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Caught on Tape: Sequence of Photos scares Family

2011-09-07T14:10:00.000-05:00

Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil, a family took a picture with a cell phone. And the image that was recorded by the device until now generates discussion.

Luis Pereira Lima now spends most of time alone at home. His wife and children no longer want to stay on site.

They are scared since Luke, age eight, took two pictures of his younger sister using a cell phone.

A figure that seems to be a black woman can be seen in the image sequence.

The problem is that Louis says that no one else was home at the time, and he did not know anyone with the appearance of the person in the photo.

The family lived in the house of two rooms for nine months.
He recalls that from the beginning coexists with strange things.

In the pictures you can see the person with a white shirt with a picture of a person in it.

Source: Tem Notícias

Shadow People's encounters investigated by the police

2011-09-06T13:48:00.000-05:00

People are scared because the Shadow People is not a myth. Many people have seen what they consider a haunting.

On the 15th of May 2011 in an unprecedented and mysterious place in Piancó on the road just off to near the entrance of the Patos, district of Santa Cruz, Pernambuco, Northwest Brazil, Mr. Salviano Severino, age 62, doing his walk at 4 o'clock in the morning saw right in front of him a man dressed in black crossed in front of him quickly.

He says it was a tall man of dark skin. Mr Severino has a usual practice of making his morning walk for more than two years in the same place and he had never seen anything similar to this.

"This man did not speak or walk down the road he just crossed in front of me and stopped and when I looked back to see if anyone else was around, I only saw a few women who were doing the walk and when I turned back around to face the man dressed in black he had disappeared," Mr. Severino stated.

Mr. Severino was a bit startled by the disappearance of the subject of his sight and to confirm that it was an illusion looked everywhere for him, it was a very open field with no possibility of someone in a split second to hide.

Mr. Severino said he continued his walk, but afraid to go home, he called his wife and told her that he had seen something strange.

In Piancó there is always mysterious things happening, says Mr. Severino, who lives in Nova Rua at the entrance of the city.

Residents of the community has commented they are frightened by this man in black who appears and disappears mysteriously. They have reported these incidents that has happened to the police in hopes that the police will make their rounds around dawn to search of this mystery.

Nothing has ever been found.

Strange Tales: An H(a)unting Night

2011-09-04T09:04:00.000-05:00

In my early years I decided to go hunting in an isolated area in North Alabama, close to the Mississippi border. After a long day of hunting, I realized I was lost in the middle of a huge forest.

It was getting dark and the rain was pouring down strong, Lost, I decided to walk and I walked to what I believed to be the northern direction only to be free of the deep and exhausting forest.

After 3 hours of walking in total darkness, I came upon a small cabin. Realizing how dark it was, I decided to see if I could ask for help and maybe spend the night there.

No tracks or driveway close to the cabin, I approached and saw the door open, there was nobody inside.

I went in and laid on the only bed that was there, I decided I would explain myself to the owner in the morning.

As I looked around, I saw several pictures, all painted with incredible realism. Without exception, they seemed to be looking towards me with dead eyes that seemed full of hatred.

Looking at them, I felt incredibly uncomfortable.Making an effort to ignore those angry faces, I turned towards the wall and exhausted, I fell into a deep sleep.

In the morning I woke up with an unexpected ray of sunshine.Looking around, I just realized that the cabin had no pictures, only windows.

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Woman forced to leave home and work after being 'raped' by aliens

2011-09-03T21:47:00.002-05:00

Giovanna Podda, 40, began to spread in the neighborhood who had been raped by aliens. The news did not sit well, and under pressure from neighbors, the woman was forced to leave the house she lived in Gennargentu (Sardegna, Italy) and quit her job.

Giovanna's case was highlighted on Italian TV. She said she was abducted and raped by aliens. The act has left its marks and burns on her body, assured the woman. "I tried to complain to the police, but laughed at me.

Nobody believes me, but I believe that many women have been raped by aliens and that they would be afraid to expose it," he complained, according to a report of the "Austrian Times" .

She affirm that she was abducted by aliens since the age of four, and had eighteenth alien-hybrid pregnancy. The foetus, aborted by doctors, doesn't look like something that should gestate inside a woman.

She has weird phosphorescing marks on her body, burn holes and Implants in her brain. She, also, has video and photo evidence of “alien space ships”, because for her they aren’t UFO.

