2012 Paranormal Photo Hoax Contest

Last year's winner:
Midnight UFO by Kate Davies

REMINDER: It's contest time, and the deadline is nearing! Have you always wanted to capture an image of a ghost, a crypto creature, or a UFO, but just weren't lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time? No problem. Just make one. Not for the purposes of fooling anyone, just for the purposes of our contest. Yes, it's time for our annual Paranormal Photo Hoax contest! Put your best photo editing skills to work and create a phony picture of ghosts, monsters, UFOs or some other weirdness your brain can concoct. You have until May 15 to create your masterpiece. Get the details.

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Paranormal News for May 12, 2012

Up-to-the-minute reports of paranormal activity and news from around the world

GHOSTS, HAUNTINGS, POLTERGEISTS:

Is the Edgar Allan Poe House haunted?
Jeff Jerome is often asked if he's ever spent a night in The Edgar Allan Poe House. His answer has always been a whimsical, "No." But any lingering regrets on the part of Jerome, the curator of the museum for almost 35 years, may have ended last Saturday night. That was when he hosted popular paranormal investigators, The Ghost Detectives, at the place where the legendary author of Berenice launched his prolific writing career...

Know difference between ghosts and spirits
Richard J. Kimmel: Working with haunted artifacts for many years and on many major investigations, I have been able to present conclusive evidence that there exist two common types of haunting: one involving the interactive or intelligent spirit, while the other is residual in nature...

A haunting in Pacifica? Sam's Castle holds weekend guest captive
Ken Nelson, of Nelson's Lock & Key in Pacifica, got an unusual call Sunday, April 29. Could he come over to the 1908-built Sam's Castle in Pacifica and unlock the door that had kept a young man trapped in the old castle's downstairs water closet for the past hour and a half? The problem was while the door was definitely sealed shut, there was no lever or latch to physically lock the door...

Ghosts caught on camera at Gypsy Rose
The pole dancing studio is haunted. Orbs flying across the screen are clearly visible in Gypsy Rose owner Wendy Reardon's iPhone video footage showcased by the Boston Herald. Some zip across the screen. Others hover in front of the camera, clearly freaking out Herald Inside Track reporter Megan Johnson. Reardon, who's given her seven or eight ghosts names like Bullet, Blinky and Thriller, says they followed her from her Quincy studio - where she used to hear voices calling her name and the lights would flicker...

Are people with red hair more sensitive to the paranormal?

RELIGIOUS MYSTERIES:

Half a century later, still answering Fatima questions
The feast of Our Lady of Fatima, May 13, is the occasion every year for millions of devotees to celebrate the apparition of Mary to three Portuguese peasant children in 1917 and to meditate on her call for repentance and conversion by the modern world. For a much smaller but highly dedicated group of people, the anniversary of the first apparition is also an occasion for exploring their belief that, 95 years later, the Vatican is still hiding a portion of Mary's revelations...

CREATURES:

Bigfoot caught on film ten years after Patterson-Gimlin film
On the 7th of October, 1977, Frank White and his wife, Lorraine, were in the Mt. Baker region of Washington state filming movies of the scenic fall colours when Lorraine suddenly shouted "There's a bear!". Without much hesitation, Frank quickly trained his 8mm camera on what he called "A North American Ape", something that was completely different from a bear. The film clearly shows an erect creature walking through the dense brush...

Mysterious marine monster caught in video
A strange creature allegedly filmed by underwater drillers in the deep ocean on April 25 has sparked intrigue and controversy on the Internet. Theories about the mysterious animal range from a jellyfish to an unknown marine version of the Loch Ness monster to a whale placenta...

PSYCHIC PHENOMENA:

The world of the psychic child
The psychic world seems to be all around us these days. With popular television and talk shows discussing the subject, it has caught the nation's attention in the last several years. Sixth grader Storm Ewing understands what it's all about. He believes in a world many of us don't see...

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PARANORMAL ANSWER MAN: Will an angry ghost hurt us?

"My dad passed away December 10," says Cathy. "Is it possible that he is here? My mom swears that she saw and heard him the other night. He was really angry because she is going through some stuff and getting rid of unusable items. She is worried that he will hurt her. I don't think he can, but you never know.... Can he? Or is that just the grief that is making her mind play tricks on her? Should I do a test to see if he is there, or should I just let it ride? What do I do?"

