Monday, January 31, 2005

Rumor of a UFO crash in Nepal China border 

In Darbhanga district of Bihar that borders Nepal, tourists returning from Nepal are talking about a possible UFO crash in Nepal. The rumor is also rampant in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal and other Nepali cities. The crash site is in deep Himalayan border of Nepal and China.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:06 PM

Freemasonry's Influence in Europe 

To understand what is happening in Europe, the phenomenon of Masonry must be taken into account, says Protestant historian César Vidal.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:49 PM

Inside the Outsider 

Interview with Colin Wilson from the Fortean Times.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:48 PM

Alan Riding's Top Ten Curious facts About Shakespeare 

Relinked by popular request.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:42 PM

Did You Know? 

A great collection of trivia. Have you learned anything today?

The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is 'Live Free or Die'. These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord.

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

The silhouette on the Major League Baseball logo is Harmon Killebrew.

Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants.

The naval rank of "Admiral" is derived from the Arabic phrase "amir al bahr", which means "lord of the sea".

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

And hundreds more!

Another great link from Militant Platypus.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:35 PM

Tech guru pitches $100 PC 

With cool pic of the $185 AMD Personal Internet Communicator.

Link found at Militant Platypus.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:48 AM

Ghost photo 

Check out the spooky ghost photo over at Weird Events.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:23 AM

Sunday, January 30, 2005

Cameramail  

Mail a camera, have postal workers take pictures along the way. Very cool. With great pics.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:15 PM

Giant pearl tied to death, intrigue, family squabbles 

The pearl is purportedly a former amulet of Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu, who is said to have carved his face and those of Confucius and Buddha into its surface. It was then planted in successively larger clams for generations; the convolutions on its surface resemble a human brain.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:17 AM

El Pasoan still searching for mystery rocks' origin 

Wrapped in plastic bubble sheets and kept out of harm's way, plain-looking gray rocks continue to perplex Stanton James, a Northeast man who came across them more than three years ago.
With cool pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:09 AM

Friday, January 28, 2005

MOCKINGBIRD - The Subversion Of The Free Press By The CIA 

"You could get a journalist cheaper than a good call girl, for a couple hundred dollars a month."

The more things change . . .

A must read from What Really Happened.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:31 PM

RESIDENTS WARN OF 'DANGERS' OF ASPARTAME 

Kim and Peter Dixon held the evening at St Thomas More Church Hall to portray the dangers of a sweetener, called aspartame, through the film Sweet Misery — A Poisoned World.

Aspartame can be consumed in a number of ways, through low-calorie drinks, diabetic food or weight loss products.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:27 PM

How David shrank as he faced Goliath 

"It shrinks? I don't know how you guys walk around with those things." --Elaine Benes

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:05 PM

PRIVACY, PLEASE 

In the living room of her home on North Edgemoor -- the bungalow where BTK strangled Joseph and Julie Otero and two of their young children 31 years ago -- Buffy Lietz wants to make a point. To her, she says, "this is just an ordinary house."

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:36 AM

Wichita Police find missing communication linked to BTK 

Investigators have tracked down a missing communication that may have come from the BTK serial killer, leading police to again appeal to the public for help in solving the case.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:05 AM

Haunted Places in Oklahoma 

For my Hexies in the Sooner State.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:54 AM

Officer who nabbed Lee Harvey Oswald dies 

Nick McDonald, a former policeman who arrested Lee Harvey Oswald at a Dallas movie theater after President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, died Thursday. He was 76.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:00 AM

Thursday, January 27, 2005

Seymour Hersh: "We've Been Taken Over by a Cult" 

A speech by Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh on torture from Guantanamo to Abu Ghraib to Vietnam.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:39 AM

Ancient cosmetics analyzed and then reproduced 

Scientists at Bristol University have analyzed and reproduced a Roman face cream found in an archeological dig in London. The face cream's components were analyzed and then the substance was recreated; when applied, it created smooth white skin with a powdery texture. The small tin of face cream found in the dig is the first and thus far only intact cosmetic from the Roman era.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:29 AM

BTK connected to Park City murders? 

Two unsolved murders near BTK's latest drop have similarities to other BTK murders.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:21 AM

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Co. to Advertise on Neb. Man's Forehead 

A Web-page designer who auctioned off the use of his forehead for advertising space is letting it go to his head.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:58 PM

Examiner Finds Man Breathing in Morgue 

A medical examiner studying a body in a morgue was startled when the man took a shallow breath.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:58 PM

A new message from BTK? 

Another BTK package may have surfaced Tuesday, when a postcard mailed to a Wichita television station led reporters, and then police, to a suspicious cereal box that was leaning against a road sign near Valley Center.

