Thursday, July 31, 2008
'Montauk Monster' madness!
What is it exactly about dead unidentifiable creatures that makes us all go a little batty?'Montauk Monster' witnesses emergeThe Montauk Monster and the best cryptids of all-time
posted by Prof. Hex at 11:25 PM
Wolverhampton researchers discover world's oldest joke
Academics searching for the oldest examples of recorded witticisms compiled a top 10 featuring randy pharaohs, dead donkeys and the ancient equivalent of three men in a pub - three ox-drivers from Adab.
posted by Prof. Hex at 11:20 PM
City Might Recognize UFO Sighting Spot As Historical Site
The location of the alleged 1964 Socorro UFO sighting may be recognized by the city as a historical site, if Socorro’s Tourism Director Deborah Dean has anything to say about it.
posted by Prof. Hex at 11:15 PM
Can Fluffy predict a quake?
From Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird.
posted by Prof. Hex at 11:15 PM
Mom blames housemate, fear of satanic cult for son's death
Marsh testified she told friends she feared Brandon would be killed by the satanic group.
"I was told Brandon was worth $3.4 million dead," Marsh said. "The groups wanted to kill him."
"Groups?" Sonenberg asked.
"(For a) sacrifice," Marsh said.
"Did you believe that?"
"Yes," she said.
posted by Prof. Hex at 11:03 PM
The "Satanic Ten Commandments"
A Christian organization is pressuring the community of Elberton, Ga., to tear down a massive, granite monument that lists an alternative set of Ten Commandments that the organization labels satanic.
posted by Prof. Hex at 10:57 PM
“Lusitania” mysteries – is Bemis in search of treasure trove?
The amazing Mr. F. Greg Bemis Jnr. is back in Kinsale. Once more he’s exploring the wreck of the Lusitania, which was torpedoed by a German submarine in 1915, an event America later used to justify its entry into the First World War. It was fishermen from Kinsale, Cobh and Courtmacsherry who rescued survivors and carried out the grisly task of fishing the dead from the sea.
posted by Prof. Hex at 10:54 PM
The Father of All Fangs—Snake Weapons Came From One Ancestor
By examining the genetics of snake embryos, researchers have solved a long-standing evolutionary mystery regarding the evolution of fangs on venomous snakes.
posted by Prof. Hex at 10:53 PM
Alzheimer's Patients May Respond to Respect
This suggests that a sense of adult identity remains intact in people with dementia, even when an individual isn't able to remember how old she is, where she is, what day it is or which family members are alive and present.
posted by Prof. Hex at 10:51 PM
Book details discovery of Rosetta Stone after Napoleon's invasion of Egypt
Review of Discovery at Rosetta by Jonathan Downs.
posted by Prof. Hex at 10:48 PM
Lawsuit goes after Tom Cruise, church
Tom Cruise is named in a $250 million federal lawsuit that is using the RICO statute against the Church of Scientology. Ex-Scientologist Peter Letterese, a longtime critic of the church, filed suit in Southern District Court in Florida on July 15 alleging, among other things, that members of the church harassed him after he left.
posted by Prof. Hex at 6:02 PM
To Provoke War, Cheney Considered Proposal To Dress Up Navy Seals As Iranians And Shoot At Them
Speaking at the Campus Progress journalism conference earlier this month, Seymour Hersh — a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist for The New Yorker — revealed that Bush administration officials held a meeting recently in the Vice President’s office to discuss ways to provoke a war with Iran.
posted by Prof. Hex at 5:24 PM
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Anniversary Of Jimmy Hoffa's Disappearance: Former Mob Driver Tells CityNews.ca Where He's Buried
It was thirty three years ago to the day that American labour leader and president of the Teamsters Union, Jimmy Hoffa disappeared.
posted by Prof. Hex at 8:51 PM
Ghost Caller Spooks Honiara Residents
Ghosts in the machine?
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:52 PM
Paranormal occurrences? Local group investigates
They came armed with specialized equipment such as electromagnetic field meters – small, box-like instruments that pick up electromagnetic activity, as well as notebooks and hand-held video cameras.
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:51 PM
After 39 years, an unsolved murder at Penn State fascinates
On the chilly Friday after Thanksgiving, 1969, a murder took place in Penn State's largest library that has baffled investigators and fascinated amateur sleuths ever since.
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:49 PM
The Bermuda Triangle Truths and Misconceptions
The area of the Atlantic Ocean labeled "The Bermuda Triangle" consists of a vast stretch of water roughly contained within the boundaries of a line from Miami, Florida to the island of Bermuda, south to Puerto Rico and back to the east coast of Florida. Within the last five hundred years there have developed many legends and much speculation that something highly mysterious occurs in this area of the Atlantic.
