Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Nessie sighted by locals of Loch Ness 

FOYERS shop and cafe owner Jan Hargreaves and her husband Simon believe they caught a glimpse of Loch Ness’s most elusive resident — Nessie.  It was while taking a break on the store’s front decking — looking out to the loch — when Mrs Hargreaves and kitchen worker Graham Baine spotted an unusual figure cutting a strange shape through the water.
Full article: http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Loch-Ness-Monster-sighting-reported-by-locals-21062011.htm

Fist fights, drug use and other shenanigans abound at annual Summer Solstice at Stonehenge!

The summer solstice is meant to be a night and dawn of peace, love and amazement. But not all of those attending the celebrations at Stonehenge entered into the spirit of the event.  Druids, pagans and revellers watched as two men, one shirtless, staged a fist fight at the ancient monument in Wiltshire.

Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/jun/21/summer-solstice-celebrated-stonehenge


German Sea Life aquarium in search of next psychic octopus!

It's not every day you meet a psychic octopus like the one that predicted eight World Cup wins in a row last summer, but that isn't stopping a German aquarium chain from trying.  In honor of the Women's World Cup, which begins June 26 in Sinsheim, Germany, the Sea Life aquarium chain is looking for the next incarnation of Paul, the octopus who amazed the world by correctly predicting the results of Germany’s matches in the 2010 World Cup, according to TheLocal.de.
Full article: http://weirdnews.aol.com/2011/06/20/search-is-on-for-new-psychic-octopus_n_880763.html

High UFO activity over Scottish town of Bonnybridge nicknamed 'UFO capital of Scotland'

It’s hard to imagine the industrial town of Bonnybridge near Falkirk as a portal to another dimension but the everyday hustle and bustle of the area hides a more mysterious and sinister background.  Nicknamed the ‘UFO capital of Scotland’, Bonnybridge is a hotspot for extra-terrestrial activity and people from around the world have come to the town to gaze at the skies above. Some reports state there are over 300 UFO sightings a year in the town alone.
Full article: http://programmes.stv.tv/the-hour/home/real-lives/259260-ufo-expert-believes-something-strange-is-going-on-in-scotlands-skies/

Monday, January 17, 2011

Tomb of Caligula may have been discovered after Italian police arrest smuggler

The lost tomb of Caligula has been found, according to Italian police, after the arrest of a man trying to smuggle abroad a statue of the notorious Roman emperor recovered from the site.
Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/17/caligula-tomb-found-police-statue


Germany honors and display the ashes of Paul the Psychic Octopus

Paul the octopus, who shot to fame during the football World Cup last year for his flawless record in predicting the outcome of games, will get a shrine to mark three months since he died, his aquarium said Monday. psychic  The tentacled tipster will on Thursday be honoured with a "Paul Corner" at his former home, containing his ashes and a "huge memorial," the centre in western Germany said.

Full article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jFycRecQweZuZ7cnOD5J11EmXl9A?docId=CNG.999426eed38d24123132435f3d303867.871

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Sydney jury watch graphic video of Black Magic-Rape case involving a demonic voice called 'King Russell'

Frances Psichogios, her husband Arthur and their friend Tony Golossian are charged with a string of sex offences against two women.  Today a Supreme Court jury watched footage from the day Frances Psichogios was arrested more than two years ago.  In the video she tells detectives how she took a woman to naked prayer sessions led by Golossian to help her lift a curse using black magic.  She describes how she told the woman she might feel things that are not actually happening.  But she repeatedly rejects claims the woman was drugged and raped, saying "this is sickening ... he's a healer".  The court also heard a recording of a phone call in which a demonic-sounding voice tells the alleged victim to have sex with Arthur Psichogios.

Full article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/26/3048933.htm

Paul the Psychic Octopus dies at the age of two

Paul the Octopus – take a bow – there are not many cephalopods that unite the world, there are possibly less humans who achieve this honour, but your clairvoyant abilities brought joy to many.  A resounding boo to the Wikipedia writers who anonymously suggest your abilities were not entirely psychic. They don’t even concede that you were blessed with luck.  They claim light intensity, or minor chemical differences on the surface of each box may have introduced an element of bias to your decisions.  But I am a proficient reader of the countenance of the humble Octopus Vulgaris and I saw no trickery in those kind, domed eyes. Not a hint of subterfuge in any of your legs.

