Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Another human foot washes ashore in B.C. 

What. The. Hell.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:35 AM

The West Memphis Three: Their First Taste of Freedom 

For 17 years, I have only seen Damien Echols—gaunt, pale, always behind thick glass—in an Arkansas supermax prison. Our voices—his always quiet—crossed through a metal grille.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:30 AM

Rare find discovered amid town's Old West kitsch 

The Gypsy sat for decades in a restaurant amid the Old West kitsch that fills this former gold rush town, her unblinking gaze greeting the tourists who shuffled in from the creaking wooden sidewalk outside.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:55 AM

Friday, August 26, 2011

King Arthur's round table may have been found by archaeologists in Scotland 

The King's Knot, a geometrical earthwork in the former royal gardens below Stirling Castle, has been shrouded in mystery for hundreds of years.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:08 PM

Farmers Kill Mexican “Troll” With Machete 

In March of 2010, in the farming community of Chiquimitio, Michoacán, in Mexico, some locals encountered an odd creature creeping into town.

Thanks Fernando!

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:35 AM

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

The hidden charms of occult books 

Publishing director of Ourobos, Kiesel is also a key organizer of the third annual Esoteric Book Conference, which takes place at the Seattle Center on Sept. 10 and 11 and may be the biggest gathering in this country for aficionados of occult books.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:36 AM

Scientists find lager beer's missing link — in Patagonia 

German lager yeast appears to have originated on beech trees in southern Argentina. But how did it get to Europe 600 years ago?

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:22 AM

Workers unearth old wagon wheel during bridge project 

With pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:21 AM

Friday, August 19, 2011

'West Memphis Three' -- Convicted Of Killing Boy Scouts -- Free After Serving 17 Years In Prison 

After serving 17 years behind bars for the brutal murder of three children in eastern Arkansas, Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley Jr. and Jason Baldwin -- dubbed the "West Memphis Three" -- have been released from prison.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:29 PM

Orange Goo At Alaskan Village Found To Be Fungal Spores, Not Eggs 

The orange goo that took over the shore of a remote Alaskan village is actually a mass of fungal spores — not microscopic eggs, as scientists at the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration first believed.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:26 PM

At 83, subject of ‘American Girl in Italy’ photo speaks out 

The iconic 1951 image “American Girl in Italy” turns 60 on Monday. As its anniversary approaches, the stunning woman in the photo — Ninalee Craig, now 83 — is speaking up about it. She wants to explain what the photo represents, and what it doesn’t.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:25 PM

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Human precursors went to sea, team says 

The tools the team found are so old that they predate the human species, said Thomas Strasser, an archaeologist from Providence College who led the team. Instead of being made by our species, Homo sapiens, the tools were made by our ancestors, Homo erectus.

Thanks Scott!

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:35 PM

Is Christine O'Donnell secretly for gay marriage? 

Is that why she botched the Piers Morgan interview? My latest at Big Think.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:58 AM

Texas vampire arrest sparks discussion on pop culture 

The arrest of a Texas man who broke into a woman's house, threw her against a wall and tried to suck her blood over the weekend has sparked discussion over the impact of vampire books and movies on U.S. youth culture.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:44 AM

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

The St. Michael Line: a Straight Story? 

The St. Michael Alignment is arguably the most prominent and intriguing of the many ley lines that criss-cross Britain.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:39 PM

Road to 600 home runs a memorable one for Jim Thome 

Thome has hit home run No. 600, the eighth man out of the slightly more than 17,000 major leaguers in history to reach that level, a level with only Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr. and Sammy Sosa as prior members.

Also: He is the nicest, gentlest, kindest guy you will ever meet . . . to everything except the baseball, he still hits that really hard.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:59 AM

World War II veteran who survived Bataan Death March, built legacy of hope dies in Ill. at 105 

A doctor once told Albert Brown he shouldn’t expect to make it to 50, given the toll taken by his years in a Japanese labor camp during World War II and the infamous, often-deadly march that got him there. But the former dentist made it to 105, embodying the power of a positive spirit in the face of inordinate odds.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:27 AM

Monday, August 15, 2011

Old text, new wrinkles: Did Butch Cassidy survive? 

