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Burned footprints

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5 reasons you can stop worrying about the world ending in 2012
Well, you have to give it up for the Mayans, ye ancient people who some folks believe have predicted the end of the world in 2012. Earth may have survived Y2K, but after the subsequent wild ride of catastrophic terrorist attacks, wars, global economic collapse, killer flu pandemics, and the Gosselins, those crafty ancient Mesoamericans were prescient enough to make sure that their calendar will run out in just a couple years, bringing the world to a fiery end and putting us poor suckers out of our collective misery...

10 failed doomsday prophecies
Scientists have listed ten failed doomsday prophecies, which undermines the seriousness of the 2012 end of the world prediction by the ancient Mayans. According to National geographic News, the first failed domsday prophecy was when some ancient Romans saw the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius as a sign of a coming apocalypse, which never came...

Villager leaves mysterious burnt footprints
An early morning walk to his farm has left footprints which burnt portions of grass on his village lawn. Villager Sikeli Nadiri, who lives in Daroko settlement, outside Savusavu, is baffled as he tries to figure out the cause of his mysterious brown prints. The incident has attracted fellow villagers to his house to have a feel of his feet trying to find a clue to the mystery...

Is the 20th Century Theater in Oakley Haunted?
The Indiana Kentucky Ohio Paranormal Society, known as IKOPS, was the first paranormal investigative team to have private access to the 20th Century in Oakley in over ten years. In conjunction with local Cumulus Radio station 96 Rock, the IKOPS team, two DJ's and a contest winner set off in search of ghosts and things that go bump in the night on Sunday, November first. What they found may surprise you, and even send a few chills down your back...

My haunted house and a smelly ghost
Sarah Nielson: I'm convinced my house is haunted. I suspected as much when the doorbell started randomly ringing. At first I thought the neighborhood kids were doorbell ditching, but when it started happening in the middle of the night, I knew it had to be a ghost. In a panic, I turned to trusty Google for information. I found a list of signs that determine whether or not your house is haunted...

Do ghosts exist or are they products of the imagination?
It is not a pleasant task to contradict a fellow columnist, especially one whom I highly respect and admire. But for the sake of letting our readers hear the other side, I must speak out. Prof. Michael L. Tan wrote in the Nov. 1, 2009, issue of Sunday Inquirer Magazine: "My university training in both the natural and social sciences, and life's many experiences, have convinced me that there are no ghosts...

A mother's story takes on ghostly proportions
Sure Halloween is done and over with, but The Worm has one more ghost story to tell. In compiling reports of Wenatchee Valley's haunted areas for a Halloween article, The Worm heard from many longtime residents about the supposed haunting of the Ivy Wild Inn bed and breakfast near the corner of Miller and Fifth Streets in Wenatchee...

The truth about 2012 doomsday hype
2012 is coming very soon - the disaster film, that is, directed by Roland Emmerich and depicting global catastrophe of Biblical proportions. The year itself is of course a few dozen months away, and there is growing interest, excitement, and concern for both events...

Fatima and the UFO phenomenon
Interview with Professor Joaquim Fernandes, PhD in History at the University of Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal. Professor Fernandes has recently completed some seriously groundbreaking research on the Fatima Cult linking it to UFO phenomena or to put it simply suggesting that the key event relating to this saga was extraterrestrial. Professor Fernandez was a key contributor to a series of books on the topic: The Fatima trilogy. All News Web recently caught up with the Professor to gain further insight into his fascinating findings on this topic...

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