They inspire imaginations, impart mystery and create an ever-widening array of emotions and fantasies. And many of them may or may not be haunted. Even if they aren't, they practically scream strange lore and paranormal tales. They create yet another layer for tourism on Oregon's coast that goes way beyond the obvious - although they are already some of the more visible tourist attractions in the state...
(Also read: "Haunted Lighthouses")
Bohbot tracks Bigfoot
The producer of Bigfoot's Reflection says he was sure of the creature's existence after wrapping the documentary in the wilds of British Columbia and Washington State earlier this year. The hour-long doc, which will be broadcast on Space in May, takes a fair-minded look at Bigfoot hunters. That is, people who are out to prove that the big guy exists. "They make a good case. And there is lots of deep dark forest out there," Frederic Bohbot tells Playback Daily...
You can't travel back in time, scientists say
The urge to hug a departed loved one again or prevent atrocities are among the compelling reasons that keep the notion of time travel alive in the minds of many. While the idea makes for great fiction, some scientists now say traveling to the past is impossible...
Accused witch says rumors cost her teaching job
No one at Hampton Bays Elementary School thought former teacher Lauren Berrios cast spells, but rather that she told disturbing and conflicting stories, a lawyer for the school district told jurors in federal court Wednesday. One of the stories she concocted was that former principal Andrew Albano believed she was a witch, leading her to file a lawsuit seeking millions from the district, said attorney Steven C. Stern of Mineola...
Enfield poltergeist lives again
It is 30 years since the “Enfield poltergeist” hit the headlines, but it is still an event that haunts those who experienced it. As well as the Hodgson family, who were at the centre of this paranormal outbreak in their north London home, witnesses included police officers, journalists and a photographer, a physicist, and two of the Society for Psychical Research’s leading investigators...
(Also read: "Poltergeists: Three Famous Cases")
Does a secret ET base exist in Jefferson City, Mo.?
Was this a Washington Eagle?
Eighty years past and a grainy photograph do not conjoin to make for great evidence, I will freely admit. All the same, conjectures and clues have to start somewhere. John James Audubon described a giant eagle known as the Washington eagle that has, ever since his original publication of it, been a debated species. My research shows that it is very likely that such a giant North American bird did exist and that it is not all together impossible that such a rare, isolated species might have continued to exist in small numbers into the twentieth century. Along that line of thought…could the following incident have involved a Washington eagle?..
(Also read: "The Giant Thunderbird Returns")
Welcome to the Yowie capital of Australia
Forget Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman, in Australia we're in search of the Yowie, and it seems he likes to holiday with most other Aussies, on the Gold Coast. Well, just behind the Gold Coast, to be precise, on Springbrook Mountain. Tim the Yowie Man, self proclaimed 'cryptonaturalist', says it's the place to visit if you're after some Yowie action, “Weird things are definitely afoot on Springbrook Mountain”...
Ghosts of Long Island
While Long Island may not be known as a ufological or cryptozoological hotspot to most, if there's one thing that the island does have plenty of, it's ghosts...
Edgar Cayce mystique explored in Hoptown
By anyone's standards Edgar Cayce was considered a strange man, certainly not in the mainstream. According to most accounts, he was pretty much an unassuming young man, born in 1877 in the community of Beverly in Christian County, just south of Hopkinsville. This Kentucky native, who died in 1945, is still considered today, even in death, one of the world's great psychics in history. Called the “Sleeping Prophet” because his powers seemed to come only while asleep or in a self-induced trance. His supernatural powers gave him unexplainable insight of physical, spiritual and religious happenings...
This little piggy's just weird
In the odd animals hall of fame, this little piggy takes the cake. Pigs are a sign of fertility in China, and in the Year of the Pig, this piglet got more than his fair share, being born with two mouths, two noses and three eyes...
