Friday, March 31, 2006

Mysterious Lion Spotted Again? 

Lion in Ohio?

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:42 PM

Study fails to show healing power of prayer 

A study of more than 1,800 patients who underwent heart bypass surgery has failed to show that prayers specially organized for their recovery had any impact, researchers said on Thursday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:17 PM

Weird Bigfoot Stuff 

Some pop culture Bigfoot stuff from Bubblegumfink.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:13 PM

A lost city hides in the sands of Guadalupe 

Archaeologists to display Hollywood treasures unearthed from the set of Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments' buried in the dunes since the 1920s.

With pics.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:01 PM

Mystery shrouds slaying of Chinatown businessman 

With no suspects and no arrests in a month, Leung's murder has riveted this intensely private community and provided a rare glimpse into the internal power struggles of the tongs and an immigrant society in transition.

Fascinating.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:58 PM

Local Man Takes Up Triple-Murder Cold Case 

A killer responsible for murdering three babies and dumping them in the Minnesota River may still be on the loose.

It's a cold case that's 60 years old.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:53 PM

Chaco Canyon ruins shed starlight on mystery 

Did this star, made by a culture that flourished in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon a millennium ago, depict a brilliant supernova that appeared in A.D. 1054?

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:51 PM

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Ex-fugitive gets 5 years in Vegas heist 

Heather Tallchief, 34, told a judge she accepted responsibility and wanted to make amends for the October 1993 heist from the Circus Circus hotel-casino.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:05 PM

The Search for Katrina's Victims Finds Some Missing by Choice 

By Louisiana's latest official count, 1,292 people are known to have died in the state because of Hurricane Katrina.

About 1,280 -- the number changes daily -- remain missing.

Thanks to Hex Correspondent Elisabeth for the tip.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:22 AM

Is drinking urine good for your health? 

Last week, British hiker Paul Beck was stranded in the Spanish mountains for six days - and survived by drinking his own urine.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:15 AM

Observe ancient clash of symbols 

The Christian festival of Easter celebrates the resurrection of Christ, but originally Easter was called Pascha, after the Hebrew word for passover. This was replaced by Easter, which evolved from Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of fertility and springtime.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:13 AM

Palace of Greek Warrior Ajax Said Found 

Among the ruins of a 3,200-year-old palace near Athens, researchers are piecing together the story of legendary Greek warrior-king Ajax, hero of the Trojan War.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:11 AM

Banjo legend Earl Scruggs still picking at age 82 

Banjo legend Earl Scruggs may be stooped with age, but his fingers still pick the same quicksilver notes that jump-started American music more than 60 years ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:10 AM

9/11 -- ELIMINATING THE IMPOSSIBLE 

I said I'd never do it -- say what I think about that terrible morning of September 11, 2001. I've seen what happens to those who question the elaborate, tangled explanations the Bush administration offers about what happened, how it happened, who did it, and why they did it. It doesn't matter if those who dare speak truth to the lies are professors, investigative reporters, eyewitnesses, scientists -- "conspiracy theorist" is immediately tattooed on their foreheads. They are jeered at, ridiculed, spat upon and swift-boated right out of the room. They are banished to the outskirts of civilized society.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:59 AM

Rash of UFO sightings cause a stir 

Move over, Roswell. South Orange County, Calif., is recording its own share of UFO sightings.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:46 AM

Geller's new claim to fame: 'I designed the pyramid' 

Uri Geller has made some pretty spurious claims in the past, but his latest declaration looks certain to test even the most fertile imagination.

The Israeli born psychic - famous for being able to bend spoons through the supposed power of his mind - is now saying that it was he who was the real brains behind the Louvre pyramid which was built in Paris in 1989.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:40 AM

Robin Gibb's House Is Haunted 

Bee Gee Robin Gibb's house is haunted. The singer is convinced he's sharing the 12th century mansion in Thame Park, Oxfordshire - which used to be a monastery - with the spirit of a gardener that keeps playing tricks on his family.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:38 AM

Long Live The 9/11 Conspiracy! 

Anyone still care about the heap of disturbing, unsolved questions surrounding Our Great Tragedy?

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:35 AM

Borneo rainforests a treasure trove of rare species 

About three years ago, wildlife researchers photographed a mysterious fox-like mammal on the Indonesian part of Borneo island. Since then, more new species of plants and animals have been found and conservationists believe Borneo, the world's third-largest island, is a treasure trove of exotic plants and animals waiting to be discovered.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:26 AM

Frogs found to communicate ultrasonically 

University of Illinois researchers have reported the first documented case of an amphibian communicating ultrasonically, as do bats, whales and dolphins.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:23 AM

Sleuthing librarians reconstruct Franklin's collection 

When it comes to literary mysteries, the death of Benjamin Franklin's library is not exactly a whodunit.

Scholars already know the collection was killed by his grandson, William Temple Franklin, who inherited most of the books and sold them for cash.

The real crime, historians say, is that there's no surviving inventory of the 4,276 volumes - a list that could provide valuable insight into Franklin's life.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:21 AM

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Greatest pranks fooled thousands 

At the Web site www.museumofhoaxes.com, the greatest April Fools' jokes have been catalogued. It really is amazing what people are gullible enough to believe. Let us help you prepare to be suspicious by recounting a few of the great pranks of all time.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:57 AM

Demystifying San Diego's oldest tales 

Outsiders often refer to California as "the land of fruits, nuts and flakes," and a new book proves San Diego is just one of the bunch.

The new travel guide "Weird California" (Sterling) showcases paranormal hot spots and local oddballs around the Golden State, and if you thought the only myths that existed in San Diego were affordable housing and a fiscally solvent city government, you'd be wrong.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:49 AM

The Mysterious Coral Castle: A Fanciful Myth 

Over the decades, many stories and wild theories have emerged about Leedskalnin and his castle. Some say he levitated the blocks with his mind, or by singing to the stones. Others suggest Leedskalnin had arcane knowledge of magnetism and so-called "earth energies." One author suggested that perhaps Leedskalnin found that "there's no such thing as gravity." Since science supposedly could not explain the feat, wild speculation took hold.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:42 AM

Inside the mind of a mass murderer 

TEN years after the Port Arthur massacre, a childlike sketch may offer the first glimpse inside the mind of the mass murderer Martin Bryant.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:40 AM

New theories in Natalee disappearance 

Bizarre theories continue to emerge about efforts to find Natalee Holloway.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:18 AM

Brain Anticipates Taste, Shifts Gears 

As the prism of our senses, the human brain has ways of refracting sensory input in defiance of reality.

