Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Michael Jackson, Werefolk, and Bigfoot 

Cryptomundo takes a thrilling look back. See also the moonwalking bird of Central America.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:05 PM

Migaloo has returned 

Migaloo is a rare white male humpback whale first spotted in 1991. Experts believe he is now about 21 to 23 years old.

With pics.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:03 PM

Land O'Lakes nurse investigates Bigfoot sightings 

Midnight, March 5. A young man drives toward U.S. 19 on Gulf Trace Boulevard in Holiday. He turns on his high beams where the road curves along some woods, just past the recreation center. His lights catch a pair of yellowish eyes, then a broad-shouldered figure, 8 or 9 feet tall, covered in brown hair.

See also: Monterey's Bart Cutino sets sights on Bigfoot

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:55 AM

Zodiac buffs to gather again at Blue Rock Springs 

"New suspects keep popping up every day," Voight said of the serial killer who haunted the Bay Area in the late 1960s and was the subject of a 2007 movie. "Everyone seems to have a father, step-father, brother or uncle who was the Zodiac."

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:48 AM

2012 - The World’s Last Leg 

Awesome or Off-Putting stares into the abyss.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:48 AM

Monday, June 29, 2009

Of winged beasts and lizard men 

At Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:46 PM

Two new Obama mysteries! 

The latest Obama conspiracy? The White House faked its vegetable garden.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:56 PM

Models of Earliest (Camel-Pulled) Vehicles Found 

Some of the world's first farmers may have sped around in two-wheeled carts pulled by camels and bulls, suggests a new analysis on tiny models of these carts that date to 6,000-5,000 years ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:55 PM

How many more innocent people were wrongly jailed because of 'wonder dog'? 

A wonder dog helped convict all three men: a German shepherd named Harass II, who wowed juries with his amazing ability to place suspects at the scenes of crimes.

Thanks, Scott!

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:47 PM

Sunday, June 28, 2009

It Has Begun 

Michael Jackson "seen moving" inside the helicopter transporting his body.



How long until MJ is spotted with Bigfoot?

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:24 PM

Friday, June 26, 2009

Chupacabra – not! Mangy coyote more like it 

With pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:33 PM

"I Swear it was a Black Panther..." 

"Are there black panthers in West Virginia,” a close friend, with limited outdoors knowledge, once asked me. "There have to be, because I saw one the other night in my backyard."

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:30 PM

Friday's Flying Saucers 

Military jets spotted searching for sphere UFO over Kansas City, Kansas

UFO photographed over Edgware (With pic)

A UFO enthusiast spotted a cigar shaped object hovering over Frodsham

UFO video reports from four states

TEN THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT... FLYING SAUCERS

UFO footage from Singapore on May 17th (With video)

The 6 Most Famous UFO Sightings in History

Night-time invasion or Chinese lanterns?

Man Builds Flying Saucer in His Yard

UFO's of the 19th Century

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:27 PM

The Cloud That Proved The 1908 Tunguska Explosion Was A Comet 

New evidence, based on strange, glowing clouds in the upper atmosphere, proves that Tunguska wasn't caused by aliens after all.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:25 PM

'Ark of the Covenant' about to be unveiled? 

Ethiopian church leader says Friday, June 26, marks the right time to unveil the Biblical Ark of the Covenant, which he says has been hidden in his church for centuries. Abuna Pauolos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, was in Rome this week to meet with Pope Benedict XVI. While there, he told reporters that the time had come to reveal before the world the Holy Ark. He said that the holy container has been in the custody of his church for hundreds of years.

With videos.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:13 PM

Sarah Winchester built a mystery 

Uncertainties surround both the rambling, uneven Victorian mansion that grew to 160 rooms, many unfinished, and the lady of the house herself.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:57 AM

Mexico vows to keep looking for 'lost' island 

Mexico vowed to keep looking for a mysterious island that could extend its offshore oil claims after university researchers said they couldn’t find it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:54 AM

India turns to 'cloud seeding' to make rain 

India is developing new techniques to create rain artificially amid growing fears over the late arrival of the monsoon season.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:49 AM

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Tut mystery revealed — almost 

It’s a 3,000-year-old mystery that has eluded Egyptologists since the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, and now San Franciscans may be the first to know what really killed the Boy King.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:06 AM

Race to save rare cave carvings 

Experts have been trying to find out why ancient carvings in a mysterious chalk cave in Royston town centre are slowly disappearing.

The cave may have a possible Templar link. With video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:03 AM

Stoned wallabies make Australian crop circles 

The mystery of crop circles in poppy fields in Australia's southern island state of Tasmania has been solved -- stoned wallabies are eating the poppy heads and hopping around in circles.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:54 AM

Satanists deny beheading deer near Northwich 

“The killing of animals may only occur when it is absolutely necessary for personal survival, in self defence or for food. But never, under any circumstances, are they ritually abused and killed.”