Reportedly, the message was inside a box of Post Toasties.



Gosh, maybe G-Man Melvin Purvis can catch BTK . . .



Do you think BTK sent away for this Post Toasties prize when he was a kid?

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:00 AM

Haunted Places in Missouri 

For my Hexies in the Show Me State.

Attention to Lestlie:

Nevada - Cottey College - is haunted by 2 ghosts: (1) Vera: a student from long ago that was making candy in Rosemary Hall when her nightgown caught fire, and resulted in burning down the hall. Now she haunts the entire college, comforting some girls and tricking others (2) a man in black (or a black man) that haunts the college from slavery days, as the story goes, possibly looking for Vera.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:58 AM

Husband and wife's mysterious deaths puzzling to police 

One bullet, two bodies.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:52 AM

Mystery of Hanuman statue on South African beach 

Johannesburg,Scientists and religious leaders have expressed doubts that a statue of Hindu deity Hanuman found on a beach in South Africa had been carried there from Sri Lanka by strong waves from the tsunamis.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:45 AM

Ghost returns to scene of haunting 

Dick Wolfe and Jim Buettner say they aren't the type to believe in ghosts, but last Thursday they witnessed something they said was "bizarre."

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:31 AM

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

The search for the lost library of Rome 

Even in our age of hyperbole, it would be hard to exaggerate the significance of what is at stake here: nothing less than the lost intellectual inheritance of western civilisation.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:30 PM

Monday, January 24, 2005

UFO Sighting and Strange Signals reported again in Indian Ocean - sub tectonic experiment? 

People are again reporting heavy UFO sighting in Nicobar Island, Andaman, India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka coastal areas. The animals in these areas are again showing strange behavior. The fishermen and their families this time are taking these signs seriously and are refusing to move near the ocean. The tribal people of Andaman Nicobar Island have again moved to the high grounds. The sea birds are also showing strange signals.

Remember the strange light in the sky a week before the last quake and tsunami?

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:58 PM

Something wicked this way comes - wicked cool, that is 

Okay, let me get this straight -- a traveling, Chinese, Kung Fu, vaudeville, freak show, circus act? Have I died and gone to heaven?

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:34 PM

Ancestor offers missing link between hippos, whales 

An ancestor of whales and hippos is likely a "missing link" between the two groups, scientists say.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:52 PM

Police hunt poo protesters 

Ladies and gentlemen, the Poo Protesters.



Link found at boing boing.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:46 PM

Changing your reality through hypnosis  

"Anything that you use your mind for in any way can be helped or made better with hypnosis or hypnotherapy."

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:23 PM

Oddballs, magicians, freaks haunt Ricky Jay's handbill history 

Ricky Jay is the coolest.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:12 PM

Paranormal presentation levitates Braden  

Award-winning paranormal specialists Jeff and Tessa Evason demonstrated their talents in telekinesis, telepathy and levitation during a show at Braden Auditorium.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:06 PM

Pre-Columbian artifacts links culture to the supernatural 

Nobody told the people of pre-Columbian Latin America that you can't take it with you.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:04 PM

Class ring lost in 1978 found 26 years later  

Edward H. Walsh was hanging out with friends on a South Boston beach in 1978 when he made a gesture with his hand and his high school class ring flew off and got lost in the sand.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:07 PM

Desperately hoping to catch a Tasmanian tiger by the tail 

Like so many of the wonderfully strange beasts in Australia, the Tasmanian tiger looked like it was cobbled together from spare parts. Its rear half resembled a tiger -- well, sort of -- with black stripes and a long tail. Its front half could be mistaken for a wolf. And it had a pouch, like a kangaroo.

Or should I say "has"?

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:01 PM

Serial Killers Not New To History 

Press release for "Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters," by Peter Vronsky

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:53 PM

Iraqis trying to solve $300 million mystery 

Earlier this month, according to Iraqi officials, $300 million in dollar bills was taken out of Iraq's central bank, put into boxes and quietly put on a charter jet bound for Lebanon.

Then, poof.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:06 PM

Delaware couple: UFO chased us at 80 mph 

Husband, wife claim object followed them: 'I didn't want us to be alone with that thing'

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:02 PM

Weeping Madonna remains a mystery 

A review of the probe into a statue of the Madonna said to have shed tears of blood a decade ago concluded that the phenomenon has no human explanation, a newspaper reported.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:00 PM

Friday, January 21, 2005

Global warming linked to 'great dying' 

An international team of scientists has found global warming, not a giant asteroid, may have nearly wiped out life on Earth some 250 million years ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:09 AM

Thursday, January 20, 2005

Factnet Report: Hubbard and the Occult 

Long article on the roots of Scientology.

