Sunday, November 30, 2008

The Black Scorpion 

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:00 PM

Friday, November 28, 2008

The Monster That Challenged the World 

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:00 PM

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The Crawling Hand 

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:00 PM

UFO spotted over town 

With pic.

See also: Amazing Footage of UFO's doing impossible flying manuevers!

Argentina: A UFO or a Condor in Tupungato?

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:22 PM

LAIR OF THE BEASTS: Monster of the Mountains 

Just recently, Britain’s Center for Fortean Zoology—the world’s only full-time group dedicated to investigating unknown animals such as the Loch Ness Monster and the Chupacabras—dispatched a team of personnel to the wilds of the Caucasus Mountains, in search of one of the most intriguing and perplexing of all strange beasts: the Almasty.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:13 PM

Ancient Greeks had their heads in the sky 

Using advanced new imaging techniques, scientists have reconstructed the gear structure of the mysterious Antikythera mechanism, one of the world's oldest computers.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:06 PM

The Brazilian “Lost Thunderbird”: False Fortean Memories 

It’s an old black and white photo of a “Thunderbird”/Pterodactyl shot down proudly displayed by a bunch of cowboys standing. It’s the elusive Lost Thunderbird Photo, which many people including noted cryptozoologists remember seeing, and yet, no one can produce the photo itself.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:27 AM

Huge Cave Bears: When and Why They Disappeared 

During the Middle Ages, the bones of cave bears, thought to be the remains of dragons, were collected and used for medicine, the researchers say.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:49 AM

Giant Italian Snake 

The “monster” turns out to be a snake, possibly between 15 and 20ft long of a kind not previously known in Italy. An expert says it may be 100 years old.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:22 AM

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

44 Years Later, a Washington, D.C. Death Unresolved 

On a perfect October day in 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer—mistress of John Kennedy, friend of Jackie Kennedy and ex-wife of a top CIA man, Cord Meyer—was murdered in the rarefied Washington precinct of Georgetown.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:26 PM

The Mysterious Lost Ship of the Mojave 

Legends say that deep in California’s Salton Sea Basin lies an ancient tall ship filled with pearls and other goodies that would make a pirate’s Christmas. And, although there are a number of theories, no one knows for sure where the ship came from or how it got there.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:15 PM

Has Glenrothes 'beast' moved to Methil? 

Hot on the claws of a possible Glenrothes sighting of the so-called Beast of Balbirnie, a Methil family have now claimed they believe they may have had a close encounter with a big cat which some people think is stalking the area.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:09 PM

U of A researcher uses lasers to find meteorite craters 

Just days after a meteorite streaked across the Edmonton sky, a University of Alberta researcher plans to use new laser technology to help locate craters.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:50 PM

Poland exhumes WWII leader to find out if his death was plotted by British traitor and Russians 

Authorities hope the exhumation of General Wladyslaw Sikorski, head of occupied Poland's government-in-exile, which was based in Britain, will cast light on suspicions that his death was ordered by Soviet or British leaders who were starting to find him politically inconvenient.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:47 PM

Disturbing UFO incident in Birmingham 

A police helicopter flying over Birmingham narrowly avoided tragedy when it nearly collided with a UFO, a report has claimed.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:34 AM

Protecting history - the effort to save ancient Indian mounds 

“I don't want anything to happen to it. It's hard to describe, but it's so serene and peaceful-like up there. People probably won't believe you, but there is just something about being up there on that mound. It's a good feeling.”

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:37 AM

Only known painting of Lucrezia Borgia discovered in Australian gallery 

A mysterious Renaissance portrait that has hung in an Australian art gallery for 43 years has been identified as potentially the only painting in existence of the infamous femme fatale Lucrezia Borgia

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:52 AM

Wreck of Titanic sister ship finds new destiny as tourist attraction 

Nearly 92 years have elapsed since Captain Charles Bartlett, standing in his pyjamas on the bridge of the biggest vessel in the world, the HMHS Britannic, gave the call to abandon ship.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:15 AM

Psychic reading ban lifted in Vermont 

Ordinances like this were originally established to prevent fraud or simply out of fear of the unknown.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:26 AM

Awesome Or Off-Putting: GhostRadar 

GhostRadar is super fancy technological equipment that, had it been around in the 80s, would have allowed us all to laugh at how primitive the Ghostbusters’ equipment really looked. It doesn’t let you catch ghosts, mind you, but it does tell you when they are present.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:23 AM

Monday, November 24, 2008

Conan Doyle Norfolk mystery solved 

It was always strongly believed that as the master of the detective novel wrote the Adventure of the Dancing Men at Hill House he was intrigued by pictures drawn by the landlord's young son Gilbert Cubitt.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:37 PM

Beaches gallery hides possible Jackson Pollock after robbery scare 

Is someone trying to steal a controversial Pollock painting?