Content Warning: Please do not watch this video if you are easily disturbed by graphic images. Now, Giovanna in hiding. But she wants to be a spokesman for some sort of association of women who have been raped by beings from other planets.

Source: L'UNIONE SARDA.it

Top 5: Unusual objects found in food

2011-08-17T08:39:00.000-05:00

Last week francaise Nathalie Dahyot said she found a human tooth in a hamburger which was purchased in a grocery store in Angers, French.

Check others:

Nathalie Dahyot displays the tooth that was hamburger
Frog living inside a package of lettuce
Snake’s head in salad during dinner
A knife in a fast-food restaurant’s sandwich in New York, USA.
Black Widow spider in grapes

Chicken escapes after being thrown as offering to the volcano

2011-08-16T11:26:00.004-05:00

This Scene took place on Mount Bromo, Indonesia.

Locals were caught on camera trying to catch a chicken who fled after be released in a volcanic crater during a festival on Mount Bromo in Java, Indonesia.

Residents believe in offering the animals to the gods it will bring security and prosperity.

Source: G1

780 thousand years old Fossil found in Australia

2011-08-16T10:15:00.000-05:00

A group of scientists has discovered a complete fossilized skeleton of a huge eagle that lived on the Nullarbor Plain in southern Australia, with more than 780,000 years

The fossil may have more than 780,000 years old, but may even have a million years or more, said Gavin Prideaux, a paleontologist at the University of Flinders.

The remains appear to be an eagle Aquila audax species, a large bird native to Australia, with more than two meters wide, or a closely related species.

The fossils were found in a cave during excavations being carried out by scientists from Flinders University and the Western Australian Museum.

The cave is known as Leaena's Breath about 100 kilometres north-west of Eucla in Western Australia, just over the South Australian border.

Source: ABC

Did NASA found Spacecraft crash site on the Dark Side of the Moon?

2011-08-15T19:59:00.001-05:00

NASA found on the surface of the moon what could be the remains of the Lunar Orbiter 2 that crashed into the satellite in 1967.

Lunar Orbiter 2 was an unmanned imaging spacecraft used in November and early December 1966 to aid with Apollo and Surveyor landing site selection.

The coordinates of the Lunar Orbiter 2 impact match those of the feature in the NAC image. However, the published Lunar Orbiter 2 numbers are given as a rough estimate because the impact occurred on the farside of the Moon (Dark Side of the Moon), out of direct radio contact.

The impact appears much too large (circa 278 ft or 85 m in diameter) to be the result of an impact from a spacecraft only a few meters tall, but with a solar incidence angle of only 12 degrees, it is difficult to see the crater rim and find out the true diameter. The "butterfly"-shaped ejecta pattern is diagnostic of a low-angle collision.

"The truth is that we're not sure what caused the impact, we will continue analyzing the remains," said James Ashley, a scientist at the University of Arizona

The spacecraft became famous in 1967 with the public release of an oblique image of Copernicus crater (one of only four obliques collected), which was hailed as the “Picture of the Century” by the news media of the day.

Source: LROC

Unemployed Mechanic says he created the UFO that was seen in Brazilian sky

2011-07-26T17:33:00.000-05:00

A Kite with LED’s was mistaken for a spaceship from another planet in São Paulo, Brazil.

The Mechanic said to have used LED lights in a kite that he created was confused with an UFO. The 42 years old mechanic resident of Embu, São Paulo, Brazil, said to be the creator of the unidentified object that amazed residents of the city on Saturday (23th) night.

In the skies of the city, the scene of several lights revolving around a Blue light made many people think that they saw a spaceship. UFO investigators have ruled out the flying saucer. And the mechanic guarantees: it is a kite with LEDs, made at home.

The mechanic said he was in fact responsible for the object and showed some equipment used in assembling the kite, but declined to give his name. He has been unemployed for more than 3 years due to a bad back and is afraid of having problems with the National Social Security Institute (INSS).

Mechanical notebook with drawings shows the kite (left).

The mechanic had started to build the kite in November of last year. In February, he released it first, when she had only three lights. Ready - with 32 LEDs and 12 outside the center, fed by cellphone battery, it was released for the second time this weekend, and ended up in the air longer than originally planned, drawing the attraction of the population.

"It was made with plain paper, plastic, thread, bamboo, fiberglass, material collected from the ground, scrap. I started to do it in November, I could not always stand [due to health problem]. Over time I have been improving, "he says.

