JULY 2008
TEXAN FAMILY CALLS IN PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS
(28 JUL 08)
A Family in Southeast Texas as called in a paranormal investigative team with claims that strange things have been happening in their century-old house. From candlesticks flying off shelves to empty rocking chairs that rock, stop, and then rock again.
GHOSTS PLAY ON AT AMERICAN THEATRE PUB
(28 JUL 08)
According to a psychic investigator, a man named Franklin haunts the balcony at the Kelso Theatre Pub in Washington State, USA. Also, there are the spirits of two little girls that haunt the bathroom, and these girls are apparently afraid of Franklin in the balcony.
TEXAS PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS SEE AND HEAR SPOOKY THINGS
(28 JUL 08)
The Texas Society of Paranormal Investigators have been involved in investigating cemeteries, old houses and other locations where spirit manifestations have been reported or are suspected. They use tools ranging from simple digital cameras, audio recorders and camcorders to more specialized EMF meters, which measure fluctuations in electromagnetic fields.
LONDON’S GHOSTLY GALLOPING HORSES AND CARRIAGE
(27 JUL 08)
The huge gates of Black Horse Yard, at Windsor, are situated on the main Windsor to London Road, London. It is here that a ghostly coach, and horses, is said to roar from the shadows and gallops towards the Windsor Park gates at great speed. Rumour has it that the phantom carriage, pulled by two magnificent black horses, also consists of a third ghost, that of a royal physician who was tending to King Charles II before his death.
DO ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN?
(27 JUL 08)
When Carolyn Sharp’s beloved greyhound, Starr, was 4 years old she was diagnosed with a deadly form of cancer. After many treatments from her veterinarian, it was finally time for Carolyn to let Starr go. Eight years on, Carolyn still believes that she’ll one day hold Starr again, in an afterlife.
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS BELIEVED THAT MUMMIFICATION WOULD HELP MOVE THEM ON TO THE AFTERLIFE
(27 JUL 08)
Mummification was not limited to the Ancient Egyptians. Greeks and Romans who resided in Egypt were also mummified in Egyptian fashion. The climate of Egypt is naturally good for preserving a body. Egyptians believed that one-day the world would end, and when it did they would move on to their afterlife.
BIGFOOT BELIEVER DIES
(26 JUL 08)
Paranormal investigator Erik Beckjord, who was best know for his theories at his UFO, Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster Museum in North Beach, California, has died aged 69.
X-FILES STAR CLAIMS UFO SIGHTING
(26 JUL 08)
American actor David Duchovny, who reprises his role as FBI agent Fox Mulder in 'The X-Files: I Want To Believe', claims to have once seen a UFO. "I believe I saw a UFO once, a long time ago, about 1982, but I don't know what it was.” “I saw something in the sky that disappeared,” said Duchovny.
GHOST HUNTING COURSE NOW ON OFFER IN CANADA
(26 JUL 08)
Jan Gregory, founder of Vancouver Paranormal, believes that real ghost hunting requires hours of sitting in silence and a skeptical mind. Considering itself one of Canada's largest paranormal investigative groups, Vancouver Paranormal has begun offering courses covering everything from ghost-hunting etiquette to recording EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena).
KELSEY GRAMMER TALKS ABOUT HIS NDE
(25 JUL 08)
Kelsey Grammer has opened up to an American TV show about his Near Death Experience. Talking to Entertainment Tonight, Grammer said “As I lay there dying, I said, 'Please, I cannot do this. I don't want to see anything; I don't want to see any light; I don't want to have any little adventures that make me want to get out of this life. I need to finish this one.”
PARANOMAL COVENTION HELD IN HAUNTED FLORIDA HOTEL
(25 JUL 08)
Billed as a gathering of everything paranormal, The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) recently hosted its TAPSCON at the Belleview Biltmore Hotel in Florida. The two-day event featured ghost hunter tours through the fabled hotel’s sub-basements, lectures and a market venue where visitors could purchase everything paranormal from books to Dream Catchers and Electro Magnetic Field detectors useful for locating ghostly manifestations.
NDE CHANGED MUSIC HATER INTO AWARD WINNING ARTISTE
(25 JUL 08)
As a teenager Toni Kofi hated music, but a near death Experience helped transform him from a music-hater into a top award-winning artiste. I fell from scaffolding on the third floor when I was working in Nottingham aged 16,” said Kofi. “I thought I was going to die I had this vision that I was a successful saxophone player and a family man, even though I hated music at the time and I was single.” “It was strange but in that instant I found myself saying, 'That's what I'll go on to do if I survive this.”
