A professor’s search for the Holy Grail
It was a dark, rainy afternoon in Bamberg, Germany, but Fr. G. Ronald Murphy wasn’t about to let inclement weather thwart his quest. The Jesuit priest, a professor in Georgetown University’s German Department and scholar of medieval literature, was not looking for an obscure manuscript or a quiet refuge in which to spend his sabbatical. Rather, he was seeking the single object that has had the power to capture the imaginations of men and women for centuries, a relic which has inspired works of art ranging from the Arthurian legend and The Da Vinci Code to Indiana Jones and Monty Python. He was looking for the Holy Grail...
Half of Americans believe in angels
Half of all Americans believe they are protected by guardian angels, one-fifth say they've heard God speak to them, one-quarter say they have witnessed miraculous healings, 16 percent say they've received one and 8 percent say they pray in tongues, according to a survey released Thursday by Baylor University...
Moving clothes, unexplained images reported at inn
Unexplained happenings inside a 340-year-old inn, including reports of clothes moving around rooms, have prompted an investigation into the incidents. "Some of the guests have told me about the paranormal things they've experienced," Inn owner C.J. Evern said. "I believe what I hear." A series of strange encounters have been reported at the General Stanton Inn located at 4115 Old Post Road in Charleston, R.I. It is one of the oldest existing inns in the country, according to its Web site. A group of paranormal investigators were called to the Inn this week to check recent reported sightings...
Sea serpent candidates: georgiacetus and the ancient whales
Loren Coleman: A new article on the ancient origins of flukes in whales (specifically, Georgiacetus, here) reminds me that there are some perfectly good candidates among the not-so-ancient whales and their precursors who might live on as undiscovered survivors out there. Their contemporary evolved offspring may have been reported in the last few hundred years and today as “Sea Serpents.”..
BT's ghost hunter seeks ghouls in Jedburgh Jail
Fright-night at Jedburgh Castle Jail almost lived up to its billing. While most of Saturday’s spirit seekers were looking for further confirmation that there is a sort-of-life after death, I was just after a few thrills. Growing up with the likes of Amityville Horror and the Omen I was hopeful of perhaps my name being scrawled in blood over some walls or a cell door or two slamming behind me…I’d have even settled for a raven shadowing me around all night...
Producers of ghost hunters seeking paranormal enthusiasts for new series!
Are you a professional or part-time ghost hunter, spiritual medium, paranormal researcher or just a supernatural enthusiast? The producers of SCI-FI network’s Ghost Hunters are looking for someone to join a team of paranormal investigators for a new series filming very soon. It doesn’t matter how much experience you have with the paranormal, as long as you have unique skills to bring to the team and are fascinated with paranormal investigation...
Alaskan Governor describes mastodon herds
“The Portland Press [of Portland, Maine] of November 28 [1896] publishes a long conversation with Col. C. F. Fowler, late of the Alaskan Fur and Commercial company, in which he gives very clear evidence that in the interior of Alaska many mastodons still survive. He first discovered among some “fossil” ivory collected by the natives two tusks which showed evidence of being recently taken from the animal which carried them. On questioning the native who sold it to him he was surprised to receive a full description of the immense beast which had been killed by the natives, a description fully identifying the animal with the mastodon...
Noreen Renier, psychic detectives and skeptics
Noreen Renier, discusses her work as a psychic detective and adds new information to the skeptical investigation of Ben Radford in The Skeptical Inquirer...
