organised by Fright Nights) still has plenty of days to run, so if you want to meddle with the supernatural, check out their site. In particular, we'd recommend the London’s Best Medium face-off and ghost hunts at the Canal Museum and Ragged School.
Photos - Multi-Colored Lights Over North Carolina - 3/5/09

Report from witness: On March 5, 2009 at approx. 6:45 am est. on the way down the side walk going to the vehicle, a bright object captured our attention. The object was moving erratically in the sky and was slightly larger than the planet Venus just after dark or just before dawn. It was about 25 to 30 degrees in the morning sky about 6 to 10 miles away and we were facing south. The digital camera we used was hand held and not on a bipod as we were not expecting to capture anything that morning. The weather was clear, no cloud cover, no rain, perfect and cool.The object, as stated earlier, moved erratically for a short time then stopped and hovered for about 5 minutes. The photo numbered 705 is the picture of the object just hovering. Once stopped we could tell that it was shaped circular like a doughnut with lights of every color around the outside of the craft with a solid center. After hovering for 5 minutes or so the object took off moving north relatively fast making no sound what so ever.My son and I saw the object and even though we have been looking for it every morning since we have not seen the object again. I do realize that a lot of people try to hoax the public and are out for their 15 minutes of fame. This is not the case as we want no media what so ever. Just simply an answer for what we have seen in the sky over our home would suffice. We understand that may not be possible but just knowing somewhere someone has seen something similar would help.We are not nut cases claiming abduction and honestly we have reservations about the people who do. My son is a 12 yr old 7th grader and i am a building sub-contractor.
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Bigfoot Lives Quietly in Decatur, Arkansas...Even Has a Daily Cup of Coffee at Diner

In October 2003, the small town of Decatur on the western side of Benton County found itself with a new resident. Normally, a new neighbor would not cause any kind of stir. After all, people pack up and move every day, but this time things were different.Although a little shy, the new neighbor soon brought news crews and myth debunkers from all around into the tiny town as the local gossip began to circulate about just what the new guy looked like.It did not take everyone long to realize that the new neighbor who had moved into the woods around Crystal Lake was, indeed, Bigfoot.“We had some pretty interesting calls on it,” Decatur Chief of Police Terry Luker said. “I had one lady call me and I tried to explain to her that it was not a Bigfoot and that it was too small to be a Bigfoot.“The lady stopped me and she said, ‘Well, you know, they have babies, too.’’’ Every day she hears someone in the restaurant telling their own Bigfoot story.“He stays right out there,” Mickey Metz of Gentry said as he pointed into the woods across Crystal Lake. “Some people still say they can hear him way out over there, but we never see him and I do not stay out after dark.”Paul Austin of Decatur says he remembers the excitement the town went through when Bigfoot was first seen in 2003, but after about a week he did not hear any more about the new neighbor.“I am not a believer,” Austin added.Kim Strobel of Gravette, however, is a believer and with good reason.“I believe in him. I have heard him,” Strobel said.While working on a wild-game reserve in Winston, Ore., Strobel and a group of his coworkers heard Bigfoot’s howl. When Bigfoot entered the reserve, all of the animals - the lions, the tigers, the monkeys - began howling and hissing and getting extremely nervous in their cages.The official stance on Decatur’s Bigfoot sightings in 2003 is that the monkey-like creature people were getting fleeting glances of around town was actually a baboon that had escaped from the local wilderness safari in nearby Gentry.The first spotting of Bigfoot was on Hill Street, and it was not long before the police department was getting calls from citizens who had seen Bigfoot on the west side of Decatur, Luker said.“It was a lot of fun. I have not heard of any sightings lately,” Luker said.“He is still around. He still comes in for coffee in the morning,” Denise Trammell, owner of the Gallery Café in downtown Decatur, said.“He is a little shy, so sometimes he has to come in before we actually open,” Trammell said, noting the café has a deal with Bigfoot to not take photographs of the being that is surrounded with mystery.“He has a family now. He is a pretty nice guy,” Trammell said, noting that he heard what he believes was Bigfoot letting out a sound that he is not likely to ever forget, he said.“It was a quiet night. You could hear the grasshoppers chirping and then you could hear just a strange howl and all of the lions started roaring and the monkeys started going crazy,” Strobel said. “The next day we went out looking for him, and never could find anything. But being around animals all my life, I can tell you that sound was like nothing else.”The mystery of whether or not Bigfoot really exists lives on in Strobel’s mind.“I have been in quite a few places and you always hear about these stories, but none of us know what all God has created,” Strobel said. “I can not say it was Bigfoot. I can not say it was not. Two-thirds of the rumors out there are usually true, though.”
UFO / Train Collision - Paintsville, KY - 1/14/02 - Update

Original statement by witness: Paintsville, Kentucky -- At exactly 2:47 a.m. on January 14, 2002, while working a coal train enroute from Russell, Kentucky to Shelbiana, Kentucky, our trailing unit and first two cars were severely damaged as we struck an unknown floating or hovering object. I know it was 2:47 because my watch froze, and to this day shows that time.Along with my watch the entire electrical systems on both locomotives went haywire. Approaching a bend near milepost 42 in an area referred to as the Wild Kingdom, for the many different types of animals spotted there, my conductor and I saw lights coming from around the way.This ordinarily means another train is coming and will pass on the other track. The outlay of the area is this, the river, #1 track, #2 tracks and a straight up mountainside, carved out for the laying of these tracks. I killed our lights as not to blind the oncoming crew.As we rounded the corner our onboard computer began to flash in and out, speed recorder went nuts, and both locomotives died. Alarm bells began to ring and that’s when we saw the objects. Apparently scanning the river for something. At least three objects had several "search" lights trained there, the first object hovered about 10 to 12 feet above the track.It was metallic silver in color with multiple colored lights near the bottom and in the middle. There were no windows or openings of any kind that we could see. It was 18 to 20 feet in length and probably ten feet high.With both engines dead as we rounded the corner we made little noise and the first object did not respond in time, I estimate that we hit the object at 30 mph with 16,000 trailing tons behind us. It clipped the top of our lead unit then skipped back slicing a chunk out of our trailing unit and first two coal cars. The other objects vanished.Our emergency brakes had initiated due to the loss of power and we stopped approximately a mile and a half to two miles after impact. Our power restored after we were stopped and we notified our dispatcher, located in Jacksonville, Florida of what had happened.We were told to inspect the cars to see if they'd hold the rail and try to limp into milepost cmg 60 which used to be the Paintsville yard which is no longer in full operation. We checked everything out and the cab of the rear locomotive was demolished and smoking, the second two cars looked as if they had been hit with a giant hammer, but looked like they'd hold the rail.We pulled into Paintsville yard at approximately 5:15 am. The huge overhead lights lining the yard were noticeably dark and the only lights came from what we assumed were railroad officials vehicles parked near the end of the track. We pulled to a stop and began unloading our grips off the wounded train. We could hear what sounded like an army of workers immediately tending to our train.Vehicle doors slamming, guys running by in weird outfits and lights glaring from all directions, the one thing missing was railroad officials.A guy named Ferguson shook my hand and asked me to follow him into the old yard office. We did, once inside they, and by they I mean I have no idea who these people were, began to ask us hundreds of questions, they then told us for our own protection we'd be medically tested before we could leave.I asked repeatedly to talk to my road foreman or trainmaster and not only were these requests denied but they confiscated my conductor’s cellular phone.Hours later we were led outside the old yard office and the strange things continued to happen, the 2 locomotives and two cars were removed from the rest of the train we had brought in and my only guess was parked 4 tracks over under a huge tent like structure buzzing with activity.We were led off the property and told, due to national security, our silence on this matter would be appreciated.We were then put in a railroad vehicle and taken to Martin, Kentucky were we went through questioning again with railroad officials and were then drug tested. After all of this we were sent on to Shelbiana, where we took rest for 8 hours and worked another train back to Russell. Working back we passed by Paintsville, no sign of the engines, cars, tent, people, nothing.UPDATE - this interesting account is from a nearby resident:I live near Paintsville, actually in an rural community 9 miles North of the town. I'm pretty well tied in to the community and monitor EMS/Police/Fire frequently. Our local Ham club works with and has members from local EM agencies and I just heard about this incident today. The railroads around here (CSX) pretty much take care of their own business. Very little is ever mentioned of a railway incident. If someone is hit and killed on the tracks, there may be a mention on the local news but that's about it. Our local news does not really seek the story. If you call with a story, they might print it but no in depth reporting. My supervisor knows more than I do about the goings on in town and he had not heard of this either. It is possible for this to have happened and have been kept quiet, especially if it happened between two towns like Russell and Paintsville. There is a lot of the river bank that is not visible to the public through this area. I happen to know a gentleman who works for them as a safety engineer. I will try and contact the individual and ask him about this. We spoke last year so I think if he knew about it, he would have told me.NOTE: the original statement seems credible and the newer information is understandable. My father has ties to the railroad industry and confirms that their security is very tight overall. If anyone has additional information on this incident, I would love to see it.
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Crop Circle: Morgans Hill, Near Devizes, Wiltshire - 4/24/09

Morgans Hill, Near Devizes, Wiltshire Reported April 24 2009.This formation spans across approximately 308 feet of 5ft high flowering Oil-Seed-Rape and is noted as one of the largest circles ever to appear in this type of crop.On the ground the plants are laid extremely neatly over the entire formation. The vast majority of laid plants are undamaged.
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Photo: UFO Over Indianapolis Air Show - 9/1/08

Statement: Attended Air Show. Captured A10 Wort Hog during fly by. Image attached was in the air. Nothing at that time was in sight.Photo taken at Mt. Comfort in Indianapolis IN.
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Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Fight UFOs

Charlie Rose had the former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and President Reagan’s Secretary of State George Shultz on his program this past Tuesday night. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.Gorbachev got a laugh when he said he wasn’t all that impressed with Reagan’s historic challenge to “tear down this wall”. But went on to say that he believed Reagan “was a great president.”Shultz was talking about the Lake Geneva summit and mentioned the two leaders ducked out of a meeting to take a walk to a nearby cabin.“I wasn’t there…,” Shultz said before Gorbachev cut him off.“From the fireside house, President Reagan suddenly said to me, ‘What would you do if the United States were suddenly attacked by someone from outer space? Would you help us?’“I said, ‘No doubt about it.’”“He said, ‘We too.’”“So that’s interesting,” Gorbachev said to much laughter.He then said to Shultz, “I’m sorry for having interrupted you, but it was an interesting moment.”Rose concurred.





Dear Dave,
I for one understand well, and know this , i do care and appreciate the work you do, and id like to tell you the first incident that peaked my belief in UFOs .
In Sept of 94 i had just taken delivery of my dream car .. a 6 speed Z28 Camaro one of the first 5 ever made .. and was on I-10 about 150 miles west of Phoenix when my now ex wife and I saw 2 aircraft just sitting in one spot over the highway .. not moving .. and we thought they were military helicopters, so thought nothing of it, but as we got closer we started to see the silhouettes and they were saucers, and werent moving, and only had 3 small lights showing on them, and when we realized what they were i floored it .. top speed on my car was 165 and we hit it .. and there were no other cars at all around it was like 2 am .. .. we passed under them both and got a serious good look as they were only approx 200 ft off the ground and when we passed under them they started to follow us and matched us in speed but stayed just behind us at the same altitude all the way to within 15 miles of Phoenix .. where they both went straight up and did a 45 dg turn and shot away according to my wife .. because at the time i was concentrating on driving and my hair was on end .. and we had the T tops off the car so we got a dammn good look at them .. and we checked the next day and found that others had seen them too and at least one trucker confirmed he saw them chasing us .. i never saw him i was haulin ass but apparently he was heading west as we were screaming east , and said i went by so fast he couldn't tell what kinda car i was in he thought it was a corvette .. after dropping his trailer and heading back to the restaurant we had stopped at he had overheard me and my wife talking about it to a couple others in the restauraunt and then told what he had seen .. from then on i believed ..and finally believed my dads stories about P-51s chasing them over lake Elsinore in 1945 and dogfighting with them .. i think i told you about once .. and since then i have had sightings at least 4 times now .. and being a trained pilot and aircraft spotter, i know what is and isnt from this planet unless we have out own secret fleet of them now and i would not be surprised since they have captured so many wrecks, and after the Needles incident .. i have 3 friends who live right under where they flew the thing out from and a friend who lives on a houseboat on the river who has disappeared since he told me and others what he saw .. so yeah they are all too real. Im going to Sedona this summer aqnd takin my camera who knows what i will see there. But please dont give up keep lookin and talking because one day one of us will get the evidence we need to blow the cover off it all .. I have no idea why they thing everyone would be scared to death if they knew, and a friend of mine whos ex AF intel who told me some things said the Grays are spooky .. they have no feelings or ethics and dont care about anything but knowledge about us and told me there are at least 15 other known races out there.
If you ever want another set of eyes and ears on a UFO safari come get me ill go ..
Take care and get better,
Sincerely ,
John Atkinson

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Harvey Milk's Ghost Visits Film Set
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 10:57 AM CST
The ghost of assassinated San Francisco, California city supervisor HARVEY MILK haunts the site of the camera store he once owned, according to moviemaker Gus Van Sant.The director claims that Milk's spirit turned up on the set of the film, when Van Sant and his stars Sean Penn and James Franco recreated the Castro Camera Shop in the gift store the place has become in the 30 years since the gay public official's murder.Unfortunately, the filmmaker was too busy to notice the spook.He explains, "The gift store owners were very into the legacy of the store and willing to let us close their shop down and move our set in. They had a mural of Harvey Milk."During a shot at night there was a take where we were using most of the room and there were three or four actors in the scene. Some people were sitting on the sofa which was outside of the shot and during one of the takes somebody walked in from outside and sat down on the sofa during the shot."After the shot was over and I yelled 'Cut,' he apparently got up and walked out. The actors were like, 'Did you see that guy?' I didn't see anybody, but they kept describing Harvey, so I figure it was the ghost of Harvey walking into the store for a brief second."________________________________________________
UK Recruits Special FBI 'X-Files' Investigators
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 10:57 AM CST
A crack new ‘X-Files’ squad of special FBI agents has been recruited by the UK Government – because the number of UFO sightings this year has been out of this world.Leading boffins in Whitehall have admitted to being flummoxed by a spate of ‘extra-terrestrial activity’ and have turned to a top US agency to hire in “Mulder and Scully” style investigators. The undercover unit will begin work in a high-tech London lab analysing unexplained photography and debris, before moving into the field to obtain explanations of bizarre crop circles. There has been a huge upsurge in the interest for alien life forms since late last year when the The Ministry of Defence opened its ‘X-Files’ to the public for the first time since records began in 1967.The unveiling has thrust it to the forefront of the public agenda and, amazingly, it has been afforded more debating hours in the House of Lords than foxhunting. But cynics suggest opening the Pandora’s Box has only engaged the public’s over-active imagination. Georgina Grounded of an unnamed local council said: “For a lot of people it’s just a sci-fi fix.“There are those who think that this Fox Mulder fella cuts a bit if a dash and are just desperate to believe.“But these are credit crunched times. We need people with down-to-Earth attitudes.”Numbers of UFO sightings have really taken off this year, dwarfing the total of 135 reported to the Ministry of Defence for the whole of 2007.The Sun recently reported how a flying saucer hovering over Dudley in the West Midlands was photographed by a Wakefield nanny visiting the local castle.And pop oddball Robbie Williams is reported to be penning new tracks after staying at Trout Lake – the number one spot in the US for UFO sightings.Malcolm Robinson, founder of research group Strange Phenomena Investigations, told The Sun last month: “Something really bizarre is happening in the skies over the UK. “________________________________________________
Lee Harvey Oswald Co-Worker No Longer Silent
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 10:56 AM CST
Buell Frazier wants to tell it like it is – or was – on a very important day in U.S. history 45 years ago in Dallas.The quiet, thoughtful man of 64 is not as well-known as some of the others who skyrocketed to fame or infamy in November 1963. But Mr. Frazier played a defining, if unintentional, role in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.He drove Lee Harvey Oswald to work that fateful Nov. 22. And the Warren Commission, the investigative committee appointed to explain all aspects of Mr. Kennedy's death, claimed that Oswald carried his cheap mail-order rifle to work with him in Mr. Frazier's car. That put Mr. Frazier in the spotlight immediately after Oswald was captured – and long afterward as a mourning nation sought to find an explanation to the tragedy. With but a few exceptions, he has kept almost 4 ½ decades of angst, frustration, fear and occasionally even fury bottled up. All Mr. Frazier did was offer a friendly gesture to a man he hardly knew.Offering a ride In mid-September 1963, Mr. Frazier, 19, moved to Irving to live with his sister, Linnie Mae Randle, her husband and three children. He slept on his sister's couch, drove a clunker Chevy and was pleased to be earning $1.25 an hour, then the minimum wage, at the Texas School Book Depository. As a teenager in Huntsville, Mr. Frazier had deftly balanced high school and several part-time jobs while trying to stay out of the way of an abusive, alcoholic stepfather. But things seemed to be looking up. On Nov. 22, Ms. Randle and Mr. Frazier were finishing breakfast about 7:15 a.m. when she looked out her window and saw a man standing close to her brother's car with a package under his arm. She had never met Oswald, but she knew who he was because Mr. Frazier had driven him to Irving on three or four occasions to visit his wife, Marina, and their two small daughters. Oswald had ridden home with him the previous afternoon. A few minutes later, Mr. Frazier and Oswald headed for the book depository, where they were to report at 8 a.m. They talked a bit about children – Oswald always seemed pleased to relate stories about his girls, Mr. Frazier said – but drove much of the 15-mile trip in silence. Even though the area was inundated with news reports about the president's visit to Dallas later that morning, Mr. Frazier said they never discussed it during the ride. "Lee didn't talk much, ever," he said. "Some people talk a lot. He just didn't." Less than four hours later, Kennedy was shot to death riding through Dealey Plaza. And Mr. Frazier's life was turned upside down.Brown paper package Mr. Frazier was questioned vigorously by police – accused of being involved in the plot to kill Kennedy – and even told falsely by police officers that Oswald had named him as a co-conspirator. After 12 intense hours at the Police Department, he was allowed to take a polygraph test, passed it impressively and was released. The fact that Mr. Frazier helped train Oswald at his new job (Oswald was hired at the book depository Oct. 16) and had driven him to Irving several times soon faded from most people's memories. But another factor remained noteworthy. Officials assumed that the package Oswald carried to work that morning was the Italian-made rifle he used to kill Kennedy. Mr. Frazier still doesn't believe it. When Oswald got in his car that morning, Mr. Frazier hardly noticed the bundle Oswald laid on the back seat. "He told me he was taking some curtain rods for his room," Mr. Frazier said. "I didn't think much about it." Mr. Frazier parked his car behind the depository building and revved his engine for a few moments, charging his low battery, and watched Oswald walk about 200 yards into the building with the package under his arm. In his testimony before the Warren Commission, Mr. Frazier said the brown paper package Oswald carried that morning was too short to contain a rifle. Oswald cupped the package in his hand, he said, and it fit under his armpit. In Washington, Mr. Frazier said, he was "pressured" to change his recollection. In the days afterward, he was badgered by the media, harassed by people who didn't understand his relationship to Oswald and even became fearful for his life. His testimony was important because investigators had proved that Oswald bought the rifle used in the JFK slaying and had found a matching palm print on the stock, but they had no proof that he had it with him that day. Ms. Randle, who was also a leading witness, said recently that when she and Mr. Frazier testified before the Warren Commission, "they tried to get us to say that package was much longer than we recalled, but that wasn't true." The commission kept pushing, Mr. Frazier said. Could it be that he was traumatized by the horror of what happened or embarrassed that he hadn't been more observant? "I know what I saw," he said, "and I've never changed one bit." Size dispute Hundreds of conspiracy theories have spawned thousands of books and articles since the tragedy, but the official investigation concluded that Oswald shot Kennedy from the Texas School Book Depository and acted alone. The Warren Commission cited eyewitnesses to the president's shooting and the later assault of Officer J.D. Tippit and knew that Oswald had bought the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle for $12.95 from a Chicago mail-order house. A brown paper sack with an Oswald palm and fingerprint on it was found close to the sixth-floor window where Oswald sat perched in wait that day. Oswald's claim that he was carrying curtain rods for his room carried little weight with investigators because no curtain rods were ever found in the depository, and Oswald's room on Beckley Street in Oak Cliff already had curtains. In a book he's writing, Mr. Frazier describes how he and his sister assembled packages with wrapping paper for hours, trying to show Warren Commission lawyers the size of the package Oswald carried that day. In its report, released in the fall of 1964, the commission said: "The Warren Commission has weighed the visual recollection of Frazier and Mrs. Randle against the evidence here presented ... and has concluded that Frazier and Randle are mistaken as to the length of the bag." The FBI lab reported that the disassembled rifle stock measured just under 35 inches long, and the homemade bag measured 38 inches. "I wasn't surprised," Mr. Frazier said. "They seemed to have a prearranged agenda when they questioned Linnie and me. Our refusal to agree with their agenda simply caused them to state that we were mistaken." Their testimony fostered early public doubt about the commission's investigation. President Gerald Ford, who in 1963-64 was a Michigan congressman and a Warren Commission member, told reporters in Dallas in early 1964 that he thought Mr. Frazier had been mistaken. "I don't believe for a moment that he was consciously lying," Mr. Ford said then. "This is a fine young man – I've talked to him – who recalls seeing an object a certain size. But if Oswald was carrying curtain rods, as Mr. Frazier claimed he told him, I am a bit confused as to what happened to them." Mr. Ford told a Dallas Morning News reporter that day: "I have never believed Mr. Frazier was involved in anything more than being a good neighbor, a good friend. I don't think he even knew Oswald very well." Actually, Mr. Frazier said, "I didn't know his last name until that day. We all just knew him as Lee. I thought that was his last name." Years of reticence For years, Mr. Frazier refrained from talking about his role that fateful Friday. He hasn't had a listed telephone number for years. Few people have visited his home. In recent years, he has spoken briefly to university classes and others studying the Kennedy assassination. And when a British production company staged a mock Oswald trial in London in 1986, Mr. Frazier was a star witness. He still considers that trip one of his "greatest experiences ever." As the years went by, he served two stints in the Army, worked in Denver and Portland, Ore., with banks and an airline, and studied at Southern Methodist University. He married in 1969 and had a son, Robert, now 29, who graduated from Texas A&M and is in the Army, stationed in South Korea. Mr. Frazier divorced in 1987 and married his current wife, Betty, in 1988. Since 2002, he has worked for the Lewisville school board as the receiving clerk, handling desks, chairs and other equipment to stock the district's schools Asked if co-workers know of his background, Mr. Frazier said: "Some do, on a limited basis." He has mixed emotions about conspiracy theorists. "Conspiracy theories are like noses," he said. "Everybody has one. No one has ever sold me 100 percent that Lee did it. If he did, yes, but some other people were involved in some way." He admits that the circumstances of that November decades ago helped mold his life and personality. "I have had to be more careful and aware of what is going on around me at all times. Being able to trust someone is very hard for me. I simply do not trust people in general." And though he is no longer physically afraid, he's more comfortable staying anonymous. "Though I did nothing wrong," he said, "some of them think I am guilty, that I was involved with him. "And there are people out there still today who think that I helped him, that he and I were in cahoots on that, and you just never know who you're talking to. His sister, Ms. Randle, is a retired nurse in her 70s who lives "in the country" outside Sulphur Springs. She agrees that Mr. Frazier is super-careful and somewhat withdrawn but says she understands why. "Even my children, at the time, we just didn't talk about it because you just never know who you're talking to. There are a lot of kooks out there. "We weren't ignorant, but we were very, very naive," she said. Dave Perry of Grapevine, a friend of Mr. Frazier, said: "When we first met in 1990, he was very distrustful of me. After a very short period, we got off the subject of the assassination and into baseball. "When we get together now," said Mr. Perry, a retired insurance executive and longtime JFK assassination researcher, "it's never about the assassination, but as close friends." David Murph, director of church relations for Texas Christian University, and his wife, Jean, are also friends of the Fraziers. "He is an honest, gentle soul with a good heart who sees and believes in people," he said. Mr. Murph says he hopes Mr. Frazier finds a publisher for his memoirs. "Buell's story is extremely important. It needs to be told." ________________________________________________
Videos: Strange 'Winged' Anomaly / Orbs
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 10:59 AM CST
Chris' statement: Here are two more clips showing paranormal activity in my home.The second clip is a new manifestation not previously seen and entered the room via a `portal` where some really odd activity occurs.I think my regular viewers will find this video fascinating.If you are a sceptical viewer, please look at the videos listed towards the end of this presentation.For the record. I do not employ cheap tricks or stunts to make my work which I regard as a serious ongoing study into the paranormal.Chris Halton - Independent Paranormal Movie Maker

