Indonesian police have slapped a cordon around a huge landmark Banyan tree in the capital after members of a Muslim youth group attacked it to prove it had no special mystical powers. The governor of Jakarta filed a complaint with police after youths hacked and damaged the 100-year-old banyan, on a traffic island in the capital, in a bid to dispel rumours the tree harboured special powers...
Strange, bright lights surprise stargazers
Sky-watchers across the western U.S. reported seeing bright lights late Sunday, but theories abound on just what they saw. It was probably a meteor, one agency said. A UFO expert said space junk is another possibility. And depending on the observer, this thing that hurtled across the darkness was either red, orange, yellow, blue or white. Or some combination of the above...
Giant meteor sails over Saguaro Lake
Residents who saw a ball of fire in the sky late Sunday evening near Saguaro Lake witnessed a giant meteor, officials said. Phoenix and Scottsdale police and Rural/Metro Fire Department dispatchers received calls from residents reporting a plane going down in "a ball of fire." Another caller reported seeing a meteor.
Report by the pilot says: "I have seen a UFO"
At the weekend, lots of notifications regarding UFOs were received by Ankara Esenboğa. In Antalya, a pilot reported that: "An undefined object has been seen"...
TV shuts door on haunted hostelry
It is said to be haunted by 20 ghosts - but a lack of doors had ghost hunters of television's Most Haunted heading for the exit at Ye Olde Man and Scythe. Researchers from the show popped down to the pub, on Churchgate, Bolton, with a view to filming a forthcoming programme there...
Carnivorous plant eats mouse at French garden
Great places to sleep with a ghost
Hysterical or historical, ghostly spirits make themselves as comfortable in America's B&Bs as do living guests. Perhaps it's the great breakfasts, the warm hospitality, or the historic atmosphere, but these friendly spirits can't get enough of America's B&Bs. Once again, http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/, the largest online B&B directory and reservation network, has compiled a comprehensive list of inns where ghost seekers will enjoy spirited gatherings and potentially close encounters with the other world...
Out-of-body experience? Your brain is to blame
They are eerie sensations, more common than one might think: A man describes feeling a shadowy figure standing behind him, then turning around to find no one there. A woman feels herself leaving her body and floating in space, looking down on her corporeal self. Such experiences are often attributed by those who have them to paranormal forces...
Heading in the light direction
They say many hands make light work. In quantum physics it's known as "entanglement". If the tiniest particles of light, photons, are entangled, they seem to communicate faster than Einstein believed possible...
Sasquatch: Legend meets science - a review
Before I begin the review of “Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science”, I would like to quash any preconceived notions that this disbeliever is going to butcher Dr. Meldrum’s manuscript. In fact it may surprise some of you that I give the book a rating of 5 out of 5. It is professionally written, comprehensively researched and thankfully devoid of pretension and sensationalistic embellishment. So, did a book I rate so highly convince me that a North American bipedal ape could be real?...
Diana: Mystery of 12 men in the shadows
Mysterious "men in suits" were lurking in the tunnel where Princess Diana died in a car crash, a key witness has revealed. The witness claims he saw a dozen people standing in the shadows seconds before her tragic death in August 1997...
A personal investigation of England’s Lake Windermere
It’s not often that one has the opportunity to be in two lake monster venues in a very short period of time, and it is even less often when one is there just shortly after there has been a sighting. This summer I had the incredible fortune of following up on two sightings at lakes in England and Scotland...
Australian researchers back Hobbit claims
Adver survey shows you believe in spooky beings
There may be a few nervous glances around Swindon on Halloween, later this month. Because the results of an Adver poll suggest that a lot of people in the town believe in ghosts...
Oregon coast ghosts and other paranormal legends
It’s a place full of atmosphere and hidden legends, the kind of conditions right to intrigue and spark the imagination into flights of fancy, in a way that’s similar to how Lovecraft was inspired by the east coast to write his weird, creepy tales. It’s one of those incredible visual riches of the United States that is a major tourism destination, but there are various layers for the visitor to discover...
