Pope Pius XI: cryptozoologist
Eleven Popes have sat on the throne of St Peter since the turn of the last century, and most authorities would rank Pius XI (b. Achille Ratti, r. 1922-39) among the two or three most influential of that number. In the course of his reign, he had to deal with the rise of Fascism and Nazism - which he condemned rather more forcefully and consistently than his controversial successor, Pius XII. But in his spare time, it now emerges, Il Papa was also an enthusiastic cryptozoologist. ..
Mysterious 'bearded' antelope photographed
When Paolo Torchio set out across Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve a few weeks ago, it was just a typical Thursday morning for the veteran wildlife photographer, who has lived and worked in Kenya for two decades. Torchio is intimately acquainted with the beasts that wander the nearly 600-square-mile (1500-square-kilometer) game reserve, so he was astonished to see a terrier's face poking out of the tall grass...
A hotel where some guests have been dead for years
Many hotel guests would complain if they were awoken by bumps in the night or if they found their things had mysteriously disappeared from their dressers. But not visitors to the Copper Queen Hotel, a rustic old place that is considered Arizona's longest continuously operated hotel. The Copper Queen is haunted, or at least that is what the owners claim and what numerous guests have affirmed over the years with stories about mysterious voices, odd sounds and smells, and even levitating objects...
5 psychic reading myths busted
Since the earliest civilizations to this very day, society has always turned to a psychic reading for general guidance and enlightenment. Psychics have always been regarded as very reliable advisers up to current times. In fact, the numbers of those who seek a psychic reading on a regular basis have grown through the years...
Total Recall's Paul Verhoeven back with a new project about psychic muslims
Verhoeven revealed on a Dutch TV show Zomergasten that he was working with writer Gerard Soeteman to adapt the novel The Hidden Force by Dutch novelist Louis Couperus. What's it all about? "[The movie is about] rebellion against colonial rule, the emergence of fundamentalist Islam, the behavior between people, adultery and psychic powers. It is a story about things that we do not understand but it does happen."..
Uri Geller's mind-bender: Egyptian loot in Scotland
When Uri Geller saw a rocky lump off Scotland's eastern coast was for sale a couple of years ago, the famed spoon-bender says he knew he had to have it. "I didn't know why. I was somehow drawn to it," Mr. Geller recalls. He put in a successful £30,000, or about $46,000, offer. Today, the 63-year-old paranormalist says he now understands why he bought the uninhabited, 100 yard-by-50 yard Lamb Island. Buried inside, he says, is an Egyptian treasure including relics supposedly brought there by a pharaoh's daughter some 3,500 years ago...
Fact or fiction: Is Luke Perry's house really haunted?
Is former TV heartthrob Luke Perry's house really haunted? Does "Jeopardy" host Alex Trebek shave against the grain? Does sexy supermodel Karolina Kurkova use SPF 125 sunblock at the beach? Well, those weird -- and totally questionable -- "facts" are just the kind of obscure allegations being meticulously researched in the new NBC Digital Studios Web series "FCU: Fact Checkers Unit," airing new episodes every Tuesday on factcheckersunit.com...
