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By Stephen Wagner, About.com

Sep 20 2009
Ready to get spooked out?
Beth Cooper takes visitors to the Charles Curtis Memorial Cemetery and talks about the Tuxedo Man. He's a shadowy figure who has been known to appear on misty occasions wearing a tuxedo and top hat and standing by a tree...

A curse-ory glance at Superman
Isn't there something known as a Superman curse...a series of misfortunes hit people involved in adaptations of Superman in various mediums...
(Also read: "The Truth About the Superman Curse")

Superman “curse” ends Kate's happiness
Kate Bosworth has blamed the curse of Superman for her split from Orlando Bloom. The pair ended their on/off four year relationship earlier this month, but neither star would give an official reason for the break-up...

Poland: Possible chance UFO photographed over Inowroclaw

An archetype experience?
To his friends he is simply Al, and since he does not wish for me to reveal his full identity in print we shall cut through the formal introductions and go straight into the story. I was introduced to Al at the home of UFO contactee/researcher, Mrs. Madeline Teagle of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. This was during a UFO skywatch in which Al was attempting to telepathically communicate with, and thus call down, the pilots of UFOs, with whom he was allegedly familiar on a first name basis as well...

Anatomy of a Photoshop hoax – the Ropen
The image I’m using for this blog was created for a notorious plan. I was about to carry out my devious intentions when a couple of guys all dressed in black and wearing sunglasses on a cloudy day told me they knew what I was up to, and that the “committee” wouldn’t allow it...
(Also read: "Photo Hoax Slide Shows")

Do Russians have a Bigfoot carcass?
Is there a Russian-held Bigfoot carcass, which, unlike the Minnesota Iceman pictured above here, still physically exists for examination? Could the search for the best sea otter furs have resulted in the source of the best evidence for Bigfoot ever known?..

Fish egg “miracle” needs cracking
Biologists at the University of Manchester want help in cracking their "miracle" discovery of three fish inside a sealed egg. The group found the duck egg in a small pond on a field trip to the French Alps and noticed something moving inside it. When they cracked open the shell, three live minnows were inside...
(Also read: "Animals Sealed in Stone")

Sheep are mutilated “in Satanic rituals”
Cox Tor on Dartmoor is as bleak and lonely as anywhere in southern England. Now, for dozens of farmers who graze their sheep on the surrounding commons, it is also a place of fear. This month alone more than 30 sheep grazing there have been found mutilated and laid out in bizarre patterns...

Exorcism priest denies murder
A priest and four nuns have pleaded not guilty to murdering a young nun who was strapped to a crucifix with a cloth in her mouth during a five-day crucifixion ritual...
(Also read: "Exclusive Video! Exorcism in Islam")

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