Friday, July 31, 2009

Whistleblower: Bin Laden was US proxy until 9/11 

In an interview last month with blogger Brad Friedman, whistleblower Sibel Edmonds dropped a bombshell when a caller asked a question about 9/11.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:08 PM

What's causing the mysterious booming sounds? No one seems to know 

Skyquakes in Port Angeles.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:50 AM

Couples say they saw a Lake Worth monster 40 years ago 

With famous pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:34 AM

Looking for Bigfoot 

"I remember it was albino or grayish-white in color, because the sun was reflecting off it. And I remember seeing the muscles rippling in the upper back as I was moving. I panicked."

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:26 AM

Mysteriously High Tides on East Coast Perplex Scientists 

From Maine to Florida, the Atlantic seaboard has experienced higher tides than expected this summer. At their peak in mid-June, the tides at some locations outstripped predictions by two feet.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:18 AM

When comets attack 

The black eye that Jupiter suffered this month has sparked a host of questions for astronomers as well as for the rest of us: What exactly hit the giant planet, and why didn't we see it coming? Why is Jupiter's bruise expanding?

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:13 AM

Bright Spot on Venus Stumps Scientists 

A sudden bright spot that appeared in the clouds of Venus just days after a comet left a bruise on Jupiter has scientists stumped as to its cause.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:12 AM

Solar sketches from 18th century solve sunspot mystery 

Scientists have had a second look at sunspot drawings from the 1700s to solve a puzzling episode in the sun’s history, which could lead to more accurate forecasts of dangerous solar outbursts.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:06 AM

New Mozart piano music discovered 

Two piano pieces have been identified as the work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, experts in the Austrian city of Salzburg say.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:05 AM

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

51 Headless Vikings Found in English Execution Pit? 

Naked, beheaded, and tangled, the bodies of 51 young men—their heads stacked neatly to the side—have been found in a thousand-year-old pit in southern England, according to carbon-dating results released earlier this month.

Via Fark Geek.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:03 PM

The quantum theory of reincarnation 

Is reincarnation possible from a scientific, rationalist point of view? For my purposes today I'm going to argue that it is. We will never, however, be aware of it, and indeed "we," as we like to think of ourselves, will be completely out of the picture. I'm going to approach the problem from the point of view of quantum mechanics--a field about which I understand almost nothing, although discussing it permits others to assume I have gone mad.

From Roger Ebert. Yes, that Roger Ebert.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:05 AM

Scientists Still At Odds On Tunguska After 100 Years 

More than 100 years have passed since the Tunguska Meteorite Event and the mystery of its occurrence remains unsolved, but scientists have not given up on solving the riddle.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:03 AM

UFO Round-Up 

UFO on video over California was double sighting (With video)

Breaking UFO news, 13 year old has an encounter and deciphering crop circles

Astronauts, admirals, generals discuss UFO cover-up

Did UFO crash into Ottawa River?

China Eclipse UFO: We're not alone, Video!

It's Saturday light fever

Reality of UFOs must be explored

Is This A UFO Over Hatfield House? (With pic)

Is this proof of UFOs over Wigan? (With pics and video)

A Real Life Race to Witch Mountain with UFO Experts Bill Birnes and Giorgio Tsoukalos

Hacker's 'moral crusade' over UFO

UFOs 'Prefer Water' For Close Encounters

More UFO sightings over the Fylde

Sedona, AZ, honeymooners spot UFO

Russian navy declassifies UFO encounters

Ohio witness photographs triangle UFO (With pic)

Silent triangle UFO low over Texas college campus

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin claims monolith on Mars moon. UFOs involved?

UFO crash site subject of exploration dive

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:01 AM

Strange! Humans Glow in Visible Light 

Past research has shown that the body emits visible light, 1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive. In fact, virtually all living creatures emit very weak light, which is thought to be a byproduct of biochemical reactions involving free radicals.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:33 AM

Bigfoot creature photographed in Sierra National Forest 

With pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:31 AM

Searching global mysterious monsters 

Slideshow of strange animals, including the Canvey Island Monster.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:32 AM

A fearsome 'big cat' has been spotted prowling near Naval base in Helensburgh, Scotland, by MoD official Chris Swallow 

With video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:12 AM

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Experts to study Alexander's 'last descendants' in Himachal 

The legend of Alexander the Great lives on. In Himachal Pradesh's sleepy Malana, a cluster of 12 villages comprising eight clans, the
mystique comes alive when its inhabitants proclaim themselves as descendants of the Greek king and speak a language only they can understand.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:56 PM

Practising the arcane mystery of 'coining' 

Another medical practice I've never heard of.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:36 PM

Great Houses of New York: Louis Tiffany's Treasure Trove! 

