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Is it just because they are talked about more and more in paranormal circles, or are people really experiencing encounters with shadow people in increasing numbers? Or have these entities always been around? To be objective, we also have to consider that these experiences might be strictly illusions or psychological disturbances. However, you'd have a hard time convincing the people who offer these stories that what they saw and felt - and what terrified them - wasn't real.

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PARANORMAL NEWS for FEB. 11:
Farrell's Haunted Trailer, Noah's Ark Debris?, Eerie Cloud Face

Saturday February 11, 2012
Will Farrell Will Farrell haunted
- On the set of a new movie, Farrell reportedly asked to abandon his trailer because it's haunted.
Debris on Mount Ararat Mount Ararat debris
- An archaeologist reveals debris found in a cave on the mountain where Noah's Ark came to rest.
Face in the clouds

Eerie face in the clouds
- The family of Gerry Wells was freaked out by these clouds strongly resembling the late man.

Plus: Mum forced to flee haunted flat... Family offered haunted flat but they would rather be homeless... Toy store might be haunted... Ghost sightings reported by anglers... Physically assaulted by the unknown... Does Bigfoot live in Bexar County, Texas?... Thar be a monster in the marshes... "Mermaids" scare off workers... Secret Defense Intelligence Agency research identified psychic signals... Are pets really psychic?... Hidden energy behind the sense of being stared at... The lies of Fatima... Mystery noises reported in Hartlepool... Scientists check out egg-laying rooster.
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Bear, mammoth, or cgi?

Saturday February 11, 2012

Mammoth bear profiles

Here's why I'm not so quick to say that this is a bear with a fish in its mouth. The creature does not have the correct profile. The creature in the video, top, has a distinctly sloped back, just like the mammoth in the illustration at bottom. The Siberian brown bear, center, has a rather straight back. So, again -- is this a real mammoth or is it a computer generated image (cgi)?

Woolly mammoth videotaped?!

Friday February 10, 2012

Woolly mammoth video

Thought to have gone extinct 3,500-4,000 years ago, the woolly mammoth has been reported in unconfirmed sightings in recent decades in Siberia, but now a videotape has surfaced that might show a living woolly mammoth crossing a stream. The video was allegedly shot by a Russian government-employed engineer last summer. It's a pretty convincing looking video, but we have to be careful in this day of high-quality cgi. If this is real, it's an amazing video! Go look!

Your True Tales: February Stories

Thursday February 9, 2012

Your True TalesThis month there are 34 true stories of ghosts, time slips, poltergeists, strange creatures, and more, including: "The Black-Eyed Man Who Wasn't There," "The Demon of Tullichewan Castle Woods," "Eight-Foot Creature Terrifies Dogs," "Ghost's Suicide or Murder?," "Hooded Being Possessed Our Car," "Odd, Terrifying Encounter in the Fog," "Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film: A New Tall Tale," and more. Read them all and leave your comments.

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