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:42 PM
Dallas Psychiatrist's Paranormal Abilities to Be Tested by Noted Debunker James Randi
During a summer of superhero blockbusters, Dallas psychiatrist Colin A. Ross, M.D. ( www.rossinst.com), is perfecting a superpower of his own. Dr. Ross' application to the $1 Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge has been received by the James Randi Educational Foundation ( www.randi.org). Dr. Ross can make a tone sound out of a speaker using nothing but an energy beam he sends out through his eyes.
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:40 PM
What UFOs Are
Op-Ed.UFO hacker extradicted to US
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:37 PM
The two strands of hair that may prove the Abominable Snowman roamed the earth
Tests on two mystery strands of hair found in the mountains of north-east India could prove that the infamous Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, may have once existed.
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:34 PM
Bigfoots and yetis and Champ, oh my!
Cryptozoology: New England’s animal underground.
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:28 PM
A Fake Ancient Disc?
The hundred-year-old mystery of a famous ancient artifact, according to one art history scholar, might be summed up with a single word: hubris.
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:26 PM
Mystery woman found under van Gogh painting
A previously unknown portrait of a woman by Vincent van Gogh has been revealed in a high-tech look beneath another of his paintings, it was announced today.
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:13 PM
Eel drink as an energy booster, plus other strange news
A canned drink called “Unagi Nobori,” or “Surging Eel,” made by Japan Tobacco Inc., hit the nation’s stores this month just ahead of Japan’s annual eel-eating season, company spokesman Kazunori Hayashi said Monday.
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:12 PM
ABC News: Cops: Rockefeller Kidnap Suspect a 'Ghost'
No valid Social Security number. No wedding certificate. No work or school history.
Clark Rockefeller may have hobnobbed in high society with a name that fit the part, but authorities investigating the alleged abduction of his 7-year-old daughter have been unable to build an accurate profile of the kidnapping suspect.
posted by Prof. Hex at 6:58 PM
Astronomical calculator kept track of ancient Olympics, study finds
It's a floor wax! It's a dessert topping! The Antikythera mechanism has a lot of uses. With great pic of modern re-creation.
posted by Prof. Hex at 6:49 PM
Investigating the Montauk Monster: The Story Deepens!
A stout, hairless creature with a beak, claws, and the almond-shaped eyes familiar from renderings of space aliens, it looked, in short, like a monster.The Montauk Monster: Publicity Stunt, Alien or Experiment Gone Wrong?Montauk Monster: Property of the USDA?
Montauk Monster: Raccoon?
posted by Prof. Hex at 6:42 PM
Russians Failed To Set World Record Dive
Russian explorers dived to the bed of Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake, on Tuesday in a display of Moscow's revived aspirations to establish new records in science.
posted by Prof. Hex at 12:37 AM
Buried loot a mystery for U.S. Treasury Department
The businessman arrived at the Treasury Department carrying a suitcase stuffed with about $5.2 million. The bills were decomposing, nearly unrecognizable, and he asked to swap them for a cashier's check. He said the money came from Mexico.
posted by Prof. Hex at 12:34 AM
Secret lovers. Hidden bank accounts. And still no sign of a plane wreck. Did Richard Branson's balloon buddy fake his death?
When adventurer Steve Fossett seemingly disappeared off the face of the Earth last September, his many admirers couldn’t quite believe he had perished on something as mundane as a joyride in a light aircraft above the Nevada desert in the U.S.
posted by Prof. Hex at 12:19 AM
Crop Circle Mystery
With video.
posted by Prof. Hex at 12:16 AM
Bigfoot in the Spotlight
Sasquatch is back in the news. The big fellow’s been avoiding the spotlight for a while, but this week I’ve seen a few stories suggesting he is once again leaving the mountains in search of sunny roadside destinations.Bigfoot in OntarioGray wolf killed on road, Sasquatch allegedly seen near Alberton
posted by Prof. Hex at 12:07 AM
Cryptid Washes Ashore At Montauk
Cryptomundo has the pic of a very weird looking critter.
posted by Prof. Hex at 12:02 AM
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Mayer: Top DOJ Lawyers Spoke ‘In Codes’ For Fear Of Being Wiretapped By White House ‘Lunatics’
MAYER: There was such an atmosphere of intimidation. … They felt so endangered in some ways that, at one point, two of the top lawyers from the Justice Department developed this system of talking in codes to each other because they thought they might be being wiretapped…by their own government. They felt like they might be kind of weirdly in physical danger. They were actually scared to stand up to Vice President Cheney.