Recommended.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:33 PM

Pandering to animal lovers 

From Worth1000.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:35 PM

Seeing through walls 

Troy Hurtubise has done the seemingly impossible with his newest invention and defied all known rules of physics, he says.

The Angel Light - Hurtubise claims the concept came to him in a recurring dream - can reportedly see through walls, as if there was no barrier at all.

That's not all, though.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:48 PM

Tsunami folklore 'saved islanders' 

Traditional knowledge handed down from generation to generation helped to save ancient tribes on India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands from the worst of the tsunami, anthropologists say.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:06 AM

Zodiac Killer, the Movie 

Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures are in advanced talks to co-finance Zodiac, a thriller detailing the obsessive efforts of three people who sought to bring the famed Zodiac killer to justice and the toll it took on their personal lives.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:04 AM

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Tai Chi Used To Calm NYC Students 

Their faces are calm, their bodies relaxed -- it's a lesson in stress-busting that students take seriously.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:34 PM

Jackalope May Become Wyoming's Official Mythical Creature 

Meadowlark, bison, cutthroat trout, horned toad. All are officially recognized creatures in Wyoming.

The jackalope, the most elusive of the state's critters, may soon join the list.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:32 PM

In Rome, Hints of Buried Treasure 

When the infamous emperor Nero fell from power in A.D. 68, weakened by military revolts, his successors decided no personal trace of his reign should remain. They covered with debris the giant and sumptuous Domus Aurea -- the Golden House -- that he built on a hill in central Rome. They replaced an adjacent artificial lake with the Colosseum.

The entombment of the palace was meant to make everyone forget Nero. Instead, it conserved, as if in amber, his residential compound as few ancient sites in Rome have been preserved. This week, almost 2,000 years after Nero's rule, Rome city officials unveiled a new find from the palace that offers a tantalizing hint of the treasures buried beneath the hill.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:29 PM

Boy 'abducted for sacrifice' rescued 

A WOMAN who planned to "offer a child for sacrifice" after kidnapping him from the neighbourhood has landed herself in the police lock-up.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:10 PM

Forest family had an elaborate camp among trees 

A man and his 12-year-old daughter spent the last four years living in a remote hillside in Portland's Forest Park, police said.

Remarkable story, highly recommended.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:06 PM

Hillary Reveals Encounter with Shackleton's Ghost 

Mount Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary says he has met the ghost of eminent British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton who died during an expedition to Antarctica in 1916.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:52 PM

Iraq's 'saviours' guilty of vandalism 

The damage wrought by the construction of an American military base in the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon must rank as one of the most reckless acts of cultural vandalism in recent memory. And all the more so because it was unnecessary and avoidable.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:23 PM

Potholers discover ancient Roman mosaic 

Potholers exploring a site near Nero's palace have discovered a mosaic showing ancient Romans trampling grapes to make wine.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:20 PM

Teens nabbed in grave heist 

The young men did not damage the bones, which included a human skull, and took them because of their "gothic" beliefs.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:16 PM

Mysterious moaning sounds prompts evacuation of law library 

Southern University building is back open after being evacuated Tuesday night. The problem? Students reported hearing a voice calling for help from inside the walls or ceiling.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:08 PM

Quoth the visitor, 'Once more' 

Mystery fan marks Poe's birthday for 56th time.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:00 PM

Woman baffled by 'beam of light' 

A woman was left mystified this morning after she saw what she thought was a UFO over Telford.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:55 PM

Mystery compound in beer fights cancer 

Some cancers are caused by heterocyclic amines, DNA-damaging chemicals found in cooked meat and fish. When Sakae Arimoto-Kobayashi's team at Okayama University in Japan fed these chemicals to mice, the DNA damage to their liver, lungs and kidneys was reduced by up to 85% if the mice drank non-alcoholic beer instead of water.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:52 PM

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Want to live longer? Then drop the fitness regime and put your feet up 

It is the news that all sloths have been waiting for. Scientists in Germany have found that too much exercise is bad for you and that doing less could lengthen your life.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:32 PM

Top 10 Net Hoaxes / Urban Legends of 2004 

The year is at an end and it's time to unveil About's partly-scientific, partly-subjective roundup of the Top 10 Net Hoaxes and Urban Legends of 2004.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:06 PM

Hockney 'was wrong' over art copying claims 

Hockney's claims that Renaissance painters employed optics is disputed.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:09 PM

Flying Triangle sightings on the rise 

New analysis spurs speculation on secret planes.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:32 PM

Hammer, don't hurt 'em! 

Hammer Films Studio, which produced the horror classics "Dracula", "The Curse of Frankenstein" and "The Devil Rides Out", has lured investors back after nearly 30 years in oblivion.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:28 AM

Bush's Grand Plan? Incite Civil War in Iraq 

Is Bush trying to start a Civil War in Iraq?