Answer: Cathy, it's difficult to give advice without knowing all of the family dynamics. It certainly is possible that it is the grief your mother is feeling that might be bringing up illusions of your father's image and voice. However, there have been cases in which spirits of recently departed (or sometimes long departed) people make it known that they do not approve of the behavior of the living friends or relatives left behind.... Read the rest of my answer.

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PARANORMAL NEWS FOR MAY 12, 2012: Bigfoot Film, Haunted Castle, Mars Egg

	Mt. Baker Bigfoot - Back in 1977, Frank and Lorraine White were filming fall colors when they came across this creature.
	Haunted Sam's Castle - Ghost hunters and journalists report unexplained events and affect bathroom doors and cameras.
	Mars "egg" - This nodule from a Mars rock, according to Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, proves life on Mars.

Plus: Haunted Edgar Allan Poe house... The difference between ghosts and spirits... Ghosts caught on camera at strip club... Fatima questions... Mysterious marine monster video... The world of the psychic child... Secrets of the Antikythera Mechanism... New Mayan calendar found... Podcasts: Jim Mars, Unconscious Mind, Parasychology Debunkers, The Unfoldment.
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Paranormal Photo Hoax Contest

Updated April 19, 2012

Create and send in your phony monster, ghost, UFO, or other paranormal photos

HAVE YOU ALWAYS wanted to capture an image of a ghost, a crypto creature or a UFO, but just weren't lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time? No problem. Just make one. Not for the purposes of fooling anyone, just for the purposes of our paranormal photo hoax contest. This year marks our ninth annual event!

In this contest, we ask readers to create an original photograph (no illustrations, please) of some aspect of the unexplained. It could show:

• monsters (such as Bigfoot, Chupacabras, sea serpents, Mothman, or some original or mythical creature)
• ghosts
• poltergeist activity
• fairies, little people
• seance manifestations
• UFOs
• ...or anything else you can dream up in the paranormal realm.

JUST FOR FUN

Such hoax photos have been created since the invention of photography. Most often, they were created with the intention to deceive people and even profit from the creations: trance mediums in the early 20th century showed photos of the ectoplasm they generated during seances; in the 1860s, William Mumler created darkroom double-exposures that he said captured images of ghosts; in 1934, Dr. Robert K. Wilson fooled the world with his famous photo of the Loch Ness Monster, which he later admitted was a hoax. There have been many more examples, of course -- right up to the present day.

Hoaxes such as these – intended to deceive – can hinder and even harm legitimate paranormal research, and all such attempts are to be condemned.

Our contest, by contrast, is just for fun, and all photos will be captioned clearly as being fake. We want to see how clever and creative you can be with the many photo-altering software tools available – or with any other means you can imagine.

RULES

The rules are simple:

• The photos must be original, entirely of your own creation.
• You can submit up to three different photos. (Please make sure the file sizes are not too large.)
• I also recommend including a one-paragraph phony story to go along with the photo, telling us how you happened to capture the photo. This is not required, but adds to the fun.
• By submitting photos, all contestants are agreeing to the terms and conditions of About.com*.

Send your entries to: paranormal@about.com. The deadline for submitting your photos is May 15, 2012.

I am the sole judge of the contest, and my decision will be final. The winner will be chosen based on originality, how convincing the photo is, and how interesting it is. The winner will receive some cool paranormal books.

I look forward to your contest entries. I will include all of the entries in a special slide show that will be posted here. I'm sure we'll have another great contest. Good luck!

(* Terms and conditions you agree to by submitting your photos: I certify that I am the creator or sole owner of the material I am submitting to About, INC. About, INC. and its licensees may reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works and otherwise use the material for any purpose in any form and on any media. I agree to indemnify About, INC. for all damages and expenses that may be incurred in connection with the material. For more information, please see our user agreement.)

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PARANORMAL NEWS FOR MAY 1, 2012: Pub Ghost Photo, Haunted B&B, Time Travel Claim

	Generous bar ghost - Patrons of the Apsley House pub in the U.K. might have photographed a ghost who fills their drinks.
	Haunted B&B - This 1874 mansion, now a B&B, is home to several ghosts, including a rude Amish housekeeper.
	Time travel claim - Seattle attorney Andrew Basiago makes the claim that he was part of a time travel experiment.

