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Lost book of Nostradamus
A mysterious book of cryptic prophecies has been discovered at the National Library in Rome, and there is evidence to suggest that it is the final work of the most famous and controversial prophet in the history of the world, Nostradamus...

The CFZ: major new monster-hunting expedition announced
The CFZ is pleased to announce a major new monster-hunting expedition. Scheduled for November of this year - and in conjunction with CAPCOM, one of the biggest computer-game companies in the world - the CFZ will be traveling to the South American country of Guyana in pursuit of giant anacondas and a strange and violent beast called the Didi, which is said to rip the tongues out of cattle. It promises to be an illuminating trip!..

First paranormal channel launches on Internet
September 10, 2007 - Dead On Productions, LLC, today announced its launch of the Ghost Channel.tv as the only channel exclusively offering historical and paranormal non-fiction programming via the Internet. The company's shows are sold as podcasts and vodcasts that can be viewed on ipods, computers, and televisions...

UC Davis statistician analyzes validity of paranormal predictions
Did you ever dream about an event before it happened to you? Or, perhaps you knew what another person was going to say before they said it? These events, examples of anomalous cognition, are part of our everyday experience but still remain to be understood scientifically. Jessica Utts, professor of statistics at UC Davis, has been one of the few statisticians to work in the field of parapsychology, analyzing data and helping with experimental design...

The ghost of Dugan Lane
Dugan Lane runs north along Indian Creek through the wooded, hilly landscape of southern Missouri. It lies near a small town that boasted a tomato cannery during the Great Depression. The town is almost empty now, but this story isn't about the town, it's about a young woman who lived near the town at the turn of the 20th century...

Following the cryptic clues
"There is definitely something in the water and it is moving." That's the opinion of John Kirk, the president and head field researcher for the B.C. Scientific Cryptozoology Club, about a photograph of a strange wake in Cameron Lake. He says what he saw was convincing, and now he's considering an expedition to Cameron Lake to look at the situation first-hand...

The classic Crawfordsville Critter
September 11, 1891: The article which appeared in The Gazette of Tuesday, Sept. 8, in regard to the mysterious monster in the air, seen at Crawfordsville, Ind., brings to my mind an occurrence of a very similar character which took place in Chicago in the spring of 1849. Although I was a small boy at the time I remember the incident very distinctly. The first appearance of this "monster" was between 9 and 10 o'clock at night. People who were on the streets were amazed and terrified by the strange and unearthly sight and noise out over the lake [Lake Michigan]...

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