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:24 PM

Scientists Explain Mystery of 'Face Blindness' 

With video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:10 PM

MI6's secret tunnels | A deep, dark secret 

A lift takes us down 100 feet, deeper than the London Underground, which we can hear rumbling above us. A set of atom-bomb-proof doors are swung open and we step out into the secret of Furnival Street: the Kingsway tunnels, a miniature city beneath a city.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:57 PM

The $180,000 Beardsley that hung in a Boston bathroom 

While nine of the 13 original drawings have ended up in Harvard University’s Fogg Art Museum, the other three remained untraced.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:57 PM

Witchcraft trial book could fetch 76,000 pounds 

The Paisley “witches” were executed over 300 years ago and the 17th-century tome tells the tale of the case of Christian Shaw, who accused six people of “bewitching” her.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:16 PM

Alien-like Squid Filmed at Ultra-Deep Oil-Drilling Site 

With video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:32 PM

Tarantula 

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:00 PM

Secrets of the Screaming Man 

“It was like all of their favorite mummy movies had suddenly come to life,” says Geffen, recalling the look on the museumgoers’ faces. “They had all heard of Screaming Man, and there he was, off to see the doctor.”

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:40 PM

The enigma of Lake Ontario's 11,000-year-old footprints 

The area's first evidence of human habitation – or the impressions of 'a lobster-like animal'

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:43 PM

A large 'cat' was on the prowl in Troup County 

Last weekend, a deer hunter on public land near West Point Lake was so certain he saw a panther that he shot and killed it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:38 PM

Forgery of Biblical antiquities has become big business 

If you're going to fake a Biblical antiquity, keep it simple.

And don't mention Jesus.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:34 PM

Fake lunar photos of the 1800's and synchronicity 

Paging through the catalog, I found a mystery: an account of how scientists in the 1800's created fake lunar photos--in the name of science. In The Moon, Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite, James Hall Nasmyth and James Carpenter published actual photos of what the moon looked like--almost.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:10 PM

Archaeology professor scrutinizes age-old mystery 

One of Nicolle Hirschfeld's fondest memories is participating in the excavation of the Uluburun, the oldest shipwreck found in the Mediterranean, dating back to the 14th century B.C.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:14 AM

A demon, a diamond, and now meat 

Mystery meat and other new England weirdness.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:28 AM

As Taboos Ease, Saudi Girl Group Dares to Rock 

They cannot perform in public. They cannot pose for album cover photographs. Even their jam sessions are secret, for fear of offending the religious authorities in this ultraconservative kingdom.

But the members of Saudi Arabia’s first all-girl rock band, the Accolade, are clearly not afraid of taboos.

Great article on some gutsy young women.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:01 AM

Treasure hunters uncover Roman tombstone in Scotland 

Treasure hunters have unearthed the first Roman tombstone in Scotland for more than 170 years, among other rare artifacts that were dug up at the site.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:39 AM

Solving the mystery of Herod’s sarcophagus 

New evidence from the site of Herod the Great’s planned mausoleum appears to prove that it was the site of his grave in the late 1st century BC.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:37 AM

Bay Area mob lynched kidnappers 75 years ago 

This week is the 75th anniversary of one of the darkest days in the history of the Bay Area, when vigilantes dragged two terrified men from the county jail in San Jose and lynched them from trees in a downtown park as a mob of 10,000 citizens went mad with blood lust.

An incredible story.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:49 AM

New Clues In Lusitania's Sinking 

When the Lusitania went down, it left a mystery behind: What was the cause of the second blast? After nearly a century of investigation, argument and intrigue, clues are starting to surface.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:12 AM

Britain's first mission to the Moon to probe mysterious moonquakes 

Britain is to launch its first mission to the Moon to try and understand the cause of mysterious quakes which vibrate through the lunar rock.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:03 AM

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Monster on the Campus 

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:00 PM

Friday, November 21, 2008

Meteor caught on tape lit up the sky in Western Canada 

Amazing.




