Does faith healing really work?
News Monster, Danny Penman: After six years of agonising pain, Ailsa Marsh was stunned to the core when a spiritual healer managed to banish her suffering in an instant. "It was gone in the blink of an eye," says Ailsa, a 28-year-old complementary medicine student from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. "It felt as if he had put his hands inside my shoulders and turned off a tap”...
Five sci-fi scenarios that will come true
MSN: In the next 25 years, these technological advances, made famous in movies and on TV, will become reality. How accurate are our prognostications? Check back with us in 2033...
Ghostbuster called in after sewage workers stalked by 'zombie' in underground tunnels
Daily Mail: It sounds like something out of a Hollywood blockbuster. But staff at a sewage works have called in a ghostbuster because they are being stalked by a zombie-like figure who roams the underground tunnels...
I have Alice In Wonderland syndrome
The Guardian, Rik Hemsley: When it first happened, I was a 21-year-old undergraduate. I had been up late the night before writing my dissertation and drinking a lot of coffee, but on that particular morning I was stone cold sober and hangover-free. I stood up, reached down to pick up the TV remote control from the floor and felt my foot sink into the ground. Glancing down, I saw that my leg was plunging into the carpet. It was a disturbing sensation, but it lasted only a few seconds, so I put it down to over-tiredness and forgot all about it...
The Valentine Killer who saw Bigfoot
Cryptomundo, Loren Coleman: Lots of attention, needless to say, is being given by the media to the Northern Illinois University shootings on Valentine’s Day. I’ve posted my thoughts about that so-called “rampage” and Valentine’s dangers over at my Copycat Effect blog, here, here, here, and here...
Thus spake Sasquatch: Notes on that Mormon/Bigfoot connection
Binnall of America, Richelle Hawks: These past couple weeks, a Mormon Bigfoot story has been making the rounds on the web. Loren Coleman published a post at Cryptomundo, there was a post at the 10 Zen Monkeys website concerning Bigfoot and Mormonism, and there’ve been many references and links to Shane Lester’s vanity press novel Clan of Cain: The Genesis of Bigfoot...
Weird Los Angeles: lake monster?
Laist: Los Angeles may have the largest populus, but within its history lurks several anomalies which defy the hustle and bustle of city life. Elizabeth Lake, located close to Palmdale in "north county" was once inhabited by one of these anomalies. It is said that the old lake, one of ten named Elizabeth in California, was created by the Devil who bestowed upon the waters one of his demonic pets, that being a diabolical beast...
Why don't Americans believe UFOs are real?
OpEdNews.com, Franklin Fields: Public opinion polls about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) have been conducted by a large number of organizations over the years. While the numbers have varied, the general results show that the public is very aware of UFO sightings and is interested in what may be causing them. Many also show concern that the government is either hiding the truth, or not doing enough to resolve the mystery...
