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Euhemerism: Science attempts to explain the existence and myths of fairies

Addison Nugent
OZY
Mon, 04 Sep 2017 00:00 UTC
fairy
They used to be normal. Stolen away into the jungle by evil wizards who cut out their tongues, the Asiki children were transformed, their woolly hair morphing into long, sleek locks. Witchcraft destroyed their memories, and the poor, cursed children wandered the streets on dark nights in search of their long-lost homes. Or so the story went.

But Dr. Robert H. Nassau wanted to set the record straight. An elderly Christian missionary stationed in Libreville, French Congo, in 1901, Nassau, who was spiritual but not superstitious, patiently explained to townsfolk that they had nothing to fear from this mythical race of "little people."

He had no time for such nonsense and always tried to refocus the conversation back toward his brand of Christian scientific rationalism ... that is, until one particularly dark, moonless evening. With the sky covered in thick clouds, Nassau went for a walk and noticed a strange little figure following him. Upon closer inspection, he saw how the figure had strange, long black hair and struggled with a tongueless mouth to respond to his queries. A man of science, the Frenchman chased after the small being in hopes of capturing it for examination. But the only thing he caught, according to his mission log, was a single snippet of strangly, silky hair.

Comment: Conan Doyle's theories may be much closer to reality:
In his classic study Passport to Magonia (1969), French scientist Jacques Vallee presented many examples of similarities between fairy and UFO sightings. Jean Bastide, in La memoire des OVNI (1978) went further and said the "modern contacts established with extra-terrestrials respect precisely the same rules as contacts in the past with beings more or less human in form."

An Encyclopedia of Fairies (Briggs, 1976) gives many examples of fairy abductions. The similarities between fairy abductions and UFO abductions is also interesting to note. People who claimed interactions with fairies generally reported marks on their bodies consistent with reports of alien abductions. Fairy abductions and UFO abductions also exhibit striking similarities to activities of incubi and succubi. Almost always a thick drink is given to the abductee. The victim is paralyzed and then levitated away. The fairies traveled in circular globes of light which is also commonly reported in UFO abductions.

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UFO

Is this the bottom of a flying saucer hovering over Scottish chemical plant?

Jon Austin
The Express
Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:16 UTC
UFO Scotland
© Phil Trevis/Strange Phenomena InvestigationsUFO from below: This could be the bottom of a flying saucer, says Malcolm Robinson. The photo was taken November 12, 1991.
This bizarre picture is the base of a "UFO" snapped by a photographer as it hovered over his head, it is remarkably claimed. The "craft" was reportedly photographed by a man, who had to "bend over backwards" to get it in sight above an oil refinery.

The extraordinary image was revealed to the audience at the Outer Limits Magazine 70 Years of the Modern UFO Era conference in Hull by UFO investigator Malcolm Robinson. Mr Robinson, who has investigated UFOs since the 1980s, said it was the most remarkable UFO picture he has come across.

He told the audience that two men were photographing the BP oil refinery at Grangemouth, central Scotland, at night when they spotted a distant red object. It then flew directly towards them, he said.
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Butterfly

A curious tale of reincarnation: Shanti Devi's story remains one of the most fascinating accounts of rebirth

Madhulika Natcharaj
Telangala Today
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 12:37 UTC
shanti devi reincarnation
Shanti Devi’s story remains one of the most fascinating accounts of rebirth
Memory can be fascinating in itself. Our brains are said to be capable of recollecting the past with extraordinary accuracy. Even we don't fully understand how our memory works. What if this memory is greater than we believe? What if we can remember facts not only from our life experiences, but a past life?

The curious tale of Shanti Devi is a prime example of this. She was born in 1926 in Delhi, in British India. Apparently from the age of four, she began recollecting details of a past life. She told her parents that she was actually from Mathura, where she used to live with her husband. Her parents' reluctance in believing this tale led to Shanti Devi running away from home to try and reach Mathura on her own. Though she was unsuccessful, she kept insisting that this story was true. Back at her school, she told her headmaster that her husband's name was "Kedar Nath" and that he was a merchant in Mathura. She also claimed to have died ten days after giving birth to his son. The headmaster noted her use of certain words from the dialect of Mathura as well and decided to investigate.

Comment: Six fascinating tales of kids who remember their past lives
The interesting thing is that 100 percent of subjects who report past life remembrance are children. The average age when they start remembering their past life is at 35 months, and their descriptions of events and experiences from their past life are often extensive and remarkably detailed.
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Strange disappearances, bizarre clues and spooky letters

Brent Swancer
Mysterious Universe
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00 UTC
skull desk
Mysterious vanishings are known not only for their often very strange circumstances, but also for the myriad bizarre clues they often leave behind, as well as the strange leads which frequently come in to more often than not only muddy the waters. In some cases, people have simply seemingly ceased to exist, only to leave in their wake enigmatic letters which may or may not shine a light onto the shadows surrounding their cases. There are inexplicable letters wedged within some of the most compelling missing persons cases out there, which have served simultaneously as a beacon of hope in solving them and also a frustrating exercise in inscrutable mystery.

