The world is a noisy place these days. Is it thunder, fireworks, earthquake sounds? Could it be HAARP, the magnetic poles shifting, the earth moaning cause, you know, it’s old and stuff…? Obviously, it may be horns from heaven, heralding the coming Apocalypse… Or alien spacecraft. Or Bigfoot. Or, maybe it’s just the normal noises around here..

Hairless animals are weird looking. Hairless dead animals freak people the hell out. Hairless monkeys? Sad. Hairless humanoids (no matter how lame) make people panic. Hairless coyotes, foxes, dogs, raccoons, yada, yada, yada? They are now called chupacabras…

Ryan Buell wants to believe. Paranormal State was not a “reality documentary” show that he says it is, but a paean to his will to believe and the producers’ efforts to convince the viewer to believe too. I want to believe in cool, spooky stuff too but I guess I have higher standards for evidence [...]