Saturday, April 29, 2006

eBay: WALTER GIBSON SCRAPBOOK 

One of Walter Gibson's scrapbooks has shown up on ebay. For more about the amazing Gibson see here.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:36 AM

Friday, April 28, 2006

Egyptologists launch online encyclopedia 

Frustrated with the poor quality of many Web sites dealing with ancient Egypt, a professor at the University of California has decided to create a massive online encyclopedia devoted solely to Egyptology.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:16 PM

Crusading monks . . . and a truth more gripping than fiction 

ON FRIDAY, October 13, 1307, hundreds of Knights Templar, the wealthy and secretive order of fighting monks, were rounded up, tortured and massacred for alleged crimes against Christianity "too horrible to contemplate".

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:08 PM

BIGFOOT RENDEZVOUS 

The existence of Bigfoot has remained a mystery for years. In Southeast Idaho alone, reports of encounters with the creature date back to 1887. Tammy Scardino caught up with a local county commissioner who offered his support in hosting an upcoming Bigfoot event.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:05 PM

Pagan Island 

Watch these girls dance and make unashamed love!

Horribly cheesy trailer for the 1961 Tiki-sploitation film Pagan Island. It's nice to see that Ed Wood didn't have a monopoly on stilted voiceover narration. A quick check of IMDB finds that actress Allison Louise Downe also wrote the screenplay for the Herschell Gordon Lewis "classic" Blood Feast. And, of course, actress Nani Maka plays a character named...Princess Nani Maka.

Go watch. You'll love it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:25 PM

Source of loud "booms" in Port Angeles still a mystery 

More West Coast skyquakes.

One caller reported her glass sliding door shattered.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:31 PM

'As Many as a Half a Dozen' Members of Congress May Be Involved in Prostitution Scandal 

Last night on MSNBC's Scarborough Country, Dean Calbreath of the San Diego Union Tribune - which recently won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Cunningham case - said that "as many as a half a dozen" members of Congress could ultimately be implicated in the prostitution scandal.

And some of those hookers might be dudes.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:59 PM

BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE $4 BILLION? 

What's a few billion between friends?

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:53 PM

Jack Parsons Comics 

Betrayer! You will feel the power of Babylon!

Hysterical. Check out Howard Hallis's other stuff.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:48 AM

Levitation and Flight in the Ancient World: A Modern Perspective 

A nice long article from ThothWeb. Via the Anomalist.

My experiments continue...

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:28 AM

Murder, an Acid Attack and More Downtown Fun 

A tour of vintage LA mayhem from the lovely people who brought you the 1947 Project.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:11 AM

Is the Zarqawi video a hoax? 

Cannonfire has some questions. Thought provoking as always.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:07 AM

Houdini in the Desert 

For magic aficionados this private collection--which Copperfield calls the International Museum & Library of the Conjuring Arts--might as well be the Vatican. If Copperfield himself is present, as he was for us, it's like having Michelangelo show you around. Few people other than magic scholars ever get the privilege of entering.

So cool.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:07 AM

Ajax's long-lost palace discovered on Greek island 

On a deserted green hill above the Aegean Sea, archaeologists have unearthed what may be the palace of Ajax, one of the greatest heroes in Greek mythology.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:06 AM

Old bones are telling new tales 

Behind two locked doors at Central Washington University, what might be called Son of Kennewick Man sits inside a cardboard box.

The faceless skull dates back 9,000 years - just 400 years younger than the superstar skeleton unearthed from the banks of the Columbia River. While Kennewick Man ignited a legal battle over the control of ancient bones, the skull at CWU has barely raised a ripple.

Great article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:04 AM

Neuro Clues to the Mysteries of Acupuncture 

Advanced imaging methods may reveal how this ancient healing technique affects the brain.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:03 AM

Atlantis Exact Location May Have Been Found 

The geographer who demonstrated the similarity between Ireland and Atlantis is now providing more details. New data supports the hypothesis that the original tale came to Ireland from an island that sank much like Plato claimed. Geological data now points to an exact location--in the North Sea.

Press release.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:02 AM

SILENT HILLSVILLE 

Once 1,100 people called this place home, drawn to the town for its thriving coalmining industry. But one day in 1964 an accident deep beneath the town sparked a fire that quickly spread through the mine's underground tunnels.

The flames were so furious that nothing could be done to stop it, and 42 years later the fire is still raging under the streets. Temperatures have reached 1,000C, forcing the local petrol station to close. Tens of millions of tons of coal have been burned and experts say the fire cannot be put out.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:01 AM

POLK OBJECTS TO PROSECUTOR'S CROSS EXAMINATION 

Deputy District Attorney Paul Sequeira began his cross examination of Eli Polk this afternoon amidst a barrage of objections from the witness' mother, defendant Susan Polk, who is representing herself against charges that she murdered her husband in 2002.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:38 AM

China lays claim to inventing golf 

An exhibition in Beijing has added weight to the claims that China, not Scotland, invented golf.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:34 AM

Shipyard calls in vicar to expel ghost 

STRANGE spirits have scared the life out of BAE shipyard workers, prompting top brass to call in ghost-busting experts.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:30 AM

Rare silver 5-cent coin auctioned for $1.3 million 

A sliver of silver that once passed through the hands of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson crossed the auction block in Columbus last night for $1.3 million.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:15 AM

Mystery Mountain Lion May Be At Large In N.J. 

It goes by many names -- Mountain lion, puma, cougar. But in a quaint subdivision in Montgomery Township, residents know the large feline by another name -- potential threat.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:12 AM

Film documenting Golden Gate Bridge suicides premieres 

Always alone, they pace, hang their heads, linger just a bit too long. Some cry, jam hands into pockets, pull jackets tighter around them. They remove sunglasses, backpacks and purses.

And with traffic and tourists rushing past, they climb over the four-foot railing and jump off the Golden Gate Bridge.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:11 AM

Baby sign language a growing movement 

It could be a year before Gregory, a normal, healthy 4-month-old, can speak, but until then, his mother hopes to get a jump-start on communicating with her baby through sign language, the language of the deaf.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:09 AM

People Brew Own Gas To Beat Pump Prices 

Some people have become so desperate to find cheaper fuel for their cars they've begun making ethanol at home.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:05 AM

GOP Culture of Corruption Indeed 

The GOP List of Shame.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:03 AM

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Prosecutors seek to show that strange DNA does not exonerate priest 

Does mysterious DNA on the body of nun murdered 26 years ago exonerate the priest charged with killing her? Or is it simply evidence of the careless crime-scene techniques of another era?

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:33 PM

Author of "The Kelly Incident" Photographs UFO over Nevada 

Press release.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:31 PM

Olive branch solves a Bronze Age mystery 

Scientists have discovered the remains of a single olive tree, buried alive during a massive volcanic eruption during the Late Bronze Age. A study that dates this tree, plus another study that dates a series of objects from before, during and after the eruption, now offer a new timeline for one of the earliest chapters of European civilization.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:25 PM

Police hunt for phantom that terrified drivers 

Ghost in a miniskirt. Another goodie from the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:35 PM

UK TEAMS OFFER NEW INSIGHT INTO RED RAIN MYSTERY 

Scientists at Cardiff University say they can confirm that DNA, the genetic blueprint for life, did exist in the mysterious red rain which fell over India in 2001. This may be a key to learning about possible lifeforms in outer space.

With video. Via the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:33 PM

I was hunting UFOs, says Pentagon's UK hacker 

So do aliens exist? Yes, according to McKinnon.

He said he came across a group called the "Disclosure Project", which had expert testimonies from senior figures who said technology obtained from extra-terrestrials did exist.

He said one NASA scientist reported that the Johnson Space Centre had a facility where UFOs were airbrushed out of high-resolution satellite images. So, he broke in to see for himself.

"I saw what I'm convinced was some kind of satellite or spacecraft but it was manufactured by no means I have ever seen before -- there were no rivets, no seams, it was like one flawless piece of material. And that was above the Earth."

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:13 AM

America's rags-to-riches dream an illusion: study 

America may still think of itself as the land of opportunity, but the chances of living a rags-to-riches life are a lot lower than elsewhere in the world, according to a new study published on Wednesday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:01 AM

New hunter seeks money pit 

The search for treasure on Nova Scotia's famous Oak Island may soon start again after a 10-year lull.

Dan Blankenship, a former construction supervisor who has spent five decades looking for booty on the Mahone Bay island, said Wednesday a new American partner has joined the hunt.

