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Paranormal News and Views for September 25, 2012

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Trail cam Bigfoot photo

Trail cam Bigfoot photo

Tom Banks

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

MYSTERIOUS CREATURES:

New photo: Trail cam photo of Bigfoot blasting through
This possible Bigfoot photo made it on Field & Stream's list of "The 56 Best Wildlife Shots from Our 2012 Fall Contest". It was submitted by a Field & Stream reader Tom Banks as part of a contest...

Three Yeti sightings reported in Siberia ahead of 'Abominable Snowman' expedition
Three separate Yeti "sightings" have been reported in the Siberian region of Kemerovo. The sightings come as Russia prepares to host a conference and subsequent expedition to find the elusive creature, which is also known variously as Bigfoot, Sasquatch, the Abominable Snowman and the Siberian Snowman...

Travis and I see a chupacabra….
Kitty Lapin Agile: Travis is a native of New Hampshire. He likes to show me, as I've only lived in New Hampshire 17 years, some of the back roads and byways of the state. One evening we were taking a very rural shortcut when the headlights fell upon a creature. It crossed the road in front of the car, Travis had slammed on the brakes, and we just sat there for a moment. "Did you see what I just saw?" Travis exclaimed. I took a breath and think I answered something like "Yeah, if you think we just saw a chupacabra."..

The Svokan: Myth vs. reality
Who would ever have thought that an entire range of mountains could be considered definitively monstrous? Probably not many, that's for sure. But, it can definitely be said about the spectacular Caucasus Mountains situated in Eurasia, between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, and which are home to the highest mountain in all of Europe, Mount Elbrus...

GHOSTS, POLTERGEISTS, HAUNTINGS:

Busting Auckland's ghosts
There have been rumours for years. Whispers of more than just clothes and perfume lurking in the walls of Smith and Caughey's department store. They were stories Mark Wallbank couldn't ignore. The man behind Haunted Auckland, a group of like-minded locals searching for the truth about the afterlife, recently spent an evening in the Queen St shopping institution. And what he found brings more questions than answers...

Haunted ships great spots for ghost hunts, researchers say (video)
Trying to make contact with a ghost? The key to getting them to respond may be pie -- or at least a question about it. That's the surprising claim made by paranormal researcher Matt Schulz, a San Diego-based art director when he's not exploring old houses, hotels or ships...

10 spooky places to visit in the U.S.
Each year Americans of all ages get in the "spirit" of Halloween. Like so many others, my family and I enjoy all of the typical Halloween activities; from trick-or-treating and costume parties, to pumpkin patches and jack-o-lantern carving. But one thing we have yet to do is visit a haunted attraction -- even though there are several wildly popular options near where we live...

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