The amateur inventor is interested in innovations since childhood, when he first saw an airplane made of paper. After being away from work, he started to invest more in his hobby, looking for something innovative. "I like to take things, to transform, to try a better way. I am a perfectionist and want to make things more successful, "he says. "There was a quest for being helpful in any way, you can be doing some work. A necessity, because I always worked, and that I miss."

The kite with LED’s was developed to test forms of energy, he said. "The system that he used can be used to generate power as well. The system is simple, its the highest level of wind power. With only a cell phone battery, the lights stay long because the LED is very economical, he says. The mechanic says he developed a system for it to be turned off as you drain the line, it gives a certain impact and the actual weight of the battery makes it hang up." He said the tests indicated that the battery can last six hours.

Although the kite has been released that created controversy and sometimes in smaller models, was the first time the appearance caused great repercussions. "I was happy to have accomplished the job. I was kind of astonished at the situation, I thought it was a bit beyond what I expected. I think it's time for people to be smarter, to unite, to have better solutions, respect the human being, "says the mechanic.

He declined to disclose the location from which dropped the kite - merely say it was an area of the city. But he says he is committed to safety and did not want to cause panic. "No way, it was just something for the people to better reflect what knowledge we have. I tried to have the security of what I was doing, create something that really only brings benefits to people. "

Source: G1

UPDATE! UFO Encounter: The Frederick Valentich Disappearance

2011-07-10T14:16:00.000-05:00

Readers caught our attention for a supposed updated in the "The Frederick Valentich Disappearance" in the blog "UFOexperiences".

Four years after the unexplained disappearance on 21 October 1978 of 20-year-old Frederick Valentich while piloting a Cessna 182L light aircraft over Bass Strait in Australia, a suspicious man was arrested by Soviet soldiers near the Soviet-Chinese border.

With him was found a very powerful searchlight and a strange dark elongated object, like a small flask with two dozen dots printed on its upper section without any visible pattern.

The man stated that he was engaged in prospecting in the area, but soon admitted under the pressure of interrogation the he was indeed involved in “UFO research”.

Inside the capsule a plate rolled like a tube was found. When the KGB officer extracted the plate, it immediately straightened up emitting a slight rustling sound. The plate had an English text, written with a substance bright orange in color. The text was later translated to Russian and following is an approximate translation:

“I am Frederick Valentich, Junior, pilot. I was captured together with my plane Cessna-182 by a UFO on October 21 1978 145 miles south of Melbourne. Because of very limited time and of extreme danger to my state, here is what is most important.

What was proposed to me was beyond my imagination. Later I came to the conclusion that several factors influenced my psyche, at first, the reality of the UFOs and their pilots, and secondly, their proposal for me to become the pilot of one of their aircraft (!).

Here is proof of contact with another civilization and the man who achieved this is I, Frederick Valentich. That was what I thought. But the most tempting was their fantastic proposal for me to stay in my same physical body, so I have not aged over my current 25 years of age (my age when I signed such a “contract” with the aliens). This proposal “eclipsed everything” even those few purely human affections I’ve had. At the moment of the deal I remembered only that my mother had died, I am single with no children. I didn’t even remember my aunt and two of my ex girlfriends I have been close with, this is additional evidence of a strong psychological influence put upon me.

The giant UFO I have to work in is a “cargo ship”. The crew, except those humans which were captured just like me, are 2-3 aliens. All belong to a civilization located in the Pleiades constellation and represent an interplanetary organization with 6 civilizations from Orion, Swan and the Big Dog constellation; our Solar system is also part of it.

Like us they’re also albumen organic entities, breathing oxygen and of similar body build.

Answering such questions like, what are they doing here, they stated on numerous occasions that they were engaged in research work. But according to my own observations that is only a mere screen covering their “real” activities and to calm the conscience of other earthlings who signed such compelling contacts like mine.

Our basic load from Earth---is liquid oxygen obtained from plants installed onboard the ship. These “researchers” impudently steal the most valuable part of Earthly atmosphere. And idiots like me are actively helping them in this. The main route of our craft—Earth and Jupiter’s satellite Callisto where a huge constantly operating base is located.

