Demon of Dartmoor: Mystery beast seen at hell hound's haunt
Legend has it that a four-legged fiend with glowing eyes and a blood-curdling howl stalks this very spot. Which makes these pictures of a mystery creature taken near Hound Tor on Dartmoor more intriguing than ever. Seen only yards away from a party of schoolchildren, the animal has a thick, shaggy coat, rounded ears and large front limbs which would be powerful enough to tear human flesh...
Mystery surrounds 'big cat' photo
A photograph of an animal taken on Dartmoor is "almost certainly" not a big cat, according to a local expert. The picture was taken by falconer Martin Whitley, who stumbled across the creature by accident near Hound Tor. The area inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Hound of the Baskervilles, but Mr Whitley said there was "definitely nothing supernatural" about the animal...
Egg within egg a freak of nature
Maria La Frenais got more than she bargained for when she broke an egg for breakfast. The Glendene resident was about to start a morning fry-up when she made the unusual discovery - an egg inside an egg. "I cracked it into the pan and out came a small yolk," she says. "But to my amazement there was another fully formed egg in the shell...
Worm-like creature baffles scientists
A worm-like creature caught on tape by a Florida diver has scientists scratching their heads...
Bigfoot-friendly Tom Snyder dies
Before David Letterman, before “Coast to Coast” was all about Art Bell and George Noory, talk show host Tom Snyder was pushing back the boundaries on late night radio and television, sometimes discussing Sasquatch...
Workers on edge at San Bruno shop
Carmen Joyeux was alone, typing at her desk, when she heard boxes rattling at the other end of the room. The stock supervisor at Lullaby Lane on San Mateo Avenue figured it was another employee rifling around and went back to work. Seconds later, the empty chair next to her swiveled on its own and moved away from her. Then she did something anybody would have done in her situation...
Fatal ending to Arizona exorcism response
Officers responding to a report of an exorcism on a young girl found her grandfather choking her and used stun guns to subdue the man, who later died, authorities said. The 3-year-old girl and her mother, who was also in the room during the struggle between 49-year-old Ronald Marquez and officers, were hospitalized, police said Sunday. Their condition was unavailable. The relative who called police said an exorcism had also been attempted Thursday...
Seven riddles suggest a secret city beneath Tokyo
Shun Akiba, a former high-level foreign reporter, has identified hundreds of kilometers of Tokyo tunnels whose purpose is unknown and whose very existence is denied. This is very strange because he has a great story -- evidence of a network of tunnels and possibly an underground city beneath Tokyo that the public is totally unaware of. "Why am I ignored? Can I be on to something, and there is a conspiracy to silence me? I believe so."..
East Coast teems with new underwater species
Scientists got a glimpse of a mysterious corner of the undersea world off Canada's East Coast, discovering new species and peering for the first time into little-known ecosystems that are home to rare corals and fish...
Sightings of mysterious giant bird continue in San Antonio
Loch Ness has its monster. Does San Antonio have one, too? Strange sightings of a huge flying creature have been reported as recently as six months ago. Is it a monster or myth? Guadalupe Cantu III was busy working his newspaper route, but he says the big news of that day 10 years ago flew right over his car. He says he's seen what most have not — an unidentified flying object, one that still scares him...
Interview with exorcist Jose Antonio Fortea
In an exclusive interview, theologian and exorcist Father Jose Antonio Fortea speaks of the dangers of the occult arts but also the Harry Potter series of books...
SquatchKill: to kill or be killed
The public figures who believe in the mystical significance of numbers
Some eccentric arrangements for the forthcoming series of Prince concerts highlight an intriguing trend: surprisingly many public figures seem to believe in the mystical significance of numbers. Ridiculed by scientists, mathematicians and sceptics, numerology has struggled for acceptance alongside other predictive pseudo-sciences such as astrology and Feng Shui, but a growing number of celebrities including Prince (see opposite), Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) and Winona Ryder are using humble digits to interpret personalities, to explain current events, or even to predict the future...
Do UFOs really exist?
It’s the weird and wonderful place where the men in grey suits from Whitehall meet the little green men from Mars. The Ministry of Defence has for the first time opened its real-life 'X Files', detailing how its experts have examined photographs of UFOs hovering over the UK. While the images range from the baffling to the risible, there is no doubting the seriousness that officials reserve for the issue of extraterrestrial life...
1 million-year-old footprints found at Margalla Hills
In what appears to be a major discovery, archaeologists have found two over one million years old human footprints preserved on a sandstone at the Margalla Hills...