We begin our journey into these strange cases on the night of August 24, 1951, when a young, 10-year-old girl named Beverly Potts went off with a friend, Patricia Swing, to visit Halloran Park, in Cleveland, Ohio, in order to watch some performers at a lively summer festival. Swing had to return home at around 9PM, but Beverly decided to stay behind to watch the show to its end. However, she would not ever make it home that night and the following morning she was still nowhere to be seen. She had simply disappeared into thin air.

Comment: Unfortunately, the number of documented strange vanishings is far larger than this one article would seem to suggest:

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Exorcisms in bulk: Most in-demand exorcist in Italy performs group demon removals

Paul Seaburn
Mysterious Universe
Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:00 UTC
exorcist palermo italy
Franciscan Father Cataldo Migliazzo performs exorcisms on demand at a regularly scheduled exorcism Mass that is reportedly well-attended by the possessed as well as the possession-curious.
"[There are] six, seven or eight possessed people here at the moment."
Is it cheaper to get your exorcisms in bulk? Is it better? Where would one go to have more than one demon cast out at a time? The answer to the last question and possibly the others can be found in Palermo, Sicily, at the parish of an elderly priest whose fame as the result of a recent documentary has made him the most in-demand exorcist in Sicily, especially since he deals in quantity.
"I am talking to you, Satan, Prince of Darkness. I curse you, I chase you out of my life."

Comment: Worldwide uptick in demonic possession? Psychopaths in power and the gates of hell

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Question

Mysterious lights appear in the sky over Salt Lake City


Fox 13
Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:53 UTC
SLC strange lights
Fox 13 News received several calls and messages about a series of strange lights in the sky above Salt Lake City Saturday night, and it appears the lights were likely part of the pregame festivities for Utah's game vs San Jose State at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

Several videos shot just before 8 p.m. near Salt Lake City show the lights in the sky, with one video appearing to show a single point of light breaking up into smaller objects. Another video shows at least four separate lights moving slowly through the air.

(WARNING: The video below contains at least one instance of profanity.)
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UFO 2

Devils Tower draws UFO enthusiasts seeking 'close encounters'

Brett Tingley
Mysterious Universe
Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:00 UTC
Devils Tower
© PinterestDevils Tower, Wyoming, USA
In Steven Spielberg's iconic 1977 science-fiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a mysterious force compels desperate seekers to converge on Wyoming's Devils Tower in search of answers. When they arrive, they encounter a massive alien mothership which communicates through music and returns scores of missing persons who have been abducted over the years. A lucky few of the witnesses are allowed to go aboard the mothership and travel to the stars with the alien beings. Forty years after the film's release, UFO seekers are returning to the 800-foot-tall tower, but this time the mysterious forces compelling them to come together is much easier to explain.

For more of this article, go here.
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UFO

Portugal: UFO witness spots large "spherical object" while on hike

Alejandro Rojas
Open Minds
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:56 UTC
UFO Portugal
© MUFONPicture submitted by witness.
A hiker in Portugal took some photos of an odd object recently. The witness submitted the photos and report to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) yesterday. According to the report, the sighting took place on August 20, 2017.
UFO Portugal
© MUFONSecond picture submitted by witness.
The witness says the object appeared to be the size of a helicopter. The witness described it as an "irregular sphere" in the title of the report, and as a spherical object in the description. However, the odd shape that can be seen in the photos is difficult to describe.
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UFO

San Gabriel Valley resident films possible UFO

Shelly Insheiwat
Fox11
Mon, 04 Sep 2017 16:38 UTC
ufo san gabriel valley helicopter
© Julian Lopez/YoutubeScreenshot from YouTube user Julian Lopez
A mysterious object was seen floating over the San Gabriel Valley on the morning of August 28.

In a video posted to YouTube by Julian Lopez, it appears to show a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department helicopter circling around the object for an inspection in West Covina.

"Well, my friends, there's a UFO over the San Gabriel Valley," Lopez said.

"A helicopter is circling it," he added. "It looks like a big eyeball."
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Incidents at Skinwalker Ranch, cloaking technology and Project Chameleo


Hunt The Skinwalker
Sat, 02 Sep 2017 00:00 UTC
skinwalker ranch
Skinwalker Ranch front gate
From more than six hundred anomalous incidents on Skinwalker Ranch that have been investigated, documented and catalogued since 1994, a small number of events stand out for the brazen use of invisibility and "cloaking" technology deployed during daylight hours.

As Skinwalker Ranch scientists and researchers investigated these incidents and "war gamed" how they may have been perpetrated, inevitably the "us or them" question arose. Were humans (us) capable of pulling off this incident or was a non-human intelligence (them) responsible? This "us or them" conundrum has existed at the heart of "UFO-ology" since the 1950s and is a major contributor to the confusion and lack of progress in the field for decades.

The following are a couple of incidents that happened on Skinwalker Ranch that exemplify this ambiguity between "Us and Them".

Comment: For more background on Skinwalker Ranch, see: Path of the Skinwalker: A small ranch in northern Utah, US may be the strangest place on Earth?

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