Oxygen is loaded into balloons made of plastic-metal. Volume can be estimated in weight---the large balloon weighs no less than 110 pounds, the smaller ones—2 times less than that. The maximum quantity of balloons that our ship has taken for one flight to Callisto is more than 12,000 large and 5k small balloons. Imagine how much oxygen they take from Earth! We make 2 flights per week sometimes. God help me and those who find this letter! Russian or Chinese---I ask to give this capsule to the Australian embassy and to the representatives of our embassy, give it to scientists for further study!!!”

The mysterious plate was transferred to the Australian embassy. Style and grammar of the letter was compared with other material written by Val

entich. The Australian commission came to the conclusion that the text belonged to Frederick Valentich Jr.

Federick Returns?

According to Spanish researcher Manuel Carballal, the testimony of a number of witnesses, a young man who identified himself as Frederick Valentich, was alive and well in 1990 at Plaza del Charco, a seaport square on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

Showing no signs of aging and resembled the photos circulated around the time of his disappearance, he also displayed an Australian passport to prove his claim, Valentich told those with whom he spoke on several occasions that he now belonged to a group of humans who had been “recruited” by extraterrestrials.

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Source: UFOexperiences

UFO Encounter: The Frederick Valentich Disappearance

2011-07-04T15:45:00.000-05:00

The Valentich disappearance describes the unexplained disappearance on 21 October 1978 of 20-year-old Frederick Valentich while piloting a Cessna 182L light aircraft over Bass Strait in Australia. He intended to land at King Island to pick up three or four friends and return to Moorabbin Airport.

During the 127 mile (235 km) flight, Valentich advised Melbourne air traffic control he was being accompanied by an aircraft about 1,000 feet (300 m) above him.

He described unusual actions and features of the aircraft, saying his engine had begun running roughly, and finally reported that "strange aircraft is hovering on top of me again. It is hovering and it's not an aircraft"

During Valentich's final recorded transmission to the Melbourne Service Unit, seventeen seconds of unexplained noise, described as being "metallic, scraping sounds," were recorded by DOT Air Traffic Control audio tapes. The tape of the conversation ending with this noise was never made public. Only researchers and the parents of Valentich heard the transmission recordings.

The following is a transcript of the exchanges between Valentich and air traffic control, from the first three pages of the Australian Department of Transport report:

19:06:14 DSJ [Valentich]: Melbourne, this is Delta Sierra Juliet. Is there any known traffic below five thousand?

FS [Flight Services; Robey]: Delta Sierra Juliet, no known traffic.

DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet, I am, seems to be a large aircraft below five thousand.

19:06:44 FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, What type of aircraft is it?

DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet, I cannot affirm, it is four bright, and it seems to me like landing lights.

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet.

19:07:31 DSJ: Melbourne, this is Delta Sierra Juliet, the aircraft has just passed over me at least a thousand feet above.

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, roger, and it is a large aircraft, confirmed?

DSJ: Er-unknown, due to the speed it's travelling, is there any air force aircraft in the vicinity?

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, no known aircraft in the vicinity.

19:08:18 DSJ: Melbourne, it's approaching now from due east towards me.

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet.

19:08:41 DSJ: (open microphone for two seconds.)

19:08:48 DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet, it seems to me that he's playing some sort of game, he's flying over me two, three times at speeds I could not identify.

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, roger, what is your actual level?

DSJ: My level is four and a half thousand, four five zero zero.

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet and you confirm you cannot identify the aircraft?

DSJ: Affirmative.

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, roger, stand by.

19:09:27 DSJ: Melbourne, Delta Sierra Juliet, it's not an aircraft it is (open microphone for two seconds).

19:09:42 FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, can you describe the - er - aircraft?

DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet, as it's flying past it's a long shape (open microphone for three seconds) cannot identify more than it has such speed (open microphone for three seconds). It's before me right now Melbourne.

19:10 FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, roger and how large would the - er - object be?

19:10:19 DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet, Melbourne, it seems like it's chasing me.[20] What I'm doing right now is orbiting and the thing is just orbiting on top of me also. It's got a green light and sort of metallic like, it's all shiny on the outside.

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet

19:10:46 DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet (open microphone for three seconds) It's just vanished.

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet.

19:11:00 DSJ: Melbourne, would you know what kind of aircraft I've got? Is it a military aircraft?

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, Confirm the - er ~ aircraft just vanished.

DSJ: Say again.

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, is the aircraft still with you?

DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet; it's (open microphone for two seconds) now approaching from the south-west.