For more on the Oak Island Money Pit see here.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:27 AM

Investigators Try to Link Cloth to Priest 

Bloodstains on an altar cloth and the forehead of a nun slain in 1980 could have come from a sword-shaped letter opener belonging to the priest accused of stabbing her, a medical examiner testified.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:24 AM

Mystery disturbance traced to sound wave 

A group of local scientists has uncovered some clues to the source of a mysterious disturbance that rattled San Diego County on the morning of April 4, shaking windows, doors and bookcases from the coast to the mountains.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:23 AM

Druid's machete wounds 

A PAGAN was horrifically tortured with an axe or machete in an attack designed to cause him terrible suffering, a court heard yesterday.

More on the Peter Solheim murder trial.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:21 AM

Many questions linger 

The unknowns of Flight 93.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:21 AM

What lies beneath 

Since 2002, "The Mysterious Bog People" traveling exhibit has been awing audiences around the world. Now housed at Los Angeles' Natural History Museum until Sept. 10, the exhibit contains more than 400 artifacts and six "bog mummies," all found beneath peat bogs, which have existed for centuries throughout Europe.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:19 AM

Ghost hunters want your stories 

Northwest Pennsylvania Hauntings, a paranormal investigators group based in Meadville, is in the process of compiling stories, legends and photographs of strange and unusual in the Western Pennsylvania area.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:18 AM

Official: Bouncer in student slay to be charged in 2nd N.Y. case 

A bouncer charged in the death of a graduate student found raped, strangled and suffocated after a night out at a bar also tried to abduct another college student last year, a law enforcement official said.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:17 AM

2nd Arrest Made in Ferrari Case 

A prominent European high-tech executive was arrested Wednesday at his Bel-Air estate on suspicion of posing as a police officer to buy at least one gun, widening an international investigation that began with the crash of a rare Ferrari in Malibu.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:15 AM

Fossil linked to rare sound-making skill 

The team at the Duke Lemur Center speculate the animals may have used the balloon-like structural chamber that shaped their bizarre jaws to produce sound.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:10 AM

'UFO' is sighted again 

Reported sightings of a 'UFO' above Reading have led to a flurry of calls to the Post's paranormal hotline.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:08 AM

Searchers ask for help in tracking down jet in Flathead Lake 

Somewhere on the bottom of Flathead Lake just west of Yellow Bay is a jet plane's wreckage. Somewhere, also deep underwater, are the remains of the pilot, Capt. John Eaheart of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:07 AM

This Movie Really Stinks 

Bad films inspire olfactory terms. Exiting a bomb with their noses curled, people will say, "Whew, that stunk!" or "Man, did that reek!" One-word reviews would include "rotten," "offensive," "garbage," "putrid" and, simply, "P.U."

Now, a telecommunications company is adding actual smells to a movie. A revival of an old idea that failed the sniff test 46 years ago, the latest version of scented cinema is being piped into Japanese theaters starting this weekend to accompany showings of "The New World."

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:05 AM

Area-based actors, crew create horror on Web TV 

If you were wondering where you could find campy sci-fi horror sketches featuring local actors that you could watch without leaving the comfort of your home, look no further than Ghoulapalooza TV.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:03 AM

Relic Row: A fight is brewing over Virginia artifacts 

To alarmed archaeologists, these "safari" digs - although legal - represent the wholesale destruction of the past. Stripping sites of their artifacts also strips the ability to learn what stories they could tell.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:59 AM

E.T. true believers to descend on desert 'UFO-ville' 

"E.T." has been back home for years, and now earthlings claiming contact with space aliens are planning a homecoming of their own Saturday in a section of the Mojave Desert that looks a lot like the moon.

Nearly three decades after a free-thinking Californian named George Van Tassel hosted his final gathering to honor alien visitors, pioneers of the UFO culture are coming back to the site of the nation's earliest extraterrestrial rallies.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:54 AM

Missing Time in Kelowna - Creepy Canada Documentary 

Imagine the terrifying sensation of being unable to account for several hours of your life, the memory of what occurred completely stripped away; this is exactly what happened to two British Columbia women immediately after they sighted a mysterious object in the sky.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:41 AM

Advice from ninja: 'Be able to kill students' 

The teachings of Grand Master Masaaki Hatsumi echo through my head as he entreats me to attack a blackbelted disciple with a practice sword.

"Always be able to kill your students," he says.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:09 AM

Couple crack the code to living their dream 

The Da Vinci Code - the Board Game!

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:01 AM

Unexplained Sounds 

Mysterious booms, annoyingly persistent hums, and underground mechanical rumblings that defy explanation.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:56 AM

Satanic Sex Abuse Claims Reopen Old Murder Case 

The Crime Library entry on the Father Gerald Robinson case.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:55 AM

Former neighbor praises Polk as diligent mother, wife 

21-year-old Eli Polk described life as a child, and how his father hypnotized the family and never disciplined them.

His father routinely hypnotized their three sons twice a week as they were growing up, he said.

"I remember not remembering after the sessions," Eli Polk told the jury. "He gave us some sort of tea."

See also: Polk son testifies father bragged of spy buddies

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:44 AM

Police witness paranormal activity in pub 

Officers arrived at the Low Valley Arms pub near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, 250 miles north of London, after being told the alarm had been set off, but instead of finding any signs of a robbery, they were faced with a shaken landlord convinced he had encountered a ghost with half a face missing in the ladies washroom.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:11 AM

The world's most dangerous archaeological site 

A careless step could prove fatal when you inspect the ancient archaeological treasures of Laos.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:08 AM

Family seeks woman's missing head 

A distraught family is offering $10,000 for clues to help solve a gruesome mystery involving a 68-year-old woman whose body was decapitated in a funeral home last July.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:52 AM

Working for the Clampdown 

The House version of the 2007 intelligence authorization bill would grant CIA and NSA security personnel the authority to make arrests for "any felony" committed in their presence, no matter how remote from the foreign intelligence mission it might be, the Baltimore Sun reported today.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:48 AM

U.S. seeks to keep evidence from 9/11 families 

Prosecutors asked a judge to rethink granting 9/11 families suing airlines access to evidence gathered for the criminal case against al Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:42 AM

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Pyramid? I see no pyramid here 

A level-headed take on the Bosnian pyramid.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:34 PM

Is America named after this man? 

And it ain't Vespucci.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:54 PM

The Creature of the Black Lagoon 

Beware the Lizard Men!

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:56 PM

10 Reasons Republicans Are To Blame For High Gas Prices 

When George Bush took office in January 2001, the average price of a gallon of gas was $1.46. Today, the price is $2.91, a 100 percent increase over the course of the Bush presidency. [AAA Fuel Gauge Report, 4/25/06]

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:38 AM

Shifting Footprints and Messianic Missions: Staying In Iraq 'Till Kingdom Come 

"I have been pleading with the American press corps for months to ask the Bush administration one simple question, a question designed to expose our true agenda: 'Are we, or are we not, constructing permanent military bases in Iraq?'" -- Sen. Gary Hart, March 31, 2006

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:25 AM

German Defense Minister Says Building 7 Used To Run 9/11 Attack 

Former Helmut Schmidt cabinet member, 25-year German Parliamentarian and global intelligence expert Andreas Von Bulow says that the 9/11 attack was run by the highest levels of the US intelligence apparatus using WTC Building 7 as a command bunker which was later demolished in order to destroy the crime scene.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:16 AM

Thar He Glows? Hunt On For Mystic Whaler Ghost 

The planks and rigging of the Charles W. Morgan creaked and groaned as Andrew Laird and his colleagues stepped aboard the 165-year-old whaling ship at Mystic Seaport around 9 p.m. Friday. They turned on their Trifield Natural EMF Meter and went looking for ghosts.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:49 AM

Archaeologists dig Roman dogs 

Bones of dozens of dogs offered to the gods in Roman times and unearthed in Ewell 30 years ago is an archeological find that has triggered further investigation.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:46 AM

'SATAN CULT' PRIEST ON TRIAL IN '80 NUN SLAY 

CHILLING EVIDENCE IN UNHOLY CRIME AS DECADES-OLD MYSTERY UNRAVELS.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:10 AM

Susan Polk gives opening statement, tells jurors she's not crazy and promises thrilling tale 

The 48-year-old former stay-at-home mother told jurors she is not crazy, and they need to keep an open mind as she presents her side of the story. That story, Polk explained, will include information about her psychic abilities, her former husband's secret-life as a spy, and his refusal to tell the U.S. government about her warnings of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Polk said she knew of the attacks beforehand, and tried to prevent the tragedy.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:09 AM

Haunting tales told at ghost conference 

Describing the "true and shocking tale of a soul-eating house," Rosemary Ellen Guiley, a self-described paranormal researcher and investigator, told the story of a haunted house at a ghost conference here on Saturday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:08 AM

Murder in San Francisco's Chinatown 

Even though over a month has passed since the killing, no significant evidence or witnesses have emerged. Thuggish young men were seen at Leung's funeral, hinting at an organized crime connection, but nobody has spoken out.

