Whether psychic trip or physical blip, near-death tales are eerily similar. It's easy to scoff at people who say they have had a near-death experience during a serious illness. Stories of travelling through tunnels and hearing strange voices have been around for more than 1,000 years. But for the people who experience them, the episodes are so real they often have a life-changing effect...
(Also read: "A Glimpse of the Afterlife")
Stan Friedman on "The World's Strangest UFO Stories"
In what may be the understatement of the year so far, Stan Friedman was "not pleased". Neither was Don Ledger, who let go with both barrels on Strange Days. Others have weighed in as well. No-one was more aggrieved than Stan, however, at least in part because Discovery, on their promotional website, initially ran a photo of Stan next to a caption that read "I had sex with an alien"…
Making a fast buck from info on Bigfoot
You want to know about Bigfoot? No problem. How much are you willing to pay? Information on Bigfoot, according to biodiversity researcher and Bigfoot enthusiast Vincent Chow, is coming at a price as more people clamour to learn about the creature said to be lurking in the jungles of Johor. Chow claimed that villagers were not as forthcoming with information as before but the minute they were paid, they become very helpful and vocal…
Near-death experience: Find out if you’re a candidate
Experiences you have in the here and now could hint at whether you'll see a light at the end of the tunnel when you're close to the hereafter. A new study finds that people who have had near-death experiences are generally more likely to have difficulty separating sleep from wakefulness. Researchers surveyed 55 people who'd had a near-death experience (NDE) and 55 who had not. The experience was defined as a life-threatening episode such as a car accident or heart attack when the person experienced a variety of feelings…
(Also read: “It's All Right on the Other Side”)
Harvard telescope will search for ET light signals
Conference to be a haunting event
For anyone who has ever heard something that went bump in the night or came face to face with the ghost of a dead relative, the Country Springs Hotel will be the place to be later this month. The Strange Stevens Point Unexplained Conference will bring together a panel of ghost experts, werewolf hunters and crop circle enthusiasts April 22…
Swiss Mystery Park needs savior to materialize
Long ago, astronauts from outer space visited earth to lay the foundations for human civilization, Erich von Daeniken says. Now, the Swiss writer and businessman hopes for a visitor wealthy enough to save his Mystery Park theme park in Interlaken from financial collapse. The park, set up by the author of bestsellers such as Chariots of the Gods and The Gods were Astronauts, has failed to attract enough visitors and needs 4 million Swiss francs ($3.08 million) in cash to stay in business…
Cancellation of Dracula Park hailed as victory by Romanian church
Romania's Orthodox church has welcomed a government decision to cancel a “Dracula Park" entertainment complex near Bucharest, five years after the project was initiated to take advantage of the country's legendary vampire…
Strange shape in Saturns cloudtops
More witnesses report A595 ghost
Beverley Moore’s appeal for more witnesses to a ghost she saw on the A595 is bearing fruit. Mrs Moore, of Hensingham, saw the ghost of a lady near the Crofton cheese farm, near Carlisle, while driving down the road at 2am. Following her report, Paul Swailes has got in touch to report a similar sighting. He too saw the ghost in the early hours of the morning…
(Also read: “Highway Ghost”)
Animal Planet explores Yeti
In Corwin’s Quest: Realm of the Yeti, Animal Planet’s Jeff Corwin joins an elite team of top scientists on an adventurous mission to search out new animal species in one of the most mysterious regions on earth…
Cold case: Why did the iceman cometh?
Ice falling from the sky might seem unusual, but some Spanish and American scientists say it is becoming a frequent occurrence throughout the world. Like the estimated 200-plus-pound chunk that fell Saturday on Bushrod Park, clear ice from the sky has been reported around the world. Big and small ice-falls have happened in China, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Scotland, Hungary, England, India and more than half of the United States — often in summer and some recorded before aircraft were invented, scientists say. And in each case, no one knows why…
