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<title>Cleanse The Bigfoot Database: Cast Out The Hourglass Casts - Cryptozoo News</title>
<link>http://www.cryptozoonews.com/hourglass/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Loren Coleman suggests the Bigfoot evidence database should be purged of dubious track casts that are likely faked and says that the typical "hourglass" prints are a good place to start. To give a point of reference, the faked Ray Wallace casts have that familiar hourglass shape...on a related note, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ztjTztLJ9jw#!"target="_blank">MK Davis </A> takes a closer look at stills from the Patty film and examines details of the legs and feet which seem to have become quite a popular subject this week round the Bigfoot researchers' watercooler. Meanwhile, Bigfoot hunter Lee Woods talks to a local Fox news affiliate about his never-ending <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ztjTztLJ9jw#!"target="_blank">search for Bigfoot </A> in the North Carolina forests and Finding Bigfoot <a href="http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/strange/search-for-bigfoot-heads-to-northern-nm"target="_blank">heads to New Mexico </A> after video reportedly shows Sasquatch near Albuquerque in the Jamez mountains.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:24:34 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Wave of Mutilation: â€œAlien Autopsyâ€� Discovered on Wild Boar in Florida Forest - Who Forted</title>
<link>http://whofortedblog.com/2013/05/21/wave-mutilation-alien-autopsy-discovered-wild-boar-florida-forest/</link>
<description><![CDATA[We aren't sure what caused these bizarre and disturbing laser-like incisons on this wild boar but it does warrant further investigation. One puzzling fact that strikes us in particular is that the body was left right off a well-traveled trail, meaning someone or something was definitely not attemping to hide it. After that bit of grossness, lets shift gears and look at something rather pleasant for a change--how about a <a href="http://chenillestems.blogspot.com/2013/04/little-thylacine.html"target="_blank">Tylacine made entirely out of pipe cleaners! </A><p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:24:33 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Finally! Independent Testing Of Rossi's E-Cat Cold Fusion Device: Maybe The World Will Change After All - Forbes</title>
<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/markgibbs/2013/05/20/finally-independent-testing-of-rossis-e-cat-cold-fusion-device-maybe-the-world-will-change-after-all/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cold Fusion for everyone! Maybe...if the E-Cat can prove itself and steer the world away from petroleum, which sadly is about as likely as relying on <a href="http://forteanzoology.blogspot.com/2013/05/japanese-toad-magic.html"target="_blank">Japanese toad magic. </A><p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:23:31 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Streetlamp Interference: A Modern-day Paranormal Mystery - Mysterious Universe</title>
<link>http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/05/streetlamp-interference-a-modern-day-paranormal-mystery/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Streetlamp interference is one of those weird urban legend-esque occurances that usually happens to a friend of a friend that you really don't believe to be true until it happens to you and even then maybe not even then. Well, it turns out that it has an official name "SLI" and a database of experiences that includes a how-to for <a href="http://www.assap.ac.uk/newsite/articles/SLI.html"target="_blank">investigating SLI, </A> which may be a naturally occuring phenomenon related to psychokinesis. There is also a great book on the subject entitled <a href="http://www.anomalistbooks.com/book.cfm?id=41" target="_blank"><i>SLIDERS: The Enigma of Streetlight Interference (SLI)</i></a> by Hilary Evans.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:43 GMT</pubDate>
<title>New Jersey Sinkhole Or Forgotten Basement? - CS Monitor</title>
<link>http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0521/New-Jersey-sinkhole-or-forgotten-basement-Hole-develops-in-warehouse-floor</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Ancient Ones demand a sacrifice and will take what is owed them in any way they deem neccesary including opening wide the maws of hell itself and swallowing a man and his forklift...or, you know, he just ran over a soft spot in the floor that caved in over the site of an old basement. Sinkholes have become this year's Fortean mystery du jour, with dozens opening up all over the United States and also, the world. View <a href="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/photos/13-amazing-sinkholes/famous-pits"target="_blank">13 Amazing Sinkholes </A> from all over the world, including the grand-daddy of them all, the Guatemala City "Highway to Hell' that plunges 300 feet deep.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:25:55 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Compelling Evidence: Toe Extension of the Patterson-Gimlin Film Wood Ape - Bizarre Zoology</title>