Plus: Motley Crue's Vince Neil believes in ghosts... What color are ghosts?... Investigators spend night in haunted St. Joe's... Astor, Florida: Ground Zero for the paranormal?... Bigfoot sightings common in four-state area... Another turkey hunter sees Bigfoot... 2012 Bigfoot Conference... Pyramid precision... Possible abduction or teleportation... SyFy plans haunted real estate show.
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PARANORMAL NEWS FOR APRIL 28, 2012: Poltergeist Messages, Bigfoot Hunters, Haunted Houdini

	Poltergeist messages - Angela Casswell fears that she is being threatened by a poltergeist that writes messages on windows.
	Bigfoot hunters - A reporter tags along on an expedition to look for Bigfoot in the Santa Cruz mountains of California.
	Haunted Houdini - The legendary magician returns to challenge casual gamers in this hidden-object challenge.

Plus: William Roll: Poltergeist article... Dad's ghost-hunting gizmos for late daughter... Landlord sues couple who claimed rent house was haunted... EVP: Real or fake?... Argentina crop circle... Sea monster plant fossil baffles scientists... Against killing Bigfoot... How likely are you to see Bigfoot?... UFO near the sun: Curious NASA photo... A Catholic's guide to living in a haunted house.
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The Top Paranormal Events of 2002

"THE TOP PARANORMAL EVENTS OF 2002" > Page 1, 2, 3, 4

July, 2002

‧ Monster man. People fled Indian villages to escape a man who allegedly plucked flesh from his victims with long claws.
‧ Chupacabras. A man in Brownsville, Texas blamed the blood-sucking Chupacabra for killing his dog.
‧ Giant human remains. Mysterious skeletal remains of what appeared to be a 3,000-year-old giant were unearthed on a South Pacific island.
‧ Crop circles. One of the UK's largest crop circles appeared near Stonehenge.
‧ Psychic test. Edinburgh scientists tested 140 volunteers who claim they've had psychic experiences.
‧ Monkey man. More Monkey man attacks were reported in India; deaths reported.
‧ Loch Ness. Kevin Carlyon, a "white witch," claimed that the Loch Ness Monster is a prehistoric ghost - and a show-off.
‧ Bigfoot. More Bigfoot tracks were found in British Columbia's Yono National Park.
‧ Ghost video. A surveillance camera at a wrecker service in Oklahoma seems to show the ghost of a woman wandering among the cars.
‧ UFOs. Military jets in Maryland were scrambled to chase an "unknown aircraft."
‧ Lake monster. The "Monster of Tianchi Lake" in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin Province, Northeast China, was back in the news after several recent sightings were reported.

August, 2002

‧ Time travel. University of Connecticut physicist Ronald Mallett said he was working on building the first time machine.
‧ Sea monster. A mysterious sea creature spooked swimmers in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
‧ Bigfoot. New sightings were reported in East Texas.
‧ Ball lightning. A young girl in the UK was struck by ball lightning.
‧ Bigfoot. Sightings in northern Wisconsin reported.
‧ Holy Grail. A German submarine, which may have breached wartime defenses, could be linked to the Nazis' search for the mythical Holy Grail, a writer claimed.
‧ Loch Ness. "White witch" Kevin Carlyon performed a ritual he claimed would raise Nessie from her watery hide-out. It didn't.
‧ Mystery creature. A mysterious animal, which terrorized areas around Dowa boma was killed, but its appearance still baffled wildlife officials.
‧ Meteorite. A 14-year-old girl in the UK was struck by a small meteorite.
‧ Loch Ness. Underwater photos in Loch Ness show a large "something" that could be Nessie (photo).

September, 2002

‧ UFOs. UFOs were spotted in eight Chinese provinces.
‧ Noah's Ark. The super-powerful commercial QuickBird satellite began snapping imagery of Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey in a quest to spot the possible remains of what is believed to be Noah's Ark.
‧ Yeti. Yeti hairs were found on an Indonesian island.
‧ 9/11. Some conspiracy theorists blamed aliens for the 9/11 attacks on the US.
‧ Weeping statue. A statue of the Virgin Mary is attracting hundreds of pilgrims to a house in Perth, Australia, after claims it sheds fragrant tears.
‧ 9/11. On the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks, a date known as 9-11, the evening numbers drawn in the New York Lottery were 9-1-1.
‧ OBEs. A neurologist claimed to find a way to mimic out-of-body experiences.
‧ Champ. The monster in Lake Champlain surfaced in a video taken by a member of Champ Quest.

