Up-to-the-minute reports of paranormal activity and news from around the world
January 18, 2011
Animal deaths and national security
The recent wave of deaths of animals around the world - of fish, birds and, as a new story at today's Anomalist reveals, hundreds of cattle - has generated a wealth of theories for the deaths that range from perfectly natural "die-offs" to a coming apocalypse of Biblical proportions, and just about anything and everything in between. An issue that has not been addressed at length, however, is that relative to concerns that elements of the government may have with respect to these events. Is there official, behind-the-scenes worry about what is presently afoot?..
371 dead birds fall from sky on LA's Sunset Blvd; similar to California, Arkansas, Louisiana bird drops
371 dead birds fell from the sky over Los Angeles, California, and hit the pavement at Sunset and Cahuenga. In the great shadow of the CNN building laid scattered hundreds of pigeons, most of them dead. This is another incident of dead birds falling from the sky, as has been seen in California, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Sweden, Italy, and other places around the world...
Three nuns involved in 2005 exorcism case in Romania released from prison
Bucharest. Three of the four nuns from the Tanacu Monastery in eastern Romania, convicted for homicide after a young woman died during what they said was an exorcism ritual, have been released from prison, Romanian Mediafax news agency reports...
Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Japanese researchers will launch a project this year to resurrect the long-extinct mammoth by using cloning technology to bring the ancient pachyderm back to life in around five years time...
Para' or 'normal': He wants to know
When a woman in East Hempfield Township reported seen a "Hershey kiss-shaped object" floating above her home last month, Rick Fisher was not surprised. Fisher is not prepared to say we are not alone in the universe. But he is quick to point out that the woman is not alone in reporting unexplained phenomena...
Near-death stories come into focus
Accounts of near-death experiences are reclaiming their place in popular culture, with a bestseller about one published by Nashville-based Thomas Nelson Publishers, a Clint Eastwood movie on the topic and a new book contending they're merely hallucinations...
The haunting of the The Mermaid Inn
The Mermaid Inn is reputed to be one of the most haunted pubs in England. Parts of the inn date back to 1156 although some parts have been rebuilt, the Inn retains its original charm. It's an atmospheric, sprawling, thatch-roofed building, filled with secret passages, priest-holes and sliding wall panels. Pirates or smugglers would probably have used these areas as a hiding place or as an escape route...
