The unbearable strangeness of being
Anyone who spends much time laboring in the vineyards of psi, even an armchair investigator like myself, becomes aware of the vast number - the truly extraordinary number - of claims that have been made throughout history, and continue to be made today, of miraculous, bizarre, unexplainable phenomena. Every kind of strangeness has been reported by apparently sober witnesses...
More huge flying creature sightings in Pennsylvania
Stan Gordon: This past February, I wrote about a man who reported a very close observation of a giant bird in neighboring West Virginia in late September, or early October, 2007. The man was driving on a rural two lane roadway outside of the town of Clendenin, at about 8 A.M. when he had to step hard on his brakes, to avoid hitting a giant flying creature in the middle of the road. The giant bird was only a few yards ahead of him, and was feeding on road kill. The witness, an avid hunter, was startled by the size of the creature, which stood at least four feet tall, with it’s head extending above the roof line of his vehicle...
The CFZ goes monster hunting in Russia
Nick Redfern: Well, I'm very pleased to announce this morning that big and exciting things are afoot within the world of the Center for Fortean Zoology. In just a few, short weeks from now, a team from the CFZ, led by in-house zoologist Richard Freeman, will be heading off to the Karbadino Balkaria region of Southern Russia, in search of the nation's very own version of the Yeti: the fabled Almasty...
TV reality shows boost ghost-hunting groups
As midnight approached, a grassy field where the old train depot once stood pulsed with activity. About 90 people tiptoed around night-vision cameras atop tiny silver tripods and dodged remote sensors connected to a computerized surveillance system. They waited for the Lincoln Ghost Train, which some people believe passes through this western Ohio city on the anniversary of the 1865 trip that carried the president's body to Springfield, Ill., for burial...
For fear of little men: paranormal dwarves
Scott Corrales: Since ufology's earliest days, and going even farther back in history, accounts of diminutive intelligent beings have played a crucial role is shaping our perception of the phenomenon. The sizes of these creatures range from a scant twelve inches to a not-so-small four feet in height. They occupy a special position within the study of the unknown, since they straddle the divide that separates folklore from contemporary approaches to enigmatic creatures: every culture on earth has a tradition that involves small beings that can be good or malicious, intelligent or brutish. That accounts of such creatures occur in our highly technological twentieth century, and in relation to the UFO phenomenon, constitutes an enigma in itself...
Kilmainham Gaol (jail) ghosts?
Mullaney Phelps: My husband and I were visiting Kilmainham Gaol (Jail) in Dublin, Ireland and were towards the back of a tour of approximately 25. I "thought" I saw my husband pass behind me, but when I turned to the left to see what he was doing, I realized he was actually on the other side of me. When my husband asked what I was doing I told him I thought he walked behind me, and he said, "Take a picture." I faced down the corridor, said "Hello!" and snapped the photo...
