CREATURES:
All-white blackbird photographed
This unusual blackbird is attracting bird watchers to a Nottinghamshire country park. The bird is leucistic, which is a genetic mutation that prevents pigments from being deposited normally in its feathers. It has been residing for the last four years in the woodland of Rufford Abbey Country Park...
New witness corroborates 2011 Nessie sighting
Odd accounts and strange tales orbit around Shasta
Mt. Shasta, the Cascade peak that mesmerized John Muir, has long attracted mystics, metaphysicians and spiritualists. Now a researcher is seeking 'stories and information' for a book on Bigfoot and UFO sightings...
PSYCHIC PHENOMENA:
Kim Kardashian consults psychic John Edward
Kim's publicist, Jill Fritzo, is friends with -- and represents -- psychic medium John Edward, so Kim tells Kourtney she wants to call Edward so she can communicate with her dead father, Robert Kardashian...
TIME AND SPACE:
Life spotted on Venus - Russian scientist
An article published in the Solar System Research magazine reported Several objects resembling living beings were detected on photos made by a Russian landing probe in 1982 during a Venus mission. Leonid Ksanfomaliti of the Space Research Institute of Russia's Academy of Sciences published research that analyzed the photos from the Venus mission made by a Soviet landing probe, Venus-13, in 1982. The photos feature several objects, which Ksanfomaliti said, resembled "a disk," "a black flap" and "a scorpion." All of them "emerge, fluctuate and disappear," the scientist said, referring to their changing location on different photos and traces on the ground...
HUMAN MYSTERIES:
Why is child abuse tied to witchcraft on the rise?
Evidence is emerging that a growing number of children are being subjected to exorcism rituals. Louise Hunt finds out why. Social workers are used to coping with the unexpected - it comes with the territory. But child-protection specialists are increasingly coming across a kind of case that few textbooks have prepared them for: abuse of children related to belief in witchcraft...
LOST WORLDS:
Mysterious 'winged' structure from ancient Rome discovered
A recently discovered mysterious "winged" structure in England, which in the Roman period may have been used as a temple, presents a puzzle for archaeologists, who say the building has no known parallels...
EARTH MYSTERIES:
The source of the strange UFO sounds has been located: It's not what you expect
On January 22, 2012, the mystery of the strange UFO sounds being recorded across the globe was finally solved. The low creaking, groaning and metallic sounds weren't caused by UFOs, the Apocalypse or aliens. The sounds were caused by someone projecting the sound of a musical instrument called a waterphone...