What is clear is that Leung knew his life was in danger. In 2005 he asked the FBI for protection.

Theories surrounding Leung's mysterious death relate it both to Chinatown's past and its future.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:05 AM

Tenn. researchers work on Hunley mystery 

A team of scientists from Tennessee, including experts from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, are looking at the mystery of the sinking of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:02 AM

Treasure hunters riddled Carroll County's Indian Grave Ridge 

In the 19th century, treasure hunters repeatedly scoured a place in Carroll County known as Indian Grave Ridge, looking for a cache of gold reputed to be buried there.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:59 AM

Mystery as car alarms go haywire 

Car alarms and central locking systems are being sent haywire in the Black Country by a mysterious radio frequency blocking their signals.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:52 AM

Youth revered by Buddhists 17 today - and still a mystery 

THE Tibetan youth considered by rights groups to be the world's youngest political prisoner turns 17 today, 11 years after disappearing from public view when he was named the Himalayan region's second-ranking religious figure.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:48 AM

Rumsfeld sued over Pentagon's recruiting database 

Six New York teen-agers sued Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld on Monday, alleging the U.S. Department of Defense broke the law by keeping an extensive database on potential recruits.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:41 AM

Monday, April 24, 2006

New Links 

I've added some more new links in the sidebar. Be sure to visit Cult News, Strange Maine, and Empires Fall.

Tell 'em the Professor sent ya'.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:52 PM

Senate Vote Inquiry Widens as Democrats Probe White House Link 

Republican leaders are facing questions stemming from a criminal case involving efforts to suppress voter turnout in a U.S. Senate election in the state in 2002. Republican John Sununu won that race over Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, helping Republicans retake control of the Senate.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:43 PM

SubmarineBoat.com 

Build your own submarine!

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:18 AM

Has UFO visited Brid? 

Did you spot something strange flying over Bridlington on Easter Sunday?

With inconclusive pic!

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:33 AM

The Ustu'tli 

A Cherokee legend.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:19 AM

Priests molested kids for centuries 

A former Vatican lawyer and two ex-Benedictine monks have written an explosive book that shows the Catholic child-molestation scandal goes back to the earliest days of the church.

I am shocked! Shocked!

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:05 AM

Canadian creates cigarette with vitamin C 

Finally!

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:03 AM

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Introducing the Blacklight Tattoo 

Blacklight reactive ink is a great way to have a tattoo that no one can see but under the blacklight or to add a little something special to trip out your friends.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:38 PM

Italy owes wine legacy to Celts, history buffs say 

Luca Sormani, from Como, and Fulvio Pescarolo, from the tiny town of Robbio near Milan, have traced the region's wine culture all the way back to its Celtic roots and have started making it according to ancient methods.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:39 PM

What's behind mysterious booms? 

Skyquakes across the U.S.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:31 PM

Sploid: Bulgarian UFO video! 

A remarkable home video taken from the balcony of a Soviet-era apartment building in Bulgaria shows a shimmering egg-shaped UFO in full daylight.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:53 PM

Indian mound restored 

Park rangers work on an archaeological site where tales of pirate treasure had attracted diggers.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:48 PM

TV seance claims to have reached John Lennon 

A controversial television seance airing on Monday will claim it has reached the spirit of John Lennon, but viewers will have to pay $9.95 to find out what the peace-loving Beatle has to say.

My guess is that he says "Suckers...."

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:40 PM

Mystery in her bones 

Nice article on forensic anthropologist Laura Fulginiti.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:27 PM

Paging Mr. Lovecraft . . . 

Police investigating death of man killed in mystery hole in home

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:54 PM

Nepal curfew crushes Sobhraj's freedom bid 

Bad luck continued to dog yesteryear's serial criminal Charles Sobhraj in Nepal with his final bid to win freedom from prison being stalled by curfew clamped in Kathmandu.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:14 AM

'Indiana Jones of Baghdad' Searches for Stolen Iraqi Art 

The financing behind the violence that continues to disrupt Iraq may have an unlikely source: ancient treasure.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:07 AM

In a Leagure of Her Own 

If you'd like to know the real story of the All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League, go to www.merriefidler.com and a purchase a copy of Merrie Fidler's recently published book, The Origins and History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:06 AM

Did Iceman accept mob contract on union boss? 

When Richard Kuklinski died in a prison hospital wing in New Jersey last month there were few mourners. But the hitman and serial killer left behind a mystery: did Kuklinski really kill the union leader Jimmy Hoffa?

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:55 AM

State joins search for warship 

THE New South Wales Government will try to help solve the 65-year mystery of HMAS Sydney, contributing $250,000 to a new search for the missing warship.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:54 AM

Mystery of the 'mermaid' finally solved 

"WHAT IS IT? Truthfully, we do not know. We obtained it several years ago from a young man who claimed he found it washed up on a South American beach. Several people have expressed the opinion that it is a 'MONKEY FISH' ... while others have said it is a 'MERMAID.' WHAT DO YOU THINK?"

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:31 AM

A Message From The Republicans 

So suck on that! Suck on it a real long time, then suck on it some more! Then keep sucking on it, and then suck a little bit more, and suck some more! And just keep sucking on it!

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:22 AM

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Dean: If Past Is Prologue, George Bush Is Becoming An Increasingly Dangerous President 

As the 2006 midterm elections approach, this active/negative president can be expected to take further risks. If anyone doubts that Bush, Cheney, Rove and their confidants are planning an "October Surprise" to prevent the Republicans from losing control of Congress, then he or she has not been observing this presidency very closely.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:15 PM

Are Scientologists behind attempt to rig poll for Tom Cruise? 

It appears that Scientology and/or Scientologists may be actively involved in a spamming campaign to boost Tom Cruise's sagging popularity.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:58 PM

Buddhist monks to retrace Xuanzang's voyage to India 

Two Buddhist monks would set out on a journey from China to India to retrace the footsteps of a famous predecessor Xuanzang (602-664 AD) who had travelled to India to study Buddhism about 1,300 years ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:47 PM

Of olives and oils 

About olive oil and its health benefits.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:44 PM

Qigong revival 

THE earliest records of qigong being practised were found on archaeological artifacts excavated in Qinghai province, China, dated approximately 5,000 years ago. These were in the form of drawings on gallipots. Descriptions of qigong were also found in relics from the Western Han Dynasty (206-24 BC), excavated in Hunan province; and actual written records were found in the ancient Chinese classic Shanshu, of the same period.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:41 PM

Examining The Alien Agenda 

The aliens are coming!

See also UFOs: Not Dead Yet

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:07 PM

Murder trial jury gets case preview 

A priest's letter opener fits a dead nun's unusual knife wound like a key in a lock, Lucas County prosecutors said Friday morning as they began presenting their case against the Rev. Gerald Robinson.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:01 PM

The hitchhiker 

A terrifying tale from Malaysia.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:55 PM

The Burden of Proof 

Another review of Sebastian Junger's book.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:53 PM

Case of the Mummified Baby 

For decades, Charles Peavey's family has passed down what he admits is a most unusual family heirloom: the tiny corpse of a mummified baby whose mysterious history has been filled with legend.

With Mummy Baby pic!

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:44 PM

Breaking into the US citadel was easier than child's play 

Gary McKinnon hacked into Pentagon, army, navy and Nasa computer systems looking for evidence of UFO. He may end up in Guantanamo Bay for his trouble.

He never did find anything about anti-gravity but he did stumble on intriguing details on extra-terrestrial activity. Computers in Building 8 of the Johnson Space Center, for example, contained satellite pictures showing what looked like alien space ships. But Mr McKinnon never saw these as closely as he would have liked.

Before he could download them fully, someone on the space center computer system noticed the unauthorised access on the network and cut the connection.

Security at the space center was subsequently tightened to the extent that Mr McKinnon could not re-enter. He did, however, find lists on other computer systems that referred to "non-terrestrial officers" and lists of ships that did not correspond to anything the US had in the air or on the seas - leading Mr McKinnon to suspect the existence of a secret space army.

Another goodie via the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:39 PM

Mysteries of 'UFO ranch' in spotlight 

In 1996 a Las Vegas billionaire bought a ranch in Fort Duchesne from a family who had, for all intents and purposes, been run off of their property by forces they could not explain. All they knew was that a series of bizarre events on their ranch had left them financially ailing, mentally anguished, and in the end, horrified and afraid.

And here is an interview with researcher Colm A Kelleher, PhD., who participated in the investigation.

