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By Stephen Wagner, About.com

Jul 30 2006
Bigfoot seen and photographed in Oklahoma
There have been some recent reports coming out of Atoka, Oklahoma of sightings of Bigfoot there…

Slithery creature prompts speculation

Ghost captured on camera mobile phone
A local man who used his camera mobile phone to take a photo of the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in the capital at night had the fright of his life when he saw a 'ghostly' figure on the screen of his mobile. The couple wished to remain anonymous…

Bigfoot lawsuit kicks up a notch

Parapsychology and J.B. Rhine
There is hardly an area of study in psychology which attracts more ridicule than the study of parapsychology. J.B. Rhine (photo) was the first parapsychologist to attract attention of a different kind - his research was even quoted by C.G. Jung when asked about the possibility of the existence of paranormal phenomena. In the Rhine’s Classic ESP Experiment H.E. Pearce was found to have some psychic ability when from 1850 trials he picked the right ESP card out of a selection of 5 with 30% accuracy…

Searching for aliens

Ghostly links to Scotland's past
Scotland has long been a country fascinated with the unexplained. Whether it is the haunting sounds of the headless drummer of Edinburgh Castle or the lonely child ghost pining for her doll in Mary King's Close, many of our most important historical moments and landmarks are associated with some form of paranormal activity…

Group explores earth's secrets
The Glastonbury Symposium is the world's longest-running crop circle-related gathering and has come a long way since the first gathering in the upper room of the Blue Note Caf?? back in 1990. Delegates from all around the globe gather annually for this three-day event to hear presentations on crop circles and many related areas, together with other performances and demonstrations…

10 great places to go on a haunted hike
Ok, so it's a little early for Halloween, but it is National Park season — and Andrea Lankford is just the person to take us to the spookiest corners of those parks. Lankford, a former park ranger, is the author of the newly released Haunted Hikes: Spine-Tingling Tales and Trails from North America's National Park System…

Uri Geller busted on the Tonight Show

Transplant child had a premonition of operation
The mother of a little Londonderry boy who had a life-saving heart transplant has told how he had an amazing premonition of his impending operation. Paul Donnelly's intuition echoed that of the donor, eight-year-old Nicole Black, who drew a picture of a heart on her last day at Richmount Primary School before she died…

Ghost hunting group searches eastern shore

Rationalists dare occultists in UK
A group of rationalists of Indian origin here has renewed its offer of 16,000 pounds to any occult practitioner or spiritual healer who can scientifically prove the ability to cure people of any disease or solve any problem…

Website hopes to catch Nessie in her loch
The age-old, but so far fruitless, hunt for Scotland's Loch Ness monster got a technological boost on Tuesday as a webcamera, installed at the bottom of the Scottish lake, began feeding pictures over the Internet. Scotland Online, in partnership with Loch Ness Marketing, a Scottish tourist promotion organisation, suggested Nessie enthusiasts could hunt for the famous but elusive creature from the comfort of their desktops…

Using methods of cognitive science, noted psychology professor seeks understanding of ESP
Rex G. Stanford, Ph.D., was a high school student in Texas when he came to a conclusion that would shape his professional life: some of the world’s greatest mysteries, however puzzling, can be understood and explained through the principles of science…

“Nova” asteroid could rock your world in '36
It wasn't quite Chicken Little warning that the sky was falling, but astrophysicist and PBS "Origins" star Neil deGrasse Tyson yesterday warned TV writers that an asteroid is coming - very, very close to Earth…

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