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Apes in America

Apes in America

Uruguay: an "imp" over Nueva Palmira
It is the talk of the town in Nueva Palmira. Several local residents claim having seen an imp or an alien - opinions vary - over an electric power line. After repeated complaints, police officers and agents of the local Prefecture visited the site. [Witnesses] claim it measured 25 centimeters. It arrived flying and would move around, bothered by flashlight beams. The phenomenon was reported by several locals, who saw the phenomenon moving some four feet over the surface of the wire...

Are there apes in America?
There are many stories of a large primate living in the coastal rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. But did you know that there are countless sightings and stories of the Sasquatch (also known as Bigfoot) in every state of the US except Hawaii?..

What's a chupacabra?
Translated from Spanish, chupacabra means "goat sucker," in reference to its apparent appetite for the blood of livestock. Artistic renderings often depict it as having blue-hued skin, a forked tongue, claws, red eyes, protruding fangs and a spiky patch of hair running down its back...

Fear Liath: Scotland's monster
It's said that in the summit of Scotland's Ben Macdui dwells a creature described as "The Greyman". A tall bipedal monster with short gray hair, who stalks the climbers who dare ascend to the summit. Reports of this creature date back to the late 1800s, when scientist and avid climber John Norman Collie had an unnerving experience. Collie, in a 1925 annual meeting of the Cairngorm Club, came forward with his terrifying encounter:..

UFO filmed at close range in Siberia, video
Siberia has always been a region of mystery. Bigfoot sightings are a common occurrence in the area's vast snowfields and this frozen world's history is replete with accounts of paranormal events of all kinds including those of an extraterrestrial nature...

Your Town Plover - The Club Forest Bar: a haunted history?
Mikel Lauber: As we've showed you all week, Your Town Plover has a rich history spanning decades. And of course that history wouldn't be complete without a good ghost story!..

Is Otsego Lake Inn haunted by past residents?
Do you believe in ghosts? The Mid-Michigan Paranormal Investigators do, but only if they can prove it scientifically. Using "state-of-the-art" equipment such as split screen monitors, infrared cameras and high-tech audio recorders, the team works to capture the sights and sounds of apparitions at locations reported to be haunted...

NASA predicts monster solar storm … soon!
NASA predicts monster solar storm … SOON! - The Sun goes through heightened solar flare activity every 11 years. Lately, the Sun has been eerily quiet, like the calm before the perfect storm. Should we be worried?..

The mysterious little people of Japan
A commonly occurring phenomenon seen in the folklore and myth of a wide range of cultures throughout the world is the existence of miniature humanoid creatures. Faeries, dwarves, leprechauns, or by whatever other names they are known, mysterious little people of various types have consistently emerged as important elements of folklore across the globe since time unremembered...

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