With wonderful photos.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:02 PM

The great Renaissance art cover-up 

The 16th-century notion of creating artworks purely to hide and cover over secret paintings raises questions about why these concealed works existed at all.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:20 PM

Amelia Earhart: DNA Evidence May Link Nikumaroro Island to Search 

It has been 72 years since famed aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared while attempting to fly around the world. But the mystery remains unsolved: Nobody knows exactly what happened to Earhart or her plane.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:10 PM

Transvestite, spy, Messiah - all the same person 

With its trout stream, village cricket pitch and sedate tearoom, Abinger Hammer is a quintessential slice of village England. Recently, this jewel of the Surrey stockbroker belt has added a more unconventional element to its list of attractions - a 6ft transvestite squatter called Delores Kane who believes he is the Messiah and happens to be Britain's best-known renegade former spy.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:08 PM

Monday, July 27, 2009

Alligator caught by police officer in Hamilton 

Alligators in Ohio.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:08 AM

Is Woodstock Baby real, or just a figment of the hype? 

The babies reportedly born at the Woodstock festival in 1969 remain the most enduring mystery from that chaotic long weekend that defined a generation.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:04 AM

What do real life spooks make of fictional spies? 

The intertwining of fact and fiction dates back to the birth of the British intelligence service. In the early years of the 20th Century, the British public was whipped into a frenzy of "spy mania" driven by novelists and newspapers.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:58 AM

Study Suggests Global Warming Bad News for Bigfoot 

Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Whatever you want to call the legendary North American biped, it is likely the elusive beast will lose a portion of its existing habitat in the coastal and lowland regions of the northwestern United States as the climate warms.

See also: Duane Flatmo's Willow Creek mural depicts kinder, gentler Bigfoot

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:50 AM

Big cat spotted in Braselton 

Could a big cat be prowling the town of Braselton?

See also: Black panther sightings in Michigan: Fact or legend?

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:48 AM

David Farrier to embark on hunt for Mongolian death worm 

Two New Zealanders will leave for Mongolia's Gobi Desert next week on an ambitious expedition to find the fabled acid-spitting and lightning-throwing Mongolian death worm.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:47 AM

Friday, July 24, 2009

The murder that almost murdered the movies 

More than a dozen individuals, including two popular actresses romantically linked to the victim, were named as suspects. The murder and subsequent police investigations received widespread coverage, and many unsavory and even salacious details regarding the victim and suspects were revealed. However, despite all efforts, the murder went unsolved.

Rick Geary's stuff is great fun and I can't wait to read this one.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:43 PM

The Nazi monster recruited by MI6 

Friedrich Buchardt was a clever man, an intellectual and a polymath equally at home practising law or writing papers on economics and geography.

He was also a cold-blooded killer of monstrous proportions.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:23 PM

`Cookie Bandit' tied to cold-case killings 

Two couples fatally shot while camping in different countries more than 30 years apart may have been victims of the same man: a drifter killed last week in a shootout with New Mexico sheriff's deputies.

See also: Authorities look at dead man in Northern California killings

NM police release details on deputy shooting

Slain bandit linked to couples' slayings

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:42 PM

Paranormal investigators coming to KU's Sigma Nu house Saturday night 

Starting Saturday night at a Kansas University fraternity house, Bill Joeckel will attempt to solve a mystery that has haunted his curiosity for five years.

One of my best friends was a Sigma Nu at KU and I always enjoyed hearing the stories of Virginia.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:35 PM

Thursday, July 23, 2009

This is Zodiac speaking. No, this is Zodiac speaking 

The saga of the dueling maybe-maybe not Zodiac daughters goes on -- and as with all things Zodiac, it is rapidly accumulating layers upon layers.