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Paranormal News for April 14, 2012

Up-to-the-minute reports of paranormal activity and news from around the world

GHOSTS, HAUNTINGS, POLTERGEISTS:

Family flees house they say is haunted
A Toms River family is seeking the return of the deposit they placed to rent this house in Toms River because of strange noises and events. Just one week after Josue Chinchilla and Michele Callan moved into their new home in Toms River, the couple and her two children plodded into the lobby of a local hotel about 1:15 a.m. and asked for a room. As soon as the family had settled into the three-bedroom ranch at the corner of Terrace and Lowell avenues on March 1, they began to suspect they were not its only tenants...

Winehouse's father 'in touch' with singer
Mitch Winehouse has told fans of his late daughter that he has spoken to her through a psychic. He said he communicated with Amy Winehouse, who died last year, on Tuesday and she "is fully behind everything that we're doing and she's up in heaven waving her magic wand"...

Sacramento State has haunted halls?

Is this Long Island's most haunted site?
Search for Long Island's most haunted structures on Google and you'll find a small stone structure at the beginning of Harbor Road in Head of the Harbor, just a few feet from the benches at Cordwood Park...

CREATURES:

Finding Maine's Bigfoot
The state of Maine is comprised of rugged and unclaimed wilderness; with barely 10 percent of the state considered urban or "civilized". Within this largely unexplored wilderness, scientists hypothesize that potentially hundreds of life forms exist that have yet to be identified. Though most of these unnamed species of flora and fauna are certain to be plants, insects or perhaps even a few small rodents, other professionals argue that something much larger, as yet undiscovered creature prowls in the dark Maine woods...

The legend of the Honey Island Swamp Monster
Harlan Ford and his friend Billy Mills, claim to have come face to face with a strange hair covered humanoid creature in 1963. In 1974, he claimed to have cast foot impressions of peculiar webbed tracks with four toes. It was not until his death in 1980 that a reel of Super 8 film was found among his possessions. The film showed an upright, shaggy haired creature as it made its way through the swamp. However, a boot with a four-toed foot glued to it was also discovered...

Bigfoot sightings bring Vermont national attention
Bigfoot sightings across New England have been reported for hundreds of years. "Red glowing eyes, about 7 feet tall, making a sound like a pig squealing or a woman screaming and walking like a man but looking more like a gorilla," Paul Bartholomew said. That's the most common description researcher and Bigfoot author Bartholomew hears from those who say they've seen the sasquatch...

LIFE AFTER DEATH:

An interview with Billy the Kid's wife - reincarnation
Melissa Bryan believes she was married to Billy the Kid in a past life. She gives detailed accounts of her memories that dispute what many believe really happened to him. She tells us when he died, how he died; was he left handed or right handed and gives details that even historians can't agree on or figure out for sure. She has marriage certificates and other documents from doing a genealogy investigation into this...

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PARANORMAL NEWS FOR APRIL 14, 2012: Family Flees Ghosts, Reincarnation Claim, Winehouse's Ghost Speaks

	Family Flees Ghosts - One week after moving into their new home, the family fled because of paranormal activity.
	Billy the Kid's wife interview - Melissa Bryan says she was married to Billy the Kid in past life; detailed memories dispute history.
	Winehouse's dad makes contact - Mitch Winehouse has told fans of his late daughter that he has spoken to her through a psychic.

Plus: Sacramento State's haunted halls... Long Island's most haunted site... Finding Maine's Bigfoot... Legend of the Honey Island Swamp Monster... Bigfoot sightings bring Vermont national attention... Trooper, motorist: Mysterious object fell from sky... Huge mystery boom heard over U.K... Supernatural call from 1980... iPhone book app sets a hauntingly fun mood... Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir brings supernatural thrills to Nintendo 3DS.
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PARANORMAL NEWS FOR MARCH 28, 2012: Pub Poltergeist Video, Bishop Exorcises Demons, Giant Hail Stone

	Pub poltergeist video - Weird ghostly activity experienced by the Beeville Pub staff is confirmed by surveillance video.
	Bishop exorcises demons - Scaring away demons and poltergeists from Welsh homes is the job?of the Bishop of Monmouth.
	Giant hail stone - A sign of Earth's bizarre weather trends? This 4-inch hail stone fell on Oahu during a storm.