ALIENS DO EXIST SAYS EX-NASA ASTRONAUT
(24 JUL 08)
A moonwalk astronaut has claimed that aliens do exist, and they’re just like E.T. Dr Edgar Mitchell, a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission, has made the startling claims in a radio interview, describing the beings as “little people with a large head and big eyes.”
TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD ROMAN BODY UNCOVERED WITH GOODS FOR THE AFTERLIFE
(24 JUL 08)
A 2,000-year-old Roman body has been uncovered in North Bersted, a village in the Arun district of West Sussex, England. Dr Steve Ford, a director of Thames Valley Archaeological Services, said "The deceased, a mature male more than 30 years old, was laid out in a grave and was accompanied by grave goods.” “These comprised three large pottery jars placed at the end of the grave, presumably containing offerings to the gods or food for the journey into the afterlife, an iron knife and several items made of bronze.”
NASA USES DEAD BODIES FOR TESTING NEXT MOON JOURNEY
(24 JUL 08)
NASA has used three cadavers in experiments to test its new Orion space capsule, which in 2020 is due to take astronauts back to the moon. Lynnette Madison, a NASA spokeswoman at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, said that the cadavers were from people who had donated their bodies to a medical center for research.
PSYCHIC MEDIUM CONDUCTS CLASSES ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE
(23 JUL 08)
Psychic Medium, Angelina Diana, who teaches others how to develop their psychic abilities, has had her fair share of skeptics. Offering a range of private and group’s sessions, classes, events and media appearances, Diana also conducts sessions worldwide by phone.
PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS TRACKING SPIRITS OF PEOPLE BURIED UNDER UK STORE
(23 JUL 08)
Paranormal investigators from Northants Haunted recently spent the night in the Newlands centre in Kettering, UK, to investigate reports of strange activity in the Home Bargains shop. Staff who work in the store, have reported that items have been mysteriously moving from the shelves along with fire doors opening in the middle of the night.
BRITISH TEENAGER SPOOKED BY CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A FLYING ORANGE BLOB
(23 JUL 08)
British teenager, Charlotte Bevan, claims that she had a close encounter with what she believed was a UFO hovering above her, on the night of Sunday, July 13 in Ipswich. “I looked up and saw a bright orange blob in the sky. It was moving from left to right and not making any sound. Then it drifted out of my sight behind the cinema," said Miss Bevan.
NEBRASKA GHOST HUNTERS ON THE MOVE
(22 JUL 08)
Two years ago, Bill Sinnard and Jacob Sikes from Nebraska, USA, started up Midwest Paranormal Investigators. Since that time, they have been traveling across the state looking into reports of hauntings and other paranormal disturbances.
BRITISH COUNCIL WORKER WRITES ABOUT GHOSTLY NORTH
(22 JUL 08)
Aberdeen ghost hunter and local council worker, Graeme Milne, has had a lifelong fascination with the spirit world. Now, Milne is about to release his first novel, the Haunted North, which includes ghost stories from as far a field as Fraserburgh Lighthouse Museum and a remote shelter on the Queen’s Balmoral estate.
BRITISH TEENAGER CLAIMS UFO SIGHTING
(22 JUL 08)
A teenager from Hounslow, UK, claims that he had a close encounter with an alien spaceship last Wednesday night. Jahtel Roberts-Joseph says that he saw a strange craft, about the size of a small trampoline and with flashing lights, make a crash landing in a tree on Hounslow Heath.
RADIO SHOW EXPOLRES AMERICAS HAUNTED SPOTS
(21 JUL 08)
Each week from Edina, Minnesota, USA, Dave Schrader & Tim Dennis explore the paranormal on their Darkness on the Edge of Town Paranormal Radio Show. Dave Schrader, one of the shows hosts said, "We have had the chance to explore some the most well known haunted spots in America.”
“GHOST HUNTERS” RETURN FOR FIFTH SEASON
(21 JUL 08)
The Sci Fi Channel has announced that "Ghost Hunters," the series that follows the work of The Atlantic Paranormal Society they run in their spare time, is to return for a 25-episode fifth season.
BECKHAM AND WILLIAMS HUNT FOR UFO’S TOGETHER
(21 JUL 08)
The son’s of world soccer star, David Beckham, are avid UFO spotters, along with their friend, British pop star Robbie Williams. Whenever Robbie hears that an unidentified object has been seen above Los Angeles, he phones Beckham so he can take his sons to see it.
BRITISH MUSEUM TO HOST GHOST NIGHT
(20 JUL 08)
The Thackray Medical Museum, in Leeds UK, is to play host to an upcoming ghost hunt on July 26 that is being organised by the British paranormal events specialist, Fright Nights. Martin Jeffrey, director of Fright Nights, said: "We are very excited about our first ever paranormal investigation in Leeds and couldn't wish for a better venue than the historic Thackray Museum."