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:53 AM

Actor tackles 'the great beast' 

Writer and actor John Burns will perform Beast: Aleister Crowley, a Passion for Evil at two Highland venues on Saturday and next month.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:51 AM

Does Enceladus, Saturn’s Geyser-Spouting Moon, Have Liquid Oceans? 

Saturn’s moon Enceladus got humanity’s attention in 2005 when surprised astronomers detected jets of ice and gas spraying out from the moon’s icy surface, and since then researchers have eagerly investigated the possibility that the jets might emanate from liquid oceans beneath the frozen crust.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:50 AM

A rare taste of goldfields life in 1855 miner's diary 

A rare 1855 diary written by a miner on the Ballarat goldfields will go on display at the Gold Museum later this month.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:48 AM

Space shuttle science shows how 1908 Tunguska explosion was caused by a comet 

The mysterious 1908 Tunguska explosion that leveled 830 square miles of Siberian forest was almost certainly caused by a comet entering the Earth's atmosphere, says new Cornell University research.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:46 AM

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

New Maine Mountain Lion Incidents 

Cryptomundo's got 'em.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:47 PM

The Man From Atlantis 

An introduction to the life and work of John Michell, and essential bibliography.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:07 PM

Flutes Offer Clues to Stone-Age Music 

At least 35,000 years ago, in the depths of the last ice age, the sound of music filled a cave in what is now southwestern Germany, the same place and time early Homo sapiens were also carving the oldest known examples of figurative art in the world.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:42 PM

10,500-Year-Old Well With Female Skeleton Unearthed In Cyprus 

Cyprus’ top antiquities official reported Wednesday that archaeologists had discovered a 16-foot water well more than 10,500 years old, which contained a skeleton of a young woman at the bottom.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:35 PM

Bigfoot: a search in Utah 

John R. Salmond plans to head to a remote corner of northeastern Utah this weekend in search of a legend.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:33 PM

Nazi UFOs? 

The credulity of ufologists.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:29 PM

Manna 

What was the manna of the Bible?

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:26 PM

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Love Sex Fear Death: The Inside Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment 

The Process Church of the Final Judgment was the apocalyptic shadow side of the flower-powered ’60s and perhaps the most notorious cult of modern times.

New release from Feral House.

Wiki.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:47 PM

Fishy and froggy falls continue in Japan 

We saw a fall of tadpoles in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan a few days ago and they have kept falling, grown up rapidly into frogs and then got their silly selves mixed up with carp.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:09 PM

More On Merbeings 

Cryptomundo has some interesting follow-up to this original post..

See also: Pugwis: Merbeing?

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:59 PM

Do runic-like symbols carved in this mystery rock point to lost Spanish gold? 

Just across Red River from Spanish Fort, Texas, a large, solid slab of sandstone at the edge of an almost perpetually dry, sandy creek bed, is pocked with strange carvings resembling runic symbols. Downstream, a bleached horse skeleton lies half buried in the sand.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:33 AM

The Batsquatch 

he Batsquatch - part bat, part Sasquatch. It’s like a marriage made in cryptozoological heaven. It exists though - allegedly. It’s been sighted around Mt. St. Helens in the US, and according to witness report - its exactly what is sound like.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:12 AM

Summer of '69 prime time for paranormal 

During the summer of 1969, folks living near Lake Worth, located near Fort Worth, Texas, were talking about a strange creature that supposedly lurked around the lake's woods.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:23 AM

Masonic Mormon Martyrs? 

There is something strange going on with a seemingly isolated story quietly occurring in Utah-Colorado. It has come to involve suicides, Indian artifacts, and perhaps, most covertly and confusingly, Mormons.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:17 AM

Monday, June 22, 2009

Plant Communication: Sagebrush Engage In Self-recognition And Warn Of Danger 

Plants engage in self-recognition and can communicate danger to their “clones” or genetically identical cuttings planted nearby, says professor Richard Karban of the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, in groundbreaking research published in the current edition of Ecology Letters.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:00 PM

River monster tales 

Bigfoot in Oklahoma.

See also: So, whatever happened to Bigfoot?

