Thursday, February 28, 2013

Man claims he saw Bigfoot on Texas river  

“I’m not crazy. I don’t do drugs and I’m not a drinker,” Arceneaux said before telling his tale of seeing not one but two Bigfoot-like creatures huddled together one December morning.

Thanks, Mary!

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:45 PM

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

In the Footsteps of a Killer  

Fifty rapes. Ten murders. Two identities. One man. From 1976 to 1986, one of the most violent serial criminals in American history terrorized communities throughout California. He was little known, never caught, and might still be out there. Now a determined investigator, a retired detective, and a group of online obsessives are on the hunt to track him down.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:16 PM

Want to find his hidden treasure worth millions? Head outdoors  

Forrest Fenn, 82, believes too many Americans spend their free time watching TV or playing video games. He hopes the bounty he hid — a chest filled with millions of dollars in gold coins, diamonds and emeralds, among other gems — will prompt some to explore the outdoors.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:31 PM

Loch Morar monster Morag sightings uncovered 

Alexander Carmichael, a prolific gatherer of folklore at the turn of the last century, gathered stories about her from people living near the loch.

Cool!

See also: Loch Ness monster hunt continues 80 years on

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:03 AM

Monday, February 25, 2013

Overtoun Bridge 

The strange case of Scotland's "Dog Suicide Bridge." Thanks, Scott!

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:39 PM

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Russian Ghost Cruise Ship Mysteriously Appears After Two Months Adrift 

This is the Russian cruise ship MV Lyubov Orlova. It disappeared shortly after it left Canada en route to the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Two months later it has reappeared as a ghost ship, completely empty, floating adrift 2,400 kilometers off the west coast of Ireland.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:32 PM

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

How one man's lies almost destroyed the comics industry 

A new investigation of Wertham's papers by University of Illinois information studies professor Carol Tilley has revealed that the psychologist fabricated, exaggerated, and selectively edited his data to bolster his argument that comics caused antisocial behavior.

This is my shocked face.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:22 AM

Winston Churchill's plan to fight Nazis with massive aircraft carriers made from ice 

Operation Habakkuk: The plan to create a fleet of massive aircraft carriers made from ice.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:14 AM

Sheriff: Man Who Died In Fire May Have Spontaneously Combusted  

"I’m not saying this happened. I’m just saying that we haven’t ruled it out."

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:51 AM

Monday, February 18, 2013

Multiple ‘fireballs’ seen zooming over Miami  

Authorities received numerous reports of "fireballs" zooming through the sky over Miami on Sunday night, and at least one of them was caught on tape by an amateur videographer.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:46 PM

Black Country crop circles prove phenomenon is no hoax, claims Australian expert  

An Aussie historian believes he has buried forever the ‘cereal’ lie that crop circles are the work of hoaxers – by unearthing Black Country images of them dating back to 1945 and beyond.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:39 PM

Historic Syrian antiques plundered amid civil war  

Ancient mosaics depicting scenes from Homer's ‘Odyssey’ have been illegally excavated at an archeological site and smuggled to Lebanon.

See also: The smuggled hard drives of Timbuktu

Egypt’s ancient treasures being lost to looters

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:23 AM

Ancient Nubia African Kingdom on the Nile  

Some cool photos.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:19 AM

Stuffed cat found in attic a real mummy  

In an astonishing discovery, a British man found that a stuffed cat in his dusty attic which he assumed to be a bizarre antique is actually a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:16 AM

A Different Perspective: An Airship Photograph 

Or is it?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:15 AM

Online Battle Over Ancient Scrolls Spawns Real-World Consequences  

In his cluttered fifth-floor walk-up apartment in Greenwich Village, Mr. Golb, 53, is waiting to begin serving a six-month sentence for waging an Internet campaign against his father’s academic rivals, including sending e-mails under a rival professor’s name.

Interesting.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:12 AM

Suspect charged in mysterious slayings at remote Coast Guard station in Alaska  

Authorities in Alaska have charged a suspect in the mysterious killing last year of two employees at a U.S. Coast Guard communications station in Kodiak, it was reported Friday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:00 AM

Mysterious Shaking Puzzles Experts In Morristown, TN  

What's shaking, Morristown?