See also: How Many Disbarred Lawyers Does It Take To Solve the Zodiac Murders?

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:03 AM

Ploughmen, peasants and boys aged 12... Named after six centuries, the unsung heroes of the carnage of Agincourt 

Now, a project by the University of Reading, the Medieval Soldier Database, has put online the records of 250,000 soldiers who fought through the Hundred Years War, giving the very names of the archers and men-at-arms who fought at that historic battle.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:00 AM

Time Team help unearth world's first prisoner of war camp - in Britain 

Experts, working with Channel 4’s Time Team programme, say the camp near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, housed 7,000 captured French soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:50 AM

More sightings of the 'big cat' 

Following our story that a panther or puma could be on the prowl in the area, we have been inundated with people claiming to have seen the beast.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:48 AM

Looking for a legend 

In April 1940, a trio of brothers hiked into the wilderness outside of Dorrington to check on a friend, a recluse who had not been seen all winter. What they found in his cabin was a half-eaten supper, a missing pair of shoes, an absent fishing pole and a dead cat, who perished after being locked in the cabin. What they didn't find was their friend, Monte Wolfe, who was never seen or heard from again.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:38 AM

Mystery blob leaves scientists puzzled 

A huge mat of oily goo caught everyone by surprise when it showed up off the shore of Wainwright, Alaska nearly two weeks ago. Since then, the mysteries have only deepened.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:31 AM

Did we kill the Neanderthals? 

Who killed the Neanderthals? It’s been a long-standing debate in the anthropological world. A mystery that none can solve.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:29 AM

A lonely and creative love shines in Coral Castle 

The Coral Castle in Florida is a standing puzzle that waits for us with this enigma:

What was the passion pushing Edward Leedskalnin to surround himself by 1,100 tons of coral rock shaped as pieces of an imaginary home?

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:26 AM

Local resident researching Bigfoot phenomena 

Out of 107 investigated Bigfoot sightings in Michigan, three of them have been in Ogemaw County.

See also: Man describes possible Bigfoot encounter in McDowell

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:21 AM

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Eli Klotz and his Salina, KS treasure 

Watch out for the grizzly bears if you go looking for this one!

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:41 AM

Was Nikola Tesla in Regular Communication with Space Aliens? 

Famous inventor Nikola Tesla was known for the massive wealth of knowledge he produced in his lifetime with regard to the understanding of electricity. Even today, many still believe that Tesla probably had a potential for knowledge of how electricity and radio work that could rival the best experts living now. But is there evidence that Tesla involved himself in other, even stranger studies?

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:39 AM

Monday, July 20, 2009

Anacondas, Aliens, and Polar Bears 

I have often been asked by my Kosovar friends and colleagues why so many strange and eccentric internationals gravitate to Kosova. “It’s the mystical and supernatural wonders that occur here,” I always tell them.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:29 PM

Innovative Blades May Have Led to a Stone Age Population Boom 

Versatile, easy-to-replace "microliths" found in south Asia could have helped early humans better tame their environments.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:53 PM

'The Hunter': Darwyn Cooke and Donald Westlake pull off the perfect crime 

Westlake, who died at age 75 this past New Year’s Eve, saw seven movies made from his Parker novels (which were all published under his pseudonym Richard Stark), but in each film the main character’s name was changed; even when Lee Marvin, Robert Duvall or Mel Gibson was in the role, Westlake wouldn’t entrust his favorite brand name to anyone else. That changed, though, in the final months of Westlake’s life in an unexpected way that had nothing to do with Hollywood.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:43 AM

Once lost to history, swimmer’s story resurfaces 

Before Title IX and the women’s sports revolution of the late 1970s and 1980s, there was the golden age of sports.

In the 1920s, female athletes enjoyed popularity and fame.