Video: Nice Compilation of UFO Photos Over North Texas
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 10:17 AM CST
Very nice compilation video of UFO photos taken at various locations in North Texas previous October 26, 2008.________________________________________________
'Ghost Hunters' Investigate Wolfe Manor in Clovis, California
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 10:01 AM CST
The creepy old house on Clovis Avenue that has been at various times a sanitarium, a convalescent home and a Halloween attraction has found yet another incarnation -- a paranormal destination.Wolfe Manor, a few blocks south of Shaw Avenue, is the site of popular spirit-seeking tours and a Web-based ghost investigation show.This week, it will be featured on an episode of the Sci Fi Channel's "Ghost Hunters," the leading paranormal investigation show on TV. It airs at 9 p.m. Wednesday. With all this growing clout in the paranormal world, the plan is to turn the property into a haunted hotel that would attract people to Clovis."I get e-mails every day from people," says owner Todd Wolfe. "They're asking 'How do we get reservations?' "History and hauntsWhen Todd Wolfe bought what would become Wolfe Manor in 1997, he had no idea what kind of history the house had. All he saw was the potential for a scary Halloween haunt.As part of his popular "Scream If You Can" attraction, Wolfe and his crew created their own past for the house, calling it Andleberry Estate.It wasn't until the city shut down "Scream If You Can" after seven years that Wolfe and paranormal investigators from the area started to unfold more of the house's history.Through research, they've pieced together that the house was constructed in the early 1920s in a competition between brothers-in-law trying to build the better house. After the Great Depression, the house became both a sanitarium and a convalescent home before becoming dormant until Wolfe bought it.It was during the run of "Scream If You Can" that Wolfe started to realize there was more haunt to the house than what he had created. He says he was touched by something once while decorating. A few more similar experiences turned a skeptical Wolfe into a believer.________________________________________________
MUFON Gathering Over 'Pennsylvania UFO Wave'
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 09:43 AM CST
What started with a single UFO sighting over a Middletown Mexican restaurant Jan. 26 has turned into a science fiction sensation.Spaceships were spotted over Sesame Place.Black boomerangs were reported over Citizens Bank Park during the Phillies National League Championship series. An extraterrestrial even was seen recently in the men's department of the local JCPenney, smiling at our women. With more than 50 reports from Bucks since January, the Pennsylvania Mutual UFO Network says it now will gather here for its next alien hunter conference Jan. 24 at Bucks County Community College.State MUFON coordinator John Ventre is scheduled to discuss what he calls the “Pennsylvania UFO Wave.” The list of speakers also includes self-professed local abductees, including history professor David Jacobs of Temple University. Bucks County also will be profiled in a documentary — “UFOs over Earth” — scheduled to air at 9 p.m. Monday on the Discovery Channel. No doubt, MUFON will have a lot to talk about that day. The encounters reported to the organization are lengthy and, at times, almost too incredible to believe. On June 23, a woman reported seeing an “alien entity” in the JCPenney's men's section. “He was standing by a clothes rack,” the report said. “She described him as being male, no hair, gray skin, almond black eyes with a lumpy heavily wrinkled face.” The alien appeared to be shopping and had a “pleasant smile” for ladies in the store.Yet the woman told MUFON she decided to leave the scene “because she and her husband were planning to attend a movie.” (It's not known which outlet the aliens chose for their shopping spree, though several other sightings were reported near the Oxford Valley Mall.) The spacecraft over Sesame Place was seen Oct.18. As reported to MUFON, the craft had no wings, no windows and was able to instantly change direction. Another report from Oct. 5 recounts “bright quick flickering lights” hovering and disappearing in the sky as well as “several quiet helicopters circling the area.”On Sept. 11, a man from Warrington reported a rumbling noise and a series of falling white lights.On June 6, a Bucks County resident reported a strange object floating down Almshouse Road toward Newtown. Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer for the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, urges residents not to jump to conclusions about strange celestial sightings. Often times, these objects are identifiable, Pitts said. And even if they can't be explained, that doesn't necessarily make them aliens.________________________________________________
Reports of 'Wanstead Bigfoot' Encounters Continue
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 09:27 AM CST
More people have come forward claiming to have seen a Bigfoot-like creature in the Wanstead and Woodford area. Last week we revealed how fitness instructor Michael Kent saw a peculiar-looking Bigfoot-like animal emerge from trees near the Hollow Ponds area of Epping Forest, on the border between Wanstead and Leytonstone. And now pensioner Irene Dainty, of Love Lane in Woodford Bridge, claims she was left shaking after she came face to face with a hairy creature which surprised her in her street.Mrs Dainty told the Guardian she was “absolutely convinced” that what she saw was not human, or a normal species of animal life. She said: “I had just come out of my flat and just as I had turned the corner I saw this hairy thing come out of nowhere. I really don’t want to see it again. “It was about 4ft tall and with really big feet and looked straight at me with animal eyes. Then it leaped straight over the wall with no trouble at all and went off into the garden of the Three Jolly Wheelers pub. “I was so terrified that I went around to my neighbour’s house and told her what happened. She couldn’t believe it and asked me if I had been drinking, but I said of course I hadn’t – it was only about 3pm.” Park officials have poured scorn on the so-called witness claims and are adamant there are no strange creatures roaming in Epping Forest. Orelia Vaivadaite works at the Three Jolly Wheelers Pub in Chigwell Road, but said she had not seen anything odd in her back garden. She added: “The manager who lives upstairs may have seen it, but he has recently resigned. He didn’t mention anything to me though.”________________________________________________

Photo: The Ghost of Tewin Bury Farm
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 08:38 AM CST
This is a photo taken at Tewin Bury Farm in Hertfordshire by designer Neil Sandbach for inclusion in some Wedding Stationary he was preparing for a couple due to host their wedding at the farm. When Neil opened up the photo on his computer he was surprised, and not a little spooked, when he noticed a blurry white figure that he was certain wasn’t visible when the photo was taken, as there was nobody else around.Neil explains, “a week or so later, just before the actual wedding, and without mentioning the photograph, the couple getting married asked the staff at the venue if anyone had ever seen something ’spooky’. Their faces went white as they described what they had seen on various occasions: the ghost of a young boy dressed in white night clothes, appearing close to the main barn”.________________________________________________
Videos: Several UFOs Captured Near Ladner, British Columbia
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:47 AM CST
Witness report:Date of Sighting: November 15, 2008Time of Sighting: 5:26 PM to 6:09 PSTDate Sighting Reported: November 16, 2008 Duration of Sighting: 43 Minutes Location of Sighting: Ladner, British Columbia, Canada (See Map) Latitude: 49.06 Degrees North Longitude: 123.11 Degrees West Number of Witnesses: OneWeather: A Few Clouds Were Observed at 2,500 Feet and 5,500 Feet. Skies Were Mostly Cloudy (Broken Clouds) at 15,000 Feet and 20,000 Feet. Visibility Was 20 Miles. Winds Were From the Southwest at 4 MPH. Description: I was biking near Ladner, B.C. tonight and stopped when I saw some strange moving lights in the sky to the east. I had my GPS with me. My sighting took place at N 49° 03.801 W 123° 06.594 and lasted from 5:26pm PST to 6:09 PST. At approximately 70° true, a group of about 6 lights were moving smoothly yet erratically in the sky. It was impossible to tell how large or how far away they were, but they didn't move more than about 30° above the horizon, or more than about 40° on either side of 70° True from my perspective. These lights were an orange street lamp color. I couldn't detect their size or any other definition. Their movement was fascinating. They would group together in pairs (although clearly not together as one solid object because their orientation to each other shifted slightly), and soar through the sky before dispersing or fading out. Then they would reappear in groups of 4 at times and do the same thing. All the while, other lights moved around them in different directions and speeds. The lights continuously changed speed and direction, and always slowly disappeared after a while only to reappear again in a different spot. Their general motion was in circles parallel to the ground, but at times they would also float slowly on an uneven course upward before disappearing. It seemed that the disappearing might have been due to the change of orientation. This bearing of 70° true is directly in line with the Boundary Bay Airport, but I can't imagine these were any kind of aircraft that would take off from a commercial airport. The only thing that made sense to me was that they could have been model airplanes, although I thought it was a strange time to fly model airplanes an hour after sunset. I am completely positive these were not satellites, fireworks or shooting stars, and I'm pretty sure that airplanes and helicopters cannot do such maneuvers as I saw tonight. I had my HD camcorder with me and was able to take a few minutes of video of the lights which I'll upload soon.________________________________________________
Video: UFO / OVNI Near Toulon, France - November, 2008
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:28 AM CST
Interesting video of UFO / OVNI taken near Toulon, France from an apartment balcony - November 2008________________________________________________
Kangaroo Genetic Code Close to Human
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:04 AM CST

Remains of Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus Identified
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 11:25 PM CST
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Video: Child Apparition - Prosperity School Bed & Breakfast - Joplin, Missouri
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 09:58 AM CST
Statement with video: Prosperity, Missouri, once a thriving mining town, lived up to its name from 1902 until about 1917. In 1907, the two-story Prosperity School was built in the heart of the Tri-state mining district, which had churches, saloons, general stores, hotels, and now a fine, large school of red brick and Carthage stone. It's a very active site filled with many spirits. Some are even children! After asking the spirits to appear I got this on my camcorder. I was blown away. We have this slowed down so you can see the lttle guy better!________________________________________________
More Information on the Chicoana, Argentina Crop Formations
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 09:42 AM CST
Residents of the town of Metán also witnessed strange lights with zigzagging movements at low altitude late into the night. These lights disappear into the fields, and occurred at the same time as the Chicoana events. What is remarkable is that the predominant direction of movement is toward the NW, which dovetails with the statements made by the people of Chicoana, who see the movements predominantly toward the SE. In both cases, the trajectory suggests the Cabra Corral Resevoir, an immense body of water.The reason that I’m highlighting this fact is because the disappearance of large quantities of water is often associated with this phenomenon.I visited a tobacco plantation to the north of Chicoana, where three workers witnessed flying object manifestations. They are probably the best-qualified witnesses to the phenomenon, as they had to work nights in the field the week that the marks occurred and the following week as well. This is a summary of my conversation with them: They are well aware of the stars and planets at various times of year by virtue of having to work at night. The lights they saw could not be mistaken for stars, planets, shooting stars, airplanes or satellites, which are also visible at night.The lights they saw at night were several. They lit up the fields in the darkness with such intensity that it was possible to see the crops; a powerful beam of light [issued from them], casting light in the same way as fishermen’s’ flashlights. They compared the size of the object to that of the Sun at that time of day (4 p.m.) and they also gyrated.At a given moment, when the larger object remained motionless over the mountain, they saw something like “lightning rays”, blue in color, and emerge from the mountain toward the object.When the lights moved toward them, they estimated that they were some 100 meters overhead. They did not notice any reactions in the local animals, as there were none nearby.Another object was also seen toward the southeast, in the distance, over the mountains of Sierra Metán, behind which the city of the same name is located. They had the impression that these objects were in communication, as the lights would rise and descend in unison (the Cabra Corral Reservoir is located between Chicoana and Metán, separated from Metán by the Sierra Metán).The three workers assured me that they didn’t believe in “flying saucers” and had never warmed to the subject. But ever since their sighting, the think that what they saw was neither a natural phenomenon nor anything known to them up to that point.On the third night of the sightings, given that the plantation’s owner did not believe them, one of the workers ran over to wake him up and bring him to the fields. The owner remained incredulous, arguing that the lights could be stars, but moments later the light began to move and headed toward them, causing a commotion. Speaking to the plantation’s owner, he echoed the words of his employees. He had never believed in such “tales” but what he saw was new to him.________________________________________________
The 30 Greatest Conspiracy Theories
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 09:29 AM CST
By H. E. Hunt - Telegraph.co.ukFrom the assassination of John F Kennedy to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. From Roswell, New Mexico, to Nasa's moon landings. From the bloodline of Christ to the death of Elvis Presley. Every major event of the last 2,000 years has prompted a conspiracy theory and here we examine those with the biggest followings and the most longevity.1. September 11, 2001 Thanks to the power of the web and live broadcasts on television, the conspiracy theories surrounding the events of 9/11 - when terrorists attacked the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington - have surpassed those of Roswell and JFK in traction. Despite repeated claims by al-Qaeda that it planned, organised and orchestrated the attacks, several official and unofficial investigations into the collapse of the Twin Towers which concluded that structural failure was responsible and footage of the events themselves, the conspiracy theories continue to grow in strength. At the milder end of the spectrum are the theorists who believe that the US government had prior warning of the attacks but did not do enough to stop them. Others believe that the Bush administration deliberately turned a blind eye to those warnings because it wanted a pretext to launch wars in the Middle East to usher in another century of American hegemony. A large group of people - collectively called the 9/11 Truth Movement - cite evidence that an airliner did not hit the Pentagon and that the World Trade Centre could not have been brought down by airliner impacts and burning aviation fuel alone. This final group points to video evidence which they claim shows puffs of smoke - so-called demoliton squibs - emerging from the Twin Towers at levels far below the aircraft impact zones and prior to the collapses. They also believe that, on the day itself, the US air force was deliberately stood down or sent on exercises to prevent intervention that could have saved the lives of nearly 3,000 people. Many witnesses - including firemen, policemen and people who were inside the towers at the time - claim to have heard explosions below the aircraft impacts (including in basement levels) and before both the collapses and the attacks themselves. As with the assassination of JFK, the official inquiry into the events - the 9/11 Commission Report - is widely derided by the conspiracy community and held up as further evidence that 9/11 was an “inside job”. Scientific journals have consistently rejected these hypotheses. 2. The Assassination Of John F Kennedy The 35th President of the United States was shot on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas at 12.30pm . He was fatally wounded by gunshots while riding with his wife - Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy - in a motorcade. The ten-month investigation of the Warren Commission of 1963 to 1964, the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) of 1976 to 1979, and other government investigations concluded that the President had been assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald - who was himself shot dead by Jack Ruby while in police custody. But doubts about the official explanation and the conclusion that Oswald was the lone gunman firing from the Texas Book Depository overlooking Dealey Plaza where Kennedy was hit surfaced soon after the commission report. Footage of the motorcade taken by Abraham Zapruder on 8mm film supported the growing belief that at least four shots were fired - not the three that the Warren Commission claimed. The moments of impact recorded on the film also suggested that at least one of the shots came from a completely different direction to those supposedly fired by Oswald - evidence backed up by testimony of several eye witnesses. Many believed that several shots were fired by gunmen hiding behind a picket fence on a grassy knoll overlooking the plaza. The assassination is still the subject of widespread speculation and has spawned numerous conspiracy theories, though none of these has been proven. In 1979, the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) found both the original FBI investigation and the Warren Commission Report to be seriously flawed. The HSCA also concluded that there were at least four shots fired and that it was probable that a conspiracy existed. However, later studies, including one by the National Academy of Sciences, have called into question the accuracy of the evidence used by the HSCA to support its finding of four shots. 3. A Flying Saucer Crashed At Roswell In 1947 The event that kick-started more than a half century of conspiracy theories surrounding unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Something did crash at Roswell, New Mexico, sometime before July 7, 1947 and - at first - the US authorities stated explicitly that this was a flying saucer or disk - as shown by the splash story on that day’s Roswell Daily Record, pictured. Numerous witnesses reported seeing metallic debris scattered over a wide area and at least one reported seeing a blazing craft crossing the sky shortly before it crashed. In recent years, witnesses have added significant new details, including claims of a large military operation dedicated to recovering alien craft and aliens themselves, at as many as 11 crash sites, and alleged witness intimidation. In 1989, former mortician Glenn Dennis claimed that he was involved in alien autopsies which were carried out at the Roswell air force base. The conspiracy theory has been fanned by the US military repeatedly changing its story. Within hours of the army telling reporters that it had recovered a crashed saucer, senior officers insisted that the only thing that had fallen from the sky had been a weather balloon. A report by the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force released in 1995, concluded that the reported recovered material in 1947 was likely debris from a secret government program called Project Mogul, which involved high altitude balloons meant to detect sound waves generated by Soviet atom bomb tests and ballistic missiles. A second report, released in 1997, concluded that reports of alien bodies were likely a combination of innocently transformed memories of military accidents involving injured or killed personnel, and the recovery of anthropomorphic dummies in military programs like Project High Dive conducted in the 1950s. Since the late 1990s the debate about Roswell has polarised with several former pro-UFO researchers concluding that the craft was, indeed, part of a US military project and that it was, most likely, some sort of weather balloon. But further evidence has emerged - notably a signed affidavit by Walter Haut, the Roswell Army Air Field public affairs officer who had drafted the initial press release on July 8, 1947. Haut says in the affidavit -signed in 2002 - that he saw alien corpses and a craft and that he had been involved in a military cover up. Haut died in 2005. 4. Nasa Faked The Moon Landings People who think that the Apollo moon landings were not all that they seemed at the time believe that Nasa faked some or all of the landings. Some of the theories surrounding this subject are that the Apollo astronauts did not land on the Moon; Nasa and possibly others intentionally deceived the public into believing the landings did occur by manufacturing, destroying, or tampering with evidence, including photos, telemetry tapes, transmissions, and rock samples; and that Nasa and possibly others continue to actively participate in the conspiracy to this day. Those who think that Nasa faked some or all of the landings base their theories on photographs from the lunar surface which they claim show camera crosshairs partially behind rocks, a flag planted by Buzz Aldrin moving in a strange way, the lack of stars over the lunar landscape and shadows falling in different direction. Many commentators have published detailed rebuttals to the hoax claims, and these theories have been generally discounted but belief in them - particularly on the web - persists. 5. The Illuminati And The New World Order A conspiracy in which powerful and secretive groups (the Illuminati, the Bilderberg Group and other shadowy cabals) are plotting to rule mankind with a single world government. Many historical events are said to have been engineered by these groups with one goal - the New World Order (NWO). The groups use political finance, social engineering, mind control, and fear-based propaganda to achieve their aims. Signs of the NWO are said to be the pyramid on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States, inset, strange and disturbing murals at Denver International Airport, pictured, and pentagrams in city plans. International organisations such as the World Bank, the IMF, the European Union, the United Nations, and Nato are listed as founding organisations of the New World Order. 6. The Jesus Conspiracy The theory that launched a blockbusting novel (The Da Vinci Code), a film of the same name and a plagiarism battle in the courts (with the authors of the Holy Blood and holy grail). Those who believe in this - and they seem to number in their millions - think that Jesus married Mary Magdalene, had one or more children, and that those children or their descendants emigrated to southern France. Once there, they intermarried with the noble families that would eventually become the Merovingian dynasty, whose special claim to the throne of France is championed today by a secret society called the Priory of Sion. 7. Princess Diana Was Murdered Why won’t this one go away? Despite an official inquiry that found no evidence of a plot by MI6 or any other entity to murder the princess and Dodi Fayed in 1997, fevered speculation continues. The theory is that rogue elements in the British secret service decided that Diana’s relationship with Fayed was a threat to the monarchy and, therefore, to the British state. A plot was hatched in which a white Fiat Uno carrying agents was sent to blind and disorientate driver Henri Paul as he sped through the Paris underpass pursued by photographers. Later, Paul’s blood was switched with a sample of somebody who had drunk a lot of alcohol. The trouble with the theory? Not a shred of evidence exists to support it. 8. Elvis Presley Faked His Own Death What can we say? A persistent belief is that “the King” did not die in 1977. Many fans persist in claiming he is still alive, that he went into hiding for various reasons. This claim is allegedly backed up by thousands of so-called sightings. The main reason given in support of the belief that Presley faked his death is that, on his grave, his middle name Aron is spelt as Aaron. But “Aaron” is actually the genuine middle name for Presley. Apparently, either Presley or his parents tried to change the name to “Aron” to make it more similar to Presley’s stillborn twin, Jesse Garon Presley. Two tabloid newspapers ran articles covering the continuing “life” of Presley after his death, in great detail, including a broken leg from a motorcycle accident, all the way up to his purported “real death” in the mid 1990s. 9. Operation Northwoods A genuine conspiracy involving a plan by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to launch a fake Cuban terror campaign on American soil to persuade the US public to support an invasion against Castro. The plan involved bombings and the simultaneous hijacking and blowing up of American airliners. The operation was quashed by President Kennedy leading many to speculate that it was linked to his assassination a year later. The plan has also been linked by theorists who believe that the September 11, 2001 attacks were a so-called “inside job” because of the use of airliners. 10. MK-ULTRA The code name for a covert mind-control and chemical interrogation research programme, run by the Office of Scientific Intelligence. The programme began in the early 1950s, continuing at least through the late 1960s, using US citizens as test subjects. Project MK-ULTRA was brought first to wide public attention in 1975 by Congress and by the Rockefeller Commission. Investigative efforts were hampered by the fact that CIA Director Richard Helms ordered all MK-ULTRA files destroyed in 1973. Although the CIA insisted that MK-ULTRA-type experiments were abandoned, CIA veteran Victor Marchetti has stated in various interviews that the agency routinely conducts disinformation campaigns and that CIA mind control research continued. In a 1977 interview, Marchetti specifically called the CIA claim that MK-ULTRA was abandoned a “cover story”. Conspiracy theorists believe that MK-ULTRA was behind many so-called black-ops: Lawrence Teeter, the attorney for Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of the assassination of Robert Kennedy, pictured, believed Sirhan was operating under MK-ULTRA mind control techniques. Furthermore, Jonestown, the location in Guyana where members of the Jim Jones cult and Peoples Temple committed mass suicide, was thought to be a test site for MK-ULTRA medical experiments. 11. North American Union The North American Union (NAU) is a theoretical regional union of Canada, Mexico and the United States similar in structure to the European Union, sometimes including a common currency called the amero. Theorists who believe that the three countries are planning for this believe that it is part of a global conspiracy to set up something called the New World Order (NWO). Officials from all three nations have repeatedly denied that there are plans to create a NAU although the idea has been proposed in academic circles, either as a union or as a North American community as proposed by the Independent Task Force on North America. The amero received support in 1999 from Canadian economist Herbert Grubel, a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute think-tank, in a book entitled The Case for the Amero. Robert Pastor, vice-chairman of the Independent Task Force on North America, supported Grubel’s conclusions in his 2001 book Toward a North American Community, stating that: “In the long term, the amero is in the best interests of all three countries.” 12. Shakespeare Was Somebody Else Who really was the English language’s greatest writer? Among the numerous alternative candidates that have been proposed Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, William Stanley (6th Earl of Derby) and Edward de Vere (17th Earl of Oxford), are the most popular. Theorists believe there is a lack of evidence proving that the actor and businessman sometimes known as Shaksper of Stratford was responsible for the body of works that bear his name. Very little biographical information exists about Shakespeare. 13. The Disappearance Of Shergar On February 8, 1983, a group of men wearing balaclavas and armed with guns turned up at the Ballymany Stud Farm in Co Kildare, Ireland and took a hostage – Jim Fitzgerald, the stud’s head groom. “We’ve come for Shergar,” they said. “We want £2m for him.” Shergar was arguably the greatest racehorse to have ever lived. But 25 years after he was kidnapped from Ballymany the mystery of exactly what happened to him after he was snatched that night still lingers. The theories are numerous with the IRA, Colonel Gadaffi and the Mafia featuring among the most lurid. One story suggests that the IRA kidnapped the horse for Gadaffi in return for weapons. Another suggests that the New Orleans mafia took him. 14. Paul Is Dead “Paul is dead” is an urban legend alleging that Paul McCartney died in a car crash 1966 and was replaced by a look-alike and sound-alike. “Evidence” for McCartney’s death consists of “clues” found among the Beatles’ many recordings. Hundreds have been cited at various times by various people. They include statements allegedly heard when a song is played backwards, symbolism found in obscure lyrics, and ambiguous imagery on album covers. A few of them are well known, such as the fact that McCartney is the only barefooted Beatle and is out of step with the others on the cover of Abbey Road, pictured. 15. The July 7, 2005 Tube Bombings One of the supposed mysteries surrounding the 7/7 attacks is this image, used by several news outlets, of the bombers entering Luton station on their way to London at around 7.20am on July 7. Theorists claim this image is fake because the man in the white hat - believed to be Mohammed Sidique Khan - has been electronically placed on the picture after it was taken. They claim that it shows his arm behind a railing while the rest of his body is in front and that the bar behind his head goes across and in front of his face. Theorists postulate, among other things, that the bombs which went off on the Tube trains were actually under the floors of the vehicles and not in the alleged plotters’ back packs. 16. The Moscow Apartment Bombings Former GRU officer Aleksey Galkin and former FSB officer the late Alexander Litvinenko (who was killed with Polonium-210 in London in November 2006) and other whistle-blowers from the Russian government and security services have asserted that the 1999 Russian apartment bombings were operations perpetrated by the FSB, the successor to the KGB, to justify the second Russian war against Chechnya. 17. Black Helicopters The concept became popular in the American militia movement, and in associated political circles, in the 1990s as an alleged symbol and warning sign of a military takeover of part or all of the United States. Rumours would circulate that, for instance, the United Nations patrolled the US with black helicopters, or that federal agents used black helicopters to enforce wildlife laws. In Britain, a similar conspiracy theory known as “phantom helicopters” has been reported since the mid 1970s. This concept relates phantom helicopters to UFOs and alien invasion rather than to martial law. 18. Harold Wilson Was A Soviet Agent Soviet defector Anatoliy Golitsyn is thought to have claimed that Wilson was a KGB spy. He further claimed that Hugh Gaitskell was assassinated by the KGB so that he could be replaced as Labour leader by Harold Wilson. Furthermore, former MI5 officer Peter Wright claimed in his memoirs - Spycatcher - that he had been told that Wilson was a Soviet agent. MI5 repeatedly investigated Wilson over the course of several years before conclusively deciding that he had no relationship with the KGB. On the BBC TV programme, The Plot Against Harold Wilson, broadcast in 2006, it was claimed that the military was on the point of launching a coup d’état against Wilson in 1974. Wilson himself told the BBC that he feared he was being undermined by MI5 in the late 1960s after devaluation of sterling and again in 1974 after he narrowly won an election against Edward Heath. 19. The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion Despite being utterly discredited for at least 100 years, belief in this document has proved remarkably resilient on the internet. The text takes the form of an instruction manual to a new member of the “elders,” describing how they will run the world through control of the media and finance, and replace the traditional social order with one based on mass manipulation. Scholars generally agree that the Okhrana, the secret police of the Russian Empire, fabricated the text in the late 1890s or early 1900s but belief in it still persists - particularly in the Middle East. 20. The Peak Oil Conspiracy Peak oil (a theory in itself) is the supposed peak of oil production during and after which demand for oil outstrips supply sending prices through the roof. The peak oil conspiracy theorists believe that peak oil is a fraud concocted by the oil industries to increase prices amid concerns about future supplies. The oil industry is aware of vast reserves of untapped oil, but does not utilise them in order to maintain the illusion of scarcity, they claim. 21. Pearl Harbor Was Allowed To Happen Theorists believe that President Franklin Roosevelt provoked the Japanese attack on the US naval base in Hawaii in December 1942, knew about it in advance and covered up his failure to warn his fleet commanders. He apparently needed the attack to provoke Hitler into declaring war on the US because the American public and Congress were overwhelmingly against entering the war in Europe. Theorists believe that the US was warned by the governments of Britain, the Netherlands, Australia, Peru, Korea and the Soviet Union that a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was coming and that, furthermore, the Americans had intercepted and broken all the important Japanese codes in the run up to the attack. 22. The Philadelphia Experiment Popularised by the Charles Berlitz novel of the same name, conspiracy theorists believe that during an experiment at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in October 1943, the US Navy destroyer Eldridge was rendered invisible. According to some accounts, the scientists on the experiment found a way to bend light around an object but that the experiment went wrong and Eldridge was transported through space and time, reappearing at sea. Several sailors, it is said, were badly hurt when the experiment went wrong and some were melded into the ship’s superstructure. The US Navy has denied that the experiment ever took place. 23. Pan Am Flight 103 Pan Am Flight 103 was Pan American’s third daily scheduled transatlantic flight from Heathrow to New York John F. Kennedy International Airport. On December 21, 1988, the aircraft flying this route - a Boeing 747 - was destroyed by a bomb, killing all 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground. The remains landed around Lockerbie in southern Scotland. A popular theory for which no evidence has been produced suggests that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had set up a protected drug route from Europe to the United States - allegedly called Operation Corea - which allowed Syrian drug dealers to ship heroin to the US using Pan Am flights. The CIA allegedly protected the suitcases containing the drugs and made sure they were not searched. On the day of the bombing, terrorists exchanged suitcases: one with drugs for one with a bomb. Another version of this theory is that the CIA knew in advance this exchange would take place, but let it happen anyway, because the protected drugs route was a rogue operation, and the American intelligence officers on the flight had found out about it, and were on their way to Washington to tell their superiors. 24. Fluoridation Fluoride is commonly added to drinking water as a way to reduce tooth decay. However, there has been some evidence that there could be some harmful side effects from fluoride and conspiracy theorists believe that this information is known and recognised by those responsible for adding the fluoride, but that they continue the practice regardless. Drug companies have been targeted as possible beneficiaries, as they will profit from a population with ill-health. Another motive is that fluoride lowers mental abilities thereby “dumbing down” the entire population. 25. The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami A popular theory in the Muslim world is that the tsunami could have been caused by an Indian nuclear experiment in which Israeli and American nuclear experts participated. Several newspapers in Egypt and the Middle East alleged that India, in its heated nuclear race with Pakistan, has acquired sophisticated nuclear technology from the US and Israel, both of which “showed readiness to co-operate with India in experiments to exterminate humankind,” beginning with the heavily populated Muslim regions of southeast Asia, where the bulk of casualties took place. 26. Plastic Coffins And Concentration Camps Just outside Atlanta, Georgia, beside a major road are approximately 500,000 plastic coffins. Stacked neatly and in full view, the coffins are allegedly owned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema). Conspiracy theorists believe that Fema has also set up several concentration camps in the US in preparation for the imposition of a state of martial law and the killing of millions of Americans. They suggest that the financial crisis will be used to justify the imposition of a police state. 27. HAARP More than 200 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska, is the Pentagon’s High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, officially an enormous experiment to heat the ionosphere with radio waves. But conspiracy theorists believe the project is a weapon to bring down aircraft and missiles by lifting sections of the atmosphere, cause earthquakes or even a huge weather modification machine. 28. The Aids Virus Was Created In A Laboratory Based on the theories of Dr William Campbell Douglass, many believe that that HIV was genetically engineered in 1974 by the World Health Organisation. Dr Douglass believed that it was a cold-blooded attempt to create a killer virus which was then used in a successful experiment in Africa. Others have claimed that it was created by the CIA or the KGB as a means to reduce world population. 29. Global Warming Is A Hoax Some climate change doubters believe that man-made global warming is a conspiracy designed to soften up the world’s population to higher taxation, controls on lifestyle and more authoritarian government. These sceptics cite a fall in global temperatures since last year and a levelling off in the rise in temperature since 1998 as evidence. 30. Chemtrails Chemtrail conspiracy theorists believe that some contrails, which consist of ice crystals or water vapor condensed behind aircraft, actually result from chemicals or biological agents being deliberately sprayed at high altitude for some undisclosed purpose. The staple of right-wing radio shows in the US, there is fevered speculation that the chemicals being sprayed are part of a wider plot that involves the so-called New World Order and is being directed by shadowy forces within the government. The existence of chemtrails has been repeatedly denied by federal agencies and scientists.________________________________________________