Via the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:28 PM

Merman of 1725 

You will want to read this account openly, without bias and take in the description in spite of the negative values that our culture places on Merbeing accounts today. Why? Because within such words as you will find here may lie a mystery older than the waves that splash in the sea. Read on, dear traveler, and allow your mind to ponder the wonders herewith.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:10 PM

American eels are a Hudson mystery 

Somewhere under the fabled Sargasso Sea, the one boasting sea monsters and legendary fleets of wrecked pirate ships, American eels spawn deep in Davy Jones' locker, maybe more than 1,000 feet down.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:53 PM

Mystery man found alone at sea 

Swedish authorities are trying to solve the puzzle around a man calling himself a stateless American found floating on a raft between Denmark and Norway.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:46 PM

Nation's spy agencies try to black out history 

It's a plot worthy of a mystery novel. The federal agency charged with maintaining historical documents strikes a secret agreement with federal spy agencies to quietly move some papers out from the public's view.

But wait: It's not a mystery. It's a farce.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:45 PM

'48 Hours' Says Marilyn Monroe Was Not Murdered 

Secret testimonies from those who gathered at Marilyn Monroe's death bed are set to he broadcast for the first time on an upcoming TV news show. On April 22, producers at CBS show "48 Hours Mystery" will air interviews with witnesses, who were at her bedside when the movie icon passed on August 5, 1962.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:42 PM

Friday, April 21, 2006

A Spy Speaks Out 

A CIA official who had a top role during the run-up to the Iraqi war charges the White House with ignoring intelligence that said there were no weapons of mass destruction or an active nuclear program in Iraq.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:29 PM

Book lifts veil on state's witch trial past 

New Mexicans didn't burn witches at the stake or hang them, that just wasn't their style.

In New Mexico's largely unknown witch trials - from 1756 to 1766 - the accused were mostly thrown in jail, although some punishments were a bit harsher, said Rick Hendricks, co-author of a new book "The Witches of Abiquiu" from University of New Mexico Press.

Via the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:23 PM

More missing Judas gospel! 

Just two weeks after the Gospel of Judas shocked Christians around the world, more fragments of the weird old document have reportedly turned up in Ohio.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:08 PM

Elvis Presley's other Memphis home up for sale 

It isn't Graceland. But if psychic Uri Geller has his way, another Memphis house once owned by Elvis Presley will become a museum honoring "the king of rock 'n' roll."

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:02 PM

Poser over baby Bigfoot poachers 

Could the people in four-wheel-drive vehicles and a truck purportedly carrying a baby Bigfoot, who dropped in for dinner at a restaurant at a rest area at Felda Tenggaroh 2 here last month, be poachers?

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:00 PM

Kennewick Man Skeletal Find May Revolutionalize Continent's History 

"It's one of the oldest skeletons, one of the earliest individuals that populated this continent," Berryman says. "And we have a chance to look at those remains and learn from them what they tell us about the past and who these people were."

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:54 PM

Where's Elvis? Film crew brings search for legend to Kalamazoo 

Elvis has not left the building.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:53 PM

Digging up dirt on the Bible 

Dr. Steven Collins literally digs the Bible.

Collins believes he has found the site of the infamous city of Sodom and plans to share his findings Sunday with the congregation of the First Baptist Church.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:47 PM

F.D.A. Dismisses Medical Benefit From Marijuana 

The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that "no sound scientific studies" supported the medical use of marijuana, contradicting a 1999 review by a panel of highly regarded scientists.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:45 PM

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Who were the Knights Templar? 

And why do we care?

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:47 PM

Typo Confounds Kryptos Sleuths 

Don't these code guys have Spellcheck?

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:44 PM

New Book About Boston Strangler Sparks Controversy 

There's another book that's creating a storm of controversy. The author is one of America's best known: Sebastian Junger. His topic? The Boston Strangler.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:42 PM

Famed aviator Scott Crossfield dies in plane crash 

Scott Crossfield, the University of Washington graduate who was the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound, was found dead Thursday in the wreckage of his single-engine plane in Georgia.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:39 PM

Odyssey's End?: The Search for Ancient Ithaca 

Nice long article on Robert Bittlestone's search for Homer's Ithaca.

Also via the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:21 PM

Pyramid Discovered in Bosnia? 

National Geographic discovers the Bosnian Pyramid. With nice pic.

Via the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:14 PM

Grand Jury Hears Evidence Against Rove 

Rove indictments coming soon?

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:07 PM

Bigfoot Buzz 

An interview with Yakama Nations' Bigfoot researcher Mel Skahan.

Via The Anomalist.

What is the Yakama's Nation name for Sasquatch?

The name that I have heard is Qah-limah.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:50 PM

"Never saw nothing at all" 

Rigorous Intuition's take on the strange situation reported at a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:13 AM

Mysterious gigantic etchings discovered in Peru 

Japanese researchers said on Thursday that they had found 100 more drawings on Peru's Nazca plateau, whose giant etchings dating up to 2,500 years ago are one of archaeology's greatest mysteries.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:37 AM

Heyerdahl's grandson aims to repeat voyage 

Nearly 60 years after Thor Heyerdahl's Pacific Ocean crossing aboard the balsa raft Kon-Tiki, a Norwegian team in Peru is putting final touches on a new vessel to repeat the journey.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:36 AM

The Truth Behind the Knights Templar 

Some Say the Knights Found the Holy Grail.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:23 AM

Geologists find new fault in Northern California 

Just as San Francisco commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake this week, scientists Wednesday announced the discovery of yet another active fault along the northern coast of California.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:21 AM

$500K Seized; Strange Situation Reported At Nuclear Plant 

Strange indeed.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:46 AM

Giraffe Manor 

Pretty cool. Thanks to Sara for the tip.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:33 AM

Former Military Air Traffic Controller Claims Comet Collision with Earth on May 25, 2006 

Get your affairs in order.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:06 AM

Perhilitan Denies Catching Young Bigfoot 

The Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) Wednesday denied having caught a young Bigfoot in a forest near the Tanjung Leman Jetty in Mersing.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:59 AM

FALL OF LITTLE 'GOD' 

Prayers set 745-year-old mysterious tree on fire in Oko, Anambra State.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:48 AM

Was lamb killed by the Beast of Riber? 

THE mysterious Beast of Riber – tracked by local police for several years - may have made another appearance.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:44 AM

History of government surveillance of UFO witnesses and investigators examined in new book 

Researcher and author Nick Redfern has put together a fascinating picture of the history of government interest in people involved in UFOs in his new book ON THE TRAIL OF THE SAUCER SPIES.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:43 AM

Experts Find Evidence of Bosnia Pyramid 

Researchers on Wednesday unearthed geometrically cut stone slabs that they said could form part of the sloping surface of what they believe is an ancient pyramid lying beneath a huge hill.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:34 AM

E.T., there's no place like dome 

UFO enthusiasts gather at George Van Tassel's Integratron for the first Retro UFO convention on April 29.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:23 AM

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Placenta etiquette! Placenta recipes! 

I thought I'd post this for all you Tom Cruise fans out there.

See also: Medicinal Uses of the Placenta

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:08 PM

George Washington U. to Receive Jack Anderson's Papers -- but FBI Wants to See Them First 

More Bullshit from the Bush administration.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:54 PM

The original mad scientist 

In Philip Ball's deeply weird and wonderful new book, "The Devil's Doctor," the man who might well be the prototype for that familiar mad-scientist figure -- the 16th century alchemist and epic wanderer Paracelsus -- neatly escapes the caricaturist's frame and emerges exuberantly and combatively alive.

Book review at Salon.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:56 PM

US colonel offers Iraq an apology of sorts for devastation of Babylon 

Colonel John Coleman, former chief of staff for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq, said yesterday that if the head of the Iraqi antiquities board wanted an apology, "if it makes him feel good, we can certainly give him one".

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:46 PM

Bigfoot gumshoe hangs shingle in Yukon 

A man from Whitehorse with an interest in the unexplained has started a sasquatch detective agency.

Via the Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:56 PM

Senate Hearings on Bush, Now 

The system has thus far failed during the presidency of George W. Bush - at incalculable cost in human lives, to the American political system, to undertaking an intelligent and effective war against terror, and to the standing of the United States in parts of the world where it previously had been held in the highest regard.

A must-read by Carl Bernstein.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:52 PM

Kimberly Williamson Butler Continues to Astound Us - Wonkette 

You might remember Kimberly Williamson Butler as the New Orleans Mayoral candidate who used a picture of Disneyland's New Orleans Square on her website instead of, say, an actual picture of New Orleans. Where she lives. Disney lawyers called her on it and her response was touching. Re-touching.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:32 PM

Tom Delay appointee involved in drug running? 

Cannonfire's got it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:24 AM

The Birth of The CIA and Flying Saucers II 

Now this is where it gets interesting.

