Hawking: Time travel will happen
There's something very comforting when a scientist as well regarded as Stephen Hawking admits to keeping quiet for fear of "being labeled a crank." Thankfully, he seems to have conquered his fears in a new documentary series for the Discovery Channel, in which he has already considered how man might truly conquer space. Or, indeed, how spacemen might come down to our meager Earth and dismember us as so much fast food...
Is this Bigfoot laughing or a coyote?
R.W. Ridley: At first, I thought it was just some drunk guy in the woods, but it goes on way too long to be that. I'll let you decide - Bigfoot or Coyote? North Lake Tahoe, California, we were leaving our condo about 8:00 PM to go to diner and the casino when we heard strange laughter coming from the woods behind our place...
In search of the skunk ape
Referring to the Skunk Ape story in last week's editions of The Valdosta Daily Times, the man's voice paused on the recorded phone message. "... I saw it." The Times received calls from readers who believe they have seen what may be a Skunk Ape in South Georgia. One reader account came from Brooks County, the other from Berrien County...
Japanese city buys 'haunted' hospital ruins
Atsugi Keishin Hospital has become famous as being haunted, and overrun with vandalism and violence. (image: modified from a photo by Tx-re / Wikipedia)A city outside of Tokyo announced on April 30th that they would be easing concerned residents by agreeing buy the remains of a local abandoned hospital which had become reputed in recent years as being haunted. The city of Atsugi in Kanagawa prefecture, less that 40 miles west of Tokyo, put in a successful auction bid of 12,630,000 yen, or currently over $130,000 USD, for the former Atsugi Keishin Hospital, the Yomiuri reported...
Haunted California bridge's reputation for attracting suicides
The Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California, has earned the unwelcome reputation of "suicide bridge," and urban legend has it that the bridge is haunted. Since its completion in 1913, more than 150 people have committed suicide by leaping from it. Maybe it's the year it was built, 1913, or the fact that 14 years later the country was thrown into the Great Depression, taking many with it...
Top 3 types of hauntings
Hauntings are frequently thought of and analyzed by hundreds of people. Many people may even visit the haunted site in order to hopefully see or feel what many people have rumored...
Tiny community is troubled by Bigfoot sightings
For the past month, the Delaware County Sheriff's Office has been bombarded with telephone calls about the legendary elusive apelike creature known as Bigfoot. It seems the creature was roaming the wooded countryside near Kenwood -- a small, isolated community about 20 miles southwest of Jay and surrounded by acres of trees and fresh springs of water...
Karen Gillan: Mum says our house is haunted
Doctor Who star Karen Gillan says her house could be infested with ghosts. The actress's mum has convinced her that their home is haunted. 'Paranormal activity [scares me],' Karen, 22, tells the Daily Record...
Paranormal activity report and questionnaire for serious researchers/experiencers
Claims of life on Mars 'positively false'
Despite recent media reports that NASA found evidence for life on Mars, the U.S. space agency says proof that we are not alone is still a ways off. A Wednesday article in the U.K.'s "The Sun" newspaper entitled, "NASA: Evidence of Life on Mars," reported that they agency had unveiled "compelling evidence" for Martian organisms. But NASA officials and veteran Mars mission scientists say "no."..
Reagan and the occult
Ronald Reagan had an interest in lucky numbers and newspaper horoscopes. Less known is that a certain scholar of occult philosophy had a lifelong influence on the 40th president of the United States. Mitch Horowitz, editor-in-chief of Tarcher/Penguin and the author of "Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation," reveals the details...
Pope Benedict views Turin shroud
Pope Benedict XVI has viewed the Turin shroud - the cloth in which, according to many believers, Christ was buried. "The Holy Shroud eloquently reminds us of Jesus' suffering", he said in Turin. The pontiff spent several minutes praying before the shroud, although in line with papal tradition he did not touch on the authenticity of the cloth...
Aliens have been visiting Earth for decades: Canadian expert
Accusing world famous astrophysicist Stephen Hawking of spreading misinformation about threats from aliens, former Canadian defence minister Paul Hellyer claimed Sunday that extraterrestrials have actually been visiting earth for decades. Rather than harm mankind, he said, their (aliens') spaceships have provided us information for triggering today's microchip and IT revolution on our planet...
