Monday, July 18, 2011

After political shakeup, Zahi Hawass (and SEVERE critic of ancient alien hypothesis) is fired from his post as Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs!

After nearly a decade as chief of Egypt's antiquities, Zahi Hawass is now out of a job.  The 64-year-old archaeologist was fired yesterday by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf as part of a wider shakeup of his cabinet. Protestors at Cairo's Tahrir Square had been calling for his ouster as minister of antiquities for months. "All the devils united against me," Hawass told Science Insider.

Full article: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/07/eqypts-antiquities-boss-is-sacke.html?etoc&elq=b4e8e8303a9c47cfb0ab71c4b529f35e

Nessie-like sea monster photographed in Alaska

A video from 2009 shows something mysterious moving across the surface of the sea that resembles an Alaskan version of the Loch Ness monster.  Some are claiming that the animal is a "Cadborosaurus," a type of reptile or lizard that got its name from Cadboro Bay, in British Columbia. They say that what's in the video is a sea serpent that dwells in the North Pacific and possibly other regions.
Full article:  http://news.discovery.com/animals/sea-serpent-sighting-alaska-hillstranded-110718.html

Bigfoot sightings frequent the town of Chatham, Illinois 

There’s something amiss in the backwoods of Chatham, something potentially big. Lately there’s been talk around certain areas of town of an unusual howling and screeching sound as well as evidence of some very large footprints.
Full article:  http://www.sj-r.com/ourtowns/chatham/x121481200/Messing-with-Sasquatch-may-not-be-such-a-good-idea



After weekend debut of new  Harry Potter movie, Fundamentalist Christians claim the film and books promote witchcraft and Satanism...again

The ‘Harry Potter’ book and film series may be a pop-culture juggernaut generating billions of dollars around the world, but not everyone is thrilled with the adventures of the young wizards.Religious fundamentalists, particularly Evangelical Christians, have long railed against J.K. Rowling’s handiwork, largely because they associate wizardry and magic with witchcraft and Satanism.
Full article:  http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/182140/20110718/harry-potter-christians-witchcraft-wizardry-satan.htm


UFO spotted over Minnesota

A Minnesota witness reports watching and photographing an unusual, silent object in the sky that moved horizontally, "paused for about three minutes," and then continued moving across the sky, according to July 18, 2011, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Full article: http://www.examiner.com/ufo-in-national/minnesota-witness-photographs-silent-object

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

'Nazi' cult members from Colonia Dignidad in Chili accused of kidnapping and manslaughter 

Rebeca Schaefer and Peter Schmidt are accused of kidnapping, manslaughter and membership of an illicit organisation.  They handed themselves in after a judge ordered their arrest on Monday along with five others.  The judge issued a warrant for the arrest of Hartmut Hopp, the deputy leader of Colonia Dignidad who is thought to have fled to Germany.
Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13535187

Eye witnesses believe they have sighted Bigfoot in Colorado!

Is Bigfoot real? It’s a question that many have asked since the first sightings back in the 1800s when explorers began talking about an ape-like creature that walked like a man. Many scientists have brushed off reports that the creatures exists, and so far no real proof has been presented.
Full article: http://www.krdo.com/news/28011224/detail.html

Hitler wanted Nazi scientists to train dogs to  read and write...and talk!?!

The Germans viewed canines as being almost as intelligent as humans and attempted to build an army of fearsome 'speaking' dogs, extraordinary new research shows.  Hitler hoped the clever creatures would learn to communicate with their SS masters - and he even had a special dog school set up to teach them to talk.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8532573/Nazis-tried-to-train-dogs-to-talk-read-and-spell-to-win-WW2.html

Infra-red satellites over Egypt discover 17 lost pyramids and other lost ancient sites

More than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements were also revealed by looking at infra-red images which show up underground buildings. Initial excavations have already confirmed some of the findings, including two suspected pyramids.
Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13522957


...and in case we haven't gotten enough of him, Harold Camping moves Armageddon to October 21st?!

To casual viewers, Harold Camping is a two-time loser when it comes to rapture predictions. However, the 89-year-old evangelist who claimed that the world was going to end this past Saturday, only to have his predicted rapture turn out to be a lot less apocalyptic than advertised (save for for one volcano burst in Iceland that was hardly rapture-like).
Full article: http://weirdnews.aol.com/2011/05/23/harold-camping-says-october-21-real-end-of-world_n_865978.html

Saturday, Febuary 5, 2011

According to an anonymous Egyptian official, Israel's Mossad has GPS-controlled sharks preying on Egyptians to destroy their tourism industry!

I wrote this week about a possible thaw in ties between traditional rivals India and Pakistan. But even if the two countries’ policymakers are indeed making progress in improving relations, they will have to overcome deep mistrust between their respective populations. Such distrust is stoked by the vast range of conspiracy theories frequently bandied around, including the idea that India is behind the bomb attacks in Karachi. However, these two countries are by no means alone. Before the recent unrest in Egypt I heard one from there that may beat them all.
Full article: http://the-diplomat.com/indian-decade/2011/02/05/conspiracy-theories/