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By Stephen Wagner, About.com

May 3 2006
Seeing is believing: tripping the lights fantastic
Standing in the darkness on Long Reef peninsula, seeing anything - let alone alien aircraft - is proving difficult. That is the challenge for members of the UFO Society of Western Sydney, who are on one of their regular UFO expeditions. The northern beaches is a "hot spot" for unidentified flying objects, according to the Campbelltown-based group, which says it has received hundreds of "genuine UFO sightings" since its inception in 2000...

Accused killer in triple murder told man he was a werewolf
Two acquaintances of a man accused of murdering his pre-teen girl-friend’s family say he professed to be a 300-year-old werewolf who liked the taste of blood...
(Also read: " On the Trail of the Werewolf")

Argentina mysteries
Skeptical Inquirer’s Joe Nickell: While visiting Argentina for the 2005 Primera Conferencia Iberoamericana Sobre Pensamiento Critico ("First Latin American Conference on Critical Thinking") in Buenos Aires, I was also able to take a look at some local mysteries with which I already had some familiarity. These included a haunted cemetery, miracles of popular saints, and tales of animal mutilation by the dreaded chupacabras. Here is a brief look at each in turn...
(Also read: "The Blood-Sucking Creature from Hell")

Source of loud "booms" in Port Angeles still a mystery
A series of explosions that rocked most of the Port Angeles area remains a mystery. Police dispatchers received calls from all around the area last night about 11:30 reporting the series of "booms". But police have been unable to uncover what may have caused the noises...

2 kittens born on Good Friday bear mysterious markings in their fur
LeeAnn Jacobs says she doesn't think her two kittens, each born with a distinct cross on its back, are the handiwork of the Almighty. Even though they were born on Good Friday, she doesn't think the crossed kitties have any connection to Christ...

Ghost horse
Amateur ghost hunter Dawn Scargill believes she has snapped a spectral stallion galloping through Lincoln. The 37-year-old and her twin sister Tracey Poucher took the picture on Friday night. But it was only later that they noticed the shape of a ghostly horse floating in the background. Lincoln Ghost Walk leader Margaret Green believes the apparition could be connected to an age-old city legend...

UFO encounter on highway #16 - three frightened women
Location: 3 Kilometers east of Telkwa, British Columbia, Canada on highway #16. Viewing Time: approx. 90 seconds. Weather Conditions: Overcast. (Woodmere UFO Sighting) I was contacted by a friend who told me about three ladies who went to Smithers, British Columbia, Canada for a days shopping. Once they had their day outing the ladies left Smithers at approx: 8:45 PM Friday night, February 1, 2002 on their way home to Houston, B.C. It was a dark and overcast night as they traveled the 45 minutes back to Houston on highway #16 heading east. After passing through the small community of Telkwa, just 3 kilometers east they all noticed a "very" bright light glowing through the overcast sky...

Shipyard calls in vicar to expel ghost
Strange spirits have scared the life out of BAE shipyard workers, prompting top brass to call in ghost-busting experts. A specialist in paranormal research and the shipyard’s chaplain, Reverend Di Hervey, will visit the Pipe Shop on Ferry Road next Tuesday to exorcise the spirit...

Expert: UFOs are real
There is an abundance of evidence that not only proves the existence of UFOs, but the government has been hiding classified documents for decades, an expert told students last night. Robert Hastings, independent UFO researcher who claims to have first spotted UFOs at Malstrom Air Force Base in 1967, spoke last night in Memorial Hall at a lecture entitled, "UFOs: The Hidden History." The event marked the last installment of Theoretical Thursdays, hosted by the Student Activities Board...

Panel warns of a crisis in American physics
Physics in America is at a crossroads and in crisis, just as humanity stands on the verge of great discoveries about the nature of matter and the universe, a panel from the National Academy of Sciences concludes in a new report...

"Premonition" leads father and son to man after crash
Clifford Foss had a vision. A child was trapped in Prairie Creek and could not get out. The vision awoke him at 3 a.m. It gnawed incessantly at him. Foss tried to ignore it. He was tired and wanted to sleep. But the vision would not go away...
(Also read: "What To Do with Your Premonitions"

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