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet

19:11:50 DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet, the engine is rough-idling. I've got it set at twenty three twenty-four and the thing is (coughing).

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet, roger, what are your intentions?

DSJ: My intentions are - ah - to go to King Island - ah - Melbourne. That strange aircraft is hovering on top of me again (open microphone for two seconds). It is hovering and it's not an aircraft.

FS: Delta Sierra Juliet.

19:12:28 DSJ: Delta Sierra Juliet. Melbourne (open microphone for seventeen seconds).

A Search and Rescue alert was given at 19:12. Valentich failed to arrive at King Island by 19:33, and a sea and air search was undertaken, and two RAAF P-3 Orion aircraft searched over a seven-day period. Search efforts continued until 25 October 1978.

Analysis of a fuel slick found roughly near where Valentich had last radioed Robey proved that it was not aviation fuel, and no trace of the aircraft was found. The aircraft was equipped with four life jackets and an emergency radio beacon, and was designed to stay afloat for several minutes.

Neither Valentich or his aircraft was ever found, and a Department of Transport investigation concluded that the reason for the disappearance could not be determined.

A witness, Stephen Villages, a Queensland man saw a long object hovering in the evening sky, he could definitely see four green lights which came from the craft’s underbelly. Similar accounts have come from Sydney, Port Jackson, New South Wales and Victoria all describing four bright green lights flashing across the Australian skies.

Source: wikipedia.org

NASA sues former Apollo 14 astronaut over lunar camera

2011-07-04T15:29:00.000-05:00

The US government has sued a former NASA astronaut, Edgar Mitchell, to recover a camera used to explore the moon's surface during the 1971 Apollo 14 mission after discovered that the British auction house Bonhams planned to sell the camera at an upcoming Space History Sale.

The lot description also identified the camera as the property of pilot Edgar Mitchell and sported a pre-sale estimate of $60,000 to $80,000.

The lawsuit, filed in Miami federal court, accuses Edgar Mitchell of illegally possessing the camera and attempting to sell it for profit.

However, Donald Jacobson, an attorney for former astronaut, NASA argues that Mitchell gave the camera as a gift, after 40 years of the mission. "Objects from the lunar trips to the moon were ultimately mounted and then presented to the astronauts as a gift after they had helped NASA on a mission," Jacobson said.

NASA claims that on several occasions requests to Mitchell and his lawyer to return the camera but received no response.

DNA samples will determine if Florida condo residents aren't picking up their dog poop

2011-07-03T16:46:00.000-05:00

Plagued with pets that do business in all the wrong places, dog owners in the Village of Abacoa, a condominium association of 458 units, must pay a $200 fee starting Aug. 1st.

The money will pay DNA Pet World Registry to take the dog's genetic fingerprint and keep the information on file.

Doggie droppings found in condo common areas will be collected and mailed in a plastic tube to the Knoxville, Tenn.-based company. If the poop matches the pooch, the owners can be fined up to $1,000.

If they don't pay, a lien can be placed on their home, said Susan Nellen, property manager for Versa Property Management, which manages the condo near Roger Dean Stadium.

The process works like this:

Beginning Aug. 1 and until Aug. 31, a dog owner must pay a $200 one-time fee for a swab to be taken from their dog's mouth. DNA Pet World Registry uses the swab to determine the dog's DNA sample. The dog is issued a identification tag to wear on its collar. Owners who pay after Aug. 31 will be charged $500.

A maintenance person from Versa Management will collect marble-sized samples found in restricted areas. The samples go in a leakproof plastic container about the size of a small perfume bottle containing DNA stabilization solution. The container is mailed to DNA Pet World, where the identification test is done.

If the illegal poop matches a registered dog, the owner can be fined. If the problem persists, the animal can be confiscated, Brickman said.

Source: Palm Beach Post

Driver keeps going after pedestrian he hit lands in passenger seat

2011-07-02T16:44:00.000-05:00

Deputy Constable Paul Armand approached the black Mazda 626, the Precinct 8 deputy noticed the driver had blood on his face. He also saw that the front windshield was shattered and partially inside the vehicle.

The deputy constable then saw a body in the passenger seat, partially underneath the dashboard and with a severed leg.

The driver, James John Onak, 45, told the deputy he didn't realize a dead body was in the passenger seat,

Police allege Onak struck 32-year-old Fadel Steadman with his car on the Gulf Freeway in southeast Houston and kept on driving for three miles while the man's body lay in his passenger seat.