Bigfoot revisited

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:07 PM

Viking New England 

Did the Vikings make it to New England?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:59 AM

Mystery is written in rocks of Bellows Falls 

"The figures have the appearance of great antiquity," McClure wrote, noting that the British colonists who settled the area a half-century earlier had observed them. The faces were life-sized images, consisting of a simple oval with markings for eyes, nose, mouth and perhaps ears, McClure wrote. Some had lines sticking out of their heads that observers would take to be feathers, horns or rays.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:41 AM

Here's how to solve Oak Island mystery 

For only $15 million, you could uncover the mystery of Oak Island.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:32 AM

Unsolved Mystery Behind Recurrent Lightning Strikes at Uliabail 

The people’s anxiety is not without basis for, every year in the past decade, lightning strikes have been frequent at a specific plot of land that lies beside a paddy field in Patrame village about 25 kilometers away from Uppinangady.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:25 AM

Underground Cave Dating From The Year 1 A.D. Exposed In Jordan Valley 

An artificial underground cave, the largest in Israel, has been exposed in the Jordan Valley in the course of a survey carried out by the University of Haifa's Department of Archaeology. Prof. Adam Zertal, who headed the excavating team, reckons that this cave was originally a large quarry during the Roman and Byzantine era and was a "one of a kind." Various engravings were uncovered in the cave, including cross markings, and it is assumed that this could have been an early monastery.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:18 AM

US seeks to stop Geronimo lawsuit 

US officials are seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against the government by descendants of Apache leader Geronimo to recover his remains.

See also: Where are the bones of Geronimo?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:11 AM

Officials look for answers in Rapid Creek mystery deaths 

A decade after eight homeless men turned up dead along Rapid Creek, it's still unclear what happened to them, and authorities don't agree on whether the deaths were accidents or homicides.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:05 AM

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Amanda Knox Trial Update 

Coroner Adds to Questions in Italy Murder Case

Meredith Kercher knife 'not a match' to murder weapon

Knox's mother testifies in Kercher case

Dispute over Kercher murder knife

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:16 PM

Scientology: The truth rundown 

High-ranking defectors provide an unprecedented inside look at the Church of Scientology and its mercurial leader, David Miscavige.

Huge piece from the St. Petersburg Times.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:07 PM

Cyberwar guide for Iran elections 

Yishay sez, "The road to hell is paved with the best intentions (including mine). Learn how to actually help the protesters and not the gov't in Iran."

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:01 PM

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Protests in Iran 

I'm following the protests in Iran here and here.



More amazing photos here.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:25 PM

"Top 10 Space Conspiracy Theories" 

If the venerable television series "Star Trek" has taught us one thing, it's that the holodeck will never wor­k properly and you should never go in there. ­But if it's taught us two things, the second must be that space is the final frontier.

Via Fark Geek.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:22 PM

Friday, June 19, 2009

DNA tests show Michigan man is not 1955 missing toddler 

DNA test results reveal that a Michigan man is not a Long Island, New York, boy who went missing 54 years ago, according to the FBI.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:51 AM

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Strange Inconsistencies in the $134.5 Billion Bearer Bond Mystery 

Strange story.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:29 AM

Family keeps digging for centuries-old truth 

Meriwether Lewis: suicide or murder?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:22 AM

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Huge Pre-Stonehenge Complex Found via "Crop Circles" 

A thousand years older than nearby Stonehenge, the site includes the remains of wooden temples and two massive, 6,000-year-old tombs that are among "Britain's first architecture," according to archaeologist Helen Wickstead, leader of the Damerham Archaeology Project.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:16 PM

Neil Arnold on Kent Beasts 

Nick Redfern interviews Neil Arnold author of Mystery Animals of the British Isles: Kent.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:20 AM

H.P. Lovecraft's "Innsmouth" and real-life Merbeings? 

I myself have long wondered if Lovecraft could have based his sinister human-fishman hybrids in "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" on accounts he might have read of actual South Pacific folklore traditions of part-human part-fish "merbeings" somewhat resembling the "Mermaids" and "Mermen" of European legend?

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:48 AM

The Brain: Stop Paying Attention: Zoning Out Is a Crucial Mental State 

I am going to do my best to hold your attention until the very last word of this column.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:05 AM

Smithsonian unearths Buffalo Soldier's story 

Last month, experts working at the Smithsonian Institution matched the young man's skull with a skeleton exhumed from the fort's cemetery, solving a gruesome mystery of looted graves, purloined artifacts, and life and death on the frontier.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:03 AM

Tarzan, King of the Apes, swings into Paris museum 

Tarzan swings out of the African jungle and into France's showcase museum of indigenous art this month in an exhibition that sets out to illustrate one of modern pop culture's most enduring myths.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:27 AM

Debate continues on ‘turtle rock’ found 

Dirk Morgan, owner of Morgan’s Canoe Livery, found the rock in his back yard and said he clearly saw a pair of eyes and a mouth carved into the sandstone. He said he believed it was a turtle head, possibly carved by the Mound Builders who lived in the region more than 1,000 years ago.

With pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:00 AM

In '49, search for a giant turtle consumed Churubusco 

Sixty years have passed since the traps failed to catch the Beast of 'Busco -- a mammoth alligator snapping turtle large enough to strike fear and elusive enough to drive a man to poverty in a failed quest to find it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:26 AM

How Robin Hood conquered the world 

But while the legend of “Robyn Hood” has its roots in Nottingham and Sherwood Forest – thanks to its earliest incarnation as a four- line 15th century rhyme – versions of the bandit’s own brand of wealth redistribution appear in folk culture all over the world.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:22 AM

Mythical creature stamps: once long ago, in a land not so far away ... 

When the people at Royal Mail asked the author Neil Gaiman if he would be interested in writing some short stories about the mythical creatures of Britain, you suspect that they knew what they were doing.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:13 AM

Ancient Israeli remedy could be anti-cancer vitamin 

"It's known that antioxidants help cancer prevention and treatment. We are focusing on plants not known in the literature. It's not food, but a medicinal plant," says Fares, who declines to say whether or not inspiration came from a book by Rambam - Moses Maimonides, a famous Jewish doctor writing medical treatises in Arabic in the 12th century.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:04 AM

Monday, June 15, 2009

Labete : The Beast of Gévaudan 

I added Labete: The Beast of Gévaudan to the links (under "Beast.") This is the finest site I have seen on the very mysterious Beast and the author has even translated the primary text on the case into English and offered the book for sale. One of the Professor's very favorite stories from the annals of the strange and mysterious.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:19 PM

What did court learn from Knox testimony? 

Amanda Knox's appearance in the witness box was billed as a day of reckoning, a make-or-break moment in the trial over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:13 PM

Florida Teen Nabbed For 19 Cat Murders 

A Florida teen was arrested and charged over the weekend in connection with the murder and mutilation of 19 cats in Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay.

See also: Suspect in cat killings to stay in jail, get evaluation

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:05 PM

Old Woman Dies, Then Mysteriously Awakes 

An old woman from the Polish village Jablonowa was declared dead, however, she awoke a few hours later in a coroner’s bag.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:57 PM

Legendary Lake In Vietnam Being Gently Cleaned For Giant Turtle 

Researchers have started testing "SediTurtles," a device they say will defend a renowned Vietnamese turtle while at the same time clean the lake where it lives.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:44 AM

Discovery of possible cemetery reopens a chapter of Miami's history 

The construction crews were digging up a patch of land near Northwest 71st Street when they unearthed the unexpected: wrist bones, a human skull, skeletons of two small children. Then came crumbled headstones, nails, buttons and metal coffin handles.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:46 AM

John Carter of Mars finally lifts off to big screen 

About time.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:43 AM

Documenting a 111-year-old mystery 

The Kensington Runestone is once again in the limelight.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:41 AM

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Christianity's Raunchiest Relic 

Farley's niche interest--obsession, even--concerns the Holy Foreskin. Debate swirls around this relic, which is considered the only possible scrap of flesh the founder of Christianity could have left for us earthbound worshipers before the resurrection.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:13 PM

Machu Picchu was pilgrimage center, not true city, say researchers 

An Italian study has concluded that Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas, was not a true city, but rather a pilgrimage center symbolically connected to the Andean vision of the cosmos.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:48 AM

Did Henry Hudson’s crew murder him in the Artic? 

The 400-year-old mystery of the disappearance of Hudson, the man credited by Europeans with the discovery of New York, has been discussed in the book ‘Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson-A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic’.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:03 AM

Oceans charge up new theory of magnetism 

Earth's magnetic field, long thought to be generated by molten metals swirling around its core, may instead be produced by ocean currents, according to controversial new research published this week.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:56 AM

The ghost ship of Lake Erie 

Many times since its untimely demise sailors have heard the ghostly moaning whistle of the ship when they are the only vessel for miles around.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:52 AM

'Beast of Busco' 

By all accounts, the Oscar saga started July 27, 1948, when Ora Blue and Charlie Wilson claimed to see a giant turtle while fishing in a Churubusco pond. The men told Gale Harris, their brother-in-law and owner of the property, that they saw a turtle with a body as big as their rowboat and a head as big as a child’s surface near their boat.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:44 AM

Ancient mass grave found on Olympics site 

An ancient burial pit containing 45 severed skulls, that could be a mass war grave dating back to Roman times, has been found under a road being built for the 2012 British Olympics.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:06 AM

Amanda Knox Claims Police Pressure 

An American student on trial here in the murder of her housemate held to her version of events under cross-examination on Saturday, saying that “confusion” and a “crescendo” of police pressure led her to wrongly accuse a man of the crime.

See also: How Strong is the Evidence Against Amanda Knox?

Knox stands up to the examination of her life

At issue in Amanda Knox murder trial: How wild was that party at the UW?

