Archive for the ‘strange happenings’ category
September 15, 2010
– – In Lake Windermere, England’s largest natural lake, may reside an unidentified creature estimated at 20 to 50 feet in length described as perhaps a “distant relative” to the legendary Loch Ness monster!
Called Bownessie because of the bow wave of about twenty feet in length that it produces, the creature has been described as a giant eel or sturgeon, although others claim that they have seen a creature with humps; the cryptid has also been called Windie after the lake. The first publicly reported sighting of Bownessie occurred in Lake Windermere in 2006 and the number of people who claim to have seen something continues to grow. The most recent sighting of the creature was in July of this year, when a local hotelier was hit by a three foot wave while swimming. Another witness who claimed that the creature passed beneath him said that the movement in the water was so powerful that he though it was a submarine! A total of seven sightings have been recorded in the past four years.
A recent video seems to support the existence of some kind of creature in the lake, with an unexplained bow wave of around 20 meters in length recorded. A new investigation on the lake involving state of the art equipment and a specially chartered yacht has been launched. A dark smudge reported to be a photograph of the creature follows for your perusal, with the photographer grabbing a pair of binoculars and describing the creature as having a head like a labrador dog only “…much, much bigger…”
Categories: animals, cryptozoology, strange happenings, unexplained, unidentified
Tags: Bownessie, Lake Windermere creature, Relative of Loch Ness monster?, Windie
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September 2, 2010
– – Most spiders are beneficial creatures, but so many try to kill them, at times to their regret. So was the case for one guy in Essex, England when summoned by his wife to deal with a spider she had seen scuttling behind their toilet bowl.- – Well, unable to reach the spider, the man attempted to spray it with an aerosol can, after which point he struck up his cigarette lighter to determine if he had been successful as the bathroom light had blown out. You probably can see where this is going by now…
Yuppers, the lighter ignited the fumes and caused an explosion so strong that it lifted the man off his feet, threw him into his hallway, and lifted the loft door off of its hinges! The man suffered flash burns to his head, legs, and torso and was rushed to the hospital.
The spider?–Well, there was no sign of it at the scene afterwards, so it may well have gotten away, probably with a great story to tell to its innumerable offspring…
Categories: animals, insects, strange happenings, things humans do
Tags: man trying to kill spider blows self up, spider conflagration
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August 28, 2010
– – I’ve confessed before to having a weakness for Catwoman, and can you really blame me? It turns out, however, that a real-life “Cat-Lady” was staging robberies of boutiques in Queens and Manhattan in New York City, wearing a variety of disguises that included…(dramatic pause)…a cheesy cat mask! Her wanted posters were unusual, to say the least…crank up the Bat-Signal, Commissioner Gordon!
The felonious feline’s daytime identity was that of a death-metal band singer, who performed under the stage name of Purgatory. Now her evil-doing days are over, and Gotham City is safe again!
This was, of course, a pale impersonation of the genuine article, whose whip this wanna-be is not worthy to carry…Meow!
Categories: absurdities, furry, furry spirits, strange happenings, weird
Tags: Kitty collared, Life imitates art, real-life Catwoman
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August 24, 2010
– – Summer in the city!–Back of my neck feelin’ dirty and gritty!–Be grateful that you don’t feel something else in the city, too…like alligators!
You’ve heard the popular urban myth that ‘gators have been known to make their way to city sewers, and take up housekeeping there?–Well, this myth may have some legs to it, as police in New York caught an 18-inch gator on Sunday after it reportedly crawled out of a storm drain in the Queens neighborhood of Astoria, then hid under a parked car, according to the New York Post. Police grabbed the gator, taped its mouth closed, and said they would send it to a reptile sanctuary or a wildlife rehabilitator.
Sightings of alligators far afield of their traditional domains are usually felt to be associated with careless pet owners who discard their pets when they outgrow their habitat.
Residents of Chicago have spotted at least two different alligators on the Chicago River this summer…
Categories: animals, strange happenings, unexplained
Tags: alligators in the city, gator in New York
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August 18, 2010
– – Gee, we’ve had Shark Week and now we’re into Elvis Week, and we pause to remember that the King of Rock ‘n Roll would have been 75 had he lived! The author of Alien Rock: The Rock ‘N’ Roll Extraterrestrial Connection also shares with us that a strange, unidentified blue light reportedly hovered in the night skies above Tupelo, Mississippi the night that Elvis was born on January 8, 1935. This light was seen by the doctor who delivered Elvis and also was seen by his father, who later told the King all about it.
