Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Archaeologists make new Stonehenge 'sun worship' find 

Two previously undiscovered pits have been found at Stonehenge which point to it once being used as a place of sun worship before the stones were erected.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:06 PM

Freak Tofu Explosion Terrorizes Portland 

A female resident of Portland, Oregon was at home cooking tofu when, suddenly and without warning, her kitchen exploded.

Thanks, Andrea!

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:39 PM

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Mexico adds another brick to 2012 Maya legend 

Mexico's archaeology institute downplays theories that the ancient Maya predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012, but on Thursday it acknowledged that a second reference to the date exists on a carved fragment found at a southern Mexico ruin site.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:57 PM

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Family claim 5-year old son is haunted by the 'man with grey skin' 

A father has told how his five-year-old son claims he has been troubled by visions of a ghostly man with grey skin who speaks to him in the night.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:40 AM

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Police find mummified corpses in historian's apartment 

A historian has been arrested in central Russia after police found the corpses of 29 women, dressed as dolls, in his apartment, authorities said this week.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:19 PM

Was Jane Austen Murdered? 

Nearly 200 years after Jane Austen‘s untimely death, crime novelist Lindsay Ashford has come up with a new explanation: arsenic poisoning.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:17 PM

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Albuquerque residents claim giant owls are eating their pets 

Residents in the foothills of the US city of Albuquerque have claimed that giant owls have moved into the area and are snacking on their small cats and dogs.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:26 PM

Ninth foot washes up in Canada — with a twist 

This one was found in freshwater.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:04 AM

Greeks claim having found Alexander the Great’s tomb, Ark of the Covenant 

Also the Spear of Longinus, Thor's hammer, and King Tut's iPod.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:34 AM

Young Women Nabbed In Bloody Satanic Sex Ritual 

During a subsequent search of the apartment, investigators seized copies of "The Necromantic Ritual Book” and "The Werewolf’s Guide to Life.” The former book promises to enable a reader to “share consiousness with the Angel of Death.”

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:58 AM

Sunday, November 06, 2011

The devil's in the details of a Giotto fresco 

Art restorers have discovered the figure of a devil hidden in the clouds of one of the most famous frescos by Giotto in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:12 PM

Looking for Denver’s heart of gold – panning on the South Platte 

My latest at Big Think.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:29 AM

Meet Homer G. Wells — Famous Memphis Detective and "Bloodhound Man" 

Way back when, Memphis had a real detective in town, a tough guy who not only nabbed plenty of bad guys in his long career, but also cranked out famous true-crime stories for national detective magazines.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:05 AM

Scientists begin tracking the mysterious narwhal through the Arctic 

This tusked "Unicorn of the Sea" is one of the ocean's most interesting oddities.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:01 AM

Renaissance accoustic mystery solved 

Ah, the Renaissance—lots of deep thinkers, gorgeous art, busty maidens, fried dough on a stick (if Ren faires are to be believed), and the liveliest music this side of the Middle Ages. But when you compare the elaborate, up-tempo harmonies of late Renaissance polyphony to the churches where they would have been performed, a serious discrepancy pops up.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:57 AM

Jack the Ripper: Is this six-inch knife used by Victorian serial killer? 

A six-inch blade recently discovered could be the one used by Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper, it has emerged.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:54 AM

Lyall Bay Sea Creatures Wash Up 

The identity of a mystery clump of alien-like creatures found beached in Lyall Bay yesterday has puzzled experts.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:52 AM

Bludgeoned to death on Halloween 

Taylor Van Diest was dressed as a zombie with fake blood when she was killed on Halloween night.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:45 AM

Grisly theory for Holy Land mystery 

A newly proposed solution to an ancient enigma is reviving debate about the nature of a mysterious prehistoric site that some call the Holy Land's answer to Stonehenge.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:42 AM

He sees dead people – and they confess to him 

At three o’clock in the morning, while the world sleeps, troubled souls rouse this priest to relay important messages or confess their sins so they can move on gently and finally to eternity.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:41 AM

Pope told to investigate Vatican murder-suicide amid claims of a cover-up 

A murder-suicide involving the Swiss Guard that rocked the Vatican in a mystery worthy of a Dan Brown thriller is back in the spotlight after Pope Benedict XVI was asked to intervene and reopen the case.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:40 AM

CT Scans of Baby Mammoths Reveal Ice Age Mystery 

Computed tomography (CT) scans of two extraordinarily well-preserved baby woolly mammoths from Siberia have yielded startling new insights into these iconic Ice Age beasts.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:39 AM

Mysterious stones in Alexandria hint at a watery past 

In a flagstone wall by the sidewalk in front of 810 Janneys Lane in Alexandria, there is a small alcove that reads at the top, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow” with a Maltese cross.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:38 AM

Mystery jelly baffles experts 

The gloop is thought to be star jelly which according to folklore is deposits from a meteor shower and was first reported in the 14th century. Another theory is that it is the remains of frogs, toads or worms.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:36 AM

River monster alert 

A mystery creature that eats geese in the blink of an eye has returned to haunt murky waters around the £9billion Olympic Park.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:34 AM

The Amherst Poltergeist 

The year was 1878. A young Esther Cox, barely eighteen years old, is brutally attacked and almost raped by a friend of the family. Shortly after, the beginning of a cruel and dangerous poltergeist attack was witnessed and recorded by many. This is the Amherst Poltergeist case.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:31 AM

Saturday, November 05, 2011

The ‘Black Flash’...The Legend Lives On 

It started with the children. Coming home in tears and shaking, the children of Provincetown told of a monster that frightened them on the way home from school. Something big. Something that growled. Something all in black. Something that appeared from nowhere and then took off in a flash.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:10 AM

Air Force developing tiny drones disguised as birds, bugs 

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Actually, it’s sort of both.

With video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:08 AM

Magical Viking stone may be real 

A Viking legend which tells of a glowing "sunstone" that, when held up to the sky, disclosed the position of the Sun on a cloudy day may have some basis in truth, scientists believe.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:06 AM

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

UFO At NFL Game: TV Camera Captures Strange Object In Flight During Broadcast 

As NBC's cameras returned from a commercial break and focused on the historic, triple-steepled St. Louis Cathedral in the city nicknamed the Big Easy, a couple of lit objects seemed to streak across the darkening sky -- and they've yet to be definitively identified.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:03 PM

UFO At NFL Game: TV Camera Captures Strange Object In Flight During Broadcast 

As NBC's cameras returned from a commercial break and focused on the historic, triple-steepled St. Louis Cathedral in the city nicknamed the Big Easy, a couple of lit objects seemed to streak across the darkening sky -- and they've yet to be definitively identified.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:02 PM

Woman: Picture shows ghosts having sex 

With video, and yes they show the pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:52 PM