Here is Part I.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:50 AM

The Science Of Near-Death Experiences 

A new study by a team of University of Kentucky researchers attempts to explain the mysterious "near-death experience" reported by some people who survive close brushes with death.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:46 AM

Island traveler's odd find triggers security concerns 

The headline is misleading. The woman found a "suspicious, official-looking Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shirt" in her luggage after a flight to Florida. TSA officials couldn't care less.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:45 AM

Who Killed the Lindbergh Baby? 

A Virginia company thinks it may be able to solve some of the mystery for good.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:37 AM

Follow the grisly footsteps of Mersey 'Jack the Ripper' 

HIS blood-curdling crimes and mystery identity have made him one of Britain's most notorious killers.

But some experts believe Jack the Ripper was a Liverpool cotton merchant at the centre of a Victorian scandal that changed the future of British law.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:15 AM

Monday, April 17, 2006

In a lather! 

An Air Force Base fire-fighting foam test goes hysterically wrong.

Another goodie from Boing Boing.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:55 PM

Announcing: Movie-Plot Threat Contest 

For a while now, I have been writing about our penchant for "movie-plot threats": terrorist fears based on very specific attack scenarios. Terrorists with crop dusters, terrorists exploding baby carriages in subways, terrorists filling school buses with explosives -- these are all movie-plot threats. They're good for scaring people, but it's just silly to build national security policy around them.

But if we're going to worry about unlikely attacks, why can't they be exciting and innovative ones? If Americans are going to be scared, shouldn't they be scared of things that are really scary? "Blowing up the Super Bowl" is a movie plot to be sure, but it's not a very good movie. Let's kick this up a notch.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:42 PM

A Small-Time Crime With Hints of Big-Time Connections Lights Up the Net 

The Internet is a great breeding ground for political conspiracies, and there is a new one lighting up computer monitors across the country. Bloggers are fascinated by what they see as eerie parallels between Watergate and a phone-jamming scandal in New Hampshire. It has low-level Republican operatives involved in dirty campaign tricks. It has checks from donors with murky backgrounds. It has telephone calls to the White House. What is unclear is whether it is the work of a few rogue actors, or something larger..

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:27 PM

Breaking News: Nahuelito Photographed 

Is this Nahuelito, the Lake Nahuel Huapi Monster, or a hoax?

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:34 PM

Unwed pregnant teen learned independence from rebel aviatrix 

Nice article on the influence of the legendary Pancho Barnes on one young woman.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:38 AM

Bell Witch casts big-screen spell 

Robertson County's own Bell Witch, one of the nastiest and most elusive of spirits ever recorded in Tennessee's colorful history, is the stuff of supernatural legend.

For more on the Bell Witch see this Wiki entry.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:27 AM

Bonnie & Clyde house demolished 

The hideout of America's favorite gun-toting couple has been leveled on orders from city councilors.


Via Sploid.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:49 AM

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Weird California 

book review.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:43 PM

Argentine Experts Study Juarez Murder Remains 

As many as 400 women in Ciudad Juarez--just across the border from El Paso, Texas--have been slain since 1993, and their deaths are considered unsolved murder cases. More than 100 have been found dumped in the desert with signs of sexual torture.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:40 PM

Giant deep-sea volcano with "moat of death" found 

Beneath the waves of the South Pacific lies a volcanic realm nearly as strange as that featured in TV's hit drama Lost.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:37 PM

Amazing find of the Nile's source 

An adventurous group of explorers recently completed an 80-day voyage along the world's longest river to what is now said to be the true source of the Nile.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:18 PM

Barfield hiking trails contain mysterious walls 

Is there any seasoned native out there who could further enlighten us on their origin and function? It is funny that the walls' purpose has faded into history in less than 300 years. Makes you wonder how accurate our history texts really are.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:18 AM

The Air Ship of 1896 

On November 17th 1896 the Sacramento Evening Bee reported that a man named Leon was building a "flying machine" in Hoboken N.J., and he had told his friends he would cross the continent in two days.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:17 AM

Exhuming the Boston Strangler story 

Sebastian Junger takes on Albert DeSalvo.

Of course, there are question as to whether DeSalvo was the Stranlger at all.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:12 AM

The People Of Opus Dei 

For most of its history -- few inside and outside Catholicism even knew Opus Dei existed. That changed with release of "The DaVinci Code."

The controversial novel - and soon to be released movie - portrays a member of Opus Dei as a murderous fanatic obsessed with painful acts of penance and fixated on controlling the church.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:04 AM

Ice again falls from California sky 

The skies are raining big chunks of ice, and experts ranging from scientists to federal investigators are scrambling to learn what's going on.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:36 AM

Ancient seaside villa found near Rome 

Workers digging a new sewage system for a coastal resort near Rome found the remains of a second-century villa belonging to two Roman senators.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:33 AM

Official: Arrest in Natalee Holloway case 

Authorities have made an arrest in the case of a young Alabama woman who disappeared while vacationing in Aruba, an Aruban official said Saturday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:32 AM

Friday, April 14, 2006

Singaporean group unsure if they've found right Japanese karate master 

A group of Singaporeans in search of a secret martial arts manuscript is believed to have been united with its owner in northern Japan.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:04 PM

Lop Nur body unlikely lost scientist 

A SCIENTIST on an expedition to identify the human remains found one year ago at the edge of the Lop Nur Desert, said he doubts they are those of Peng Jiamu, a famed Chinese scientist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:01 PM

Mysterious ice chunk falls in Loma Linda 

Oakland isn't the only California city to experience a mysterious chunk of ice hurtling from the sky this week.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:00 PM

Indiana Jones of the Balkans and the mystery of a hidden pyramid 

DRIVE 20 miles northwest of Sarajevo through the mountains of central Bosnia and you enter the broad Visoko valley, dissected by the meandering Bosna River. Beyond the river sits the town of Visoko, watched over by its minarets. And beyond Visoko rises an extraordinary triangular hill, 700ft (213m) high and looking for all the world like an ancient pyramid.

See also: Pyramids In Bosnia - Real Or Imaginary?

And: Excavation of Bosnian hill may reveal first discovery of European pyramid

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:52 PM

Ghost hunters hold class to teach curious 

Welcome to Ghost Hunting 101, a five-week course that covers the nuts and bolts of seeking out spirits.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:15 AM

Forensic scientist digs for details of Kennewick Man 

Kennewick Man is free from his eight-year legal battle, but he's a long way from being free from intrigue over his 9,300-year-old bones.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:11 AM

Treasure myth inspires Cypriots to dig into past 

Residents of a Cypriot village, intrigued for decades by a tale of buried treasure and an underground flight of steps leading nowhere, have decided to get to the bottom of the mystery.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:06 AM

New Exhibit Focuses on Da Vinci Designs 

When Leonardo da Vinci died nearly 500 years ago, his masterpieces - "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper" - were among the dozens of paintings he left behind.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:05 AM

The legend of the tunnels under the city of Cadiz is proved true 

A technical study has shown the existence of underground passages, six kilometres in length and allegedly Roman in origin, which may be open to the public from 2007.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:00 AM

'Judas' text has own riveting tale 

It underwent a 30-year adventure after its discovery.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:59 AM

Peru dispute has long, murky past 

Fate of Incan artifacts found by Hiram Bingham in 1911 may be decided in court.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:57 AM

Is it still a motorcycle if it's silent? 

Hydrogen powers whisper-quiet bike.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:57 AM

Creature's picture irks Board of Ed member 

Flying Spaghetti Monster lives!

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:55 AM

Magician Set to Live in Aquarium 

David Blaine intends to sleep with the fishes — but only for a week, and in full public view.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:38 AM

Meet Mr. Republican: Jack Abramoff 

So this is it, finally. By the time this magazine hits the newsstands, Jack Abramoff -- right-wing megalobbyist and great feckless shitwad of our new American century -- will be but a tick of the geological clock away from The End. There will be no rack, no stoning, no scorpion-filled sand pit, no bucket of fire ants. Just a sanitary plea agreement and a single blow of the gavel, and "Casino Jack" Abramoff will disappear for a few years of weightlifting and Talmudic study.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:35 AM

FBI Reviews 1946 Public Lynching Case 

Nearly 60 years after a white mob lynched two black couples on a summer afternoon and got away with it, the
FBI is taking another look at the case.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:31 AM

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Satan wants you! 

Sploid: The Devil Redeemed!

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:05 PM

Not Quite the Happiest Place On Earth 

Did New Orleans Mayoral candidate Kimberly Williamson Butler use an image of Disneyland's New Orleans Square to promote her campaign? Sure looks like it.