Did Butch Cassidy, the notorious Old West outlaw who most historians believe perished in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia, actually survive that battle and live to old age, peacefully and anonymously, in Washington state?

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:56 PM

Pregnant plesiosaur fossil solves mystery 

Ancient dinosaur trusted to New Jersey expert proves that some reptiles gave birth to live offspring

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:56 AM

Mystery lingers for missing man found in chimney 

The narrow, brick chimney of a Louisiana bank became his tomb for 27 years and now Joseph Schexnider will be laid to rest Sunday in a proper grave with a proper farewell by his family.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:53 AM

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:16 AM

Life of 1920s Bloomington race driver filled with mystery 

During the Roaring Twenties, the vroom-vroom of an automobile engine signaled to American youth a new world of open roads, high speeds and the more unrestrained sexuality of the Jazz Age.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:36 AM

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Firefly population may be dwindling in Massachusetts 

There may be nothing so evocative of summer nights as the flashing of fireflies over lawns and meadows.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:25 PM

Saturday, August 13, 2011

The annotated apocalypse: Anthropologists tackle 2012 

It's August of 2011, do you know when your Apocalypse is?

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:19 AM

Riots, wild markets: Did space storms drive us mad? 

Some academics claim that solar storms can affect humans, altering moods and leading people into negative behavior through effects on their biochemistry.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:58 AM

Mountain lion photographed in Shannon County 

Mountain lion in Missouri!

Thanks, John!

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:24 AM

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Is the Baltic ‘UFO’ on the ocean floor actually the lost kingdom of Kvenland? 

You be the judge. My latest at Big Think. Check it out.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:18 AM

Mystery lovers, rejoice: D.B. Cooper legend lives on 

The FBI says DNA testing has failed to conclusively link a potential new suspect to the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. But then again, test results haven't exactly ruled out a link, either.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:47 AM

Mormons building ‘little Jerusalem’ in rural Utah 

After months of construction, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will begin filming 55 educational vignettes about Jesus’ life next week on a new movie set modeled mainly after biblical Jerusalem.

Thanks Scott!

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:46 AM

The 'hum' is real 

If just a handful of people were griping about mysterious underground rumblings and vibrations in their neighbourhoods, you could probably call them crackpots and get away with it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:55 AM

UFO files: Mork and Mindy visited East Dulwich 

The latest batch of UFO files released today contain sightings of mysterious lights over the Glastonbury Festival, a ''flying saucer'' outside Retford town hall and the bizarre story of ''Mork and Mindy's'' visit to East Dulwich.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:38 AM

Alaskan Orange Goo: Still a Mystery, but Scientists are Getting Close 

Video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:30 AM

Mystery road kill has thousands puzzled 

A mystery piece of road kill in the United States has baffled government agencies and special investigators, who have been unable to identify the curious creature.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:08 AM

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Fake collar bomb victim back in lock down 

The 18-year-old daughter of IT executive and multi-millionaire Bill Pulver is again being targeted by her mystery attacker.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:00 PM

‘The Amateur Detective Just Won’t Do’ — Raymond Chandler and British Detective Fiction 

The brilliant British-born U.S. detective writer Chandler was infected with a disease that knows no borders: class envy. But he was no socialist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:53 PM

Gaddafi’s dead daughter ‘alive and well’ 

A daughter of Col Muammar Gaddafi who was said to have been killed in a US air raid on Tripoli in 1986 is still alive, it was reported on Wednesday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:50 PM

Barbican ghost? 

With photo. Sort of.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:33 PM

Vic family finds pet dog chopped in half 

A Victorian family has discovered the remains of their mutilated pet dog in their backyard, after the Pomeranian was stolen from the property and chopped in half.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:31 PM

Monday, August 08, 2011

Durham Gorilla Revisited 

During July of 1973, the rural town of Durham, Maine, in Androscoggin County (and into nearby Cumberland County), was the site of several reports of a “gorilla.”

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:30 AM

Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore." 