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:12 AM

Corresponding with the Fantastic: The Sorcery of Fritz Leiber 

Leiber was a different kind of writer, and weird horror was only one of his strengths.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:00 AM

Monday, January 17, 2005

Ufo Peach Sees Its Popularity Take Off 

A flat peach first inspired by a Chinese emperor more than 4,000 years ago has seen its popularity take off once again by being marketed as a UFO.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:44 PM

PRESS RELEASE: The Indian Ocean Tsunami and Atlantis Linked 

The current disaster in the Indian Ocean that affected Indonesia (Sumatra), Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, and many islands is part of the same geological system that destroyed Atlantis, according to at least one researcher.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:37 PM

The Living Unknown Soldier by Jean-Yves Le Naour 

Book review.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:28 PM

Future unknown for castle with secret past 

THE MOST secret moated castle in England stands empty and forlorn, its future unknown and undecided after more than seven centuries of occupation. The ancestral portraits have been stripped from the walls, the books emptied in their thousands from the library shelves and elegant Georgian furniture removed by the lorryload.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:26 PM

Was Robert Kennedy killed by a real 'Manchurian candidate'-style assassin? 

A book review of Nemesis, by the British author Peter Evans.

A new book claims to reveal evidence that the CIA, FBI and Aristotle Onassis hypnotised a Palestinian man into assassinating Robert Kennedy.

The alleged Onassis involvement reminds me of the Gemstone Files.

The author Dominick Dunne, in his Vanity Fair column last month, described Nemesis as presenting "a startling revision of American history."

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:11 PM

Important discoveries in medieval codices and manuscripts of the Plato's Critias. 

Hispano-Cuban investigator has discovered in medieval codices and manuscripts of the Plato's Critias, a reading nonnoticed to date of the fragment where beginning date of or beginning of the war between Atlanteans and Greeks.

Methinks this is a poor translation of a Spanish language document. Basically, it moves the destruction of Atlantis fom 12,000 years ago to about 1569 B.C.E.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:53 PM

Team Searching for Columbus' Remains 

Spanish researchers said Monday they've won permission to open a tomb in the Dominican Republic purported to hold remains of Christopher Columbus, edging closer to solving a century-old mystery over whether those bones or a rival set in Spain are the real thing.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:40 PM

Anti-Aging Drug for Humans Hinted at by Worm Study 

Researchers have found that drugs used to treat human seizures can delay aging in worms by as much as 50 percent.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:59 PM

Statement from District Attorney Nola Foulston regarding BTK investigation 

District Attorney Nola Tedesco Foulston releases the following statement today concerning the on-going "BTK" investigation by the Wichita Police Department.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:47 AM

Statue unveiled to Johnny Ramone 

A statue honouring late punk guitarist Johnny Ramone has been unveiled at the cemetery where his fellow bandmate Dee Dee Ramone is buried.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:21 AM

Shakespeare may be sufferer of syphilis 

A pox indeed.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:00 AM

Saturday, January 15, 2005

Polish woman jailed for 'haunting' owner of an Austrian castle 

A Polish woman who harboured a grudge against her husband's employer has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for terrorizing the boss by making ghostly sounds at his castle-like estate.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:12 PM

'Da Vinci' probe: Barges explore novel's sites  

If you're among the millions of readers dazzled by The Da Vinci Code, look into the "Da Vinci Code Barge Cruise."

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:10 PM

Report: Hitler ordered kidnapping of pope 

Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler gave one of his generals a direct order to kidnap Pope Pius XII during World War Two but the officer did not obey, Italy’s leading Roman Catholic newspaper reported Saturday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:07 PM

Friday, January 14, 2005

Beasts of Satan's killing spree has Italy transfixed 

Eight members of an alleged Satanic cult were ordered to stand trial in an Italian court yesterday in relation to three supposed ritual killings.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:18 PM

Thursday, January 13, 2005

Popular shampoos contain toxic chemicals linked to nerve damage 

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found a correlation between an ingredient found in shampoos and nervous system damage. The experiments were conducted with the brain cells of rats and they show that contact with this ingredient called methylisothiazoline, or MIT, causes neurological damage.

Great article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:44 PM

Haunted Places in Kansas 

This one is for my Hexies in the Sunflower State.

Juiceenewsdaily is doing a great job of listing haunted places in all fifty states. Check their site to see if yours is listed yet.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:28 PM

San Diego's strange history chronicled in new book 

A Spanish galleon sits off the coast of Oceanside, its treasure still waiting to be discovered, and a fighting schooner with its guns still intact is sunk off the coast of Solana Beach.