<link>http://bizarrezoology.blogspot.com/2013/05/incredible-evidence-toe-extension-of.html#more</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jay Cooney discusses Carl Olinsolet's new enhancement video that analyises Patty's gait and foot structure in the Patterson-Gimilin film, focusing particularly on her toes. As usual, we find ourselves impressed with Cooney's report and consider him one of the top crypto bloggers out there, sometimes outpacing researchers twice his age...meanwhile, <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDONESIA_FOREST_MORATORIUM?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-16-05-00-14"target="_blank">Indonesia extends forest-clearing ban for 2 years </A> which is potentially great news for the <a href="http://www.orangpendek.org/"target="_blank">Orang Pendek. </A><p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:41 GMT</pubDate>
<title>The Hundred Year Old Man Who Willed Himself to Die - Occult View</title>
<link>http://occultview.com/2013/05/20/the-hundred-year-old-man-who-willed-himself-to-die/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Occult View touches on the subject of the will to live. Can we really control it consciously? This Bulgarian tale has the look and feel of an urban legend (from the friend of a friend) and at the ripe old age of 100, it'd be more surprising if he <i>wasn't</i> able to do that. Much more impressive is Jeanne Calment, labeled by Guiness Book of World Records as <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VqEgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7GgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6026%2C3313956"target="_blank">World's Oldest Person </A> and indisputably still the champion of long living, died at age 122 in 1997. Born in France in 1875, she once had the honor of meeting Vincent Van Gogh although to her, it was less an honor than a chore as she found him "dirty, badly dressed and disagreeable." Living past 100 will soon become much less of a novelty and as Dr. Aubrey Grey explains, <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/566972/living-to-150-could-soon-become-a-reality/"target="_blank">Living to 150 could soon become a reality </A> and the first person to do so has likely already been born.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:40 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Glowing Encounters of the 3rd Kind: Australian Man Films Bizarre UFO Sighting - Who Forted</title>
<link>http://whofortedblog.com/2013/05/20/glowing-encounters-3rd-kind-australian-man-films-bizarre-ufo-sighting/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Although very weird in appearance, we tend to agree with Who Forted's conclusion that it's a glow in the dark model plane but we have to give kudos to Arthur Solitt's very clear and concise description of his encounter and also his video evidence that lasts more than 3 seconds. Coicidentally, The Age just released a multi-part series called <a href="http://media.theage.com.au/national/selections/are-we-alone-habitable-worlds-4290432.html"target="_blank">Are We Alone? </A> that focuses on UFO sightings across Australia.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:21 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Here's a View From Inside The Possible Bigfoot Hut - Bigfoot Evidence</title>
<link>http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.com/2013/05/heres-view-from-inside-possible-bigfoot.html#moretop</link>
<description><![CDATA[Who or what constructed this sturdy hut out of large tree branches atop a steep hill in the woods of northern Minnesota? Investigator Johnny Bigfoot suspects it was Bigfoot and points out that it's at a perfect vantage point to watch for danger and is only a few yards from a fresh water source. While it's intriguing to consider Bigfoot as the builder of this shelter, humans cannot be ruled out either as it is in a location that is difficult but not impossible for a human to access. Then again, a bit of quick research gives us similar examples which are considered <a href="http://www.bfro.net/ref/fieldres/sasquatchnest.asp"target="_blank">"Sasquatch Nests"</A> in northern California and feature the same use of live trees and also twisted tree markers. More examples were found in very remote locations in Colorado with bent live trees, shelters constructed out of branches and logs and other <a href="http://sasquatchinvestigations.org/bigfoot-research/sasquatch-oddities/"target="_blank">"Sasquatch Oddities.</A> On an interesting sidenote, some Native American tribes utilized bent live trees as signs or guideposts to mark trails or food and water sources. These <a href="http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/trees-bent-by-american-indians-being-identified-and-preserved-106631"target="_blank">Trees Bent By American Indians [Are] Being Identified and Preserved</A> in 39 states, with at least 1,850 of these "living archaeology" trees still standing today, some as old as 300 years. This deepens the mystery as it's impossible not to consider the possibility that Native Americans and Sasquatch may have passed this knowledge between them. The question is, who had the idea first?<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:20 GMT</pubDate>
<title>When Forests Glow Green In The Night - io9</title>
<link>http://io9.com/when-forests-glow-green-in-the-night-505135959</link>
