News Briefs 25-09-2007
Posted by Rick MG at 12:11, 25 Sep 2007I'm the last news editor standing: Jameske's fallen sick, Greg's away spreading the 'flu virus to others, and Kat is having computer problems. I'm expecting a satellite to crash through my ceiling at any minute.
- Is the strange animal in this footage a dog, a bear, or something unnatural? Before you pack a butterfly net and book a flight to Michigan, it's a hoax.
- Pack a snorkel instead because fishermen have been seeing a merman in the Caspian Sea.
- If you're going to Cornwall UK, look out for the Beast of Bodmin Moor.
- Loren Coleman discusses a hero of cryptozoology, Gerald Russell, and his search for the Yeti. The video documentary is awesome.
- In the Philippines, a Judge was fired after admitting he frequently sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. Better than the Devil like most lawyers.
- The very brave Anthony North discusses demonic possession and its cultural implications. I hope his head wasn't spinning around when he wrote that.
- Parapsychology: Where Science and Magic Meet is an excellent article by Dr Serena Roney-Dougal. I wish they'd meet in a pub and have a good time.
- Daimonic Reality by Patrick Harpur is a brilliantly eloquent and witty exploration of folklore, myths and paranormal phenomena (Amazon US or UK). A review and interview coming soon.
- Video and article discussing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's dealings with mediums, and how spirits communicated with him by morse code. All I get is email spam.
- Was Mary Shelley inspired by real events when writing Frankenstein? (Amazon US or UK)
- Japan has allowed archaeologists limited access to two royal tombs for the first time.
- Will China race Japan and excavate the tomb of the Emperor Qin?
- Ian Sinclair, Grand Prior of the Scottish Knight Templars and The International Order of Gnostic Templars will give a presentation on -- you guessed it -- the Knights Templar in Sedona, Arizona.
- The disappearance of adventurer Steve Fossett is just one more mystery in a state that has Area 51 and frozen bodies at the bottom of Lake Tahoe.
- While the air and ground search for Fossett has been scaled back, volunteers continue to scour satellite images over the internet for clues.
- A plethora of UFO sightings in Ireland after a very quiet 37 years may be the reason Jameske fell ill.
- Protest against the construction of a motorway near the Hill of Tara has been taken to the streets of New York City. Protests will also be held in Dublin and Strasbourg next month.
- India has angered Hindus with plans to dredge a shipping canal through what is believed to be a bridge built by Rama and an army of monkeys, connecting Sri Lanka to the subcontinent.
Quote of the Day:
Adventure is just bad planning.
Roald Amundsen
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Comments
13 April 2007
3 years 33 weeks
Hi Rick,
No, the head wasn't spinning when I started, but since then some of the comments are leading me that way. By the way, I'm thinking of taking into 'possession' one satellite ... :-)
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The balanced adult retains an inner child
Anthony North
12 April 2007
5 hours 15 min
After trying to post my cmment for FOR 2 HOURS last night, and always receiving the error message from WordPress, I was very much tempted to fetch some holy water and start yelling THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELLS YOU!!
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
13 April 2007
3 years 33 weeks
Love this comment, Red. Shall I ask Wordpress if they want an official exorcist? :-)
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The balanced adult retains an inner child
Anthony North
12 April 2007
5 hours 15 min
Helping him, he says, are his three invisible companions. "Angel" is the neutral force, he says. "Armand" is a benign influence. "Luis," whom Mr. Floro describes as the "king of kings," is an avenger.
I wanted to bring this up because, eventhough I don't know what to think about this judge and his mixing of his personal beliefs with his job as a public officer, what I found odd was this simmilarity between the TRIAD forces he says he is in contact with, and what I have read in the books of Whitley Strieber.
Strieber talks about the visitors in the sense that many times they seem to operate by the rule of the triad: there's a positive force, a negative force, and a neutral that binds the other two, keeping the triad in constant equilibrium. In the novel The Grays, Strieber uses this rule to portray the characters of the aliens known as "the three bandits".
Coincidence?
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
2 May 2004
1 min 30 sec
That's an excellent observation, RPJ. Catholicism is also dominant religion in the Philippines, and the triad is strong in that faith. It's interesting that instead of being shunned and ridiculed, the ex-Judge is now a popular celebrity -- so despite Catholicism's rule, alternative beliefs still blossom.
22 November 2004
1 week 5 days
Well Rick, apparently they are after you editors. best keep moving so they can't get you.
It's a good quote. The guy who failed is famous (nobody remembers his team), and few people know the guy who made it safely.
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The cost of living has not affected its popularity.