Onak was later arrested and charged with felony failure to stop and render aid involving a fatality and driving while intoxicated.

Investigators believe Steadman had pulled his Ford Explorer into the emergency lane on the left side of the freeway near Fuqua after the vehicle broke down.

Witnesses told police Steadman was running back and forth across the freeway when he was struck by the Mazda.

The collision forced Steadman's body through the windshield, and he landed in the front passenger seat inside the car, police said.

However, Onak did not stop driving. Police said he got off the freeway and drove a few more blocks before he was pulled over by Armand on Kirkvalley near Beamer, police said.

Onak told Armand he thought he had hit something while driving down the Gulf Freeway, but he was not sure

After discovering the body in the seat, Armand called paramedics and additional deputy constables to the scene. While searching the freeway, another deputy constable located the Mazda's licence plate as well as what appeared to be Steadman's leg

Source: Houston Chronicle

Heavy rain reveals Pirates ancient boat on a sandy beach of Brazil

2011-07-02T13:42:00.000-05:00

Residents of the traditional community caiçara of Castilians, located east of Ilhabela, had a big surprise after the heavy rain that occurred on Easter Sunday (24 / 4) with the storm, the waters of the stream that flows into Corner Pond led a layer of sand, delving into more than one meter stretch of the beach and stay making apparent the ruins of a boat very similar to the structure of an ancient ship.

According to the oldest inhabitants of the archipelago, this boat has been seen at different times, but the fact was forgotten. The apparent structure of the ship is in good condition, but still is not known whether all or what you see is only part of it.

A brand is part of the wood fire, but can not be said to be a failure due to perforation of the cannonball, since there are indications that local residents or visitors may have made a bonfire on top of the structure in another appearance. Another feature are the major planks of pine riga, a very durable wood, commonly used in building ships, galleons and caravels.

Ilhabela is well known for tales of pirates and the Bay of Castilians became famous for having been marked as a refuge for pirates and strategic point of slave ships still trading in slaves even after the abolition. There is still no evidence that the ship has been found actually used by pirates since several vessels at different periods of history, carrying slaves, consumer goods, building materials, wood and export items such as sugar and coffee.

Source: onoticiado.com.br

I'm glad I'm out of school: Two new elements added to periodic table

2011-06-20T10:42:00.000-05:00

The elements are the first to be added since copernicium in 2009. They have not yet been named, but are known for now as 114 and 116.

“Over the past 250 years, there have been basically 100 new elements discovered,” said Paul Karol, a chemistry professor at Carnegie Mellon University and chair of the committee that recommended the additions.

The pair were found through atom-smasher experiments

called cross-bombardments, according to research published by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

The new elements were first detected in 2004 and 2006, but it took years to confirm them.

Source: discoveryon.info

USA almost went to the Moon with the Soviets in the middle of Cold War

2011-06-19T09:40:00.000-05:00

When President John F. Kennedy announced a plan to put a man on the Moon in front of a special joint session of the US Congress, in May 25, 1961.

There was no plan.

Even while the space agency's administrator, James Webb had previously conceded to Kennedy that it could be done, the fact is that NASA had absolutely no idea how to put a man on the Moon.

The proof is that their first estimated budget of 7 billion dollars was changed to $20 billion.

NASA had to develop everything from scratch. None of the technology existed, nor the procedures were known at the time.

What is less known is that Kennedy actually proposed a joint lunar mission with the Soviet Union. It happened in a speech before the 18th General Assembly of the United Nations, in September 20, 1963

"Finally, in a field where the United States and the Soviet Union have a special capacity—in the field of space—there is room for new cooperation, for further joint efforts in the regulation and exploration of space. I include among these possibilities a joint expedition to the moon."

For complete story check gizmodo.com

The Werewolf Gene Discovered by Scientists

2011-06-18T11:10:00.000-05:00

Scientists have discovered the werewolf gene, called hypertrichosis.

Experts know that the extremely rare condition runs in families and in 1995, researchers studied a Mexican family with the disorder. They found the mutation in a section of the X chromosome in the family genes, but it was a man from China that unraveled the mystery.

The gene is called SOX3, and is responsible for playing a role in the growth of hair of the man in China and his family members, and then went to Mexico to find the same gene in the same on the same X chromosome in the second family.

