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Paranormal News for May 26, 2012

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Florida Bigfoot sighting

Florida Bigfoot sighting

Jan Hibbs

Up-to-the-minute reports of paranormal activity and news from around the world

CREATURES:

Florida retired wildlife officer gives enough detail of Bigfoot to make you doubt it was a bear
Credible witnesses are hard to come by, but when they do, their story is usually very detailed and convincing. If someone credible like a wildlife officer, who has worked with animals like bears for a living tells you it wasn't a bear that he saw, you have to believe him...

Bigfoot: beyond footprints and DNA
Last week researchers from Oxford University and the Lausanne Museum of Zoology announced that they are seeking genetic materials (such as hair, skin, and blood samples) claimed to be of unknown animals such as Bigfoot. The goal of the Oxford-Lausanne Collateral Hominid Project is to catalogue and identify new species, including those long believed to be mythical...

US TV crew claims Bigfoot-type creature is roaming the Aussie bush
A US television crew has recorded what it believes is compelling audio evidence of the existence of a Bigfoot-type creature in Australia. The four-member team from the Animal Planet "Finding Bigfoot" series was on an expedition through remote forests spanning the Queensland and New South Wales border when they made the recordings...

A dinosaur expedition doomed from the start
Numerous expeditions have been launched in search of the legendary animal. None have come back with evidence that some Cretaceous holdover is hanging out in Lake Tele or anywhere else. You'd think that a population of huge, amphibious dinosaurs would leave plenty of tracks, scat and skeletal remains behind, but-surprise, surprise-apparently not...
(Also read: In Search of Living Dinosaurs)

GHOSTS, HAUNTINGS, POLTERGEISTS:

Ghost pushed us, Larnach Castle tourist claims
Ghostly sightings may have left Cumberland College students spooked, but now a tourist has reported being bullied by a ghost at Larnach Castle. Sightings of the ghost known as the "Grey Lady" at the college earlier this month have sparked a media frenzy, says the author of a soon-to-be-published book about Dunedin's haunted spots...
(Also read: When Ghosts Attack)

The 3 most haunted hotels in the West
Grant Olsen: I'm fascinated by the local legends I encounter as I travel throughout the Western United States. Whimsical or chilling, they provide a unique glimpse into the local culture. Here is my list of the three most haunted hotels that I've encountered in the West...

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