<description><![CDATA[io9 shows us that a perfectly rational scientific explanation to one of life's Fortean mysteries-Foxfire--is actually almost as creepy as the numerous paranormal explanations that have cropped up over the centuries. Some foxfire is caused by certain types of fungi, including the honey mushroom which can sometimes cast an eerie green glow over large swaths of forest floor. The most disturbing aspect of foxfire is that although biologists have figured out the source of the light, they still have no idea why. Still, not all mysterious "ghost lights" fit into the foxfire mold, like Will-o-the-wisps (or railroad lights) which have been reported for as long as there have been railroad tracks stretching across the United States and sometimes even before that. Take a look at these <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUAKqMM-vk"target="_blank">Ghost Lights during East Tennessee storm (Foxfire or Railroad Lights). </A> What is the source of these flashes of light and why are they nearly always spotted along railroad routes? Or how about the enduring mystery of the Marfa Lights in Texas or the Brown Mountain Lights in North Carolina? These bizarre <a href="http://www.nightorbs.net/"target="_blank">Night Orbs </A> continue to defy rational explanation despite the fact many people have claimed to have solved the mystery. A simple mirage of nearby car headlights is always a popular debunking theory but what about in locations (such as Brown Mountain) where the lights predate the existence of cars and even roads? The general consensus is that these ghost lights also have a very natural origin, like foxfire, but is so bizarre that it still defies explanation, making nearly all instances of ghost lights an enduring Fortean mystery for the foreseeable future.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:19 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Proof Of Heaven Popular, Except With The Church - CNN</title>
<link>http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/19/proofs-of-heaven-popular-but-not-with-the-church/?hpt=hp_c2</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's beyond ironic that the one place you'd expect near death experiences to be welcome is also the one place the experiences are most strongly opposed and denied. Why? This article touches on some possible theories as to why and as author Lisa Miller explains, "Itâ€™s a tough topic for a pastor. If you get too literal, you can risk sounding too silly. If you donâ€™t talk about it, youâ€™re evading one of the most important questions about theology and why people come to church.â€� Acknowledging NDEs is "too dangerous", she says because it has tremendous power to make a lot of religious folks mad because their old-world views of the afterlife are no longer valid, if, for example, everyone gets into "Heaven" after death as most NDEs overwhelmingly suggest. Just a couple of centuries ago, saving one's soul was often a monetary pursuit with some religions basically allowing you to buy your way into heaven. Some people realized quickly that this also meant that the human soul was a hot commodity and thus the practice of <a href="http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/05/19/soul-selling-in-nineteenth-century-london/"target="_blank">Soul Selling in the the Nineteenth Century </A> gained a certain amount of popularity among shady characters; souls were exchanged for money and the soul supposedly turned directly over to Satan, who apparently worked out of Westminster Abbey in 19th century London.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:25:59 GMT</pubDate>
<title>False Equivalencies And The Mediocrity of Nonlocal Consciousness Research Criticism - Explore</title>
<link>http://www.explorejournal.com/article/S1550-8307&#37;2813&#37;2900059-1/fulltext</link>
<description><![CDATA[One of the old chestnuts in anomalistic research is the difference between skepticism and denialism. Everything must be questioned to foster progress on a foundation of answers leading to new questions, part and parcel of healthy skepticism. Deniers fight tooth and nail, maintaining the party line while refusing to ask challenging questions even if their organization's acronym includes the term "inquiry". Beginning with an amusing anecdote featuring James Randi, Stephan A. Schwartz doesn't need to damn the deniers, as they do a fine job on their own with peeks behind the curtain at CSICOP and their advocacy for science without being scientific. "I felt they were simply unqualified to act as judge and jury when they were simply lawyers" best sums up Schwartz's thesis which is certain to spark discussion like the TEDx affair.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:25:58 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Bigelow Aerospace Director Addresses FAA UFO Reports - OpenMinds</title>
