Coventry University is offering the chance to look into haunted houses, extra-sensory perception and "the survival of bodily death". Tony Lawrence, director of the two-year parapsychology course, said it would be "controversial yet thought-provoking". The focus will be the "middle ground" between religion and science, he added…
Cryptozoologist mulls theories on 'Big Bird'
Hidden in the shadows outside of civilization, monsters are believed by some to exist. According to folklore, a large primate stalks the Pacific Northwest and a giant reptile lurks in the depths of a Scottish lake. And in South Texas, people carefully watch the skies for Big Bird, a flying creature that terrorized the area in 1976…
(Also read: "Did Pterosaurs Survive Extinction?")
The meandrous monster migrates to Utah Lake
When the first Euro-American settlers came to the Great Basin in 1847, the Ute Indians told them stories of Pawapicts or Water Babies. These supernatural beings lured their human victims under the water, where they, too, became Pawapicts. The new colonists modified these Ute tales, and the Pawapicts became creatures the Euro-Americans had heard of in the Old Country -- kraken or sea monsters…
GSI: Ghost scene investigation
Some people think Clarissa Vasquez is a freak. And that doesn't bother her. "Just 500 years ago people were convinced the world was flat," Vasquez said. "And no one knew anything about cells or bacteria until the microscope was invented. Now they say there's no such thing as ghosts. Sure there is. We just haven't been able to unquestionably prove it yet." Vasquez, 28, is a paranormal investigator…
(Also read: "Ghosts: What Are They?")
Scientology nearly ready to unveil Super Power
Matt Feshbach believes he has super powers. He senses danger faster than most people. He appreciates beauty more deeply than he used to. He says he outperforms his peers in the money management industry. He heightened his powers of perception in 1995 when he went to Los Angeles and became the first and so far only "public" Scientologist to take a highly classified Scientology program called Super Power…
Sci-fi man
The film "Roswell: The U.F.O Cover-Up" (1994) tells the story of USAF Major Jesse Marcel's attempt to understand the events that unfolded in the southeastern New Mexico desert in July of 1947…
Dolphins know their own names
Intelligent animals, like dogs and cats, recognize their names. A parrot will generally tell you his name if you ask him. But dolphins do even more-they give themselves names, then they send that name out through the depths of the ocean in order to tell other dolphins "hello"…