Or so they say.

Both tales are recalled in "San Diego Legends" ($16.95, Sunbelt Publications) by Jack Innis, who chronicled more than 70 fascinating tales from local history.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:24 PM

Skunk Ape or Aquatic Ape? 

A "tall, pale, longhaired, nude man bounding from left to right, across the highway in front of her car." There are canals on either side of Rt. 92 and when our friend approached the area where she had seen the "man," there was no one there. Whatever it was that she had seen, it had moved so quickly that there was no doubt in her mind that its momentum carried it into the water.

Here's some more on the Aquatic Ape Theory.

Original link found at the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:20 PM

Satanic church snubs battered teen 

First he got beat up and called a devil worshiper.

Now the Church of Satan, which Daniel Romano says he has been a member of for two years, denies knowing him.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:12 PM

'Tantric' lynched for human sacrifice 

An occult practitioner who admitted killing an eight-year-old boy to appease the gods was lynched by a mob in Jharkhand.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:09 PM

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Devon | Dead sheep found in 'occult star' 

Police in Devon are investigating after seven sheep were found dead arranged in an unusual pattern on Dartmoor.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:07 PM

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Evidence of Extra-terrestrial mind control in India - like in America politicians are forced to cover up 

Mind control is a vast subject matter involving many levels of sophisticated technologies designed to control human thought, emotion and behavior. Many countries are researching this as a "non-lethal weapons technology" for a long time.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:24 PM

Giant colon lets fairgoers tour rarely traveled tract 

The 22-foot-long, 8-foot-high, inflatable, walk-through colon.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:32 PM

Ancient statue linked to astronomer's lost lore 

A Roman statue of Atlas - the mythical titan who carried the heavens on his shoulders - holds clues to the long-lost work of the ancient astronomer Hipparchus, an astronomical historian said Tuesday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:28 PM

French rower sets out alone to repeat Thor Heyerdahl's journey 

Nearly six decades after Thor Heyerdahl's epic Pacific Ocean crossing aboard the balsa raft Kon-Tiki, a French woman set out alone in a row boat Wednesday to repeat the 8,000-kilometre journey to Tahiti.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:24 PM

Voodoo priests pray for tsunami victims 

Sacrificing two chickens and a goat, a group of Voodoo priests in the West African nation of Benin joined the millions of people around the world praying for survivors of the Asian tsunami disaster.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:17 PM

Another dead microbiologist 

Over the last several years, many microbiologists have died under mysterious circumstances. Jeong Im, of the University of Missouri, is the latest.

Read more about it here.

And here.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:07 PM

Leonardo da Vinci's Florence workshop found  

Extremely cool.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:50 PM

India may be the first country to explain to the world about extra-terrestrial and UFO contacts - the secret debate is on 

New Delhi is in the middle of a big secret internal debate. On one side the largest democracy of the world is eager to explain to its citizens and to the world about the ongoing contacts with the UFOs and extra-terrestrials. On the other hand there are invisible untold international protocols that prohibit doing anything that may cause worldwide fear and panic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:40 PM

Passions run deep in search of Loch Ness monster 

In a 60-by-80-foot hangar in Hardeeville, Dan Taylor is putting the final touches on Nessa, a 44-foot submarine designed to go to the depths of Loch Ness, in Scotland, to search for the mythical beast, Nessie.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:39 PM

Lost Apes Of The Congo  

A TIME reporter travels deep into the African jungle in search of a mysterious chimp called the lion killer.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:31 PM

Did Smarty Jones 'tell' horse psychic he wouldn't win? 

"I feel that your horse is calling me," she said.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:59 PM

Russia's Yeltsin Paid for Protection From Psychic Attacks --KGB Agent 

A former KGB agent has revealed that former Russian President Boris Yeltsin had a special "psychic security department" to protect him from external psychological influence.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:56 PM

Haunted Hot Spots  

San Diego's rich history portrayed by haunted hotels.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:50 PM

BTK frenzy shook retiree 

Dec. 1 didn't start well for Roger Valadez. The 64-year-old Wichita retiree, who lives alone, felt feverish and stayed in bed.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:58 PM

Illegal search claimed in BTK hunt 

A man whose arrest on minor charges sparked speculation of a possible link to the BTK serial killings claims his home was illegally searched by police.

See also Christians gather to pray for BTK's surrender.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:54 PM

Harsens Island man shares ghosts  

Bob Kowalski said he used to wake paralyzed with fear when he lived at 177 William St.

"Quite often I used to wake up pinned to the bed, and it felt like cold hands to my throat," he said. "I'd be in complete terror."