<link>http://www.openminds.tv/bigelow-aerospace-director-addresses-faa-ufo-reports-1019/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Too bad Bigelow doesn't have a handy backronym like "Never A Straight Answer". After watching Sheperd Johnson's interview with Mike Gold, not Big Bob, Alejandro Rojas wonders how deep this hole at Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies goes with Gold's plausible deniability. Shepherd isn't the only one fighting the good fight considering recent headlines regarding the <a href="http://www.ufohastings.com/articles/citizen-hearing-on-disclosure" target="_blank">Citizen Hearing On Disclosure</a>. Robert Hastings could smell blood in the water and goes point-by-point why he avoided Bassett's three-ring circus. Just a note to Bob, if you just said 'Lemurian Crystal Headbands' we would've just understood but it wouldn't be as fun as your full opinion. There's plenty more video, this time it's courtesy of J. Maynard Gelinas, with <a href="http://www.theufochronicles.com/2013/05/dr-eric-w-davis-of-nasas-breakthrough.html" target="_blank">Dr. Eric W. Davis, Of NASA's Breakthrough Physics Propulsion Project, Discussed UFOs During Lecture</a>, with a provocative talk on quantum teleportation, wormholes, among other science fictional tropes alleged to be in use by aliens. More interesting is how Dr. Davis writes off warp drives.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:25:57 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Life After Death Project: Forrest J Ackerman's Friends Claim He's Speaking To Them From The Dead - Huffington Post</title>
<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/17/life-after-death-project-forest-j-ackerman_n_3280368.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[What better way to popularize inquiry into the afterlife by summoning a skeptic? Some of Forrest's buddies say the man who coined the awful term "sci-fi"--it's more appropriate to use "SF" or "skiffy" in an ironic fashion--is eating some crow now as he reaches from beyond to talk with friends. We turn to Lee Speigel with the rest of the story. Far stranger is the exploration of dream, specifically <a href="http://monkeywah.typepad.com/paranormalia/2013/05/some-precognitive-dreams.html" target="_blank">Some Precognitive Dreams</a>. Best part is everyone dreams, even James Randi, and oneirology requires naught but pen, paper, and a good memory. Robert McLuhan thanks Lawrence Brennan for this piece on the synchromystic aspects of dreams, whether influenced from within or without.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:25:56 GMT</pubDate>
<title>What the Heck are These Weird Tracks on the Bottom of the Ocean? - Who Forted?</title>
<link>http://whofortedblog.com/2013/05/18/reader-mail-heck-weird-tracks-bottom-ocean/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Don't be so quick to write these oddities off as digital image artifacts. Greg Newkirk gets some strange mail, usually invective from skeptics, but there are some gems like this piece from 'Iceburg'. Google has one possible explanation for these anomalies, but considering our oceans are the final frontier the possibilities are endless. Best part, you can see for yourself and if several people see the same thing, it must be part of objective reality. So sayeth the grand Malcolm Smith in his treatise upon <a href="http://malcolmsanomalies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/phantom-leopards-and-collective.html" target="_blank">Phantom Leopards And Collective Hallucinations</a>. Mal seems to take a page from Doc Savage, another from the Book of Mormon, wrapping up with a tale of Arthur Conan Doyle on what it's like to believe something so fervently that it becomes part of the collective consciousness. Such are the claims regarding <a href="http://thevicarslamp.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-time-travelers.html" target="_blank">Time Travellers</a> suggesting the Versailles 'time slip' was a shared hallucination. Not so, says R. Emmett Lee, as the possibilities are endless just like spacetime itself. Magus Lee does not invoke John Titor, instead waxing poetic on the very small but non-zero probability of travelling through time.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:25:55 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Life Of Psi - Magonia</title>
<link>http://pelicanist.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/life-of-psi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dear Aging Magonians: We are so glad you never get so caught up in your own agenda that you fail to at least grasp what a book is really all about in your reviews. But unfortunately you did in this case--in your review of of <a href="http://www.anomalistbooks.com/book.cfm?id=74" target="_blank"><i>Men And Women Of Parapsychology, Personal Reflections, Esprit Volume 2</i></a>. So we'll let Stephan A. Schwartz provide a comment, which you have yet to approve: "This is a volume of short personal recitations of men and women whose lives have been largely formed by their fascination with the idea that we are more than animated meat, and that consciousness is more than a curiosity of our physicality. The people who wrote these chapters, and in the interest of full disclosure I am one of them, have collectively published hundreds of papers in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, and their books line shelves in many libraries. In scientific writing, the personal plays no role. One rarely knows anything intimate about the men and women behind published studies. It was the purpose of this book to pull back the curtain to reveal exactly the information scientific papers never discuss. Who wrote this paper? What was their worldview? How did they arrive at it? How do they see themselves in the context of the field? What is their view of the work to which they have given their lives?" If you want to delve further into the Life of Psi--we'll give Magonia credit for a good title--you can listen to an interview with Rosemarie Pilkington, the editor of <i>Men And Women Of Parapsychology, Personal Reflections, Esprit Volume 2</i>, in this podcast: <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theinvisibleworld/2013/05/16/the-invisible-world-ep-144" target="_blank">The Invisible World ep 144</a>.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:29:02 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Orange Fireballs And Little People In England - Alternate Perceptions</title>
