Flatwoods Monster: It all began innocently enough. The autumn air clued in the kids to what they might want to do that day. How about a friendly pickup game of football, they asked each other? The date was September 12, 1952. The place, Flatwoods, West Virginia…
(Also read: "Six Weird Creatures You Don't Want to Meet")
Giant catfish scares tourists
A giant catfish is frightening tourists at a Centerparcs holiday park in Holland. The 2.3 metre European catfish eats two or three ducks a day and has even taken a few small dogs, reports Hetlaatste News…
“Ghost tree” sprouts human-like face
Kuala Lumpur - Scores of people are flocking to a village in northern Malaysia to see a betel nut tree which has sprouted a human-like face, reports said Tuesday. Newspapers carried pictures of the green face on a frond of a 7m-high tree. The unexplained phenomenon has led villagers in Kampung Paya to dub it the "ghost tree," the News Straits Times said…
Archaeologists find surprise at Fort Ancient
It was not as grand as Stonehenge in England, but it must have looked spectacular and just as mysterious. I’m referring to this summer’s archaeological find at Fort Ancient in Warren County. I stood at the excavation site the other day wondering what prehistoric Indians had in mind when they built the fort 2,000 years ago…
A late-night ghoulish encounter of the futsal kind
For a while now, there have been eerie stories about ghosts and wailing sounds at the village of Sungai Keladi in Kelantan. There are varying versions but most allude to a murdered woman haunting the village. Syed Umar Ariff decided to play paranormal detective and face the ghost. Here is his first-person account…
The great beyond
Why is it possible to bring up thousands of computer websites under "ghosts", "paranormal", "haunting", "spirits" and on and on. Try sites entitled "American Ghost Society", "The Unexplained.com", or "Paranormals United" some time. See how many sites come up and how many links. What gene(if gene it is) has caused humankind to be fascinated by the supernatural through the ages? Could it be some primordial fear left over from the time when everything was "the unknown"? When every shadow caused us to shrink more deeply into the cave that was our home…
Ghosts and the Bible
I write this to show the christian religious that yes, the bible does contain ghosts, or “spirits.” I feel it necessary to correct the mis-thinking that the traditional, christian religion has created by stating, “ghosts are impossible…because when one dies, they are either in heaven or hell.” This is incorrect…
New evidence suggests Earth may have spun on its side
Alaska at the equator? It may have been once. A Princeton University scientist combing ancient muck on a remote Norwegian island has come across evidence that could revive a little-known, 140-year-old geological theory. The idea, known as "true polar wander," suggests that the Earth over history may have spun on its side from time to time. The planet would do this to restore its own balance if an unequal distribution of weight ever developed either on its surface or within…
Are Sumatran Rhinos really “living fossils”?
Paranormal beliefs, from prophetic dreams to Atlantis
Millions of Americans, particularly women, share paranormal beliefs and experiences "that don't fit under any religious umbrella," says Christopher Bader, one of the Baylor University sociologists analyzing the Baylor Religion Survey. Overall, 52% of people surveyed say they believe in prophetic dreams. More than 40% agree that places can be haunted and that ancient advanced civilizations, such as Atlantis, once existed, just as writers from Plato to psychic Edgar Cayce have described…
Mystery after UFO sighting
In a scene reminiscent of the X Files, a couple have been left scratching their heads after a UFO sighting in their garden. Helen Hanreck, 49, was looking for her cats in the garden when she noticed a bright light in the sky…
