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Neihardt maintains its ghoulish history
The history of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Neihardt Hall is one rich in fact, myth and legend. Numerous tales, such as Sara’s, have been passed down through generations of Neihardt residents in the form of ghost stories...

Things that go bump in the night
Karen Shillings is the director of Central Arkansas Society for Paranormal Research, or CASPR, "We're speaking to those that are no longer in your earthly body." Around every corner, under ever bed, in every nook and cranny, CASPR ghost hunters investigate the USS Razorback, hoping to see spirits...

Hotel spook caught on camera
Littlecote House stores manager Bruce Steggles was amazed when he saw a picture of a mysterious blob on a photo taken in the mansion's Great Hall...

Petition says protect Bigfoot
An Edmonton MP has presented the government with a petition to protect Bigfoot. Edmonton-Mill Woods- Beaumont MP Mike Lake offered the petition up March 28 in the House of Commons on behalf of a constituent who's convinced Bigfoot exists and needs legal protection. "You don't make judgment calls on petitions," Lake told Sun Media yesterday. "We try to do it as a service to constituents." Asked whether or not he believed in Bigfoot, the Tory offered a firm "No," followed by a chuckle...

Sagan on the Hill abduction case
Video: Carl Sagan, as he discusses the alleged abduction of Betty and Barney Hill by aliens. Regardless of what one thinks of Sagan's analysis of the Hill case (and that should be the subject of some interesting comments here over the next few days), there are things he says here that ring true...

Angry hooded shadows
Joseph was 18 when he moved into his first apartment, but he didn’t stay long – the apartment was angry. “There was tension in the apartment,” Joseph said. “The longer I lived there, the stronger the tension would get. As I would walk across the rooms I would feel sensations going through me.” Joseph felt the anger growing in his apartment, but nothing prepared him for what followed...
(Also read: "Hooded Beings")

Metal fragment that hit home not a meteorite
The chunk of metal that crashed though a Bloomington couple’s home last month was not a meteorite but something man-made...

Man who claimed he was a werewolf will stand trial
A woman whose apartment was allegedly broken into by a man who claimed he was a werewolf told the court Tuesday the man needs mental help, not prison...

Supernatural Sasquatch
In previous posts, I talked about the real meanings of words like primate, ape, belief, and conviction. In this third installment, I'd like to focus on two controversial words reviled by many Bigfoot researchers: paranormal and supernatural. "Don't call Bigfoot paranormal!" the rant goes. "The Sasquatch is a flesh-and-blood animal, not some supernatural boogeyman”...

Past lives and why we don't remember
Many people and religions do in fact, believe in reincarnation. Some of us may even hear young children reciting dreams in vivid detail beyond what would normally be expected intellectually or viewed on TV. Although not every dream is going to hold glimpses of a past life, many do. Past life experiences come in many forms...
(Also read: "The Mystery of Past Life Recall")

Parramatta wall weeps "miracle" oil
Thousands of people have started to flock to the western Sydney home of a Catholic couple where oil and ash have started to appear on the walls of the bedroom of their late son who was killed in a car crash last year. The Daily Telegraph quotes Antiochian Orthodox Archbishop Paul Saliba as saying that people who think the house is a hoax should see it first before casting judgment...

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