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By Stephen Wagner, About.com Guide to Paranormal Phenomena since 1998

Phantom Vehicle

Tuesday September 30, 2003
"We live on an old country road," writes Summer. "There isn't a lot of traffic on our road. Almost every evening, we walk our three dogs after it gets dark. ... Read More

Monsters, Monsters Everywhere - Weekly Feature

Sunday September 28, 2003
It never ceases to amaze me the variety of strange and unusual creatures that people report seeing. Lake monsters, woods creatures, backyard intruders, river dwellers and red-eyed, sharp-clawed beasts. Here ... Read More

Forum: To SLIders and PK Experiencers

Saturday September 27, 2003
"I'd like to get a discussion started with people who actually experience PK [psychokinesis] and SLIding-like phenomenon so we can discover the similarities of our experiences and figure out where ... Read More

Dogs Have a Sixth Sense for Earthquakes

Friday September 26, 2003
Dogs, it seems, can sense when an earthquake is coming, according to a study by Japanese researchers, reports the Ananova website. In the time preceeding an earthquake, there is a ... Read More

Phantom Hitchhikers

Thursday September 25, 2003
One of the most persistent and entertaining types of ghost stories is that of the phantom or vanishing hitchhiker. It's also one of the most chilling because, if true, they ... Read More

Chupacabras' Bug-Loving Cousin?

Wednesday September 24, 2003
This nasty-looking little creature isn't supposed to be around... but it is. The almiqui was to thought to be extinct, but a living example was recently found in the eastern mountains ... Read More

Paranormal News

Wednesday September 24, 2003
Art Bell returns to paranormal radio... Ghost caught by supermarket security camera... Kangaroo saves man's life... Theory: Nessie is an old eel... "Ghosts" scare students... One man's quest for Bigfoot... ... Read More

Man in the Silver Spacesuit

Tuesday September 23, 2003
"When I was about eight years old, I was in bed one night when I felt I needed to go to the bathroom," writes Lee C. "When I opened the ... Read More

When Nature Goes Nuts - Weekly Feature

Sunday September 21, 2003
In all its wondrous, complicated splendor, nature can also be enigmatic, creating effects and events that are puzzling and sometimes humorous. Here are incredible yet true accounts of rain, clouds, ... Read More

Resurrection Mary

Sunday September 21, 2003
The legend of "Resurrection Mary" is one of the most famous ghost stories from Chicago. They say her ghost still walks the road in front of Resurrection Cemetery. The Unexplained ... Read More

Home Electronics Going Crazy

Saturday September 20, 2003
"I seem to have the magic touch, only not in the good sense!" writes Bellashella in the Paranormal Forum. "Every time I touch something eletrical in my house, it stops ... Read More

The Reality of Telepathy

Friday September 19, 2003
For the most part, scientists dismiss the idea of ESP out of hand, without any research. More and more, however, when scientists actually investigate such phenomena, they find that there's ... Read More

Tormented Spirit?

Thursday September 18, 2003
Does this photo show the anguished scream of a departed soul... or is it merely the illusion of light and shadow? In either case, it's an interesting and eerie image, ... Read More

Jewish Paranormal Encounters Sought

Wednesday September 17, 2003
Paranormal investigator Carla Wills-Brandon is looking for Jewish individuals who have had unusual paranormal encounters while a loved one was passing, after death contact after a loved one has passed, ... Read More

Chupacabras on TV

Wednesday September 17, 2003
Was the image of a Chupacabras caught on digital video? "After analyzing the digital image, it was established that the shadow corresponds to a being with these characteristics," say Virgilio ... Read More

The Shape-Shifters Arrive

Tuesday September 16, 2003
The AMC special "Fang vs. Fiction: The Real Underworld of Vampires and Werewolves," premieres on September 17 (check your local listings for show times). The show will feature prolific paranormal ... Read More

Writing on the Wall

Tuesday September 16, 2003
"I am scared out of my mind right now," writes Lara B. "We have several buildings that we manage. One of our maintenance staff was painting the walls inside a ... Read More

GhostCams: Eye on the Unexplained - Weekly Feature

Monday September 15, 2003
Even if you don't live in or near a haunted house, these webcams provide your chance to see a ghost - or some other paranormal apparition - with your own ... Read More

Fido Is Here... and Wants You to Know He's Happy

Sunday September 14, 2003
In the news recently is an article about pet psychic Asia Voight who says she's been communicating meaningfully with animals since she was five years old. This kind of psychic ... Read More

Shadow Ghost?

Saturday September 13, 2003
Kinjite writes: "I took a trip to Washington in June and came back the second week of July. Since then I have seen a 'shadow' moving about my house. It ... Read More

Messages from Heaven?

Friday September 12, 2003
Are Divine messages being delivered through Galia, a 15-year-old, brain-damaged girl in Israel? Using a technique called "facilitated communication," Galia's mother says that the young girl is relaying important information ... Read More

Was the 9/11 Tragedy Prophesied?

Wednesday September 10, 2003
Virtually all of the big name psychics failed to predict the monumental horror of September 11, 2001. Not even Nostradamus seemed to have anything to say about it. Interestingly, some ... Read More

Sounds of Psi

Wednesday September 10, 2003
A fascinating experiment by British scientists have demonstrated that certain very low frequency sounds can produce certain effects that are similar to those that people have experienced in haunted locations. ... Read More

The "Thing" Returns

Tuesday September 9, 2003
"I saw it in front of my window in the front yard... This thing is about three and a half feet tall and very strong and persistent. I was terrified ... Read More

How To Report a Ghost/Monster Sighting

Sunday September 7, 2003
Chances are you know someone who has claimed to have seen a ghost, a strange creature or some other unexplained phenomena. Perhaps you have. So what should you do when ... Read More

Skunk Ape Expedition

Sunday September 7, 2003
Skunk Ape expert David Shealy has begun a new expedition in the Florida Everglades to find evidence of that state's version of Sasquatch, reports the Naples Daily News. The expedition ... Read More

How Will Doomsday Come?

Saturday September 6, 2003
Scientists revealed recently that a large asteroid is headed our way and has a small chance of striking the Earth in March, 2014. (They say the chances are about 1 ... Read More

As the Past Sees Us

Friday September 5, 2003
Several Ancient Vedic Predictions and Prophecies, compiled by Susan Ferguson for Rense.com, seem to forecast conditions that exist in our society today, including "Pre-cooked food will be readily available!" Also ... Read More

Cut-Throat Ghost

Thursday September 4, 2003
Does this photo capture the energy of a murderer? The photographer and some friends ventured into a haunted house where, it was said, a man killed his family by stabbing ... Read More

Ireland's Lake Monster

Wednesday September 3, 2003
Did you know that Ireland may have its own version of the Loch Ness Monster? Actually, scientitsts aren't sure what the Muckross Monster is or what it looks like. All ... Read More

September True Stories Online

Monday September 1, 2003
The September edition of "Your True Tales" is now online! 43 chilling, true tales of the unexplained! Read the Story of the Month: "Daddy's Valentine's Day Visit," plus "Man in ... Read More

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