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Sep 08, 2003

Piers ghostly goings-on   Paranormal experts are on their way to check out chilling stories of medieval men in rags, unhappy lifeboatmen and a jaunty former theatre boss continuing to visit the jetty after their deaths.

Spending the night in a haunted pub   They face things every night that make ordinary people go weak.

Feel a ghost? Perhaps its infrasound   Mysteriously snuffed out candles, weird sensations and shivers down the spine may not be due to the presence of ghosts in haunted houses but to very low frequency sound that is inaudible to humans.

1900 Storm coffin story a myth?   GALVESTON It swept across this barrier island 103 years ago today, the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, a hurricane that brought an end to 3,600 buildings and more than 6,000 lives.

Latest UFO theory is dismissed   A RESEARCHER has dismissed a theory that the world famous Rendlesham UFO was nothing more than a prank played by an American serviceman.

Ancient technology behind Nile splendor   On a visit to the United States this month, Zahi Hawass, director of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, reported that the discoveries were expected to provide new insights into the technology behind the splendor of the pharaohs.

Serious questions on Sep 11   What I am saying about 9/11 is that it was of course an utterly dreadful and terrible atrocity. But it provided the Americans with a very convenient pretext for launching a war against Afghanistan and Iraq which the evidence shows that they were already planning well in advance. 

Occult Nazis from Space   Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

Organ Music 'Instills Religious Feelings'   Feeling 'god's' vibrating organ.

Piers Ghostly Goings-On   Paranormal experts are on their way to check out chilling stories of medieval men in rags, unhappy lifeboatmen and a jaunty former theatre boss continuing to visit the Cromer Pier.

Spending the Night in a Haunted Pub   In a Yarmouth pub on Saturday the Bassetlaw Research Group saw something truly scary - a rival group of paranormal experts.

Bigfoot True-Believers Unite   The 3-day International Bigfoot Symposium next weekend will bring together not only experts to talk about the legendary hairy hominid, but also ordinary folks who claim to have had extraordinary experiences.

Sep 07, 2003

A visitor makes an entrance   AHOSKIE -- Jeanie Dildays home hasnt been the same since The Chief showed up at her front door.  

Beware the town boggart   IF you happen to be wandering around Horbury late at night and a fetid smell wafts up from underfoot or a cupped hand reaches out from the undergrowth grabbing you about the face, you know youve encountered the Horbury boggart.

Ghost hunters arrested for trespassing   ADAMS -- Two people who ventured into the former Plunkett Hospital in search of "ghosts" in recent weeks were arrested for trespassing, the towns police chief said.

Family of buried teen wants ghost stories to stop   More than 20 years after her 15-year-old son died in a car accident, Wilkinson and her daughter, Mary Anthony, are defending their loved ones memory against fictitious ghost stories that have led many to visit the Springfield Cemetery.

Telepathy gets academic in Sweden   Swedens Lund University, one of the oldest seats of learning in Scandinavia, will take a leap into the unknown by appointing northern Europes first professor of parapsychology, hypnology and clairvoyance.  

Ancient operated skull found   GREEK archaeologists have discovered on the Mediterranean island of Chios the skull of a man from the 2nd century BC who had undergone a successful skull operation, Greeces culture ministry announced today.

PBS Station Films Skunk Ape-Seeking Expedition   David Shealy: 'We've got an endangered species on our hands here, and people need to know about it.'

New-Found Respect for ET Hunters   After four decades of frequent ridicule, the astronomers seeking signs of life in the heavens are gaining some respect.

Officials Try to Thaw Body for ID   Edwin Rowlette, who kept his wife's body in a home freezer for 6 years: 'We would like to restore her back to life as soon as we can get the necessary professionals such as a restorative surgeon and the necessary healer cells.'

Hunter Sure of Cougar Sighting   Tom Daigle has been hunting in New Brunswick for 40 years, and you'd have a hard time convincing him there was any such thing as an eastern panther.

Big-Cat Sightings 'Most Exciting Yet'   Big-cat watchers said they are convinced Leicestershire is inhabited by panthers -- some with cubs in tow.

Swedish University Interviewing for First Ghost Professor   Lund University, one of the oldest seats of learning in Scandinavia, will take a leap into the unknown by appointing northern Europe's first professor of parapsychology, hypnology and clairvoyance.

. And: Dissenting View, with Failed Telekinesis Pics   More on the circle find that is older than Stonehenge.

UFO is Spotted   Burnley cabbie Mr Steve Haworth and a passenger watched a mysterious flying object suddenly appear, perform a series of mind-boggling manoeuvres and then simply disappear without trace.

Local Crop Circles: Fake Or Phenomenon?   Ohio: It's been the talk of the town this week, and although recent incidents have been disproven, there are still plenty of believers of unusual activity as crop circles have shown up in Adams County. With video. And:

Lights in the Sky   Stephanie Wilks: 'I am not crazy and I am very sane I don't believe in UFO's but my perspective is changing.' With pics.

A Visitor Makes an Entrance   Apparition: Jeanie Dilday's home hasn't been the same since The Chief showed up at her front door. With pics.

Suspected Othello 'Bones' are Only Mineral Deposits   It could have been Othello Woman. She may have turned out to be older than Kennewick Man. Some believed the ancient-looking object was something more sinister.

Family of Buried Teen Wants Ghost Stories to Stop   More than 20 years after her 15-year-old son died in a car accident, Gertrude Wilkinson and her daughter are defending their loved one's memory against fictitious ghost stories that have led many to visit the Springfield Cemetery.

Great Balls o' Fire   Brad and Chris Hardy ran the videotape again and again. What was it? What sort of thing would float across the sky like that?

Big Cat Search Abandoned   Police have called off an operation to catch a big cat on the loose in north Antrim after being disturbed by people trying to take photographs of the animal.

Ohio Residents Report Strange Lights In Sky   Roger Lambert: 'They were just kind of circling around. Id just like to know what they are.'

Haunted HQ?   Stumped by mysterious sights and sounds in their own headquarters, who did police call? Ghost hunters.

The Scot Who Made World's First Powered Flight   How unsung hero Preston Watson beat the famous Wright brothers into the skies by five months.

Santa Anna & the Mysterious Dogs   The ghosts of Orozimbo. Also:

Dutch Baffled By Nigerian Baboon Noses   Dutch authorities are trying to track down who left a foul-smelling suitcase at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport containing up to 2,000 decomposing baboon noses.

Nessie Hunter Receives Civic Reception Honour   Nessie may have her disbelievers and debunkers, but the man who was once the highest law lord in the land studied the evidence and was convinced of her existence.

Mystery After UFO Sightings Puzzle Experts   Sixteen lights travelling rapidly were spotted over Fyvie. Air traffic control bosses and aviation experts have ruled out aircraft or satellites, because the lights were travelling too fast to be planes or orbiting objects.

Come Away! O Human Child! To the Waters & the Wild   To Monhegan Island, Maine. People say the wee folk favor this place.

Hoaxer 'Psychic' Avoids Jail Term   Joanna Lesiuk, 37, was convinced she could forsee the times and locations of crimes and accidents. She made 999 calls reporting a string of blazes and an armed robbery -- but every one was wrong.

Will Scientology Celebs Sign 'Spiritual' Contract?   Introspection Rundown: if a member of the church becomes 'mentally incompetent,' he automatically agrees to be placed in the care of Scientology counselors, potentially barring family, friends or anyone else from interceding, including doctors and psychiatrists.

Europa Study May Explain Mysterious Ice Domes   The new study may help explain the origin of the giant ice domes peppering Europa's surface and the implications for discovering evidence of past or present life forms there.

New Mass Extinction Theory Blames Sudden Oxygen Drop   Researchers taking the pulse of Earth's worst mass extinction 250 million years ago say they have diagnosed the ailment that doomed most animals: altitude sickness.

Universe Grows Faster Than We Thought   The story written in the light of exploding white dwarf stars has thrown modern cosmology into tumult.

Spanish Cycling Ghosts?   Strange things can happen in the world of cycling. How else can you explain the resurrection of someone years presumed dead?

Mystery Gas Makes Dozens Ill   Ambulance staff have taken 28 people to hospital and treated dozens more onsite after a mystery substance caused mass nausea and breathing problems. And:

The Muckross Monster   What lurks beneath the tranquil waters of an Irish lake? With echosounder tracings.

STRANGE BLACKOUT KILLS ELECTRICITY IN LONDON   Another mysterious blackout occurred last week, when "power went out in London and parts of southeast England, stranding hundreds of thousands of commuters" for about 45 minutes on Thursday, August 28, 2003.

ANOTHER BLACKOUT UFO SEEN IN NORTHERN OHIO   A triangular UFO was spotted over Toledo, Ohio (population 313,619), a port city at the western end of Lake Erie, the day before the big blackout.

UFOs ARE SIGHTED IN AUSTRALIA   On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 8 p.m., the male witness "had just finished work and was walking to my car" in Melbourne, the capital of Australia's southern state of Victoria, when two UFOs approached from the west.