This is seen, for example, in the placebo effect, when simple sugar pills or inert salves taken by unwitting subjects are seen to ease pain or have some other beneficial physiological effect. How the brain processes this faked input and prompts the body to respond is largely a mystery of neuroscience.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:15 AM

Brady: Myra and I planned suicide 

MOORS murderer Ian Brady has claimed he and Myra Hindley had a failed plan to kill themselves if cornered by police.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:12 AM

Monday, March 27, 2006

Cryptozoologist interview 

Richard Freeman of the Centre For Fortean Zoology.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:27 AM

The Lincoln conspiracy: Inside the plot to avenge the Confederacy 

The shooting of the 16th US President in 1865 has obsessed historians ever since. As two new books piece together the events that led to the assassination, Andrew Gumbel examines how they mirrored September 11 and its aftermath.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:22 AM

New World map may be real 

A map that purports to show Chinese mariners discovered the New World before Christopher Columbus could be genuine, university scientists in New Zealand said yesterday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:57 AM

Ringing phone thwarted me, says Bigfoot hunter 

A recent close encounter with the Johor Bigfoot near Gunung Panti has turned a construction worker into a full-time Bigfoot hunter.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:38 AM

Skunk Ape spotted at Marco Library 

What's 350 pounds, covered in hair, and smells like rotten eggs? (Please, no jokes about your mother-in-law.) It's the Ochopee Skunk Ape, of course.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:36 AM

Black panthers? 

Elusive creatures subject of much speculation in Fulton County.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:33 AM

Making ghosts of mysteries 

For a lecture titled "Applying Science to the Paranormal," writer and investigator Ben Radford brought his critical attitude to psychics, Bigfoot, and a Lancaster home that was reported to be haunted.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:32 AM

A mountain of mystery 

America's favorite mountain has no shortage of horror stories, tall tales, myths - and even a true legend or two scattered among them.

There are the resident killer rats devouring babies.

There's the sea monster slithering through a mountain lake; there's the buried treasure that still awaits discovery. Take your pick. Matt Carpenter, the Manitou Springs runner who's spent more than his share of time on Pikes Peak, favors the tale of the homicidal rodents for sheer entertainment value. "The whole story is just crazy," he said.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:29 AM

Most Notorious -- Origins and fate of legendary plane hijacker D.B. Cooper remain a mystery 

Admirers call him the Jet Age Jesse James and imagine that he's sipping bourbon and water on a beach somewhere.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:19 AM

Have boffins found the missing link? 

For years, the mystery of how man evolved from the Homo Erectus to the Homo Sapiens have puzzled palaeontologists. The recent find of a prehistoric skull may finally unveil this mystery...

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:17 AM

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

The oil is going, the oil is going! 

Today's Paul Reveres of "peak oil" aren't waiting for Washington to save us from apocalypse. They're already planting gardens and drafting city plans for the days when oil is gone.

At Salon, so you have to watch a brief ad.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:03 PM

New 'hovering car' spotted 

A second "hovering car" has been spotted on Google's satellite imaging service near a suburban carpark on the outskirts Perth.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:52 PM

Carolina Mystery Beast Is a Rare Abnormal Fox, Experts Say 

Well, maybe.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:40 PM

Actor Charlie Sheen Questions Official 9/11 Story 

Actor Charlie Sheen has joined a growing army of other highly credible public figures in questioning the official story of 9/11 and calling for a new independent investigation of the attack and the circumstances surrounding it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:09 AM

Extraterrestrials Land in Academia 

Have extraterrestrial creatures become a legitimate subject of academic study?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:04 AM

RNW: Hypnosis - a tool for coping with chronic pain 

'Hypnosis' may conjure up images of swinging pendulums and fairground trickery, but it's a technique that's enjoying a renewed interest from the scientific and medical community. In the Netherlands, a unique study is under way, to assess the impact of the technique on a common bowel disorder.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:29 AM

Aliens gave me psychic powers 

Patrick King attracted newspaper headlines when he recently predicted a huge bank robbery but he been predicting the future and telling clients secrets from their past for more than 40 years. Claire McNeilly casts her fate to the winds and meets the man who claims he was abducted by aliens at the age of five.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:27 AM

Is There a Bigfoot in Your Backyard? Michigan Author Offers Explanation of Unique Signs and Clues 

Press release.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:16 AM

Mothman has his own museum 

The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot and the Jersey Devil are names recognized worldwide, hunted by those with an insatiable curiosity. For residents of West Virginia's own Point Pleasant, there is another name that should be on that list: Mothman.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:13 AM

New book describes history of U.S. response to UFOs, extraterrestrial visitors 

In their new book, EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE, the authors tell readers about many complex and surprising factors involving the U.S. military, intelligence communities, scientific communities and the general public with regard to UFOs and extraterrestrial visitors.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:09 AM

Lost Buddha Boy Reappears, Then Vanishes Again 

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Nepal's 15-year-old "Buddha Boy" has deepened, after he briefly appeared to supporters then vanished again.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:06 AM

Ancient Sarcophagus Unearthed in Cyprus 

A 2,500-year-old sarcophagus with vivid color illustrations from Homer's epics has been discovered in western Cyprus, archaeologists said Monday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:31 AM

Sunday, March 19, 2006

New Bigfoot Video Or What? 

s this video posted on YouTube legit? Is it video footage of a Bigfoot, or is it something else?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:51 PM

Mushroom Clouds: Coming to a Town Near You? 

Thirty four years and millions of dollars later, CIA documents reveal the amazing success and dismal failures of STAR GATE, the formerly top secret intelligence agency programs used to "remote view" information that couldn't be accessed by any normal means of collection.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:26 PM

They seek him here, they seek him there... 

THE trouble with Bigfoot is that he's giving cryptozoology a bad name.

It's ridiculous to presume that every life-form on Earth has been discovered, more so even than to imagine we might be the only form of intelligent life in the Universe. This is the worst kind of arrogance, borne on what we do not know.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:58 PM

Sightings of big cats on increase in Britain 

Whether it be the beast of Cannock Chase or the wild cat of Shropshire, sightings of big cats are increasing.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:50 PM

Fishing village reels in leading art experts 

LEADING art experts are about to descend on a Scottish fishing port to unravel an intriguing mystery of an art-deco mirror that could have been made by Pablo Picasso.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:40 PM

Counting war's wounded 'nightmarish' 

The incidence of respiratory illnesses, endemic diseases and mystery illnesses outnumber the incidence of the brain and limb wounds, according to Stephen Robinson, a Desert Storm veteran and executive director of the National Gulf War Resource Center. Yet these conditions are more or less off the media radar.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:30 PM

Was best-seller to blame for monk's suicide? 

