Ancient astronomical calculator had Olympic run
For all the technology that will go into orchestrating the Beijing Olympics this year, a new report in British science journal Nature is reminding the world where it all began: with a 2,100-year-old gadget that tracked dates of the ancient Olympic games. Known as the Antikythera Mechanism, the astronomical calculator was discovered by divers in 1901 as one of the artifacts collected from a shipwreck off the coast of Antikythera, Greece...
(Also read: "The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts")
I have seen demons and angels
David Slone: I have seen an angel, and I've seen a demon; I don't care to ever see a demon ever again. I first saw an angel when I was either 4 or 5 years old. My uncle had just gotten married, and the wedding reception was down in the basement of our church. After the reception was over my grandma and I were walking out to the car. It had to have been near Christmas, because the Christmas wreaths were on the double doors that lead into the sanctuary. It was dark and cold, and there was a light sheet of snow on the ground...
Newfoundland motorists report roadside apparitions
If you are out in your car exploring the countryside this summer, keep your eyes peeled. If you are lucky, you might spot some of Newfoundland's roadside phantoms. I recently got an e-mail from Charles, whose family had a run-in with a phantom on the road when he was a boy...
(Also read: "Roadside Ghost")
Blain and his imaginary friend Rachel - a ghost story
David Slone: It is not uncommon for a child to have an imaginary friend. Perhaps you had one as a child or even know of a child who has one now. There are many who have had strange experiences with children and their imaginary friends. Often these things make us wonder, is it possible for an imaginary friend to be a ghost? Personally, after learning of so many experiences, I believe that a childs imaginary friend can be a ghost. Our family has had several ghost experiences, but this one is about my cousin's son who had an imaginary friend...
(Also read: "Case File: The Imaginary Friend")
Six-toed 'Sasquatch' sighting in northern Ontario
They're still not sure what to do with it, but a family living on the Grassy Narrows First Nation in northwestern Ontario has a plaster cast of a "huge" footprint from what they think is a sasquatch-like creature. "It's got six toes and a giant heel," said 21-year-old Judy Fobister, whose father went out and took the imprint...
Columbus debunker sets sights on Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of machines are uncannily similar to Chinese originals and were undoubtedly derived from them, a British amateur historian says in a newly-published book. Gavin Menzies sparked headlines across the globe in 2002 with the claim that Chinese sailors reached America 70 years before Christopher Columbus. Now he says a Chinese fleet brought encyclopedias of technology undiscovered by the West to Italy in 1434, laying the foundation for the engineering marvels such as flying machines later drawn by Italian polymath Leonardo...
Flathead Lake monster - myth or marvel?
Have you heard the tale of the Flathead Lake monster? If so, you may have seen it or heard the stories of those who have. It was three years ago today that a Polson couple said they watched a mysterious creature off the shores of Big Arm. It was one of the most recent, recorded sightings...