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:43 PM
Adventurer Steve Fossett 'may have faked his own death'
Fossett's disappearance sparked the biggest search in American history, with the Civil Air Patrol's Black Hawks, fitted with infra-red technology, joined by over 30 private planes and internet experts scanning the Nevada desert looking for clues.Via Fark.
posted by Prof. Hex at 6:25 PM
'Books - A Memoir,' by Larry McMurtry
Review at NYTimes.com.
posted by Prof. Hex at 5:23 PM
Long Gone
County’s vanished towns still appear on maps.
posted by Prof. Hex at 5:16 PM
Believe it or not, she has survived seventy snake-bites!
56-year-old Satya Devi of Solan district has been bitten by snakes of different kinds at least 70 times in the last three decades and still manages to get about her daily chores!
posted by Prof. Hex at 5:14 PM
Histatin: Why 'Licking Your Wounds' Actually Works
A report by scientists from The Netherlands published in The FASEB Journal identifies a compound in human saliva that greatly speeds wound healing. This research may offer hope to people suffering from chronic wounds related to diabetes and other disorders, as well as traumatic injuries and burns.Thanks Scott!
posted by Prof. Hex at 2:07 PM
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Apollo Astronaut Speaks on UFO, Alien Claims
Edgar Mitchell expands on his previous statements.
posted by Prof. Hex at 7:09 PM
Paranormal believer Erik Beckjord dies at 69
Erik Beckjord, a paranormal investigator who tried to share his theories at his UFO, Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster Museum in North Beach, has died at age 69.
posted by Prof. Hex at 4:43 PM
Bigfoot in Clayton County -- who would have thunk it
Right next door in Clayton County two men, one of whom is a Clayton County police officer, claim to have a “well-preserved” Bigfoot body. They even have a website that promises they will unveil the body on September 1.Sasquatch sighting has Grassy Narrows in a buzz (with footprint pic)
posted by Prof. Hex at 4:38 PM
Spirits of their age
Why was labouring West Yorkshire such fertile ground for Spiritualism to first take root? Antonio Melechi explores the shadowy world of the Victorian séance.
posted by Prof. Hex at 4:35 PM
Find could end 350-year science dispute
Who first taught a boy born deaf to speak?
The chance discovery of an antique notebook could have solved the 350-year-old British scientific mystery.
posted by Prof. Hex at 4:23 PM
Provo novelist revisits manuscript after amnesia
When Provo novelist G.G. Vandagriff dusted off one of her old manuscripts in 2006, the story she found was as much a mystery to her as the audience for whom it was written.
"I had to read it in order to find out who the bad guy was," she said. "I didn't remember anything. I certainly didn't remember writing it."
posted by Prof. Hex at 4:20 PM
Mystery over poison pen letters
Police are investigating after "very bizarre" poison pen letters warned people in Stockton-on-Tees about a "bad clairvoyant" - who is probably fictitious.
posted by Prof. Hex at 4:16 PM
Ghost Towning: It's One Way to Explore the Old West
The howling wind across a remote landscape, a creaky metal gate or a run-in with a rattlesnake or gun-toting local are the things that attract ghost towners. They are history buffs who take their outdoor adventures with a dash of mystery.
posted by Prof. Hex at 4:14 PM
Explorer Won't Budge on Shipwreck Mystery
A three-way court battle is brewing among an explorer who says he's found a 329-year-old shipwreck, the state of Michigan and the U.S. government. Just as precarious as the weather that supposedly sank the Griffon in 1679, the legal battle seems to portend a perfect storm.
posted by Prof. Hex at 4:07 PM
Friday, July 25, 2008
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT - LOST CLASSIC FOUND!
Has the most famous lost film of all time been found? Via this page at Ain't It Cool.
posted by Prof. Hex at 1:07 PM
Thursday, July 24, 2008
One Step Beyond: Shrooms and ESP
One Step Beyond, billed as "your guide to the supernatural," was a docudrama TV program airing from 1959-1961.
posted by Prof. Hex at 10:40 PM
Heritage Hill killer eluded police in pre-DNA era
By the time of Catherine Fingleton's 1980 killing, investigators were desperate to solve a string of slayings that dated a decade.
posted by Prof. Hex at 2:44 PM
Wonder on the Web
The Heavy Stuff has composed a list of sites to find wonder on the Web and was kind enough to mention the Professor. It is much appreciated.
posted by Prof. Hex at 2:36 PM
Aliens exist, but NASA covers them up says astronaut
Dr Edgar Mitchell, said he was aware of several UFO visits during his career, but each one had been covered up.From the Article: "I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is real.
"It's been well covered up by all our governments for the last 60 years or so, but slowly it's leaked out and some of us have been privileged to have been briefed on some of it."
posted by Prof. Hex at 2:32 PM
Mona Lisa mown into suburban garden lawn
With pic.
posted by Prof. Hex at 2:24 PM
Yeti Hairs Examined
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