The community surrounding historic Belmont Abbey in Herefordshire is awash with dark rumours linking the suicide of a celebrated Welsh monk with Dan Brown's religious thriller, leaving some asking: Could The Da Vinci Code have driven Father Alan Rees to his death?

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:27 PM

Relieving the pain of arthritis with snake venom 

As the world looks to nature to find cures for some of the world's most debilitating diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and strokes, an Israeli company - Shulov Institute for Sciences Ltd (SIS) - has unlocked the chemicals found in deadly viper venom to help treat arthritis.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:21 PM

Chinese answer to mystery of VC metal 

The mystery surrounding the origin of metal used to make the Victoria Cross has been solved, a historian claims.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:14 PM

Congress probes 'IoS' revelations on IRA link to Iraq 

The claim - if true - threatens a new political storm over how and why FBI officials and MI5 operatives conspired to supply deadly bomb-making equipment to the Provisional IRA in the early 1990s, mechanisms the paramilitary organisation later shared with Palestinian fighters.

Today in Iraq the same technology is being used by insurgents to kill and maim British and American soldiers.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:52 PM

Friday, March 17, 2006

OPTICAL ILLUSIONS? GHOSTS SPOTTED AT OPTICAL MUSEUM IN LONDON 

Staff at one of London's smaller museums, the British Optical Association Museum in Craven Street, are on the look out for psychic investigators after a series of ghostly encounters.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:04 PM

Tennessee Bigfoot video? 

Check it out.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:49 PM

Professor decries JFK conspiracy 

Dean College Professor Harry Kreshpane just doesn't buy the conspiracy theory behind the JFK assassination.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:45 PM

Digging up the Skull and Bones connection 

IF PRIME Minister John Howard ever wants anything from the new United States ambassador, Robert McCallum, here's a suggestion: don't mention General Russell.

That is the code used by members of one of the world's most powerful and elite secret societies. President Bush is alleged to have used its connections to get his first job.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:42 PM

Quest for immortality ends as freezer gives up ghost 

RAYMOND MARTINOT and his wife were the toast of the world cryonics movement. For years they were France's best preserved corpses, lying in a freezer in a chateau in the Loire Valley, in the hope that modern science could one day bring them back to life.

But the French couple's journey into the future ended prematurely when, 22 years after his mother's body was put into cold store, their son discovered the freezer unit had broken down and they had started to thaw.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:39 PM

Did the Holy Grail Exist? 

The Grail Code and Hindu Kundalini how it affects Your Health

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:36 PM

Serial killer suspected in 1954 death 

Christened "The Lonely Hearts Killer" by newspapers in the late 1950s, long-dead serial murderer Harvey Glatman is now suspected of claiming the life of a woman whose identity and killer have remained a Boulder County mystery for nearly 52 years.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:21 PM

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Right-Wing Blocks Funding For Port Security, Disaster Preparedness 

You gotta wonder why. Of course, that is where the drugs come through.

But buried in the comments is this wonderful idea from poster WC:

As for me, the other day I opened one of the endless pieces of junk mail (credit card offer) that has the postage paid return envelope. Got to thinking what I could do to take advantage of the free postage. Then it hit me...send back a list detailing the corruption of Republicans in Congress and of this administration. Some who open my little surprise may not read past the first few lines. Many will be Repubs and it may just piss them off. I say good! The thing is, even if no one reads the whole list, it may at least get them to thinking. And there are plenty of people in this country who need to think about things that are going on, and start questioning our elected (or installed) leaders. Can't hurt to try.

Now that's a winner.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:37 PM

Police probing suspicious activity around Loop buildings 

Bush's numbers drop and the fake terror rises.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:13 PM

Hex readers come through for Chuck! 

Hex reader Chuck A Wobbly has had his question answered, thanks to an anonymous Professor Hexian. Way to go folks. I love the Internet.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:12 PM

Man Gets Five Years For Sodomizing McDonald's Employee 

A Bullitt County man is headed to prison for following what he thought were police orders to sexually abuse a teenage girl. It's a bizarre case with nationwide connections.

Read about this unbelievably strange case here.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:07 AM

Little dinosaur was missing feathers that typify its kin 

Little dinosaur was missing feathers that typify its kin.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:57 AM

Space and Time 

Anyhow, the first time I heard Coast to Coast, I was about 18 or 19 years old, unable to sleep, and skipping up and down the AM dial, looking for something to distract me from my interminable boredom and solitude. That night, Bell was talking to LSD guru Timothy Leary about Leary's recent experiments with DMT, and as soon as I had heard enough to have even a vague idea of what they were talking about, I got chills. When you are a paranoid teenage insomniac, sitting in the dark and attempting to navigate the unfamiliar terrain of AM radio, this is exactly what you hope to find: something surreal and otherworldly.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:33 AM

Unexplained monster mysteries from the sea 

CRYPTOZOOLOGY - a strange word for a strange science. Let's face it, any discipline which includes the study of everything from the Loch Ness monster, a fur-lined trout and millions of species of nematode worms is nothing if not eclectic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:27 AM

Excavation findings run from historic to macabre 

There was something round, maybe a handball, floating in a puddle near the edge of the graveyard. Archaeologist Gerard Scharfenberger moved in for a closer look.

"It was a human brain," he said, "perfectly preserved."

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:23 AM

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

The Serpent and the Lady of the Lake 

Is there a mystery here to be unraveled? Is there a serpent code being held by the Grail myths? Can we uncover this code by taking a look at the Lady of Lake? The answer is yes to all these questions, for held within the folds of the coiled snake we shall discover the truth of the origin of the Arthurian tales and the strange watery Lady who was to give Arthur his sword.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:09 PM

Hex reader needs help! 

Hex reader Chuck A Wobbly needs help identifying a strange piece of machinery from his childhood. Any ideas?

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:43 PM

Bush Approval Falls to 33% 

The funniest part is down the page.

The single word most frequently associated with George W. Bush today is "incompetent," and close behind are two other increasingly mentioned descriptors: "idiot" and "liar." All three are mentioned far more often today than a year ago.