ANOTHER UFO SIGHTED IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA   Venezuela's UFO flap entered its second week with a new sighting in Caracas, the national capital.

FOUR PEOPLE SEE A UFO IN SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO   On Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 8 p.m., in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, eyewitness K.B. reported, "I was looking straight up in the sky and noticed a very bright object which I thought was a star. I motioned to my husband, and we both watched as it moved slowly and slightly south. I called my daughter and mother outside to see it, as we thought it could be Mars (supposed to be very close to Earth around this date--K.B.)."

ZUNDEL: A UFOLOGIST HELD AS A "SPECIAL PRISONER"   Ernst Zundel, the Canadian ufologist turned Holocaust debunker, has been a prisoner in Toronto for four months. But only three weeks ago was he allowed to see a lawyer for the first time.

RAMA BIRTHPLACE CAUSES MORE TROUBLE IN INDIA   "Archaeologists have found that an ancient structure existed at a site" in India "that is claimed by both Hindus and Muslims and has been the cause of thousands of deaths, lawyers said Monday," August 25, 2003.

2003: SADDAM HUSSEIN AND THE NEW AGE   "The wrinkled old man sprays perfume around the sparse, dingy room" in al-Heet, Iraq, "then holds out his hands and feet and instructs one of the visitors to tie him up, knot the cloth three times and blow on it."

Sep 01, 2003

Haunted by the Paranormal   Ernie Hudson: Haunted By Ghostbusters Past 

New Fish Species Discovered In Venezuela   Washington, DC, August 28, 2003 - Conservation International (CI) announced today the discovery of a tiny fish with a blood red tail in Venezuelas Upper Caura River. Previously unknown to science, the bloodfin tetra (Aphyocharax yekwanae), is described in the March 2003 edition of the journal, "Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters."

Record-breaking balloon flight set to go   Two British balloonists are set for an attempt on the world altitude record on Tuesday by ascending to the edge of space aboard a 381-metre-tall balloon.

Virgin Mobile admits storing customer location records   Virgin Mobile admitted late last week that they have been storing information that records its customers movements around the UK since November 1999

Ghosts in Ellis Avenue Home Caught in Snapshot   If youre afraid of the dark, you might want to turn on all your lights before you read this story. A Jackson woman claims her house is haunted with not one but four ghosts.

The ghostly residents haunting Perth   PERTH - Lying in his hospital bed recovering from an appendix operation, Peter Code heard the steady thumping of feet on the stairs. Suddenly, the blankets were whipped from his bed, leaving the 12-year-old exposed in his hospital gown.

Legends of the Hill   Cornells ghostly legends

UFO Street   When Mary Carter saw lights flashing outside her home she did not think twice about going to investigate. What happened next, she doesn't remember.

DNA Study to Settle Mystery About Mingling of Inuit, Vikings   An Icelandic anthropologist is preparing to release his findings on the so-called 'Blond Eskimos' of the Canadian North.

Kids See Mother Burn to Death   Human fireball. Suicide or SCH?

Horse Injury Big Cat Suspect   A mystery big cat, believed to be hunting in South Devon, is being blamed for injuring a horse. Also:

A Highland Fling   Tourists in search of Nessie.

The Ghostly Residents Haunting Perth   Peter Code: 'I never saw a ghost, but I could always feel the presence. It was a playful ghost, and not just my imagination.'

Bigfoot Writings   Reviews of two new bigfoot books.

Aug 31, 2003

UK Television Media under Government Control   With Tony Blair giving vital evidence at the Hutton Enquiry yesterday, you would think that this important news would be top of the agenda ......... however yesterdays most important television news item was the mysterious power failure in London during the evening rush hour (am I getting deja vu here) 

Country Rhodes   This district is the heart of Min Min Light territory, a mysterious glow that follows travellers at night.  

Dueling ghost tours cry foul as they try to scare up customers   Apparently, this towns not big enough for two ghost tours.

Mars sparks huge rise in UFO sightings   As the planet Mars has moved to its closest point to Earth in around 60,000 years, the number of "UFO sightings" in Germany has soared, a researcher said Wednesday.

Legend of the Ghost of Sachems Head   The Old Ones say that once every 100 years on the anniversary of his beheading the Ghost of Sachems Head returns from the land of shads in the underworld.

Italys 5,000-Year-Old Iceman Put Up a Fight   ROME (Reuters) - Italys prehistoric iceman nicknamed "Otzi" may have been shot in the back with an arrow, but he only died after prolonged combat with his foes, new DNA evidence has shown.

UFO Sighting Excites Alien Hunters   A strange yellow D-shaped object was spotted overhead by a man in his garden at Freston.

The Gods Must Be Crazy   Instead of becoming simpler, as scientists had hoped, the new portrait of the universe is an ever more random-seeming hodgepodge of apparently unconnected constants, particles, forces, and masses.

Ghosts Raging in Poland   Ghosts are spooking around in an ancient castle in the Polish town of Przemysl.

Will Killer Cat Turn on Humans?   Thirty confirmed sightings, several savage killings and conspiracy theories abound -- big cat mania has hit Northern Ireland.

'Big Cat' Sightings Continue   Another intriguing photograph of a 'big cat' was taken by Janice Klinkiewicz from her back deck at Lookout in northern Wayne County.

Local Boy Believes Angels are Watching   Brenda Ferguson, Caleb's mother, is convinced angels are watching over her young son and that they hovered over him in MedCentral Hospital's operating room.

Residents Say There's Something 'Fishy' In Their Lake   Boca Grande might have its own Loch Ness monster in this land-locked lake. Only residents say this mysterious creature is a dolphin.

'Haunted House' Exposed on TV Show   Roxanne Wentworth believes her Town of Wappinger home is haunted.

Building a Time Machine by Spam   Dave Hill, like numerous Internet users since late 2001, has been drawn into the strange world of a mysterious man some refer to as the time-travel spammer.

Step Into the Twilight Zone   Michelle Brathwaite ponders weird things like Martians, little men on her dresser, Roswell, and crop circles.

Off-Duty Officers Stare Big Cat in Eye   Ian Gregg: 'The people are feeling increasingly nervous. People are now at the stage where they feel the joke is wearing thin.'

The Monkey Puzzle Spree   They seek them here, they seek them there

Philip Yancey: Hinting at God   The best-selling author talks about his latest book,

Village's Monkey Puzzle   The monkeys were first heard screeching in trees at the old cemetery on Church Lane in Norfolk late on Tuesday afternoon.

Boy Charged in Murder Plot Swayed by Friend's Power   A teen charged with plotting a killing spree believed the alleged ringleader was a powerful anti-Christ figure with special powers. And:

Ghosts of the Tube   Apparitions in London's Underground.

Fourth Sheep Carcass is Found   The Antrim big cat is suspected. And:

It's the Charity Spirit!   Twenty brave friends are planning to spend a potentially-harrowing night in haunted Belgrave Hall.

World Gazes at Mars   In Germany, the number of 'UFO sightings' soared, fed by pervasive fantasies that Mars -- with its craters, valleys and volcanoes not unlike those on Earth -- hosts extraterrestrial life.

Forest Fires' Timing Sets Tongues Wagging   Can it be pure coincidence, locals are asking, that two wildfires sprang up in view of the spot where President Bush planned to promote his plan to thin forests for wildfire prevention? And what about those black helicopters?

Fairy Tree of Latoon Defies Vandal   A rendezvous point for warring fairies on their way back from battle in western Ireland has once again defied the odds against survival.

OHIO UFOs CAUSED THE BIG BLACKOUT?   "In the hours before the nation's worst blackout" on Thursday, August 14, 2003, "several transmission lines in Ohio were carrying massive amounts of power--"well above" emergency summer standards--before automatically shutting down, a company that owns the lines said Friday," August 22, 2003.

CHUPACABRA CONTINUES ITS RAMPAGE IN NICARAGUA   "Residents of the rural communities of El Barro, Tolapa and Las Marias," in the department (state) of Leon in northern Nicaragua "are frightened of being stalked by the alleged Chupacabra, to whom they ascribe the deaths of 55 goats and sheep, causing financial losses to local farmers."

CHILEAN PHOTOGRAPHER CATCHES A UFO ON FILM   "Photographer Patricio Lara was startled a few days ago when he developed photos taken late last month (Monday, July 31, 2003) in Paricanota" in northern Chile "in order to have photos for his Web site."

UFOs APPEAR AGAIN IN VENEZUELA   On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 8:35 p.m., "Sra. Enza Colucci, who was returning from Los Samanes to her home in Santa Monica," a suburb of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, "was followed by an enormous round object, surrounded by blinking blue lights."

MORE UFOs APPEAR OVER NORTH BAY, ONTARIO   On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 10:30 p.m., Murray Whitman reported, "I had just let my dogs out for their nightly duty and, while I was waiting for them, I was looking at the sky, watching for satellites" In North Bay, Ontario, Canada (population 54,332), located 160 miles (266 kilometers) north of Toronto, "when I saw this triangular shape very high in the sky, travelling south to north at a very fast rate of speed."

