Hobbits, Ebu Gogo, and Orang Pendek
History Channel’s “MonsterQuest” is going to be investigating the socalled “real Hobbits” in their episode premiering on January 16th, 2008, at 10PM ET. The official summary of the program notes: “A MonsterQuest expedition will deploy researchers and the latest technology into the jungle, searching for evidence of a creature natives describe as half man, half ape.”..
'Balls of fire' UFOs caught on video
Mysterious flying 'balls of fire' have been spotted again in the area –– and this time they have been captured on video by a qiuck-thinking local.
A video of two sightings of the unidentified flying objects have now been loaded onto popular video sharing site Youtube by user 'Pricey413'...
Dozens in Texas town report seeing UFO
In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO. Several dozen people — including a pilot, county constable and business owners — insist they have seen a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast. Some reported seeing fighter jets chasing it...
Wife sees 'dead husband' begging
A woman from Lindo Park in the east of Pretoria thought she was seeing a ghost when she saw her "dead husband", whom she buried in September last year, begging at a shopping centre in East Lynne on Friday. Elizabeth Rossouw, 41, said she nearly died of fright...
Lifting the lid on our X Files experiences
Well, Christmas lights took on new meaning in Cardiff a couple of weeks ago. Nope, they weren’t decorating trees. They were – pause for ominous Dr Who chords – skimming through the skies. Yes, our old flying saucer friends are back. Come to think of it they’ve never really been away. But when two South Wales sightings a week are reported by phlegmatic airline pilots it seems that there may be intelligent life Out There after all. Maybe one day we’ll find intelligent life Down Here as well...
The high strangeness of missing time, rods and shadow beings
A compendium of curiosities III
From animal oddities to quirky museums, they've been digging into the natural world for today's Compendium of Curiosities... Firstly, let's kick off with Oui, the road frog. This Potter-esque amphibian hopped online on Thursday and while you have to take Oui's owner's claims that it enjoys playing with toy cars and balancing on beams with a heavy pinch of salt, Oui does make a good photo...
"Unexplained" forces keep Mars rovers moving
Staying on track: 2008’s forthcoming cryptozoology books
A new year is always exciting, for no telling what it holds. New species to be discovered? Of course. New cryptid sightings? Certainly. New cryptozoology books being published? Needless to say. The Top Cryptozoology Books of 2007 have been picked and discussed, so it is time to look to the future. There, indeed, are hints of many new cryptozoology books on the horizon. Let me split them between the nonfiction and cryptofiction...
Interview: Steve Berry
Berry is a lawyer turned novelist. In The Templar Legacy, a world bestseller, he tackled the mystery of Rennes-le-Château and linked it with the Knights Templar, past and present...
Dogon alien “mystery” demystified
On 12 October 2007, the ATS email newsletter contained a provocative article by NGC2736 entitled “How Could They Know That? The Dogon Mystery”. That article related to astronomical knowledge (particularly relating to the Sirius solar system) attributed to the Dogon people of the Republic of Mali in Western Africa...
Apocalypse 2012? Some say ancient records foretell end of the world
Could the end of the world be just four years away? A subculture has formed around the possibility, saying several prophecies predict some sort of apocalypse in or around 2012. It has been discussed online, analyzed in several new books and covered in the media...
How to sell a haunted HDTV
For a while now, the online phenomenon that is Craigslist has been lapping at Southwest Florida's shores, yet I'd largely ignored it until this week. But, as I aspire to be a student of the region's community, when I saw this dispatch from Estero, I knew some further research was warranted: "HAUNTED TV - Toshiba TW40 40" HDTV television...
Waiting for the ghost
The sounds of nervous shuffling and muffled adjustments bump and swish in the darkened attic of the old Bernardsville Library as some two dozen people crowd into the empty room and huddle along the walls of the 18th century house. It's past 3 a.m. on a Sunday, well into the witching hours between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., when paranormal activity is said to be at its height, and a group of ghost-hunters are hoping for an encounter with Phyllis Parker, the legendary spirit believed to haunt the building...
'Encounters at Indian Head' about what we believe in
Remember Betty and Barney Hill? Nearly half a century ago, on Sept. 19, 1961, near the Indian Head in Lincoln, the Hills had a close encounter of the abductee kind...
Nick Redfern audio interview
An interesting conversation with author and researcher Nick Redfern. Mr. Redfern is the author of "Memoirs of a Monster Hunter: A Five-Year Journey in Search of the Unknown, as well as nine other books...