Edgar Allan Poe House in Baltimore Faces Closing.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:20 AM

Mysterious orange goo falls from the sky in Alaskan village 

It's goo season in Alaska.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:43 AM

98-year-old woman earns judo's highest degree black belt 

With cool and touching video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:39 AM

Thursday, August 04, 2011

NASA's pictures from Mars may show flowing water 

Very very cool news.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:11 PM

When Three British Boys Traveled to Medieval England (Or Did They?) 

The three, all Royal Navy cadets, walked up to the nearest building and pressed their faces to its grimy windows. They could see that it was some sort of butcher’s shop, but what they glimpsed in the interior was even more unsettling.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:36 PM

'Sex On The Moon' a fascinating tale of a cosmic heist 

When author Ben Mezrich got a call about a convicted moon rock thief who had just gotten out of prison and had a story to tell, he immediately knew it was the type of yarn he would love to spin.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:10 AM

Our 20million-year-old ancestor: Scientists find fossil of ancient ape in volcano 

A fossilised skull of a 20million-year-old tree-climbing ape has been discovered in a Ugandan volcano, scientists revealed today.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:01 AM

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

‘Lost’ Hitchcock film found in New Zealand 

The New Zealand Film Archive on Wednesday said the first three reels of the six-reel feature "The White Shadow" were found in a cache of ageing nitrate prints given to the archive in the 1990s.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:13 PM

D.B. Cooper Exclusive: Did Niece Provide Key Evidence? 

A woman claiming to be the niece of infamous skyjacker D.B. Cooper has spoken to ABC News in an exclusive interview about her role in the recently re-ignited 40-year-old cold case that has haunted the FBI for years.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:55 AM

Monday, August 01, 2011

In Test Tube, Hint of Chemicals Coming Alive 

The day is coming, they say, when chemicals in a test tube will come to life.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:06 PM

Egyptian tomb mystery may be world's first protractor 

The bizarre object to the right was found in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian architect. For over 100 years, it has languished while archaeologists debated its function.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:08 PM

The Mystery Over The Existence of Bigfoot Continues 

The source of this bubbling cauldron of drama is a long awaited report by Dr. Melba Ketchum on the DNA analysis of an animal that is currently relegated to the world of American myth.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:54 AM

Whiteshell's sacred stones 

In fact, the fence was the culmination of an 11-year fight led by Steinbring to protect the largest collection of ancient aboriginal petroforms -- rock outlines of animals and geometric shapes, built in prehistoric times-- in North America

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:49 AM

New book raises suspicion Russia is concealing info on missing Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg 

Russian archivists have published new material from a German officer imprisoned after World War II who shared a cell with Raoul Wallenberg, the missing Swedish diplomat credited with rescuing tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:39 AM

Mysterious carving a 'fascinating relic,' says auctioneer 

With a thin mustache, long hair and a narrow face, the stone sculpture casts a striking likeness to Samuel de Champlain, the French cartographer who explored Bay of Fundy shores in the early 1600s.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:16 AM

100 years on - the unsolved mystery of the rubber boom slaves 

An Amazon Indian woman has launched a public appeal to uncover the fate of two Indian slaves brought to Britain a century ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:05 AM

FBI: 'Good' lead in unsolved D.B. Cooper skyjacking 

In 1971, a man who has come to be known as "D.B. Cooper" parachuted from the back of the plane — flying at 10,000 feet over Washington state in the middle of a storm — with $200,000 in cash and disappeared into history.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:59 AM

Crop Circles: The Secret Behind the Mystery May Lie in Physics 

Another crop circle in the United Kingdom was found on July 29. Like most crop circles, little to nothing is known about how, who or what created it. As mysterious as Stonehenge, crop circles continue to stump even the brightest scientist or UFO fanatics.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:58 AM

Pantheon in Rome might actually be a giant sundial 

The temple was precisely constructed to direct a beam of light to illuminate the entrance at the exact moment the emperor entered the dome.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:56 AM

Weird goings-on in Woolsery 

Tales of the Yeti will abound in Woolsery when the largest gathering of esoteric natural history scholars in the English-speaking world,takes over the vvillage community hall.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:53 AM