Via boing boing.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:01 PM

The Dodu: Man Beast of Cameroon 

At Cryptomundo.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:06 PM

UFO Ignorance Part II 

By 1952 the Air Force was in “full debunking mode,” and that summer would offer a grandiose example of how far the Air Force would go to explain away the Flying Saucer (UFO) Phenomenon.

Via The Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:05 PM

True colors 

Shawn Stuart is no ordinary Republican. The 24-year-old combat veteran, the only Republican running to represent Butte's House District 76 in the Montana Legislature, also happens to be a state leader for the National Socialist Movement, which dubs itself "America's Nazi Party."

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:01 PM

Unlocking the mystery of Ware Triangle 

A BIZARRE Bermuda Triangle-style hole has opened up in Ware.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:57 PM

Expedition finds mummy, suspicious of missing scientist 26 years ago 

A Chinese expedition has found a mummy on the brink of Lop Nur, where a well-known scientist was mysteriously missing nearly 26 years ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:52 PM

Terror Watch: Is Pentagon Creating a Secret Police Force? 

Intelligence experts warn that a proposal to merge two Pentagon intelligence units could create an ominous new agency.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:47 PM

Men who fooled the world see fake alien autopsy made into a big-screen film 

The bizarre tale of how two men created a hoax alien autopsy in Ridgmont – using a bucket of giblets and a 12-year-old wearing a mask – has hit the big screen.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:44 PM

Save Nazanin Petition 

On January 3, 2006, 18-year-old Nazanin was sentenced to death for murder by court in Iran after she reportedly admitted fatally stabbing one of three men who attempted to rape her and her 16-year-old niece in a park in Karaj (a suburb of Tehran) in March 2005. She was seventeen at the time. Her sentence is subject to review by the Court of Appeal, and if upheld, to confirmation by the Supreme Court.

Please sign and tell your friends.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:53 PM

Mystery Vibrations Detected Inside Earth 

Tremors deep inside the Earth are usually produced by magma flowing beneath volcanoes, but a new study suggests they can also be produced by the shifting and sliding of tectonic plates.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:42 PM

Is Ann Coulter transgendered? 

Conservative commentator and best-selling author Ann Coulter neglected to answer Question #15 on her Palm Beach County, FL voter registration form, PageOneQ has learned. The question asks the registrant to indicate sex by checking 'M' or 'F' on the form. Bloggers and comment posts have speculated about Coulter's gender identity.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:39 PM

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

The 'Princess' concert 

My friend Kirsten got a nice write up for her CD release party tonight.

You can listen to a few songs on her myspace page. She has a lovely voice.

If you're in the KC area check it out.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:29 PM

'Hex' on a plane lands woman in jail 

A 50-year-old woman is accused of getting violent on a Delta Airlines flight from Las Vegas to New York City, slapping a flight attendant in the face, putting a "hex" on the plane, announcing that it would crash and declaring that all the passengers, their children and their grandchildren would die early Tuesday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:04 PM

Scientists crack the marvel of the hard-boiled egg that jumps when it spins at speed 

Perhaps of interest to UFO theorists.

Via The Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:11 PM

Hijinks in the High Desert 

A visit to Joshua Tree and the Integratron.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:06 PM

Making a fast buck from info on Bigfoot 

You want to know about Bigfoot? No problem. How much are you willing to pay?

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:04 PM

Drink driver's Thai-die booze plea 

O'Brien said monks gave him a mysterious substance they claimed would cure him - or kill him if he touched a drink again.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:01 PM

Myths & Mysteries - Two-headed ducks and blood-filled monkey masks 

JOIN us on a weird - yet fascinating - tour of Gordon Rutter's Edinburgh personal "museum". Gordon collects all things, um, weird and yet fascinating.

With pics that include a real Hand of Glory.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:00 PM

ATF Horns In On Age-Old Ninja Vs. Pirate Feud 

Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm agents, on campus Tuesday for Project Safe Neighborhoods training, detained a "suspicious individual" near the Georgia Center, University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said.

Jeremiah Ransom, a sophomore from Macon, was leaving a Wesley Foundation pirate vs. ninja event when he was detained.

Via Sploid.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:50 PM

Death from above 

A monstrous dog-eating owl has escaped its Scottish captors and is now terrorizing suburbs of Edinburgh, the Scotsman reports today.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:47 PM

Tales of the Ouija 

THE OUIJA BOARD continues to be a source of fascination, experimentation and concern among paranormal researchers and the general population.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:31 PM

Decatur man says his bird-repelling method is secret 

The attention that Jim Soules is getting lately is for the birds. The attention, at least, is based on his skill at chasing birds away. And he has been flabbergasted by the notoriety.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:28 PM

150-year-old murder case may be solved 

A TV programme claims to have solved a 150-year-old murder mystery that has become famous in Britain and Ireland.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:25 PM

Sweet Sounds of Stradivarius 

Two Swedish researchers are hoping to unravel the secrets behind the unique sound of a Stradivarius violin, an acoustic mystery that has enthralled music lovers and perplexed scientists for centuries.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:16 PM

Mystery of 121 skulls cleared 

THE 121 human skulls found in northwest China's Gansu Province were robbed from tombs and used for handicrafts, the public security department of the provincial government confirmed yesterday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:15 PM

Bosnian Town Hopes to Cash in on Pyramid 

Pyramid-mania has taken hold of this small Bosnian town as residents seek to cash in on claims by an archaeologist that it may host Europe's only ancient pyramid.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:14 PM

Couple's 6 Babies Never Existed 

Authorities say Sarah Everson, 45, and Kris Everson, 33, never had the sextuplets as claimed. All they had was what appears to be a big lie.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:11 PM

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Grand Illusions 

Very cool. Thanks Sara!

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:09 PM

Need a laugh? 

Just trust me.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:52 PM

THE HOUSE ON RIDGE AVENUE: AMERICA'S ORIGINAL "MOST HAUNTED" HOUSE 

I've heard this story for years and always thought it was too good to be true. Turns out it was. Still a pretty ripping yarn though.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:43 PM

The Phantom 

Inspired by Tales to Astonish, I tried to put the Daily Phantom strip in my links, as well as Mandrake the Magician. For reasons yet to be determined, I could not make it work.

So you'll have settle for this, for now.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:20 PM

Ogopogo: Denizen of the Deep 

I am often asked why I spend as much time as I do in pursuit of Ogopogo, the denizen of Okanagan Lake. The reason is straightforward: Because it is there. I know this animal to be a real entity as I have seen it on more than one occasion.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:38 PM

A Directory of Wonderful Things, Indeed 

Boing Boing always has such great stuff.

Like this 2,000 year old counterfeit coin.

And this guide to painting anything the color of the Golden Gate Bridge.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:26 PM

Sploid: Tomb of Jesus' babies 

A stunning new book by religious-history archeologist Dr. James A. Tabor -- "The Jesus Dynasty: A New Historical Investigation of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity" -- went on sale this week.

Early gossip about the book said Dr. Tabor would theorize that Jesus was not a spiritual savior for gentiles but a radical Jewish royalist.

Jesus only intended to seize the throne from the puppet king installed by the Roman occupation forces.

His family dynasty would continue to rule even after his death.

That's all there, but it follows shocking revelations of 2,000-year-old tombs found in Jerusalem, including one ancient tomb that holds an entire family: Mary, Joseph, a second Mary, Jude the son of Jesus, Matthew and Jesus the son of Joseph.

And then it gets even more painful for the Christian faithful.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:36 PM

The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril 

Now this sounds like a rip-roaring read. Hey Weird Writer! Check it out!

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:59 PM

$cientology Round Up 

I may have posted this before but lately I've been getting a lot of requests from people to "explain $cientology", as if such a thing was possible without getting your thetans all riled up.

Here is an interview with L. Ron Hubbard, Jr., from 1983 that you might find enlightening. There's a lot about Hubbard's occult activities there.

And here is an article that posits a link between the "church" and the CIA, which makes a lot of sense when you consider how powerful Hubbard's intelligence gathering capabilities were (are).

And if you have the time I highly recommend the book A Piece of Blue Sky, which pretty much blows Hubbard's bullshit right back to Xenu.

And I guess while you're at it you should probably read Bare-Faced Messiah, another fine expose of Hubbard machinations and deceits.

Now you know more than Tom Cruise. Much of this is via Operation Clambake, which is very informative, and the Rigorous Intuition Discussion Board, which is a hell of a lot of fun.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:49 PM

Republican Party Perverts 

GOP Pervert Hall of Fame now contains over fifty-five names.

Truly disgusting. Manson Family Values.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:44 AM

Girls Gone Bad: Statistics Distort the Truth 

Girls haven't gotten worse, they're just getting arrested more.