Plus: Adele invites Robbie Williams to haunted mansion... Ghosts are regulars at America's most haunted Irish pub... Ghosts in New York... Jennifer Lawrence is scared of ghosts... Mystery of the Circle Line, London... Looking for Bigfoot? Find a permit first... Marine monster mystery on S.C. beach... Beyond Bigfoot: the science of cryptozoology... Bigfoot experts and science academics... in Shroud linked to Resurrection of Christ.
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PARANORMAL NEWS FOR MARCH 25, 2012: Haunted Hotel and Store, Maine Bigfoot Encounter, Mysterious Mars Clouds

?	Haunted hotel and store - Ghosts and poltergeist activity have been witnessed in two adjoining buildings in North Wales.
?	Maine Bigfoot encounter - In this interview, an anonymous man recounts his terrifying encounter from 20 years ago.
?	Mysterious Mars clouds - Amateur stronomers are puzzling over an anomalous cloud appearing in recent images of Mars.

Plus: Spooky goings on at Clevedon's Victorian Pier... Ghostly hospital sightings... Ghostly smells and other evidence of the afterlife... Sasquatch hair and tracks... More on the Michoacan Chupacabras attacks... Did belief in gods lead to Mayan demise?... Wisconsin town haunted by booms traces noise to small quakes.
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Arkansas Paranormal & Anomalous Studies Team

I am very pleased to announce that I have become a consultant to the Arkansas Paranormal & Anomalous Studies Team (ARPAST), an organization devoted to "furthering our measured understanding of anomalous and unexplained phenomena." Founded by author and researcher Larry Flaxman, ARPAST's mission is to use critical thinking and scientific methodologies in seeking understanding and answers to the mechanics of the paranormal.

I am honored to be in the company of other consultants, including Brad Steiger, Tim Binnall, Dale Kazcmarek, Edward Malkowski, Freddy Silva, Jay Alfred, Nick Redfern, Jay Alfred, Lance Borden, Dale Graff, Derrell Sims, Ken Gerrard, and Darrin Owens -- all serious, respected researchers in this field.

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Top Paranormal Activity 2008

From ghosts and monsters to psychic phenomena and demonic possession, 2008 was another year with no shortage of paranormal activity and unexplained strangeness. Here is a look back at the news stories that tend to make us wonder just what kind of reality we're living in -- the most unusual, intriguing and fascinating events of 2008.

Ghost photos

Neil Sandbach

Good ghost photos are hard to come by, and we always have to view them with a skeptical eye since it's so easy to create fakes nowadays. However, there were a few intriguing ghost photos snapped this year that are worthy of attention. The best of them might be the ghost of Tewin Bury Farm, taken by designer Neil Sandbach while trying to get a photo for some wedding stationery. Victoria Iovan may have photographed the ghost of a tall woman in white at the Decebal hotel in Romania. Then in June, at Oxford Castle in the U.K., Keiron Brown captured the image of a dark figure in an underground crypt.

Ghost and haunting events

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Ghosts and poltergeists made themselves known in various locations around the world. Businessman Anwar Rashid was so spooked by spirits that he abandoned his multi-million-dollar mansion near Nottingham, U.K. Paranormal investigators called it the "most active" place they had ever seen. And near Wollescote, U.K., the ghost of a little girl in Victorian clothes was blamed for distracting drivers and even causing accidents. And back in Romania, police blamed ghosts for vandalism to several homes. One witness said, "The windows started to break one by one. I saw two bicycles moving through the air on their own." Ghosts were attached to celebrities this year, including Joan Crawford, Ted Bundy, Ricky Gervais, and Jessica Alba.

Bigfoot

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The big Bigfoot story of 2008 was, of course, the ridiculous hoax perpetrated by two dolts in Georgia, who claimed they had a dead creature in a freezer and which turned out to be a costume. Meanwhile, the real Sasquatch stomped all over North America in 2008, triggering sightings: on Mount Cheam in British Columbia; in Northwestern Ontario; at Skiff Lake in Canada; on the Telkwa Highroad, Moricetown, British Columbia; on Highway 101, near Willits, California; and even near Redding in the U.K. And as far as physical evidence goes, researchers found and examined Yeti hair; several footprints, including in Nepal; and a rare fingerprint.