Police Helicopter Reports Encounter With UFO Near Birmingham, UK, Airport
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 07:23 PM CST
A British police helicopter pilot and two police observers reported they nearly collided with an unidentified flying object over Birmingham, England.The pilot and the observers aboard the copter told the Airprox Board -- the body charged with recording such close calls and reporting them to military and air traffic control authorities -- that the aircraft had to swerve to avoid a collision with the object at an altitude of about 1,500 feet, The Daily Mail reported Friday.The trio described the object as a small aircraft with continuous blue-green lights. They said the object came as close as 330 feet from the helicopter and the lights appeared to circle the chopper before flying away."As far as the pilot and the crew were concerned, nothing was picked up on Birmingham Airport radar and the object was probably a radio-controlled model aircraft. The helicopter was conducting a search at the time and was flying slowly at low-level," a West Midlands police spokesman said.However, the British Model Flying Association said the object was flying at too high an altitude to be a miniature remote-controlled craft.The Airprox Board report refers to the incident as "an apparent conflict with an unidentified aircraft displaying non-standard lights."________________________________________________
Videos: Meteor May Have Crashed in Alberta, Canada
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 10:13 AM CST
A bright light lit up the sky around 5:30 MT Thursday evening in Western Canada, with people reporting sightings in Alberta and Saskatchewan.People telephoned the CBC newsrooms in Edmonton and Calgary to talk about what they saw."It was a really big flash, lit up the sky, and there was this huge, flaming fireball falling from the sky," said Rowyn Windsor, 12, who lives on the Canadian Forces base in Cold Lake, Alta., about 350 kilometres northeast of Edmonton."This huge light in our kitchen window lit up our whole kitchen," said Sabrina Schneider, who lives just outside Lloydminster on the Saskatchewan-Alberta border. "It kinda flashed a couple of times. It was really bright. It was a different light than lightning."We weren't really sure what happened ... got up to look out the window, and all of a sudden, we heard this rumbling."Schneider said her sister saw the meteor while she was driving past North Battleford, Sask.Torey Van Vam was driving north from Redcliff, Alta., outside Medicine Hat when he saw a bright white streak."As it got closer to the ground, it was more visible as a ball of white light with green around it. And as it got really close to the ground, it turned kind of orange, and I'm pretty sure it went straight to the ground," he said.Bev Ully, who lives on a farm near Unity, Sask., was watching TV when she saw a light through her west-facing living room window."It was just like there were headlights right outside the window and that something was moving. It wasn't just one big, bright flash. It was several flashes," she said.Ully said her daughter in Brooks, in central Alberta, had told her she had seen the light as well.The fireball was also visible in Edmonton. Kim Wingrove was driving in the city's west end when he saw something in the sky."I saw this large orb shoot across in an east-southeast direction, on a very steady trajectory," he said. "It was very, very big. And I've seen a lot of shooting stars from all the world as I travelled, but I've never seen one so large. It was very bright yellow, with hints of green in it. It stayed in the air ... for about two to two and a half seconds."Alister Ling, an Edmonton-area amateur astronomer who is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, recorded the fireball using equipment from Alan Hildebrand, a meteorite researcher at the University of Calgary."When it flares out on the tape, you can see there's several of these multiple flashes, and that's when it's probably partly blowing up, which is also a really good indicator … that there's multiple stones that have come down," he said. He said anyone who sees a fireball with their own eyes has a hard time judging where it came down, because fireballs stop glowing when they are 50 kilometres above the earth.Ling said he will be consulting with other astronomers in Alberta, who will look at tapes from a local network of cameras and assess eyewitness reports to try and figure out where the fireball may have landed.Although its early in the process, he thinks it may have fallen somewhere in central Alberta, and there could be search parties out looking for chunks as early as this weekend."Who knows," he said. "We might be really, really lucky."________________________________________________
Mexican Air Crew Reports Encounter With 'Teardrop' Shaped UFO
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 10:04 AM CST
Information is filtering through regarding a possible encounter with a UFO that occurred on the 27th of October 2008 in the skies over Mexico City. The crew of a Boeing 737-200 airplane were performing a descent into Mexico City on a flight from Los Cabos, a municipality located at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in the state of Baja California Sur, when they noticed a slow moving object on their left hand side. The object was described as having a ‘elongated teardrop’ shape with a frontal diameter of 8 meters. It was said to be bluish in color and slightly glowing. The skies were clear that day and the weather conditions were described as being good. The names of the crew members and the airline have not been disclosed. It is reported that some crew members were somewhat frightened by the encounter and described the craft as having 'other-worldly' qualities. A few passengers were said to have complained of headaches shortly after landing.Mexico City and Mexico in general has been the scene of numerous alleged UFO sightings over the past two decades and is by all accounts regarded as a UFO hotspot. In 2004 the Mexican defense force acknowledged the UFO phenomenon after a high level incident involving a number of military craft and unidentified craft that were both seen and picked up by radar. Thus, Mexico is regarded by some as the first nation to publicly acknowledge UFO’s as a reality.________________________________________________
Woman Calls Radio Show With Horrid Confession of Cannibalism
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 09:36 AM CST
A radio presenter was stunned when he answered a call from a listener who admitted she was once an unwitting cannibal.DJ Graham Mack, from Teesside-based station TFM, had issued a challenge to listeners to find the most unusual thing they had eaten. He had come up with the idea for Monday's show to coincide with the return of TV's I'm A Celebrity .. Get Me Out Of Here!, which started the previous evening. He took a flood of calls giving the type of exotic cuisine he had expected, including snails, sea urchins, monkey brains and dog and horse. But when he received a call from a woman who once said she had eaten human flesh, he did not know what to say. The caller, only known as Anthea, said: "I've eaten human being." Mr Mack slowly replied: "Oh my goodness. Right, all bets are off. You can't beat that. How come you were a cannibal?" She answered: "It was when I was a child when I lived in Africa. We always went to the same butcher and then suddenly - we were there a couple of years - the meat started to get so much better. "It was only when we moved back to England a couple of years later that we realised that the butcher had been arrested because he farmed little black girls." There were gasps in the studio. Anthea added: "We didn't know at the time. According to my mum it was very delicious but not very nice (inaudible)." The DJ replied: "So what do you think it was? You thought it was beef?" She said: "My mum said yes, she was just buying mince." There were further gasps before someone in the background said: "That's horrific." Mr Mack added: "You are the winner this morning. Goodness me. I don't even know what to say. I had no idea we would get this call this morning. Wow." Breakfast show producer Matt Bailey said: "The phone topic was 'what have you eaten?'. "We had people ringing up saying they had eaten snails, oysters, Play-Doh and soil, then out of the blue we get Anthea, who says she has eaten humans. "It was one of the strangest calls we have ever had. Graham was taken aback "We were all in shock really at what we were hearing."________________________________________________
Not a Brain Tumor....But a Worm!
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 09:22 AM CST
Doctors in Arizona thought a Phoenix-area woman had a possible brain tumor, but it turned out there was something else penetrating her brain – a worm.Rosemary Alvarez started experiencing numbness in her arm and blurred vision. She went to the emergency room twice and had a cat scan, but everything came up clear, MyFOXPhoenix.com reported.
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Video: Paranormal Investigation - Cleveland, Ohio (Part 1)
Posted: 22 Nov 2008 09:47 PM CST
From Haunted Earth Paranormal Video InvestigationsHaunted Earth America and Acid Entertainment investigate an empty house which is reputedly haunted by a man that committed suicide there. Will the team meet Joe, the spirit in residence?Chris Halton - Independent Paranormal Movie Maker________________________________________________
Video: Multiple UFOs / OVNIs Over Amsterdam - Sept. 21, 2008
Posted: 22 Nov 2008 01:30 PM CST
Video of a local news report showing multiple UFOs above Amsterdam. The woman describes how she saw a airplane trying to avoid collision with these objects.________________________________________________
'Oswald's Ghost' - A Documentary
Posted: 22 Nov 2008 10:32 AM CST
By Duane Dudek of the Journal SentinelAlthough I mostly get the New Yorker magazine for the cartoons, I read the new issue on Barack Obama from cover to cover.It included two fascinating behind the scenes looks at the mechanics of the campaigns of Obama and John McCain - what worked, what didn't and why - and a long piece by David Remnick on how Obama did not transcend race so much, as personify both sides of his mixed race heritage.Meanwhile on the season finale of Bill Maher's show on HBO, the host pressed P. Diddy, of all people, on the question of Obama's personal safety. And while the question seemed bizarre, presumptuous and discourteous another program "Oswald's Ghost," on the PBS series "American Experience," served as a reminder of how often political assassinations brutalized our national optimism. And the assassination of president John F. Kennedy, occurred 45 years ago tomorrow. "Oswald's Ghost" explored the various conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination.I've long felt the grainy Zapruder footage of the assassination was the most important film ever made, and chronicles not just the death of a president but a loss of innocence that haunts us still. I had a copy of the Zapruder film; it was stolen from my car a few years back. It was sent to met mysteriously by an anonymous reader after a column I wrote about it. And when I taught at UWM, I would show it to students who would gasp all these years later at the "pink mist" of the head shot.Like everything else, the Zapruder film is easy to find on the internet in various versions, some of which isolate camera angles and interpret every frame in an attempt to understand what happened that day.In "Oswald's Ghost" Norman Mailer, who was a long time conspiracy buff, said he finally concluded that it would have been impossible to keep such a conspiracy secret for so long a time, and believed Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. But most Americans continue to believe that the killing was part of a conspiracy.'Oswald's Ghost' on PBS
Seaham Cafe Owner Fears Serial Killer Mary Ann Cotton Haunts Her Business
Posted: 22 Nov 2008 10:16 AM CST
When Janice Brown decided to open her own business, she was hoping for a warm welcome from customers.But the former nurse believes she and her staff at the Featherbed Rock cafe, Seaham, been visited by a more mysterious guest – the ghost of murderer Mary Ann Cotton.Considered to be Britain's first female serial killer, one-time Seaham resident Cotton was convicted of killing one of her stepsons and is thought to have murdered many more.Janice and her three staff believe items found in the North Terrace building relate to the killer. They include a baby's shawl, an oven and a postcard.Janice, a 40-year-old mother-of-two, said: "There have been some odd goings-on."Things have been moved that I've left out, there have been bangs in the kitchen and somebody whispered in my ear when I was here."I thought it was my daughter, but she wasn't even in earshot. I couldn't really make out what was said – 'Jane' or 'Joanne'."When we tell people, they are quite fascinated."The cafe, which takes its name from coastal rocks a short distance from the shop, has been contacted by a group interested in the paranormal. Members may visit the business to investigate.The venture has transformed a disused building on the seafront into a popular haunt for its live customers – serving hot and healthy meals, light lunches, cakes and fancies and hot, cold and alcoholic drinks from Tuesday to Sunday.It is also making celebration cakes to order and offers take-outs, using locally sourced produce whenever possible.Mrs Brown, who lives in Sunderland, formerly worked for Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust as a health visitor and nurse.She decided to launch the cafe after the death of her brother Leslie Ahmed, 48, when he was involved in a helicopter crash off the coast off Morecambe.Rig engineer Mr Ahmed had been working for Centrica on its gas field and was heading home to South Shields to join his wife and two sons when the accident happened in December 2006.Mrs Brown, mother to daughters Lena, 11, and Sophie, 19, said: "People have seen what job I did before and I changed it because of the death on the family."My brother was in the crash, and after that I decided to do something else."________________________________________________
Bulgarian Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Thracian Chariot
Posted: 22 Nov 2008 09:33 AM CST

Video: Entity Passes Through Museum Security Gate - Mexico City
Posted: 23 Nov 2008 10:57 AM CST
Video of an entity taken at the Science Museum at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City. The security camera picked up the spectre as it passed through the security gate then again when it returned back. Notice that the turnstiles are also activated. The museum was closed to the public at the time.________________________________________________
Video: UFO / OVNI Captured Over Open Door Settlement, Luján Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Posted: 23 Nov 2008 10:23 AM CST
Video of UFO / OVNI over Open Door settlement, Luján Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina - November 21, 2008. This settlement is 70 miles northwest of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.________________________________________________
Cryptomundo: Sasquatch Fingerprint?
Posted: 23 Nov 2008 09:25 AM CST