I can't believe douchebag wasn't on the list.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:30 PM

Ghosts of New York 

A team of paranormal investigators has been overwhelmed with calls from New Yorkers haunted by legions of disgruntled ghosts.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:43 PM

A FOR ALAN, Pt. 1: The Alan Moore interview 

Get it here.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:51 PM

RFK Assassin Comes Up for Parole in Calif. 

Robert F. Kennedy's assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, comes up for parole again this week in a potential conflict for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is married to RFK's niece.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:36 PM

Pub has to pay a fine for murder from 1664 

A PUB must pay a fine for a murder on its premises more than 300 years ago.

Auditors discovered the long-forgotten penalty for The Swan in Ipswich, Suffolk, while balancing the books for the town's St Mary Le Tower Church Charities.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:32 PM

Weldon 9/11 tale unravels, but wait 

Congressman has more allegations, one on bin Laden.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:13 PM

DAR displays antique oddities 

A new exhibit at the museum of the Daughters of the American Revolution can be summed up in a word: odd.

About 80 items are part of the display called "Obsolete, Odd and Absolutely Ooky Stuff from the D-A-R Museum Vaults."

Its includes, among other things, George Washington's earwax spoon, an 1823 Grand Harmonicon instrument made up of glasses filled with different levels of water and a pot used for drinking the precursor to today's eggnog.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:10 PM

Mistletoe, the magical and legendary pathogen 

A mysterious plant, magical to some, sacred to others, a kiss maker - considered as biologically oddand possibly a cure for some cancers, mistletoe is variously interpreted.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:04 PM

Tunnels full of ghost stories, tours, proposals 

For eight decades, Cincinnati's abandoned subway has been in a time warp - simultaneously stuck in the past and the future.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:56 AM

Who Were The First Americans? 

Kennewick Man and the peopling of the Americas. From Time.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:49 AM

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

American security contractor briefly held in Iraq 

A contractor with explosives and weapons. What's he doing with those?

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:04 PM

Carving of 'northern god' found 

A 2000-year-old carving of a so-called "northern god", adopted by the Romans for protection and good luck, has been uncovered in Northumberland.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:06 AM

Satellite closes in on Noah's Ark mystery - Mar 13, 2006 

High on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey, there is a baffling mountainside "anomaly," a feature that one researcher claims may be something of biblical proportions.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:03 AM

Seriously. This place is haunted. Seriously. 

The St. James Hotel is haunted.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:14 AM

BSU students in search of ghost stories 

Know of a local haunt that's haunted?

A group of Ball State University students are compiling a collection of Delaware County's best ghost stories, urban legends and supernatural folklore and need the community's help in telling those stories.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:10 AM

Ghost hunters scout spirits of old soldiers 

Experts have scrutinized these Spotsylvania County, Va., battlefields for years, looking for clues to the past. Now these history buffs had come from Maryland to conduct their own brand of Civil War scholarship: battlefield ghost hunting. Why limit yourself to letters and artifacts, they reasoned, when you can go straight to the source: firsthand, albeit dead, witnesses.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:05 AM

Lost Thunderbird Photo Found? 

In reference to the post below.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:59 AM

Milosevic: Drugs, conspiracy and disarray 

Slobodan Milosevic took unprescribed antibiotics that may have worsened his health, a Dutch toxicologist has said, as plans for the former Yugoslav leader's funeral remained in disarray, conspiracy theories swirled, and his son headed from Russian exile to the Netherlands to retrieve the body of his father.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:57 AM

Caveman's guide to good health 

"Socially and technologically, we have evolved light-years from our hunter-gatherer ancestors," he said. "But the DNA in each of the 100 trillion cells in our body is largely the same as it was in our Paleolithic forefathers."

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:53 AM

Archaeologists Find Ancient Israel Tunnels 

Underground chambers and tunnels used during a Jewish revolt against the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago have been uncovered in northern Israel, archaeologists said Monday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:52 AM

Overlooked Photo Reveals Swiss UFO-Contact Case Genuine 

Since the mid-1970s, UFO investigators worldwide have been bewildered by the many hundreds of clear daytime UFO photos and the movie films taken by the Swiss contactee, Eduard "Billy" Meier. Many rejected Meier's abundant photographic (and other hard physical) evidence as being too good to be true.

Press release.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:48 AM

Awesome Or Off-Putting: Thunderbirds 

You've got your Bigfoot, You've got the Loch Ness Monster, and you have the less known Thunderbirds. The Thunderbird is a huge bird with a wingspan sometimes reported as being the size of a small plane. Sighting reports are rare, but they do happen. They take place from the likes of Alaska to the Black Forest in Pennsylvania.

If you should ever see one - better get your kids inside.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:47 AM

The lore of the Irish 

Think of St. Patrick's Day and you probably picture green paper shamrocks, big parades and a delicious corned beef dinner.

But for some kids, celebrating Irish heritage also means exploring Irish folklore. These traditional stories are packed with scary stuff, such as deformed ghosts, evil fairies and wicked trolls.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:46 AM

Easter Island May Have Been Settled Later 

New archaeological evidence suggests that Easter Island, mysterious home of titanic stone heads, was first settled around A.D. 1200, much later than previously thought, according to National Geographic News.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:43 AM

Google Launches Interactive Map of Mars 

First there was Google Earth, then Google Moon. On Monday, Google Inc. expanded its galactic reach by launching Google Mars, a Web browser-based mapping tool that gives users an up-close, interactive view of the Red Planet with the click of a mouse.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:38 AM

Submerged object proves a mystery 

Bomb disposal experts have been called in to examine an unidentified submerged object by Clevedon Pier in Somerset.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:28 AM

Sunday, March 12, 2006

How Islamic inventors changed the world 

From coffee to cheques and the three-course meal, the Muslim world has given us many innovations that we take for granted in daily life.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:27 PM

Investigators keen to present Bigfoot's footprint cast to Johor government 

Investigators who found what is believed to be a clear footprint of Malaysia's own 'Bigfoot' are waiting to meet the Johor Chief Minister.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:04 PM

Scores of girls fall prey to 'madness of war' 

Young girls in war-ravaged Chechnya are falling to a virulent mystery illness, stoking local suspicions that Russia has used the republic as a testing and dumping ground for nerve gas and toxic poisons.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:20 PM

Shifting Sands Near Ocean Shores Reveal Old Shipwreck 

A ship that carried Northwest loggers and miners, housed visitors to the 1962 Seattle World's Fair and served as a charter fishing base before it was grounded in a storm is emerging from a sand dune like a ghost unearthed by a howling wind.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:17 PM

A Golden Age for a Pinup 

Bettie Page -- Nurse Bettie, Jungle Bettie -- soldiered in the sexual revolution. At 82, she finds her image earns a respectable living.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:42 PM

Red wine's latest health property - it's the secret of a better smile 

Forget apples or mouthwash - a glass of Bordeaux may be the best thing for your teeth.

