From Stephen Wagner,
Your Guide to Paranormal Phenomena.
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May 23 2006

Protecting Bigfoot
A handful of imaginary species are protected by real laws. Dave Shealy has spent chunks of his life trudging through the muck of the Everglades' Big Cypress Swamp in search of a monster -- a hairy, 450-pound one that can stand seven feet tall and reeks of rotten eggs. Most people think Shealy's either crazy or a shameless publicity hound, but he couldn't care less. As the proud founder of the world's only skunk-ape research center, the inveterate tracker says he plans to study this elusive animal until the day he dies -- even if he never does get to see one up close. He's even called for the state of Florida to pass a law to make it illegal to hunt his apes…
(Also read: "Smelly Bigfoot: The Skunk Ape")

Soldiers bond with iRobot machine

Ghoulish ad banned for being too scary
A ghoulish advert promoting tours of Norwich's haunted hotspots were blocked by council officials – for being too scary. As part of the launch of this year's walks he had been hoping to adorn a city cab with spooky images which he created with taxi owner Les Keane. But when they took their artwork to Norwich City Council for approval, they were baffled to hear that one of the images was just too freaky to be seen on the city streets…
(Also read: "Paranormal Hot Spots")

Couple seeks to crack Brigantine ice mystery
It was a pretty typical Saturday evening for Dan and Jean Ciechanowski as they worked the barbecue and chatted with neighbors this past weekend. Then it happened. Dan Ciechanowski heard a noise that he described as the sound a missile makes and saw something moving across the sky at a 45-degree angle. It smashed into a vacant lot next to his property with a crash that shook the foundation of his house…

The ethical dilemmas of immortality
For John Harris, saving a life and delaying its end is one and the same. Using this logic, Harris, a bioethicist at the University of Manchester, England, figures that scientists have a moral duty to extend the human life span as far as it will go, even if it means creating beings that live forever…
(Also read: "Saint-Germain: The Immortal Count")

Top 10 immortals
The dream of living forever is an old one for humanity, as evidenced by characters in our myths, literature and movies. From Tithonus to Dorian Gray and Highlander, LiveScience reviews some of our culture's most famous immortals…

Mysterious Mizoram mammal sighted
Mizoram is a state in northeastern India, bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh, of nearly 900,000 people, with the second highest rate of literacy (88%) among all the states of India, after Kerala. Mizaram is also the home of the mysterious Shinlung who believe themselves to be ethnically Jewish, descendants of one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Reports out of Mizoram today are sweeping the state that giant "rat-like creatures" has been sighted there and have not been able to be captured yet…

Psychic experience: An appointment with Mary Ellen Pride
Mary Ellen Pride says psychic abilities are like having perfect pitch -- or any other gift for that matter. "It's just something you're born with, and when you're born that way, you think everyone is that way, too," says Pride, 52. However, by the age of 12, Pride realized she was designed with deep intuition. She says she knew things about the future that awed others and prompted them to ask the question that would resurface throughout the rest of her life, "How did you know that?"…

Graveside photo of Jim Morrison's ghost still haunts rock fan
It has been over 4 years since Hollywood resident and Rock and Roll Historian Brett Meisner first noticed a strange image in the background of a photo taken of him at the gravesite of former Doors’ front man Jim Morrison at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France. After having the photograph and original negative analyzed by dozens of paranormal and photographic experts, there is still little explanation as to how or why the ghostly image appeared in the photo…

There is more to Ulster's folklore Than Meets The Eye
A worrying wandering wart concerns presenter William Crawley in the first of a fascinating new BBC series this Thursday. More Than Meets The Eye explores many of the superstitions, beliefs and practices that continue to shape many people's lives here and attempts to identify their origins and challenge their logic…