Via Sploid.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:08 AM

Spirits from beyond linger in our world 

I never thought much about the supernatural until I went to Gettysburg with my family and on two occasions stayed in houses that were said to be haunted. Gettysburg is rumored to be the most haunted place on earth, and that fact brings in tourists by the thousands.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:17 AM

UFO Ignorance 

It's not often one sees an article about UFO's in the mainstream print press or on television these days; when one does, it's usually filled with terms like "believers, pseudo-science, fringe, paranormal, cult, hoax," etc. On television the reporting of UFO events is generally done in a light comical manner, complete with the "winks, nods and guffaws included."

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:15 AM

Are we alone? UFOs the topic 

UFOs in Utah.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:13 AM

Unmasking the Mona Lisa 

A French artist and art historian claims to have cracked the real Da Vinci code - the mystery of how Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:02 AM

No one knows why ice fell from sky 

The mystery of the big chunk of ice that landed with a thud in an Oakland park will remain a mystery because apparently no one is investigating where it came from or why it fell from the sky.

See also: Cold case: Why did the iceman cometh? Conflicting theories abound to explain chunks such as the one that landed in an Oakland park

"None of us have been able to come up with a process to determine how it is happening," said David Travis, a climatologist at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. "We're really baffled as to what is going on here."

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:58 AM

Monday, April 10, 2006

Tattoo advice, 5 cents 

My friend Poppet has posted a very helpful list of rules for the un-inked masses. Heed her well, kids.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:22 PM

The Bird That Devours Men 

From the dark recesses of history comes a legend so amazing and terrifying, it's astonishing that more people don't know of its existence.

The legend of the Piasa Bird. Another goodie via Warren Ellis.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:50 PM

Union recognition 

Four-hundred years old this week, the union jack is one of the world's oldest national flags... if you overlook the fact it's only meant to be flown at sea, the proportions are wrong and no one can agree on its name.

Via Warren Ellis. With cool illustrations of other possible designs from 1604.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:42 PM

eBay: Vampire Killing Kit 19th century Transylvania Antique 

The auction is over but the picture is cool.

Via boing boing.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:37 PM

Probing the supernatural 

Ghost hunting and a screaming tree in Wyoming.

Curiously, there also is another supposedly screaming tree in San Diego.

Via The Anomalist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:43 PM

The Jersey Devil and Ivan T. Sanderson 

Were the 1909 sightings a real estate hoax?

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:35 PM

Iraq Antiquities Find Sparks Controversy 

Italian researchers in Iraq claim to have stumbled upon an important cache of ancient clay tablets in one of the world's oldest cities. But others dispute the claim, and Iraqi authorities say the scientists have been acting illegally.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:55 PM

'Kecksburg UFO' to land in new home 

The Kecksburg UFO monument, better known among the locals as "the acorn," will soon get a new home.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:49 PM

Swiss Mystery Park needs saviour to materialise 

Long ago, astronauts from outer space visited earth to lay the foundations for human civilisation, Erich von Daeniken says.

Now, the Swiss writer and businessman hopes for a visitor wealthy enough to save his Mystery Park theme park in Interlaken from financial collapse.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:52 PM

Phone-Jamming Records Point to White House 

Key figures in a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 had regular contact with the White House and Republican Party as the plan was unfolding, phone records introduced in criminal court show.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:43 PM

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Step right up . . . 

And see the world famous Minnesota Iceman!

See also: First Sasquatch Expedition - 72 Years Ago Today! - from 1934.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:21 PM

Lizzie Borden took an axe. . . 

I'm reading Rick Geary's excellent book The Borden Tragedy: A Memoir of the Infamous Double Murder at Fall River, Mass., 1892, part of his extremely cool and highly recommended A Treasury of Victorian Murder series.

And that's how I found The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies. You can download a free issue if you are so inclined.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:24 PM

Historical Book Appeal 

The item is a ledger and dates back to the 1700s. It is written in mainly French and is believed to be covered in what is thought to be human skin.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:48 AM

Writer Accused of Sidetracking Italy Probe 

An Italian journalist researching the serial killings of 16 people between 1968 and 1985 has been arrested and accused of sidetracking the investigation into the mutilation deaths.

Three men were linked to the deaths, including Pietro Pacciani - a farmhand dubbed "the Monster of Florence" by the Italian media.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:40 AM

Library handed 'rare' Dracula books 

A rare collection of Dracula-related books is to be handed over to Dublin City Library, it emerged today.

It includes copies of books on vampires and Transylvanian history likely to have been used by Dublin-born author Bram Stoker for his classic horror novel, foreign translations of Dracula, and first editions of some of Stoker's other books.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:35 AM

Cops save trio who got lost while looking for master 

Three Singaporean men who went into the woods in northern Japan in search of a mysterious karate master have been rescued after being found freezing in an abandoned car, a report said yesterday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:22 AM

Florida neighborhood a hot spot for Santeria 

Mornings bring a certain kind of dread to the neighbors along a quiet Kendall road off Miller Drive - even to those who long ago resigned themselves to the piles of dead roosters and disemboweled goats and the unearthly odors that have become a constant fixture in this suburban enclave.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:13 AM

Crusaders' bodies discovered 

Tantalizingly brief.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:12 AM

Mystery ice falls from sky 

Did it come from outer space?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:05 AM

Fast cars and fast living at heart of Malibu mystery 

"I mean, when we got the first call, it was just a crash," said Sgt. Philip Brooks, a spokesman for the Malibu station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. "No one is injured, no big deal. And then it just got weirder and weirder.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:02 AM

Phil Barber's Historic Newspaper Shop 

Very cool and reasonably priced.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:17 AM

Friday, April 07, 2006

Chinese police probe skulls find 

Police in China are investigating whether the discovery of more than 120 human skulls may be part of a growing trade in macabre handicrafts.

Via Warren Ellis.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:52 PM

Well, I'm big in Nigeria... 

Dirt-cheap, straight-to-video voodoo horror flicks have made Nigeria the world's third-largest film industry.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:28 PM

Fewer UFOs spied in the sky 

Chris Rutkowski, an independent UFO researcher, says in his newly released 2005 report that sightings in Canada dropped dramatically from the year before.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:23 PM

US body: More Bigfoots here 

United States-based Bigfoot research organisation is convinced that the vast mountainous and river/swamp zones in peninsular Malaysia could ideally support a healthy, scattered population of Bigfoots.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:22 PM

Documentary showing on mysterious stone ruins 

Shrouded in myth and controversy for decades, the mysterious stone ruins found in Eastern North America have now become the focus of a new research initiative that is quite different from the efforts of the past.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:16 PM

In Spaghetti We Trust 

The recent debates on the merit of the Intelligent Design theory all wind up asking the same question: If it's not evolution, then who is this "intelligent designer?" Some argue it's God, others decree it'll forever be a mystery. But if you ask Bobby Henderson, the answer is simple. It's the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM).

Hi Sara!

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:13 PM

Not so secret gospels 

Once the dusty preserve of theologians and historians, the success of the Da Vinci code has turned an ancient religious document into a major publishing event.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:07 PM

UMaine official solves case of missing 700-pound bell 

A 50-year-old mystery that's been plaguing an associate dean at the University of Maine has been solved.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:06 PM

Jesus: The coverup 

A review of Baigent's new book over at Salon.

Thanks Elisabeth!

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:57 PM

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Sploid: The Judas Cover-up 

Some 1,700 years after it was hidden from the Imperial Romans who were brutally creating their own government-sanctioned version of Christianity, the Gospel of Judas was finally released to the world today ... or was it?

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:21 PM

New links 

I've added a bunch of new links. Special thanks to Tales to Astonish (a really beautifuly designed site) and Corpus Mmothra for leading me to many of them.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:40 PM

Workers accused of fudging '04 recount 

Is Democracy dead in Ohio?

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:00 PM

McGirk Exclusive: Tracks Like Giant Gorilla's 

Cryptomundo has the latest on Malaysian mystery cryptid, with pics both old and new.

"Myths do not leave footprints."

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:27 PM

UFO witnesses reunite 

One of Australia's biggest UFO mysteries has taken off again, 40 years on.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:43 AM

Devil-board occultist to lead Italy? 

Sploid's got it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:41 AM

Does ivory-bill exist, or not exist? That is the question 

The announcement last April that the bird had been spotted - more than once - in the Big Woods of Arkansas could signal the greatest ornithological discovery of our time.

Or the most disappointing case of mistaken identity.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:38 AM

Have you seen Bigfoot? 

"Some people say Bigfoot doesn't exist and maybe he doesn't, but all of these people have seen something and they can't all be making it up."