Click image to enlargeFrom Cryptomundo.com:Is this the first clear evidence of an imprint from the index finger of a Sasquatch?Here is the backstory that I am able to share about this alleged eastern Sasquatch fingerprint:The source of the print is from a North Carolina human family of three, two adults who have one son. They own cats. One of their cats has appeared to have adopted a local Sasquatch family. When the cat insists upon getting out of the house, they know the Sasquatch, a family of four hairy hominids (e.g. Dad, Mom, one teenager, and a young child) are nearby.The human residents set up a feeding location. It is a white lawn chair adjacent to the woods at the edge of the yard. The Sasquatch take the food. Sometimes, it is taken daily. Sometimes, it is not retrieved for a week. The food goes when the cat disappears, which is a good indication in this case.Recently, in May 2008, one of the Sasquatch inspected the human father’s pickup truck, leaving fingerprints and nose prints on the passenger window. A local policeman was called. He collected the fingerprints and palm prints, a full set, but refused to date and sign the card because he “knew what we had” and would not allow his name to get involved with these events.The humans have a video camera at the location. When it is working, the Sasquatch refuse to collect the food. When the camera quits, the Sasquatch resume their activity. Reportedly, the Sasquatch cannot affect the video or computer recording operations, but certainly they seem to know when the system works and when it quits.There reportedly exists two fleeting videos of the Sasquatch and nothing more. One is the arm of the black Sasquatch father, and the other is the hand of the white teenager with pink skin.Permission was granted to post this photograph, and the details given above in an attempt to gain a variety of broad-based expert opinions and forensic analyses of this fingerprint.I have a 4 MB image of the fingerprint, which I will send via email to certified fingerprint and forensic experts. If anyone has access to a law enforcement database to see if it is a match for a known human, that would be helpful, as well. Please contact me at lcoleman@maine.rr.com________________________________________________
'Strange' Family Insist Sofa is Haunted
Posted: 24 Nov 2008 09:47 AM CST
Never mind things that go bump in the night - one Strange family reckons it's got a ghost in its sofa.Receptionist Christine Strange, of Bristol, England, says her couch has started making weird noises that are getting louder and louder."One Sunday morning I sat down on it with a cup of tea and suddenly heard this odd squeaky noise," she said."I thought I must be going mad but Poppy, my Yorkshire terrier, heard it too. "She started sniffing around but then got scared and ran away. "It could be an alien for all we know. The noise is getting louder and louder. I’m scared it’s going to come bursting out one evening while we’re watching TV." The Sun reports husband Nigel, 54, refuses to sit on the sofa. But experts say Britain is suffering a bad dose of supernatural apparitions. Nick Pope - described as a former X Files expert for Britain's Ministry of Defence - said: “There are more UFO sightings and more reports of other weird phenomena than I can recall from any previous year.”________________________________________________
Scientology Guards Kill Sword-Wielding Man Outside Celebrity Centre
Posted: 24 Nov 2008 09:33 AM CST
In UK, God Plays Second Fiddle to the Supernatural
Posted: 24 Nov 2008 08:50 AM CST
While 54 per cent of people believe in God, 58 per cent believe in the supernatural.Researchers found women were more likely to believe in the supernatural than men, and were more likely to visit a medium. Nearly a quarter of the 3,000 questioned by researchers claimed they had an encounter with the paranormal.Some 37 per cent said aliens and ghosts were the basis of their belief system. The study, to mark the DVD release of X Files: I Want to Believe, conflicts with another report that showed 68.5 per cent of the general UK population described themselves as believers .Files released in October revealed cases of passenger jets nearly colliding with UFOs and reports of alien abduction which have been logged by the Ministry of Defence.The 19 files, disclosed by the National Archives which date from 1986 to 1992, show the extensive records of strange sightings by members of the public and unexplained radar images from air traffic control. In the files, the military admitted the sighting in April 1991 could not be explained, having ruled out a British or American missile. It concluded: "In the absence of any clear evidence which could be used to identify the object, it is our intention to treat this sighting like that of any other Unidentified Flying Object."________________________________________________
Scientists Confident Cure Found For 'Wolfboy'
Posted: 24 Nov 2008 08:02 AM CST
It's not easy being a preteen "wolf boy" — but scientists at Columbia University are confident they've finally found the silver bullet that can cure one.Pruthviraj Patil, 11, suffers from a rare genetic disorder known as hypertrichosis — or "werewolf syndrome" — which causes a thick coat of hair to grow over every inch of his body except his palms and feet.An episode of the TLC series "My Shocking Story" chronicled the efforts of a group of Columbia scientists, including dermatologist Angela Christiano, to develop a cure for Pruthviraj's disorder, which is estimated to afflict fewer than 50 people on the planet.Christiano and her colleagues at Columbia are using injections of testosterone to stem the growth of hair.Ironically, the breakthrough stems from Christiano's research into baldness. A dermatologist and geneticist, she's a pioneer in the field who actually discovered a gene associated with hair loss.Pruthviraj has just started the promising treatment, and it's too early to tell its long-term effects, but the doctors are hopeful it will do the trick________________________________________________
Scientists Discover 21st Century Black Plague
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:52 PM CST
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Strange 'Black Egg' UFO With Tail - Captured From Airliner
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 09:00 AM CST
Witness statement:On October 8, 2008 I was flying to Oakland, CA from Chicago, IL. About half way into the flight, or a little more, I was bored and just started staring out the window as we were flying over the Mountain States. I soon realized a black egg flying around the same height as the plane was. It had a ghostly black tail (my first thought was that it was a plane on fire!) and was smoothly flying near the plane, as if it was supposed to be there. Curious, I started taking pictures of it, so I could later zoom in and see it clearer. I remember looking around and not seeing anyone else notice it...and I didn't say anything to anyone. I remember thinking "If this is a dangerous object...the pilot would know, right?" Then I took a video of the Egg as it changed directions to be perpendicular to the plane. Any suspicions of falling asteroids were immediately dismissed...as they can't change directions...or fly. It seemed like the tail got bigger and bigger as the Egg flew away from us. I tried to convince myself that it was some militaristic plane, as we were over one of the Mountain States where they could do testings. But it didn't seem right...I really think that what I saw was unexplainable.________________________________________________
Video: Large Triangle UFO - Fountain Hills, Arizona
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 08:47 AM CST
Video of a large triangle UFO with various lights captured over the McDowell Mountains, Fountain Hills, Arizona. No date or other information given.________________________________________________
Video: UFO Captured Near Eilat, Israel - November 24, 2008
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 08:37 AM CST
Video of an unusual UFO on the horizon during daylight near Eilat, Israel. Our records indicate that there was a UFO sighting recorded in the same general area in 2006. The object is stationary and seems to fade in and out of view with an occasional flash.________________________________________________
Austin, Texas Planetarium Investigating Unusual UFOs
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 08:24 AM CST
The Austin Planetarium is now investigating some strange sights in the sky - caught on tape. An astronomy expert is calling them unidentified flying objects - UFOs.Some men who live in a Central Austin apartment building say they've seen bizarre things in the sky for months, but lately it's been more frequent. The men recorded their sightings on home video. Experts from the Austin Planetarium visited the apartment building area Friday night to see if they could also spot the objects.Nothing appeared in the sky Friday that would convert any skeptics. But the home video show by Carl Lancaster and Doug McCullough may raise questions in some people's minds."Sometimes they go fast, sometimes they go slow. They make no noise," said McCullough.McCullough and Lancaster aren't sure what they captured on video. The executive director of the Austin Planetarium doesn't know either."It doesn't look like anything I can recognize," said Torvald Hessel.Hessel, an astronomer, says the objects don't move like an airplane."There's a military base close by, so that would be possible, and they are not going to tell you if they're flying something special," said Hessel.But Hessel doesn't think the shapes are weather balloons, comets, or shooting stars."It's an unidentified flying object," said Hessel. "I'm not saying it's little green men at all. It's just something we see flying in the air, and we don't know what it is."The Austin Planetarium plans to try to enhance the video to see if some answers can be identified. The video enhancement will take a few days at least. In the meantime, Lancaster and McCullough say they'll keep watching the sky.Lancaster and McCullough say they first saw the objects back in April, then didn't see them again until September. They tell CBS 42 they've consistently seen the objects since then.________________________________________________
Condemned Prisoners Haunt Historical Courthouse Stairway
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 03:41 PM CST
Something may be amidst in Decatur’s Old Courthouse building, now the home of DeKalb History Center.Workers in the building have reported hearing voices, footsteps, and strange noises, mostly from one of the landmark ’s original staircases behind the guard’s desk.Located in the Decatur Square, site of the “Battle of Decatur” during the Civil War, the Old Courthouse building has stood at its present location since 1898, but was damaged by fire in 1918. Although the building was restored in the 1990s, one stairway and the granite walls outside were left intact. Fifty-nine steps lead up the three-story building into an attic space. Rooms along the stairway were once chambers behind the courtroom. In a 1995 article “The Ghost & Mr. Kitchens,” published in the DeKalb History Center Newsletter, The Times of DeKalb, Vivian Price noted the stairway was the only one used to move prisoners to and from the courtroom. “Members of the cleaning crew and others who have occasion to be in the building late at night have long said they hear footsteps or get a strong feeling they are not alone,” she reported.The observations have captured the attention of employees currently working in the building. “We’ve heard of things happening and people hearing different sounds or voices,” said Leslie Borger, Heritage Education and Rental coordinator, DeKalb History Center. “The five ladies who work in the downstairs offices don’t like being alone down there in the evenings or early mornings.” The reports have been so convincing and unnerving, the DeKalb History Center participated in a paranormal investigation, by the Georgia Research of Apparitions, Sightings and the Paranormal (G.R.A.S.P.). “Our goal is to find logical explanations for illogical occurrences,” said the founder of G.R.A.S.P. Benjamin Carroll. G.R.A.S.P. technicians on the evening of Nov. 15 set up audio recorders, an Electromagnetic Frequency Detector and a laser thermometer. Eight digital cameras were set throughout the building, ready to photograph any apparition, said Carroll, who described the other equipment used by his paranormal investigators. He explained that infrared cameras photograph without light. The EFD determines “if there is an electrical problem or if a ghost is pulling energy out of the air,” Carroll explained. The laser thermometer will determine any sudden temperature shifts. As the team of paranormal investigators divided into four groups of three members, they were cautioned to identify any sounds they may make on the evidence recordings by their own feet, such as accidentally bumping into doors or walls. Only the light of battery-operated flashlights illuminated the nighttime investigation. They were also cautioned by Carroll not to become frightened if they encounter apparitions or feel sick, and most importantly, they were told to keep walkie-talkie radio communications to a minimum and to be respectful of the space they were entering.No one present knew for sure what to expect. “We go to find evidence to disprove or to debunk what’s suspected,” said Christian Tate, deputy director, G.R.A.S.P. “We gather all of our evidence, and then we review it and try to debunk it, taking into consideration the building’s age and the current weather conditions. Most things are going to be debunked, but what’s not explainable is paranormal.” “We want to try to get answers for people who experience things,” Tate continued. “High EMF can cause you to see things, make you paranoid, have hallucinations and even rashes. High EMF can also be spirits. We don’t go in looking for anything. We do our investigations afterwards.”A preliminary walk through the targeted areas started on the first level of the “haunted” stairway, then up to the second floor into the Grand Courtroom and kitchen. The tour came to a halt on the third floor stairway landing. “These are locations of the claims where there have been paranormal activities, such as voices, apparitions in the stairway and sudden temperature drops,” said Tate. “People believe this area is haunted. My whole life I’ve been sensitive to feeling things.Definitely, the stairwell makes me nauseated. That’s how I feel when there is paranormal activity. I felt cold, sick and extremely sad in the stairway."“With the history here, it’s definitely possible something is here,” Tate continued. “People died tragically in this space. A lot of people died so suddenly here, they don’t even realize they’re dead. The main thing is if there is anything here, I want to communicate to them to move on. There must be something else better than a drafty stairway.” No accounts of apparitions or voices were reported immediately following the paranormal investigation. More detailed findings will take G.R.A.S.P. about a week to unravel.________________________________________________
Photo: Hovering Bright White UFO - Florida
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 11:03 AM CST
Witness states:I'm a security officer. I patrol a plaza with various stores. On the time and date as stated, this is what I seen. It was around 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. During one of my patrols, I happen to see a bright light in the sky towards the west of my location. I didn't think anything of it at the time. I went on continuing to patrol the area. I position myself in a different spot about every 15 to 20 min. and scout the area of the plaza. After positioning myself in a different spot, I happen to notice that the bright light was still in the sky in the same location, the time that had past from the first sight, in the 15 to 20 min. range. This continued until I decided to take a picture of it. At this point, it's not a big deal because I'm thinking it's just a star. I mean, it wasn't moving. About 30 min. to an hour later it was gone. At 3 pm, on my lunch break, I reviewed the photo and started enlarging the photo when as everytime the photo got bigger the detail of a star was not there. The light object started to turn in the shape of a hovering disk. I then noticed small black objects around the bright light object. I then called some friends to tell them I caught something in a photo, I sent them the photo. They told me to contact MUFON. Thank you for you time and please get back to me as to I would like to know what it is.________________________________________________
Unknown 'Entity' Reported in Colonia Elia, Argentina
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 07:51 AM CST
Very early in the morning on October 8, a team from Vision Ovni headed for the locality of Colonia Elia in the Province of Entre Rios to research the manifestations of a strange creature that appears in smallholds and fields, slaying farm animals as well as calves and sheep. This was the information presented to us by the national media, which had taken an interest in the story. It was thanks to this interest that we became aware of the case.Once we had reached the site, 260 kilometers distant along Route 14, we entered Colonia Elia through a dirt road in search of the witnesses. As always, we employed an old but sure-fire strategy to get information. We stopped a man who was riding along on horseback, and he quickly indicated the location of the Restayno family home. This was the family that had witnessed the events involving the unusual creature. The witnesses warmly welcomed us: they showed us evidence of the mutilations, which was among the reasons for our trip, and quickly told us the details of the occurrences.A Summary of the Restayno Family’s ExperiencesManifestations of this entity began a year ago, around September 15, when they found a dead chicken beside the granary, displaying strange marks, and a large print on the ground (see photo of plaster cast, courtesy of Daniel Padilla, researcher). The family’s boys – Matias and Gabriel – fully knowledgeable about the animals that wander the fields, could not recognize the type of marks left on the chicken’s breast and much less identify the footprint found near the dead animal. In an effort to glean further evidence, they found tear marks, made as if by claws, in the back of the henhouse. The following night, early in the morning, the heard noises that prompted them to go outside to see what was happening. Matias, 16, was startled when he saw a bizarre figure scurry away among the vegetation at the back of the house; he described this figure as large (standing at least 1.70 meters) and swift in its getaway. Upon inspecting the henhouse, they found a dead chicken with a large rip in it chest.From that moment on, the family’s boys would not have a normal life again, as each night turned into an episode of chase and attempted capture of this creature, which turned the family’s life into a strange adventure. According to ach family member, the “critter”, as they’ve dubbed it, seems more frightened than them. Whenever the possibility of an encounter exists, the reaction is always the same: flight.All manner of snares have been laid out to trap this creature: otter traps, cages (lent by a neighbor who cares for endangered animals), and they even prepared a trap using old bedding elastic [...]. The creature was captured in each of these, but managed to free itself. The otter trap, however, inflicted serious injury, given that blood traces remained on the trap and on a nearby stone. These samples were taken for analytical purposes.Manifestations have been constant. The witness see fleeting shadows and the entity’s claw-prints, such as the ones it left on a tree, as though it had used the wood to sharpen them, or its footsteps, which are easily seen because the boys, in their urge to secure evidence, began spreading ashes and rice powder around the henhouses. The best was yet to come, and it would happen inside the house at three o’clock in the morning. Matias heard a noise behind the kitchen but within his home. This experience allowed Matias to clearly see the entity that had been engaged in the chicken mutilations. We managed to obtain an oral picture of the creature. We showed him a series of figures from our files, and he identified one of them as very similar, and based on that, he outlined the description of what confronted him that night.He seized his carbine (.22 caliber) and quickly headed to the front of the house. When he drew the curtain of the room that houses his mother’s pantry and the cheese-making churns, he found the “critter” on top of the freezer, clearly intending to grab the churn. Matias’s immediate reaction was to fire, which he did four times without wounding it. The animal jumped through a window, spilling chicken entrails throughout the room.________________________________________________
Weird UFO Photographed Over Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, UK
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 07:43 AM CST
This photo was taken by a 23-year-old man living in the Park Road area of Wisbech just over a week ago.The man, who does not want to be named, caught this unusual light formation in the skies over his home as he watched them silently move over Wisbech with a group of neighbours.The picture was taken between 9pm and 9.30pm last Monday (November 17).He has been left shaken by the 'weird' incident.The man's father said: "He told me all about it, and showed me the pictures he had taken on his phone. I have always sort of believed in UFOs anyway, but this picture certainly looks convincing."My son said there were five or six other people watching with him and none of them could quite believe what they were seeing."None of them thought it was a plane. There was no noise when it moved. My son is still unsure about whether or not it really is a UFO but it is certainly intriguing."________________________________________________
Sasquatch Audio Voice Compilation
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 07:16 AM CST
Very nice compilation of Sasquatch yells and screams.________________________________________________
Georgia Woman Sets 'Possessed' Apartment Ablaze
Posted: 27 Nov 2008 08:51 AM CST
A Marietta woman told authorities she set two fires in her apartment because items inside were possessed. Felicia Johnson is charged with arson. This is an unusual arson case. Investigators said Johnson was trying to cleanse her apartment but in doing so she put lives in danger. Investigators said Johnson thought something evil was inside her Marietta apartment She told investigators she tried to burn away the bad spirits."She was extremely upset saying the material was possessed by voodoo spirits and she was trying to cleanse the apartment of the spirits," said Marietta Fire Chief Jackie Gibbs.Investigators said Johnson told them her roommate's possessions were evil. Investigators said she stacked his things -- from clothing to lamps to books -- in two piles. She placed one in the fireplace that spilled out into the living room; the other on the balcony. She then lit them both on fire."She was trying to clear the voodoo from the apartment by burning the personal items," said Gibbs.Investigators said the man who lives in the apartment with her came home and saw the apartment filled with smoke. He told investigators he saw Johnson in the middle of the living room holding a bible.Investigators said the damage to the apartment was minimal but it could have been much worse. "A fire set in two different place within an occupied apartment endangers everyone who lives there," Gibbs said.Gibbs said Johnson was taken to the hospital for a mental evaluation. Despite that, because the damage and putting other lives in jeopardy, she is charged with first degree arson.________________________________________________
Reports of Lights and 'Strange Being' Near Buenos Aires, Argentina
Posted: 27 Nov 2008 08:30 AM CST
On October 4, 2008 we headed out to this area once more, which has recently become the focus of our efforts, given that one report leads us to another and we successively begin to close out a large number of “unusual” episodes reported by qualified local witnesses. Jorge Marron, Daniel Valverdi and Daniel Szauter met at 16:00 hours at Reserva Los Robles in the Municipality of Moreno, Greater Buenos Aires, and we traveled together to the Archeological Museum that is near this reservoir.We were kindly met at that location by Cacho Ferrer, who is a ranger in the area, and his assistant. Second Lieutenant Hector R. Losa was also present – for the past 10 years he has been in charge of monitoring the sluice gates belonging to the Roggero Dam, and his duty post is on the bridge surmounting that structure.After introducing ourselves as investigators of this phenomenon, and showing them some of our fieldwork, they began telling us about the various “unusual” episodes that they have experienced in the area. Ferrer was the first to speak, discussing a strange episode that occurred only months ago and which has repeated itself many times, regardless of the time of day.There is an iron gate at the entrance to the Museum’s premises, and a wire fence that is closed with a chain. A lock never secures the chain – it is merely tied around both of the gate’s doors. One afternoon, while Ferrer and his assistant and 2nd Lieutenant Losa were chatting some twenty meters away from the gate, they could clearly head a sound suggesting that the gate’s chain was being unraveled and opened. This sound caused them to automatically turn around to see who was entering the premises, but they were stunned to see that the gate was closed and the chain was exactly as they had left it minutes earlier. They consulted among themselves to see if they had all heard the same, and the reply was affirmative. They dismissed the possibility that the sound came from elsewhere, as they were very close to the source where the noise came from and there is no other chain that could be the source of the sound. It should be noted that there was no one at the gate who may have tried to open it up. This episode occurred in broad daylight, repeated itself even at night, with the same outcome. The chain was always in place.While we sat down to chat with Lt. Losa in the hall of the cabin occupied by the rangers, he started telling us about a series of episodes that have taken place in the area, some that he has experienced himself. Losa says that once, when he was on sentry duty at night (remember that his duty post is a shack located on the dam itself) and he heard a buzzing noise he had never heard before. While this occurred, he tried adjusting his TV set’s telescopic antenna, since he wasn’t getting a signal, which seemed very odd, as he could always place it in the proper direction to watch TV. Minutes later, he heard an insistent klaxon outside the shack. Running outside, he encountered a police cruiser with two fellow officers who excitedly asked him if he’d seen “the light” that was hovering over the shack. Losa said no, as he was inside with the blinds closed, noting that only minutes earlier he had heard a “buzzing” that lasted some 10 minutes, but with no visible lights. His fellow officers were heading toward the shack, part of their customary patrol, and even though they were at a distance, they noticed a powerful light over the reservoir. [The light] was only slightly smaller than the shack itself, so they hurried over to investigate. During one of the twists and turns on the road, they lost sight of it and couldn’t see it again. If we combine the accounts offered by Losa and his comrades, we get “the light” seen by the drivers, the “buzzing” heard by Losa, and the interference that occurred in the TV set. Upon asking Losa if there had been a power drop within the shack, he said that there is no electricity within and that the TV set and lighting operate on a 12-volt battery.A Strange CreatureA group of fishermen had headed to a rather inaccessible part of the lake formed by the reservoir to do some night fishing. They were equipped to spend the night there, carrying with them a battery and a spotlight to dispel the shadows. While they were readying their fishing tackle, they heard sounds emerging from the shrubs, and they turned around to see what it could be. When they were able to focus on the area where the noise was coming from, they were able to see the outline of a very hairy “man”, possibly some two meters tall with a very large head and luminous eyes. Without succumbing to panic, one fisherman told another to hook up the spotlight to the battery to get a better look a that “thing”, but the man’s nervousness kept him from connecting the spotlight to the battery’s terminals, and by the time the operation was over, the “stranger” had gone. They didn’t wait for it to return: they collected their gear and left immediately.We could associate some of these stories with the case of the Colonia Elia entity, given the similarity between the creature described and the “prankish” behavior, such as the rattling of chains, etc.This is only a part of the stories and eyewitness accounts that these people shared with us, as they are customarily in contact with these situations. We will continue sharing more of these experiences in a later installment.________________________________________________
Video: German WWII Underground Bunker - Jersey, Channel Islands
Posted: 28 Nov 2008 09:53 AM CST
Video of an investigation conducted by the Jersey Paranormal Research Organization in October 2006 in a German WWII Undergraound Bunker in Jersey, Channel Islands. Watch camera 4 where a 'signature' orb appears. Signature orbs are spiritual energy that transform into a shape other than the normal orb shape...possibly an intellectual entity attempting to transform into a larger or more 'human' distinct apparition.________________________________________________
Video: The Haunted Pig Farm
Posted: 28 Nov 2008 09:40 AM CST
Statement: Watertown , WI....I usually take my camera on my twice weekly patrol, my block watch duty, of the Pig Farm just in case something happens. OK, something happened. At 2:26 on this video, creepy, watch the pendulum on the clock. I had the camera just thru the curtains of the door and I was looking upstairs. In the cellar, EVPS at 1:34 and 1:46. Please don't ask me where this property is, it is private property and I do call the cops if I see someone there that shouldn't be.Note: The videographer does answer comments and seems to be sincere. I really don't know what to make of this video, but it is entertaining. Lon________________________________________________
Video: UFO Over Las Cañitas, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 11/26/08
Posted: 28 Nov 2008 09:20 AM CST
Dark circular shaped UFO moving steadily across the sky above Las Cañitas, Buenos Aires, Argentina - November 26, 2008________________________________________________
New Dolphin Species Discovered
Posted: 28 Nov 2008 08:59 AM CST
Australia has a new mammal. Scientists have discovered a previously unknown dolphin swimming in the nation's southern waters.
Frederick, Maryland Museum EVPs Offer Evidence of Haunting
Posted: 28 Nov 2008 08:47 AM CST
Recordings of disembodied voices and a number of eerie personal experiences are enough for the Mason Dixon Paranormal Society to conclude that the Schifferstadt Architectural Museum is haunted.After conducting a two-night paranormal investigation nearly three weeks ago, the society met with the museum's staff Monday to reveal its findings.During the investigation, which was open to the public for a fee to benefit the museum, the society collected about 70 hours of digital video recordings, more than two hours of thermal imaging video, and 180 hours of audio. After days of close watching and listening, the group came away with 35 electronic voice phenomena -- believed to be recordings of ghostly voices."It's a very low frequency tone that you cannot hear with the human ear," said Stewart Cornelius, co-founder of Gettysburg, Pa.,-based society. "But for some reason mechanical devices can pick it up."Some EVPs from the Schifferstadt investigation feature clear answers to questions posed by the investigators -- "yes" or "no" from unidentifiable voices.Twice, society recorded a child's voice saying what sounds like "mommy."Other recordings seem to be in German -- fitting because Schifferstadt was originally home to German settlers. Even a few longer phrases were captured, such as a deep, raspy voice saying, "On the wall over there."Although the EVPs were chilling, they are not enough to scare away the Schifferstadt's staff."It doesn't really change things for me, but I already knew what was going on," said Greg Glewwe, who helps with the museum's Spirit Tours. "Even if you do get a little bit of a creepy feeling, there's never been anything negative happen. In the end, there's some stuff that you can't come up with an explanation for."Liz Lipke, Schifferstadt's former director and a self-proclaimed skeptic, thinks the ghostly evidence is more reassuring than anything."I have heard footsteps here myself and I can't explain where they come from. I think that the investigation is a way to capture evidence of what the unexplained is -- maybe make me feel as if other people have heard what I heard, and it's not just my imagination."But to anyone unfamiliar with the paranormal and the strange happenings at Schifferstadt, the society findings may seem outlandish."People come up to me and they say I don't believe it, and that's fine," said Darryl Keller, society co-founder. "You might not believe it and then you can be shown evidence, and that evidence could be taken to the most qualified video expert, and he can say, 'Yes, I can tell you that this film is not tampered with.' And still people won't believe it until it happens to them."Whether someone believes in ghosts, there nothing paranormal about the society's willingness to boost the museum's fundraising efforts by doing the investigation.Christina Murphy is the museum's head gardener. "I want to thank the MDPS," she said, "for their generosity to help support the Schifferstadt." ________________________________________________
New Video: Metallic Objects Found Near Area of Supposed UFO Crash in Needles, California
Posted: 29 Nov 2008 04:22 PM CST
Statement:...this was found at one of my desert properties in a crater-like hole. I found other parts that seem to be one thing at one time and never ran into anything into something like this. Maybe UFO parts! Let me know what you think! Its not man made, its super heavy, was trying to buff a smaller part like this and its like it has platinum or nickle mixed with iron but super heavy and yes a magnet will attach its self to it. found about 4 feet down in the crater like hole.Note: There was a supposed 'UFO' crash in this area several month ago.New UFO Mystery Surfaces in the Mojave ValleyVideos - Needles UFO Crash followup: In May 2008, a large object with a turquoise glow plummeted out of the sky and crashed into the earth southwest of Las Vegas, NV. Eyewitnesses say it was not a meteorite since several military helicopters hauled it away.________________________________________________
Dark Secret Revealed: All Male Babies Slaughtered to Avoid Warfare in Eastern Papua New Guinea
Posted: 29 Nov 2008 10:49 AM CS
2,700 Year Old Cannabis Stash Found in China
Posted: 29 Nov 2008 10:35 AM CST
Researchers say they have located the world’s oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China.The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly "cultivated for psychoactive purposes," rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany.The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman of the Gushi culture, near Turpan in northwestern China.The extremely dry conditions and alkaline soil acted as preservatives, allowing a team of scientists to carefully analyze the stash, which still looked green although it had lost its distinctive odour."To our knowledge, these investigations provide the oldest documentation of cannabis as a pharmacologically active agent," says the newly published paper, whose lead author is American neurologist Dr. Ethan B. Russo.Remnants of ancient cannabis have been found in Egypt and other sites, and the substance has been referred to by authors such as the Greek historian Herodotus. But the tomb stash is the oldest so far that could be thoroughly tested for its properties.The 18 researchers, most of them based in China, subjected the cannabis to a battery of tests, including carbon dating and genetic analysis. Scientists also tried to germinate 100 of the seeds found in the cache, without success.The marijuana was found to have a relatively high content of THC, the main active ingredient in cannabis, but the sample was too old to determine a precise percentage.Researchers also could not determine whether the cannabis was smoked or ingested, as there were no pipes or other clues in the tomb of the shaman, who was about 45 years old.The large cache was contained in a leather basket and in a wooden bowl, and was likely meant to be used by the shaman in the afterlife."This materially is unequivocally cannabis, and no material has previously had this degree of analysis possible," Russo said in an interview from Missoula, Mont."It was common practice in burials to provide materials needed for the afterlife. No hemp or seeds were provided for fabric or food. Rather, cannabis as medicine or for visionary purposes was supplied."The tomb also contained bridles, archery equipment and a harp, confirming the man’s high social standing.Russo is a full-time consultant with GW Pharmaceuticals, which makes Sativex, a cannabis-based medicine approved in Canada for pain linked to multiple sclerosis and cancer.The company operates a cannabis-testing laboratory at a secret location in southern England to monitor crop quality for producing Sativex, and allowed Russo use of the facility for tests on 11 grams of the tomb cannabis.Researchers needed about 10 months to cut red tape barring the transfer of the cannabis to England from China, Russo said.The inter-disciplinary study was published this week by the British-based botany journal, which uses independent reviewers to ensure the accuracy and objectivity of submitted papers.The substance has been found in two of the 500 Gushi tombs excavated so far in northwestern China, indicating that cannabis was either restricted for use by a few individuals or was administered as a medicine to others through shamans, Russo said."It certainly does indicate that cannabis has been used by man for a variety of purposes for thousands of years."Russo, who had a neurology practice for 20 years, has previously published studies examining the history of cannabis."I hope we can avoid some of the political liabilities of the issue," he said, referring to his latest paper.The region of China where the tomb is located, Xinjiang, is considered an original source of many cannabis strains worldwide.
Witch Threatens Curse After UN Disses Nessie
Posted: 29 Nov 2008 09:41 AM CST
The High Priest of the UK's White Witches has threatened to cast a spell which could jeopardise attempts to secure World Heritage status for Loch Ness.An expert from the United Nations maintains the Loch Ness Monster had never been taken seriously and Nessie could scupper chances of securing the much coveted award.But paranormal researcher Kevin Carlyon, who is the self-styled protector of the monster, is amused by the claims that mention of Nessie could bring ridicule to such a bid."Loch Ness without Nessie is like having a cheese sandwich without the cheese," Kevin declared.And he is being backed by another Nessie fan, Loch Ness webcam operator Mikko Takala, who claims disowning Nessie in the bid would be like Lapland declaring Santa Claus doesn't exist.Mr Carlyon in the past has cast spells on the loch to prevent Nessie hunters tracking down the elusive monster.He told the Highland News Group: "This time I don't have to protect Nessie as the fools are doing the damage themselves."In fact if they had their way there would be no monster myth left. Rather than bring more people to the area it would detract from it."Mr Carlyon was responding to comments by United Nations consultant Chris Pound who has completed an initial report on the area's bid to be included on the UK government's shortlist of World Heritage Status nominations for 2012.It is 75 years since the first media reports of a monster in the loch and local tourist operators believe recognition by the UN of the Great Glen's geographical heritage could be the catalyst for an all year-round tourist industry and not just summer tourists on Nessie-hunting missions.The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation decides which countries and landmarks are given the prestigious award.And it is up to the UK Government's department of media culture and sport (DMCS) to make its nominations in four years time.Mr Pound visited the loch earlier this month and said he believes the area's geology and topography, the loch's deepness, landscape and the engineering behind the Caledonian Canal were factors which would find favour with politicians.But of the Nessie story he commented: "It's an issue which is going to have to be managed carefully. The subject of Nessie is world famous but has never been taken quite seriously. When I spoke to a woman in the DMCS about the report I was doing for the area she fell about laughing. A lot of people have heard of the beastie and it's an image presentation issue which has to be addressed."But Mr Carlyon believes without the legend of Nessie the loch is no different from others in Scotland which are far more suited to tourism."This story will send ripples around the world of a negative nature and I honestly think that these so called experts are biting at their own rear ends and will do more harm than good for the area."If it comes to it and people support it I will perform a spell to blow this ludicrous plan out of the water."I am sure that people will choose Nessie rather than a pompous title, which in the long run will not benefit Scotland at all."Mr Takala agrees it would be crazy to make the bid without mention of Nessie."I'm half Finnish and it would be as daft as Lapland saying Santa Claus doesn't exist. Go anywhere in the world ask what they know about Scotland and they will say whisky and Nessie – they won't ever tell you about the topography of Loch Ness," he said."I find it hard to understand why tourist operators are willing to support this bid at the exclusion of Nessie when they know full well it is the monster that brings the visitors here. It could easily backfire on them."________________________________________________
Video: Paranormal Investigation - Cleveland, Ohio (Part 2)
Posted: 30 Nov 2008 09:35 AM CST
Video: Paranormal Investigation - Cleveland, Ohio (Part 1)From Haunted Earth Paranormal Video InvestigationsHaunted Earth America and Acid Entertainment investigate an empty house which is reputedly haunted by a man that committed suicide there. Here in the second half of our American paranormal investigation we return to the haunted house in Cleveland East, Ohio. Will Joe and his wife Stella make an appearance to our investigators?Chris Halton - Independent Paranormal Movie Maker________________________________________________
UFO Group Calls on Barack Obama to Release America's X-Files
Posted: 30 Nov 2008 08:36 AM CST
Desperate to see the US emulate the British Government and disclose reported "contact" with UFOs, the enthusiasts have written to Mr Obama to ask that his administration comes clean about the contents of America's "X-Files". They believe they have good prospects of success after public statements of support from both John Podesta, who is running Mr Obama's White House transition team, and Bill Richardson, the Governor of New Mexico - a UFO sighting hotspot - who is expected to secure a cabinet post. In the letter to Mr Obama, the Extraterrestrial Phenomenon Political Action Committee calls on the President-Elect to "end the six-decade truth embargo regarding an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race". The group wants the incoming president to insist on a "full briefing from your military services and intelligence agencies regarding what they know" and to open congressional hearings "to take testimony from scores of government witnesses who have already come forward with extraordinary evidence and are prepared to testify under oath." The campaigners, who resent their common portrayal as nuts and conspiracy theorists, have high hopes of success due to their inside track with Mr Obama. When he was the White House chief of staff under Bill Clinton, Mr Podesta led a project to declassify 800 million pages of intelligence documents. In a press conference, still available to watch on the YouTube website, Mr Podesta said: "It is time for the government to declassify records that are more than 25 years old and to provide scientists with data that will assist in determining the real nature of this phenomenon." Gov Richardson, a former presidential candidate and fellow UFO aficionado, has written a forward to a book on the so-called Roswell Incident in New Mexico, where campaigners believe an alien spacecraft crash landed near the town of Roswell in 1947 and that the corpses of humanoid aliens have been kept hidden under lock and key by the government. He has called for full disclosure by the Pentagon of what really occurred and reiterated his belief that there had been a "cover-up" during a presidential debate last year. The campaigners, who want the truth "out there", believe that the British Government's decision to declassify thousands of UFO sighting documents this year has made it untenable for the US to maintain its policy of non-disclosure. Only last week a US Air Force pilot, Milton Torres, whose testimony was released from the British archives, appeared on US television explaining how he was ordered to shoot down a large UFO over the UK in 1957 and then silenced by military officials, who told him never to speak of the incident. Stephen Bassett, Executive Director of the Extraterrestrial Phenomenon Political Action Committee, expects to have gathered 40,000 signatures via email and fax by Mr Obama's inauguration day on Jan 20 in support of his calls for openness. He told The Sunday Telegraph: "The truth embargo is now at the end of the line. The release of documents in Britain and France has put huge pressure on the US. It makes the government here look pretty stupid. "I think we are seeing the Democrats moving towards disclosure. John Podesta has outed himself as an enthusiast. He thinks the American public can handle the truth. Bill Richardson thinks there was a cover-up." Mr Bassett also believes that military and intelligence officials have studied the technology of alien spacecraft, material that would help the US develop new energy resources, as Mr Obama wishes, that will lessen US dependency on Middle Eastern oil.________________________________________________
MonsterQuest to Reveal Results of 'Baby Ogopogo' Carcass Discovery
Posted: 30 Nov 2008 07:59 AM CST
From CryptomundoLast month I was contacted by Arlene Gaal, a respected historian and researcher who has written many books on the history of the Okanagan Valley and also the Ogopogo mystery. The American History Channel was coming to Kelowna to film an episode of “MonsterQuest”(a show of which I was already somewhat familiar). They wanted to interview myself and my girlfriend Jessica about our sightings and were interested to see what photographic evidence I had obtained.In Josh Dorsey’s (director) own words my photos were “the most interesting and compelling pieces of evidence” he had yet seen in regards to Ogopogo.I have since had them analyzed by Dr.Edward Bousfield, a biologist and esteemed Cadborosaurus researcher who said that in his professional opinion my photos show a large “Megaserpent” or unknown aquatic animal living in Okanagan Lake.I was one of the few people on the boat during the MonsterQuest expedition and I was the 3rd person on planet Earth to hold and photograph whatever it was they pulled up from a cave near Squally Point.I initially didn’t think it looked very much like a fish but who knows what decomposition can do to a carcass. The headlines are reading “Baby Ogopogo” but we will have to patiently await the DNA testing in Guelph as even my pictures are not clear enough to ascertain what exactly the divers found that day.Sean ViloriaUpcoming on next season’s MonsterQuest, the results of the baby Ogopogo body find will be revealed.I have attached a picture showing the divers with the specimen bag…though for now I had to remove the creature. I do believe that any person on the planet interested in “MonsterQuest” or Cryptozoology would think this worthy of readership…and I would be more than happy to re-write a summary at some point. I was only supposed be a witness interview but they ended up threading my story throughout the whole episode so I would be glad to share my account for the benefit of all those interested.Sean Viloria________________________________________________
Video: Strange Shaped UFO West of Denver, Colorado - 11/30/2008
Posted: 01 Dec 2008 09:21 AM CST
Video of a strange shaped UFO of the foothillof the Rocky Mountains west of Denver, Colorado - November 20, 2008. At first the object is a bright light but closer observation an unusual shape and structure can be seen.________________________________________________
HBCC Video: UFOs Over Victory Park, Johannesburg, South Africa - November 22, 2008
Posted: 01 Dec 2008 09:13 AM CST
Date: November 22, 2008 Time: Approx: 10:00 p.m.Number of witnesses: 2 Number of objects: Initially 7 then 2 Shape of objects: Circular. Weather Conditions: Clear with scattered clouds.Description: Hi There, Got home from watching the Rugby at about 9.50pm. I took my wife and 9 month old baby upstairs to put him in bed. My wife then lay on our bed as our little one didn't want to go down to sleep.So I decided to go and fetch all our bags out of our car. We have a really awesome view from our place as it overlooks Johannesburg. As I went outside something caught my attention and I looked into the sky and there were 7 circular disc shaped objects scattered but pretty close to one another. I have never seen anything like that in my life. Their colours ranged from intense red to orange.I quickly ran inside to call my wife to have a look as I didn't want to believe what I was seeing. When we came outside the objects had vanished but there was still one in the sky. My wife was amazed. At that point we noticed another one of these objects rising in the distance. At that point I ran inside to get my camera to take some film. I managed to get about 40 seconds of footage before they disappeared.I am hoping that I'm not the only person to have witnessed this.________________________________________________
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1-Year-Old Saudi Girl Is Pregnant With Her Brother
Posted: 01 Dec 2008 08:42 AM CST
An incredible case was recorded in medical practice. A 1-year-old girl is pregnant, while doctors say this is the first such case in modern medicine. Arab media are now considering if abortion would be considered murder in this case.It turns out that the girl` mother had two embryos while she was pregnant. One of the embryos started developing in the other child`s uterus. Although doctors declared this a unique case, there are several similar cases throughout history.An Indian farmer (36) had the embryo of his twin brother removed. The man sought medical assistance after his swollen stomach started causing breathing problems. Doctors thought a tumour was in question, but they retrieved a human embryo.In 2002, India doctors found a fetus inside a 6-month-old boy. The dead fetus, which was surgically removed, weighed a kilo, while the boy only weighed 6.5 kilos.This anomaly, called an embryo inside an embryo, is rather rare. It happens once in 500,000 pregnancies. The phenomenon always occurs in the early pregnancy stages. As a rule, the fetuses die while still in the mother`s womb.However, there are cases where he fetus survives the entire pregnancy, remains in the host`s body, trapped like a parasite.
Video: BBC Interview with Former MoD UFO Project Director Nick Pope
Posted: 01 Dec 2008 08:10 AM CST
Former MoD UFO Project Director Nick Pope talks about what he knows and what he feels is imminent, in regard to extraterrestrials and UFOs.________________________________________________
Illinois Man Searches For the Supernatural
Posted: 01 Dec 2008 07:55 AM CST
Brian Hendrian is a deer hunter from Shelbyville and, when he gets a spare moment, a stalker of the supernatural. He’s been pursuing things that go bump in the night for the best part of 20 years but, so far, not one demon, let alone many.“There are a lot of demon cases out there,” he explains. “But I think they are fabricated. I’ve never been involved in one myself.”As ghost hunters go, Hendrian isn’t exactly type cast for the part. Quiet, relaxed and unemotional, he sits in his living room full of deer head trophies and doesn’t look the sort to be easily transported to a state of ectoplasmic joy by the prospect of seeing dead people.But he is gripped by a burning curiosity to know the answer to the ultimate question: What happens to us when we die? And while maybe two haunting cases in 10 turn out to be worth his time, he’s experienced enough to become what he describes as a “skeptical believer.”“People getting slapped, pushed around, voices that just come out of thin air, I’ve witnessed things I can’t explain,” says Hendrian, 34. “There is a lot of fraud out there, but not all of it is fraud.”To help sort through the cases, he’s gathered around him a group of likeminded spirits, so to speak. He’s the founder of organizations that include the Shelby Paranormal Research Society, the United States Paranormal Society and the Shelbyville Cryptozoology Research Society.The Cryptozoology folks hunt for “hidden animals,” creatures whose existence is not recognized by science: at least, not yet. Hendrian says there’s a lot of fraud in this area, too, but he believes there is credible evidence for the existence for both an “unknown biped” (Big Foot) and for something large and toothy slinking through the Illinois undergrowth.“We get a lot of black panther reports in Illinois,” he says. “And I believe there is something out there.”When on the trail of ghosts, he starts by a series of gentle e-mail or phone interviews with the person claiming their home or whatever is haunted. If it looks good there, he will follow up with a face-to-face meeting and, eventually, a site visit.He says the best piece of ghost hunter gear yet invented is the thermal imaging camera, which has yielded some cool results for other groups. But they cost many hundreds of dollars, and he can’t afford one. So Hendrian and his colleagues make do with night-vision cameras, recording equipment and healthy doses of patience.“It can get dead boring when nothing happens,” he says. “And you also need a sense of humor.”His wife, Renee, has joined him on many hunts, and while she has experienced strange sounds and the icy presence of something she couldn’t see, so far she’s not been frightened out of her wits. But she says it will take something dramatic and scary to make science stop snickering and take the supernatural seriously.“As technology advances, I think it might be possible to get some pretty definitive proof,” she says. “To maybe actually catch a full apparition on video for everyone to see it, and to where you can see nobody faked it.”In the meantime, it’s back to the hunt for the truth and the more than occasional exposure of the fraudulent. Her husband and two of his fellow enthusiasts — one in Joliet, the other in California — host a weekly Internet radio show which features ironic awards distinguishing particularly blatant supernatural scams.One of the Shelbyville ghost hunter’s favorites is the eBay vendor who claimed to be selling “ghosts in a bottle,” actual spirits banished and sealed in bottles by real live ghostbusters. “And people were actually buying this stuff,” says Hendrian. “It just gets more ridiculous.”________________________________________________
Iowa Church Protests Paranormal Investigation in Nearby Cemetery
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 09:44 AM CST
The forces of nature did not keep three members with Iowa Paranormal away from Oakland cemetery Saturday night, and also not five and 50. The five thrill seekers, none of whom were associated with the paranormal group, waited in the lightly falling snow near the west entrance to the cemetery. The 50 assembled in People's Baptist Church, just a stone's throw west of the cemetery, to pray. The three paranormal investigators — led by group founder Steven Tracy, of Centerville, Patrick Law, of Centerville, and Tony Brozovich, of Numa — arrived at 7 p.m. and started their testing near the west end of the cemetery at the Oakland Cemetery Chapel and receiving vault. They brought a video camera wrapped in plastic to protect it from the falling snow, three voice recorders and an electronic magnetic field detector. The camera can see in pure darkness and the EMF detector can rule our unexplainable events, Tracy said. "We go in looking for the natural causes. We take the scientific approach to it, is what we're doing. We try to rule out all the possibilities," Tracy said. "That's why we've got all of this equipment. We want to capture evidence." Tracy said he and Law thought they might have seen an unexplainable light near the grave of Hon. Harvey Tannehill and were getting ready to walk to that area of the cemetery to investigate. The light was similar to the one he and others think they might have seen while on the Haunted History Tour held at Oakland Cemetery in October."We witnessed a few strange things that night that we want to capture, try to see if we can get that again," Tracy said, while pointing to a large evergreen where they were standing less than 30 minutes ago and the same type light was seen in the same area near Tannehill's grave. "And down on the far side where we first witnessed the activity from the Haunted History Tour we've seen the ball of light again, like we've seen the first time. But we do not have it on video tape."Tracy said they need to capture audio or video evidence, which would be closely and carefully scrutinized, before they would make a judgement or announcement."We're going to go down there, turn the video camera on, just kind of sit around, see if anything comes up and hopefully we'll have it on video tape," Tracy said. "That kind of what we're going for. We just can't go on personal experiences. That don't validate anything."He denied anybody in his group uses anything but scientific means during paranormal investigations. "We do not deal with psychics. We don't allow any psychics in our group," Tracy said. "Where's the proof? That's what we want."Tracy said he wasn't aware of the activities at the church. But he was concerned they may have misconstrued their purpose Saturday night in Oakland Cemetery."I just don't want people to think that we're satanic worshipers, or something," Tracy said. "That's not what we're about at all. I want people to know that we take this seriously."_________________________________________________Local Church Leader Speaks OutPeople's Baptist Church Pastor Dave Clark said he disagrees with the paranormal activity that took place at Oakland Cemetery Saturday night. The pastor had asked people to come to the church Saturday night from 7 to 10 p.m. to pray the paranormal investigators would not turn up anything that they could point to as success. "People. They're buried there for a reason, because we know that they're gone. But the bigger thing is, looking for the living amongst the dead, that's kind of the strange part," Clark said. "And to try to find something abnormal in a cemetery in the dark, you know, it's rather strange to me."Clark expressed his frustration that the Centerville City Council would allow a group of paranormal investigators access to Oakland Cemetery but not allow residents and others the opportunity to place wreaths on graves this Christmas. "Basically, the bottom line is that we've got a lot of people from the church with past relatives buried and they don't want things to come out of it," Clark said. "We just want everything to be as it was before. We don't want any side upset."Pastor Clark greeted people at the door of the church, which is just a stone’s throw from Oakland Cemetery. He said 50 people made the trip Saturday night to the church to pray.________________________________________________
UFO / OVNI Video: Unknown Light North of Mexico City
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 09:08 AM CST
Witness: I recorded this video on Sunday, November 30, 2008 to the north of Mexico City, heading toward the zenith. I only became aware of the object when I checked the images on a TV set. There was a family gathering at my mother's house that day, so I took advantage of this fact to go out and record airliners in flight (around 16:00 hours). From that location they can be clearly seen as they head for the airport. What could this object be? Anything from a UFO to space junk, or perhaps a heavenly body, although it was not visible at the moment that the recording was made. I'm rejecting the likelihood that it could be an artificial satellite, according to the Heavens Above registry, which indicates the time and location of satellites over Mexico City, particularly the International Space Station and the Iridium satellites, which are the brightest in the sky.________________________________________________
Joliet, Illinois Home's History Offers a Variety of Haunts
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 08:52 AM CST
The home at 519 Campbell St. in Joliet is, in many ways, an ideal backdrop for ghost hunting.Built in 1902, the home, with its dated, ornate style and wrought iron fence in front, could make passers-by think that the spirit world visits the place. And then there are the owners. Diethard Beyer, Kurt Beyer and Keith Nicholls live in the 25-room home, and every Halloween they transform the front yard into a haunted house attraction, complete with a hearse and a real human skeleton in an antique coffin. What allegedly happens every day in the home, though, is the reason the homeowners contacted Will County Ghost Hunters. In the main floor's library, the owners have smelled pipe smoke, felt the presence of a man and have found books that do not belong to any of them. They also have sensed the presence of a woman and a small boy."We are trying to get an answer to who is here with us," Diethard said. The homeowners have their own stories as to why otherworldly beings may inhabit the home. One of them lost a sister at a young age and another lost a partner. The current homeowners' experiences notwithstanding, the history of the home and the homes around it could explain the activity the three men have experienced but cannot explain. The home was built in 1902 by A.C. Clement, who bought the land from his father, Charles. A.C. lived with his family on Easter Avenue while 519 Campbell St. was under construction. Although A.C. built the home, he never lived in it. He committed suicide in the basement of his Eastern Avenue home before the Cambell Street one was finished. A.C.'s daughter, Laura, moved into the house with her family. In 1922, the house was converted into Resthaven Retirement home. In the late 1950s, it became Blackburn Funeral Home and remained so until the mid 1970s. The current homeowners bought the house in 2000. The homeowners unearthed numerous items in the house, such as the original arts and crafts style painted walls in the dining room that they are restoring. Although it is not known if anyone died in the house, Will County Ghost Hunter lead investigator Dan Jungles said the building's time as a nursing home could have meant that more than one death occurred within its walls. In addition, some hauntings are more about trapped energy than trapped beings. The building's time as a funeral home meant than there was a lot of grief felt there. Will County Ghost Hunters went out to the house on Oct. 10. During the investigation, a ghost box was used, which essentially is a radio that scans through the stations without stopping. The idea is that ghosts can use the white noise to answer questions in real time (the investigation concluded that they did). The clearest communication came in a second-floor bedroom to the question, "Did you have children?" The response was "two boys." In addition to that, ghosts seem to call the names of two of the investigators, Jeri (Fulan) and Sunnie (Boland). In addition, a voice called out the name Peggy. The homeowners did not have an explanation for that. In previous investigations at the home, the investigators caught what appears to be the shadow of a figure who would stand more than 7 feet. Jungles said the house is definitely haunted. But the homeowners don't really mind. They would like to know who shares their space with them, but they don't necessarily want the entities to leave. "We want them to stay," Kurt said. "They haven't thrown knives or anything."________________________________________________
Researchers Uncover Possible Universal Mechanism Of Aging
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 08:36 AM CST
Researchers have uncovered what may be a universal cause of aging, one that applies to both single cell organisms such as yeast and multicellular organisms, including mammals. This is the first time that such an evolutionarily conserved aging mechanism has been identified between such diverse organisms.The mechanism probably dates back more than one billion years. The study shows how DNA damage eventually leads to a breakdown in the cell's ability to properly regulate which genes are switched on and off in particular settings.Like our current financial crisis, the aging process might also be a product excessive deregulation.Researchers have discovered that DNA damage decreases a cell's ability to regulate which genes are turned on and off in particular settings. This mechanism, which applies both to fungus and to us, might represent a universal culprit for aging."This is the first potentially fundamental, root cause of aging that we've found," says Harvard Medical School professor of pathology David Sinclair. "There may very well be others, but our finding that aging in a simple yeast cell is directly relevant to aging in mammals comes as a surprise."These findings appear in the November 28 issue of the journal Cell.For some time, scientists have know that a group of genes called sirtuins are involved in the aging process. These genes, when stimulated by either the red-wine chemical resveratrol or caloric restriction, appear to have a positive effect on both aging and health.Nearly a decade ago, Sinclair and colleagues in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology lab of Leonard Guarente found that a particular sirtuin in yeast affected the aging process in two specific ways—it helped regulate gene activity in cells and repair breaks in DNA. As DNA damage accumulated over time, however, the sirtuin became too distracted to properly regulate gene activity, and as a result, characteristics of aging set in."For ten years, this entire phenomenon in yeast was considered to be relevant only to yeast," says Sinclair. "But we decided to test of this same process occurs in mammals."Philipp Oberdoerffer, a postdoctoral scientist in Sinclair's Harvard Medical School lab, used a sophisticated microarray platform to probe the mammalian version of the yeast sirtuin gene in mouse cells. The results in mice corroborated what Sinclair, Guarente, and colleagues had found in yeast ten years earlier.Oberdoerffer found that a primary function of sirtuin in the mammalian system was to oversee patterns of gene expression (which genes are switch on and which are switch off). While all genes are present in all cells, only a select few need to be active at any given time. If the wrong genes are switched on, this can harm the cell. (In a kidney cell, for example, all liver genes are present, but switched off. If these genes were to become active, that could damage the kidney.) As a protective measure, sirtuins guard genes that should be off and ensure that they remain silent. To do this, they help preserve the molecular packaging—called chromatin—that shrink-wraps these genes tight and keeps them idle.The problem for the cell, however, is that the sirtuin has another important job. When DNA is damaged by UV light or free radicals, sirtuins act as volunteer emergency responders. They leave their genomic guardian posts and aid the DNA repair mechanism at the site of damage.During this unguarded interval, the chromatin wrapping may start to unravel, and the genes that are meant to stay silent may in fact come to life.For the most part, sirtuins are able to return to their post and wrap the genes back in their packaging, before they cause permanent damage. As mice age, however, rates of DNA damage (typically caused by degrading mitochondria) increase. The authors found that this damage pulls sirtuins away from their posts more frequently. As a result, deregulation of gene expression becomes chronic. Chromatin unwraps in places where it shouldn't, as sirtuin guardians work overtime putting out fires around the genome, and the unwrapped genes never return to their silent state.In fact, many of these haplessly activated genes are directly linked with aging phenotypes. The researchers found that a number of such unregulated mouse genes were persistently active in older mice."We then began wondering what would happen if we put more of the sirtuin back into the mice," says Oberdoerffer. "Our hypothesis was that with more sirtuins, DNA repair would be more efficient, and the mouse would maintain a youthful pattern gene expression into old age."That's precisely what happened. Using a mouse genetically altered to model lymphoma, Oberdoerffer administered extra copies of the sirtuin gene, or fed them the sirtuin activator resveratrol, which in turn extended their mean lifespan by 24 to 46 percent."It is remarkable that an aging mechanism found in yeast a decade ago, in which sirtuins redistribute with damage or aging, is also applicable to mammals," says Leonard Guarente, Novartis Professor of Biology at MIT, who is not an author on the paper. "This should lead to new approaches to protect cells against the ravages of aging by finding drugs that can stabilize this redistribution of sirtuins over time."Both Sinclair and Oberdoerffer agree with Guarente's sentiment that these findings may have therapeutic relevance."According to this specific mechanism, while DNA damage exacerbates aging, the actual cause is not the DNA damage itself but the lack of gene regulation that results," says Oberdoerffer. "Lots of research has shown that this particular process of regulating gene activity, otherwise known as epigenetics, can be reversed—unlike actual mutations in DNA. We see here, through a proof-of-principal demonstration, that elements of aging can be reversed."Recent findings by Chu-Xia Deng of the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, has also found that mice that lack sirtuin are susceptible to DNA damage and cancer, reinforcing Sinclair's and Oberdoerffer's data.This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health, and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research. David Sinclair is a consultant to Genocea, Shaklee and Sirtris, a GSK company developing sirtuin based drugs.