The Guinness Book of World Records and a circus seems to be the only place to find people afflicted with the werewolf gene, which isn’t all that surprising.

Source: gather.com

Amityville Horror Kid Challenges Movie Giant

2011-06-18T09:40:00.000-05:00

U.S. Army veteran and Amityville haunting survivor Christopher John Quaratino is taking a stand. Quaratino, is formerly known as (fka) Christopher Lutz, one of the three children of George and Kathy Lutz. The Lutz family lived through what became known as "The Amityville Horror." Now 43 years old, Christopher has read the recent news releases put forth by film companies, Hannibal Classics and The Weinstein Company.

The companies announced new sequel movies, each taking a stab at their own versions. Hannibal, the first to make public its intent, is developing "Amityville Legacy" in 3D. Not to be outdone, a week later, Bob Weinstein in his joint deal with Miramax and Dimension announced at Cannes film festival that his company is moving forward with its new movie "The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes", to be released in theaters January of next year.

Bob Weinstein said, "We are thrilled to return to the mythology of the Amityville Horror with a new and terrifying vision that will satisfy our existing fans and also introduce an entirely new audience to this popular haunting phenomenon,"

Jason Blum who produced the "Paranormal Activity" films, which have grossed close to $400 million worldwide, is set to produce. Blum is quoted by Variety saying, "I'm thrilled to be working with Bob to reinvent one of the all-time great horror franchises, and I think this new instalment will really hit home with a new generation of moviegoers,"

Christopher John, who maintains the haunting was real, yet very different from how it has been portrayed to the public, has this to say in response to the announcements, “They want to reinvent the story? A whole new generation won’t know what really happened? Just as all those that don’t know, who have followed this story for the last 35 years. The time has come for me to set the record straight, a fresh look from an alternative perspective, through the eyes of one of the children who peered out from those iconic quarter round windows. An eyewitness to the actual events that occurred in the Amityville house and what followed.”

“Therefore, I am calling out The Weinstein brothers, Bob and Harvey, your producers and writers. And Hannibal Films who have already begun making the next movie sequels to the story that should have died so long ago “The Amityville Horror". To these companies, who are bowing down to the golden calf milking the story one more time allying themselves with the top horror writers and producers in the business”.

“I SAY THIS, at what you do, you are good, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO "AMITYVILLE and what happened after.... "I CAN TELL A CREEPIER STORY THAN YOU!"

I am challenging you to a contest. The contest should be judged in the vein of American Idol, where the public casts their vote to decide the outcome, and ultimate winner.
The specific categories to be judged, should be the very thing your audiences so desire.
The best stories of all time are what they are, because of the very things I am challenging you in.

The specific categories are as follows:
1. You keep it Realistic. I'll keep it Honest.
2. Thought Provoking
3. Genuine Chill Producing (shocking jumps, don't count)
4. Psychologically Impacting

If you choose to accept this Challenge, do so publicly. I await your answer!

The public is invited to follow along as I face the demons of my past and the movie giants of today by logging on to www.amityvillehorrorchallenge.com and by "liking" the challenge on www.facebook.com

With just over 7 months until the Weinstein/Miramax/Dimension film is set to release on January 27 2012. Quaratino has a lot of work to do, to present his story in a book, he is seeking a writing coach and a publisher.

Christopher feels it is important that he author the book personally and will take full responsibility for the truthfulness and accuracy of its content. More information will be forthcoming at his website whether or not the companies accept the Horror Challenge.

In a rare comment from any of the Lutz children, Christopher at the time the 2005 Amityville Horror remake released in theaters said, “George Lutz, brought the troubles on himself (and our family) by dabbling in the occult, it wasn’t just the House that was the problem. That’s why it followed us.”

Source: DarknessRadio

Why is St. Patrick's Day is a Holiday?

2011-03-16T08:13:00.001-05:00

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for thousands of years.

On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink, and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.

The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place not in Ireland, but in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers to reconnect with their Irish roots, as well as fellow Irishmen serving in the English army.

Over the next thirty-five years, Irish patriotism among American immigrants flourished, prompting the rise of so-called "Irish Aid" societies, like the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and the Hibernian Society. Each group would hold annual parades featuring bagpipes (which actually first became popular in the Scottish and British armies) and drums.

