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..
In terms of the fortean, the paranormal, and the just plain weird, 2011 has been a doozy of a year. We’ve had multiple failed doomsdays, a boatload of new paranormal television shows, the usual run of new cash grab inventions, public outbursts by pillars of the fringe community, and at least one unbelievable news story [...]
Over the past 10 or so years, ghost hunting has gone from fringe counterculture to mainstream hobby. Somehow, paranormal turned “cool” and all the stylish people started doing it; some even managed to turn it into successful television careers. But through all the hype and popularity, the new high-tech gadgets like the Ovilus and full-spectrum [...]
It’s dark, disturbing, and greasy. No, not boiled eel. Not Severus Snape either. Meet Malaysia’s least popular legend: Orang Minyak, better known as “Oily Man”. He wants to meet you. Of course, if you believe what locals say about this monster, he more than wants to meet you. Prowling at night dressed in nothing but [...]
The following article details an interesting experiment in which several test subjects were given artificial alien abductions via hypnosis, experiences which were then compared with “real” abductions and religious experiences. This piece, part 1 of 2, originally appeared in the November 1977 edition of the MUFON UFO Journal.
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 [...]
First it was using “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas; now there are people fighting to remove nativity scenes from public places and government buildings. These are just a few deeds snagged by a new wave of conspiracy theorists as proof of a “war on Christmas” perpetrated by those mean, ungodly non-Christians in their Grinch-like [...]
On February 19th, 1994, a young woman was admitted to the General Hospital in Riverside California, suffering from the effects of advanced cervical cancer. Within half an hour, she would be dead, with half of the on-call nurses unconscious. Her name was Gloria Ramirez, and her story would live in medical infamy as the case [...]
