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By Stephen Wagner, About.com

Dec 5 2006
Emela-Ntouka: Killer of elephants
The Emela-ntouka has been an unknown animal of some confusion in Africa. A few chroniclers have felt it was merely another named cryptid representing the sightings of the Mokele-mbembe. But as revealed by a carving (below) seen here for the first time earlier this year, it appears to be a beast unlike the saurapod-like Mokele-mbembe...
(Also read: "In Search of Living Dinosaurs")

Ingo... 35 years ago
December 8, 2006 is the 35th anniversary of Ingo Swann performing the first successful "distance viewing" experiment at the American Institute of Psychical Research in NYC. Swann is a modern day shaman; Da Vinci in New Yorker's clothing. He's an internationally-acclaimed artist, psychic pioneer and the father of American remote viewing...
(Also read: "What You Need To Know About... Remote Viewing")

Manatee UFO enthusiasts want to believe
The stories sound like plot lines for TV shows like "The X-Files" or "Star Trek": Two white egg-shaped objects fly silently at astonishing speeds; a flying ring descends from a cigar-shaped cloud; a strange light hovers over a car for miles...

Super kids: Indigo kids debate
Little Kai looks and talks like any other 3-year-old. "I like to play chicken games and another game about tigers," he said. But his mother, Lon Bloomfield, says he has supernatural gifts ... and remembers past lives. "Maybe about a year ago, he told me, 'Remember Mom, when I was your dad?'" Lon said. Do you know a child like this?...

Spooky pub calls in the ghost hunters
Ghosts and ghouls have been stirring at a spooky village pub. The ghostly goings on at the McOrville pub in Elwick, on the outskirts of Hartlepool, attracted the attentions of the experts. Peterlee medium Peter Crawford met with other professional ghost hunters to find out more - and they were not disappointed. Creepy occurrences included moving tables, contact with a young male ghost, and spirit 'orbs' captured on film...

Possible crash involving a disk-shaped object is reported in Brazil
Brazilian UFO Magazine’s consultant witnesses the transportation of a strange disk-shaped object in the Brazilian state of Bahia...

Horse that launched animal-mutilation UFO lore lands on eBay
Snippy, a horse that died mysteriously in an Alamosa field in 1967, is back in the news thanks to eBay. The Appaloosa mare's death drew international media attention when her owner, Nellie Lewis, said the 3-year-old was mutilated by space aliens. There were no tracks or blood on the ground, but the skin and flesh from the withers to the head were removed, exposing the bone...

‘Dream Detective’ puts video evidence on Internet
Chris Robinson’s unusual psychic talents have earned him the title of “Dream Detective”. An office cleaner by day, Robinson – who lives in Bedfordshire, north of London – turns into a psychic at night, when he goes to bed. His premonitions about the future come to him in dreams, which he records meticulously in his dream diary...

San Marcos author seeks scientific proof for paranormal in book
Science and metaphysics have been considered opposing forces for ages, but San Marcos writer Marie Jones said emerging evidence makes a case that the two are more related than people realize. "I've been interested in the paranormal and quantum physics for years," she said. "I started researching around 1994. I was very much into quantum physics then, and began reading a series of books and seeing more and more connections." Jones compiled her observations from those years, as well as what she learned in an intense six-month study on the subject, in her new book, "PSIence: How New Discoveries in Quantum Physics and New Science May Explain the Existence of Paranormal Phenomena"...

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