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:20 AM

Blood Feud 

A twisted tale of evil and murder.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:13 AM

Friday, June 12, 2009

Popular Science 

I just got word from Amazon that 1-year subscriptions to Popular Science magazine are on sale for only $5 bucks. Act fast, though - the deal ends tomorrow.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:28 PM

Amanda Knox Has "Nothing To Hide" 

For five months, 21-year-old Amanda Knox has sat silently in an Italian courtroom accused of murder. On Friday, her silence will be broken as she takes the stand to defend herself against the charges.

See also: Amanda Knox due to give evidence in Meredith Kercher murder case

An Innocent Abroad

Meredith Was Star Of Haunting Music Video

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:53 AM

Internet Sacred Text Archive 

I added the Internet Sacred Text Archive to the links. An amazing resource with tons and tons of cool stuff. Consider buying one of their CDs to support their fine work.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:39 AM

Sky 'rains tadpoles' over Japan 

The sky has been raining tadpoles over a coastal region in Japan, according to reports.

Via Daily Grail.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:23 AM

Recycled radioactive metal contaminates consumer products 

"Nobody's going to know -- nobody -- how much has been melted into consumer goods," said Ray Turner, an international expert on radiation with Fort Mitchell, Ky.-based River Metals Recycling. He has helped decontaminate seven metal-recycling facilities that unwittingly melted scrap containing radioactive isotopes.

"It's your worst nightmare," Turner said.

Great, now I need a Geiger counter. Thanks to Scott for the link and the nightmares.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:07 AM

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Crew replacing sewer finds mysterious brick arch 

He thinks it may have been a tunnel dug so that the man who built the house could bring his mistress inside, in secret.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:40 PM

5 more cats found slain in Florida 

Police say the remains of five mutilated cats found in Palmetto Bay, Fla., appear to be part of a rash of mysterious cat deaths in Miami-Dade County.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:27 PM

Military hush-up: Space rocks now classified 

For 15 years, scientists have benefited from data gleaned by U.S. classified satellites of natural fireball events in Earth's atmosphere — but no longer.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:26 PM

Aztec temple promises to yield one of antiquity’s great treasures 

The leaders of a team exploring a site opened up by earthquake damage believe that they have found the first tomb of an Aztec ruler. If they are right the site may yield one of the great treasures of antiquity, the sort of haul that fires the imagination of people far beyond academic circles.

Via Daily Grail.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:22 PM

“Champ Video”: New Photos, New Look 

Cryptomundo's got it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:16 PM

Global interest in macabre land 

The sale of a 1.9-acre plot of land once owned by satanist Aleister Crowley has attracted international interest.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:12 PM

True story of looted pottery may never be known 

But the people who knew Sosa, especially Crystal Lake managers Heather Barfield and Freida Fitch, as well as Anne Reynolds, a field archeologist who had been asked to examine the collection, can't stop wondering if he actually robbed graves.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:11 PM

Archaeologists take inventory of Fla.'s shipwrecks 

The work is part of an ongoing effort to take an inventory of Florida's shipwrecks and artifacts, which number around 300 just off Key Largo alone.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:33 PM

Lion on the loose in North Georgia? 

A North Georgia woman claims she spotted a lion in her neighborhood.

HCSO: No overnight lion sightings


County receives 2 reports of roaming lion in North Hall

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:29 PM

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Carradine: Killed By "Kung Fu" Illuminatus? 

A very interesting post at Loren Coleman's Twilight Language (previously known as The Copycat Effect) featuring kung fu, Aleister Crowley, sex magick, Jack Parsons, Professor Hex pin-up girl Marjorie Cameron, Dennis Hopper, and general Hollywood weirdness.

(Some not safe for work images, and a small though disturbing image from a Thai newspaper. You probably know what I'm talking about.)

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:52 PM

Buried history 

Somewhere below the shifting gypsum sand dunes west of Guadalupe Mountains National Park are the buried remains of a wagon train. It was lost during the time, nearly 150 years ago, when thousands of settlers, soldiers, gold-seekers and others traveled west through this particular area along the Emigrant Trail.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:09 PM

The Evil Little Man 

From the Shadows proves there's no place like gnome.

See also: Land of the Roamin’ Gnomes: Southern “Little People” and Gnomes Abroad

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:32 PM

Mysterious Striped Dolphin found stranded on Kailua Beach 

With pic!

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:23 PM

New Beach Sandals Detect Buried Treasure 

Cool!

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:22 PM

Dissecting and experiencing the sixth sense 

Referred to as the “collective conscious” by Carl Jung, our sixth sense resides in the deep, inner subconscious level of the mind – that realm in which we are all connected in some form.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:15 PM

Cougar Sightings/Escaped Pets? 