After hearing a psychic on television describe similar experiences as a haunting and consulting with family members who, after nearly 10 years since living there, confessed similar experiences, Kowalski decided to get the house checked out.

But because the place is a rental home and normally a source of income, he's auctioning on eBay.com the chance to spend a night in the house. He's had three such auctions, and a fourth was to start Tuesday night.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:48 PM

The Secret CIA UFO Files 

The Central Intelligence Agency says it has finally come clean about UFOs. To absolutely no one's surprise, it knew more than it ever let on.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:42 PM

House of Magick attracts fresh blood 

House of Magick, a metaphysical and occult shop at 1210 E. Oklahoma Ave., is experiencing an influx of new clients who are accepting ideas that in the past may have seemed too kooky, abstract or "New Agey."

And you thought Milwaukee only had beer....

Visit them at www.houseofmagick.com

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:22 PM

Vatican girds for battle with Satanism  

Satanism is growing so quickly worldwide that as of next month a papal university in Rome will offer courses on this frightening phenomenon.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:19 PM

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Mudslide mania 

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:34 PM

Civil War Maps  

the Library of Congress has posted thousands of Civil War Maps online with thousands more to come in the spring.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:39 PM

Preacher Dies During Sermon About Heaven 

A Presbyterian minister collapsed and died in mid-sentence of a sermon after saying "And when I go to heaven ...," his colleague said Monday.

Link found at juiceenewsdaily

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:20 PM

Haunted Places in Idaho 

A list from juiceenewsdaily.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:16 PM

Vampirism linked to suspect 

A how-to book for vampires. Another book titled "The Satanic Rituals, A Companion to the Satanic Bible." Two leather masks. Three thongs. An opened box of sterile scalpel blades.

Six days after finding a 13-year-old Northampton County runaway in Charles Matthew Blair's Newport News home on New Year's Day, police seized more than 42 items from his home - ranging from occult books to leather sex toys - according to court documents filed Monday.

They also found a Scooby-Doo address book.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:15 PM

Source of Hebrew name for United States remains a mystery 

The United States is called "Lands of the Covenant" (Artzot Habrit) in Hebrew.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:07 PM

Monday, January 10, 2005

Effort to become minister a bewitching saga 

Cyndi Simpson doesn't ride a broomstick and she doesn't read the Bible.

But the Bon Air woman, who says her religion is witchcraft, is headed to a Christian seminary this fall.

Her goal is to attend Lancaster Theological Seminary, a United Church of Christ school in Pennsylvania and become a Unitarian Universalist minister.

But to be ordained in the Unitarian Universalist church, she must have a master of divinity degree from an accredited seminary.

Note that: Simpson says her faith is often misunderstood. Chesterfield County is appealing a federal district court ruling that would allow Simpson to lead the invocation at Board of Supervisors meetings. Judeo-Christian clergy on a volunteer list generally give the customary prayer to open meetings. When the board refused to add Simpson to the list, she sued and won.

Virginians' tax dollars at work.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:17 PM

New at the spa: Tarot readings and other supernatural healers 

Sure, they still give facials and hot-stone massages. But a growing number of spas are dipping their pedicured toes in the supernatural, hoping for more client loyalty in a market that's become increasingly crowded.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:20 PM

Sunday, January 09, 2005

Linguists identify mysterious tongue 

University of Texas linguists have discovered the language of a 23-year-old immigrant who has sat in jail while language experts for months tried to communicate with him.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:41 PM

Waiting for an end to Earhart's story 

A profile of Amelia Earhart's stepson, George Putnam Jr.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:22 PM

Lifting the veil of secrecy  

Freemasonry comes out of the temple.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:12 PM

Blocked Writer Publishes Book of Forewords 

Just plain funny. Satire.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:05 PM

Scientists look to explain animals' disaster response  

In Khao Lak, 50 miles north of Phuket along Thailand's western coast, a dozen elephants giving tourists rides began trumpeting hours before the Dec. 26 tsunami - about the time the 9.0-magnitude quake fractured the ocean floor. An hour before the wall of waves slammed the resort area, the elephants reportedly again grew agitated and began wailing. Just before disaster struck, they headed for higher ground - some breaking their chains to flee.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:52 PM

Missing trucker, 3.6 million nickels 

Authorities are searching for a trucker who disappeared two weeks ago along with the 3.6 million nickels he was transporting to the Federal Reserve Bank in New Orleans, police said Friday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:20 PM

Saturday, January 08, 2005

Don't ditch the witch 

In Salem, it seems a witch, or at least an image of one, is around every corner. At high school football games, the mascot wears a pointy black hat and sits atop a broom. The image of that broom-riding sorceress is even emblazoned on the city's police cars. It also adorns countless coffee cups, T-shirts and beer mugs sold all over the city.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:34 AM

Mysterious jet tied to torture flights 

The first question is: Where is Leonard T. Bayard? The next question is: Who is Leonard T. Bayard? But the most important question may be: Does Leonard T. Bayard even exist?

