The Voynich Manuscript decoded?
Edith Sherwood: I give examples to show that the code used in the Voynich Manuscript is probably a series of Italian word anagrams written in a fancy embellished script. This code, that has been confusing scholars for nearly a century, is therefore not as complicated as it first appears...
Jack Black studies cryptozoology
The Hollywood Reporter says that Jack Black is developing a Jason Micallef pitch about Cryptozoology for Universal-based Illumination Entertainment. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Cryptozoology is the study of mythic and legendary creatures such as Bigfoot, the Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster...
Should governments prepare for aliens?
"Should the government prepare for UFOs?" Steve Padilla is asking Los Angeles Times readers to vote on this question--and Denver officials are asking the city's citizens the same. Padilla's colleagues Ashley Powers and DeeDee Correll report that UFO enthusiast Jeff Peckman has gathered "about 4,000 valid signatures needed to place the issue before the 350,000 registered voters of the Colorado state capital." Now the question of an extraterrestrial welcoming committee is on the ballot in Denver, they say, "embarrassing just about everyone--except Peckman."..
UFO investigations unit closed by Ministry of Defence
Britain's Ministry of Defence has closed its UFO unit after more than 50 years of investigating reported UK sightings...
Investigated ghosts disappear
The horses do not mysteriously switch stalls at the Santos farm anymore. Nor does the cat's bowl move from one step to another step to another. Donna Santos believed spirits were at work inside her house and inside her barn on West Hill Road. According to her, the horses moving from one stall to another and the cat's bowl moving are the work of spirits...
Saudi Arabia to execute TV psychic
In the United States, television psychics are merely mocked. In Saudi Arabia, they are executed. The Saudi Arabian government is planning to execute Lebanese television psychic Ali Sibat. Sibat was found guilty of witchcraft by a Saudi court in November, a crime which carries the death sentence...
Weird vampire couple does weird vampire stuff on 20/20
You can't swing a New Moon dream catcher replica these days without hitting something related to vampires. And of course that includes your TV set, where ABC's 20/20 got on the blood wagon. Meet Silvair and her husband. They are psychic vampires. And compared to their unique "feeding" process, plasma sucking actually makes sense...
Looking at the BVM can make you go blind
An intersting report surfaces via the Irish Times. Recent supposed appearances of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) have been following the pattern made famous at Fatima - namely word gets around, lots of people turn up and then they claim to see the sun dancing around in the sky. October the 31st saw 10 000 people attending and an earlier appearance on the 11th of October also saw large numbers. At both gatherings people claimed to see the sun shimmering, changing colour and dancing in the sky...