2002: INDIA'S MYSTERIOUS PREHISTORIC TEMPLE   India's southern state of Tamil Nadu is home to several ancient temples, of which the most mysterious is the Ranganatha temple.

Aug 28, 2003

UK: Government wants to microchip cars to track motorists every move   In a move that would have made Hitlers Gestapo or East Germanys Stasi secret police proud, British government officials are drawing up plans to fit all cars in Britain with a personalised microchip so that rule-breaking motorists can be prosecuted by computer.

Italys 5,000-Year-Old Iceman Put Up a Fight   ROME (Reuters) - Italys prehistoric iceman nicknamed "Otzi" may have been shot in the back with an arrow, but he only died after prolonged combat with his foes, new DNA evidence has shown.

New evidence on Champ is luring sea-monster fans to Vermont   BURLINGTON, Vt. -- On a chilly morning in June, a team of scientists using underwater microphones picked up a series of strangely high-pitched ticking and chirping noises, similar to what a dolphin or Beluga whale would make. Trouble is, they were miles from the ocean, on Lake Champlain.

Paranormal experts see, hear possible Andersonville haunts   ANDERSONVILLE - Every town has its urban legends, or in the case of Andersonville, rural legends. The Andersonville Civil War prison site and cemetery have certainly spawned their share of them.

Lyn Buchanan: Abduction Story   His family has gone on and he was just there alone packing the last bit of stuff in to the boxes. Suddenly, he had to lie down on the floor and he has heard this thing coming down from the skies at the back of the house, landing in the back of the house.

Forget Martians; how will we handle a new truth?   Skeptics blame crop circles on elaborate hoaxes or rare natural occurrences such as plasma forces. Undoubtedly, some are hoaxes. Their elaborate designs, however, leaves many wondering.

Bigfoot remains a fascinating possibility   As an avowed skeptic, I have a hard time admitting my fascination with Bigfoot. But I cant deny it: Im intrigued.

Signs of an Eruption   Swiss scientist Bernard Chouet has found a way to use earthquakes to predict when volcanoes will erupt.

Film Crew Begin Memphre Documentary   A Montreal crew is making a documentary on whether there is a sea serpent in Lake Memphremagog. And:

Soothsayers See Doom, Gloom   Mars attacks. Benny Y.Y. Cheung: 'There is an impact on the magnetic field, mainly in the month to and the three months after the phenomenon. There will be disasters related to fire, including wars.' Also:

; Beautiful Women Should Offer Prayers   Experts have concluded that horrific wounds inflicted on a three-year-old horse were definitely caused by a large cat.

Mars Approach Will Spawn Alien Hybrid Babies   Best break out the tinfoil. And:

Overland Park Investigates Cougar Sighting   Steve Norton is eating crow. He doubted his wife a year ago when she said she had seen a mountain lion behind their home. Now he's talking about his own sighting.

Scientific Establishment Shuns 'Outside' Research   Raise your hand if you're surprised. Dr. Jacques Benveniste has accused the scientific establishment of condemning researchers working outside the mainstream as heretics.

Vampire Expert to Dump Her Fangzine   Arlene Russo, publisher of vampire magazine

Great Australian Mysteries   From the Harold Holt drowning in the 1960s to creatures from the deep to mysterious disappearances, John Pinkey covers them all in his new book

It's a Jungle Out There   Review, David Quammen's

Chilean Mystery Blob Identified   Elsa Cabrera: 'Two independent DNA analyses confirmed the identification as belonging to a sperm whale.'

Alien Infection   As we look toward exploring other worlds and perhaps even bringing samples back for testing, you have to wonder: could alien pathogens cross the 'planet' barrier and wreak havoc on our world?

'Astrology is Science, not Rubbish'   An interview with Dr. Raj Baldev, the 'Aristotle of India'.

Has Anyone Lost a Rock Lately?   Bill Phillips, homeowner, surveying his roof: 'I thought "My goodness, how did the rock get up there like that?"'

Biting Us and the Dust   Review, David Quammen's

Monster Legend is Alive and Well   The tale of the hairy Proctor Valley beast has persisted for years.

Clairvoyants Called in to Find Missing Chopper   Russian officials have sought help from clairvoyants to help them trace a helicopter that has vanished over the Kamchatka peninsula.

Science (Non)Fiction   We have met The Blob, and it is us.

Lion Tamer: Big Cat Could Attack Humans   Steven Bradley himself bears the scars of a vicious big cat attack. And:

His Head is in the Clouds   Peter Cordani is no mad scientist. But he's definitely mad about something. He wants to change the weather, but says the government is trying to crush him.

Martin Gardner, a National Intellectual Treasure   Ostensibly a review, maybe hagiography, or at least a tribute.

Bigfoot Remains a Fascinating Possibility   Editor David Little: 'As an avowed skeptic, I have a hard time admitting my fascination with Bigfoot. But I can't deny it: I'm intrigued.'

Forget Martians; How Will We Handle a 'New' Truth?   Skeptics blame crop circles on elaborate hoaxes or rare natural occurrences such as plasma forces. Undoubtedly, some are hoaxes. Their elaborate designs, however, leaves many wondering.

Leaders Were Trying to Heal Boy   Exorcism: a pastor says that church leaders were trying to heal an autistic 8-year-old boy when he inexplicably stopped breathing and died during a prayer service.

Columbia's 'Smoking Gun' Was Obscured   Nobody saw the 'smoking gun' when it fired, 81 seconds after the space shuttle Columbia lifted off from its Cape Canaveral launch pad on January 16.

Group Maintains Watch for Unearthly Encounters   Where have all the UFOs gone?

On Holiday with the Gellers   An interview with Uri Geller.

Martians: Best Chance for Conquest in 60,000 Years   Dick Snedeker moved to Grovers Mill, N.J., in 1957 and today lives about 100 yards from the water tower someone shot after an upstart radio announcer named Orson Welles told a jittery public martians had landed.

Can It Be? The End of Evolution?   'This is the end / Beautiful friend / This is the end / My only friend, the end ...'

Was It a UFO? Or Something Else?   A 'well-behaved' UFO was seen over Horsham Friday night. With audio.

Aviation Fan Spots UFO in Our Skies   On a clear day in Petts Wood, Douglas Wragg says he witnessed a cylinder-shaped flying object which was 'nothing to do with aviation'. Also:

"JACK THE SNIPPER" TERRORIZES COEDS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE   "Three weeks before students return for classes, the University of New Hampshire is posting warnings about a man who has been removing or cutting off the clothes of sleeping women."

Aug 21, 2003

Magician Blaine to Be Suspended Over River Thames  

Man dies while laughing in sleep  

Cars Stop for Blizzard... Of Cash!  

Tampa face-recognition fails to spot any fugitives in two years  

Microwaved hot dog catches house on fire  

One man and his army of 106-foot-tall robots control all the liquor in Utah  

Explorer Turned His Savior into 'She' Legend  

New Incontinence Surgery Leaves Watershed Moments Behind  

More than 5,000 people visit crop circles   Clinton News-Record Due to 5,000 people walking in the crop circles, they are looking well tramped. Sorry, reads a sign erected by Erv Willert, owner of the Hensall area farm where crop circles were discovered on July 30.

Lagoon Blob Fed on Excess Fertilizer   There goes the small children and swimming dog theory ...

Vote for Me Says Vampire   A man claiming to be a vampire says he hopes to demolish the Banbury Cross to attract more creatures of the night to town. With Vamp pic.

No Bites in Shark Hunt   Hunters find no sign of the Great White reported in British waters.

Acoustic Analysis of Unusual Large Animal Vocalizations   Analysis of alleged Bigfoot vocalizations recorded on April 20, 2003 in Snohomish County, Washington.

Atomic Ducks Dive for 'Treasure' at Wallowa Lake   The deep blue waters of Wallowa Lake have been the subject of many mysteries over the years. The granddaddy of them all, of course, is the legend of the Wallowa Lake monster.

Celestial Birth   A strange, winking star discovered last year may allow astrophysicists to watch the seminal moments of a planet in the making.

Fears of Further Big Cat Attacks   A County Antrim shepherd whose ram is thought to have been killed by a big cat, says he fears for the safety of children in the area. With Audio. And:

; Cat-ch It If You Can!   Police are warning horse owners to be on their guard after a horse was slashed with a knife in Ockley. Also:

; Canadian Dead Cats Arranged in Circle   Obit. Taves wrote

, a book examining the UFO phenomenon from a psychoanalyst's and astronomer's perspective, with Donald Menzel. Also: Obit: Doris Bloch, National Capital Area Skeptics   Change your name to change your destiny.

Musicians Offered 'Crossroads Pact with the Devil'   Doktor Snake: 'This is a foolproof method of achieving a meteoric rise to fame and fortune.'

Kangaroo Mistaken for Giant Beaver   Austrian police who took panicked calls about a giant beaver behaving strangely in a town centre turned up to find a kangaroo.