Scientists have found that certain compounds in red wine could play a role in preventing gum disease and tooth loss.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:19 PM

Saturday, March 11, 2006

Archeologist Hunts For Third Bamiyan Buddha 

It has been five years since the Taliban regime demolished two ancient, giant Buddha statues carved into a hillside in the central Afghan province of Bamiyan.

The demolition took place over two weeks in late-February and early March 2001. At the time, few of those who joined the international chorus condemning the demolition imagined there might be a third statue -- an even larger "sleeping Buddha" -- buried in the same valley. But an Afghan-born archeology professor thinks he is close to uncovering a 300-meter-long Buddha statue buried in a horizontal position nearby.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:50 PM

The Werewolves of Britain 

Nick Redfern follows up his Fate article with a blog post at Cryptomundo.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:32 PM

Lab Heats Particles Past Star's Interior 

A particle accelerator at Sandia National Laboratories has heated a swarm of charged particles to a record 2 billion degrees Kelvin, a temperature beyond that of a star's interior.

Found over at the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:31 PM

Friday, March 10, 2006

Concentration Camps in America? 

The latest cause celebre of the fervent fringe is the idea that the all-oppressing state under BusHitler is building concentration camps all around the nation in which to imprison dissidents and political undesirables as part of their agenda to create an eternal reich for the Bush dynasty and their political allies.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:39 PM

Farewell to flying saucers 

That NASCAR Hall of Fame announced in Charlotte this week sounds great, says UFO expert George Fawcett.

He's got an idea, too.

Why not a UFO museum in the Queen City?

See also 'Phoenix Lights' mystery still debated

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:32 PM

St. Patrick hates St. Patrick's Day 

As amateur boozehounds and the dubiously Irish gear up for St. Patrick's Day, historians are once again protesting in vain.

That's because the religious fanatic later known as St. Patrick was against everything that's celebrated on March 17.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:20 PM

Columbus mystery nearly solved 500 years after death 

Nearly 500 years after the death of Christopher Columbus, a team of genetic researchers are using DNA to solve two nagging mysteries: Where was the explorer really born? And where the devil are his bones?

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:14 PM

Seen that face before? Rat-squirrel isn't extinct after all 

First thought to have been a new species, the creature found in Laos has existed for 11 million years.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:11 PM

Mystery Beast cover-up 

Executives at Tyco Electronics have put the lid on employees haunted by an unknown creature creeping around the corporation's North Carolina campus.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:09 PM

Conrad Brooks Speaks From Outer Space 

A profile of Conrad Brooks, one of the stars of Plan 9 From Outer Space.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:02 PM

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Life and Life Only 

More Intuition that is also Rigorous.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:58 AM

Professor challenges JFK conspiracy theories 

Dean College Professor Harry Kreshpane just doesn't buy the conspiracy theory behind the JFK assassination.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:22 AM

The Werewolves of Britain 

I have investigated a veritable plethora of strange phenomena in my time as a researcher of the paranormal, but certainly one of the weirdest things to cross my path was the British werewolf. From the darkest corners of jolly old England, Scotland, and Wales come numerous reports of encounters with large, wolf-like man-beasts that prowl the countryside by both day and night.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:58 AM

Team to do DNA test on Bigfoot's footprint 

How do you DNA test a footprint?

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:51 AM

The Legend of Kay's Cross 

The explosion was loud. It echoed through Kaysville. Many residents heard the boom. It was 10 p.m. Tuesday, February 25, 1992. Someone had snuck down into Kay's Hollow, filled one of Kaysville's oddest structures with explosives and set it off. Kay's Cross was no more.

Sort of.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:31 AM

Sask. gov't settles final bogus sex abuse cases 

The Saskatchewan government has settled the final two lawsuits outstanding from the botched prosecution of a bogus child sexual abuse ring in the early 1990s.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:25 AM

Con artists tried to sell fake Rembrandt in a hotel here 

A former art dealer with a history of flimflam pleaded guilty Wednesday of a scam in which a man posing as a Saudi sheik sold a fake Rembrandt painting for a $2.8 million check in a St. Louis hotel room.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:13 AM

MIT looks to solve architectural secrets 

MIT scientists in Cambridge, Mass., say a computer design tool created for animation may soon unlock the secrets of the structure of ancient cathedrals.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:12 AM

Historic inn scares up a ghost story 

The latest group in a procession of paranormal investigators to visit Concord's Colonial Inn in the past two years say they made contact last Sunday afternoon with three spirits in Room 24. The investigators sensed, heard, and saw things that they say have only an otherworldly explanation.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:09 AM

Cruise ship passengers mysteriously disappear 

Twenty-four people disappeared from cruise ships between 2003 and 2005 and 178 passengers reported being sexually assaulted, a congressional panel heard on Tuesday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:55 AM

Satellite Sleuth Closes in on Noah's Ark Mystery 

High on Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey, there is a baffling mountainside "anomaly," a feature that one researcher claims may be something of biblical proportions.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:49 AM

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Cold feet over hunt for Bigfoot 

With all the hype about Bigfoot, one would have thought that the Forestry Department would be swarmed with people wanting to track down the mystical creature.

The department even printed 500 forms for people to apply to enter the forest in search of Bigfoot.

But there are no takers.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:37 AM

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Deputy fire chief faces indecency charge 

Leroy Donald Johnson was caught this weekend in a barn with his pants down, literally, according to a sheriff's office report.

"You caught me ... I tried to (expletive) your sheep," Johnson told his neighbor, according to the report.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:17 PM

Easter Island: Sleeping with Giants 

Now you can explore Easter Island's famed stone statues in style.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:42 PM

Supper club still friendly, founder still mysterious 

"There have been rumors through the years, but no one has ever found out who it is," said Nancy Chambless, a charter member. "We don't even know if Jack Smith has ever been to the supper club."

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:30 PM

Twentieth Anniversary of Olof Palme Assassination: Mystery Solved? 

