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By Stephen Wagner, About.com

Class will cover ghost huntings and techniques
A different type of hunting course will be offered next month in Sikeston. But instead of searching for wild animals, the object of this one-night workshop is to hunt ghosts. "Missouri Haunts: Ghost Stories and Ghost Hunting in Missouri" is set for 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Sikeston Career and Technology Center. The Paranormal Task Force, or PTF, of St. Louis will present types and history of hauntings ghost hunting techniques, and stories along with audio and video, of previous hauntings and investigations the team has been involved in...

Most Haunted Live - Gettysburg ghost stories

Ghost Adventures begins October 17th - see trailer

Sasquatch sightings continue throughout Northwest
Bigfoot appears to be on the move through the wilds of Northern B.C. A rash of three sightings between late July and August have brought about speculation from paranormal specialists as to what the creature might be up to. In addition to Houston sightings, Larry Sommerfield, a self-proclaimed sasquatch hunter from Terrace has a cast in his possession that he says is a sasquatch print...

Spirits along the river still linger
On Sunday, the home of Col. Joseph McDowell, one of the leaders of the Overmountain Men and the county's namesake, officially became a part of the Overmountain Victory Historic Trail. This historic home will be preserved and the rich heritage associated with that site will not be lost to yet another commercial business. As one who has always loved and appreciated our history, this was a day to remember...

When atheists pray
Among the provocative findings of two recent surveys of religious faith is that a majority of Americans who claim to be atheists are inclined to pray, one-third of them "often." About the same number of atheists profess a belief in Satan, hell and demons. Half of them believe in angels and ghosts...

Paranormal investigation: Marsh House - Lafayette, Georgia
Ghost hunters want to know if LaFayette, Georgia’s Marsh House is haunted. Ghost & History of Southeastern Tennessee Inc., a non-profit organization, took a team of investigators for a hunt of possible ghosts Saturday night at the Marsh House in LaFayette and its cemetery...

Zecharia Sitchin on my mind
It's Friday night and the preliminary investigation I had for the very haunted Ione Hotel was canceled tonight. It's Friday, September 26, 2008 and I am off work with an itch. An itch that only a ghosthunter knows. An itch to investigate, to discover the truth, to hunt for answers. But, it's not going to happen tonight...

Creationist issues $11 trillion challenge
A controversial creationist has offered a multitrillion-dollar challenge to scientists. Adnan Oktar's "call to all evolutionists" promises "10 trillion Turkish lira to anyone who produces a single intermediate-form fossil demonstrating evolution" - a sum roughly equal to $11.7 trillion...

Ghost of nun photographed at Wepre Park
Does this picture, taken at Wepre Park in Deeside, show the ghost of Nora the nun? An amateur photographer from Flintshire has been left scratching his head after snapping a strange shot of a waterfall...

Video: Strange cloud formations

Chattanooga: Paranormal private eyes
There are some things that cannot be explained. Mary Smitherman with the Marsh House in LaFayette said she can’t explain how prints from a bare left foot got on a dusty floor of the antebellum mansion in 2004 or why a single right footprint materialized recently. “It is a big foot and it is a right foot,” Mrs. Smitherman said. “It looked like somebody had stepped in wax. It was shiny.”..

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