<link>http://apmagazine.info/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=385</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rendlesham? Meh, bo-ring. Hopkinsville? Yeah, tell it to the Weekly World News. Here's a sweet story from Silbury Hill, courtesy of Dr. Greg Little, about a group of meddling kids hoping to harsh on some crop circle makers--only to discover they're through the looking glass. The possibility of a demonic association isn't mentioned, but everyone knows the association of sulpur with all things blasphemous and profane.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Washington Post Is Confused About UFO Phenomenon - The Gralien Report</title>
<link>http://gralienreport.com/ufos/fear-driven-or-pure-drivel-washington-post-is-confused-about-ufo-phenomenon/</link>
<description><![CDATA[And they wonder why people refer to those handheld, paper blogs as being part of the "lamestream". Perennial favorite Micah Hanks is at odds with Caitlin Dewey at the WaPo reciting skeptic talking points and calling it an article. Looking deeper at Caitlin's thesis, there's a troubling bias shared by UFO diehards and 'denialists' blinding them to the possibilities. One can forgive this folly, unlike someone raising two million dollars then having the audacity to charge folks $10 to watch his documentary on free energy conspiracies sprinkled with references to reverse-engineered UFO tech. If you haven't caught the gist, Mark OC would argue with anyone claiming <a href="http://www.highstrangenessufo.com/2013/05/sirius-greatest-ufo-documentary-ever.html" target="_blank"><i>Sirius</i> As The Greatest UFO Documentary Ever</a> can only be Steven Greer.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
<title>When Western Bigfoot Casts Are Just Older Western Casts - CryptoZooNews</title>
<link>http://www.cryptozoonews.com/west-just-west/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Richard Feynman once proposed there's only one electron in the universe. Great minds think alike, as Loren Coleman expounds upon the fact there aren't that many unique sasquatch prints out there. Caveat emptor, sayeth the grand poobah of cryptozoology, for that print cast you're buying may be a copy of a copy of a copy and Loren gives tips for sussing out the skullduggery. Finding, or buying, footprints is one issue, yet no one has brought forth a viable specimen for study. Leave it to Nick Redfern to think outside of the box, considering the confusion from the confluence of <a href="http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/05/creepy-creatures-and-strange-sites/" target="_blank">Creepy Creatures And Strange Sights</a>. If you accept the challenge to find the strange in the midst of strange, Mark OC wants to share a story about <a href="http://www.highstrangenessufo.com/2013/05/the-thing-in-tree.html" target="_blank">The Thing In The Tree</a>. Someone posted an encounter with Mothman's mentally challenged cousin hoping someone would investigate, except clues in the report suggest there are reasons to be skeptical. Can you spot them?<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:28:59 GMT</pubDate>
<title>EdgeScience #14 - Society For Scientific Exploration</title>
<link>http://www.scientificexploration.org/edgescience/</link>
<description><![CDATA[There's a large gap between simple 'woo' and maverick science. Consider Rupert Sheldrake, compare his contributions to the work of Commander X to appreciate the divide. It's why we're happy to announce the newest issue of EdgeScience is available and the price is right, <i>free</i>. What can you expect of this issue? Our buddy Michael Prescott reviews the groundbreaking <i>The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind</i>, Robert van de Castle explores the connections between dreams and psi, and David Pratt details the troubles of plate tectonics theory. Challenging and provocative ideas are what fuel scientific progress, and The Society for Scientific Exploration does a bang-up job.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:28:58 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Why Science Needs Silly-Sounding Research - BoingBoing</title>
<link>http://boingboing.net/2013/05/16/why-science-needs-silly-soundi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Long ago, Bill Watterson wrote <i>Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink'</i>. Riffing on the theme, Maggie Koerth-Baker believes it should go 'Boing Boing'. These nutty onomatopoeias disarm people, opening their minds to new ideas. After all, some paths in pathology may not have been readily explored until someone had a bit of a giggle in the laboratory.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Does 'Failure to Replicate' Mean Failed Science? - LiveScience</title>
