Category: "Letters"

Reader Mail: What the Heck are These Weird Tracks on the Bottom of the Ocean?

When it comes to mysteries, there’s no better place for hiding them than the bottom of the ocean. In fact, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as much as 95% of the world’s oceans remain unexplored. And yet some people don’t believe in sea monsters. Well, thanks to the advent of the [...]

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Reader Mail: Worried Reader Sends in Image of a “Black Eyed Kid”

The Black Eyed Kids phenomena is getting really, well, weird. Our original piece about the BEKs is consistently one of the most read posts on the website, with hundreds of readers offering up their own stories of encounters with sinister, dark eyed children attempting to enter their homes. Alas, as is the case with most [...]

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Reader Mail: Nudist Gathering Attracts Bigfoot to Oregon Campground

Does nudity attract the mighty Sasquatch? Reader “Kim” sends us this story involving nudists, camping, and an encounter with Bigfoot that left a family too petrified to move until dawn. /  /  / My ex returned from a little camping trip one summer morning looking tired and terrified. He and most of the group he [...]

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Letter to the Editor: Strawmen, James Randi, and the Skeptic Religion

Editor’s Note: this post was sent “letter to the editor” style to WF by one of our favorite regular contributors. The letter comes in response to several lengthy twitter exchanges that began over a month ago, beginning with this tweet, the aftermath of which resulted in numerous semi-angry blogs written by skeptics and paranormalists alike. The [...]

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Reader Mail: A Visit From the Black Eyed Kids

Since it was posted back in July, Donna Anderson’s piece on the “Black Eyed Kids” phenomenon “Have You Invited any Black Eyed Children Into Your Home?” has been one of our all time highest read articles, and has spawned some pretty incredible conversation about who the creepy BEKs are, what they want, and what you [...]

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Reader Mail: “Probably the Best Image Since the Patterson-Gimlin Film!”

Way back in August, we broke a story that involved a very intriguing photograph pulled from an Alberta trail cam. The photo, which appeared to show a large, bulky primate lounging in an open field, sparked a huge debate on the internet, and within days of posting ended up being a feature on just about [...]

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Reader Mail: “Double Helix” Cloud Captured Over Ohio

A few days ago we featured a few images from an incredible “Double Helix DNA” cloud formation that was causing a stir in Moscow. Well, today we have an image sent in by a reader who is a little closer to home. This morning @seekingparadigm tweeted us the following snapshot taken around 9:00 AM in [...]

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Mail Bag: The Torturous Cries of “The Anguished Man” Painting

A reader from the UK writes to share his story of a seemingly cursed piece of family art of unknown origin. Painted in blood, “The Anguished Man” has resulted in terrible cries, dark figures, strange noises, and more than it’s fair share of creeped out viewers..

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Mail Bag: Reader Sends Ghostly Image from Maine Military Fort

Hayden L. sends us this image snapped on a family vacation in Maine. Here’s what he had to say about the shot: “My family went to Maine for a week and visited old military forts.. my father took a picture of the forest and caught a photo of an apparition and he swears everyone was [...]

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Twenty-Five Hard Earned Pointers for Paranormal Investigation

Sometimes it’s hard to believe that I began my adventures into the paranormal at the age of 12. It was a gradual thing that started with a second hand Time Life book on the mystery of UFOs and abduction. The book, purchased for me by my grandfather, resulted in the most ferocious nightmares I ever [...]

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