Lake monsters

Scottish Daily Record

2008 marked the 75th anniversary of the first time the Loch Ness Monster was photographed way back on November 12, 1933 by Hugh Grey. Since then, more than 1,000 sightings have been claimed. As if to show up for the celebration, Nessie appeared in a new video captured in April by father and son David and Graham Garside. It's hard to say what the video actually shows, but it is something in the loch. And of course Nessie wasn't the only lake monster poking its head out of the water this past year. Ogopogo was seen several times since April in British Columbia's Okanagan Lake. And Sweden's lake monster, Storsjoe, was photographed by Gunnar Nilsson with a surveillance camera. A new expedition searched for Champ in Lake Champlain.

Other creatures and monsters

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The unusual "creature" that received the widest viewing in 2008, thanks to YouTube and similar viral video outlets, was the so-called "Creepy Gnome", videoed in Salta, Argentina. It was most likely just a small person in a costume, but its weird side-stepping movement freaked out a lot of people. Creatures took to the air, as well. In the early hours of February 23, a driver in Pennsylvania was startled by a huge, bird-like thing that hovered above his vehicle. Living dinosaurs made appearances, too. In August, it was reported that a large, reptilian creature had been seen on several occasions in the 1990s and 2000s on Umbungi Island in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. There were chupacabras sightings as well, in Michigan and Brazil.

Earth mysteries

The mysterious explosion in Siberia known as the Tunguska Event reached its 100th anniversary on June 30. Although many theories have been offered to explain the devastation in this remote region, it's still unknown for certain what really happened. Crop circles cropped up, but the ones that made news were not in Great Britain for a change. They formed near Goderich in Canada; Grand Forks, Minnesota; Ipuacu, Santa Catarina, Brazil; Boryoung City, South Korea; and Amsterdam. One that did appear in England mysteriously formed just prior to an auto race. The curious phenomenon of ball lightning also hit the news when it terrorized Annie Dobson by invading her house in West Wales.

Psychic phenomena

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Many of the top news stories concerning ESP, telepathy and psychokinesis focused on the research into these phenomena. We found out that the U.S. Army gave University of California researchers $4 million to look into computer-assisted "synthetic telepathy," and the Journal of Scientific Exploration examined connections between ESP and geomagnetic activity. There were interesting successes and failures by psychics: the Prophet Yahweh predicted that alien spaceships would appear on Oct. 31st (they didn't), and remote viewer Ed Dames said that aviator Steve Fossett's crashed airplane would be found in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California (it was). Other psychic masters claimed feats in telekinesis and cooking with brainwaves.

Weird science

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Several science news stories seemed to border on science fiction: doctors revisited the idea that water might have a memory; Japanese scientists said they might be able to bring extinct mammoths back to life; research sponsored by Swedish and European foundations manipulated people's perceptions to make them think they have swapped bodies with another human or even a "humanoid body"; and other Japanese scientists have found a way to extract images directly from the brain, meaning that one day we may be able to watch our dreams on TV. And if you're into mediation, you may need to buy bigger hats because some research shows that it can increase your brain size.

Life after death and human enigmas

If reincarnation is a reality, would it be helpful to know who our new president was in a past life? Dr Walter Semkiw claimed that Barack Obama is the reincarnation of Lyman Trumbull, a Democratic Illinois Democratic senator and the principal author of the Thirteenth Amendment, which put an end to slavery in U.S. The Human Consciousness Project of the University of Southampton announced the AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation) study, the largest ever examination of the near-death experience (NDE), while doctors in the U.S. and Britain began a joint study of the out-of-body experience.

As for human enigmas, meet the girl who spontaneously bleeds without being cut, and keep a heads up for those flying humanoids of Mexico.

Religious mysteries

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The biggest story in the realm of religion and the paranormal broke when the Vatican said it was ok to believe in aliens. The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, The Vatican's chief astronomer, told the faithful that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God. In August it was announced that a new scientific examination of the Shroud of Turin would try again to verify its age and place of origin. Meanwhile, the Devil reared his ugly head when a board-certified psychiatrist and associate professor of clinical psychiatry at New York Medical College claimed to document an authentic case of demonic possession.

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Paranormal News for March 10, 2012

Up-to-the-minute reports of paranormal activity and news from around the world

GHOSTS, HAUNTINGS, POLTERGEISTS:

Poltergeist plagues family home
Spooky goings-on at a Hendon house are scaring the living daylights out of a mum and her six children. Marie Williams believes that spirits are haunting her home, trashing rooms, causing sulphurous smells, opening and closing curtains, throwing objects around and even scratching her. Paranormal experts have all recorded unexplained activity in the Victorian home, in Toward Road, but say the spirits are too strong for them to remove...
(Also read: What is a poltergeist?)