<link>http://www.livescience.com/32041-revisiting-science-studies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The issue of replicability has become quite a spectacle lately. Sometimes it's due to fraud, often an investigator gets lucky, but methodology remains key in the outcome of a study. David Funder's opinion is helpful for mainstream and maverick researchers alike, deserving another look even by the laity. For example, there are <a href="http://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2013/05/15/explanations-that-dont-explain-2/" target="_blank">Explanations That Don't Explain</a>. Take when scientists say "it's likely", when they're accepting a model rather than testing it. Mel Acheson provides a succinct example of scientific dogmatism certain to spark some debate. Another instance regards gravitational singularities expressing their <a href="http://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2013/05/13/black-hunger-3/" target="_blank">Black Hunger</a>. Subject to much speculation, despite mountains of data, there's more circular reasoning than actual cogitation among investigators.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:28:12 GMT</pubDate>
<title>PBS: Summary Report on Alleged Pennsylvania Bigfoot Shooting Case 5-16-2013 (Updated: 911 Audio Included) - Bigfoot Evid...</title>
<link>http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.com/2013/05/pbs-summary-report-on-alleged.html#moretop</link>
<description><![CDATA[It seems that the alleged PA Bigfoot shooting turned out to be a whole lot of nuthin'-the prints were bear tracks, no helicopters were sent out to retrieve a body because as authorities confirm, there was no body to recover, Bigfoot or otherwise. It's still a mystery as to where and how the whole story got started. It does not seem to be an intentional hoax but rather a case of garbled ham radio messages perhaps. Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society did an outstanding job on this case and left us very impressed. Hopefully, when a real Bigfoot turns up it'll be in their neck of the woods...Meanwhile, Glasgow Boy delves into sort of mistaken identity with historical evidence of the possible presence of <a href="http://lochnessmystery.blogspot.com/2013/05/dolphins-or-porpoises-in-loch-ness.html"target="_blank">Dolphins or Porpoises in Loch Ness</A> which could have been the cause of at least a few Nessie sightings.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:28:11 GMT</pubDate>
<title>The Creep Who Came in from the Cold: The Odd Story of Richard French - Gralien Report</title>
<link>http://gralienreport.com/conspiracies/the-creep-who-came-in-from-the-cold-the-odd-story-of-richard-french/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Micah Hanks breaches the subject of Richard French, the 83 year old former military man who turned up at the Citizen Hearing for Disclosure to testify and claims he worked on Project Blue Book. His background story turns out to be almost as bizarre as some of the UFO cases he says he worked on. Well-worth a read. And here's a weird case that surely rivals any brought up at the Hearings-<a href="http://apmagazine.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=385"target="_blank">Orange Fireballs and Little People in Englandâ€”the Incredible 1994 UFO-Humanoid Case at Silbury Hill </A> which involved tiny humanoid piloting flying triangle shaped craft that hoevred around some very surprised hikers late one night.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:28:10 GMT</pubDate>
<title>How UFO Believers Make Our Government More Transparent - Yahoo News</title>
<link>http://news.yahoo.com/ufo-believers-government-more-transparent-073700650.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The FOIA allows anyone to gain access to UFO files which were once classified and now available to the public but while this may make the goverment seem transparent, it's an illusion. Common sense indicates if there's something the government doesn't want us to know, we're not going to find out via filling out a form and requesting information. Speaking of common sense...or lack of it, a local news station asks, <a href="http://www.9news.com/news/article/336189/188/Whats-really-under-Denver-International-Airport"target="_blank">what's Really Under Denver International Airport? </A> With the walls covered in bizarre artwork and symbols and the airport shrouded in numerous conspiracy theories, it's not hard to imagine an underground base full of aliens beneath the denver Airportd. Really, really stupid aliens, that is, because of all the places in the world to build an underground base, a huge international airport with worldwide recognition as one of the weirdest places in the United States is the logical choice.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:28:09 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Weird Bubble Creatures? Hmmmâ€¦. - Ghost Theory</title>
<link>http://www.ghosttheory.com/2013/05/16/weird-bubble-creatures-hmmm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Yep, those are weird alright but of totally terrestrial origin. Sometimes nature can conjure up some pretty odd things, living or nonliving, that would give any weird alien race a run for its money. For example, slimy, pulsating <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70lE7pvvN6s"target="_blank">Bryozoans </A> resemble nothing less than giant floating brains underwater while the simple act of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ritaljhhk7s"target="_blank">Mercury(II) thiocyanate decomposition </A> looks like some multi-tentacle beast emerging from the depths of hell after being summoned by Chthulu.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:28:39 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Bigfoot Shot In PA - Cryptomundo</title>
