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UFOs, alien abductions and Tina Turner feature in Close Encounters secret files
Passenger jets nearly colliding with UFOs, reports of alien abduction and lasers from a Tina Turner concert all feature in the latest "Close Encounters" released by the MoD...

FBI psychics turn up face of maddy 'killer'
A drawing of a man two FBI psychics say snatched Madeleine McCann has been produced by an American TV programme. Now investigators working for Kate and Gerry McCann say they want to see the so-called evidence revealed in the programme, which was screened last week in the US...

Gold Rush ghosts saga: a haunting in Arnold

A gaggle of ghosts
The Gatehouse Public House sits only minutes away from the gothic cemetery confines and the legend of the vampire has long been connected to a tall figure adorned in a black cloak, which is said to roam the pub long after closing time. The pub is one of the earliest recorded in the village and author David Farrant, in his booklet Beyond The Highgate Vampire spoke of the eerie figure that was also said to haunt the Old Gallery...

Mysterious monster hunts
If you think Bigfoot is a hoax, you're not alone. In 2003, the Seattle Post Intelligencer and the New York Times fingered deceased Washington state prankster Ray Wallace as the perpetrator of a decades-long Bigfoot sham; his family claimed he created the Sasquatch legend with suits and fake footprints. More recently, in August 2008 a news-making Bigfoot corpse in Georgia was revealed to be a gussied-up Halloween costume ordered on the Internet...

Bigfoot believer shares stories at park
It lurks in the shadows of American lore, an ominous figure too large to be animal, too hairy to be human. For centuries, it has captivated imaginations and spurred countless debates. Does it exist? If so, why haven’t more people seen it? Why has no scientific evidence ever been found? Believers have been shunned. Insistent believers have been deemed flakes, or worse. Yet, the controversy continues. Does Bigfoot exist?..

Haunted places of East Mississippi and West Alabama
When you hear the words "ghost" and "library" in the same sentence, the first thing to pop into your head might be something like the opening scene from "Ghostbusters" — books flying off the shelves, card catalog drawers bursting open, a gruesome apparition, and one terrified old librarian...

Ghost hunting leaves questions about the paranormal unanswered
Daron Williams: I have heard enough mud-slinging, moose-hunting and Joe-the-Plumber talk. I've decided to go in a totally different direction this week. Besides, I've got one more crack at the election, as my next column will print on Nov. 4. As for now, with Halloween a few days away, I decided to get a little festive and recount my own personal ghost story...

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