Videos: Extraterrestrial Close Encounters and Abductions - Australia
Posted: 03 Dec 2008 11:10 AM CST
Videos depict several personal descriptions of alien close encounters and abductions by Australian citizens. Very well done production.___________________________________________________The Gundiah Mackay Alien AbductionAn extraordinary and controversial milieu has developed around events that reportedly began late on the evening of Thursday, October 4th, 2001, at a Gundiah property near Tiaro, culminating in the early hours of Friday, October 5th, 2001, and then played out in the glare of rapidly escalating media coverage.Three people were directly involved in these alleged events. Keith Rylance (39), his wife Amy (22), and their business partner, Petra Heller (35) were on their property, which was being developed as "Whispering Winds" winery. Other potential activities were also being developed at the location. The following account comes from interviews conducted by us with them, along with primary source material such as TV interviews.Keith Rylance told us that he had gone to sleep in the caravan bedroom at about 9.30 pm. Petra retired to her bedroom in the caravan annex. Amy stayed on a couch watching TV in the caravan annex "lounge room". Each of these locations were in close proximity, separated by a window and wall respectively from the lounge room. Petra's room had a door leading to the lounge room, which was left ajar. The door to the bedroom, where Keith was, apparently was open to the lounge room. Amy apparently fell asleep on the couch. A storm was in the area.Around 11.15 pm, Petra was reportedly woken up and when she entered the adjacent lounge was confronted by an extraordinary sight, that allegedly quickly overwhelmed her. A rectangular beam of light was being projected through the open window of the caravan lounge room. This light beam appeared to be truncated at the end. Inside the beam Petra claims to have seen Amy in a sleep prone position, being carried out head first through the window. Underneath her, also within the beam were the items that had been on the coffee table adjacent to the couch Amy had been on. Before apparently fainting in shock Petra saw that the beam was coming from a disc shaped UFO hovering just above the ground a short distance away, near a tree at the rear of the clear section, immediately behind the annex caravan house.Petra reports she believes she was only in a faint for a very short period of time. Regaining consciousness, she began screaming. Keith reports that he was awoken by the commotion coming from Petra. As he came from the caravan bedroom and stepped down into the lounge room annex Keith claims he was confronted by the sight of a highly agitated Petra and the contents of the coffee table on the floor in front of the window. He told us that he soon realised that the window screen was torn in both a vertical fashion and along the bottom of the window frame. Keith indicated that initially he couldn't get any sense out of Petra who was crying and very agitated, so he rushed outside trying to locate Amy.She was reportedly nowhere to be found. Keith states when he started to be less agitated himself he was eventually able to get from Petra an idea of what happened. Keith claims he initially refused to believe what Petra was telling him. He said he rushed outside again trying to find his wife. Eventually as the situation became clearer, Keith indicates he decided to call the police. Keith call the Tiaro police around 11.40 pm reporting that his wife had been abducted and imploring that the police should come out. The manning status at that time meant there were some delays in the police coming out, but about hour and a half after the initial call Senior Constable Robert Maragna from Tiaro and an officer from Maryborough arrived at the site. Initially police thought they might have been walking into a situation involving foul play, even perhaps a murder scene, but then the bizarre circumstances of the alleged events came into focus. The two people, Keith and Petra, at the Gundiah property were claiming that Amy Rylance had been abducted by a "spaceship"! The officers were struggling to keep an open mind. They were joined later by Sgt. John Bosnjak, the officer in charge of the Tiaro police. He had been asleep when the police called him to assist in the investigation. The three officers continued their investigations at the site. They confirmed that Keith Rylance and Petra Heller appeared to be in an agitated state and that there was no sign of Amy Rylance. The torn screen was examined. A flowering bush, commonly known as "yesterday, today, tomorrow" was located immediately outside the left side of window, had indications of possibly being affected by heat or another mechanism along its right side. Oddly another flowering bush, a hibiscus, located immediately on the right hand side of the window area was not affected in the same way. The police took samples for possible later testing.While the police were at the property, a phone call came through, which was taken by Keith Rylance. A woman was calling from Mackay indicating that she had taken a somewhat distressed and apparently dehydrated young woman from a BP petrol service station on the northern outskirts of central Queensland city of Mackay, some 790 kilometres to the north of the Gundiah - Tiaro area.The young woman turned out to be Amy Rylance, and the female caller was ringing to advise that Amy was apparently all right and was at the Mackay hospital, where she had been examined by a doctor. Keith handed the phone to Snr. Constable Marangna.Given these extraordinary circumstances Mackay police were called in, making a total of three police stations involved in the investigation -Tiaro, on outskirts of central Qeensland, Maryborough on the coast and Mackay, some 790 kilometres to the north of the Gundiah - Tiaro area.A statement was notarised by the Mackay police with a Justice Act acknowledgement, that required Amy to acknowledge that she had stated was true to the best of her knowledge and belief, and that if it is admitted as evidence, that she may be liable to prosecution if she had indicated anything in it that she knew was false.This statement indicated that she last only recollected lying on the couch at the Gundiah property. She had no recollection of the events that Petra described, but claimed she then next remembered waking up lying on a bench in a strange rectangular room. llumination came from the walls and the ceiling. She was alone. She indicated she called out and heard what seemed to be a male voice, asking her to be calm and that everything would be alright and that she would not be harmed. Soon an opening appeared in the wall and "a guy" about 6 feet tall walked into the room.The man appeared to be slender in build but in perfect proportion, covered head to foot in a full body suit. He had what seemed to be a black covering mask on his face, with a hole for his eyes, nose and mouth. He repeated his calming assurances. Amy felt she had been there a while. The guy told her they were returning her to a place not far from where they took her from, because the lights were wrong at the property and it wasn't safe. She then indicates she found herself lying on the bed and falling asleep.The next thing she recollects is that she woke up on the ground with trees around her. She felt disorientated, could smell the ocean, and indicated she was not sure how long she tumbled through bushland, but seemingly it was for a long time, but she felt she wasn't making much progress. She then came out onto a road that looked like a highway and saw a light from a petrol station. She walked into the station, where staff seeing her state, tried to offer some assistance.She accepted some water, as she felt somewhat dehydrated. Initially she was not able to answer identifying questions, and didn't know where she was. She was also asked if she had been drinking or was on drugs, to which she said no. Amy indicated she felt tired, sore, drained and lethargic. She asked a woman at the service station to take her to the hospital, as she didn't know of where else to go. The woman and her friend took Amy to the hospital. Later Amy spoke with two police officers and also spoke with her husband Keith from the hospital. She then went to Mackay police station where she gave the statement of events. Amy also indicated that this sort of thing had never happened to her before, but when she was in 5th year school she had seen a large UFO surrounded by smaller objects.The police arranged to put Amy in a motel pending the arrival of her husband. He and Petra arrived during the day and indicated they spent considerable time with Amy discussing what happen. Extensive notes were apparently made and photographs were taken of a triangular arrangement of marks on her inner right thigh, marks on each heel and the growing out of her hair which she had dyed earlier in the week. Her hair had apparently started to show her former colour, suggestive that some considerable time had passed for her, apparently indicative of rather more than a few hours. Body hair had allegedly also become somewhat more pronounced that would otherwise would be apparent for the short time involved. Via an Newsagent's a copy of the Australian Ufologist magazine was purchased, Keith, Petra and Amy started to learn more about UFOs. Keith Rylance contacted the Australian UFO Research Network office number mentioned in the magazine. Diane Harrison took the call Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:20 p.m and for the next hour or so listened to the story that Keith and Amy told. Petra was apparently sleeping at the time.Given the nature of the story, its complexity and the fact it apparently featured the alleged use of "solid light", Diane decide to bring Bill Chalker into the investigation, making contact with him during the evening of Friday, October 5th. Paradoxically Bill was scheduled to talk at a Brisbane UFO conference on October 13th, and his topics included "solid light" cases and the application of science to alien abduction cases. Bill put a call through to them at the motel, securing permission to record the conversation. Once again Petra was not available to talk about her part in the alleged events. Keith Rylance went into considerable detail about the events, referring often to the notes they had apparently been compiling during the day. The details described covered the events Petra had witnessed, what Keith had experienced, and what Amy told them had happened to her during her experience. Finally Bill spoke with Amy, focusing mainly on the events before and after the claimed onboard experiences, because Keith had already gone into considerable detail about the latter.Bill discussed with Amy her general responses and her physical state and her current state of thought on her experiences. Keith Rylance seemed to want to control how both media and investigators would get involved. His desire to contact the media promptly drew from both Diane and Bill the suggestion that he should think very carefully about the possible ramifications of doing so. Keith seemed to feel that it was important to get the story out, as it would come out anyway and this way he could control the way it did. He was also trying to restrict the way the investigators could or should look into their experience. He claimed they didn't need to proof the experience. While he didn't directly witness the experiences he believed both Amy and Petra. Given the possible nature of the event, and that irrespective of the ultimate resolution of the affair, it seemed destined to be a big story, Diane and Bill decided to undertake an investigation. They had been given an indication from Keith Rylance that the three would wait for the investigators to come to Mackay. The claimants were in no apparent hurry to return to Gundiah. They gave permission for Bill and Diane to visit the property on the way. Bill arrived in the Brisbane area on Tuesday afternoon, October 9th. Diane and Bill then travelled to Gundiah, arriving at the Whispering Winds winery property, just after 10 pm. Because of the lateness of the hour, we got the witnesses permission to stay there overnight and to conduct whatever investigation we needed to do. Keith had arranged for a neighbour to regularly check on the two pets left behind, namely a parrot and a kelpie dog. He indicated to us that it would be okay to let the dog off for a run, but warned us it was very friendly but inclined to jump all over people. We let the dog off at some point and observed its behaviour. At one point it did jump up on the window where the damaged screen was located. This gave some support to the possibility that at least some, if not all of the damage, could have been caused by the dog. Some of the damage on closer inspection seemed suggestive of possible dog damage. Our inspection of the plant damage also suggested possible prosaic causes, such as heat stress. A plant at the front of the house had similar damage and a healthy flowering bush of the same species that was at the window, was examined by us at Mount Basset lawn cemetery has similar damaged. A gardener there we spoke to indicated that the species often had random or more extensive damage of a heat stress nature from hot sunlight. The prosaic possibilities for both the screen and the plant damage are only suggestive at this point and further investigation is required. We undertook extensive investigations at the property and the area. Police were very helpful. Our investigation generated many issues and questions, which we feel need resolution, in order to assist interpretations of these events. Further extensive investigations were undertaken in Mackay, focusing in particular at the area where Amy Rylance returned.These included attempts to reconstruct the circumstances of Amy's return, through onsite research. The BP petrol service station staff were spoken with and a surveillance video tape that may contain Amy's visit there was provided to us by the station owner. This part of our investigation also generated many issues and questions that need resolution if we are to approach any measure of certainty about the real nature of the events alleged.Keith Rylance indicated to us he would be available to us when we got to Mackay, but it was made clear to us early on the first day of our investigations there that this wasn't probably going to be the case. When we contacted the motel where they had been the night before, their third motel in Mackay, we learned they had apparently already checked out that morning. We left messages on their phone but didn't hear from Keith until early on the afternoon of our second day, as we were leaving Mackay. In his mobile call, Keith apologised for not being available, but was indicating they had relocated to an unspecified location after having fled the area.The primary reason for this Keith indicated was that they claimed they had a kind of "men-in-black" experience. In this case Keith was reporting a pursuit of their vehicle by a high powered dark brown 4 wheel truck. The nature of this event apparently frightened Keith, Amy and Petra, prompting Keith to attempt to loose the vehicle and eventually leave the area.Before the completion of this preliminary report (14th October) we have heard from Keith again. We remain hopeful that they will get into more direct contact with us. This affair is both extraordinary and controversial. Many have rushed to judgement, but given it's complex and evolving dynamics, caution and patience is necessary. We have many issues and questions we would like to try to resolve. Further contact with the Rylances and Petra Heller may help this process. The case is far from closed and requires an objective, open-minded investigation. Only time will give us the possibility of resolution and certainty about this intriguing but controversial affair.AUFORN: THE AUSTRALIAN UFO RESEARCH NETWORK_______________________________________________
Video: Moorpark Lights Incident - What Really Happened?
Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:57 AM CST
Ms. Mendoza and her husband were recently attacked by flying lights in Moorpark CA. (northeast of Los Angeles). She testifies that a chupacabra, or a monkey creature was directing the craft.This is a section of a larger story about the real live events which recently took place in Moorpark, CA. Dr. Daniel Fryye has completed a video study of the strange lights that have assailed this California town in an under reported incident much like the Phoenix lights._______________________________________________
Soviet Cosmonauts Disclose UFO / Extraterrestrial Experiences
Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:20 AM CST
The UFO phenomenon never existed in the former USSR, at least in the official records. There were numerous stories about unidentified flying objects which could be heard from susceptible individuals, but Soviet cosmonauts never said anything on the subject, although they had a lot to share.Former Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Kovalenok appeared at a press conference devoted to unusual and anomalous phenomena in space. He said that he had witnessed something inexplicable during his work on board the Salyut orbital station. The cosmonaut said that he once saw a strange object on Earth’s orbit. He asked his partner, Viktor Savinykh, to fetch a camera. While Savinykh was trying to find the camera, the object exploded in front of Kovalenok’s eyes. The object split into two parts and had something like a bridge connecting those parts. The dumbbell-like object disappeared before the other cosmonaut was ready to photograph it. A strong radioactive emission was registered on Earth soon after the explosion of the mysterious object. Kovalenok said that many of his colleagues had witnessed something unusual on a number of occasions, but they decided not to bring those issues to the public attention. Pilot Pavel Popovich was on a flight from Washington to Moscow in 1978. The plane was flying at the height of about 10,000 meters, when he noticed a triangular luminescent object flying on the same trajectory with his aircraft. The speed of the triangle was higher than that of the plane – more than 1,700 km/h, whereas the jetliner was flying at 1,100 km/h. Cosmonauts Gennady Strekalov and Gennady Manakov saw a bright spherical object appearing in the cloudless sky above Newfoundland in 1990. The sphere disappeared without a trace ten seconds later. In 1991, Musa Manarov was observing the module with the new crew nearing the Mir Space Station, filming the process on video camera. He suddenly saw an antenna-like object separating from the module. He informed the cosmonauts inside the module that something had undocked from them. Nevertheless, it never became possible to identify the object, although it was filmed on camera. It goes without saying that cosmonauts informed their governing bodies of all those and many other strange incidents. All of the stories were most likely documented and subsequently classified. Cosmonauts may often witness other inexplicable events happening in space, Vladimir Kovalenok said. A tape recorder switched on by itself and started playing the crew’s favorite film on the orbit once, Kovalenok said. Psychologists often warn cosmonauts prior to their space missions that they may experience a phenomenon known as the altered state of consciousness. A Russian cosmonaut said in 1994 that he and his partner had numerous visions when they were working on board the Mir station for six months. It seemed to them that they were turning into weird creatures – animals and even humanoids of extraterrestrial origin.________________________________________________
Unknown 'Sea Monster' Beached in Guinea, West Africa
Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:03 AM CST
A strange sea monster was cast ashore in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa. The partially decomposed monster has 4 paws, a tail and long fur. The scientists who examined the creature said that they had already seen such animals before, but they have no clue to their definition.________________________________________________
My Interview With 'In Pure Spirit'
Posted: 03 Dec 2008 09:19 AM CST
Phantoms and Monsters: InterviewIn Pure Spirit is a very interesting alternative and esoteric blog. The editor, Andrew, is a diligent researcher and offers thoughtful viewpoints and factual commentary. Check it out In Pure Spirit________________________________________________
Donald Trump to Refurbish and Live in Haunted Scottish Estate
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 10:22 AM CST
Who needs a luxe penthouse triplex in Trump Tower when the family can live on a wet and windy Scottish beach with their very own ghost in the cellar?The Trump Organization announced Wednesday that Menie House - the turreted estate in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, whose grounds will be the site of a planned $1.5 billion golf resort - is being renovated to become "the Trump family residence in Scotland." Local lore says the house - which includes a tower dating back to the 14th century - comes with a ghost, the Green Lady. News that Donald Trump may soon be a neighbor did not impress Michael Forbes, the ornery farmer who refused to sell his 23 acres on the Menie land to make way for the golf development. Forbes said he considers Trump "a loudmouth bully" and didn't believe the tycoon would live locally. "It's too cold here for him," Forbes said. Environmental advocate Mickey Foote, who lives 400 yards from Menie House, said he would greet Trump enthusiastically. "I would welcome Donald to experience the tranquility and beauty of the land he's going to destroy," Foote said. George Sorial, Trump's managing director for international development, insisted the family "will spend a lot of time" at the house and will not be deterred by northeast Scotland's notorious weather. Sorial wouldn't put a price tag on the renovation but said it would be "significant .... We're looking to put it back to its original grandeur." As for the ghost, Sorial said he and Trump both stayed in the house and haven't yet crossed her path. "I'm looking forward to meeting her," he quipped. Sorial denied that Trump is low on cash to finance the golf project. Trump Entertainment Resorts, which runs three casinos in Atlantic City, missed a deadline to make a $53.1 million interest payment earlier this week. "He's not short on cash," Sorial said.________________________________________________
Night Vigil in the Stones River Battlefield, Tennessee
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 09:09 AM CST
It is a cold Monday night. The trees are bare and a light fog settles over the ground where the Battle of Stones River took place nearly 150 years ago.Ryan Burk, sophomore recording industry major, and I bundle up in warm clothes while carrying a couple of Sony voice recorders and a flashlight. Tonight, we are not here to enjoy the sites. We're here to catch a ghost. Ryan has already had a few years of experience in paranormal investigation from working with groups like Tennessee Ghost Hunters.The anniversary of the beginning of the battle, which began on Dec. 31, 1862, is at the end of next month. The battle ended on Jan. 2, 1863."This is the peak time of [paranormal] activity on the battlefield," Ryan says.The air is still when we arrive at the battlefield, and we spend about 30 minutes quietly listening. Nothing. We decide to engage in some conversation with one another. We try a few things to provoke spirits, such as asking questions and talking about major generals of the Civil War, but still nothing happens. After 90 minutes, we decide it is time to go.But the night is still young. When we return to Monohan Hall, I am greeted by a group of three other college students. They know what we were doing and are eager to see a ghost. The three convince me to return to the battlefield with them around 2 a.m. Ryan says that from 2 a.m. until 4 a.m. is the time that Ryan says is the best time for ghost hunting. "A lot of it has to do with the gravitational pull of the moon," Ryan says. "It takes a lot of energy to pull the oceans' tides. That is energy that spirits can use to manifest themselves."I leave Monohan Hall with the other three students almost immediately. Ryan is forced to stay behind because he has early classes the next day. Upon arriving at the same scene, I notice the fog has grown thicker. This time, the battlefield is not so quiet. Within 15 minutes of our arrival, we see unexplainable flashes and experience cold spots.Shortly afterward, my voice recorder's battery indicator drops from full to one bar. The mood among us begins to lighten. Each of us wants to have some kind of experience. Soon, we begin to see a number of possible shadow figures and hear strange screeching noises and faint footsteps. We try to replicate the flashes we previously seen by moving objects in front of the flashlight. Nothing we try reproduces them. Much of the area surrounding the battlefield contains roads, factories and neighborhoods. This makes us doubtful that we will experience anything paranormal. After another 90 minutes on the battlefield, we return to campus. While listening to my recordings of the night, I hear a loud scratchy voice commenting on a crude joke one of us said. What the voice says is incoherent. Still, the question remains - Is Stones River Battlefield haunted? "Most of the proof for paranormal activity can only be experienced," Ryan explains. "[This] means all we have to go by is recorded evidence, which can easily be disproved." The key to ghost hunting is research, Ryan says. "Know the history. Know what happened," he says. "This can strengthen any evidence you find."For some, Stones River National Battlefield may be an incredible site for ghost hunting. According to the National Park Service Web site, there were nearly 24,000 casualties during the battle, making the Battle of Stones River the second bloodiest battle in the Civil War.Unfortunately, some of the more interesting sites of the battlefield belong to the state park, which closes before nightfall. The actual battlefield itself, though, spans far beyond the state park's boundaries into neighborhoods, roads and local businesses.________________________________________________
Nigerian 'Witch Doctor' Confesses He Killed 110 Possessed Children
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 08:44 AM CST
Rights campaigners say “witch doctors” in some parts of the country convince parents that their children are possessed and will bring misfortune such as divorce or disease.The fraudulent doctors then extort money from the frightened parents to perform exorcisms, campaigners say. Some children fall into the hands of child trafficking networks after being handed over by their parents, the charities claim. Bishop Sunday Ulup-Aya, arrested in Mbo, close to the Atlantic coast, with six other suspects, had claimed in a documentary to have killed 110 children beset by evil spirits, said Aniekan Umanah, the commissioner for information in the southeastern state of Akwa Ibom. “I am not denying that I am a witchdoctor, but what I killed are witches in my patients with herbs, not children,” Mr Ulup-Aya said while in detention. Akwa Ibom is one of Nigeria’s top oil-producing states, but poverty is pervasive and many residents are superstitious. The state has the highest incidence of child-trafficking in Africa’s most populous nation. Sam Ikpe-Ituama, whose group Child Rights Rehabilitation Network is spearheading the rescue of children accused of witchcraft in the state, said Mr Ulup-Aya may be part of a network of human traffickers. “No corpses were discovered in his church, but two kids held captive for supposed deliverance, as well as some fetish items, were taken from there by the police,” said Mr Ikpe-Ituama, who led a security team that raided the building.
200 Hours of 'New' Nixon Tapes Released
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 08:36 AM CST
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Mormon Missionaries Discover Sasquatch Footprint In British Columbia
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 11:41 AM CST
Two missionaries with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints received a scare on the night of Dec. 2 when they saw what they think was a set of sasquatch footprints outside of their Burns Lake home.Tyler Beck and Brad Blazzard are in B.C. for two years, rotating in different communities throughout the Smithers and Burns Lake area for the past seven months."The first thing we thought was that someone was playing a trick on us," Beck said."But we don't know anyone our age who would do that and our house in on the southside, so pretty much in the middle of nowhere."The footprints, which Beck said was about 20 inches long is right in front of Beck's porch, leading to the path where the pair keep their wood shed.Beck said prior to finding the footprint at 9:30 p.m. on the night of Dec. 2, he didn't really believe in the possibility of bigfoot."I still don't know what to think," he said. "I have heard some pretty ridiculous things about bigfoot but now I am leaning toward the edge of thinking it may be possible."The house sits in front of a lake and Beck said in the four-and-a-half months he has been there, he has seen all manner of coyotes and wolves. This is the first time he has seen any sign of the fabled creature.In addition to a rash of sightings in the Bulkley Valley in the summer and fall, Larry Sommerfield, a self-proclaimed sasquatch hunter from Terrace had a cast that he claimed was a sasquatch print.Sommerfield was reluctant to tell The Terrace Standard how he came into possession of the 16-inch long cast, except to say that it was made in mid-August from a footprint found in a gravel pit just east of the Kitselas First Nation's subdivision east of Terrace on Highway 16.Brian Vike, Director of HBCC UFO research is still trying to verify three sasquatch sightings in Moricetown.“Since I got the initial call, I’ve had no other information,” Vike told the Houston Today. “ As near as I can tell, the sightings all happened after the end of September but I have called and called but no one is calling me back.”The lady who called on the morning of Halloween, told Vike that there had been a rash of sightings on the native reserve. Unfortunately without talking to someone who could give a first-person account, Vike said the information is hearsay at best.Vike got the details from the first account from the woman’s mother.“Allegedly, she was walking out to the mailbox and this thing walked in front of her,” Vike said. “But I called and called and got nowhere so I am thinking this is a little fishy.”Another women apparently told friends that she had seen a sasquatch peeking in someone’s window.The last report allegedly involved a school bus driver who saw the creature standing in a field.A sighting in Houston in late July by Delores Harrie captured international media attention.Harrie saw the creature out at her home on Buck Flats Road on July 28.At 5:45 a.m. that morning, Harrie heard her dogs barking at the door. When she went down to investigate she saw that someone or something was rattling the door handle.She eventually opened the door and the dogs were out like a shot, sniffing out something on he east side of her property.When she looked out at the side of her house, she saw a creature that was walking on two legs.“It was huge and it had long hair, not fur — kind of like the kind you see on an ox and a reddish brown, the colour of the trees that are killed by the pine beetle,” said the woman. “And it moved so fast, by the time I opened my door it had run from the porch to the other side of the house.”Once outside, the dogs pursued the creature it continued along a dried-up ravine and disappeared into a forested area. Her oldest dog didn’t return for three hours.“I was worried but what do you do, tell people your dog is chasing bigfoot?” she asked. “I drove up and down the road, looking for him and eventually he came back.”After Harrie’s report, there was a report on Telkwa High Road and sightings in Campbell River."I have been here for almost five months trying to do good work and I end up with bigfoot prints in front of my house," Beck said.________________________________________________
New 'Dark Shadows' Movie Starts Filming Next Summer
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 11:29 AM CST
Carey Mansion on ABC's Dark Shadows seriesCollider.com talked to producer Richard D. Zanuck, who says that director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are making Dark Shadows next summer and that it's Tim's next project after Alice in Wonderland.The film, written by John August, is based on the cult '60s supernatural TV show created by Dan Curtis. Johnny Depp would play Barnabas Collins, the vampire patriarch of the series.With over 1,225 episodes, "Dark Shadows" was a highly atmospheric, spooky soap-opera that featured gothic horror staples like vampires, monsters, witches, werewolves, ghosts and zombies that ran from 1966 - 1971 and featured actor Jonathan Frid as Collins.
Meet the World's Oldest Living Creature
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 10:54 AM CST