And none was more famous in the United States than Gertrude Ederle.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:11 AM

Teenager conned airport bosses with tycoon scam 

The 17-year-old, from York, will not be prosecuted after reportedly bluffing his way through meetings, creating fictitious fellow airline executives and setting-up fake websites to support his story.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:04 AM

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Still no solid evidence of Lithgow panther 

It may be part of local folklore, but there's no conclusive evidence of a large black cat prowling Sydney's western outskirts, a NSW government report says.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:46 PM

West Michigan Shape Shifters 

The Michigan Dogman is a local cryptid that was popularized in 1987 by DJ Jack O'Malley and his production manager Steve Cook of WTCM radio. The two men invented the Dogman (or thought they did) by cobbling together various legends (like the New Jersey Devil and the Boggy Creek Monster), and then wrote a song about him that they played as a prank on their show.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:42 PM

Keeping the magic alive 

Did you know that there are currently more practising wizards and witches in England than at any time in history?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:36 PM

'Devil Dolls' plague mexico 

Shades of "The Twilight Zone"! There has been reports of children in Mexico awakened to find their dolls are possessed and coming alive at night.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:33 PM

Mass. to search for lost Revolutionary War ship 

Somewhere along an industrial stretch of river pocked with rotting piers and towering salt piles north of Boston lies the answer to one of the great riddles of the Revolutionary war.

Where is the final resting place of the British schooner, the HMS Diana?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:25 PM

Unexpected discovery gives view of South Florida's past 

Photographs discovered in a garage open a window into mid-20th century Miami and Miami Beach -- and raise questions about the man behind the camera.


Cool slideshow with the article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:20 PM

Another possible Zodiac suspect put forth 

The Zodiac killer was a well-traveled merchant seaman who privately confessed his crimes to a San Francisco lawyer more than 30 years ago - and flirted with the idea of surrendering to police.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:46 PM

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Vinland Map of America no forgery, expert says 

The 15th century Vinland Map, the first known map to show part of America before explorer Christopher Columbus landed on the continent, is almost certainly genuine, a Danish expert said on Friday.

See also: Expert Confirms Authenticity Of Vinland Map

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:12 PM

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

What Is Using Bio-Sonar In Lake Champlain? 

Only dolphins and whales echolocate underwater, as a form of communication and as a food searching technique, and there are none in this Lake. What creature is making this high frequency sound?

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:23 PM

Did MI5 kill Dr David Kelly? Another crazy conspiracy theory amid claims he wrote tell-all book that vanished after his death 

It was six years ago tomorrow, on July 17, 2003, that Dr Kelly was found dead under a tree on Harrowdown Hill half a mile from his family home in Southmoor. His fate has become one of the most contentious issues of recent political history and has raised profound questions about the moral integrity of the New Labour government.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:27 PM

On the trail of the Arctic's most enduring mystery 

A marine archeologist from landlocked Alberta has set his sights on finding two of the world's most coveted shipwrecks: the long-lost Royal Navy vessels from the doomed 19th-century Franklin expedition.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:06 PM

Mystery 'goo' moving through sea in Alaska 

A giant mass of goo has formed and is moving through the Chukchi Sea in Alaska.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:19 PM

Biblio-Text: Atlantis Bookshop 

Atlantis is the oldest non-externally backed esoteric/occult bookshop in London, focusing on Western religions and magic (as opposed to Cecil Court's Watkins, which specialises in Eastern and mysticism). It was founded in 1922 by magicians including Austin Osman Spare, Dion Fortune and Aleister Crowley, as a place for magicians.

I have got to go here.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:13 PM

Nikola Tesla still alive after death 

Nicola Tesla is the man responsible for every form of modern technology we have available to us today. There would be no Twittering, Googling, BlackBerrys, cell phones, satellites in space, airplanes, x-rays, or physics as we know it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:07 PM

NZ Mason jailed over sorcery claims 

A New Zealand man spent a "wretched" night in a Fiji prison cell after frightened residents and police raided his Freemasons meeting, suspecting witchcraft and sorcery.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:05 PM

Buried bones ID'd as 1978 RI mob victim Joe Onions 

Bones dug from a dirt lot by police acting on a tip from a dying killer belong to a mob victim nicknamed Joe Onions, who was shot in the head three decades ago, state officials said Wednesday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:49 PM

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Woman Killed in Bizarre Voodoo Ritual 

Authorities are trying to figure out how an Arkansas woman died in a voodoo cleansing ritual that took place at a southern New Jersey townhouse over the weekend.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:16 AM

Black-Eyed Kids in Kansas 

It was warm for a December afternoon in Hutchinson, Kan., when Katie came home from work in 2008. Katie’s ride dropped her off across from her duplex, and as she stood in the street, her ride moving slowly away, she knew something wasn’t right.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:11 AM