Full article: http://www.3news.co.nz/Paul-the-Octopus---an-obituary/tabid/1038/articleID/183380/Default.aspx

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

New archeological evidence may prove new origins for the Dead Sea Scrolls

The recent decoding of a cryptic cup, the excavation of ancient Jerusalem tunnels, and other archaeological detective work may help solve one of the great biblical mysteries: Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?  The new clues hint that the scrolls, which include some of the oldest known biblical documents, may have been the textual treasures of several groups, hidden away during wartime—and may even be "the great treasure from the Jerusalem Temple," which held the Ark of the Covenant, according to the Bible.  The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered more than 60 years ago in seaside caves near an ancient settlement called Qumran. The conventional wisdom is that a breakaway Jewish sect called the Essenes—thought to have occupied Qumran during the first centuries B.C. and A.D.—wrote all the parchment and papyrus scrolls.  But new research suggests many of the Dead Sea Scrolls originated elsewhere and were written by multiple Jewish groups, some fleeing the circa-A.D. 70 Roman siege that destroyed the legendary Temple in Jerusalem.

Full article: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100727-who-wrote-dead-sea-scrolls-bible-science-tv/ 

UFO seen over South African town of Pretoria

Residents in Pretoria were awestruck by a reported UFO sighting, which appeared for two consecutive nights in the town of Booysens.  "I couldn't make out the shape of the object because the three lights were too bright, but it almost had a heart shape because there were two lights on top, a blue light on the left and an emerald green light directly next to it, on the right side, with a big bright white light underneath it which shone straight down," Engela Van der Spuy (67), a resident of Booysens, told Beeld.

Full article: http://technology.iafrica.com/news/space/2552161.htm

According to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Paul the Psychic Octopus is a symbol of Western 'decadence and decay'!!

He claims that the octopus is a symbol of decadence and decay among "his enemies".  Paul, who lives at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre, in Germany, won the hearts of the Spanish by predicting their World Cup victory.He became an international star after predicting the outcome of all seven German World Cup matches accurately.  However, the Iranian president accused the octopus of spreading "western propaganda and superstition." Paul was mentioned by Mr Ahmadinejad on various occasions during a speech in Tehran at the weekend.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/7912418/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-attacks-Octopus-Paul.html

English witch drags local Geolong police officer along her car and claims innocence because...she's an alien and Earthly rules don't apply to her!!

A self-proclaimed Geelong witch told a traffic cop she was not subject to earthly laws as she was "a being from another world".  "Your laws and penalties don't apply to me. I'm not accepting them, I'm sorry, I must go, thank you," Eilish De Avalon said, driving off with the officer's arm caught in her driver's side door.


Full article: http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2010/07/27/195111_news.html

Monday, July 19, 2010

3-D crop circle appears in Wiltshire, England

The creators of the 70m-wide design in a field of wheat outside London remain a mystery.  The area is known as the UFO capital of Britain after repeated sightings of flying saucers and numerous crop circle appearances over the past few decades.  However, those hoping that the mysterious circle is a message are likely to be disappointed. Over a decade ago pranksters Doug Bower and Dave Chorley admitted to creating 200 crop circles around Warminster.

Full article: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/a-ufo-message-or-3-d-crops/story-e6freuy9-1225893643914 

Bosnian man claims meteorites that keep hitting his home is due to angry aliens!

Radivoke Lajic, 50, said that his house being hit by rocks from space was the result of an extraterrestrial grudge.  "I am obviously being targeted by extraterrestrials," he said.  "I don't know what I have done to annoy them but there is no other explanation that makes sense.  "The chance of being hit by a meteorite is so small that getting hit six times has to be deliberate."  Mr Lajic, who lives in the village of Gornji Lajici in northern Bosnia, near Prijedor, said that the meteorite strikes always happen when it is raining.  The first meteorite struck his house in November 2007.

Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bosnia/7899549/Man-claims-aliens-targeted-his-home-with-meteorites.html

Possessed elephant rampages through a Liberian lumber company killing one employee, then it's trapped and crushed to death...and maybe eaten?!

The unlikeliest of activists — a rampaging elephant that locals claim was supernaturally possessed — has aired rural Liberians' frustrations with the country's profitable timber industry.  The elephant killed a logging worker in June when it charged onto the local company's property, and had also been known to menace other employees and local farmers in previous weeks.  This unlikely confluence of superstition, corporate activity and a big, mad, male elephant ended last week in a macabre draw, when logging officials killed the elephant after it killed the logging company employee.