A New Science Looks at Things in Sync   Steven Strogatz: 'Mindless things can synchronize by the millions. It doesn't take a mind, or even have to be alive. It's counterintuitive, because the usual thinking was that things get more disordered over time.'

DC8 Program Examines '54 Bigfoot Scare   Colorado: In April and May of 1954, an estimated 2,000 people armed with high-powered rifles beat the brush along northern Plum Creek seeking to shoot and kill bigfoot. Earlier:

MYSTERIOUS BLACKOUT AFFECTS 50 MILLION IN THE USA AND CANADA   "The largest power failure in U.S. history struck much of the (USA's) Northeast and parts of Canada on Thursday," August 14, 2003, "cutting electricity to an estimated 50 million residents and sending calm but sweaty people into the streets of New York City and other major cities."

CHUPACABRA RETURNS TO NICARAGUA   "Frightened peasants from a town in northeastern Nicaragua reported the sudden deaths of a number of sheep, apparently attacked by a strange animal known as the Chupacabra."

"JACK THE SNIPPER" TERRORIZES COEDS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE   "Three weeks before students return for classes, the University of New Hampshire is posting warnings about a man who has been removing or cutting off the clothes of sleeping women."

MORE CROP CIRCLES APPEAR IN CANADA   On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, "another formation (was) reported today in southern Ontario" province, Canada, "near Wallacetown, which is about 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of London, Ont. Shown on local television news, the formation is a two-circle dumbbell, the largest circle said to be approximately 50 meters (165 feet) in diameter."

MYSTERY HELICOPTERS SEEN NEAR SITE OF FIRST OUTAGE   Mysterious low-flying helicopters were seen by many eyewitnesses over Swansea, Massachusetts last week. Just three days later, a mysterious blackout knocked out power to 6,000 residents of the nearby city of Attleboro.

1937: FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE BEAR LAKE MONSTER   Many people have seen the long-necked plesiosaur-like creature that inhabits Bear Lake, which straddles the state line between the USA's western states of Idaho and Utah. But few have ever seen it from the point of view of Ronald W. Hansen of Garden City, Utah.

Aug 20, 2003

30-year robot project pitched  

Boy, 7, suspect of raping girl, 4  

Teen dies after fish jumps into his throat  

Moon colony 'within 20 years'?  

As Russians get richer, they drink more beer and less vodka  

Spammer spammed into going offline  

Kitty takes seven year vacation, returns unharmed  

First baby born from sperm bought over the internet  

Man bites head off kitten  

Porn star candidate for California Governor offers date to big donors  

Husband, Wife 1st to Backpack 5,000 Mile US Trail  

Colorado Counties Declare Emergencies as West Nile Cases Increase  

Nervous "Dragon" Given Acupuncture  

Director Of Hospital Drugs Patients & Sells Them As Wives  

Psychotic killer wins $300,000 lawsuit against hospital  

French man drives for an hour with man embedded in windshield  

$282,000 Paid For "Lucky" Phone Number  

30 Million American Workers Earn Poverty Level Wages  

Russia plans Mars nuclear station  

Police Recover City's First Stolen Segway  

Bomber Planes Below Airport  

Fully armed Nazi bomber planes 'buried below East Berlin airport'  

Questioning the Delphic Oracle  

THE GHOST IN THE CELLAR   "Twelve to 15 years ago is when we first experienced things," said Quesada, who has owned the restaurant since it opened in 1986. "One time after the store had closed, we looked and saw a shadow going down the stairs.

Seeing Things?   Images of airplanes that either do no exist or are very far away are popping up on radar that controls traffic at OHare International Airport, according to reports.

Team uncovers 80 million year old fossil   Working along the Missouri River near Chamberlain, they are removing a 12- to 15-foot fossilized skeleton of an 80-million-year-old xiphactinus. The creature is believed to be among the largest and fastest fish in what is now the Missouri River.

More than 5,000 people visit crop circles   Clinton News-Record Due to 5,000 people walking in the crop circles, they are looking well tramped. Sorry, reads a sign erected by Erv Willert, owner of the Hensall area farm where crop circles were discovered on July 30.

Tassie Tigers 'as Likely as Elvis'   Wildlife management officer Nic Mooney says the animals mistaken for Tasmanian tigers may actually be starving dogs or foxes. But:

; Elvis & UFO Evidence 'Scant'   Even sceptics were forced to admit that they were baffled by the saucer, which appeared in the sky over Avebury. However, it was revealed as a prank.

Boffins Still Baffled by Mystery of Flies   A plague of flies which has caused misery in a picturesque West valley continued to baffle experts last night.

A Profile of a Soothsayer   'This is the true story of how, in Ghana, a witch is made.' And:

The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum   The headline says it all. And:

; Ditto   Why and when human body hair disappeared, together with the matter of when people first started to wear clothes, are questions that have long lain beyond the reach of archaeology and paleontology.

Machines Explore Odd Behaviors of Plasmas   Since William Crookes first identified plasma in 1879, the phenomenon has captured physicists' imaginations, yet until recently little was known about plasmas.

Life from the Heavens?   Is there any evidence for panspermia, or is it just a seductive idea with a sexy moniker?

Doubts Surface About Monster Sightings   In Texas, enchanted by the BBC: 'The monsters of our mind usually turn out to be the stuff dreams are made of -- even Nessie.'

Luke the Spook   Robin Olson, owner of the Leather Strop: 'To me Luke the Spook is a happy guy, not a poltergeist. He kind of guards the place.' Also:

Ghostly Goings-On at the Pub   Paul Walker, who runs Sheldon Hall, in Gressel Lane, Tile Cross, claims a recent photo exists that proves the haunting claims. And:

; Crowland Most Haunted?   An unusually high number of UFO sightings have been reported across the Midlands due to the hot weather.

League Of Extraordinary Paranormal Gentlemen   A ghost research group announces itself with the usual hype. Comically, they're victims of their own hype, as they believe they're doing something new.

Thyla Seen Near CBD?   Tasmanian tigers, or thylacines, are running wild in parkland 25 kilometres from Melbourne's CBD, according to at least 20 sightings reported to the Victorian government. And:

Aug 18, 2003

Hydropolis - the world's first underwater hotel  

Blow-dried pets with your petrol  

Tasmanian tiger seen near Melbourne?  

Britain 'may face sudden Ice Age'  

Doctor decapitated by faulty elevator at St. Joseph Hospital  

Man killed when hair is caught in fair ground ride  

5.6 Million Americans Have 'Prison Experience'  

Hard Core Porn and Violence on Miltary Intranet  

Sociologist Proposes Disaster Scale  

Please don't attack by night, says Sweden's new 9-to-5 army  

Beethoven blast too much for homeless  

Antarctic evidence to help global warming predictions  

Anti-Terrorism Small Pox Vaccinations?!?!...Nevermind  

"From Sex Club to God's Club"  

West Virginia Residents Fear Possible Sniper  

Man wins hashish after cutting off head  

Nanotech for Super Soldiers  

Fort Stewart soldier jailed in Florida on $5 million bond  

Rare triplets in the Norwegian woods  

Hungary's first Highland games  

Wolves blamed for 7 deaths in India  

Shipwreck Discovery May Yield Rich Cargo  

Second crop circle formation found in Huron County   Less than two weeks have passed since a crop circle formation was found outside Hensall and a new formation has been discovered in Huron County.

More than 5,000 people visit crop circles   Clinton News-Record Due to 5,000 people walking in the crop circles, they are looking well tramped. Sorry, reads a sign erected by Erv Willert, owner of the Hensall area farm where crop circles were discovered on July 30.

Irish home video captures ghostly image   BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A ghostly image captured by a video camera has spooked a family, the Belfast Telegraph reported Tuesday.

We are not Alone...The World According to Ghostlabs Research Society   G.L.R.S. has led Dan and Carol to some interesting places, allegedly haunted, which have produced unique data, including photos, video camera images, and low-frequency audio-recordings of ghosts.

Medium on the menu at haunted hotel   A group of paranormal investigators visited the hotel after staff member Vicky Murray sent them an e-mail about unexplained incidents in rooms 214 and 217 on the floor where most paranormal experiences have been reported.

Believers in the lost Ark   The explorer who discovered the Titanic beneath the Atlantic in 1985 is setting out on another underwater expedition to document Noahs flood. The Black Sea was originally a freshwater lake that in ancient times became inundated by the salty Mediterranean. Robert Ballard believes that this was a cataclysmic event that occurred about 7,500 years ago, and was possibly the deluge described in the Bible.

A Push to Map the Mystical   Mario Beauregard, a University of Montreal neuroscientist, wants to find out exactly what's going on during this most intimate of religious experiences.

UFOs Blamed for Outage in 1965   Following North America's last major blackout, on Nov. 9, 1965, reports of UFO sightings down the Eastern seaboard convinced some people that visitors from outer space had flicked an interglactic off-switch.

Global Warming Theories Blown Out of the Water?   John Kleppe, on Fallen Leaf Lake: 'This is stuff no humans have seen. That to me is like having the moon in your back yard ... every time we go out, it seems we find another mystery.'