Another twist in Kennedy murder 

After extensive investigation Waldron and Hartmann believed three mafia dons were behind the Kennedy assassination -- Carlos Marcello, the godfather of Louisiana and East Texas; Santo Trafficante, the Tampa godfather; and Johnny Roselli, of the Chicago mafia.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:03 AM

The Vocal Minority - Moon Landing Was a Hoax 

Forty years after men first touched the lifeless dirt of the Moon — and they did. Really. Honest. — polling consistently suggests that some 6 percent of Americans believe the landings were faked and could not have happened.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:58 AM

Tesla And Dove Loved Each Other Like Man And Woman 

One night as he was lying in bed, she flew in through the window and he knew right away that she had something important to tell him: she was dying.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:55 AM

Ancient Ohio Trail 

Visit the earthworks of ancient Ohio online.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:49 AM

More Keel Tributes 

Cryptomundo has them.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:44 AM

Growing up cult in Connecticut 

Before she was even born in 1970 at Norwalk Hospital, Jayanti Tamm was declared the chosen disciple of Sri Chinmoy, an Indian guru living in Queens, N.Y., who proclaimed he was the last avatar.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:40 AM

How Bush and Cheney Revived the CIA's "Murder Inc." 

It's not for nothing that Lyndon Johnson called the CIA "Murder Inc." for its willingness to use assassinations as a tool.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:12 AM

Utah filmmaker says DNA will prove relative was Butch Cassidy’s legendary sidekick 

The latest reincarnation of Butch and the Kid, or their legend anyway, is playing out in Utah and involves wide-ranging family lore, exhumations and a documentary film.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:10 AM

Monday, July 13, 2009

A lawsuit against a genie 

A family in Saudi Arabia has filed suit in a religious court against an unnamed genie, or jinn, who sounds most unpleasant: It steals cellphones, whispers threats and occasionally flings stones.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:24 PM

Stub your toe? Say ‘Sh#!’ You’ll feel better 

Shouting swear words has a powerful pain-killing effect, study shows.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:55 PM

13 doctors say WMD mole did not commit suicide 

Dr. David Kelly was found dead in 2003 in a forest near his home in Oxfordshire. An inquiry into his death concluded that he had bled to death during a suicide attempt.

But 13 UK doctors are now challenging that assertion — and in doing so, renewing suspicions the doctor may have been murdered after it was revealed he was the mole for a BBC report that said evidence used to launch the Iraq war had been “sexed up.”

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:42 PM

Idaho scientists search for giant earthworm 

The worm, which early observers said grew to 3 feet, is said to secrete a lily-like smell when handled, spit at predators and live in burrows 15 feet deep.

The Mongolian Death Worm is also reported to spit at its prey. Could they be cousins?

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:28 AM

Searching for Big Foot 

A young man drives toward U.S. 19 on Gulf Trace Boulevard in Holiday, Fla. 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. The creature freezes before running to the tree line. It stops to look back at the car.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:11 AM

Son of The Montauk Monster 

Son of the Montauk Monster was dragged from the sea by Alexis Kipper and her mother at Egypt Beach in East Hampton on Tuesday.

With pic. See also: Montauk Monster Had No Shortage Of Ancestors

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:08 AM

Shambala: A mythical land in Himachal; or is it ... 

Some people say that Shambala is hidden in a remote part of the Himalayas. Some call this mysterious kingdom “a house of the immortals” – Gyanganj. It is identified as Shambala, Shangri-La or Siddhashram, but this “wondrous land” has many other names too.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:54 AM

Are religious rituals linked to recent grisly findings? 

Red candles illuminated the path to a frightening scene in a Madison Avenue basement near Bridgeport's Columbus School. There, a freshly butchered chicken's blood dripped into a bowl. The skull of an alligator sat atop a human skull on a goat's head. There were animal horns, colorful beads and strange writings.

But that June 9 discovery by Bridgeport police's Tactical Narcotics Team was only the beginning.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:53 AM

Monsters, murders and myths: Canada's mysteries 

Fact and fiction blend in these uniquely Canadian tales.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:28 AM

Mystery carcass may be legendary monster: Expert 

A mysterious looking body found along the shore of Okanagan Lake might be the remains of the legendary Ogopogo, an expert says.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:27 AM

Slippery Dillinger 

Dillinger on film.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:24 AM

Friday, July 10, 2009

Did the Vatican suppress hidden 'Galileo Cryptogram'? 

