Dead wife contacts Lancs man via SMS
A Lancashire man whose house has a chilling reputation for poltergeist activity claims he is being haunted by text messages from his dead wife, the Blackpool Gazette reports. Frank Jones, 59, was obliged 12 years ago to have his home in Windsor Avenue, Thornton, exorcised after a malevolent spirit dubbed "The Thing", which had already driven one terrified family from the house, turned its attentions on him and his wife and kids...
Fish with fangs generates big response
The bizarre-looking fish found in a Brigham City pond is sparking quite a response. Yesterday, we told you about how every single fish in the pond died of an unknown cause, but this particular fish stood out due to its fang-like teeth. Biologists aren't sure exactly what kind of fish it is...
What does a female Bigfoot look like?
US Army toyed with telepathic ray gun
A recently declassified US Army report on the biological effects of non-lethal weapons reveals outlandish plans for "ray gun" devices, which would cause artificial fevers or beam voices into people's heads. The report titled "Bioeffects Of Selected Nonlethal Weapons" was released under the US Freedom of Information Act and is available on this website (pdf). The DoD has confirmed to New Scientist that it released the documents, which detail five different "maturing non-lethal technologies" using microwaves, lasers and sound...
Gathering 'concrete' evidence
MIT class explores controversial pyramid theory with scale model. Even though they are among the best-known structures on Earth, the pyramids of Egypt may still hold surprises. This spring, an MIT class is testing a controversial theory that some of the giant blocks that make up the great pyramids of Giza may have been cast in place from concrete, rather than quarried and moved into position...
Midwest haunting
It's a quiet Friday night in Macomb, but Ed Beasley has already seen a ghost. Beasley, a middle-aged man with a shirt that reads "Jesus is coming, look busy," aims his camera at a wall in a dark stairwell at Simpkins Hall on the Western Illinois University campus and comes up with a blurry image that does look suspiciously like a supernatural spirit...
20 questions with Troy Taylor
Author of 49 books about history, hauntings and the unexplained in America for Whitechapel Press and Barnes & Noble Press respectively. He is the founder and president of the “American Ghost Society”, a national network of ghost hunters that collects stories of ghost sightings and haunted houses and uses investigative techniques to track down evidence of the supernatural...
Contact: Would we know if it happened?
Forgive my cynicism, but I have to ask: If we received an irrefutable ET signal, would the public ever know? Suppose it happened tomorrow: Radio astronomers detect an intelligently crafted burst of data lurking in the interstellar noise. According to international SETI protocol, the receipt of such a signal, once verified, would be disseminated among the astronomical community and made public. Indeed, international cooperation might be necessary in order to distinguish a legitimate alien signal from any number of phenomena capable of generating false alarms...
Is the beast on the prowl
The disturbing discovery of the fleshless corpse of a mutilated deer on Cannock Chase is leading many to believe that the mythical beast of Cannock Chase is back and on the prowl...
Police arrest suspect after attack at lecture
An Englishman speaking on "thought transference" during an international conference at La Fonda on Wednesday was stabbed in the leg by a Japanese man who seemed upset by his remarks, witnesses said. Rupert Sheldrake of London was sitting up and alert as medics took him on a gurney to an ambulance outside Santa Fe's historic hotel at the southeast corner of the Plaza. Asked if he was OK, Sheldrake smiled and responded, "I hope so."..
Demonologist John Zaffis, dubbed "Godfather of Ghost Hunting," visits Northern on April 9
NMU students who are sick of studying the basics -- biology, anthropology, ecology and psychology -- will have the opportunity next week to take a crash course in a subject not part of NMU's curriculum: demonology. John Zaffis, known as the "Godfather of Ghost Hunting," describes demonology as the study of fallen angels and deities as they relate to different religions. The 53-year-old Zaffis has over 30 years of ghost hunting experience and will bring his expertise to NMU on Wednesday, April 9 in Jamrich 102. His visit to NMU is sponsored by NMU's Paranormal Research Team (NMUPRT)...