If Americans are haunted by unanswered questions about the Kennedy assassination, the unsolved murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme twenty years ago in February 1986 was the event that permanently scarred Sweden's collective psyche. "Compared with the Kennedy assassination, the murder of Palme is much more enigmatic and obscure, both with regard to motive, the identity of the killer, and the possibility of a larger organization behind the act," notes Jan Bondeson.

Bondeson is the author of "The Two-headed Boy, and Other Medical Marvels" and "The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History", among others.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:09 PM

The Stradivarius mystique 

For more than 100 years, scientists, luthiers and musicians have played, poked and peeked into countless Stradivarius violins in an attempt to explain why the instruments are among the best in the world.

Now, one scientist thinks he's finally solved the mystery.

Great article. "Violin makers in the past used a simple varnish, which was somewhat soft in nature," Nagyvary said in a phone interview from his home in Texas. "In contrast, the violin makers in Italy used something very brittle and loaded with crystals - a microcomposite or nanocomposite, in modern terminology. This was my major discovery.

"Everyone thought [the creation of nano- and microcomposites] was the discovery of the space age." Yet, here was evidence that illiterate, uneducated drugstore workers in Cremona, Italy, in the late 17th century had stirred up a nanocomposite.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:59 PM

Widely predicted teen crime wave never happened 

A new generation of brutal and remorseless teens was about to savage the nation, leading authorities on juvenile crime warned a decade ago. Millions of Americans believed them.

Conservative criminologist John DiIulio called the fearsome horde "super-predators." He estimated that they'd number nearly 200,000 by now. Even unflappable Attorney General Janet Reno foresaw violent crime doubling among kids.

It never happened.

The kids are alright. Excellent article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:55 PM

Abramoff Splits the Christian Right 

As the Jack Abramoff scandal unfolds, it is becoming increasingly clear how extensively he collaborated with the Christian right to advance his casino schemes. Ralph Reed was paid no less than $4 million by Abramoff and his Indian casino clients to serve as a liasion to the Christian right. Reed managed to lasso Focus on the Family President James Dobson into a series of campaigns to stamp out competition to Abramoff's clients. Though Senate subpeonaed emails seem to confirm that Dobson was manipulated by Reed and Abramoff, he and his employees have repeatedly claimed that his activism against rivals to Abramoff's clients was a complete coincidence.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:46 PM

Lengthy drug testing not to blame for prices: study 

"Our research shows that long development times are an unlikely factor in rising drug prices," said Dr. Salomeh Keyhani, an assistant professor of health policy at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York who led the study.

"Drug companies will price new drugs at the highest price that the market will bear, not based on drug development times."

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:47 PM

Poll: Cheney Less Popular Than OJ 

And Cheney didn't kill anybody. Yet.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:45 PM

World's Oldest Ship Timbers Found in Egyptian Desert 

The oldest remains of seafaring ships in the world have been found in caves at the edge of the Egyptian desert along with cargo boxes that suggest ancient Egyptians sailed nearly 1,000 miles on rough waters to get treasures from a place they called God's Land, or Punt.

Cool article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:46 AM

The great allergy con 

At 31, I am perfectly healthy. There are no foods I particularly dislike, none I pointedly avoid and none to which I'm knowingly allergic.

But after five tests ranging from facial analysis to electro-magnetic readings, I have been advised to avoid almost every single food group.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:35 AM

Why we can't tickle ourselves 

Most humans cannot tickle themselves because they anticipate their own actions, which alters their sense of perception, according to a new study.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:31 AM

JB shop uses Bigfoot mask to draw customers 

Bigfoot mania has hit this city with a shopkeeper suddenly making a small fortune by displaying an ape-like mask on his premises.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:25 AM

Shakespeare Enigma Stirs London Show: What Did He Look Like? 

His swarthy air and piratical earring made 19th-century commentators uneasy -- this man seemed too un-English to be the Swan of Avon. Nowadays that sensitive, slightly alternative air makes the picture more credible. This man looks like a writer.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:21 AM

Encounters with Chupacabras 

From About.com

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:16 AM

Workers unearth century-old mystery 

Electricians digging beneath the historic Breintrail Building in Center City yesterday morning found a human skull.

The skull, believed to be an adult's, could be more than a century old, police said.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:10 AM

Monday, March 06, 2006

Olive oil fed 2000 BC foundries 

Olive oil was used as fuel for foundries before it became one of the glories of the Mediterranean cuisine, Italian archaeologists believe.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:37 PM

Jailed killer's magic books ban 

A maximum security prisoner has been banned from reading magic books - in case he picks up escapology tips.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:36 PM

Cops Eye Bouncer In NY Student Slay 

Police with a search warrant have taken several bags of material from the Manhattan bar where slain graduate student Imette St. Guillen last was seen alive. Police have also questioned the bouncer at the bar, WCBS reporter Wendy Gillette reports, and are calling the man a potential suspect.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:19 AM

Falling Man: the many faces of a 9/11 riddle 

The search for the identity behind a haunting image turned into a tortuous quest.

Amazing article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:35 AM

Ireland prepares to scrap thousands of bizarre old laws 

Thousands of bizarre old laws dating back 800 years to the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland are to be abolished as part of a major overhaul of the country's statute book.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:14 AM

35 Years Later: Coughed-Up Nail For Auction on eBay 

The strange tale of a nail coughed up after being embedded inside a Placerville, California, man for decades has reached the final frontier -- eBay.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:11 AM

Reference book tackles 'hillbilly' stereotype 

The finished work -- the first general reference work on Appalachia -- has just gone on sale through the University of Tennessee Press for $79.95 a copy. It's a 1,832-page volume weighing nearly 8 pounds. More than 1,000 historians, folklorists, sociologists, geologists and journalists contributed.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:08 AM

Musketeers fight French policeman for the honour of d'Artagnan 

IT was billed as an unequal duel: the provincial police officer with North African roots versus the Paris establishment.

But the highest administrative court in France ruled that Damien Bairi has the right to change his surname to escape prejudice in French society -- to D'Artagnan.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:05 AM

The sky split apart 

The Tunguska explosion.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:00 AM

Sideshow chapter closes 

The last stop of Gary Syers' Mystery Wonder Show was not a midway, but a back room of the Pacific Galleries in Seattle, where the two-headed calf, Goliath's skull and Peruvian Wolf Boy sat before a clearly dubious crowd.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:57 AM

Secrets of the cosmos 

Could the universe be a giant computer? A new book argues just that, and unlocks some great scientific mysteries along the way.