Y Bother: Men are Doomed After All   Adam's Curse: men are 'genetic ruin littered with molecular damage.' But you already knew that.

Mars Will Not Kill You   That's reassuring.

Ripping Time for Amateur Sleuths   Hundreds of amateur historians, would-be sleuths and armchair detectives gathered in Liverpool for the national conference of Jack the Ripper fanatics.

Man Sacrificed for Hidden Treasure   The goddess demands propitiation.

Mammoth Instead of Double-Headed Eagle   Why not replace the Russian National Emblem with a double-headed mutant mammoth? It may have been seen more recently than you think.

Devil of an Effort for the Thylacine   An ambitious quest to resurrect the thylacine has enlisted the support of another of the state's iconic marsupials -- the Tasmanian devil.

Foreign Docs Steal Dead Brit's Organs   Midland travellers who die abroad are being stripped of their internal organs by unscrupulous foreign health authorities, a leading coroner has warned.

Hey, Just Read My Signs!   In a curiosly named Albion, a 23-year-old chimp called Coby is attempting to communicate via sign language. Only no one knows what he's signifying.

Author Leads Sensible Trek Through UFO History   Review, Virginia Bennett's

UFO Expert to Address Earthly Schoolchildren   Stanton Friedman, Flying Saucers are Real.

Champ Found!   Well, not quite. The stolen lake creature costume has been recovered. Earlier:

Volunteers at Seance 'Remembered' Table Levitate   The ease with which seances can create false memories of supernatural events in the minds of believers has been revealed by a study by Richard Wiseman.

Stories Behind   Letter: 'To believe we are the sole life in the vast universe is ignorant.'

Expert's Photo Shows 'UFO'   It's not the first time Michael Soper's camera has captured something strange.

Cryptozoology Museum Opens   Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman recently opened the museum in Portland, Maine, to house his collection of four decades worth of paranormal pieces.

Rare Cat Claws Way Back to Life   A wild cat thought to be virtually extinct has been captured on film in the wild, according to a Malaysian scientist.

Radioactive Nests of Hanford Wasps   Just think of what of the wasp larvae of H Reactor could grow up to be. Maybe something out of a Japanese monster flick.

Fish Is Horse of Another Color   Hiding in plain sight. The Carolina redhorse eluded scientific discovery until about a decade ago, when Ichthyologists realized that it is different from other redhorse sucker fish.

Climber Returns to Nepal in Search of Yeti   A much longer account of Yoshiteru Takahashi's quest.

Skeptics, Believers Flock to Statues   Thousands have flocked to Campbell since two statues on the bell tower -- the Virgin Mary to the west, Jesus Christ to the east -- seemingly flickered to life 10 days ago. And:

; Video Here   Sign erected by Erv Willert: 'Due to 5,000 people walking in the crop circles, they are looking well tramped. Sorry.' And:

; Huron Hotspot  

CHINESE SOLDIERS SPOT LAKE TIANCHI MONSTER   "A group of soldiers claim to have spotted China's 'Loch Ness Monster' in the second sighting of the mysterious animal in less than a month, state media said."

POLAR BEARS SIGHTED IN THE HIMALAYAS?   "White animals appearing identical to polar bears have been spotted by local people in Tibet, a media report said on Saturday," August 2, 2003.

UFO FLAP SWEEPS ONTARIO   UFOs have been particularly active in Canada's eastern province of Ontario during the past week.

UFOs SEEN THREE TIMES IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN   UFOs have been seen repeatedly in recent weeks over the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir in central Wisconsin.

SADDAM OR STARGATE? WHAT IS TASK FORCE 20's MAIN OBJECTIVE?   "Imagine this scenario. The U.S. government obtains intelligence that hidden somewhere in central Iraq is an actual stargate, placed there by the Anunnaki 'gods' of ancient Sumeria...In this scenario, when Nibiru (the alleged "twelfth planet"--J.T.) is closest to Earth, the Anunnaki" will "take the opportunity to travel to Earth through that same stargate and will set up their encampment in Iraq."

1870: THE BEAR LAKE MONSTER   Straddling the border between the USA's western states of Utah and Idaho lies Bear Lake. This aquamarine body of water, over 30 miles (50 kilometers) long, serves as a catch basin for creeks spilling down from the Uintah Mountains of Utah and the Bear River Mountains of Idaho and Wyoming.

Aug 11, 2003

Dog Turns Up Three Years After Disappearance  

One giant step for Turkmenkind  

Wedding chapel war zone in Las Vegas  

Is record heat wave triggering French nuclear crisis?  

Full moon won't outglow all Perseid meteors  

Rash of wheel-nut loosening in Ontario's cottage country  

'Blob' in Lagoon Worries New Jersey residents  

Hottest Day Ever In UK  

Designer Water's a Logistical Problem for U.S. Army  

U.S. Virgin Islands Senator Breaks Ground.....And Wind  

Physicians: People who live in cold places are stupid  

Police Car Used in Bank Heist  

Boubon Fire Causes Fish Kill in Nearby Creek  

Wild Chihuahuas Spared Execution  

Tasmanians gather to celebrate their convict roots  

Kama Sutra guide to safe sex  

School Seeks Pre-School Nuke Evacuation Plan  

Toeing the line : angler's toes replace lost fingers  

Mistaken message means matrimonial magic  

Expensive monkeys put research out of reach  

New search for Abominable Snowman   The Abominable Snowman. Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Yeti.

Smelly Mystery Blob Takes Over N.J. Town   LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - It smells like rotten eggs at best, decomposing flesh at worst. It looks like the pods from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."

Japanese Man on Mission to Find the Yeti   Yoshiteru Takahashi: 'Many people say the Yeti is only a legend while some people believe in its existence but nobody has been able to prove it.' And:

Full Moon Calamities: Fact or Fiction?   For those given to lore, it might seem likely that a full moon shone on the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 or the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But:

Unopened Letter Might Be Key to History   The envelope is addressed, 'Mr. James Earl Ray,' and it could have some connection -- or no connection -- to the death of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968.

The Secret Life of Plants   More than 100 years of close scrutiny and scientific study have failed to uncover one of the great mysteries still defying scientific explanation -- the secrets of pollen.

Bird Brains Build Case for Animal Memory Skills   University of Cambridge psychologists: 'We suggest that some animals have elements of both episode-like memory and future planning.'

King's Grave Rebuilt   For many centuries the King's Grave, an ancient burial hill near the southern Dutch city of Oss, has been an eerie kind of place. With audio.

Seers Turn to God as Mars Comes Closer   Lakshmi Narayan Shastri, head priest: 'Mars will bring terrible bloodshed, riots, epidemics and lawlessness upon mankind.'

Police Detain Cambodian Guru   Guru 'Land Spirit' is in trouble for writing a 'strange' letter to the Cambodian government. Worse, officials want to know why he hasn't bathed in 60 years. Also:

; Also: Prints, and Chicken Attacks in Wellington   Hundreds of readers will readily tell you that 17-year old Slavey is the most skilled astrologer the drowsy southern town of Pazardzhik, 109 km of Bulgaria's capital Sofia, has ever seen.

The Castle Built By Fairies   Cerven Kamen Castle sits above the village Cast hidden in the woods of the Mal Karpaty mountain range.

Paranormalcy   Brent Forster and Don Taylor explore odd phenomena on their radio show.

Temple of Doom   Raiders of the Lost Lama: the bizarre all-German expedition to Tibet dispatched by Himmler to hunt for the remnants of the Aryan race. Also:

It's Spooky, It's Strange ... It's Croydon   A rain of frogs in Shirley and a persistent poltergeist in Thornton Heath are just two of the wacky happenings in Croydon.

Aug 10, 2003

Professor predicts marriages using algebra  

Woman Makes Full Sized Harley Davidson From Butter  

Robot insect walks on water  

Dog saves man after finding his SOS in a bottle  

Dead driver gets parking ticket  

'6 degrees' theory of separation holds true online  

It's universal: Lights are going out  

U.S. West Nile Virus Cases Triple in One Week  

Matilda gives burglars the bird  

Connoisseur Criminal Chooses Better Jail  

Silent spyplane could become the eyes of kiwi soldiers  

HAUNTS: Ghost hunting is brisk business in Fredericksburg   Ghosts draw the participants in. Ghost hunting is a growing hobby in the Fredericksburg area. The regions wealth of history makes it perfect for the hunts.

DOWSING DATA DEFY THE SKEPTICS   The success of dowsers doesnt surprise the people who know the most about finding underground water, hydrogeologists for the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Escalante Woman Sounds "Chemtrails" Alarm   A LaVerkin City Councilman is leading a local fight against the United Nations, believing the U.N. is deliberately murdering millions of people by spraying poison from high altitudes.

Researcher: Crop circles part science, part mystery   HOWELL, Mich. -- Theyve come late at night, holding flashlights, their beams cutting the dark in the middle of 1,000 acres of wheat fields. Theyve come in the afternoon under blue sky to lift their arms and pray.

