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Florida residents reported UFOs buzzing above homes this morning. Several residents of the US state reported unidentified flying objects over their house. The US Navy and Air Force gave a response, and stated that there was no military exercises in the area at that time.
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The creators of the Nessie Files hope their work will shed light on the hundreds of strange sightings of the mythical creature.
Dr Charles Paxton, an ecologist and statistician at St Andrews University, who is carrying out the project, has so far uncovered around 853 reported encounters with Nessie over the past 80 years.
He will undertake a statistical analysis to see if there are any distinct clusters or patterns which could be explained by natural phenomena, such as a site where unusual waves are frequently formed.The project will be discussed at a conference taking place as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival, which Paxton has organised to mark the 80th anniversary of the first "modern" sighting of the monster.
In April 1933, an article in the Inverness Courier described how locals Aldie and John Mackay were driving along the north-western shore of Loch Ness when they were confronted by an "enormous beast". It was the first recorded encounter with the creature since the sixth century - when, according to legend, St Columba drove it into the water - and soon sparked further sightings and huge interest globally.
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One wonder of the wild is Crater Lake, located in the Cascade Range of Southwest Oregon. It is a bright blue cistern of pure rainwater lying in the crater of a long-dormant volcano named Mount Mazama. After violent eruptions exhausted the mountain's central spine of magma, Mazama's peak collapsed in on itself, leaving a giant bowl of ash and stone - known in geology talk as a caldera - which now holds the majestic Crater Lake. In true Oregon fashion it's more or less a famous puddle, but it's a beautiful puddle, attracting half a million visitors each year who come to admire its twelve square miles of heavenly blue. At one time the lake was thought to be bottomless, but now it's measured at 1,943 feet, making it the deepest in the US.
More things than its depth have made Crater Lake a mystery, though. It's a hotbed for strange disappearances, ghostly encounters, and legendary beasts. Bigfoot himself is known to show up here from time to time. Rangers once reported following a large, dark, putrid-smelling creature through the woods until it started throwing pinecones at them. The area is also home to at least two claimed slayings of the Sasquatch. One was by car (the body was reportedly whisked away by the government), and one was by train. The train conductors didn't report slamming into something that looked like the legendary beast - for fear they'd be accused of drinking on the job.
Is this actual video footage of an ET intervention? Were ETs trying to remove nuclear weapon material? Or was it a truck full of arms? Or missiles? Or Hawaiian chocolate? (or maybe a new style of Nike shoes that are highly valued on Sirius B...). All I can say is, when I saw it, I felt a deep thrill. So no matter what, it's quite a video.
Source: One Vibration
Source: One Vibration
On March 13, 1997, a mysterious formation of lights was spotted above the Valley and across much of the state. People who saw the formation said it was miles long and wide. Weeks later, Dr. Lynne Kitei said the military passed off the event as flares from a military training exercise. Kitei didn't buy the explanation then or now.
"You can only think that they were pushed to come up with something," the Valley physician said. Kitei said to this day there is no clear-cut answer to what she and thousands of others witnessed. "A formation of lights attached to something or an actual craft."
"You can only think that they were pushed to come up with something," the Valley physician said. Kitei said to this day there is no clear-cut answer to what she and thousands of others witnessed. "A formation of lights attached to something or an actual craft."
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This extraordinary event in Benwick Road, Ramsey Forty Foot, on February 22, was witnessed by Ron Laverick who says it was reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds.
Mr Laverick, of Benwick Road, Ramsey Forty Foot, said: "Sparks went everywhere, some pigeons were incinerated, others dropped into the ditch and the fire raged.
© UnknownPhoto of Vanzandt's home, from CBS-affiliate KFSM, in Fort Smith.
"Just because it's rare doesn't mean it's impossible," said Larry Arnold, director of ParaScience International, in an interview with CBS-affiliate KFSM in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
A mysterious death has local authorities stumped. "The nature of his burn injuries are something that has captivated our interest," Arnold said.
Arnold flew from Pennsylvania to Sequoyah County to study the death of Danny Vanzandt, 65. Last month deputies say Vanzandt was found dead in his home on Bawcom Road.
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In a society wary of admitting to mental problems, many are turning to exorcists for help.
Tales of spectral figures lined up at shops where now there is only rubble are what psychiatrists say is a reaction to fear after the March 11, 2011, disaster in which nearly 19,000 people were killed.
"The places where people say they see ghosts are largely those areas completely swept away by the tsunami," said Keizo Hara, a psychiatrist in the city of Ishinomaki, one of the areas worst-hit by the waves touched off by an offshore earthquake.
"We think phenomena like ghost sightings are perhaps a mental projection of the terror and worries associated with those places."
Hara said post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) might only now be emerging in many people, and the country could be facing a wave of stress-related problems.
"It will take time for PTSD to emerge for many people in temporary housing for whom nothing has changed since the quake," he said.
Russell Crowe has sparked a furore after claiming to have photographed a UFO outside the window of his office.
The Hollywood megastar posted a video on YouTube which he says could show a spaceship moving across the night sky.
The actor seems to have anticipated that some would be sceptical of his supernatural claims, as the clip was captioned 'THESE ARE REAL'.
The Hollywood megastar posted a video on YouTube which he says could show a spaceship moving across the night sky.
The actor seems to have anticipated that some would be sceptical of his supernatural claims, as the clip was captioned 'THESE ARE REAL'.
Do ghosts exist? A forensics lab in New York thinks so. Or at least, that's what a group of Tennessee based paranormal investigators claim.
Global Paranormal Services have been delving into a supernatural mystery at their local library for over a year now, and this Friday, they'll be visiting again to not only continue their investigations, but to unveil evidence of that they say is definitive proof of the afterlife.
As you can imagine, they're champing at the bit to share their findings.
"Keeping it quiet has been killing us, we've seen, heard, and experienced things in the Chattanooga Public Library that we've never found before," ghost hunter Robert Groover, told The Chattanoogan. "Some of the evidence has been sent to a New York forensic lab and they have confirmed the photos are of a paranormal nature."
That last line is particularly interesting, isn't it? If a forensic lab has really stuck it's neck out and risked it's credibility to confirm what the GPS team says it has, I can only imagine that this news will be the envy of every ghost hunter to ever swing a K2 meter.
Global Paranormal Services have been delving into a supernatural mystery at their local library for over a year now, and this Friday, they'll be visiting again to not only continue their investigations, but to unveil evidence of that they say is definitive proof of the afterlife.
As you can imagine, they're champing at the bit to share their findings.
"Keeping it quiet has been killing us, we've seen, heard, and experienced things in the Chattanooga Public Library that we've never found before," ghost hunter Robert Groover, told The Chattanoogan. "Some of the evidence has been sent to a New York forensic lab and they have confirmed the photos are of a paranormal nature."
That last line is particularly interesting, isn't it? If a forensic lab has really stuck it's neck out and risked it's credibility to confirm what the GPS team says it has, I can only imagine that this news will be the envy of every ghost hunter to ever swing a K2 meter.