It's Salon, so you'll have to watch a short ad to get the whole article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:51 AM

Is the volcano springing to life beneath Yellowstone? 

A new study by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey says that a recently discovered surface bulge in Yellowstone National Park could be indicative of some mysterious geothermal activity underneath the surface in recent years.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:46 AM

South Asians in America before Columbus? 

Now it appears that analysis of Kennewick Man, places him "closer to southern Asians and nearly equidistant to modern Native Americans and Polynesians."

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:42 AM

Is mysterious 'red rain' first evidence of life in space? 

Sheffield researcher investigates whether cell-like particles that fell on India came from comet.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:39 AM

In Missouri town, many remember - and no one blabs 

25 years have passed since someone shot and killed Ken Rex McElroy, the notorious town bully, outside the D&G Tavern and in front of at least two dozen witnesses. The murder occurred in broad daylight. No one has been arrested.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:36 AM

Save Barnum's Pygmy Elephant 

See Cryptomundo for details. With pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:28 AM

Saturday, March 04, 2006

Murder most foul goes on display 

Sickert's painting, Jack the Ripper's Bedroom, helped convince American crime writer Patricia Cornwell that Sickert was himself Jack the Ripper.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:27 PM

SATANIC SECT FOUND OPERATING ON WEB, 7 ITALIANS INVOLVED 

The postal and communications police in Catania have uncovered a satanic sect which was operating on the Internet.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:14 PM

An Oath of Secrecy 

Op-Ed on the influence of Freemasons in the Cayman Islands.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:09 PM

The devil's own spy 

A review of Dennis Wheatley: Churchill's Storyteller by Craig Cabell. Sounds cool.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:07 PM

Bigfoot hunt a step in the right direction for us all 

It's not exactly a dream job. Picture Jonathan Kent, BBC correspondent in Indonesia, setting off bright and early one morning, muttering something under his breath about local legends, jumpy farmers and malaria. Kent can't have been exceptionally excited about his mission - find Bigfoot.

Hours later, however, after tramping through tropical jungle and meeting with the excited locals, Kent found himself staring at the unbelievable - actual footprints.

"All I can tell you is they were big, they were foot shaped and they were there," he wrote for the BBC.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:03 PM

Harriet Scott's burial site is located 

The widow of Dred Scott is found.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:55 PM

A search for historic sunken ship 

Steve Libert was just an eighth grader in suburban Dayton when he first became intrigued by the mystery of Le Griffon.

It was one of those times, he said, when he stopped gazing out the window and paid rapt attention. He was riveted by the question of what happened to this ship - the flagship of explorer Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle - that disappeared in mystery in 1679.

"It caught my attention and imagination," he said.

After almost 30 years of searching and researching, Libert, 51, now of suburban Washington D.C., may soon find out.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:51 PM

Mexican murder mystery: 10 unanswered questions 

Two weeks after Dominic and Nancy Ianiero had their throats slit at a Mexican resort - she apparently found lying by the door of their hotel room, he in the bathtub - the plot thickened yesterday. One step forward, a groaning step back.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:42 PM

Moon near Mars next couple of nights 

With sky map.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:49 AM

Buddha Head Mystery Uncovered 

After endless speculation and investigation, it turns out Casey O'Connor, a ceramics instructor at sierra college, made the figurines out of these molds then placed them in the American River.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:47 AM

Blackfeet Bigfoot 

Loren Coleman over at Cryptomundo.com.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:32 AM

Huge Crater Found in Egypt 

The crater is about 19 miles (31 kilometers) wide, more than twice as big as the next largest Saharan crater known. It utterly dwarfs Meteor Crater in Arizona, which is about three-fourths of a mile (1.2 kilometers) in diameter.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:46 AM

Japanese Make Gasoline From Cattle Dung 

Sakae Shibusawa, an agriculture engineering professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, said his team has successfully extracted .042 ounces of gasoline from every 3.5 ounces of cow dung by applying high pressure and heat.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:42 AM

Friday, March 03, 2006

UFOs: Is the truth out there? 

Bill Chalker is an industrial chemist and scientist, and like any good scientist, wants proof.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:45 PM

Forgotten vault found in English building basement 

While in the basement of 285 Court St. preparing for an upcoming renovation, Roseann Sillasen noticed a mysterious locked door.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:39 PM

The Walrus Was Paul! 

Did you know that Paul McCartney, the ex-Beatle, never actually left the band because . . . he died in 1966 and was then replaced by a lookalike? It sounds bizarre, and it is. The "Paul is dead" myth is one of the most popular myths set in the world of rock music and perhaps the most fun to follow up.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:34 PM

Progress being made in probe of tourists' killings 

Police in Canada refused to rush to judgment yesterday about the investigation of two Canadians brutally slain in Mexico, saying they're making headway in their own efforts to help get to the bottom of the bloody Yucatan Peninsula mystery.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:31 PM

British Gallery Unveils Shakespeare Image 

For centuries, scholars have argued about the appearance of William Shakespeare. Britain's National Portrait Gallery announced Wednesday that a canvas by an obscure 17th-century artist is - most likely - the one true likeness of the playwright painted in his lifetime.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:19 AM

14th-Century Shipwreck Found in Stockholm 

Archeologists have found a shipwreck from the late 1300s buried in the mud of a bay in central Stockholm, officials said Thursday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:16 AM

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Expert Doubts 'Gospel of Judas' Revelation 

An expert on ancient Egyptian texts is predicting that the "Gospel of Judas" - a manuscript from early Christian times that's nearing release amid widespread interest from scholars - will be a dud in terms of learning anything new about Judas.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:12 PM

Gallup: 2 Out of 3 Americans Want U.S. Pull Out from Iraq 

While newspaper editorials remain virtually silent on the subject, the American public seems to have made up its mind. A new Gallup/CNN/USA Today poll out tonight shows that 2 out of 3 adult Americans now want U.S. troops to start to come home from Iraq. And 55% call the decision to attack Iraq in 2003 a "mistake."

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:45 PM

Hypnotism ... the art of... 

I've been researching hypnotism lately and found these simple instructions for self-hypnosis. Enjoy.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:45 PM

The missing library of Iona 

They believe that Iona once housed an incredible library and held the most extraordinary books known to man. Think Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose or the recent international best-seller The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason and consider that a hunt for hidden knowledge and elusive manuscripts could actually be very real.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:13 PM

Check this out! 