Source: ufodigest.com

Alabamian Attacked By Black Panther

2010-12-05T11:52:00.002-06:00

Frank Harmes says he was walking his dog in a cove behind his home near Morgan City, Alabama, Wednesday, December 1st, when he heard something behind him and turned to see a black panther.

Harmes says he made a motion to try and scare off the panther but instead, it attacked. Harmes say he clawed him cutting through his pants and scratching his leg.

He then took out a knife and stabbed the panther twice and it walked away.

Harmes lives off of Royster Drive near Morgan City and residents of the area have reported seeing panthers in the past, saying they sometimes come out looking for food.

Harmes says he will undergo a series of rabies shots because of the attack.

Source: WAFF

BREAKING NEWS: Russian satellites crash near Hawaii

2010-12-05T10:38:00.002-06:00

Three Russian satellites being sent into to complete the navigation system GLONASS, left off course and fell over the Pacific Ocean, not far from the Hawaii Islands, on Sunday (5th), Ria News Agency reported.

The satellites were carried by the rocket Proton-M ", released on Saturday (4) space center Baikonur in Kazakhstan.

A spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said the satellite went out of way and caused an "unplanned situation." He would not confirm its fall.

The GLONASS system is similar to the U.S. GPS. It began operating in 1999 but will now have global coverage. In its final, will have 24 satellites.

Source: IOL News

Really? Russia has ‘more occult healers than doctors’ says psychologist

2010-12-02T14:47:00.000-06:00

There are more occult healers in Russia than professional doctors, a leading Russian psychologist, Andrei Yurevich from the Russian Academy of Sciences, said on Monday at RIA Novosti news conference.

Russian newspapers are full of ads for all manner of urban witches and wizards, and an Internet search for Magicheskie Uslugi (Magical Services) brings up a vast number of websites offering to satisfy every conceivable human desire - for a price.

“According to World Health Organization data, there are some 800,000 sorcerers and wizards in Russia,” says Mr. Yurevich, and he continues “As for professional doctors, there are around 640,000”.

Since 2008, the Federal Scientific Clinical Center for Traditional Methods of Diagnostics and Healing has been issuing permits to practitioners of what it calls “traditional medicine” - an extremely broad definition that includes both folk medicine and psychic healers.

The late 1980s saw an explosion of belief in the paranormal and the occult in the Soviet Union.

Source: RIA Novosti

Man attacks mom, says the Pepsi machine "made him" do it

2010-12-02T13:22:00.000-06:00

David L. Huffman, 33, told police that he assaulted his 68-year-old mother Tuesday because a Pepsi machine “made him” do it.

New Sewickley police were called to Huffman’s address at about 2 p.m. for an altercation involving Huffman and his mother, Ethel Huffman. Officer Gregory Carney wrote that he and Police Chief Ron Leindecker found David Huffman in the kitchen. Ethel Huffman was found lying in a bed with wrist “obvious deformity.”

She told police that she was arguing with her son when he threw her to the ground.

Carney said he spoke to David Huffman, who claimed “that the Pepsi machine at Costco made him hurt his mother,” the officer wrote. David Huffman also said “he was mad at his mother because she smokes drugs,” Carney wrote.

Huffman is the second New Sewickley man charged by township police with assaulting his mother in November.

On Nov. 10, Joshua Crispino, 37, of 119 Brown Road, allegedly took too much cough syrup and rammed his mother’s head into the side of her house at 115 Brown Road before punching Big Knob Volunteer Department Assistant Fire Chief John Murtha when Murtha tried to treat Crispino’s injuries.

Crispino is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, criminal mischief and two counts of harassment. He faces a Dec. 16 preliminary hearing.

Source: Beaver County Times

For Sale: Lee Harvey Oswald's Coffin

2010-12-02T12:51:00.000-06:00

A Los Angeles auction house said today it would sell the coffin in which Lee Harvey Oswald

Bidding will start at $1,000, for the historic object. December 16th is the date to presidential memorabilia's collectors and museums has the chance to have this unique piece.

The simple pine coffin, which has extensive water damage, was unearthed in October 1981 after a legal dispute between Marina Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's widow, and his brother, Robert.

Marina successfully sought an exhumation to test a theory that a lookalike Russian agent had been buried in her husband's place, according to the auction house.

A medical examination showed the badly decomposed body was indeed Oswald's, and he was returned to Shannon Rose Hill memorial park in Fort Worth, Texas, in a new casket.

Source: Guardian