Spirits/Ghosts? No more numerous than at Linden Hill   A music box suddenly starts to play. Items wished for suddenly appear. Things move. A warm feeling suddenly overtakes visitors. And then there are the photos which contain ghostly anomalies.

Spirits/Ghosts? No more numerous than at Linden Hill   A music box suddenly starts to play. Items wished for suddenly appear. Things move. A warm feeling suddenly overtakes visitors. And then there are the photos which contain ghostly anomalies. 

'Meteorite' Narrowly Misses Perth Boy   Mom: 'I heard something hit the bitumen and then Anthony came inside and said there were rocks coming out of the sky.'

The Myth of Suicidal Lemmings   Walt Disney faked it in 1958. According to Brian Vallee, the lemmings supposedly committing mass suicide by leaping into the ocean were actually thrown off a cliff by the Disney filmmakers.

Big Beast Extinction Blamed on Fire Starters   Prehistoric fire starters may have unwittingly killed off the big beasts that once roamed Australia.

The Stars Our Destination   Review, Marina Benjamin's

Truth or Not, They're Out There   All along the UFO watchtower: 'Outside in the distance, / A wildcat did growl, / Two riders were approaching / The wind began to howl ...'

Are We Alone?   Bill Wiand: 'I did recently have a visitation and it terrified me. It started like it always does, with the noise in my ears and it just kind of rumbles through. I couldn't move my body, but I could move my eyes and I knew the room was filled with entities.'

Scientists Offer New Theory On Isles Deep Lava Source   David Scholl, on new theory of drifting hotspots: 'We blew the doors of the car off and opened up all sorts of major league questions.'

Something Huge Leaps from the Water   In search of the Devon Great White.

Cat Mutes Turn Out to Be Work of Predators   Detective: 'I think everyone got caught up with the mutilation theory, and that's what everyone was focusing on until the [predation] experts got here.'

Moa   Review, Richard Wolfe's

Explorer Finds Key to Yeti Mystery   Andrew Sanderson may have proved the existence of a Yeti-like creature - and it's not the Beast of Bolam. It's the Orang Pendek.

Bear Lake Monster Gets No Respect   Pity the poor Bear Lake monster, Isabella.

How Come All Aliens Land In America?   Damn good question. But faulty.

Drake's Secret Trip Up the West Coast   If Samual Bawlf's thesis is true and there are skeptics and supporters who are debating the question 'it would make Drake the greatest explorer in history, until that time at least.'

The Eyes Have It   Are you being stared at?

Gardner Digs to the Roots   And finds a wormy subterranean world.

Pondering the Powers of Prayer   The healing power of prayer.

UFO Exhibit Opens at Michigan Space Center   Three weeks only at the Jackson Community College.

Mom Made Fuss Over Feet of Great Proportions   The evolving 'Sasquatch Syndrome.'

Farmer Who Fell Off the Edge of the Earth   Friend: 'It's a weird feeling; coming out here you get the shivers. If I didn't think he was here, I wouldn't keep looking for him.' Also:

Elves Part of West's History   Tommyknockers.

3-Year Eclipse Astonishes Astronomers   Eclipses happen all over the solar system, but none lasts for three years. So it was cosmic news when Wesleyan University astronomers documented a three-year eclipse about 1,000 light years away in the constellation Perseus.

The Future of Science ... Revealed!   Interview with Charles Seife, author of

No Miracle as Saint's Candles Melt in Torrid Italy   Saint Anthony of Padua can protect you against shipwrecks, starvation and losing things, believers say -- but apparently his powers are no match for the heat.

Big-Cat Search to Begin   Big-cat expert Bill Van Pelt arrives. Apparently that Calvin Klein Obsession for Women thing isn't working out.

Its Doggone Unbelievable   Meet Jim, the Wonder Dog of Marshall, Missouri. Jim was ... clairvoyant.

It's Spooky, It's Strange ... It's Croydon   A rain of frogs in Shirley and a persistent poltergeist in Thornton Heath are just two of the wacky happenings in Croydon.

Mystics & Mind Readers Unnerve Fringe Crowds   The Edinburgh Festival is all about the unexpected, yet no one could have foreseen that a coven of mystics, mediums and mind readers would come to dominate it as they have. And:

It's Universal: The Lights are Going Out   'Out out are the lights out all! / And, over each quivering form, / The curtain, a funeral pall, / Comes down with the rush of a storm / While the angels, all pallid and wan, / Uprising, unveiling, affirm / That the play is the tragedy...'

Area Farmer May Sue Over Crop Circle Case   Mike Esper is threatening to file a complaint with the FCC and perhaps a lawsuit against a Detroit radio station for lying about creating a crop circle on his land.

Aug 07, 2003

Two Headed Moose Fetus Found  

Identity of British 'nude rambler' uncovered  

Orphans sue over 'Monster Study'  

Green tea 'can block cancer'  

Children 'sentenced to Chile' by German parents  

Bob Hopes Obituary Written By Dead Man  

The truly strange case of Catherine Nicole Donkers  

Injured man uses berries, pill bottle to survive six days in woods  

The Lesson of the 'Monster of Los Muermos'   The remains of a sperm whale turned a Chilean beach into a pilgrimage site for the curious and for scientists. The mystery surrounding the carcass calls attention to the lack of environmental education, say scientists.

UFO Reports Increase   There have been over 20 reports over the past two weeks of unexplained bright objects in the sky.

Japanese Determined to Find Abominable Snowman   Seven Japanese mountaineers will leave for Nepal on Sunday to launch a two-month expedition in search of the elusive abominable snowman. And:

Baby Thief   If we need evidence that baby-theft is not a singularly Inuit fear, we need only look toward world folklore.

VERMONT LAKE MONSTER DETECTED ON SONAR   "Champ, the famed 'monster' of Lake Champlain, might be real after all."

LAKEBED EVIDENCE HINTS AT PRESENCE OF THE LOCH NESS MONSTER   "An accidental discovery in the depths of Loch Ness could finally force the scientific community to acknowledge there could be a monster out there."

STRANGE WINGED HUMANOID SPOTTED IN CALAMA, CHILE   A bizarre winged humanoid was spotted by three youths in San Pedro de Atacama, a village near Calama in northern Chile.

LARGE NIGHT SAUCER SEEN OVER SALVADOR IN BRAZIL   On Saturday, July 26, 2003, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Antonio Lauro Filho was outdoors in the bairro Itaigara (neighborhood) of Salvador, capital of Bahia state in northern Brazil. He reported, "My father saw a disc-shaped object of immense proportions descending vertically into our neighborhood. Unfortunately, I myself did not see this object, but my father said it was not a satellite or a meteor. Later I spoke to many people in Itaigara, who had also seen the saucer."

TEN UFOs PUT ON A DISPLAY IN WESTERN TEXAS   On Saturday, July 19, 2003, around 11 p.m., eyewitness Sherry L. reported, "My husband and I were camping on a desert property located about 60 miles (100 kilometers) east from El Paso, Texas on Highway 62/180, which is the highway going to Carlsbad, New Mexico."

ANOTHER CROP CIRCLE FOUND IN ONTARIO   "The second Canadian crop formation for 2003 was found yesterday, (Wednesday) July 30, near Kippen, Ontario. Discovered by a farm worker combining a field" around 12 noon.

TASK FORCE 20 LAUNCHES RAIDS ON AL-OUJA   Between Sunday, July 27, and Tuesday, July 29, 2003, Task Force 20, the combined U.S. Army Special Forces and CIA unit, conducted 58 raids in Iraq, including three on houses in Al-Ouja, a village 3 kilometers (2 miles) north of Tikrit, which was alleged to be the site of Saddam Hussein's large underground base.

1896: BUTCH CASSIDY, THE SUNDANCE KID AND THE ILLUMINATI   It was August 4, 1896, and outlaw Matt Warner (birth name: Willard Erasmus Christiansen--J.T.) was not having a good day. He had recently survived a shootout with three gunmen in the Uintah Mountains of eastern Utah, killing two and wounding one. Matt considered it "fair shooting," but the sheriff of Uintah County had other ideas. Now Matt was a prisoner at the county jail in Vernal, Utah, charged with murder.

Aug 06, 2003

Iraq pneumonia spate baffles US  

... or is it down to depleted Uranium?  

Russian wants to sell Hitler's 'penis'  

Doctor warns against sex in the heat  

Male bus driver wears dress to work  

The Internet Hand-Dryer  

Has Goliath - the missing monster buck - been found?  

U.S. Officials Confirm Dropping Firebombs On Iraqi Troops  

NASA make a mini Mars...  

... and Disney simulate the ride there  

Car manual firm to release step by step guide to sex  

Pit bull kills cat, delays train  

Man cited for Telly 'attack'  

Farmer who serenades pigs provokes rage  

Farmer who serenades pigs provokes rage  

Giant panda pregnant with twins  

Scientists Probe Mystery Of Whale Deaths Off New England  

Stabbing suspect blames ghost  

Police Hunt Naked Hiker  

Galactic Dust Storm Enters Solar System  

August Crop Circles 2003   Check out the crop circles from this August....