Viewers say they were cougars. The Michigan Department of Natural resources rightfully says prove it!

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:11 PM

Los Gatos Bigfoot Expert Releases New Book 

“These aren’t things swinging in trees. These are people living on the ground that have a grounded base. They have communication skills and they have organization skills and are a lot smarter then most people think.”

See also: Southern Fried Bigfoot

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:07 PM

Florida Police Seek Kitty Serial Killer 

For the past month, cat owners in two suburban South Miami-Dade neighborhoods have been finding their beloved cats murdered and mutilated. Many of the feline victims were gutted and skinned, while others were found drained of blood and missing limbs.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:04 PM

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Secret British agent identified after 65 years 

The identity of a mysterious British agent who carried out secret missions against the Nazis has been revealed, 65 years after he was murdered in cold blood by SS troops in Italy.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:35 PM

Mallory, Irvine and Mount Everest mystery 

Somewhere high on the slopes of Everest lies the undiscovered body of a former Shropshire schoolboy whose remains may yield proof that he was the first person to conquer the world’s highest peak.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:09 PM

Mysterious stones fall from sky 

Much to the disbelief of the outsiders, the villagers of Ichchbatipur claim that, for last few days they have been witnessing bizarre and mysterious incidents like dropping of stone pieces and splinters from above and other directions.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:57 PM

Father of 'Reincarnated' WWII Pilot Says Christian Faith Undeterred 

The father of a boy who he believes his son was a World War II fighter pilot in “a past life” says his Christian faith has remained in tact despite his new belief while his wife says the situation has “enhanced my belief system.”



Click on the video to follow it to You Tube for further video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:47 PM

Hawaii archives holds mystery Lincoln document 

How did an innocuous Civil War-era memo bearing Abraham Lincoln's signature end up in the state archives of Hawaii, which was still a kingdom at the time? State researchers are trying to find out.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:36 PM

Hunting Holmes: Guidebook to Sherlock's London takes the detective work out of finding signature sites 

Die-hard fans are indeed a serious bunch, and "The New 'Finding Sherlock's London'" is guilty as charged. It could easily be stocked in a bookstore's travel aisle -- or among reference guides in the mystery area. The 300-some pages list more than 300 spots from one end of London to the other.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:33 PM

Kate Connolly on the hunt for Rosa Luxemburg 

Germany is in the grip of a mystery. Does a body, discovered in the basement of a Berlin hospital, belong to the murdered firebrand communist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg?

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:29 PM

Crop circles season 2009 starts early in the British Isles 

The British Isles is known throughout history for its legends, of its leadership in war and peace, its diversity in the arts and literature, and its active role in the evolution of religion and spirituality. As the world moves towards Global Ascension 2012, the Isles have also been known for its annual collection of crop circles.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:28 PM

Air France crash killed two prominent illegal arms foes 

In a revelation sure to fuel conspiracy theories over the plane’s demise, the report reveals that two key figures in the neverending internecine battle against global arms and drug trafficking perished when the plane abruptly fell out of the sky.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:25 PM

Monday, June 08, 2009

Colour changing frog worshipped as god in India 

The creature was discovered in a flower bed and now draws hundreds of followers to the home where it is kept in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:17 AM

Ghostly Images Leave People Wondering 

A ghost story in Anderson has captured national attention and it's is keeping people in the Upstate talking.

With video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:16 AM

2 More Cats Killed Over Weekend 

Two more cats have been found dead in Miami Dade – bringing the total now to more than two-dozen pets mutilated in recent months.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:11 AM

A fortune stacked in the corner of an office 

"The minute I walked in," she said, "I knew immediately the reason this man didn't have company into his home. (The pieces) were some of the most beautiful artifacts I've seen outside a museum. I knew right away some had to have been looted. Some (of the designs) I'd never seen before, they were so rare.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:09 AM

Carradine 'killed by secret society' 

Kung-fu cult hero David Carradine may have been killed by a secret society of martial arts assassins, his family's lawyer claims.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:59 AM

Limestone Lady 

Fairlea rock formation is the stuff of legends.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:58 AM

Exclusive: “Ogopogo” Photos Released 

Cryptomundo has the scoop.

See also: Champ Video: First Weekend Update

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:41 AM

Big cat sighting in Flintshire 

"It was just wandering lazily, seemingly like it was looking for food. I couldn't believe what I was seeing."

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:32 AM

What's stirring in the jungle? 

In a tale worthy of Indiana Jones, a Belfast father and son may have discovered a giant species of snake deep in the Amazon forest.

See also: LISBURN MEN FIND GIANT SNAKE IN THE AMAZON

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:27 AM

Unusual creature seen in Lake Champlain 

Another sighting "surfaces."

