In a controversial study, researchers have resurrected a retrovirus that infected our ancestors millions of years ago and now sits frozen in the human genome. Published online by Genome Research this week, the study may shed new light on the history of these genomic intruders, as well as their role in tumors. Although this particular virus, dubbed Phoenix, is a wimpy one, some argue that resuscitating any ancient virus is inherently risky and that the study should have undergone stricter reviews...
Did a hairy monster stalk Tazewell County?
Thirty-four years ago in Tazewell County, 100 armed men walked the woods around East Peoria's Cole Hollow Road in search of a monster. The search was called off about 7:45 p.m. when one of the men accidentally shot himself in the foot. The creature was never found. The monster hunters were looking for was dubbed the Cohomo Monster, a beast thought to be lurking in Tazewell County in the summer of 1972...
Black humour among cemetery's graves
Belfast is certainly infamous for its black humour, but that phenomenon is finding its way into the darkest of places - the graveyard...
(Also read: "Victim of the Beast 666")
Is it a UFO or a flying saucer?
More than 40 years after an official Defence Force photographer snapped an image of the navy cruiser Royalist, debate is raging over the unidentified flying object in the background...
White dots caught by security camera led to discovery of corpses
A Taiwan cemetery caretaker claims he can prove that ghosts exist, because white dots caught by the cemetery's security camera led to the discovery of 18 unclaimed corpses, a newspaper said Friday. According to the Liberty Times, the No 1 Cemetery in Changhua County, west Taiwan, installed a security camera in June 2005. On September 9 and October 11, it caught several white dots jumping through the night but vanished at dawn...
Couple married in the after life
They did not know each other when they were alive but that did not stop them from “getting married” in the after life. China Press and Nanyang Siang Pau reported that the marriage of the dead took place in Pontian, Johor, on Tuesday. It was over 20 years ago that Zhong Jie Neng, a chemical engineer, died of colon cancer at the age of 29 and Lin Xiu Lan of heart problems at the age of 18...
Ft. Apache reports spur Bigfoot hunt
For centuries, tiny spirit people have been a part of Apache culture, haunting the night with mischief, playing tricks in the shadows. Now, the White Mountain Apache Tribe has another mystical being to watch for after dark: Bigfoot. In recent months, the legendary creature purportedly has been chased by police officers, spotted by campers and caught peeking through windows of tribal residents' homes...
Clairvoyant led Americans to Saddam, says Geller
Did a clairvoyant help U.S. commandos ferret Saddam Hussein out of his hiding place in Iraq three years ago? Israeli-born celebrity psychic Uri Geller, best known for his spoon-bending antics, says the power of the paranormal led U.S. troops to the fugitive Iraqi ex-dictator...
Beings on the road
Passengers of a car witnessed an observation of two strange looking creatures emerging from a pinkish mist. Creatures were only 50 cm. tall and were semi-transparent. Then they disappeared heading toward the village...
Owners, workers bemused by things that go bump in the inn
Halid Nuspahic doesn’t scare easily. Having lived in Bosnia while the country was torn by war, Nuspahic had carried the dead and injured in his arms. Sure, the new owner had heard stories of the Franklin House’s ghost (or ghosts), but he wasn’t concerned — nor was he prepared for what happened after his family moved into the 18th-century stone building three years ago...
Abductions by modern Neandertals?
Neandertals left their tracks, above, behind. Have they interacted with modern humans in contemporary times, and left behind much more? Is there a record of human beings being abducted by hairy unknown hominids, perhaps even Neandertals in Europe?...