Russians find bones of mystery dinosaur   THREE skeletons of gigantic dinosaurs, one of which may belong to a yet unknown species, were unearthed in Russia, scientists said yesterday.

US Embassy cancel hotel booking just 4.5 hours before Jakarta explosion   Translation: There was something very interesting happened just hours before the recent explosion shocked the JW Marriot Hotel, Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta. The US Embassy cancelled the booking of 10-20 rooms in that hotel. The cancellation was on 8.00 West Indonesian Time, Tuesday, or only 4.5 hours before the explosion.  

People descend on farm with crop circles; investigator says they arent a hoax   HOWELL TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Hundreds of people are flocking to a farm to see three crop circles. It may sound like a script from Hollywood, but its happening in Livingston County.

Stabbing suspect blames ghost   A suspect in a stabbing blames the ghost of the victims wife.

UC project attempts to give life to Indian earthworks   That is how as many as 10,000, massive American Indian earthworks that once dotted the Eastern and Southern United States and Midwest came to be, said Barbara Crandell, 74, of Thornville, Ohio

More Mysteries Discovered at Stonehenge   Almost a year has passed since the discovery of the grave of the Amesbury Archer in Amesbury, Wiltshire, near Stonehenge. And now another fascinating discovery has been made. The remains of six people, four adults and two children, which date back almost 4,500 years have been found. The six people were found sharing a single grave just 0.8 kilometers (0.5 miles) from that of the archer.

; LaVerkin Anti-UN Ordinance   Ontario: the night they formed, a neighbor reported seeing a strange light in the sky over Saintsbury, along with a humming noise. The light was also spotted near Elimville. And:

; WKQI   St. Louis School Board member Rochell Moore fired off a letter Tuesday to Mayor Francis Slay, saying he is 'cursed with a curse' of biblical proportions for interfering with the city school district. And:

Hussein Has Iraqis Under His 'Spell'   Many Iraqis believe their former leader, a lifelong dabbler in the occult, will never be found by coalition troops scouring the country. His trick, they say, is a magic stone that protects him from harm.

Teenager Prompts Shark Hunt   Four men are setting sail on a two-week expedition to find a great white shark spotted off the Devon coast. And:

More Than Human?   Will ordinary people have better-than-human powers one day?

Demon Made Him Abduct Woman   An emotional Willie Lee Davis told a jury Monday that a two-headed demon gave him orders to meet a certain woman at the downtown library March 6, 2002. And:

; Jurors Reject Defense   Columnist: 'According to an Air Force spokesman, lots of people have been imagining that they see alien spaceships, and many even imagine that they are kidnapped by people from the planet Anusol.'

A 'Biting Account' of R.I. History   Michael Bell hunts vampires in his free time.

Sighting of Second Mystery Beast   Sheila Harris: 'It was a weird looking thing. My first reaction was that it was a hyena with a mane.'

Herbal Contraception in Ancient Times   Evidence of ancient contraceptives and abortives are more than myths, legends, and hearsay.

Michigan Crop Circles   Farmer Mike Esper: 'It gets weirder by the minute.'

Saturn's Rings: Icebergs in Space   The Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn, due to arrive in July 2004, should help unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the rings' composition and origins. Also:

'Lost' Inca City a Royal Retreat   Working with new evidence and a trove of re-examined relics, archaeologists have revised their thinking about the significance of Macchu Picchu, the most famous 'lost city' of the Inca.

Mysterious 'Horse Ripper' Hunted in Germany   A mysterious 'horse ripper,' who is suspected of killing some 40 horses in Germany, has slaughtered two more mares.

Dreams Cause SIDS, Scientist Theorizes   More on the controversial 'dreaming of the womb' theory.

Alien Searcher Plans 3D Net   Joe Firmage's new project. Also:

Hill Country Witch Accuses Pastor of Harassment   Margie Allen, Wiccan: 'They think I'm satanic. We're dealing with very unintelligent people.' And:

Dowser Solves Riddle   A pensioner from Northampton says he has solved the mystery of a series of bizarre floods in a row of town homes.

Major Discovery of Aboriginal Cave Paintings   A significant component of the discovery is the many half-human, half-animal figures called 'therianthropes'. These rare images include creatures with bird-like heads and others that are part kangaroo.

India Cracks Century-Old Goat Mystery   Those goats on Barren Island are not mystical seawater-drinking beasts after all, sheepish Indian researchers admitted Monday.

'It Had to Be a UFO'   Baseball is full of strange stories -- but they might all be trumped by a ball that disappeared in Key West almost 29 years ago.

Aug 04, 2003

Great White off the coast of Devon  

Inventor fought for latitude to claim longitude prize  

Doubt cast on Bering Land Bridge Theory  

Ramblers warned about the insect which could kill  

Sauna rivals feel the heat  

More 'Cressie' sightings in Newfoundland  

Chinese scissors factory cut down after 352 years  

Suspected Hoaxer Former FBI Informant  

9000km trip to make date  

Woman hit by train 'lucky to be alive'  

"And on the Seventh Day Tony Blair Created..."  

Mysterious & Fatal Pneumonia Puzzles U.S. Army  

Farmers Lose Thouands in Worm Scam  

What went up didn't necessarily come down  

Killing of cats linked to wildlife  

Record Hailstone Reported in Neb. Storm  

Tourism companies capitalize on Savannahs haunted past   Its high tourism season in Savannah, but the guides below arent talking about just any history. They are talking about ghost legends. They are talking about room 204.

Dr Kelly - the plot thickens   Commenting on the state of the body of Dr David Kelly, Professor Konrad Jamrozik, of Imperial College Hospital, London said........

bilderberg 2003 Featured Gallery   featured gallery new this week 

3-month ghost exhibition at Sabah Museum from Aug 2   Kota Kinabalu: Those wishing to experience the scare of their lives should not miss visiting the Sabah Museum here from Aug 2 to Nov 2.

Forget Catching Ghost Cat   Writer: 'How does a big cat, whether jaguar, leopard, cougar or African lion, get to Maui? It's not via wind, water or wings. If there is a big cat here, it came with a person.' Also:

; Nithsdale Wild Cat   The Red Planet has fascinated us since time immemorial.

UFO Fans to Alight Near Hooper   Judy Messoline got tired of waking up with strangers, if not aliens, in her yard. Elsewhere:

Raelian Leader Booted from Incheon Airport   Rael was denied entry to South Korea on cloning fear Saturday.

Cuts Found on Ranch Horses   Arizona horse slashings. And:

; Newton Abbot Attack   Erv Willert says the elaborate geometric signs appeared in his 16-hectare wheat field on Wednesday evening, and he doesn't think anybody in the area is responsible. And:

When Seeing Is Believing. Or Is It?   James Randi made 12-year-old Natalia Lulova cry: 'You know you're cheating, I know you're cheating, and you know I know. We're the only two people in the room who are really positive that you're cheating. But we know, don't we?'

Sonic Boom? Earthquake? Theories Abound   Earthquake experts say it wasn't a shaker, and military authorities say they didn't have the kind of planes in the air that can make a sonic boom. But whatever it was, the noise that rattled Lowcountry communities Friday commanded a lot of attention.

Film Crew's Drama on Loch Ness   With Werner Herzog, it's always epic drama.

Perfume is Enlisted in Hunt for Maui Big Cat   Calvin Klein's Obsession for Women. Also:

Kecksburg Site of Documentary   Thomas Vitale, Sci Fi's Senior VP for programming: 'Our ultimate goal isn't to find a UFO or an alien. Our ultimate goal is to find the truth.' And maybe to sell a few products, too.

Mysterious Effigy a Remnant of a Distant Past   The owl totem near DeLand is a replica of the largest wooden effigy ever recovered from a North American archaeological site.

Tourism Capitalizes on Savannah's Haunted Past   Yet another story about haunted Savannah. How many this year?

'Possessed' Sex Fiend is Jailed   Authorities weren't impressed with a man's claims that he was possessed by the spirit of an 18th century woman during a seance.

Amateur Solves 2,500-Year-Old Mystery of Motion   An amateur scientist has rocked the world of physics by claiming to have solved a philosophical mystery that has vexed thinkers for 2,500 years: Zeno's Paradox. And:

; Iowa Big Cat   Back off, sonar boys. An accidental discovery in the depths of Loch Ness could finally force the scientific community to acknowledge there could be a monster out there. Meanwhile, in parched Arizona:

; Seashells Shed Light   Shades of H. Ross Perot: that giant sucking sound might be giant gas bubbles pulling ships to their doom in the Bermuda Triangle.

Cars Locked in Spooky Supermarket Twist   Paranormal investigators trace the source of the 'rogue radio waves' that left a parking lot full of paralyzed cars.

Voyage to the Bump   'We're quite sure we will discover new species,' says George Sedberry, principal investigator of the national Ocean Exploration expedition set to explore the Charleston Bump.

'Great White Shark' Spotted   Experts say they are taking seriously a reported sighting of a Great White Shark off the Devon coast.