An Australian boffin says that the planet Neptune may have actually been discovered 234 years earlier than had been thought, by the famed Renaissance Italian astronomer and scientist Galileo Galilei - who was persecuted by the Inquisition for his "heretical" astronomy research. Professor David Jamieson of Melbourne Uni says that proof for this theory may lie within a hidden coded message yet to be discovered.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:19 PM

Ogopogo Photo 

From 1985 but still interesting.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:52 AM

Moon-landing debunkers won't fade away 

Did NASA secretly stage history’s biggest scam by filming fake lunar landings — complete with phony astronauts and pseudo-moon rocks — on some Hollywood soundstage?

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:46 AM

Details of Atlantis Disprove Modern Theories 

In the NewsBlaze article "Atlantis At Last", I identified the legendary Atlantis as primarily Greenland, but including also the islands of the United Kingdom and Iceland.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:46 AM

Friday's Flying Saucers 

Did a UFO visit Boca Raton?

Simultaneous weekend UFO sightings across Huddersfield and Calderdale

Golden orbs revisited – an interview with Lisa Fox

Super Human Black Men In Spaceships Will Appear For Prophet Yahweh To Film


Sphere UFOs captured on video

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:45 AM

Who was Fred? 

Just who is the mysterious neighbor to Wild Bill's grave?

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:23 AM

Robot land-steamers to consume all life on Earth as fuel 

News has emerged of a milestone reached on the road towards a potentially world-changing piece of technology. We speak, of course, of US military plans to introduce roving steam-powered robots which would fuel themselves by harvesting everything alive and cramming it into their insatiable blazing furnaces.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:06 AM

Antibiotic Delayed Aging in Mice 

Rapamycin treatment had the remarkable effect of extending life even though it was not started in the right dose until the mice had lived 600 days — equivalent to a person at age 60.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:03 AM

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Michael Jackson Was Cloned 

Conspiracy theorists are having a field day, report says.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:55 PM

New Films from Kenneth Anger 

Anger became fascinated with Crowley in his late teens, even dedicated his 1954 film Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome to him. Crowley founded the religion of Thelema, among other occult-related organizations, and is given perhaps the best description ever on Wikipedia: occultist, writer, mountaineer, poet, spy, yogi, chess player, painter, astrologer, hedonist, bisexual, drug experimenter, and social critic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:54 PM

How Does Hypnosis Work? 

Despite all this rhetoric, no one has even so far managed to come up with an accepted definition of exactly what hypnosis is.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:33 PM

MTSU Prof. Involved In Explorer Exhumation 

Middle Tennessee State University may play a pivotal role in solving a mystery: What really happened to Meriwether Lewis?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:27 PM

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Court to Defendant: Stop Blasting That Man’s Mind! 

Late last year, James Walbert went to court, to stop his former business associate from blasting him with mind-altering electromagnetic radiation.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:18 AM

John A. Keel Has Died 

Cryptomundo has the details.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:31 AM

Bigfoot’s favorite haunts revealed 

A team of scientists has applied ecological niche modelling to predict the mythical Bigfoot’s favorite haunts in the United States.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:18 AM

Could unknown Okanagan creature be baby Ogopogo? 

A TV documentary crew has added to the mystery surrounding Ogopogo by finding an unknown biological specimen in the depths of Okanagan Lake.


See also: Celebrating Champlain: Champ the Lake Monster.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:10 AM

Zodiac Killer buffs gather in Vallejo to mark grisly anniversary 

Forty years later, the case of the Zodiac Killer remains unsolved.


See also: Visiting Zodiac's killing fields

Grannies, kids working Zodiac case

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:06 AM

Mystery of an old Miami cemetery grows 

The mystery surrounding a long-forgotten cemetery unearthed by construction crews two months ago has only deepened with a genealogist's discovery of records suggesting hundreds of black Miamians may have been buried there more than 75 years ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:00 AM

Joseph Smith photo mystery solved? 