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:54 AM

Mystery surrounds missing World War II love letters 

Of all things to steal, you'd think love letters would be low on the list.

But that's exactly what thieves took from Lloyd and Marian Michael -- the couple's sweet letters and the sleeping memories they stirred.

Sweet story with a happy ending.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:54 AM

Woman under police protection after her house is set alight and a mysterious gunman tries to kill her  

Who wants Louise Leggatt dead?

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:50 AM

Burma Spitfire Mystery Is Solved 

Were Spitfires ever buried at Burma?

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:37 AM

Henri IV: France divided by skull found in attic said to be king  

A mummified head found in an attic, claimed to be that of the first French monarch Henri IV, continues to divide historians and researchers.

With pics.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:31 AM

Was UFO spotted over Avalon Marshes similar to Russian meteor fireball that hit Chelyabinsk?  

With interesting pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:29 AM

Mystery over world war one suitcase discovered in university cupboard 

It was an intriguing but puzzling discovery: an old battered suitcase filled with memorabilia from the first world war lying at the back of a cupboard in the psychology department of a university.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:26 AM

‘It’s very weird’ — slime has scientists stumped  

The jelly-like substance has been found at the RSPB Ham Wall Nature reserve in Somerset.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:25 AM

Nessie on Land: The Fordyce Case 

As part of our occasional series of articles on land sightings of Nessie, we come to what may be the most unusual case of all.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:04 AM

The Mysterious Influence of One Human Mind  

A prominent features of Chicago's esoteric involvement is it's central role in publishing Theosophical, New Thought, Spiritualism and even more standard Western esoteric works through companies like Atkinson's Advanced Thought Publishing Co., Arcane Book Concern, and Yogi Publishing Society, Sydney Flowers' Psychic Research and New Thought Publishing Company, Hack & Anderson, and de Laurence, Scott and Company. Even the great jazzman Herman Blount(Sun Ra) spent time passing out tracts of his poetry and utopian Afro-Futurist philosophy on the El (Chicago's sub-way system.)

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:03 AM

Saturday, February 16, 2013

What do geneticists think of the Bigfoot paper?  

Not too much, actually.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:08 PM

The people who can turn streetlights off just by walking by 

A look at "Street Light Interference Syndrome."

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:53 PM

Pouring granulated sugar on wounds 'can heal them faster than antibiotics'  

New research shows folk medicine from Africa may hold the key to treating wounds that defy modern medicine.

Def Leppard was right!

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:00 PM

Saturday, February 09, 2013

35 Ancient Pyramids Discovered in Sudan Necropolis  

They date back around 2,000 years to a time when a kingdom named Kush flourished in Sudan. Kush shared a border with Egypt and, later on, the Roman Empire.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:11 PM

Thursday, February 07, 2013

How Collecting Opium Antiques Turned Me Into an Opium Addict  

You really have to work hard to get hooked on smoking opium. The Victorian-era form of the drug, known as chandu, is rare, and the people who know how to use it aren’t exactly forthcoming. But leave it to an obsessive antiques collector to figure out how to get to addicted to a 19th-century drug.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:23 PM

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Russian divers fail to find Loch Ness type monster during record dive  

Russian explorers claimed a record Wednesday in diving to the bottom of a remote lake at the coldest time of the year but said they could not find its most famed inhabitant, a mythical Loch Ness-style monster.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:56 PM

Abandoned Suitcases Reveal Private Lives of Insane Asylum Patients  

From the 1910s through the 1960s, many patients at the Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane left suitcases behind when they passed away, with nobody to claim them. Upon the center’s closure in 1995, employees found hundreds of these time capsules stored in a locked attic.

Fascinating. Hat tip to Andrea.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:51 PM

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Woody Guthrie's lost novel is first for Depp's imprint 

Thanks to two friends — actor Johnny Depp and historian Douglas Brinkley — a previously unpublished novel by Woody Guthrie, the legendary folksinger/songwriter, will be released Tuesday, 66 years after it was finished.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:42 AM