The World's Weirdest Looking Bird!
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 10:26 AM CST
Whipper is a mutated budgie. "Budgie" is short for "budgerigar", the Australian term for the U.S. English word "Parakeet". There can be notable variations within the budgie Tribe and there are color mutations within his breed. But Whipper has been the only mutant of his kind. His most distinct mutation is the long curly plumage. Tragically rejected as a small fledgling, he grew up to be a pop star of New Zealand. He was born in Winton, Southland District, New Zealand.
The Final Chapter on O.J. Simpson...Conspiracy or Justice?
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 02:58 PM CST
Guilty on all counts" was the verdict of a Las Vegas jury which, ironically, came 13 years to the day after O.J. Simpson was acquitted on double murder charges in California. Although hardly "the trial of the century," this Las Vegas verdict may have been the beginning of the final chapter in a long history of legal cases starring O.J. Simpson.Arguably one of the greatest football running backs of all time, Simpson starred at USC, won the Heisman, played 10 years in the NFL and ultimately made it to the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame. After his sports career, Simpson became a TV and movie actor, as well as a popular pitchman for Hertz.As everyone will remember, Simpson played the starring role in the "trial of the century" which arose out of the 1994 brutal stabbing murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. The 1995 trial lasted for months and the drama unfolded before our eyes on TV with an all-star defense team, including Johnnie Cochran and F. Lee Bailey, winning a not-guilty verdict despite what appeared to be overwhelming evidence of Simpson's guilt.Not long after the not-guilty verdict, Ronald Goldman's family filed a civil wrongful death lawsuit. Unlike the criminal jury, the civil jury found Simpson liable for the murder of Ronald Goldman and ordered him to pay $33.5 million in damages, the vast majority of which remains unpaid.The Law Vegas case involved items of sports memorabilia that Simpson had lost when trying to hide them from seizure by the Goldman family to pay the wrongful death verdict. An associate of Simpson, Thomas Riccio, learned that memorabilia dealers who were staying at the Las Vegas Palace Station Hotel and Casino had some of the lost O.J. memorabilia. Riccio talked to Simpson and agreed to set up a "raid" in which a "purchase" would be arranged but, in reality, Simpson and others would retrieve the items.On Sept. 13, 2007, Simspon and several associates went to the Palace Station. Although the testimony was contradictory, witnesses who participated in the "raid" and who took plea bargains stated that Simpson told them to bring handguns and that the guns were pointed at the dealers during the raid. In addition, audiotapes of the raid included a voice which sounded like Simpson's saying "Don't let nobody out of this room. Mother f--, you think you can steal my s- and sell it."After the others involved in the raid cut deals with the prosecution and pled guilty to lesser charges, the charges filed against Simpson and his co-defendant, Clarence Stewart, included conspiracy (planning a crime with others), kidnapping (holding someone against their will), robbery (theft by means of force or threats), burglary (entering a home with the intent to commit a crime), assault with a deadly weapon and other charges. The theme of the prosecution's case against Simpson was that he planned and participated in the raid which involved holding people against their will with the use of handguns and the taking of personal property which included O.J. and other sports memorabilia. Simpson's defense, although he did not testify, tried to prove that Simpson was only retrieving his own personal property and that he did not know that guns were involved. Unlike at his double murder trial, Simpson did not have the all-star criminal defense team. His former defense attorney, Johnnie Cochran ("If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit") died in 2005 of an inoperable brain tumor.After weeks of testimony and the presentation of secret audio recordings, the Las Vegas jury found both Simpson and his co-defendant, Clarence Stewart, guilty on all 12 charges. Although appeals are pending, Simpson was immediately incarcerated and likely faces stiff sentencing, which is scheduled for December. The kidnapping conviction could result in a life sentence. Robbery has a mandatory two-year sentence and the other charges carry 1 to 6 year sentences.In reality, O.J. Simpson faces a minimum of 6 years in prison and will most likely receive a stiffer sentence. I will update this posting when the verdict is read, but the question is....was Simpson a victim of a conspiracy or did he receive justice?UPDATE: O.J. Simpson received a minimum of 9 years in prison with a maximum of 33 years.
Are Humans 80,000 Years Older Than Previously Thought?
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 09:54 AM CST
Modern humans may have evolved more than 80,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study of sophisticated stone tools found in Ethiopia. The tools were uncovered in the 1970s at the archaeological site of Gademotta, in the Ethiopian Rift Valley. But it was not until this year that new dating techniques revealed the tools to be far older than the oldest known Homo sapien bones, which are around 195,000 years old. Continued at National Geographic

