The hope of discovering orbs of light, shadowy figures and unexplained occurrences await visitors on this year's tours of Haunted Macomb. This is the fifth year for the historical guided tours through Macomb's "ghostly heritage”...
Science and the supernatural
Is there life after death? And if so, do the dead come back? Can we communicate? Faith attempts to answer these questions, but periodically science has, too. Never mind that science would rather forget the whole thing...
'Mystery' beasts usually just regular ol' critters
Part of being a wildlife expert in Arizona is fielding calls from people asking, "What the heck is that?" The Arizona Game and Fish Department gets more than 2,000 phone calls a year from people asking that or requesting help in handling wild animals. The state doesn't keep track of how many, but some of the reported beasties can sound pretty weird, from the supposed "Bigfoot" that roamed Prescott to jumbo versions of most Arizona native species...
Vaudevillian’s trick baffled Stauntonians
As reported by this newspaper on Aug. 16, 1911, a vaudevillian named Jack Wheeler, a cast member with the traveling variety show “The Chowder Club,” issued what at first seemed a preposterous challenge: the proprietor of Staunton’s Art Theater would enlist four prominent local men to hide an article of their own choosing in a downtown business. Neither the article nor its location would be disclosed to Wheeler. Not only would the professed psychic then find the item — he would find it blindfolded...
UFO more than a glow
Mark Harmon promises he’s not crazy, despite what some of his family and friends are telling him. Harmon, a 48-year-old grain elevator operator at Providence Farm Supply, believes he had a close encounter with a UFO on Monday night outside his home in the 600 block of Wayland. “Never in my life have I seen anything like this,” Harmon said. “I really don’t know what I saw”...
25 years ago today
Is "Bigfoot" stalking the swamps and woods of the Fort Custer Recreation Area? A hairy, 9-foot-tall creature has been seen again near the Kalamazoo River in the state recreation area. It’s been seen in several spots at different times. Bigfoot observers now include the supervisor of the recreation area, a Michigan State Police trooper, an elderly angler and an author...
Film crew says something’s afoot, hunting for Bigfoot
Well, they didn’t find Bigfoot. But a documentary crew from Kansas visiting eastern Oklahoma two weeks ago did find plenty of people to talk about the mythical hairy creature whose existence is – so far – unsubstantiated...
Whistleblower dies in suspicious circumstances on stage at UFO conference
Self-proclaimed vampire says she's not the only one
The garlic theories and stakes through the heart may be the stuff of movies and folklore, but some still believe vampires are real and thriving in modern culture. Michelle Belanger, a self-proclaimed psychic vampire, spoke to UK students about the subculture of modern vampires last night in Memorial Hall as a part of Theoretical Thursdays, sponsored by the Student Activities Board...
Ghosts of the past said to roam Reno, beyond
With its abandoned mining towns and frontier history, Nevada claims some of the liveliest spirits of the West. Tales of ghost hauntings rattle the Biggest Little City and its environs. Just ask professional ghost hunter, teacher and historian Janice Oberding...