The conspiracy explained. Sort of.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:10 PM

What Bush Was Told About Iraq 

Two highly classified intelligence reports delivered directly to President Bush before the Iraq war cast doubt on key public assertions made by the president, Vice President Cheney, and other administration officials as justifications for invading Iraq and toppling Saddam Hussein, according to records and knowledgeable sources.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:07 PM

Online amateurs crack Nazi codes 

Three German ciphers unsolved since World War II are finally being cracked, helped by thousands of home computers.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:50 PM

Concealed History: The Next War on Iran and Syria 

On March 22, 2006, a major event, possibly an attack on the Sears tower in Chicago, or the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, will take place and martial law will be enacted in the U.S.A.

Intelligence reports and reliable sources will confirm that Osama bin Laden, with the assistance of Iran, and Syria, carried out the attack.

Another story found over at the Anomalist. From Al-Jazeerah.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:46 PM

Is Bigfoot roaming around Kiowa Camp in Blackfeet Country? 

With footprint pic.

Found at the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:42 PM

Civil War submarines, World War II bomber remain elusive prey 

Civil War submarines known to once be in Shreveport but unseen since that conflict continue to elude searchers.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:25 PM

Study: Bronze disk is astronomical clock 

A mysterious Bronze Age disk has reportedly been identified by a Hamburg, Germany, scientist as being one of the world's first astronomical clocks.

The 3,600-year-old Sky Disc of Nebra, discovered four years ago when German grave robbers tried to sell it on the international market, indicates Bronze Age man had a sophisticated sense of time.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:17 PM

Do Clues in Student Slaying Point to Serial Killer? 

She was brutally raped, suffocated and mutilated, then dumped in a Brooklyn lot wrapped in a blanket. Now experts believe whoever killed graduate student Imette St. Guillen probably did it before - and may strike again.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:11 PM

Italian commission says Soviet Union behind 1981 shooting of John Paul II 

An Italian parliamentary commission has concluded "beyond any reasonable doubt" that the Soviet Union was behind the 1981 attempt to kill Pope John Paul II, claiming to solve an enduring mystery that the pontiff himself addressed in his last days.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:09 PM

Australian scientists link chronic fatigue syndrome to glandular fever 

Australian researchers have linked chronic fatigue syndrome, a mystery affliction which has long puzzled scientists, with temporary brain injuries caused by glandular fever.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:08 PM

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Murder-robot helicopter 

Killer robot helicopters! Coming soon to a fascist theocracy near you!

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:45 PM

NYC library grabs W.S. Burroughs files 

Sploid's got it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:42 PM

They Knew: Bush, Chertoff Warned Before Katrina 

In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage.

Bush didn't ask a single question during the final briefing before Katrina struck on Aug. 29, but he assured soon-to-be-battered state officials: "We are fully prepared."

From the Associated Press.

So they knew. Everybody owes Kanye West an apology.

"I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees"

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:16 PM

BREAKING: Al-Qaeda Infiltrated UAE Government, According To 2002 Letter 

New evidence has emerged that key agencies of the United Arab Emirates may have been infiltrated by al-Qaeda. In May or June of 2002, al Qaeda officials wrote a letter to the UAE government claiming the emirates were "well aware" of the infiltration.

The letter, translated by the United States Government, is publicly available on the website of the West Point Combating Terrorism Center.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:03 PM

'Suspects' shocked by murder allegations 

Two Canadian women who fear they may soon face dubious murder charges in the mysterious slaying of an Ontario couple in Mexico stepped into the public spotlight Tuesday to denounce the accusations as "ridiculous."

See also Mexico's mess.

It seems obvious that the Mexican authorities are taking great pains to cover something up. But what?

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:43 PM

NYC police alarmed, baffled over grad student's slaying 

The stark contrast between the promising life of 24-year-old Imette St. Guillen and her horrific, unsolved slaying last weekend - and the mystery surrounding her final hours - have perplexed and alarmed investigators, who fear her assailant may strike again.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:39 PM

WHERE'S TOMBSTONE TULLY? 

A gruesome case of body snatching renews interest in a character whose whereabouts are also a mystery.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:32 PM

The Minnesota GOP's Stealth Attack On Privacy 

A story by Minnesota Public Radio reveals a disturbing new way that a political party is secretly grabbing sensitive personal information about voters.

This week the Minnesota Republican Party is distributing a new CD about a proposed state marriage amendment. Along with flashy graphics, the CD asks people their views on controversial issues such as abortion, gun control, illegal immigration, and so on.

The problem - the CD sends your answers back to headquarters, filed by name, address, and political views. No mention of that in the terms of use. No privacy policy at all. The story concludes: "So if you run the CD in your personal computer, by the end of it, the Minnesota GOP will not only know what you think on particular issues, but also who you are."

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:15 PM

Did Nancy Grace, TV Crimebuster, Muddy Her Myth? 

Wow, Nancy Grace is full of crap? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:11 PM

Ex-Newspaperman Running for Congress at 95 

Given his age, Sid Smith's campaign slogan seems obvious: "At 95, who needs term limits?"

The former newspaperman and real estate agent, who scoots around his hillside home with the help of a cane, is running for Congress in Tuesday's Democratic primary.

"I'm the oldest guy in this race," said Smith, joking that his Dec. 24 birthday makes him "one day older than Jesus."

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:37 PM

Taft inventor to discuss his rocket 

Local inventor Robert Cook, a Texas born inventor from Presidio, will be speaking at this year's International UFO Congress in Laughlin, Nevada. Cook has been invited to discuss his life's work, the Cook Inertial Propulsion (CIP) engine.

The article notes that "the engine itself seems to violate certain laws of Newtonian physics." Cool.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:14 PM

Jesus hoax born of a fascist's fantasies 

The Priory of Sion and Pierre Plantard.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:11 PM

Jayhawk to the Max 

Kansas' home finale against Colorado tonight will mark the final time Falkenstien, 81, broadcasts a game at Allen Fieldhouse. Falkenstien announced last summer that the 2005-06 season would be his last in a 60-year career that culminated with his induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Add mine to the chorus of voices begging him to stay. It just won't be the same without him.

Wilt Chamberlain was only 9 when Falkenstien called his first game back in 1946. Roy Williams and Bill Self? Heck, they weren't even born.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:03 PM

Were ancient Minoans centuries ahead of their time? 

A geometrical figure commonly attributed to Archimedes in 300 BC has been identified in Minoan wall paintings dated to over 1,000 years earlier.

Found at the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:50 AM