Photos: UFOs Captured - Bucks County, Plumstead Township, Pa
Posted: 06 Dec 2008 11:47 AM CST
Witness statement: 3 objects with very bright white lights hovering for approximately 5 minutes (7:05 pm eastern time) in the near distance. Again approximately (9:45pm easter time) 1 object with bright white lights flying over a farm field not far from original sighting.12/5/08 approximately 7:05pm eastern time: My family was leaving for a night out when we noticed 3 very bright white lights in the near distance outside our front door of our home. I took some pictures (enclosed) with a digital camera but the zoom didn't do a very good job so the pictures look farther away then we actually seen with our naked eyes. We stood there and watched in amazement and wonder what exactly they were. All three object were hovering in a fixed spot and then one object would glide what seemed to be in a slow motion toward one of the others and stop and then distanced itself further and had colorful blinking lights and what sounded like a quite (helicopter propeller) like sound, but quieter. Because of the time and our prior commitment, we had to leave but we had plenty to talk about and thought maybe it was military related since a naval air base is located 10 to 15 miles south in Horsham, PA. 12/5/08 approximately 9:45pm eastern time: My family was returning home and seen just one object with the same exact description (bright white lights) and what looked to be a circular shape but was hard to make out because the lights were so bright and very close to the objects underbelly (which made the object look blurred to the naked eye) even my family members said they couldn't make it out for the same reasons, the bright lights were just so bright which made it look blurry. It was flying close to the ground over farm fields off of Stump & Haring Roads in Plumstead and after trying to follow it for a minute or two with our vehicle, it was gone into the crystal clear, star-lit sky.________________________________________________
Video: Old Government UFO Captures in Montana and Utah
Posted: 06 Dec 2008 11:10 AM CST
Video of probable former US Government secret UFO film captures disclosed for media and public. Not sure on the year but seems to be from the late 1950's, possible the early 1960's. Good stuff.________________________________________________
The Ghosts Onboard the USS Constellation
Posted: 06 Dec 2008 10:53 AM CST
The original USS Constellation was commissioned in 1797 and her history is long and bloody. The ship fought against the French, various gangs of pirates, slave traders, and other unsavory Barbary corsairs. It served in 5 major wars, from the Civil War through World War 2. It was finally retired in 1955, and permanently docked in Baltimore, Maryland. There’s not much left of the original ship, which was totally rebuilt in 1855, but enough that ghosts from the original vessel are still seen on her decks. Cries and moans have been heard in the hold, and witnesses have heard the sounds and felt the motion of unseen people running about. Late one evening a night watchman inspecting the ship's orlop (storage) deck with only a flashlight to lead him through this narrow area at the bottom of the ship was startled by a misty white light which appeared out of nowhere and became a sailor in an outdated uniform. He walked towards the watchman, who stood frozen to the spot as the ghost passed through him. Who was it? There are several possibilities.The Ghost of Neil HarveyHe was court-martialled by The Constellation’s first captain, Commodore Thomas Truxton, for cowardice. Truxton had Lieutenant Starrett, run his sword through the seaman. He then had Harvey’s wounded, but still living body tied to a cannon and blown to pieces as a warning to the rest of the crew. This was a brutal death, but a traditional one used by both the British and American navies in this era. Neil Harvey is the most frequently seen ghost aboard the Constellation. He often appears as a shimmering mass.The Ghost of Captain TruxtonOn a cold December night in 1955 close to midnight, Lt. Cmdr. Allen Ross Brougham and a friend set up a camera on the deck. After they "detected a faint scent in the air-a certain something not unlike gunpowder," before them appeared a "phosphorescently glowing, translucent ectoplasmic manifestation of a late Eighteenth Century or early Nineteenth Century sailor, complete with gold stripe trouser, cocked hat and sword." He quickly took a photo which was printed in the local paper a few days later. Some say this figure may be the stern Captain Truxton, who is also believed to haunt the ship.The Ghost of a Young BoyA young surgeon’s assistant was only age 11 when he was stabbed to death by two other sailors. According to Sybil Leek, a psychic who worked with Hans Holzer, he was murdered in the cockpit of the orlop deck.The Ghost of a Depressed SailorSaid to have been so overwhelmed by the harsh life at sea that he hung himself, he may be seen floating around and across the gun and forecastle deck.The Ghost of Carl HansenThis ship’s friendliest spirit, he was a night watchman who watched over the ship until an alarm system was installed in the mid 1960’s. He was a retired Royal navy cook, who clearly loved the ship. He has been seen on several occasions playing cards below deck. A frequently-told story about him tells of a priest who came aboard and not encountering any tour guides, went below alone. There he met an old sailor who proceeded to explain the workings of the ship to him. When he went back up to the deck, he encountered several tour guides who informed him that there was no one below. All hurried down, but no one was found. It has also been reported that he sat next to a young girl and smiled at her at a Sea Scout party.Today the historic vessel is docked at Pier 1 in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, where you can climb aboard and get a firsthand look at what life was like aboard and perhaps have a close encounter with her past.________________________________________________
Texas Couple Bit / Bludgeoned 13-Month-Old Girl to Death in Exorcism
Posted: 06 Dec 2008 09:48 AM CST
They claim they were trying to drive the demons out of the 13-month-old, but law enforcement officers say the bottom line is a Rusk County couple bludgeoned the little girl to death with a hammer and other objects and bit her more than 20 times in the most grotesque murder the seasoned officers can remember.Blaine Keith Milam, 19 and Jesseca Bain Carson, 18, both of Henderson, remain jailed on $2 million bonds each. They are charged with capital murder for the Tuesday morning death of Carson’s daughter Amora Bain Carson.Lt. Reynold Humber said Rusk County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers received a 911 call from a home at 13717 County Road 2125 shortly after 10:35 Tuesday morning that a child was not breathing.“When the first deputies arrived, Champion EMS was on the scene and they told the deputies the child was deceased and there were suspicious circumstances,” Humber said during a press conference Wednesday at the RSCO just moments after the couple was arraigned on the charges.When the detectives entered the residence they found Amora on the floor in a bedroom and they immediately knew they had a homicide.Humber said the couple told detectives multiple stories of how the child suffered the injuries, including a fabricated auto accident and then a story of how the child was attacked by the family’s dogs. The couple then told investigators they had left the child unattended and someone else must have gone into the home and harmed the child. Carson and Milam even said the child beat herself in the head with the hammer.“They had multiple stories they went through before they told us they had beaten the child to death,” he said. “It is their version of the truth.”Humber said the couple then told deputies the child was possessed and they were trying to rid her of demons.An arrest affidavit states Milam performed an exorcism of the demons possessing their child. The affidavit continues to state after Milam killed the child with Carson looking on the couple “drove to Henderson to pawn some items to pay for an exorcism.”Officials said Milam and Carson told detectives they decided to hire a priest after the exorcism went badly.However, Humber said there was no information of any clergy being called to the home.As the couple waited for arraignment on the charges, Carson crossed her arms and silently sobbed. Milam casually looked around the courtroom then occasionally looked back at his hand where he had a visible bite mark.Milam was sentenced in August of this year on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child and received a probated sentence. He has also been arrested on charges of causing a disturbance and assault/family violence.Humber said Carson graduated as an honor student last year and she seemed very intelligent and added she had not been in any trouble with police.When asked if he bought the couple’s story about what happened, Humber replied, “The child had been beaten so much we couldn’t tell how many times it was hit and then there were more than 20 bite marks on her body. The bottom line regardless of any stories is that they killed that sweet little innocent child.”
Biologist Finds 88 lb. Chinook Salmon in California
Posted: 06 Dec 2008 09:33 AM CST
It was just a routine day at work for biologist Doug Killam - until he pulled this whopping 4ft-long salmon out of a Californian creek

Photos: UFO Captured Over McLennan County, Texas - Dec.7, 2008
Posted: 07 Dec 2008 12:48 PM CST
Witness statement: My 14 yr old son and I were driving home from a HS football game in Dallas. We were south bound on I-35 between West and Elmott when I noticed an odd light in the sky. It was almost due south according to the compass in my truck. It was about a hand width above the horizon. It was a spot of light that was irregular in shape and to the naked eye appeared to be changing both shape and color. It cycled through the pastel colors (light blue, light green, light yellow, light purple and light pink). I brought it to my son's attention to see if he could see the same thing. After watching it for a few miles he described it much as I did above. As we were passing through Elmott I estimated that it was directly above James Conally Airport. At one point I thought it might be a sheriff's chopper with a spotlight. I figured we would be passing it on our left as we travelled further south. We did not. It was either moving away from us or it was stationary and much further away than I had estimated.As we approached the north side of Waco I decided we could get a better look if I hopped on Loop 340 which circles Waco to the West and South. It also takes us out of the city lights. As we rounded the loop headed toward Robinson it became apparent that it was much further away than I had thought. It was however still to the south but it did seem slightly lower to the horizon (about two fingers at arms length). All the while it continued to cycle randomly through the pastels and seemed to continuosly change shape to the naked eye. It never appeared to be round or symetrical in any way. We turned off on FM3400 and followed it to the south until we reached Downsville road approx 4-5 miles from the loop. As it became apparent that we werent getting any closer I decided to pull over so we could get a better look. Standing still made no difference. It still changed shape and color. The sky was clear and full of stars and a half moon. Nothing else in the sky came close in appearance. I would say it was 2 to 4 times brighter than the next brightest star. We watched it for about 5 minutes. It never really appeared to move. It just twisted and turned and changed color. From time to time I thought I could see faint light beams radiating out from it but I couldn't be sure. We then decided to go home and get my small spotting scope out. Sure enough we still had a good view of it from our back yard. Again it appeared staionary from that vantage. Through the scope it looked somewhat different. It appeared to have a solid shape but irregular like a rough tear drop shape on a 45 degree slant. You could still see the color changes clearly but it was really tough to focus and hold it in frame.I decided to take some pictures so I got my Sony DSC-H1 and a tripod and took multiple pictures on multiple settings. I also took a couple of short MPG's which show the color changes very well. Most of the pictures are fuzzy but there are a few that are very interesting. They look stringy or like squiggles I assumed that was from the vibration from me pushing the shutter button. I had recalled seeing a few stills on the news from the Stephenville sightings earlier this year. I pulled them up on my computer to show my son. Actually it was a video on You Tube by David Caron. Both my son and I agree that they are a perfect match. Anyway, we quit watching it and came inside because it was getting cold. It was still in the same location doing its thing at about 2:30 a.m. Can you guys let me know if it is a known object? I don't see anything on the star chart that should be there.________________________________________________
The Wanstead Beast Sightings: Ghosts of Creatures Past?
Posted: 07 Dec 2008 11:54 AM CST
Over the last few weeks a few strange whispers have emerged from the woods of Wanstead concerning the possible sighting of a bear-like creature. The animal was first sighted during early November 2008 by 18-year-old angler Michael Kent who was fishing with his brother and father in the Hollow Ponds area of Epping Forest, on the border of Wanstead and Leytonstone.The teenager claimed that whilst walking towards his brother’s swim, he heard a rustling in the bushes and saw the back of a dark, hairy animal around four-foot in height, that scampered off into the woods.Local press heard about the story and for some strange reason asked whether Bigfoot was on the loose, giving the story a comical tale. However, a woman from the Love Lane area of Woodford Bridge, claimed she’d been left shaken after seeing a similar hairy beast in broad daylight which she described as having large feet, and standing around four-feet in height. The creature then leapt over a wall. Unfortunately, details of the sighting were rather vague and so such an incident will no doubt be relegated to the realms of folklore.Despite local wildlife officials stating it was not possible for bears to be on the loose locally, we only have to look back to 1981 and Hackney Marshes for a very similar story. On December 27, as a white quilt of snow lay heavy over the fields, a 13-year-old Tommy Murray and friends were fleeing from what they described as, ‘…a giant great growling hairy thing’, which left strange tracks on the virgin snow.More than fifty policemen with dogs, accompanied by marksmen, and a helicopter fluttering overhead, scoured the open spaces. Experts concluded that the tracks found were indeed made by a bear but no such animal was flushed out. The chief inspector at the time commented, ‘Although I didn’t see the boys myself, I’m reliably informed that they were very frightened by what they saw. They were not hoaxers, although, of course, they may have been hoaxed…I saw three sets of prints that to me were strange. One of the prints was on an island which had a perimeter fence and a locked gate. All three were on virgin snow and could not have been made by a hoaxer because no other prints were near them or led to or from them.’The small scare echoed reports from the previous year when two bear corpses were discovered on the River Lea at hackney. The animals had been decapitated and skinned but no-one knows just where they came from.Is it possible such elusive forms were phantom bears, ghosts from areas that once participated in bear baiting? At Chelsea’s Cheyne Walk, several bears of varying colour are said to haunt, whilst in the Tower of London a spectral bear was said to prowl and in 1817 to have frightened to death a sentry of the Jewel Room, whose bayonet passed right through the creature without effect. The guard was able to give his account before dying of shock shortly after.________________________________________________
Strange and Weird: Real-Life Cases of Mass Hysteria
Posted: 07 Dec 2008 11:02 AM CST
If you’re an avid movie watcher, you’ve probably come across some pretty weird urban legends and myths. What’s amazing is that oftentimes real-life occurrences of mass hysteria, spurred on by mass psychogenic illness or collective obsessional behavior are much more bizarre and scary than fictional myths. These anomalous phenomena occur just like other natural phenomena and have long-lasting psychological and often fatal effects on the victims. Unusual as they are, similarly absurd phenomena are observed in animals and plants as well.200+ Years of Witch Hunts, Trials and ExecutionsMost common in the Early Modern period (1480 to 1700) in Europe, witch hunts were one of the most popular and widespread forms of mass hysteria, resulting in legally sanctioned witchcraft trials and mob lynchings of many unfortunate people. The practice was so widespread that in later years absurdity of these accusations caused the term to adopt a connotation of malicious false accusations and persecution such as the anti-communist accusations during the McCarthy era.The Dancing Plague of 1518In July 1518 in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, a large number of people spontaneously started dancing for days without rest over a period of one month. Most of the people ended up dying due to heart attacks, strokes, or exhaustion. The plague started with one woman, in a matter of a few days that number increased to 34, and within a month to 400. To this day the cause of the mass hysteria is unknown.The War of the Worlds Martian InvasionAdapted from H. G. Wells’ famous novel The War of the Worlds, a Halloween radio broadcast on October 30, 1938 directed and narrated by Orson Welles caused thousands of listeners to believe that an actual Martian invasion was taking place (the fact that the environment was already generally hostile, leading up to the war, didn’t help). The hour-long radio broadcast was narrated in a news bulletin format, without any commercial breaks, causing many in the audience to be afraid while many others actually panicked, reporting that they could smell poison gas or see lightening flashes in the distance. According to some historians, approximately 6 million people heard the broadcast, 1.7 million thought it was true, and out of those, 1.2 million were actually frightened.The Tanganyika Laughter EpidemicThis laughter epidemic started in a Tanzanian village in 1962. Starting with an innocent joke in a boarding school, the resulting laughter is said to have perpetuated itself and spreading to thousands of people. The laughter, some people claim was incapacitating. Other symptoms included respiratory problems, fainting, pain, and weirdly enough, crying attacks. The phenomenon lasted for about 18 months.The Halifax Slasher IncidentOn November 1938, Halifax, England, a week-long scare was started after 2 people falsely claimed to have been attacked by a man with a mallet. In the days that followed, more reports of attacks by this ‘mysterious man’ started popping up. The situation got so serious that the Scotland Yard had to step in to help the police and get to the bottom of these reports. Several people were mistakenly identified as the slasher and consequently beaten up by angry mobs and matters escalated to a point where most businesses in the city were shutdown and people were afraid to leave their homes. On November 29, one of the original alleged victims admitted that he had made the story up, causing many others to also confess and leading to 5 people being charged with public mischief out of which 4 were eventually sent to prison.Strawberries With Sugar Soap Opera DiseaseMorangos com Açúcar is a famous Portuguese youth soap opera in its sixth season right now, and is popular in predominantly among children and teenagers because of its depiction of adventures of Portuguese youth. In May 2006, over 300 students across 14 different schools began reporting symptoms matching those of the characters on the show, including rashes, respiratory difficluties and more, causing many schools to shut down. The ‘disease’ was ultimately dubbed mass hysteria by the Portuguese National Institute for Medical Emergency.The Misanthropic Monkey-Man of DelhiThe story of this monkey-man is widespread in India though still remains a cryptid. Starting in May 2001, people started reporting that a strange monkey-man was attacking them at night. Descriptions of the monkey-man vary a great deal, with some believing him to be an avatar of a Hindu god, while others believe he is an Indian version of Bigfoot, and some even believing that he is a cyborg that can be deactivated if you throw water on its motherboard. The alleged victims include numerous people attaacked by the monkey-man, including one pregnant women, and a few others who were attacked by an angry mob which believed them to be the monkey-man.The Revenge of Kuchisake-OnnaKuchisake-onna, or Slit-Mouth Woman, is a Japanese mythological legend that tells the story of an unfortunate woman whose face was mutilated by a jealous husband, and who returns as an angry spirit hell bent on taking revenge by inflicting similar wounds on others. As with any good urban legend, rumors started circulating in 1979 about Kuchisake-onna sightings, then again in 2004, and again in 2007.The Hindu Milk MiracleThe Hindu milk miracle was first observed on September 21, 1995. A worshiper in a south-Delhi temple made a routine offering of milk to a statue of a Hindo god, and the liquid disappeared from the bowl, appearenly sucked in by the trunk of the statue. In a matter of few hours, the word spread that a similar phenomenon could be replicated with statues all over North India. Similar ‘miracles’ were also reported on in 2006.Genital Retraction SyndromeGenital Retraction Syndrome is a form of mass hysteria where people are overcome with the belief that their genitals (most commonly penises and breasts) are shrinking, or retracting into the body. Sometimes people even believe that they may spontaneously disappear. Such panics have occurred in many different places in the world, but most commonly in Africa in Asia. The panics are noticably more common in places with lower standards or provision of eductaion and where the local understanding of science and biology are lacking.The 2006 Mumbai Sweet Seawater IncidentIn 2006, residents of Mumbai claimed and began reporting that the water at one of the most polluted creeks in India, the Mahim Creek, had turned sweet. The claim, as ridiculous as it sounds considering that the creek receives thousands of tonnes of raw sewage and industrial waste every day, caused many to drink the water and save it in plastic bottles for later consumption.________________________________________________
UFO Hovering Over St. Edmundsbury Cathedral Causes Power Blackout
Posted: 07 Dec 2008 10:46 AM CST
Last Saturday night a slightly luminous grey UFO was reported to police in the historic town of Bury St Edmunds in the United Kingdom. The UFO was seen spinning and hovering over the St Edmundsbury Cathedral by a townsman. Now it has emerged that the UFO was also seen by a staff member of the Cathedral. Sarah Friswell, the Cathedrals visitor officer, noted that the topic of the mysterious craft had come up in a staff meeting and one of the staff members confessed to also witnessing the rather clear UFO of a very ‘Classical’ appearance.More interestingly the sighting was accompanied by unusual power cuts, confirmed by the Cathedral administration, that could not be explained by the local electricity provider. Many have claimed that such sightings are in fact pranks by hobbyists involving RC flying models, yet the power cut seems to somewhat disprove this theory as it is unlikely any hobbyist could pull such a feat off.Also interesting is the historic significance of the town Bury St Edmunds. The town is said to be the place where the idea of the Magna Carta was born and hence a birthplace of modern democracy. The town is also the burial place of a number of ancient Saxon Kings and was once regarded as a place of miracles. Overall Bury St Edmunds in the county of Suffolk, just outside London, is regarded as one of the UK's great historic towns.All this begs the question, are visitors from space interested in our history and going on tours of places of historical significance? After all this is not the first sighting in this area in recent months. The more pessimistic amongst ufologists have a far more worrying theory: The aliens might be documenting our history prior to putting into action a plan that will either end it altogether or change in forever.________________________________________________
Videos: The Pinatubo Monster - SciFi 'Destination Truth'
Posted: 08 Dec 2008 06:36 PM CST
If you live in a Filipino village with an economy primarily based on fishing, it could present quite a problem if five monsters suddenly show up in your water keeping everybody land-locked out of fear. Some say this is what caused the current world-wide economic meltdown. Others claim we just made that up right now.Still others claim five snake-like black beasts did show up in the local waters of a Philippine island of Luzon.In November of 2002 a Filipino boy reported seeing a big black creature swimming near his village. He thought he was seeing a log until the thing moved - showing off a little more of its shape. The description now given it is that it looked like a cross between a catfish and a shark. The boy screamed, bringing other locals to his aid - but the creature was gone.About two months later a a whole bunch of people reported seeing the same thing at the same time - a creature measuring three feet wide and seven feet long. Their description was that the creature seemed to be rolling as it swam down stream.Pandemonium ensued. As the website American Monsters puts it:“Although there are no accounts of malicious river monsters in any Aeta lore, the tribal leaders have taken drastic actions in order to avoid any civilian casualties. In the small village of Labuan, children are no longer allowed to bathe or play in the river and men and women have ceased fishing altogether, forcing the members of their community to subsist on a diet whose sole source of protein consists of captured frogs.”Via a local newspaper tribal leaders requested the Philippine government to send a scientist for the purpose of getting their people mostly off of the all-frog diet. Their request was granted, and without seeing anything, said scientist determined a school of fish was causing the madness.Not much of an answer, right? Well don’t fret - the Sci Fi channel is on it. Their show Destination Truth reportedly investigated things. They didn’t find anything either. Now you can fret.Lastly - there is at least one strange guess as to where the creatures came from. There is an abandoned gold mine relatively close to the village with the sightings. While it was operating it dumped tons of mercury into the water. According to PinatuboMonster.com:“Another theory often disregarded is that the Pinatubo Monster is the product of toxic waste dumped into the river creating new mutant hybrid creatures…Since the locals have stopped fishing for safety reasons, we have yet to hear of any reports of fish being toxic or causing birth defects in villages.”________________________________________________
Video: Brightly Lit Saucer-Shaped UFO - Fellingsbro, Sweden
Posted: 08 Dec 2008 01:12 PM CST
Video of a very unusual UFO taken over Fellingsbro, Sweden. No other information was provided.________________________________________________
Video: Blue Flashing UFO Over Bloomingdale, Illinois - 11/15/08
Posted: 08 Dec 2008 01:06 PM CST
Witness states: Video footage of UFO seen in Bloomingdale, Illinois. This footage was sent to the Air Force but was returned to me with a letter stating "this is not a matter subject of the statutory jurisdiction of the United States Air Force."________________________________________________
Video: UFO Captured Over Kaufman, Texas - November 30, 2008
Posted: 08 Dec 2008 12:50 PM CST
Witness reports: I caught this object on 11-30-2008, at 2:39 pm here in Kaufman Texas. This day was very nice to be skywatching. I hope you liked the last video I made for you of the objects I caught on Thanksgiving. This one may be just as good also. I took three burst shots of this area and the object only showed up in the second photo.______________________________________________ This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now
Anti-Whaling Activists Face Arrest By Japan
Posted: 08 Dec 2008 12:30 PM CST
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Video: UFO 'Fleet' Over Mexico City - November 3, 2008
Posted: 08 Dec 2008 11:25 AM CST
Impressive UFO 'fleet' captured over Mexico City on November 3, 2008 by Arturo Robles Gil________________________________________________