The questions arise because the signature of a Leonard Thomas Bayard appears on the annual report of a Portland-based company, Bayard Foreign Marketing LLC, that was filed in August with the Oregon secretary of state.

According to federal records, Bayard Foreign Marketing is the newest owner of a U.S.-registered Gulfstream V executive jet reportedly used since Sept. 11, 2001, to transport suspected Al Qaeda operatives to countries such as Egypt and Syria, where some of them claim to have later been tortured.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:10 AM

Friday, January 07, 2005

Bizarre Rash of Horse Tail Cutting in Boulder City 

Police in Boulder City are investigating a bizarre rash of animal cruelty. Someone is cutting the hair from horses' tails.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:52 PM

Haunted Places in Alabama 

A list of haunted places in the Yellowhammer State.

See also Haunted Places in Arizona and Haunted Places in Alaska.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:43 PM

Bookie Posts Odds on Gay Simpsons 

I'm taking th elong odds and going with Moe.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:28 PM

THEY HEAR DEAD PEOPLE 

his weekend moviegoers will see Michael Keaton wig out when he hears his dead wife's voice through static on his TV.

The movie, “White Noise,” is sheer Hollywood, Kansas City ghost hunters say.
See also White noise has Hollywood, spiritualists buzzing.

And Talking with the dead.

For further information on Electronic Voice Phenomenon please visit the American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena website.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:25 PM

The mystery of the British Museum's crystal skull is solved. It's a fake 

Some say it has mystical powers derived from its ancient origins as an Aztec symbol of death. Others believe it is one of 13 crystal skulls that will foretell the destiny of humankind when brought together in the same place.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:17 PM

Thursday, January 06, 2005

Single Mother Gives Up Yeti To Help Children 

Press release.

A single mother who always dreamed of one day selling her original screenplay, The Abominable Snowman, to Walt Disney Studios has instead posted it on ebay in an attempt to gain enough money to desperately get her family home to Arizona.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:15 PM

Museum's treasure: Artifacts of pirates 

A treasure-trove of nearly 500 artifacts will fill Pirate Soul, a museum about the oft-romanticized robbers who terrorized commerce on the high seas.

Aided by a robotic Blackbeard, simulated ship battles and interactive displays, entrepreneur Pat Croce hopes to offer "the most outrageous pirate museum in the world" when it opens Wednesday in Key West. Think Smithsonian wed to Disney.

Actually, that headline should read "Arrrrrtifacts".

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:01 PM

Mutilated body 'reflected star's canvas' 

The trial of a teenager accused of killing his 14-year-old girlfriend was yesterday shown images painted by the American rock star Marilyn Manson that were based on the murder of a young would-be movie star in the United States in the 1940s.

The Black Dahlia makes a court appearance.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:56 PM

"Eyeing the Flash': Come One, Come All: Secrets of the Carny 

Book Review.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:28 PM

Mysterious Boom Trial 

Richmond Fire Investigator Captain William Martin testified as an expert witness; he described what the two boys did as illegal and potentially dangerous, but the investigation turned up no indication that the bottle bombs, while producing a sound louder than a gunshot, were the cause of the house-shaking booms plaguing the neighborhood.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:13 PM

Skunk ape movie to debut in April  

This isn't a chapter out of Campfire Stories, like Bigfoot, the Jersey Devil or the Abominable Snowman in which the unexplainable continues to somehow appear and reappear in various "sightings" around the globe. While most people poo-poo such claims, Nate Martin of Marco Island believes in one special creature of his own, the Ochopee skunk ape, located right here in Collier County.

And the Academy Award goes to ......Skunky!

Link found at the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:49 AM

Herbal Extract Reduces Migraines 

An extract of the root of a plant called butterbur (Petasites hybridus) significantly reduces the frequency of migraine headaches, new research findings suggest.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:38 AM

From an icy landscape to a warm zoo, captured kangaroo still a thrill 

Wisconsin Authorities capture the "Snowy Joey", but where did it come from?

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:04 AM

Police seek necklace linked to BTK  

BTK may have taken a necklace from one of his victims in 1977 and given it to a woman he was dating at the time, authorities said Wednesday.

See also Serial Killer's Link to Kansas Newspaper Continues from Editor and Publisher.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:01 AM

Conspiracy theorists see dark forces behind tsunami disaster 

Just 11 days after Asia's tsunami catastrophe, conspiracy theorists are out in force, accusing governments of a cover-up, blaming the military for testing top-secret eco-weapons or aliens trying to correct the Earth's "wobbly" rotation.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:29 AM

Will Eisner 1917-2005 

The great Will Eisner is gone, but his Spirit lives on.