Full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38316318/ns/world_news-africa/

Russian Satanic cult leader of the Noble Order of the Devil gets twenty-month prison sentence for violations against human rights

The leader of a Satanic sect that practiced orgies as part of the initiation of adepts has received a 20-month prison term.Aleksandr Kazakov, 25, was found guilty of creating an organization that violated human and civil rights, and of indecent actions directed at a minor. His right-hand man, Denis Danshin, 23, received a year-and-half suspended term, reports Interfax news agency.  The two men organized the so-called “Noble Order of the Devil” or “Nobilis Ordo Diaboli.” Adepts, who were mostly high school or university students recruited via Internet, gathered in secrecy to perform death-themed rituals and indulge in promiscuity.

Full article: http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-07-19/satanic-sect-leader-prison.html


Bookies in Kazakhastan blame Paul the Psychic Octopus for their World Cup loss!

The Kazakhstan Association of Bookmakers has complained that its members made less than half of their expected profits after too many punters put their faith in the miracle octopus, rather than relying on their own predictive powers.  According to Kazakh newspaper Liter, they made a wafer-thin margin of 150m tenge (£670,000) on the 10 billion tenge (£44m) in bets placed.

Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/kazakhstan/7898730/Kazakh-bookmakers-furious-at-Paul-the-Octopus.html

Does this mean we finally have laser guns!?

The Laser Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) can either be used on its own or alongside a gunnery system.  In May, the laser was used to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a series of tests.  Raytheon said the solid state fibre laser produces a 50 kilowatt beam and can be used against UAV, mortar, rockets and small surface ships.

The idea of using lasers as weapons has been around almost as long as the laser itself, invented in 1960.
Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10682693

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Indian traffic cops hope to curb road accidents through the use of pyramid power in Nagpur

Traffic officers in Nagpur, 870km west of Mumbai, have agreed to allow small pyramids to be placed at 10 accident-prone sites in the city to see if their claimed positive energy can reduce crashes.  Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Sahebrao Patil said the road safety initiative came about after a meeting with an expert in Vastu, an ancient Hindu system of construction which is similar to Chinese Feng Shui.

Full article: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/pyramid-power-used-to-stop-road-accidents/story-e6frf7jx-1225891303955

A piece of wood from the 'True Cross' stolen from the Archdiocese of Boston

A janitor at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross entered the church’s Blessed Sacrament Chapel early one recent morning and made a startling discovery: A thief had pried open a panel covering a small glass case and stolen a small piece of wood venerated by Catholics as a fragment of the cross on which Jesus was crucified.  The relic, one of the oldest and most treasured possessions of the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, has not been seen since, and now on the wall in the dim chapel hangs a cross with its base pried open and an empty cavity where the relic once rested.

Full article: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/07/13/relic_of_cross_stolen_from_cathedral/


Pauly the Psychic Octopus gets it's own world cup...and an offer of Spanish citizenship!  

 Paul the oracle octopus was given a replica of the World Cup on Monday as a reward for his perfect eight-for-eight record in picking matches as bettors worldwide collected their winnings based on his selections.

Full article:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/world-cup-2010/07/12/paul.octopus/index.html?eref=sircrc

The town in Galicia, an autonomous region in Spain’s northwest, is even asking to borrow Paul for a few days during a major food festival.  Carballiño, with a population of 14,000, insists it wants to thank “Pulpo Paul” for correctly predicting the Spain’s winning of the football World Cup this summer.  The decision to honour the world’s most extrasensory invertebrate, whose fame spread after he correctly predicted the results of a string of World Cup matches, was made unanimously by the city council, the Spanish media reported on

Full article: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100713-28475.html

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Castle Hill gets a crop circle

Castle Hill has been visited by aliens – or practical jokers.  A crop circle has appeared in a field below the Huddersfield landmark this week.  The circle is clearly visible in the fields below Lumb Lane, which runs across the bottom of the landmark hill.

Full article: http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2010/07/10/crop-circle-appears-at-huddersfield-s-castle-hill-86081-26822820/ 

Pauly the psychic octopus should be freed from captivity according to PETA

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the Animal rights group is demanding the release of Paul, the psychic octopus, who has become a global star for his FIFA World Cup predictions.  Buzz up!  Bruce Friedrich, PETA spokesperson said that they were urging people to sign an online petition demanding Paul's release.  "No animal deserves to be confined to a tiny tank and we're hoping that Paul's popularity, or in Germany notoriety, will cause people to think a little bit more about the inner lives of octopuses."

Full article: http://news.oneindia.in/2010/07/10/peta-demands-release-of-psychic-octopus-paul.html