Sunday, May 30, 2010

Happy Birthday MUFON (May 30th, 1969)

Near-Death experiences connected to electric activity in the brain moments before death

 Doctors believe they may have found the cause of the powerful spiritual experiences reported by people “brought back from the dead”.  A study of the brainwaves of dying patients showed a surge of electrical activity in the moments before their lives ended.  The researchers suggest this surge may be the cause of near-death experiences, the mysterious medical phenomena in which patients who have been revived when close to death report sensations such as walking towards a bright light or a feeling that they are floating above their body.  Many people experience the sensation as a religious vision and treat it as confirmation of an afterlife. However, the scientists behind the new research believe that is wrong.

Full article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/medicine/article7140165.ece

Virgina man believes he's on the verge of discovering physical proof of Bigfoot's existence

Billy Willard says he's on the verge of a major discovery that could change the way humans think about the natural world, not to mention their need for a creature-proof home security system. Here in Spotsylvania County, in the forests around Lake Anna, Willard claims there have been 14 sightings in the past decade of that most fabled of cryptozoic beasts: Bigfoot.

Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/29/AR2010052903710.html?sid=ST2010052903770