The man who created the Fortean Times
The supernatural frogs falling from the sky, mysterious airships, spontaneous human combustion... it all fascinated Charles Fort, whose appetite for the paranormal lives on today in sci-fi, conspiracy theories and that quirky chronicle of the unknown, the Fortean Times...
Flying entities of Mexico - A closer look
In May of 2006, the city of Nuevo León, Mexico abruptly made it’s way onto the annals of the paranormal. Reports started circulating the Mexican press, as well as the web, about a strange UFO captured on video. Not a UFO in the sense of a “flying saucer”, but a UFO in the true meaning of the acronym. An Unidentifed Flying Object. The video and a short story can be found on a previous post I made...
Police make headway in Baltimore Co. mystery
Officers Vickie Warehime and J. Posluszny Jr. have solved a lot of mysteries, but this one is over their heads--literally. In fact, it may be about 30 to 40 feet in the air. For months, the Baltimore County Community Outreach officers have been investigating a bizarre phenomenon disturbing neighbors in an area of Pikesville near Beth Tfiloh Community School. Now, they say they may be closer to an answer...
High strangeness on the ranch
Ranches, like deserts, seem to be the perfect setting for high strangeness encounters. The isolated, wide open areas of both ranches and deserts are ideal for all kinds of paranormal, UFO and Fortean phenomena to occur virtually undetected...
Monsters hate light
Tina Sena: Two days ago I got a call from an old friend. We used to call him "Inspector Gadget," because could build something out of nothing; robots out of pop-sickle sticks and batteries; cars out of chairs and roller skates. But his coolest creation was a night light he believed would eradicate evil. Yes, you heard me right: A weapon against monsters...
Do you believe Bigfoot exists?
A local organization has been tracking Bigfoot sightings in North Texas for years. They work on proving the creature's existence through video or photographic evidence. Click here to see some of that evidence. Craig Woolheather is a member of the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy. He believes he came face to face with the creature in Louisiana...
Ghosthunters check out rural pub
Things have been going bump in the night, and the daytime, at a rural Norfolk pub. Gravy boats, trays and chocolate boxes have flown off shelves, unexplained glasses of wine left in the kitchen and staff and customers have seen a figure by a corner wine cabinet on a number of occasions...
Things to do on Jersey when you're dead
For two years during the early part of his long exile from France, Victor Hugo engaged in regular séances using a planchette – a forerunner of the Ouija board, which worked by tapping out words one letter at a time. Two small tables were employed, a three-legged table perched atop a four-legged one. The tilting of the tables produced the taps...
20 questions with Jeff Belanger
'Haunted' Homestead Police Station shut after partial collapse
A structural engineer will survey the Homestead Police Department on Monday after part of the building collapsed late Sunday night. No one inside was hurt, but the building is closed until further notice. The reason for the partial collapse is still not known. Police believe it may have been caused by a lightning strike that happened at about 11 p.m. Sunday...
Colleagues pay special tribute to Ian Stevenson
A little over a year after the death of Prof Ian Stevenson (left), the indefatigable researcher best known for his reincarnation studies, fellow parapsychologists met in London to pay tribute to him on Saturday (26 April). They were participating in a Society for Psychical Research Study Day devoted to the life and legacy of a very remarkable man...
Ghost hunters search world for the mysterious
They spend a lot of time in darkened basements using instruments like electromagnetic field meters, night vision goggles, and Geiger counters. Some call them ghost hunters, but they call themselves paranormal investigators of the unexplained. Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk of Eau Claire, along with Noah Voss and Kevin Nelson of Sun Prairie, are part of a team of investigators that respond to reports of unexplained phenomenon...
Exorcist calls time on pub poltergeist
An exorcist was called in to purge a haunted pub after it was claimed a ghost tried to kill a barmaid and her brother. Ghostbuster Ian Lawman, 39, had to take drastic action against the violent poltergeist, believed to be a former landlord at the 230-year-old Crown Inn pub in Farnham Common...
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