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:20 AM

Exeter dowser says his success is part science, part gift 

Using a variety of simple devices, ranging from L-shaped metal rods to a pendulum, Schaffer can find water deep inside the Earth.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:06 AM

Epic carving on fossil bone found in Vero Beach 

According to leading experts from the University of Florida, the remarkable find demonstrates with new and startling certainty that humans coexisted with prehistoric animals more than 12,000 years ago in this fossil- rich region of the state.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:02 AM

The Ozarks Howler . . . Howling About A Hoax 

It’s as big as a bear, with black, shaggy hair, a long tail and horns. It lives in the Ozark Mountains, where it’s rarely seen. However legends tell of its distinctive howl, which is where it gets its name.

See also: The Gurdon Light

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:01 AM

Archaeologists to unlock mystery behind world’s oldest submerged town 

Buildings are still intact, and streets, courtyards, and chamber tombs exist as well. Experts believe the ruins belong to the Mycenaean period (circa 1680-1180 BC).

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:45 AM

Saturday, June 06, 2009

100 Amazing Online Tools to Learn About Outer Space 

Resources, sites, and free tools to help everyone learn about outer space.

Thanks Suzane!

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:31 PM

Divining intervention: The growing popularity of dowsing 

Two L-shaped metal rods slowly spin in Greg Storozuk's clenched fists as he gently steps through the grass near Sloan's Lake.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:12 AM

Lewis family seeks help in quest to exhume body 

Descendents of Meriwether Lewis have established an Internet site in hopes of gathering enough support to convince federal officials to exhume the explorer’s body and investigate his death.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:47 AM

Can anyone shed a light on this mystery? 

For more than 100 years, a lonely island along the coast of Scotland has been the home of an enduring mystery. What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished without a trace in December 1900?

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:30 AM

Savannah Shanghai 

Experimental botany, murderous pirates, secret tunnels and an all you can eat buffet; there are very few places where these things can all be found together. Savannah’s “Pirates’ House,” is one place where they can, with each time period written in ghostly layers throughout the house.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:20 AM

Secrets for tapping your inner psychic 

Relax, have fun and don’t think too hard, advises ‘mentalist’ Gerard Senehi.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:15 AM

The Latest Montauk Monster Theory: A Compleat Accounting 

Gawker breaks it down.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:46 AM

Champ Video: First Weekend Update 

Cryptomundo has video stabilizations and much more.

See also: ABC News On Champ Video + New Enhancements

A skeptical viewpoint: America's Loch Ness Monster? Or a Swimming Deer?

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:44 AM

Death at the Ballpark 

A compendium of all the people who have died at baseball games.

Thanks, Scott!

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:35 AM

Saturday's Flying Saucers 

Crashed UFOs? Probably Not…

Nick Redfern wonders - has the UFO community been played?

British Navy comes close to fire at UFO's

The Secret Life of Paul Villa - The Amazing Color Photos Of An American Billy Meier

UFOs? No, Just Aircraft That Looks Like Spacecraft.

The Sci Fi channel’s Roswell Dig findings finally come to light

Sighting of bright pink UFO with rays of light

NASA's YouTube UFO clips renew conspiracy theories

ROSWELL METAL SCIENTIST: The Curious Dr. Cross

Film takes closer look at African UFO ‘Sighting’

UFO mystery centers around Iowa pond

UFO caught on film in Canadian brothers' documentary

Amazing new UFO video from Russia debunkers will hate!

UFO sighting baffles campers - WHAT DO YOU THINK?

"I can only describe it as a small cube-like shape with flames in the middle floating at a slow speed towards us."

Scientist Claims UFO Collided with Tunguska Meteorite to Save Earth

Actor stunned by 'cube UFO' over Muswell Hill (Another cube UFO, with sketch)

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:33 AM

The Mysterious Ice Circles of Siberia 

A strange phenomenon has been developing in the Siberian lake Baikal.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:22 AM

Investigators believe model rocket buzzed Continental jet 

Investigators believe the object that narrowly missed a Continental Express jet a week ago was a civilian-made rocket.

See also: Authorities say they can't solve rocket mystery

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:51 AM

Two unpublished Poirot short stories found in Agatha Christie's holiday home 

The discovery of the two short stories, revealed by the Bookseller magazine today, is a piece of detective work greater than that of Poriot.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:49 AM

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

The mystery of Australia's Stonehenge 

Aboriginal Australians have lived in Oz for the best part of 50,000 years, making them the world's oldest culture by quite some margin. It also makes them the world's first astronomers.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:34 PM

Air France: Ball lightning mystery 

The strikes - one of the theories put forward to explain the downing of an Air France jet off the coast of Brazil - are able to explode inside a plane's fuselage despite their anti-lightning design.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:29 PM

Champ mystery grows with new video 

New Champ video! Interesting stuff. What do you think it is?