Via LiveLeak.

And here's a near-miss caught on film from 1972!

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:13 PM

Psychic detective used to crack Oregon's unsolved murders 

Psychic detectives might sound a little far fetched, but law enforcement agencies all across Oregon are using these people to help crack some notorious cases.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:10 PM

Amanda Knox's family appeal for funds to help her defence in Meredith Kercher murder trial 

The family of Amanda Knox, the American student accused of killing her British flatmate Meredith Kercher, has launched an online appeal for funds to pay for her legal costs as she prepares to face trial for murder.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:08 PM

Best Pareidolia Ever 

Remarkable photo. Via Boing Boing.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:42 AM

Biography Channel chronicles witches, past and present 

The documentary demonstrates how witches’ status changed from the respected shamans of early European communities to the scourge of the Inquisition.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:14 AM

Villagers resurrect almost-forgotten copy of The Bixby Letter; will seek authentication 

The Bixby Letter, as Evelyn well knew, was a page-long piece of the fabric of America; a well-established piece of folk history shrouded in equal parts reverence and controversy.

The legend goes something like this: In 1864, Abraham Lincoln, fresh off his election to serve a second term as president, wrote an eloquent and remorseful letter to Lydia Bixby, a Boston native who had supposedly lost five sons in the Civil War.

Wiki

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:12 AM

One-of-a-kind coin returns to New Orleans 

“Well, traveling with a coin worth millions of dollars is, I mean it’s fun, but at the same time, you’ve got to be a little guarded,” Hollis said.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:04 AM

Another unexplained sighting in Stephenville 

What in the world continues to fly in the skies over Stephenville? Or maybe it's out of this world.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:33 AM

‘Cure’ for Indian ‘werewolf boy’ found 

A cure for an Indian boy with ‘werewolf syndrome’, a condition which leaves the face and body of the sufferer covered in hair, has been found by Colombia University researchers in New York.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:18 AM

Mysterious bright light seen over Edmonton 

Calls are pouring in about the sight of a bright light in the skies over the Edmonton area.

See also: Mysterious fireball lights up western Canadian sky

Possible meteor lights up the skies in northern Alberta

Video link here.

UPDATE: New pic!

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:16 AM

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Mystery surrounds big cat theory 

Terry Goater has spent more than 30 years on the trail of a ‘big cat’ that resides around the Inverell area, and he is seeking information from the public about any sightings of this mysterious animal.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:58 PM

Mexico: Boeing-737 crew report UFO sighting 

Information is filtering through regarding a possible encounter with a UFO that occurred on the 27th of October 2008 in the skies over Mexico City.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:14 PM

Detective handcuffed to Oswald can't escape photo 

You know — THAT photo.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:56 PM

The Astounding She Monster 

If you're not too afraid, make a date with the woman you'll never forget!

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:00 PM

In Search of the Mysterious Sea Serpent 

Sea serpents have been sighted for centuries, there are a number of records in Europe dating back to the mid 16th century, at least. The secretive creatures were known to ancient cultures in the Near East; Aristotle was aware of them, and they make an appearance in the Bible.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:00 PM

Buried Mars Glaciers May Be Remnants of Past Ice Age 

Low, wide glaciers half a mile thick adorn the middle latitudes of Mars, say scientists who used radar probes to peer into debris-covered formations.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:58 PM

Japan’s Yeti: Hibagon 

Cryptomundo's got it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:38 PM

Debunking myths about muti, ritualistic and serial murders 

The use of human body parts for medicinal purposes – “muti”, derived from the word meaning tree – is based in the belief that it is possible to appropriate the life force of one person through its literal consumption of another.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:06 PM

Ecuadorean Dwarfs May Unlock Cancer Clues 

Scientists Study a Small Population That Has Neither Cancer nor Diabetes.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:04 PM

Mystery Over Copernicus' Remains Nears End, Scientists Say They Have Identified 16th-Century Polish Astronomer's Bones 

Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books.