<link>http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/bigfoot-shot-in-pa/</link>
<description><![CDATA[We know just as much (or rather, as little) as everyone else does at this point. All we can do is gather the news as it comes in and try to put together the pieces. So far, all that is known is that a ham radio operator overheard a report on a police scanner regarding a hunter shooting a "Bigfoot" in Somerset. Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society is investigating and issuing frequent updates online. However, some believe that this report of a <a href="http://www.kare11.com/news/article/1023922/14/Turkey-hunter-shot-in-western-Wisconsin"target="_blank">turkey hunter shot in Wisconsin </A> in Somerset Township may have been confused with the more recent report. It's hard to believe an April 30th news item would be so easily confused with a mid-May story, though. Eric Altman of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pabigfootsociety"target="_blank">PBA </A> says they've conferred with local authorities and will release a statement today, hopefully clearing up all the confusion.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:28:38 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Haunted Alberta: Ghost Stories From All Around The Province (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post</title>
<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/05/12/haunted-alberta-ghost-stories_n_3262819.htmlYet</link>
<description><![CDATA[Canada has its fair share of hauntings and ghostly legends, especially in Alberta where apparitions abound, from a ghostly bride who reenacts her fatal fall down a flight of stairs to victims of a landslide who still roam the place of their death...Across the pond in England, <a href="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/leeds-boggarts-ghost-dogs-and-secret-passages-1-5664065"target="_blank">Boggarts, ghost dogs and secret passages </A> are just a few examples of the hauntings that take place in Leeds. Beachcombing gives us a historical perspective on the legend of boggarts, specifically <a href="http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/05/14/the-boggarts-of-royde-and-royd/"target="_blank">the boggarts of Royde and Royd. </A> Over in London, <a href="http://www.ghosttheory.com/2013/05/15/yet-another-cctv-ghost-video"target="_blank">yet another cctv ghost video </A> emerges from a Community Center security camera, that seems to show a ghostly man walking through an outside door and railing and then vanishing. Either it's a slow news week there or some people aren't aquainted with the whole "reflection in glass" concept...<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:28:37 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Crop Circles and Official Secrets - Mysterious Universe</title>
<link>http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/05/crop-circles-and-official-secrets/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Did the MI5 investigate crop circles as part of their investigation into Nazi spys during World War II? It sure seems that way, as Nick Redfern explains how MI5 looked into what they called "ground markings" in crop fields. Meanwhile, a less than impressive <a href="http://www.openminds.tv/crop-circle-appears-in-rural-tennessee-1016/"target="_blank">crop circle appears in rural Tennessee </A> that seems to have been constructed hastily and sloppily with uneven edges. Either the usual aliens in charge of crop circle formation were on vacation or this is a poorly executed hoax.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:28:36 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Unidentified Foul Objects: Mass. Town Plagued by Odd Aircraft and Awful Smells - Who Forted</title>
<link>http://whofortedblog.com/2013/05/15/unidentified-foul-objects-mass-town-plagued-odd-aircraft-awful-smells/</link>
<description><![CDATA["Things have gotten a little weird," says Who Forted regarding the strange goings-on in the small town of Quincy, Massachusetts that is being plagued by UFOs leaving behind a terrible stench, which even a enviromental professor says is "abnormal". The FAA's official statement? "We have to be very careful this time." Wha? In other unidentified flying news, a blogger claims that a <a href="http://anythingufo.blogspot.com/2013/05/ufo-sighted-over-air-force-one-while.html"target="_blank">UFO Sighted Over Air Force One While Landing In Costa Rica,</A> <a href="http://www.openminds.tv/china-ufo-identified-as-a-research-rocket-1015/"target="_blank">China UFO identified as a research rocket</A> and UFO Iconoclasts think they know <a href="http://ufocon.blogspot.com/2013/05/what-lonnie-zamora-saw-in-socorro-1964.html"target="_blank">What Lonnie Zamora saw in Socorro 1964 (perhaps).</A><p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:28:35 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Have Archaeologists Discovered The Mysterious Lost City Of Ciudad Blanca? - The Independent</title>