Cryptomundo weighs in.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:26 AM

Mystery as commercial jet pilot sees 'missile or rocket' flying near his aeroplane 

The FBI is investigating after a Continental Airlines pilot with military training reported seeing a 'missile or rocket' flying straight at his aeroplane.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:14 AM

Mystery of the Sundance Kid's Bones Intertwined with Movie Marketing 

For months scientists have been working to determine if bones unearthed in eastern Utah belong to a notorious outlaw.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:13 AM

'Forbidden History" featured at Southwest Florida Museum of History 

This exhibit features 35 replicas of historical anomalies, mysteries and their stories.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:07 AM

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Satanists may be linked to slashing of foal 

Pesky Satanists.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:46 PM

The Robert Wone Killing Remains 'a Head-Scratcher' 

Part II in the series. See also: The Robert Wone Murder: A Hard Look at the Evidence

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:39 PM

Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend by Joshua Blu Buhs 

Review.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:37 PM

The Tunguska Blast Explained? 

Awesome or Off-Putting takes a look.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:36 PM

DARPA Recruits Bees to Find Land Mines 

Ridding the world of land mines sounds like a Sisyphean task of epic proportions. Or is it?

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:27 PM

Crop Jellyfish Creates, Uh, Mystery? 

A 600-foot alien-looking jellyfish has cropped up in an Oxfordshire, England crop. Well, actually, it looks a lot like a terrestrial jellyfish cut large. But how did it get there?

(With pic)

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:19 PM

Monday, June 01, 2009

Acupuncture’s Evil Twin: The Dim Mak Death Touch 

Known in Cantonese as dim mak and in Japanese as kyusho jitsu, the touch of death is legendary among martial arts nuts.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:01 PM

Calcio Fiorentino: The Manliest Game On Earth 

This is a man’s game, make no mistake, played by the manliest of men in Italy. Like a primitive forefather of football and rugby, combined with no-holds-barred martial arts, Calcio Fiorentino was a bruiser from the day it was born in the 16th Century. Astonishingly it continues to be played to this day. One word sums it up: brutal.

Thanks, Scott!

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:00 PM

Still Unsolved: Nebraska Cryptid Photo 

With pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:42 AM

The Doctor's Menagerie 

Nick Redfern looks at a possible explanation for out-of-place animals in the Cannock Chase woods.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:23 AM

Bigfoot is not at all imaginary for many inland residents 

For many in Hoopa, Bigfoot is a reality of the inland valley -- one that several residents have experienced through first-hand encounters.

See also: Big Foot sightings in Santa Cruz discussion set

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:19 AM

Authorities solve cold case involving history of exploits of Wild West lawmen 

The FBI solved a cold case of a stolen Dodge City, Kan., police docket ledger for 1878 to 1882 that has been missing since the 1950s. The historic book, which records exploits of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, has been found in Ohio, the FBI reported last week.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:01 AM

Forbes Fictional 15 

Have you ever wondered what your favorite fictional characters are worth? Forbes magazine lays it out for you.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:59 AM

The Robert Wone Stabbing: Anatomy of a Murder Case 

The bizarre murder that evening of a young Ivy League lawyer named Robert Wone, still grist for gossip and conjecture on the city's gay blogosphere, has vexed police and prosecutors since the 911 call just before midnight Aug. 2, 2006.

One of the strangest cases you'll ever come across. Who Murdered Robert Wone? is an excellent site on the case.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:51 AM

Bush's Shocking Biblical Prophecy Emerges: God Wants to "Erase" Mid-East Enemies "Before a New Age Begins" 

Bush explained to French Pres. Chirac that the Biblical creatures Gog and Magog were at work in the Mid-East and must be defeated.

Via Covert History.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:50 AM

Millvina Dean dies at 97; last Titanic survivor 

She was about 2 months old when she sailed on the ocean liner in 1912. She, her mother and brother were saved. Her father was among those who went down with the ship.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:22 AM

Ethiopia: lifting the mystery on rock churches 'built by angels' 

The ancient mystery shrouding Lalibela, Ethiopia's revered medieval rock-hewn churches, could be lifted by a group of French researchers given the go-ahead for the first comprehensive study of this world heritage site legend says was "built by angels".

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:18 AM

Jimi Hendrix 'murdered by manager', claims former roadie 

Although the exact circumstances of Hendrix's death have always been a mystery, James "Tappy" Wright, one of the rock star's roadies, claims Hendrix's manager, Michael Jeffery, confessed to killing him.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:00 AM

Secret Passages on Wiki 

Wikipedia has an interesting page on secret passages.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:56 AM