Monday, March 14, 2011

Utah drug bust discovers human skulls, animal flesh and other ritual devices at home of Santeria priest 

Utah police involved in a drug investigation came across human skulls and animal bones thought to be used as part of a religious shrine.  Now investigators and attorneys are trying to decide if the animal carcasses and remains constitute religious freedom, or if it is against the law.
Full article: http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=14260052

Man starts his hotel room on fire in Lynnwood, Washington because he was sharing the room with Satan!

Convinced that he was sharing a motel room with Satan, a man set his blankets ablaze in Lynnwood on Friday, according to what he told police.  The man, 52, of Redmond, had been staying at the Days Inn on 196th Street SW for about a month, according to a police affidavit filed in Snohomish County Superior Court.
Full article: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110314/NEWS01/703159945

Exorcisms on the rise in the United States...but there's enough of us exorcists says Father Gary Thomas!

IN his latest film, Anthony Hopkins plays a priest who casts out the Devil... but the churchman who advised him on set reveals here how he has dealt with the real thing...
  The images are terrifying. Girls scream in agony, their bodies inhumanly contorted. They spit curses and growl in unknown tongues. Demonic possession, and those who battle it, have been a recurrent theme in films from 1973’s classic The Exorcist to this month’s thriller The Rite.
Full article: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/234441/Demons-I-ve-faced-as-an-exorcist

Laser scanning may be used to discover secrets of Stonehenge

Modern technology may be the key to unlock hidden secrets about an ancient monument: Stonehenge.
Researchers are using lasers to scan the nearly three dozen stones, or megaliths, that make up the famous circular complex on the Salisbury Plain of southern England.
Full article: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/14/laser-scan-may-reveal-stonehenge-secrets/

Monday, August 30, 2010

Oregon faith healing couple plead not guilty to the death of their infant son

Two members of a church that preaches faith-healing pleaded not guilty Monday to manslaughter charges for failing to provide medical care to their infant son, who died shortly after his premature birth.  Attorneys for Dale R. Hickman and Shannon M. Hickman entered the pleas. The Hickmans did not speak during the brief arraignment before Clackamas County Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Jones

Full article: http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2010/08/oregon_city_couple_plead_not_guilty_in_faith-healing_death_of_their_infant_son.html

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Photo of 'Nessie-like' creature captured along British Coast

Cynics may dismiss it as just a piece of driftwood or a trick of the light.  But a photograph showing what appears to be a long-necked sea creature has got marine experts scratching their heads.  The 'animal' was snapped stalking a shoal of fish just 30 yards off the British coast.

Full article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1299023/The-new-Nessie-Mystery-sea-creature-spotted-British-coast.html

More indictments for faith healing parents and members of the Followers of Christ church in Oregon, due to the death of their child!

An Oregon City couple will face charges of second-degree manslaughter in the faith-healing death of their newborn son, the third such fatality involving the Followers of Christ church in the past two years.  Dale R. Hickman and Shannon M. Hickman, both 25, were booked about 1 a.m. Friday at the Clackamas County Jail. Dale Hickman's father, Phillip Hickman, posted 10 percent of their $500,000 bail, and they were released about two hours later. They will be formally charged Aug. 30.

Full article: http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2010/07/another_followers_of_christ_couple_indicted_in_death_of_a_child.html

Friday, July 30, 2010

What does the Face on Mars really look like close-up?

It was the startling photograph that spawned a thousand conspiracy theories.  A photograph taken by the American Viking 1 Orbiter in July 1976 appeared to show a hill in the shape of a human face on the dusty surface of Mars.  But a new photograph released today, which was taken with Nasa’s high-definition HiRISE camera, finally shows the Face on Mars for what it really is: just a large, rocky hill in the middle of the Martian desert.

Full article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1298714/New-high-resolution-photo-famous-Face-Mars-proves-just-rocky-hill.html  

British woman spots mysterious blue lights above Newbury skies

A Newbury woman wants to know if any other residents spotted strange goings on in the sky on Sunday night.  Sandra Bartholomew was having a bonfire at her Cromwell Road house with husband, Andrew, when the pair spotted a fast-moving blue light in the sky at about 10.30pm.  She said: "At first we thought it was a balloon but then it went shooting past and up towards the moon."  Mrs Bartholomew said the mysterious blue light was definitely not a Chinese latern - something often mistaken for a UFO.  She added: "We realised it was not [a lantern] because it was going to fast and there was hardly any wind and it was also going sideways."  Did you see the mysterious blue light? Or do you have any idea what the object may have been?

Full article: http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=14120 

Australian mystery creature sighted, dubbed the Territory Tiger

The grainy still above was taken from footage filmed in the 1990s by Territorian Jan Donovan.  Author Rebecca Lang said the large, sandy cat appeared to be of "considerable size", and could be the descendant of escaped circus cats.
Full article: http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/07/28/167481_ntnews.html 

Oregon City faith healers plead not guilty in the death of their infant child

Two members of an Oregon City faith-healing church were charged Thursday with first-degree criminal mistreatment for failing to provide medical care for their infant daughter.  Timothy and Rebecca Wyland pleaded not guilty during a brief appearance before Clackamas County Circuit Judge Robert D. Herndon and were released without bail.  The charges were expected. During a custody hearing last week, a prosecutor disclosed that the Wylands had been indicted by a grand jury.  Child-protection authorities took custody of the couple's 7-month-old daughter, Alayna, after she developed a growth over her left eye that ballooned over several months to the size of a tennis ball and threatens her vision.