<link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/have-archaeologists-discovered-the-mysterious-lost-city-of-ciudad-blanca-8616240.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[3D mapping may have finally pinpointed the exact location of the elusive and legendary "White City" that explorers have searched for over the past 500 years with no luck. And over on the Biggest Study, the Professor has unearthed yet another unexplained mystery of archaeology: the Shensi Pyramids of China. He shares some intriging photos and tells the tales of <a href="http://thebiggeststudy.blogspot.com/2013/05/pot-pourri-pyramids-monks-and-reality.html"target="_blank">Pot-Pourri: Pyramids, Monks, and Reality Chunks </A> (and teaches us a new word along the way.)<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:28:12 GMT</pubDate>
<title>The Black Knight Returns: Space Junk or Alien Eavesdropper? - Who Forted</title>
<link>http://whofortedblog.com/2013/05/14/black-knight-returns-space-junk-alien-eavesdropper/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Our very own Chris Savia wrote this article on the mysterious "Black Knight", the contrary orbiting object that insists on traveling within a polar orbit unlike every other sort of satellite up there. The Black Knight has been debated over for decades but hasn't been sighted for just as long until now, when a similarly shaped object appeared in an ISS video. This may be just a case of a hunk of space junk hit by light and shadow at just the right angles to create the illusion, as Chris suggests. Meanwhile, triangular UFO sightings continue to sweep the country in what might be now considered a UFO flap because of the sheer numbers in a relatively short period of time. This time <a href="http://www.museumoftheweird.com/news/2013/05/13/triangular-ufos-over-tennessee-and-colorado/"target="_blank">Triangular Ufos Over Tennessee And Colorado. </A> And, in light of all the triangular activity lately, the Object Report shares this <a href="http://theobjectreport.blogspot.com/2013/05/anatomy-of-black-triangle-sighting.html"target="_blank">Anatomy of a black triangle sighting... </A>In Argentina, UFO encounters have taken an even stranger turn as <a href="http://inexplicata.blogspot.com/2013/05/argentina-remotely-guided-ufos-threaten.html"target="_blank">Remotely-Guided UFOS Threaten Highways in Buenos Aires, </A> sometimes causing accidents as drivers swerve to miss the small, glowing orbs. We aren't quite sure why they're assumed to be remotely controlled, though, maybe that part of the globe is playing unwitting host to the world's smallest alien invaders...Kevin Randle recalls a simple question that was asked at the Citizen Hearing that gave everyone pause and was, as Randle realized later, simply profound. Someone asked if anyone had mentioned seeing the Roswell aliens back in 1947, meaning, immediately after the event: <a href="http://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2013/05/citizen-hearing-and-alien-bodies.html"target="_blank">Citizen Hearing and alien bodies. </A><p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:28:11 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Aliens From Earth Series: Talking Plants - Ghost Theory</title>
<link>http://www.ghosttheory.com/2013/05/14/aliens-from-earth-series-talking-plants</link>
<description><![CDATA[Recent studies reveal that there's a lot going on under all the pretty leaves on plants and trees when the shocking result of a recent experiment shows that plants are capable of communicating via vast and complicated networks of roots to warn of imminent danger. Sometimes life on earth is far more alien than anything that could show up from above. And while we're on the subject of danger from above, fear not if you're in Swaziland and concerned about witch attacks--<a href="http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2013/05/13/broomstick-flying-witches-to-be-brought-down-in-swaziland"target="_blank">Broomstick-flying witches to be brought down in Swaziland, </A>not completely but under 150 meters, according to a new rule from the Civil Aviation Authority.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:28:10 GMT</pubDate>
<title>The 2012 Canadian UFO Survey - UFO Forum</title>
<link>http://uforum.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/the-2012-canadian-ufo-survey.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just a few basic facts that summarize the report: 1,981 UFO sightings were reported throughout Canada in 2012 and of these, more than half were described as mysterious "lights in the sky". Sightings in Canada have increased steadily since 1989 and there was a huge jump from 2011 to 2012 in the number of reports as well.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 05:28:12 GMT</pubDate>
<title>Tales From Spook Central: - A Man Called DaDa</title>
<link>http://amancalleddada.blogspot.com/2013/05/tales-from-spook-central-this-place-is.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[DaDa receives verbal confirmation from the Other Side that his home is indeed weird. On a possibly related tangent, About.com is a treasure trove of readers' experiences including <a href="http://paranormal.about.com/b/2013/05/13/reader-report-conversation-in-another-dimension.htm" target="_blank">Conversation in Another Dimension</a>. Makes for good lunchtime or late night reading or whenever you wish to usher in a vague sense of unease and uncertainty about the universe we live in.<p><sub><i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i></sub></p>
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