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:36 AM

Ancient pyramid discovered 

Archeologists said Wednesday they have discovered a massive sixth-century Indian pyramid beneath the site of a centuries-old re-enactment of the Crucifixion of Christ.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:32 AM

The Dropa Stones 

In 1938, Chinese archaeologists discover strange stone disks in a remote mountain cave, and they may contain an incredible message.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:27 AM

Did Jesus Ask Judas to Betray Him? 

It is a mystery 2,000 years in the making, buried in the desert and fueled by centuries of debate and doubt, theft and deceit.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:25 AM

Fish oil may help protect against retinal degenerative diseases 

The role that the omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil play in protecting cells in the retina from degenerative diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of loss of vision in those older than 65.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:24 AM

Libby Claimed Bush Authorized Plamegate Leak 

A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney told a federal grand jury that President George W. Bush authorized him to leak information from a classified intelligence report to a New York Times reporter.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:22 AM

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Two in Homeland Security now charged with child sex crimes 

Another one.

And they're not even counting the guy busted on TV by NBC's Dateline and Perverted Justice, an Internet watchdog group.

That's three.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:36 PM

Witching for water in the Valley 

Dowsing, the ancient art of finding underground water, lies in the twilight zone of legitimacy - it isn't hard science, but neither is it dismissed as alchemic quackery.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:34 PM

The Ouija Debate 

Portal to evil or harmless game?

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:40 AM

A History of Monowheels 

Extremely cool, with amazing illustrations.

Found via Make Zine. Great stuff over there today, such as this cool flying Christopher Walken illusion and this grow your own armchair project.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:29 AM

Professor Predicts Human Time Travel This Century 

With a brilliant idea and equations based on Einstein’s relativity theories, Ronald Mallett from the University of Connecticut has devised an experiment to observe a time traveling neutron in a circulating light beam. While his team still needs funding for the project, Mallett calculates that the possibility of time travel using this method could be verified within a decade.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:07 AM

DHS wonk in teen cyber-sex romance 

Your tax dollars at work.

See also STOP REPUBLICAN PEDOPHILIA and check in over at Cannonfire for his comments.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:04 AM

Ouch! 

Report says prehistoric man was inventor of dental drill.

With cringe inducing pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:58 AM

Unusual Ancient Egyptian Pillow Analyzed 

With pillow pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:53 AM

UFOs and Nuclear Weapons Tests 

A former French military air traffic controller claims in a recently published journal article that UFO sightings can be correlated with nuclear weapons testing.

See also: A strange correlation between UFO sightings and avoidance of communication channels by Government Communication Agencies

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:52 AM

Grape Growing and Sasquatch Hunting in the Willamette Valley 

In the Pacific Northwest the sasquatch is more than myth, it's a living part of the culture and a part of that unknown that makes wilderness exciting.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:50 AM

Sinn Fein Official-Turned Spy Shot Dead 

A former Sinn Fein official recently exposed as a British spy was found fatally shot Tuesday after apparently being tortured, police said - a slaying certain to send shock waves through Northern Ireland's peace process.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:48 AM

Mysterious Booms Rattle San Diego 

Could be Ron Burgundy's cannonball.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:44 AM

Safe left open sheds light on slayings in Mexico 

In the blood-spattered Mexican hotel suite where vacationing Ontario tourists Domenico and Annunziata Ianiero were savagely killed in February, the safe in the room was unlocked, its door ajar, crime-scene photographs show.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:39 AM

China police confirm 121 skulls were human 

Police have confirmed that 121 skulls with mysterious saw marks that were found in a ravine in north-west China belonged to humans, state press reported on Wednesday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:33 AM

The Clash gets man pulled from plane 

A Englishman was pulled from a plane last week after a cabbie reported him to authorities for singing along to the Clash.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:31 AM

Scientists look to plants for energy 

After years of decoding the DNA of humans and lab animals, scientists are delving back into plants and microorganisms where DNA sequencing started to plagiarize nature's secrets for making energy and getting rid of pollutants.

Press release.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:29 AM

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Rigorous Intuition: Money doesn't talk 

It screams. Go read.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:32 PM

Jesus Could Have Walked on Ice, Scientist Says 

Rare conditions could have conspired to create hard-to-see ice on the Sea of Galilee that a person could have walked on back when Jesus is said to have walked on water, a scientist said today.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:22 PM

Sex tourism thriving in Bible Belt 

More Red State values.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:45 AM

Banned from laughing in woods 

A German has been ordered to stop laughing out loud in the woods after joggers complained he was disturbing the peace.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:35 AM

Ohio Official Invested in Vote Machine Co. 

The state's top elections official said Monday he accidentally invested in a company that makes voting machines.

And then I accidentally rigged the election!

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:33 AM

Mexican writer's book on pedophiles exposes abuses, and puts her in peril 

Cacho, the 42-year-old author of a book published last year about a network of pedophiles, has become as much a part of the story as the children she set out to save.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:11 AM

Five paranormal sightings reported in area 

If your area is Pennsylvania.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:04 AM

Bizarre baby born in Dolakha 

With rather disturbing pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:01 AM

Satanic link probed after Italian family slain 

Police are investigating whether the killing of four members of a family from southern Italy was carried out by a relative who believed he had done a deal with the devil.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:59 AM

Rudolf Steiner: Dweller on the Threshold 

The most enigmatic figure to emerge from the 'occult revival' of the early 20th century was also the most successful: the Austrian 'spiritual scientist' Rudolf Steiner.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:17 AM

Monsters take over university exhibit 

UC Berkeley-College of the Arts project is dedicated to the weird and the wondrous.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:14 AM

Bringing Back the Brontosaurus 

Digging for fossils is for dinosaurs. Today's animal trackers are using genomics to reconstruct - and one day resurrect - the original hot-blooded beast.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:11 AM

Dog decapitations shock US 

Nine dead dogs - four of them decapitated - have been discovered by shocked residents in the semi-rural community of Superior Township, near Detroit.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:05 AM

Heritage Presents a Daring Mystery! 

Sweeeeeeeet. Anybody want to loan me $70,000?

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:04 AM

Monday, April 03, 2006

Italians find ancient Ur tablets 

Italian archeologists working in Iraq have found a trove of ancient stone tablets from the fabled civilisation of Ur.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:27 PM

Yahoo! Search Results 

People find me in the most interesting ways.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:30 AM

George W. Bush, Barbara Bush, and Aleister Crowley 

Posted on April Fool's Day, but the resemblance is uncanny.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:25 AM

The Ghost in the Baghdad Museum 

FOR the director of a shuttered museum in a country at war, the imaginary can be a welcome refuge. Condemned to contemplate his own and his country's fate in great halls emptied of visitors, Donny George paces past showcases of ancient vessels and jars and clay tablets, and he dreams.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:14 AM

Fatwa against statues triggers uproar in Egypt 

Grand mufti declares exhibition of statues in homes 'un-Islamic', art-lovers say fatwa will return Muslims to dark ages.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:10 AM

Restoration of Egyptian Sphinx begins 

Scientists in Egypt on Monday started the restoration of the Great Sphinx of Giza.

The Supreme Council of Antiquities is carrying out the work, with scientists hoping to rectify previous mistakes in the restoration of the monument.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:07 AM

It Lurks in the Depths of Pitt Lake 

We have a myriad of cryptids in British Columbia, but there is one that just does not get the coverage it deserves. I'm talking about the giant black salamanders of B.C.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:05 AM

Drawn to Gypsies 

Very interesting. Book review.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:53 AM

Excess sand a problem for San Bernard River 

Buried inthe article:

For more than a century, the Handbook of Texas reported, people have heard a mysterious violinlike music along the river.

One afternoon as she watched a scenic sunset, Jan Edwards heard the song of the river. "It sounded like something from a synthesizer. It was very beautiful and very soothing," she said.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:51 AM

Canuck tipster contacts Mexico 

Cops urged to check out 3 visitors.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:50 AM

The 'Snow Chi Minh Trail' 

The legends and lore of Interstate 80.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:46 AM

WITCH: I DON'T WANNA LOCH DJ 

A WITCH has threatened to put a curse on Fatboy Slim's Loch Ness concert.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:44 AM

Tracking a tall tale 

They're as old as time, perhaps inhabitants of this planet longer than us. Some native North American tribes refer to them as naxnox, or supernatural beings, and have encountered them for centuries. Fishermen, loggers, hikers and day trippers claim to have seen them on occasion.

We're talking about Sasquatch, Bigfoot or Wildman -- it doesn't matter what you call them, it appears they're here, living among us.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:43 AM

Looking for local hauntings in Bradford County 

"We do not claim to be experts in the field of the paranormal, as no experts exist when it comes to the supernatural, no matter what anyone may claim or who may claim to be one. We are instead working to present an image of competent researchers who are collecting the most authentic evidence possible of any paranormal activity," Cartwright said.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:41 AM