Video: UFO Over Grand Haven, Michigan
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 12:30 PM CST
Witness statement: On November, 28th 2008 at 11:28 PM Tom Maat & Amberrose Hammond called me out on the deck where they were talking to look at what they were looking at. I was on the couch watching the film “Police Academy” when they called me. I came out on the deck and they pointed out what they were seeing for me to cooberate with them. Tom Maat & Amberrose Hammond had been watching this for about 3 minutes before I came out. We all saw an object floating in the sky through the tree line in front of us. It was flying in all sorts of random patterns within, from our vantage point, at least a mile distance from left to right. It was very difficult to discern the distance it was away from us, but upon further inspection after the event, we drove out to the approximate area we think it was hovering and it was about 2 miles southwest from where we saw it from. We watched it for about five minutes and Tom Maat grabbed his camera to take some video and pictures. Tom started filming at 11:33 PM and filmed until 11:36 PM. The craft continuously just kept flying in erratic patterns randomly up and down and from side to side. I note that it was also doing “dive-bombs” back and forth kind of like a skateboarder does on a “half-pipe” styled ramp when they ride it. Tom Maat also took some still photos capturing the anomaly in a couple of the frames. It seemed to disappear at around 11:37 PM. We still stood and watched the sky and then it came back after about five minutes. This time, while it was still doing all the random maneuvers it seemed to get a little closer to us and saw some detail. I saw red, white, and green light emitting from it. I could not see any type of shape but Amberrose noted it looked like a rectangle. . This lasted for about another 5 minutes and then the object disappeared.________________________________________________
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Alien Contactee: Reptilians on the Beach
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 12:01 PM CST
My name is Bonnie Jean Hamilton and I am a life-long alien contactee. I have had many experiences, both positive and negative as well as run-ins with military psychics and the secret government or illuminati.Now that people are starting to wake up to the true nature of our so-called reality, I thought I would write this short article about my one and only conscious experience with the reptilians. What I normally do is meet the star people or aliens in an altered state of consciousness. This is where alien visitations take place. Although these experiences are very real, they are not purely physical in nature but can manifest physical anomalies. This particular encounter occurred on a beach along the Atlantic Coast of the United States late at night on April 25, 1993. At first, I believed I was completely alone, so I was simply enjoying the night air and the soft crashing of the ocean waves. As I stood facing the water, I noticed some movement to my left.I turned and focused my vision to see a group of people up the beach from me, perhaps a kilometer away. I certainly hadn't expected to see anyone else there, so I became curious and began to walk in their direction. They noticed me about the same time and began to walk in my direction as one unit. As we got closer to each other, I realized there were about six people in this group. I could tell they were fairly tall and of a slim, athletic build, all about the same size. I soon noticed that none of them had hair and they were all dressed in what appeared to be military fatigues (camouflage tan and green BDUs and tan vests with many pockets). They wore no shirts under their vests. Though their general appearance was humanoid and they walked on two legs, they were clearly not human; their skin was mostly green and they moved with a sharp, keen alertness more akin to the movement of nervous iguanas. I was not frightened at all, just curious, so I kept walking toward them. When we were about ten yards from each other, the group stopped and I stopped as well. I could see that they were all male and apparently soldiers of some sort. We stared at each other. I could clearly discern their reptilian appearance, their reluctance to approach me, the hesitation, and the nervousness. It felt dangerous. When I am out exploring different states of consciousness and levels of reality, I am open to whatever I might discover, and I always attempt to maintain a calm, happy disposition no matter the circumstance. At the time of meeting the reptilians, I kept a happy smile on my face as I always do when meeting new people. I guess sometimes I’m just like a child. The reptilian leading the group came forward, toward me, and I continued walking at my regular pace toward him. Our eyes connected and did not disengage during the entire incident. I remained alert and aware throughout the event. The remainder of his group stayed behind. He and I continued to approach each other until we were less than one yard apart.He stood at least six foot tall, medium build, no hair, eyes the same size as mine but a brightly colored yellow with dark vertical slits, and his skin was rough and scaly with a greenish-brown hue. We studied each other briefly in silence. While I was delighted to be in the presence of a species new to me, he was confused and discontented. He did not seem like a nice person to me; in fact, my first impression was that he considered me a lesser being and was puzzled as to how I had the courage to approach him. I got the feeling I was not supposed to be there or, at least, he was confused as to why or how I had gotten there. Perhaps he was not accustomed to encountering reality jumpers like me.As we looked intently into each other’s eyes, I knew he was accessing a computer bank in his mind; one that was not his individual database, but a group mind sharing the same knowledge. Quite suddenly, his expression changed (and I first saw this in his eyes) to one of contemptuous tolerance. In other words, there was some reason he was forced to tolerate my presence, but he was not happy about it. Accessing that database in his mind gave him the information he sought and then he knew me by name. With recognition, he said, "Oh, Hello Bonnie,” and we shook hands while he frowned contemptuously. My eyes never left his and his eyes never left mine. I smiled, as I always do, and turned around to walk away. He also turned back to his group and they walked up the beach away from me.________________________________________________
Rock Throwing Poltergeists - Video
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:19 AM CST
I was reading on Cryptomundo Loren Coleman’s post about the possibility of cases where rocks, inexplicably are thrown around a certain area, either towards a person, house or randomly, could be linked to Bigfoot, or Sasquatch.Rock (or any object) throwing poltergeist activities have been recorded for ages. (hence the origin of the word poltergeist; “noisy spirit”). Mr. Coleman makes a good point about the possibility that most of these cases could be the product of a Bigfoot throwing rocks, which is a rudimentary technique that most apes use.It could be a vice-versa thing. Where people in the woods who experience rocks being hurdled at them or their homes are victims of a poltergeist and not a Bigfoot.I remember this story I read about awhile back. About a ghost of a child that would play mischievous pranks on the owners of a repair shop. The case was heavily witnessed by scores of customers and even some insurance agents that were investigating a break-in to the shop. The famous paranormal investigator Maurice Grosse ( “Endfield” poltergeist) heavily documented this case, as well as another professor. The following video deals with Pete the Poltergeist:A 2nd video is available HERE________________________________________________
Canada Coroner Matches Pair of Mysterious 'Washed Up' Feet
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:55 AM CST
A coroner has matched a pair of dismembered female feet that mysteriously washed up on the shores of British Columbia.The British Columbia coroner said Friday it had matched a female right foot discovered on Canada's West coast in November with a left foot discovered in May. Both were encased in New Balance running shoes.They were among five feet that have mysteriously floated ashore along the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland since August 2007.A sixth foot was found on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula about 30 miles west of Port Angeles in August. The peninsula is separated from B.C.'s Vancouver Island by the Strait of Juan de Fuca.All six feet were found in athletic shoes."In all cases, these remains appear to have naturally separated from the body," said the B.C. Coroners Service.DNA testing linked one of the Canadian feet to a depressed man who disappeared in 2007. Investigators have also concluded that two of the five feet belonged to one man who has not yet been identified.Experts say that when a human body is submerged in the ocean, the arms, legs, hands, feet and head usually come off the body. The Coroners Service said it is difficult to determine how long remains have been in the water.The Coroners Service uses physical characteristics and DNA analysis of the feet to establish a profile. Those profiles are maintained in a provincial database for future comparisons.Police have said they are reviewing almost 300 missing persons files to try to match up the feet.
Photo: The Purple Frog of Western India
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:44 AM CST
The Purple frog (or Pignose frog), discovered just five years ago in western India, likely escaped detection because it lives underground, emerging for just two weeks during the monsoon season. Distinguished by a pointed snout, it’s related to a family of frogs now found only on the Seychelles islands, which split from India 100 million years ago.Unlike many other burrowing species of frogs that emerge and feed above the ground, this species has been found to forage underground feeding mainly on termites using their tongue and a special buccal groove. They show inguinal amplexus when mating afloat in temporary rainwater pools.

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Rods, sometimes known as Sky Fish or Solar Entities, are a rather new entry in the field of cryptozoology. They are said to be creatures which flit about in the air at such a high speed as to not be seen by the naked eye.
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I am slightly disabled and many think that most of the things that went on around me I have made up. I am willing to state when I was vary sleepy or not sure if this happened or not. It might be in my mind only. There has been other things that happened when I was wide a wake and knew it was real some even saw the same things I did. Some came up with their own ideas of what they saw where while others refused to except them as being something strange and they just said they where not going to look into it and walked away ignoring it.
About me I was born dead. I got a milled case of Cerebral Palsy with organic brain damage. Big words that mainly mean that do to my being dead I did not get air to my brain fast enough and some of it died and was damaged and I am trying to deal with life with a damaged brain. Just because my brain is damaged dose not mean that I cant see things that are real and the fact that some times others where involved just adds to the fact that we cant all be seeing something that was not real. To this day and age I am still experiencing things but not as much as when I was younger. I am no expert on what strange things our atmosphere can do to light waves and all the other odd things that might pop up like ball lightning. I am willing to state what I know really happened and I am willing to stand behind it and put my hand on the bible and say that this really happened. I will even relate the things that I am not sure really happened and state that I only thought back over the incidents and this pop into my head as I was thinking about it and I am not sure that that is real or that my mind trying to put some understanding to things and made it up some how. I will even stand behind what others have told me about things that went on with them and how I feel that they where not joking about this stuff. I will not repeat stuff that seem more of a joke by the jerks who told me what they saw. Sorry I only will talk about the real things that came from those I knew where not joking around and I will talk about the things that IA saw and did and know are real and will talk about the things I am not sure are real or not but I will always make sure that when talking about the stuff I know for sure and the stuff I may have made up years later that there is a deference and that I will be sure that those I am talking with know that. I am also open to what people who are experts on the things that go on in the sky with weather and light bending to see if they have any answerers that this could be something that was miss identified or something that happens but is rear to happen. In the end all I can do is say what I know and willing to listen to others and let them make up their minds as to except what I say and how I say it and make up their own minds I do not have time now to go into all I know and saw and heard. I also don't have time to go into the stuff that I am not sure of I don't have time to go through the stuff I was told by others either. I will take 3 things and let you read them and be willing to talk about more. stuff at an other time.
First is something real that happened.
I have forgotten the date but it was mid October of 92. It was late out and while the sky was vary clear there was no moon. It happened at 18882 Dodd Blvd just a few miles north of the town or city as it likes to be called Lakeville MN 55044. At that time and area there was more farmland then homes. Still there where a few homes in the area. Not like now. I was pulling out of the driveway that ran from my home as that is where I was. I was going some place. The road runs kind of north to south. I say kind of as there are many little curves and it does not run straight north and south. My drive way ran east to west from the road to the house,
I was facing west at the end of the drive way. I was going to turn onto the road. I wanted to be sure nothing was coming. I was about to take off onto the road and I stopped. I spotted a black object that was blotting out the stars behind it moving roughly West to east with a little angle so it looked like some type of north west to south east track. I did not look at my watch or keep track of time. It seemed to be several minuets to me and maybe have been as long as 5 minuets. I have had it happen to me where Something odd happened and I was having trouble dealing with it where my mind took seconds and made them into minuets. So this could have happened that night as the thing seemed to be going fast. I am no good at distance sizes and speeds and all that other stuff. I only know that I felt sure the first few moments of the sighting that the thing was coming at me. I came to this as it was getting higher in the sky and bigger by blocking out more stars. When the thing passed over head OK not really straight over my head but close enough. The thing was bigger then the whole Acer of ground my home sat on. I saw rings as I call them on the bottom. The outer ring was definitely the out line of the thing as it was black and blotted out the stars. Now this is your classic saucer almost so coming at me from the was I saw it it appeared to be domed on tip. From under it looked disk shaped. This black band was thick enough so you could see it. Now the only place I saw any lights was under it. As it passed close to over head. It had 8 lights though. 4 outer and 4 inner. Inside of this dark ring was the first light ring as I call it. It was 4 big lights that would be several feet wide by several feet long. They curved with the craft perfectly. Red, yellow . blue and green. There was like 4 dark spokes separating them. They could have been a few inches or a foot or so depending on how high it was. Inside the first light ring there was a second dark ring. I could also make out that it was extending from the bottom like a large straw or tube hanging down. I am not sure by how much but it looked to be taller then a man. I do know this tube was more the size of my house acrostic. Just like the larger lights there was a row around the ring to of 4 lights the same colors as the outer lights but smaller and it looked like someone had turned the tube as they did not line up excitedly right with the bigger lights. In side this was an other disk of black. Note going over it in my head a few days later trying top think what it could be I felt this final inner part that was black also extended out but will not stat that as fact. I saw no other lights and saw no nose. wings or tail like a plan and it was moving faster then most plans and also made no sound.

Case 2 this is something like what I am talking about when I say that my mind might have made this up.
I don't know what date or month it was but was some time after my seeing the disk and 1996 as my grandmother was alive and she died in 96 I do recall talking to her about it. I was sleeping and real tired. I rolled over in my bed to get into a more comfortable position of laying. I had been a sleep who knows how long and still dark out and I had a night light on. Well when I rolled I went to adjust the pillows and the blankest's. While doing this my eyes popped open for a few moments and then I calmly went back to sleep and slept vary well. Witch I should not have done. See with the night light on and my eyes open for a moment I looked around and there standing next to my bed was one of throes gray little people with the big black eyes standing there looking at me. I will not say it really happened because I was vary tired and went back to sleep. I have heard of people who where half a sleep having some dream that seemed real to them. I do know I like to watch shows and read books on Ghosts/ U F O's and Bigfoot and just maybe my dream mind popped one of throes things down next to my bed and I thought it was really there. I don't think I will ever be sure.

Case 3 is something someone told me that I think really happened.
I am not sure abbot the conditions or the weather or the except spot. My grandmother was born in 1913 and when she was a kid some where like 7 to 15 or so Her family had a farm near St. Catherans lake. A small lake in Scott county that is some 10 or 20 miles from where I now live in Lakeville MN. At that time they and many other framers left their pigs out in the AM to run wiled and find their own food and water. Late in the afternoon they go round up the pigs. The pigs had found the green grass and whatever else growing in a small swamp on the shore of the lake to be the best. So only 2 or 3 of the kids where sent out to look for the pigs and hurdy them back to the pen for the night. This day my grand mother and an older sister where sent out. When they got to the swamp some type of bright light that they never saw before scared the life out of them. They ran home and told their older brother. Now they had been living around this lake and swamp for many years and should know what swamp gas is and looks like. I cant sat though as I was not there. When he head what they said he got his best rife and ran to the swamp. Many hours later he came back scared to death shaking all dirty and cloths messed up and he did not have his rife with him. He never went back to look for it noire did he ever tell anyone what happened there.


Well that is it. I am not trying to make anything up and there are lots more odd stuff that I can talk about. I will not here. I will E-mail you some every so often when I gave time. You can post them or whatever. I am also willing to chat on the U F O chat room when I can and I am willing to let others who want to IM me or E-mail me their thoughts about this stuff and anything they like. I am looking for friends and have many interests and This strange stuff that science don't look to well at is just one of them. Have a great day Jeff
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In that message that did not get sent to you, I mentioned a friend of mine and an organize he refers to as the UFO Hunters.

He was outside with his camera, shooting the night sky, as he does frequently; an image appeared on his camera, in two separate frames, that made him run inside and hide under his blanket...as he described it! The energy followed him inside and he claims he could feel it from his hiding place. At one point, he said he peeked out from the covers and viewed [it] leave toward the end of the hall; he noticed his three cats were looking in that same direction. He is 33 yrs old and otherwise appears to be stable and a 'normal' person. We have had many conversations re 'other' intelligence known to him; and the possibility of such beings. This is the first time he has revealed any thing of substance, to me. He is also financially well-to-do and I have known him for over 20 yrs.

I had a look at these images, and, although I viewed a phone video representation of the original, it looked like a face similar to the impression of what someone is claiming was left by Christ on his shroud. I could not clearly make out the other image in the photo; but my friend claims it is another face of smaller beings...a side view. My friend claims that someone from England offered an undisclosed sum of money; upward of $10,000, and a lab set up for my friend to continue to explore the sky.

It seems he has not used this camera since, and it is safely locked up somewhere with the images still in it's memory card.

I don't see how shooting the night sky could produce these images on his camera. There is no impression of any star streaks or any other anything in the frames.

He does not need...or seem to even want the money...or the fame.

He believes some life form is scheduled to appear, at some time, here on Earth.
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Dave...hope you are feeling well enough to pass this along. The alien children got a message through to me via the chip in my head. Long story. Anyway the aliens have been here drilling oil for centuries. They are making high powered rocket fuel out of it. Never imagined they needed oil. That's what the fight is really about. You can see where this is going. All they need do is play "God" to us and we fight....enough said. We weren't in the way until recently. We started using up the oil reserves. We are in the way of things. Really bad for us. I know people think I'm crazy but there seems to be more to it. Take it into consideration. That's all I know.
Take care Dave
Bandi

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Was the Ghost of Caylee Anthony Caught on Video?
Caylee Anthony's ghost appears on tape in an interview with Fox News. Watch at the end of the vid during an interview clip with George and Cindy. She appears behind George and is caught on camera.

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Teenage Hangs Herself During Vivid Dream, Thought Her Flat Was Haunted By Previous Tenant

A teenager may have hanged herself while sleepwalking after becoming ‘spooked’ by stories of a recent suicide in her flat, an inquest heard. Carissa Glenn, 18, told her family she was having repeated nightmares about a woman who had apparently hanged herself in the rented apartment.Miss Glen, who had a history of sleepwalking episodes in which she acted out her dreams, was found dead after hanging herself in her bathroom in the middle of the night.A coroner returned an open verdict because it was unclear whether she had deliberately hanged herself or did so accidentally in her sleep.Yesterday, her mother Lusia Glenn, 59, said: ‘We think she was in a semi-conscious, dream-like state when it happened.‘Carissa had heard rumours of a woman who hanged herself in the flat and it really got to her. She started saying she could feel her presence or sense her.’The teacher added: ‘She would never do anything like this on purpose. She must have sleepwalked and acted out her dream – she used to all the time.‘She began having dreams about this woman. She told me she was so spooked by it that she hated going back to her flat at night.’ Miss Glenn moved from her home in Leeds to St Ives, Cornwall, after finishing her A-levels to be with friends she had met on family holidays.She moved into the flat but soon after was told a previous female tenant had hanged herself there – a claim police later found to be untrue.The week before she died in April, she rang her family three times complaining of a ‘presence’ in her flat, where she is thought to have lived alone.Her family had pleaded with her to return home, and said they would pay any outstanding rent on the property.Her sister Lara said: ‘She was always spooked by the supernatural.‘She believed there was a presence in the flat and would mention it two or three times a week. She was always talking about her dreams, they were vivid. She must have been asleep or half-conscious when she died.’An inquest in Truro heard she was a ‘happy young woman’ who was popular with staff at the Sloop Inn where she worked as a barmaid.The day before she died she worked a shift, had several drinks with friends and left in the early hours of the morning. When she failed to turn up at the pub the next day, workmates broke into her flat and found her body.A post-mortem examination showed the talented musician, who wanted to become a police officer, had twice the drink-drive limit of alcohol in her blood.Deputy assistant coroner Dr Peter Blackwell-Smythe said: ‘There was concern about a local rumour that someone had hanged themselves in the flat where she was living. And then there was the matter of her vivid nightmares, which were a disturbancefor her.‘It appears she was a happy young woman who was vivacious. I appreciate concerns about her sleepwalking and her nightmares.‘It would be reasonable to leave the verdict open, although I believe the evidence strongly suggests she did take her own life.’The court also heard that she had been upset by the death of a friend and learning that her ex-boyfriend was to marry.A family statement read: ‘She was a strikingly beautiful girl, intelligent and vivacious with everything to live for.‘Many who love her and feel very close to her are still shocked and mystified by her sudden death. None who knew her will ever forget her.’

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Arizona Man's Paranormal Past Led To Ghost Hunting
Frank Madrid has always experienced the unnatural.Not the kind of unnatural such as fleeting shadows or a mysterious figure seen out of the corner of an eye. He has experienced the waking-up-with-hands-tied unnatural, the black-shape-rushing-through-me unnatural. So the fact he has become a ghost hunter is the most natural thing that's happened.Madrid's fascination with the paranormal, going back to those weird things that happened to him as a child, would eventually manifest itself in the Arizona Paranormal Society.The group, which he formed in 2006 with girlfriend Lori Marshall, now has 24 members who rotate among the 30 or so investigations they conduct each year.In most cases, the society is contacted by a concerned home or business owner who is experiencing ghostly visits, from unearthly sounds to apparitions to (in rare cases) the manipulation of objects. After a screening process involving questionnaires and interviews, Madrid decides whether an on-site investigation is necessary. As at the Triangle T Ranch, as many as 10 investigators arrive with tools of the trade. Their work keeps them busy for hours, with members usually not packing up until 2 or 3 a.m.Business is picking up, Madrid said (the society does not charge for investigations)."We've been really busy these last few months, and we're booked all through October," he said. "I think people are more open to the paranormal now than ever before, and they want to know what's going on."In 80 percent of cases, Madrid said, what is going on is completely normal. A settling house causes thumps and creaks. Drafts can close doors and set rocking chairs in motion. And a bad mix of medication can result in "paranormal" infestations.Spirits typically linger for several reasons, Madrid said. Frequently, they were the victim of sudden or traumatic death. Some stay to pass on a message to loved ones. Others refuse to move on, to postpone eternal judgment.And sometimes, they simply don't realize they're dead.

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MUFON: Large Orange Lights Observed Near Hamilton, Texas

Animation of UFONote: This sighting is reported by William Puckett (MUFON UFO Investigator) who received this report via phone call from the primary witness: I talked to both witnesses and they reported the sighting one week after it happened. They stated that they were driving north-northeast on Highway 281 just south-southwest of the Hamilton, Texas Airport. They noticed four very large orange lights in a horizontal line. Each light was about 50% the size of a full moon. The lights were at high angle, but then all blinked out and then reappeared at a lower angle. The lights then blinked out and reappeared a lower angle, but only one light reappeared. This light then gradually dimmed and disappeared. The witnesses stated that the lights were seen outside the driver's side window (northwest). The witness stopped his car and viewed the lights before they disappeared. No sound was heard. The witness got out his camera, but the lights disappeared before he could take a photo. William Puckett Comments: Several sightings of similar lights (object) were seen in this area of Texas on October 23 and again on October 25. The identity of these sightings is unexplained. Apparently the military was conducting exercises in the nearby Brownfield Operation Area on the evening of October 23. This investigation is in progress.

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Lancaster County, PA Inn Awaits Results of Paranormal Probe

Terri Brown and her husband have owned the 18th-century Farmers Hope Inn for five years. The ghosts arrived much later.Early last month, a merchandising representative stopped at the inn a quarter-mile north of the turnpike on Route 72, right at the Lancaster County line, and asked Brown a question. “Do you realize you’re haunted?” Brown said the woman asked her. “She sees (ghosts) like she sees you and me.” A couple days later, Christine Barnhart, who works as a server, told Brown she saw a lady on a stairwell of the red sandstone tavern. That confirmed what a ghost hunter had told Brown a couple years earlier. The day after Barnhart saw the lady on the steps, a visitor from the nearby Renaissance Faire said she saw faces in the Inn, as well as the popular stairwell lady. With all this spookiness suddenly manifesting itself, Brown thought it might be a good idea to find out if there was any way of trying to prove what was happening. She contacted the Greater Pittsburgh Paranormal Society, which sent two representatives to the inn three weeks ago. They will return today and tomorrow to share their findings with anyone who wants to hear them. Brown will tell her ghost tales — and show some ghostly photos — at 6 and 8 p.m. both days. “I never had issues with the spir