With computer generated reconstruction that looks an awful lot like James Cromwell.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:58 PM

CE - 5 --- Close Encounters Of The Fifth Kind 

Specifically, CE-5 is when a human 'calls' a spacecraft into the local area thru a form of meditation and vectoring - this art-form is something that Greer claims to be able to teach to those with an open mind.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:15 AM

From Tiny Sect, Weighty Issue for Justices 

In 2003, the president of the Summum church wrote to the mayor here with a proposal: the church wanted to erect a monument inscribed with the Seven Aphorisms in the city park, “similar in size and nature” to the one devoted to the Ten Commandments.

More on Summum here.

Thanks Scott!

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:13 AM

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Jonestown, 30 years later: original audio recordings from People's Temple and Guyana 

Not exactly the feel-good post of the year but interesting stuff.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:29 PM

Mystery rumbles on over strange sounds 

An 'ear' witness who heard a mysterious rumbling noise in the Amlwch area on Tuesday afternoon, believes that the source was neither an earth tremor or a plane.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:54 PM

A Stripper, a Mobster, and a Murder 

Murder, Miami style.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:46 PM

Scientists advance towards cracking genome of woolly mammoth 

Scientists said on Wednesday they had reconstructed around half of the genome of the woolly mammoth, a species that became extinct at the end of the last Ice Age some 11,000 years ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:18 PM

Doctors Find Worm In Woman's Brain 

With video. Not safe for lunch.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:13 PM

Elvis Alive? New DNA Could Provide Evidence 

With video. Via Fark.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:57 AM

Is global warming forcing Bigfoot to move north? 

If you were a nine-foot tall animal covered in dense fur – say, Bigfoot – you would probably seek cooler climes if temps began inching up. That’s the hypothesis one Queens College biologist posed to me last night – without, I should note, acknowledging that such an animal exists at all.

See also: REDBRIDGE: 'Bigfoot' spotted again

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:42 AM

UFO sightings over Bucks County 

With video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:35 AM

Rutgers' undersea robot missing 

Just days away from reaching the Azores, a Rutgers University undersea robot went missing after "phoning home" a damage report in the midst of its record-setting trans-Atlantic mission.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:33 AM

Lost Tomb of the Knights Templar by Ben Hammott 

The long awaited book by Rennes-le-Chateau researcher Ben Hammott is now released, revealing how Ben deciphered clues hidden in an ancient church by a priest 100 years ago to find a lost tomb, treasure and 2000 year old relics.

Press release.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:22 AM

“Jetpack Dreams: One Man’s Up and Down (But Mostly Down) Search for the Greatest Invention that Never Was” 

Book review.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:19 AM

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Voodoo on the Vine 

Clearly, Biodynamic wines' sign is ascending – even if no one involved in making or selling them wants to volunteer information about the severed cows' heads or a bevy of other animal and vegetable preparations that read like a shopping list for Shakespeare's three weird sisters. Also left unmentioned is a reliance upon provably bad science and an unabashed embrace of supernatural concepts such as astrology and even alchemy.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:47 PM

Cold case profiled on AMW ends with couple's suicide 

This last Saturday a couple wanted for the murder of a Post Falls woman were profiled on America's Most Wanted. Three hours later they were found dead in the mountains near Tucson, Arizona.

AMW page.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:25 PM

Attack of the Giant Leeches 

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:00 PM

Cell phone use can trigger the release of mercury from your fillings 

Add this to the long list of how your cell phone can be harmful to your health.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:46 PM

New Meredith Kercher witness casts doubt on Amanda Knox's alibi 

Just over two weeks before the trial begins of Amanda Knox, the American student accused of murdering her British flatmate Meredith Kercher at Perugia in Umbria, a new eyewitness has reportedly come forward with evidence which if accepted would appear to cast doubt on Ms Knox’s alibi.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:40 PM

Man ordered to stop 'blood readings' at beauty shop 

Jerry Scheppele, 56, of Garnavillo scheduled appointments at the Razors Edge Beauty Shop, performed a finger pin prick on clients and placed the blood on a glass slide.

