Up-to-the-minute reports of paranormal activity and news from around the world
January 15, 2011
Nearly half of Americans think their pets are psychic
Sure, we've been known to post videos and pictures of cute animals in order to pep up your day or even our own. But today it's all come full circle, and now the pets are actually saving our asses. According to a recent AP- Petside.com poll, 43% of American pet owners believe their pets have a sixth sense that is particularly in tune during times of trouble...
Islamic priests help exorcise "little ghosts"
Supernatural incidents of "spiritual fires" have happened in a residential house at Jalan Pantai Cahaya Bulan, Kampung Barembang, Kota Bharu, and 14 Islamic priests who claimed to have the experiences of performing exorcisms volunteered to chant the Koran verses for hours to remove the evil spirit...
Paranormal Science lab boosts historic house
An historic house in southwest Missouri is getting some help from ghosts and the people who look for them. The 150-year-old Kendrick Place in Carthage is hosting tours by The Paranormal Science Lab, a group of southwest Missouri residents who use high tech equipment to look for paranormal activity...
Paranormal club opens pro shop in Coos Bay
Members of Paranormal Studies & Investigations of Oregon cringe when a reporter describes their spirited pursuits as a hobby. "We've always been very passionate about it," said group co-founder Laura Schier. Besides, what they do is a business now...
Retired agronomist suspects crop circles due to aliens or another dimension
Some of the crop circles reported around the world obviously were made by pranksters, a retired University of Wisconsin-River Falls agronomy professor said Wednesday at the Midwest Farm Show at the La Crosse Center. But Lou Greub says aliens or another dimension seem to be the most likely explanation for others...
Spectres haunt hospital's abandoned halls
Hillhaven Nursing Home in Marceline, Mo., sits vacant, a haven for vandals and skittering rodents. However, in the dark of night, this three-story, crumbling brick edifice is not quiet. The building, constructed in 1923, has housed the Putman Memorial Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, Hillhaven and finally Meadowbrook Nursing Home...
The enigma of living archetypes
From the theory of the bicameral mind, to the presumption that our forebears were unable to tie their own shoe laces, there is a critical assumption that we occupy a superior state and station, and yet when you look deeply into the roots as well as behaviors of our contemporary living mythologies, nothing has fundamentally changed in terms of how our contingent beliefs are shaped by the exceptions to the rules we ourselves create in terms of the "para" in normal. What is paranormal in one century is prosaic in the next...
Researcher investigates imaginary friends
It used to be thought that children with imaginary friends were in the minority. It has sometimes been assumed that children had imaginary friends because they were lonely and lacked real friends...
Skeptic has a ghostly rude awakening for the BBC
There are just as many folks out there looking to disprove the existence of ghosts as there are those who are trying to prove they exist. Yet, what if said debunkers ran across a case that changed their minds? That's the premise for the latest spooker looking to haunt our friends across the pond in The Awakening...
