– – The notion of ancient astronauts (namely extraterrestrials) visiting earth and spurring the development of human culture, technologies, and religions is nothing new, and found popularity during the later twentieth century in the writings of Erich von Daniken and others. Ancient astronaut theories have been widely used in science fiction, but have not received support within the scientific community. Astrophysicist Carl Sagan and others have concluded that extraterrestrial visits to earth were possible but unproven, and likely improbable.
The History Channel now has an Ancient Astronaut series that may pique your curiosity if you haven’t been down this trail before. It’s good fun, and you may want to believe as you’re exposed to ancient religious texts and physical specimens such as cave drawings, stone sculptures, and pyramids…
– – MonsterQuest recently aired a two-hour episode investigating the killing of over 100 peasants by a werewolf-like creature in southern France during the mid-1700’s. As the slayings occurred over 240 years ago, extensive speculation and reconstruction was involved as provided by a cryptozoologist and a criminal investigator.
— If you missed today’s solar eclipse that was visible across much of Asia, tough luck; there won’t be a longer one until 2132! In parts of Asia, today’s eclipse lasted as long as 6 minutes and 39 seconds, the longest since July 11th, 1991; it will not be equaled again in this century.
— On this 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing, it is sobering to think 
– – Experts originally thought that the Egyptians were the first to domesticate the cat about 3,600 years ago, but recent genetic and archaeological discoveries indicate that cats were being tamed nearly 10,000 years ago in the Mediterranean.
– – The History Channel aired a most intriguing presentation on the evening of May 25th called, The Link. It concerned possibly the oldest and most complete human ancestor, a 47 million year old fossil primate revealing an over 95% complete skeleton
–The human race needs an attitude adjustment, and Life After People should help provide a badly-needed dose of humility…
I was kinda surprised by the outcome, but nonetheless pleased that the Mafia bested the Yakuza on Spike TV’s Deadliest Warrior match-up. I had thought that the Yakuza’s martial arts training would make the difference, but there’s a lot to be said for street fighting techniques and the use of environmental weaponry too, things that the Mafia excelled in.
FOXSYLVANIA 
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