The slides were placed under a microscope that projects the blood images on a television screen.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:40 PM

The Psychology Of Deja Vu 

For a long time, this eerie sensation has been attributed to everything from paranormal disturbances to neurological disorders.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:36 PM

Science minister 'has sixth sense' 

The Government's new science minister believes he has a "sixth sense" to predict the future, it was revealed.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:47 PM

1,300-year-old Islamic note may solve mystery 

An Arabic traveler who engraved his name on a block of red sandstone over 1,300 years ago may help solve a question about the Qur'an that has vexed historians for hundreds of years: Why was the text seemingly written without diacritical marks?

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:33 PM

UFO Round-Up 

After UFO sightings, alien hunters to gather here

Pennsylvania Hunters make UFO report

Book Review: UFO, Conspiracy & Beyond by Undisclosed Sources

UFOs were of military interest during the Soviet era (with link to below video)

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:37 AM

How the Freemasons Rule the World 

The Society is not so visible in most countries where it exists but its members are men of immense influence and wealth.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:14 AM

The ‘Mystery Spot’ in California 

Supernatural phenomena or just unfamiliar territory?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:13 AM

Texas officials say layover mystery a homicide 

A mysterious disappearance of an Alzheimer's patient during a layover at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport seven years ago became a homicide case Monday after an examination of skeletal remains found miles from the airfield.

Strange story.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:59 AM

16th-Century Mapmaker's Amazing Knowledge 

How was it that a German priest writing in Latin and living in a French city far from the coast became the first person to tell the world that a vast ocean lay to the west of the American continents?

Wiki.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:55 AM

Images may hold answer to 67-year-old mystery 

A geological survey last week found three anomalies in the ground beneath a home in Carolina Beach. Now, Ron Crowson has to figure out whether the variations in the soil revealed in images taken by ground-penetrating radar could be the burial sites of a mother and daughter who disappeared 67 years ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:50 AM

After 30 years, new clue in mystery of missing mobster 

The low drone of an orange backhoe hummed yesterday through the Riverside neighborhood where the authorities believe Joseph “Joe Onions” Scanlon was buried after he was shot in the back of the head in a Providence social club three decades ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:48 AM

Monday, November 17, 2008

Family sees mysterious cross as a sign 

Gerry Karwowski had probably passed the large white oak at the back of his farm hundreds of times before.

This time something caught his eye.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:57 AM

Quick-witted octogenarians 'have unusual brains' 

People who manage to stay razor sharp well into old age have brains that 'protect' them from dementia, scientists have discovered.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:48 AM

Mysterious wallaby found on French road 

A young wallaby mysteriously wandered onto a road in a small north-west French town where he was caught by a local resident, the fire department said.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:32 AM

Sunday, November 16, 2008

THEM! 

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:00 PM

On the origins of 'Sheboygan' 

Ever wonder where it came from?

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:24 PM

Jill the tripper eludes her captors 

To date 14,000 police man hours, thousands of knocked doors, hundreds of thousands of phone calls and $18 million in costs have failed to find the phantom killer who moves through Europe like a wraith and leaves dead innocents in her wake.

Very good article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:19 PM

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter provides insights into UFO phenomena 

"It was the darndest thing I've ever seen. It was big, it was very bright, it changed colors and it was about the size of the moon. We watched it for ten minutes, but none of us could figure out what it was.

See also: Laurinburg couple reports UFO sighting in Barnes Bridge area

Selective damage to car drives UFO theorists

Lake County residents see mysterious object flash across sky

UFO group to discuss Madison mystery

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:47 AM

INSIDE STORY: How a Boy Became the Changeling Impostor 

One of the enduring questions behind Angelina Jolie's film Changeling is why a little boy pretended to be a distraught mother's missing son. Now after almost 80 years, that mystery has been solved.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:57 AM

Could this be grave of King Richard? 

Mystery surrounding one of the county's medieval legends has been reignited after an ancient stone coffin linked to Richard III was unearthed on a building site.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:45 AM

"The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-hunting in the Western World" by John Demos 

Review.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:10 AM

Gordon House: communion with the dead 

For a brief moment in the last months of peace before the second world war, No 27 Rubislaw Den North was at the centre of a spiritualist-inspired peace mission to prevent war with Germany.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:07 AM

The Whatsit Of Wanstead Woods. 