Astronomer Who Wrote On Stonehenge Dies   Another Gerald Hawkins obit.

Ghost Hunting Teens Get Big Scare   Mugged, by two very corporeal thugs.

Another Body Sans Internal Organs   Sri Lanka: organ snatchers.

Hitler's 'Penis' for Sale   The new Spear of Destiny.

Some Residents Believe in Horizon City's Monster   More than two years ago, Cecelia Montañez saw the creature for the first time; over 7 feet tall, with faded dark brown fur: 'I saw a big gorilla-like thing walking toward the desert.'

Is the Truth Out There?   UFOs, flying saucers, contactees, abductions, inter-dimensional beings, government cover-ups.

Soldiers Spot 'Chinese Nessie'   The 12 servicemen said they saw a black-headed creature with 10cm (four inch) horns and a scaled back rising out of Tianchi Lake in the north-eastern Jilin province. And:

Man Sights Monkey   Maynard, Mass.: A White Avenue resident called police Sunday morning to report seeing a monkey in the trees behind his home. Three days later, the monkey is still on the loose with officials short on answers as to where it came from.

Black Beast on the Prowl   The second big cat sighting in Aberdeenshire in recent days was reported yesterday, after a large black beast was seen prowling near a golf course. And:

Walling Pond Legend Landed   Salem’s Loch Ness monster turns out to be a sturgeon. And:

Skeptic Doesn't Mean Cynic   Writer: 'I am proud to consider myself a skeptic. I run a skeptic book club in town, and subscribe to magazines such as

Loch Ness Sea Monster Fossil a Hoax   The world's favorite monster stole the headlines again this month, when the remains of a giant sea creature were discovered in Scotland's Loch Ness.

UFOs RETURN TO FRANCE   On Saturday, July 19, 2003, at 11:45 p.m., Mr. Brainerd and seven other British and American tourists were standing outdoors in a garden near Vallon, in the department of Ardeche, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Avignon, in southern France. While they chatted, Mr. Brainerd reported, "A UFO approached from the south. Bright object, similar to a star or moving satellite but brighter and faster. Travelling fast high in the sky. Eight English and American witnesses saw the object travel fast, stop dead, change direction, travel fast again, stop dead, and change direction again, and then race off towards the horizon to the north. Its speed and agility were beyond belief. Total time in the sky maybe 40 seconds. We were all dumbfounded and perplexed by this phenomenon."

UDAY AND QUSAY BUY IT IN NORTHERN IRAQ   "Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay were killed Tuesday," July 22, 2003, during an intense gun battle with U.S. soldiers who raided a villa" in an upscale neighborhood in the city of Mosul, "where they were staying after receiving a tip from an informant, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq said."

1881: OUTLAW DOC   One enjoyable outcome of poking around in the history of mystics and occultists is what Charles Fort called "the discoveries."

Jul 30, 2003

Needle left in woman's vagina for 50 years  

Body exhibits show 'will go on'  

Moolette  

Tiny horse thief is being run out of Melbourne  

The Search for Osama (bin Forgotten?)  

Taiwan's glowing fish raises ecological concerns  

An Irish Nessie, to be sure  

Study: Similar Size Among Early Men and Women Boosted Evolution  

Woman Might Be Girl Who Vanished in 1986  

Museum solves mystery of creature from deep  

Robot cars rally for desert race  

Robo-nurse could help cope with future Sars outbreaks  

Row over statue with 2ft erection in Salzburg  

Lakes first Champ-hearing recorded   Researchers working in the Button Bay area of Lake Champlain last month say highly sensitive sonar equipment on their boat captured underwater sounds similar to those emitted by a Beluga whale or dolphin.  

Taiwans Ghost Month is here again   Today, July 29, is the first day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar. In local folklore, it is the beginning of the Ghost Month, when the gates of the underworld are open and ghosts are free to roam among the living, in search of food to live on for the rest of the year.

Me and my Yeti   A TEAM of part-time explorers may have proved the existence of a Yeti-like creature on a tropical jungle island. 

BBC debunks Loch Ness monster myth   EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 27 (UPI) -- The BBC says it has finally put an end to the myth of Nessie, the Loch Ness monster.

Porton Down - the terrible secret   Many years ago I worked alongside other women campaigning against both animal and human experimentation at the Porton Down research facility in the UK. At the time rumour was rife that not only were animals bred and tortured in horrific conditions, but humans too, including servicemen, the elderly and the mentally handicapped were being subjected to terrifying and dangerous experiments, evidence of which is just now coming to light.

Was this why Dr David Kelly died?   Compelling evidence from Leonard G. Horowitz

Grounding the flying nun   Activists on the left and right -- including a 71-year-old Milwaukee nun and an art dealer who told other passengers that President Bush is dumb as a rock -- have long complained they were being hassled by airport security. After months of silence, the federal government says: Its true.

Field Report: Wisconsin Crop Circles   Photos and a tentative evaluation of the Mayville circles from July 4.

Blind -- and Looking for ET   Kent Cullers directs research and development for SETI: 'I'm the first totally blind physicist and astronomer in the United States -- and probably the world.'

Current, Former Sheriffs Square Off In Henrico   A.D. 'Toby' Mathews, the former Sheriff, earlier faced public scrutiny after blaming a UFO for the death of his dog.

Cougar Country?   When the Wittenbergs found a tabby cat gutted near their rural Gibbon property recently, they began to suspect there was a cougar in the area.

New Digging to Probe Ancient Sanxingdui Ruins   The lost civilization dates back more than 3,000 years and was visited by a UFO in December, 2000.

Mysteries of a Sunken City Coming to Light   Turkey: the local legend of the sunken city is that it was inundated under the waters of Lake Kycegiz after an earthquake.

Predatory Animals Responsible for Cat Mutes   Extensive fieldwork, lab analysis and reviews from national experts, led local investigators to believe that the deaths were not at human hands, but rather caused by other animals, such as foxes, coyotes, raccoons or owls. And:

; Denver Singing Same Tune   How Earth gained an oxygen-rich atmosphere is an important step in any planet's evolution toward habitability, along with a debated aspect of our biological history. But where did the oxygen come from?

Cashing in at Haunted Hotel   Two Black Country men braved the ghostly goings-on of a haunted hotel to raise money for a good cause.

Is Physical Matter All There Is, Really?   Mystery novelist Andrew Klavan: 'Materialism is a paradigm whose shift has come.'

'Rogue Radio Waves' Lock Out Drivers   Dozens of shoppers were stranded after their cars locked them out. The mystery in Thetford has been blamed on rogue radio waves.

Man Presents 'Bigfoot' as Biological Fact   Ron Brown, Ph.D., biology: 'People just can't seem to come to grips with the fact that there is a possibility that one of the most important biological finds possibly exists right here in the backyard of the most technologically advanced country in the world unknown.'

Cyborg Liberation Front   Inside the movement for Posthuman Rights.

With Nessie, Seeing Isn't Believing   When he won more than $1,100 a couple of years ago for capturing a webcam image of the Loch Ness Monster, systems analyst Gavin Joth was convinced he'd scored a coup.

Catastrophe Created Mars' Moons   The two moons of Mars Phobos and Deimos could be the byproducts of a breakup of a huge moon that once circled the red planet, according to a new theory.

Marshalling Martian Water Tables   The search for water on Mars.

Renee Pestered By Ghost   Renee Zellweger has reportedly called ghostbusters into her 1.3m home. And:

Circles Baffle Farmers   Michigan farmer, Pat Esper: 'It's just like you see on TV.'

'Freaky' Wind Merits Study, Student Says   A college student who is crazy about weather wants to determine the cause of some crazy weather locally.

Albany Man Searches for UFOs   Crazy or not, Scott Arnett has lots of company.

Natural Mummification Remains Mystery   Forty years ago, cemetery workers in San Bernardo opened some old coffins and got a shock: the corpses inside were mummified, and how they got that way remains a mystery.

Faithful in Search of Miracle Cure   Preacher Melvin Bank's faith healing powers targeted on a deaf woman appeared to have failed when he had to repeatedly shout and ask if she was better.

Mist & Mystery of Mars: Water Spots   The more scientists learn about water on Mars, the more mysterious it becomes.

Face-to-Face with Big Cat   Dog walker: 'It must have seen me or the dogs. I don't know who was more shocked, me or the cat.'

Shark Whisperer Woos Great Whites   Ian Gordon: 'I find their behavior fairly predictable compared to most people, but the reality is, I'm human and they're a shark.'

Ghosts, Generals Have Stopped at Inn   A ghost may even have saved the Old South Mountain Inn from being destroyed in a fire in December 2002.

An Alternative Reality Tennessee   Road Trip: the 2003 Alternate Realities Conference in the mountains of eastern Tennessee.

Gerald Hawkins   Obit. Astronomer and Stonehenge researcher Hawkins died May 26, 2003.

Strange Secrets   Government agents have investigated everything from UFO sightings to the existence of Noah's Ark on a remote Turkish mountaintop, according to the new book