The mystery story of the Maya slowly reveals new twists
Don't tell Indiana Jones, but most archaeologists pack spades, not bullwhips, and big discoveries usually come after lots of digging, not looting. Maya discoveries in Mexico that are rewriting the history of this classic civilization, for example, are coming from years of careful digging, not looted idols...
Skeptic questions Patterson Bigfoot tracks
The haunting story of Alexandra Holzer
Alexandra Holzer is motivated, enthusiastic and with as many goals as she has talents, she is so much more than just the daughter of Hans Holzer, the first and most famous Ghost Hunter. Alexandra Holzer had anything but a normal childhood. One of two sisters, she is the youngest born to Ghost Hunter Hans Holzer and Countess Catherine Buxhoeveden. She explained some of the funny, offbeat and frightening moments of her youth in Growing Up Haunted: A Ghostly Memoir (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2008). To understand Alexandra, you really have to know a bit about her parents, so we'll begin there...
Mystery of coffin in cellar to be solved
A northeast legend that claims the former owner of a hotel was entombed in the basement is set to be investigated. Kemnay hotelier Malcolm Edwards is to open up a cellar wall in the Burnett Arms after an infrared probe camera revealed what appears to be a framed photograph and a box...
Thumb 'ghostbusters' have interest in paranormal activity, if not academic degrees
There's been something strange in their neighborhood, so Jeff and Debbie Thompson knew who they were gonna call. Tracy Chalcraft. And Stacey McCanham. And the six other members of the new Thumb Area Ghost and Paranormal Investigators, or TAGPI...
Of miracles, mysticism and wonders at Kamakhya temple
For the last two decades, Bhola Baba, a Hindu seer, has become much sought after at the revered Kamakhya temple in Assam during the Ambubachi Mela, a four-day festival that began Sunday, for his "miraculous powers". Bhola Baba belongs to the secret Aghor cult, whose adherents meditate in graveyards at night. And ever since the Baba stepped into the temple of Mother Goddess Kamakhya three days ago, streams of people were queuing up for his blessings...
What is Yowie?
Loren Coleman: Are folks saying that the Yowie is nothing more than an Australian form of Bigfoot? What kind of beast is the Yowie?..
Has Beast of Bevendean found new hunting ground?
Neighbours say they have spotted another big cat in a garden. The large black animal was seen by Sharon Virgo, 46, of Whitehawk Close, Whitehawk, Brighton, in her garden at about 1.30am on Friday. She said: "It just really scared me because it was sat at the top of my garden just staring at us"...
Michelangelo 'hid secret code in Sistine Chapel'
Michelangelo hid a secret code in the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel made up of mystical Jewish symbols and insults aimed at the pope, according to a new book...
