Carl Jung
Paranormal research is more than narrating the cases an investigator comes across. Also important is the idea that the cases can be analysed in order to provide theory for what is going on. As data leads to theory in science, so too with the world of mystery. The problem with this approach, however, is that few theorists have achieved the audience they deserve. However, some stand out above the throng. Perhaps the greatest of those was psychoanalyst, Carl Gustav Jung...
Skinny pig? Hairless rat... or some new mutant?
This oddity was spotted outside a Seattle office block and has been the subject of some fevered speculation as to what it might be. Most likely explanation is that it's a domestic hairless rat that has either been abandoned or escaped, which is a little sad as it wouldn't survive for long on its own...
Ghosts, EVP, and direct voice communication
July 16, 1862: this comet has Earth written all over it
1862: American astronomer Lewis Swift discovers the presence of a large comet that will soon bear his name. Three days later, another American astronomer, Horace Tuttle, makes the same sighting. So this heavenly body comes down to us as the Comet Swift-Tuttle. Comets come and go, literally, but Swift-Tuttle's orbit is of particular interest to us earthlings since astronomers calculate that it is very likely to strike either the Earth or the moon on its next pass. They've even zeroed in on a date: Aug. 14, 2126...
Religious book seller struck by lightning
A man making a trip from Puerto Rico to South Florida to raise money for his religious education remains hospitalized Monday after he was struck down by a bolt of lightning which flew from clear blue sky on Sunday. He was selling religious materials when he was hit...
Possessed by evil
Until reports of a murder in Cat Lake, Ont., in 1898 surfaced in Winnipeg, few settlers knew about the Windigo, the worst kind of evil spirit in Algonquin folklore. To the ancient Algonquin (which includes Cree, Ojibway and Blackfeet) of old, Windigo was known by many names such as Chenoo, Atchen, Witiku, and Kewok...
Elvis becomes a legend of rock
The name Elvis Presley is synonymous with rock'n'roll. And now, his name could also become synonymous with rocks. Because someone's found a rock that they think looks like him...
Going potty about paganism
Interest in wizards will hit fever pitch when the final Harry Potter book is released on Saturday but parents may be shocked by just how closely the stories draw on paganism...
Local astronomer searching for alien frequencies
If “E.T.” ever comes to visit our world, he may check in first in a little Northern California valley named Hat Creek. Scientists are putting the final touch on a project called S.E.T.I., the "Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence." In an unremarkable building way up in Shasta county technicians are wiring up the great experiment. If it works, it could literally wake up mankind...
Have aliens left a crop circle calling card in Wilbur?
In Lincoln County, they're wondering if it's science or fiction but what is known is that someone recently paid a visit to a wheat field near Wilbur. If you subscribe to the “science” theory then those visitors traveled a very long way probably without using Highway 2...
Mystic Pointe chamber unearthed
A subterranean network of rooms recently uncovered under Mystic Pointe was a startling discovery for most people, but the chamber has been known to some of the village's older residents for decades...
Gettysburg ghost stories have power to pull in believers
Ghost researcher and author Jeff Belanger confessed that he has never seen a ghost. "I still believe, though," he said. "And that is based on the number of people I've interviewed who believe. I look in their eyes, and they say they saw something, and I believe them." Belanger is one of three organizers of the Ghost World Supernatural Symposium Conference that will be held Friday through Sunday in Gettysburg...
'Ghost Chicks' take to the Web
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore a "haunted" house after dark? If you've got a computer, Internet access and $15 burning a hole in your pocket, you can take part in a ghost hunt from the comfort of your own home Tuesday evening from 7-11 p.m. And you can even leave the lights on if things get too spooky...