Eisner never let his age get in the way of his creativity. He was still working up until his death. Here is a 2003 article about his later life and work.

For more on the legendary Mr. Eisner, please click here.

And here's a nice tribute from News From Me.

To understand the genius of Will Eisner, do yourself a favor and go buy a Spirit comic.



"Isn't it embarrassing that a man in his eighties is kicking all our asses?"--Frank Miller

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:16 AM

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Curry Spice May Fight Alzheimer's 

The pigment that gives curry spice its yellow hue may also be able to break up the "plaques" that mark the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients, early research suggests.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:59 PM

Mystery of vanishing boat 

A mystery boat which disappeared while coming into Cardiff Bay has sparked a massive search.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:36 AM

Hertford, home of the Holy Grail 

An ancient secret society; a demand for a papal apology; and a network of hidden tunnels. Strange things have been stirring in Hertfordshire recently.

Link found at the Fortean Times.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:11 AM

Monday, January 03, 2005

Meditation Gives Brain a Charge 

An extremely important article with far reaching implications. Worth the registration if you are asked.

Brain research is beginning to produce concrete evidence for something that Buddhist practitioners of meditation have maintained for centuries: Mental discipline and meditative practice can change the workings of the brain and allow people to achieve different levels of awareness.

Link found at The Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:43 PM

British Government Tried To Jail Lesbian Author Secret Documents Show  

Released documents show that during the 1920's the British government had made secret plans to put lesbian author Radclyffe Hall on trial for obscenity.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:40 PM

BEASTIE BOY LEFT SHOCKED BY UFO ENCOUNTERS 

Minnie Driver sees ghosts, Adrock sees UFOs.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:37 PM

'Ape' Sighting Draws Interest  

If the Green Swamp ape actually does exist, its ears must be burning.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:32 PM

Earthquake: Coincidence or a Corporate Oil Tragedy?  

Now I don't claim to be an expert on seismic activity, but there has been a series of events which led up to the 9.0 earthquake of the coast of Indonesia which can not be ignored. This all could be an enormous coincidence, but one must look at the information and choose for themselves whether there is anything to it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:27 PM

Eat your black-eyed peas 

This is an old New Year's Day tradition in the Hex family.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:23 PM

Ministers to open thousands of ancient tracks on private land 

Thousands of miles of ancient and defunct tracks across private land - some which have lain forgotten for 500 years - are to be reopened to the public at a cost of £20 million.

Ancient roads, revisited.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:18 PM

Tales of tsunami babies join accounts of other survivors  

As she fled the killer waves swallowing her island, Namita Roy gave birth to a boy in a forest.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:13 PM

From elephant dung to beaver testicles  

A history of birth control techniques..

I'll never complain about condoms ever again . . .

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:11 PM

Officials dismiss coyote urban legend 

Did you hear the one about the insurance agent and the coyote?

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:06 PM

Why We Blush When We Kiss Frogs 

A review of The Odd Body, by Dr Stephen Juan.

Injectable memories, living severed heads, and our strange, strange bodies.

Fun Fact: In the 18th century, a Russian woman gave birth to 69 children, of whom 67 survived into adulthood. Her children included 18 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:59 PM

Minnie Driver's Seen a Ghost 

Nuff said.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:43 PM

Media Whites Out Vote Fraud  

The Cleveland Federation of Labor is sending busloads of demonstrators to a rally in Columbus, Ohio, today to take part in a protest of election fraud in the 2004 presidential election.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:32 PM

Burial sites located with dowsing rods, woman says 

A South Texas woman has been helping locate lost, unmarked graves -- using the same folk technique used to find water wells.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:23 PM

Going Around in Circles with the Ancient Minoans 

Circling Crete for protective reasons is nothing new. Ancient Minoan legends preserved by Greek writers tell of Talos, the "man of bronze" who made a circuit of the island of Crete three times a year.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:16 PM

Meteor suspected amid unexplained sightings and blast in Indonesia 

First a mysterious meteor, then a tsunami?

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:10 PM

Mysterious objects turn up in Bluffton cemetery 

Some hoodoo and root magic in the graveyard.

Hey Cat,what does an "onion that had been split in half, tied in a black ribbon and buried" signify?

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:02 PM

Sunken mystery 

In the coming months, scientists studying the H.L. Hunley hope to learn why the Confederate sub sank after destroying an enemy ship.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:52 AM

Sunday, January 02, 2005

Police seek downed plane 

Mystery object falls from the sky in Massachusetts.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:34 AM