If recent rumours are anything to go by, then some strange beast is loitering around the outskirts of London.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:00 AM

Saturday, November 15, 2008

How Tasmania's lady of the lake was silenced 

New evidence backs claims that pioneering Tasmanian eco-warrior Brenda Hean's plane was sabotaged.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:04 PM

Roadshow turns up 1m treasure 

Thirty-two years after it started, Antiques Roadshow has delivered its first seven-figure surprise.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:56 PM

Friday, November 14, 2008

The Land Unknown 

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:00 PM

Cannock Chase Bigfoot has paranormal origins as far back as 1879 

In ‘Shropshire Folk-Lore’, Charlotte Sophia Burne writes: “A very weird story of an encounter with an animal ghost arose of late years within my own knowledge.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:57 PM

The Amazing Extraterrestrial Mothership is Back! 

With video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:50 PM

Pancho Barnes: A socialite, an aviatrix and a legend in her own time 

Nice article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:13 AM

Festival looks at Scotland's 'wizard' 

Speaking ahead of his Saturday night talk, present-day scientist Howie Firth explained, “Michael Scot, or Michael the Scot, was known across the whole of Europe in the 13th century for his pioneering work in knowledge. He was amongst the first to make Aristotle’s works available in translation after a gap of several hundred years.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:07 AM

Maldives seek to buy a new homeland 

The Maldives will begin to divert a portion of the country's billion-dollar annual tourist revenue into buying a new homeland - as an insurance policy against climate change that threatens to turn the 300,000 islanders into environmental refugees.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:24 AM

'Mr. Mummy' Reveals Great Pyramid Secret: Built From Inside? 

n his illustrated lecture, Brier revealed a radical new pyramid theory that threatens to finally answer how the ancient Egyptians, 4,500 years ago, built what would remain the tallest man-made structure in the world for 3,800 years -- raising 2-ton blocks to its top.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:23 AM

Seattle Bids Tuba Man a Sad Goodbye 

Edward Scott McMichael was a busker with perfect pitch and an improbable horn whom most people in this city knew by another name, Tuba Man.

Sad story.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:35 AM

Found Footage: In the Future, Frankenstein Will Be a TV Star! 

A near-future tale of television ratings and nuclear-powered monsters, Frankenstein 1970 was spawned in the year 1958. It's the story of how the great-grandson of Baron von Frankenstein has grown so poor by 1970 that he has to allow a TV crew from America to film at his castle. Lucky for monster-lovers, he's using the money from the TV production to fund his final experiment: A reanimated creature powered by atomics!

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:21 AM

The Rise and Fall of the Astrological Almanac 

Printed almanacs first appeared in the 15th century, in the very infancy of printing - one was issued at Gothenberg in 1448, only eight years after the invention of moveable type; but in written form, almanacs had been circulating long before that.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:08 AM

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Mad Science: Does the Full Moon Really Make People Crazy? 

Tonight is the full moon, and according to several scientific studies that means you're far more likely to be the victim of a crime or creamed in an accident.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:57 PM

Tech puts JFK conspiracy theories to rest 

Somehow I doubt it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:18 PM

UFO "A Flying Aircraft Carrier" - says Sabre Jet Pilot 

Imagine a UFO as big as an aircraft carrier, hovering motionless in mid air, then traveling at speeds up to 7600 miles an hour...and disappearing from radar instantaneously as if its crew were aware that the jet that was chasing them was locked on and about to fire 24 missiles.

With pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:07 PM

Lizzie Borden: The intrigue remains 

There’s something about Lizzie that makes it tough, once you know her story, to get her out of your head.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:16 PM

Fantagraphics Looses the Beasts Again 

In last year's "Beasts," Fantagraphics editor Jacob Covey compiled an illustrated encyclopedia of cryptozoological curiosities. Apparently, the Chupacabra has a big family, as Covey is back this year with a collection of that book and a brand new book of more than 90 new beasts.

Good interview, cool books.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:56 PM

Clerics say cultism fuelling grisly crimes 

Two Church leaders have cited occultism as a major factor behind the incidence of abduction, rape and ghastly murder sweeping sections of Jamaica.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:10 PM

Google Earth revives ancient Rome 

Google has added a new twist to its popular 3D map tool, Google Earth, offering millions of users the chance to visit a virtual ancient Rome.

Cool. Via Fark Geek.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:11 PM

Seventh foot will help solve puzzle, expert says