Full article: http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2010/07/faith_healers_plead_not_guilty_to_criminal_mistreatment_of_their_infant_daughter.html 

Uruguay Air Force investigates wave of UFO sightings

A UFO that was seen by hundreds of Uruguayan citizens participating in a celebratory march near that nation's Legislative Palace in the capital city of Montevideo is now being investigated by the Air Force Multiple photos and a video of the UFO that has not been released have been collected by the investigation team headed by Colonel Ariel Sanchez. All up 30 photos have been sent in by eyewitnesses (one such photo can be seen above and a series of closeups of the object can be seen below). The team of investigators includes researchers from the national Aerospace agency's remote sensing department. Witnesses are also being interviewed.  Colonel Sanchez reminded concerned citizens that over 90% of UFOs can be explained and are not extraterrestrial in origin. Colonel Sanchez stated that this particular UFO might well be a plastic bag blowing in the wind. A number of witnesses however are doubtful of that explanation. Some UFO researchers have noted that the UFO looks suspiciously like the probes that are allegedly currently being sent by an alien civilization monitoring Earth, according to a number of aerospace agency ex-insiders.

Full article: http://www.allnewsweb.com/page1199999397.php

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to give speech today at Bohemian Grove

Full article: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100728/ARTICLES/100729459?Title=Schwarzenegger-to-speak-at-Bohemian-Club-conclave&tc=ar

Friday, July 9, 2010

Multiple witnesses observe 'fireball' UFO over Vancouver, Washington

Brenda Ellis was getting ready for bed Thursday night when her brother called her outside and pointed to the sky. Before she could respond, Ellis said her daughter, Ashley Ellis, let out a shrill scream.  Darting back and forth in the night sky were what Ellis described as four unidentified flying objects. Yes, UFOs.  To be specific, they were four orange bulbs that dashed overhead until they ascended higher and higher, turned to white and disappeared, according to Ellis.  “They were super quiet, and so bright and so close,” said Ellis, who was in the backyard of her Cascade Park home when she saw them taking off into the southern sky.  The National UFO Reporting Center in Seattle (NUFORC) confirmed Ellis’ report and noted there were two other UFO accounts Thursday, one each in Vancouver and Seattle.
Full article: http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/jul/09/fireball-reported-over-vancouver-skies/ 

Ghost of last woman to be hanged in Britain haunts churchyard of her victim

 She was the last woman ever hanged in Britain and she could still be haunting a churchyard in Penn.  Or so a paranormal researcher believes.  Author and photographer Eddie Brazil, 54, has been researching for his book about haunted churches around England.  His work has led to him to the idea that the ghost of Ruth Ellis – who was executed in 1955 – may be returning to the site where she murdered her lover David Blakely.

Full article: http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/8260162.Last_hanged_woman_s_ghost_haunts_Penn__author_says/ 


Legend of Sleepy Hollow author Washington Irving may be haunting his own New York cottage
 
On June 26, 14-year-old Rachel Lambert saw something a bit unusual in a photograph she took earlier during her trip to Washington Irving's Sunnyside.  After seeing Tim Burton's film, "Sleepy Hollow," Rachel pursued her interest in the paranormal and convinced her family to take a trip from Rotterdam, N.Y. to see what the town of the horseman is really like.
Full article: http://tarrytown.patch.com/articles/a-glimpse-of-the-paranormal 

Singapore psychic parakeet 'Mani', predicts Netherlands to win World Cup

The bird, named Mani, has rapidly gained cult status among gambling-mad soccer fans who have been flocking to its owner's shop in Singapore's Little India district in the hope of winning big.  Local media reports said Mani used its beak to pick a card bearing the flag of the Netherlands over one with Spain's national colours.

Full article: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100709/tod-psychic-parakeet-picks-netherlands-a-1066d3e.html

UFO flying Chinese skies diverts air traffic

An unidentified flying object (UFO) disrupted air traffic over Zhejiang's provincial capital Hangzhou late on Wednesday, the municipal government said on Thursday.  Xiaoshan Airport was closed after the UFO was detected at around 9 pm, and some flights were rerouted to airports in the cities of Ningbo and Wuxi , said an airport spokesman, who declined to be named.  The airport had resumed operations, and more details will be released after an investigation, he said.

Full article: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90782/90872/7058628.html

Angry losers send death threats to Pauly the psychic octopus

Word on the street is that Paul, the psychic octopus, had better watch his back - wherever that is.Death threats have been pouring in for the clairvoyant critter since he, er, predicted that Spain would beat the Netherlands in the World Cup, CNN is reporting.  Paul made his prediction Friday from the aquarium tank that serves as his home in Oberhausen, Germany. His caretaker, Oliver Walenciak, claimed he is unfazed by the threats to grill him and the like.

Full article: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/07/death-threats-for-paul-the-psychic-octopus/1