Elvis was a bit spacey himself, amassing a personal collection of about 350 books on New Age subjects, including a few specifically about UFO’s. Other major musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, and Michael Jackson were famous UFO believers, too.–What’s the connection?–They’re all “naturally open and creative individuals,” according to Michael Luckman, author of Alien Rock…
Categories: aliens, strange happenings, weird
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August 11, 2010
– – Seen at the Great British Beer Festival was chicken hat man, who does not appear to be enjoying himself. We can only speculate why this gentleman appears grumpy; is it because he thought he was going to a costume party?- -Did someone diss his hat?- -Is it part of the English tradition of keeping a stiff upper lip?- -Is he an undercover agent for PETA offering a visual commentary on the sad fate of poultry?- -Is he disaffected because all of the fox costumes were rented?
Who are we to judge?- – And some things, no doubt, we are better off not knowing…
Categories: absurdities, Brilliant but twisted, strange happenings, weird
Tags: chicken hat man
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August 1, 2010
– – For those of you hungry for a MonsterQuest fix, Syfy’s new show Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files may offer you an alternative. The show has been described as what Fox Mulder might have done after leaving the X-Files; in fact, the show features former FBI agent Ben Hansen. Adding to the diversified investigative team is a scientist, a journalist, an effects specialist, a photography expert, and a stunt expert who explore video submissions and famous paranormal footage to determine which can be validated or debunked through experimentation.
Topics investigated are a mixed bag that include UFO’s, ghosts, cryptids, and unexplained phenomenon. A lot of grainy videos are screened by the team in a “situation room” to weed out the obvious fakes and determine which cases are worthy of further investigation. While it’s too early to tell if this series will be a hit, if you liked Ghost Hunters, Paranormal State, and Destination Truth, you’ll probably like this one. Fact or Faked is a banquet, so take what you like, and leave the rest of it lying on the buffet table…we think it merits a look!
Categories: aliens, anomalies, creature features, cryptozoology, strange happenings, unexplained, unidentified, weird
Tags: Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files
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July 27, 2010
– – A couple sailing off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa had an unexpected surprise when a 40-ton whale crash landed on their yacht, smashing their mast and bringing down the rigging as well.
The whale was about the size of the boat, which escaped sinking largely because its hull was made of steel rather than fiberglass. The whale thrashed around a bit on the 33-foot vessel before slipping back into the sea, leaving some skin and blubber behind.
–Why did the whale do this?–Some feel that the whale simply did not perceive the boat, which had its engine turned off. Officials are investigating reports, however, that the couple may have come too close to the whale and harassed it, causing it to breach…
The law requires sailors to stay 1,000 feet away from whales, and with good reason. Whales are very territorial, and will charge if they feel endangered…
Categories: animal occurrences, animals, strange happenings, unexplained
Tags: whale crashes into yacht
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July 23, 2010
– – Rabbits generally aren’t perceived as scary, with the possible exception of the wonderful specimen shown here from the movie, Donnie Darko. Now granted that my killer dust bunnies are at least annoying and Bugs Bunny is a master of psychological warfare, but usually most people don’t find rabbits fear-arousing…
Now every rule has its exceptions (including this one), and a 60-year-old geography teacher in Germany had a paralyzing fear of rabbits! It then became possible for a 16-year-old student to get her teacher’s goat (so to speak) by drawing pictures of rabbits on the blackboard and spreading stories about her teacher’s rabbit phobia; kids are remarkably resourceful for seeking out and detecting such Achilles heels! In 2008 the teacher took a different student to court and reached a settlement that prevented the student from ever speaking about the teacher’s fear of rabbits to anyone else.
This time, however, the presiding judge dismissed the case without explaining the verdict. The lagomorph loather has a month to appeal the decision…
…and maybe Elmer Fudd had some kind of fear and loathing thing going on with Bugs…and wouldn’t Rabbits of Doom be great antiheroes?!
Categories: animals, anomalies, furry, strange happenings
Tags: furry court cases, rabbits of doom, scary rabbits
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July 8, 2010
– – Just when you think that everything’s been discovered, someone digs up something that’s new…and we’re not talking about mob hit victims!
A guy excavating for a swimming pool in his Brighton, Tenn. backyard unearthed the fossilized jawbone of a prehistoric mammal, possibly a trilophodon, part of the mastodon family who were in turn the extinct relatives of today’s elephants. The remains later uncovered were estimated to belong to an adult who stood up to eight feet tall and weighed up to two tons. This would be the first time that such a species has been found in the mid-American south.
…and why can’t I dig up anything good in my backyard?!
Categories: animals, evolution, extinct species, furry, strange happenings
Tags: trilophodon
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