A photograph, tucked into a Utah grandmothers’ scrapbook was passed on to her granddaughter after her death, but this is not your typical pioneer photo. This one appears to be that of LDS Prophet, Joseph Smith.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:57 AM

UK weapons inspector who was found dead was writing expose: paper 

British weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly was writing an expose about his work with anthrax and his warnings that Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction at the time of his death in July 2003, according to a report published in a British newspaper.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:20 AM

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Kinzua Dam, a paranormal hotbed? 

In 1796 Seneca War Chief Cornplanter was granted 15,000 acres along the Allegheny river by Pennsylvania for his assistance to the State as a loyal and a steadfast protector of American families settling in the wilderness of the upper Ohio River basin. In what would become the oldest standing Indian treaty, George Washington granted the land to Chief Cornplanter and his ancestors forever.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:37 PM

Bigfoot announces his presence "big-time" at little-known Illinois Gothic hotspot 

There is an isolated, wooded area just outside of the little town of Hartford, Illinois that has long been reputed to be a very spooky spot indeed.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:35 PM

‘Maine-based weirdness’ focus of Fort Knox fair 

With shoutouts to the unusual suspects.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:34 PM

Comic has Beast of a job portraying Crowley 

Magician Aleister Crowley, the self-styled "Great Beast", is getting another chance to walk the earth thanks to Inverness-based actor, writer and comedian John Burns.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:30 PM

Serial Killer Shatters S.C. Town's Psyche 

5 People Killed In One Week, 40 Years After "Gaffney Strangler" Terrorized Southern Town

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:26 PM

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Two Centuries On, a Cryptologist Cracks a Presidential Code 

For more than 200 years, buried deep within Thomas Jefferson's correspondence and papers, there lay a mysterious cipher -- a coded message that appears to have remained unsolved. Until now.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:11 PM

Truro men find shipwreck at Ballston Beach 

Two local men who had the chance to see it believe it was a 17th-century vessel, a remarkably ancient relic that they were able to capture in photographs before it was swept away again by storm tides, disappearing like a ghost.

And one of those men was writer Sebastian Junger. Neat story.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:58 PM

The new mafia: South American thieves keeping authorities busy 

Robert Taylor’s career is a non-stop game of cat and mouse.

And if the retired Miami Beach detective is the cat, the mice are international crooks and jewel thieves.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:44 PM

Phantom ship sets sail for storytellers circle 

After more than 60 years, Ed MacMaster still isn’t sure if the pulsing, pinkish-orange apparition he saw was a ghost.

See also: The Phantom Ship: Nova Scotia's Most Famous Apparition Sets Sail Across North America on the Sides of U-Haul Moving Vans

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:24 PM

The Oak Island Mystery 

Across the water in Nova Scotia, the provincial government has issued treasure-hunting permits to the current owners of the Oak Island Money Pit, site of perhaps the most famous and enduring buried treasure legend. Members of Michigan-based Oak Island Tours have said they will be moving forward with digs in the "very near future."

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:17 PM

Jackson’s Death Provokes Memories of Elvis Conspiracy 

From Jim Morrison to Tupac, enthusiasts who can’t let go (and Jackson had more than a few of those) insist their beloved musical icon is hiding in Iowa, not in heaven.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:08 PM

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Ten Commandments of the Antichrist: The Georgia Guidestones 

Back in 1980, a mysterious set of stones bearing a message for civilization in various languages appeared in Georgia. From Christian dispensationalist symbol of the New World Order to Native American “power-nexus” to the interpretations of Contemporary Pagans, UFO buffs, and New Agers, the Guidestones are a spiritual and political Rorschach test.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:34 PM

Ethiopia priest says Ark of the Covenant will not be shown 

The head of Ethiopia's Orthodox Church on Tuesday denied reports that he is about to unveil to the world the Ark of the Covenant that Moses is said to have stored the Ten Commandments tablets in.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:31 PM

Utah scientists questions Ruess findings 

Two staff members with the Utah Division of State History say they are not persuaded by evidence behind the recent announcement that a southeastern Utah burial site near Comb Ridge contained the remains of long-lost wanderer Everett Ruess.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:25 PM

The North Carolina Poop Monster Mystery [Solved!] 

The short-lived mystery of the Poop Monster.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:20 PM