Super-psi me!
One of the most important mediums in history was Mrs. Leonora Piper of Boston, who was studied for twenty years by William James, Richard Hodgson, and other luminaries in the field of psychic research. Her mediumship raised important questions about her "controls," the guiding spirits who served as intermediaries between the living and the deceased - gatekeepers to the Beyond...
New deep-sea hydrothermal vents, life form discovered
Unusual jellyfish look like serpent-haired Medusa...
Scientist takes on the psychic
Many people claim expertise on psychic phenomena such as telepathy. But few can boast top-notch scientific credentials. That's what separates Rupert Sheldrake from the New Age pack. A botanist who earned a doctorate in biochemistry from Cambridge University and later studied at Harvard University, Mr. Sheldrake has earned an international reputation for applying scientific method to quasi-scientific subjects...
Is strange rock from UFO or just a piece of poppycock?
Ghost tales revisited
Happy days are here again for the legion of followers of prolific Uwharries author Fred T. Morgan, who has just overseen the sixth printing of “Ghost Tales of the Uwharries,” his first book, which has been delighting and scaring the living daylights out of readers for nearly 40 years. The popular book, a steady seller after its first appearance in 1968, nevertheless became out-of-print for several years...
Fire in sky mystery
Northerners have been left baffled by sightings of mysterious objects lighting up the region's skies. Several people have reported seeing balls of fire, and one woman even claimed she and her daughter had narrowly avoided being burnt after one hit her car. Graham Little described how he saw spheres of bright orange light and was so shocked he called the Royal Astronomical Society to try to find some explanation of what he saw...
Dover Demon bewitches still, 30 years later
Do you believe in the Dover Demon? This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the alleged sightings of the mysterious creature, described by several witnesses as about 4 feet tall with a thin body and arms, glowing eyes, and a huge, egg-shaped head...
(Also read: "Six Weird Creatures You Don't Want to Meet")
Reality - objective or subjective?
We have various labels for paranormal phenomena – ghosts, premonition, etc – but can we better understand the paranormal by using a new definition? The subject can best be seen as the interplay between mind and environment. The mind is, of course, subjective, whilst the environment about us would seem to be an objective fact. We know this because science says so, but to what extend does the subjective mind impinge upon this objective reality?...
Mysterious stones off a major highway draw interest
Over several acres, spread out through the woods, are more than 60 large piles of lichen-encrusted stones. They vary in size, but most are around 3 feet high and 4 feet around - all of them made of individual rocks about the size of basketballs. Most of the piles appear more or less intact. Some have collapsed and spread out on the ground. Others have thin oak trees trying to push their way through them. "I've never seen anything like this," said William Simmons, a Brown University professor, chair of the anthropology department and expert in New England tribal folklore. "These are definitely human construction. Whoever built these built them carefully .... One thing you can say about it for sure is that it's old”...
