"THE TOP PARANORMAL EVENTS OF 2001" > Page 1, 2, 3
May 2001
• A family in Manitoba fled their home in fear, claiming they were tormented by a demonic presence. "It's beaten my wife, terrifies my children and causes bad things to happen," said 26-year-old homeowner William Hudson. "It's forced us out."
• The Monkey Man attacks in India was the big paranormal story in May. Several cities claimed attacks and several deaths were even attributed to the mysterious creature. For a while the creature even morphed into Bear Man. The case has not yet been solved.
• A weird and unexplained whirlpool formed in the waters off the coast of San Diego. Oceanographers said they had never seen anything like it, and some eyewitnesses claimed to have seen UFOs and strange lights over the whirlpool.
• Renowned Yeti researcher and adventurer Reinhold Messner authored a new book, "My Quest for the Yeti" in which he revealed his theory on what the Yeti really is: a chemo bear.
• A photo of a newly discovered anomaly on Mars was published. Dubbed the "space king," the formation resembles a youth's head bearing a crown. To skeptics, it's merely a trick of light and shadow. Other more interesting photos showed what might be large vegetation growth on the Red Planet.
• In a groundbreaking program called "Project Disclosure," Steven Greer organized a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. at which several high-profile government and military witnesses attested to the reality of the UFO and alien phenomenon, and a massive government coverup.
• David Duchovney announced he was quitting "The X-Files," the show in which he starred as FBI paranormal investigator Fox Mulder for eight years.
• An astounding discovery was made off the coast of Cuba when ocean engineer Paulina Zelitsky imaged something she could hardly believe. She told a reporter for Reuters: ""We are discovering... even possibly a sunken city built in the pre-classic period and populated by an advanced civilization similar to the early Teotihuacan culture of Yucatan." Incredibly, the sunken city lies on the floor of the ocean at a depth of about 2,200 feet! Some speculate that this might be what remains of Atlantis.
• Monster-hunter Jan Sundberg, who left the loch after reports of a "disappointing expedition" claims he has proof of a cover-up. Sundberg says the Loch Ness Monster riddle could have been solved 34 years ago, but a "business mafia" in nearby Drumnadrochit stopped the search in case it killed off the tourist trade. The businessmen denied the allegation.
• New high-resolution photos of the famous "Face on Mars" were released showing, to most people, that it really is just a mesa.
June 2001
• A field in Turkey was sealed off by police after a villager claimed he saw a two-foot-tall flying alien in a yellow suit. Fevzi Cam, his wife and another woman said they spotted the alien as they rode on a tractor to a tobacco field. Mr. Cam said he threw stones at the creature, which was wearing a shiny, yellow-gray outfit with a yellow light on the front.
• A new investigation was begun into the famous Bell Witch poltergeist case. Paranormal investigators Carol and Dan Gist, who run GhostLabs Research Society, headed the new probe.
• Noted space visionary and writer, Sir Arthur C. Clarke put his reputation on the line by publicly announcing that he believes that new images of Mars clearly show that the red planet is dotted with patches of vegetation, including trees.
• Robert Ballard, the explorer who found the wreck of the Titanic, announced an expedition in search of proof that the Black Sea was created by an enormous flood that may have been the inspiration for the biblical story of Noah's Ark.
• Northern Ontario was all abuzz with the discovery of Bigfoot footprints. The prints indicated a creature with a two-meter stride and measured 35-centimetres long and 12-cm wide.
• The journal Communication Monographs concluded that people are more likely to believe in the paranormal if they watch a lot of TV, where they are exposed to the topics of ESP, aliens, astrology, etc.
• An Italian geologist, Dr. Luigi Piccardi, from the center for the study of geology in Florence, poured cold water on the legend of the Loch Ness Monster by blaming earthquakes for sightings of the creature.
• British scientists found some of the best evidence yet for the existence of the Yeti: a sample of hair that has proved impossible to identify. Genetic tests on the hair failed to match its DNA to that of another animal.
• Three men - Richard Quigley, Matthew Burke and Daniel Murray - looking for the Lough Ree Monster in Ireland claimed to have detected the movement of a large, unrecognized animal in the water.
July 2001
• Gillian Anderson announced that she was quitting "The X-Files" after the 2001-2002 season. She starred as FBI agent Dana Scully.
• A group headed by Joshua Warren in Asheville, N.C. announced that it would launch a new investigation into the mysterious and well-known Brown Mountain Lights that have puzzled residents for decades.
• Paranormal investigator Dr. Richard Wiseman concluded that phenomena reported at séances, including levitating tables and other ghostly goings-on, are probably manifestations of the power of suggestion.
• A Chupacabra-like creature struck in the Philippines, biting a fist-sized chunk out of a man's leg. Several other people were attacked and injured by the vicious kangaroo-looking "dogs" that witnesses said could fly.
• A new investigation was launched by scientists into the baffling Tunguska blast site, where something devastated a large area in Siberia in 1908. In a related story a few weeks later, a German scientist said the blast was caused by a "volcanic blowout."
• Unexplained lights, similar to the controversial Phoenix lights, were spotted over New Jersey. Some considered it evidence of an alien presence while others considered it some kind of miracle.
August 2001
• A team of scientists from India and the U.K. claimed to have found extraterrestrial microbial life in the earth's stratosphere, but others in the astrobiology community expressed their doubts.
• Residents of Wichita, Kansas were perplexed by an unexplained rain of large corn husks from the sky.
• Cattle mutilations continued to mystify and frustrate ranchers in Montana. They even called in a UFO investigation group to help figure it out.
• Swimmers in Lake Erie were attacked and bitten by some unknown creature. Three people were bitten, and investigator Dr. Harold Hynscht ruled out piranhas, lamprey eels, snapping turtles and walleye, goby and muskellunge fish, but commented that whatever it was, "it was a big honking fish."
• The world's largest crop formation appeared overnight in Wiltshire, U.K. The formation consisted of 400 circles and was created, it was estimated, in 300 minutes. The formation covered more than a half a million square feet.
• Famed Loch Ness Monster investigator and hunter Robert Rines, who snapped the famous photo of Nessie's fllipper in 1974, announced that he suspected that the monster might be dead.
• The Ogopogo Monster was allegedly caught on a "shaky video" by Don Basaraba, a gas station worker. He took the video from his power boat on Okanagan Lake.
• Maine residents were puzzled by mysterious noises and lights in the sky.
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