Check in to this haunted hotel
Quaint and charming from the outside, Connecticut's real-life Yankee Pedlar Inn is far from it on the inside. Its hallways and rooms are the resting place of many a ghost story, some of which writer-director Ti West's crew experienced during an extended stay while making 2009's The House of the Devil. "We would go out into the middle of the woods and make this sort of satanic horror movie, but weirder stuff would happen to us back at the hotel," said West, an admittedly skeptical guy who doesn't believe in ghosts...

Former vicar buys haunted Dalhousie castle for knockdown ￡5m
A vicar-turned entrepreneur has snapped up a 13th century Scottish castle hotel. The castle was visited by England's King Edward I, also known as Longshanks, the Hammer of the Scots, and Oliver Cromwell. The castle, which sits by the banks of the River Esk near Bonnyrigg, in Midlothian, is also reputed to be haunted by a 16th century ghost...
(Also read: The Ghosts of Edinburgh Castle)

Anderson Cooper's whacky weird gay ghost tour
Anderson Cooper is oh-so gay and oh-so not ready to talk about it. That's fine, we get it, your personal life is yours to do with what you will. However, when you have a national daytime talk show and invite a ghost-whisperer to psychically evaluate your home for a segment, be prepared for some raised eyebrows...

Hans Holzer, the man behind the ghosts
Born in Vienna, Austria in 1920, my father developed an interest in the supernatural when his uncle Henry told him stories about ghosts and fairies. For him it was the beginning of what would be his destiny and chosen path for his life span...

CREATURES:

New Footage: Colorado Bigfoot, woman sounds somewhat believable
This footage was filmed near Castle Rock, Colorado in 2009. The woman filming sounds, or tries to sound fearful of the creature when she realized what she was really looking at. If that were you, would you drop the camera and run away?..
(Also read: Bigfoot Videos)

Bigfoot is an archetype: Sasquatch reigns supreme among "folk devils"
From time to time there are reports that fall under the "Bigfoot" category that are, to put it simply, present a lot of disturbing problems for eyewitnesses. While these "high strangeness" reports (an expression that had become innate to the study of odd occurrences tucked within the realms of Forteana) are in the seldom minority, they are often overlooked by the greater cryptozoology community for a number of reasons...

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PARANORMAL NEWS FOR MARCH 10, 2012: Possible Bigfoot Video, Mysterious Light Flash, Stubborn Poltergeist

	Castle Rock Bigfoot - The woman who took this video seems genuinely terrified that this might be a Bigfoot in the trees.
	Mysterious light flash - An unexplained flash of light appeared in the background of this Phoenix television traffic report.
	Stubborn poltergeist - Marie Williams believes spirits are trashing rooms, throwing objects, and even scratching her.

Plus: Check in to this haunted hotel... Vicar buys haunted castle... Anderson Cooper's whacky weird gay ghost tour... Hans Holzer, the man behind the ghosts... Bigfoot is an archetype... Meet the "psychic vampires"... What hypnosis really does to your brain... US military seeks sixth sense training... Preacher concedes apocalypse prediction wrong... High strangeness on audio... The ancient astronaut flaw - and it's not minor.
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PARANORMAL NEWS for FEB. 28: Bigfoot Shin Rise, Whitney Houston's Ghost, Bunyip Death Marked

	Bigfoot shin rise - An astute Bigfoot researcher points out the big difference in shin rise between Bigfoot and humans.
	Whitney Houston's ghost - Cissy Houston, Whitney's mom, suspects that mysterious events at her house might be her ghost.
	Bunyip death marked - The burial place of one of Australia's cryptids, the Bunyip, is marked on this Aboriginal map art.

Plus: The ghosts of platform four... Ghosts stalk Japan's tsunami city... Ghostly encounter, slip back in time, or vision of murder?... Ghost wants justice, "possessed" claims... Little Bigfoot... "Dog-Headed Pig Monster" terrorizes Africa... The terror of the Wendigo... Confronted by "dark figure" on bypass... The Fatima vision... Brad Steiger and Whitley Strieber interview... Synchronicity with Dr. Kirby Surprise... New Whaley House film in production.
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