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Amomongo hominoid terrorizes Philippines
The amomongo (loosely, gorilla) is a creature of Philippine cryptozoology described as hairy, man-sized and ape-like with long nails. Terror is gripping residents of haciendas in Brgy. Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, Philippines, following the reported existence of a man-sized creature, who recently attacked two residents and disemboweled animals in the area. Elias Galvez and Salvador Aguilar reported to Mayor Alberto Nicor and the police that they were separately attacked by a “hairy creature with long nails,” on the nights of June 9 and 10, 2008, in Cabungbungan, Brgy. Sag-ang, La Castellana, Philippines...

The weird world of mystic mogs and death-sensing dogs
Cats who know exactly when they are going to be taken to the vets. Dogs who sense their owners' whereabouts - even if they are miles away. And birds who seem to mourn the deaths of those around them... our pets and other animals have always been intuitive - but do they really have a mysterious sixth sense? A new book by Britain's leading clinical authority on near-death experiences, Dr Peter Fenwick, and his wife Elizabeth, a counselor, examines the remarkable cases of psychic animals. . ...

Argentina: first 2008 cattle mutilation in Buenos Aires
As reported by a Pehuajo veterinarian. This would be the year's first case in the province of Buenos Aires. Six years after the Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) reported that the controversial and bizarre mutilations of cattle reported at the time throughout the country were the handiwork of the "Oxymycterus Rufus" rodent, better known as the red-muzzled mouse, a new case was reported on Monday in the Buenosairean locality of Mones Cazon, district of Pehuajo...

Abduction: The screams of Thousand Oaks
Year: 1960, location: New Mexico: Steve and his brother are living in New Mexico with their parents. He remembers becoming paralyzed and seeing something by his brother. He was unable to describe what he saw next to his brother. Year: 1964, location: Arlington, Texas: Steve experiences what Ufologists consider the Oz Factor. He is in a forest and everything around him is surreal. When this occurred he was either in the 3rd or 4th grade. He describes being sick as a dog a few days afterword...

New Bigfoot book: The Hoopa Project
Bigfoot encounters in California...

Turning technology loose on the phantoms of the inn
There were strange noises and lights coming from the Banta Inn late Sunday and into early Monday, and reports of shadowy figures roaming the hallways, whispering "flash," or "that was me," "something touched me." But it wasn't the usual things that go bump in the night. For the fifth time in the nearly two years since Dave Colli purchased the Banta Inn, a group of paranormal researchers descended upon the site. It's part research, part debunking and part curiosity — but mostly it's hard work, as ghostly investigation groups have risen in popularity in part to television shows such as "Ghost Hunters" and "Most Haunted' breathing new life into looking for the dead...

Seeking out spooky tales
Now is the time to admit to the ghosts in your cupboards - all for a good cause of course. Child protection group Bravehearts wants to hear about your supernatural sightings and will sell The Ghost Files to raise money to help abused children...

Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Mystery House built just for spirits
For more than a century, it has cast its large and eerie shadow across the paranormal landscape. Although it's reportedly haunted by many spirits, the house itself is probably weirder than any ghost story. It is quite possibly the strangest house in America...

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