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Jul 3 2009

Bigfoot in Upper Michigan? Large expeditions are not the answer
The announcement of a Bigfoot expedition coming to Michigan's Upper Peninsula has attracted worldwide attention. Yet Lisa A. Shiel, a U.P.-based Bigfoot researcher, has conducted field research in the region for several years, and collected 15 sightings in just the last year (seven in the U.P.). In the past week, she has received two sightings--one in Iron County and another in Baraga County. The Baraga County sighting occurred on June 23, 2007...

Steorn's Orbo "free-energy" machine demonstrated
After months of doubt over claims of a magnetic machine promising "infinite clean energy," Steorn will be putting their wares on display for public scrutiny in London. A physics defying perpetual machine, if you will. Starting tomorrow, rumor has it that the Kinetica museum will host the Orbo device for a ten day long public demonstration of the technology...

Close encounter of the weird kind
An orange ball and lights in the sky has left a Cheshunt man wondering if aliens really do exist. Paul Adams, 52, snapped these strange shots and is now appealing for anyone else who saw or can identify the potentially paranormal activity to come forward. His friends have suggested extraterrestrials could be behind the drama although Paul, of Pengelly Close, is slightly more sceptical...

Life starts out with a lot of lucky 7s
Seven, it seems, might be Austyn Hunter Ruff's lucky number. Being born at 7:22 a.m. on 7-7-07 and weighing in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces, it seems unavoidable. "I say he's going to be my little gambler now," said his mother, Misty Ruff, 24, of Westland, from her room at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. "All these sevens."..

'Dark arts' dabblers put fear of God in to clergy
The Ministers' Association is so worried about the growth in "potentially deceptive psychic influences" in the town that it has warned parishioners against dabbling in the dark arts. After hearing a spiritual channeling event was organised by a local woman, the association wrote to its flock about its concern about an "upsurge in mediums, channelings and so forth in town"...

Close encounters
Niece of Betty and Barney Hill — Portsmouth couple who famously claimed to be abducted by aliens— authors book on family's experience. There were decades during which Kathleen Marden didn't divulge who her aunt and uncle were. She'd witnessed firsthand the circus that engulfed their lives, pro and con. So later when the Stratham resident became a social worker and educator, she decided it was best not to mention her relationship to Betty and Barney Hill...

UFOs in "Star Wars" Type Duel?

Scientists urge a search for life not as we know it

A huge Amazon monster is only a myth. Or is it?
Perhaps it is nothing more than a legend, as skeptics say. Or maybe it is real, as those who claim to have seen it avow. But the mere mention of the mapinguary, the giant slothlike monster of the Amazon, is enough to send shivers down the spines of almost all who dwell in the world’s largest rain forest...

What, or who, are those ghostly bumps in the night?
Spooky sounds have been heard by Katie Bennett at her Nevada City bed-and-breakfast ever since she took it over about five years ago. Though it might sound absurd, Bennett said she wasn't surprised when a team of paranormal investigators said they recorded laughter and footsteps in the middle of the night recently...

Paranormal group does spirited search of Fairhaven's Millicent Library
Some believe that the spirit of Millicent Rogers walks through the library hallways, laughing. Others claim to have seen the apparition of a woman in black thumbing through poetry books. The Pawtucket Paranormal Society of Rhode Island wants to set the record straight...

Crop circle discovered in Wilbur, Washington
Wilbur, Washington, is typical small town America. The town of Wilbur is located about 65 miles west of the City of Spokane and nearly 250 miles from Seattle. Its nearly 900 inhabitants find comfort in the small town atmosphere. The crop circle discovered in Wilbur Washington is 150 feet by 150 feet...

Trial begins for man accused of shooting ghost hunters

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