HELMET TO HELP WARD OFF ALIEN ABDUCTIONS
(20 JUL 08)
A US aircraft worker has designed a specially built helmet to stop people from being abducted by aliens. Michael Menkin, a Boeing technical writer suggests his specially-designed helmet prevents abductions by aliens because it blocks their attempts to communicate telepathically with humans.
FOUR THOUSAND YEAR OLD VESSEL USED TO FERRY PHAROAH INTO AFTERLIFE DISCOVERED
(20 JUL 08)
In an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid, archaeologists have discovered a 4,500-year-old boat in which experts believe was meant to ferry the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid into the afterlife.
VATICAN QUIETLY ROLLING OUT PLAN FOR INCREASED EXORCISMS
(19 JUL 08)
The Rev. Tom Euteneuer says that he has faced the devil and that the devil is real and walks among us. Having been performing exorcisms for five years now, Euteneuer says that "the manifestation of demons can be very frightening, but you never have to be afraid of the devil because we always have the power of Christ to deal with him."
DECEASED AMERICAN FATHER STILL GOING ON HOLIDAYS WITH HIS KIDS
(19 JUL 08)
Since last summer, American man Mark Bonney, who died from complications of gallbladder surgery two years earlier, has been traveling the world thanks to the help of two of his children. With an itinerary that started in Hawaii and has also included Scotland, Thailand and Afghanistan, Bonney has had a rather unorthodox sort of afterlife.
THAI MOVIE PLAYS ON THE FEAR OF DEATH
(19 JUL 08)
Thai supernatural thriller, The Coffin, starts with a mass funeral for the living where believers slip into coffins that are then nailed shut. Ekachai Uekrongtham, the writer/director of the film, says “It is a story that I was keen to tell as it deals with one of my greatest fears, death. Not so much my death but the death of my loved ones.”
NDE CHANGED JANE SEYMOUR’S OUTLOOK ON LIFE
(18 JUL 08)
Twenty years ago, Jane Seymour suffered a Near Death Experience that profoundly changed her whole outlook on life. "I saw the white light and I saw, from the corner of the room, them trying to resuscitate me and I saw a syringe with blood in it,” said Seymour, who suffered an allergic reaction to an antibiotic medicine on a film shoot in Spain.
MEDIUM CURES CURSE OF BRITISH SPEEDWAY TEAM
(18 JUL 08)
British medium Philip Solomon, was recently called in by the manager of the Birmingham Brummies speedway team, Graham Drury, to cure a suspected curse which has claimed seven riders this season.
EXPLORING THE COSMOS, CONSCIOUSNESS AND GOD
(18 JUL 08)
From the age of twelve, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, has been both fascinated and plagued by the questions of human existence, multiple universes and the meaning of God. Passionate about getting others to think about these mysteries, Kuhn is reaching audiences in 43 states across the US, through his television series, Closer to Truth.
GOOD WITCH TAKES ON SKEPTICS
(17 JUL 08)
Sydney resident Stacey Demarco, who “came out of the broom closet” in her early 20s, is giving witches a good name. Demarco who is part of the panel of the Australian paranormal TV Show, ‘The One’, says that believing in the paranormal does not mean that you can’t be scientific. However she does get annoyed when people assume that she doesn’t have any evidence to back up her theories on things paranormal.
GERMAN FOOTBALL CLUB OPENS CEMETERY FOR DIE-HARD FANS
(17 JUL 08)
Supporters of Hamburg HSV football club, in Germany, have opened a fans' cemetery just yards from their stadium. Financed by the supporters' club and sponsors, the cemetery is able to accommodate up to 500 die-hard fans.
THE SCIENCE BEHIND SUCCESSFUL GHOST HUNTING
(17 JUL 08)
Kissimmee Paranormal Investigations, in Winter Springs, Florida, say that their goal for researching all things paranormal is to make contact with the spirits and to then scientifically document their findings using EMF (electromagnetic field) meters, cameras, audio recorders and heat sensors.
BALINESE CELEBRATE THE AFTERLIFE FOR DECEASED ROYALS
(16 JUL 08)
Tens of thousands of Balinese recently gathered in Ubud, central Bali, to celebrate the biggest royal cremation in nearly three decades. The bodies of Tjokorda Gde Agung Suyasa, who was head of the Ubud royal palace, and another royal, Tjokorda Gede Raka, were carried along Ubud's main thoroughfare to the cremation site on enormous carved bamboo and wood towers.
GHOST HUNTERS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
(16 JUL 08)
Australian ghost handlers Diane Farrell, Maree Sullivan and Gerard Bini are on the hunt for paranormal activity in Melbourne's east. The trio has been investigating ghostly activity in other parts of Melbourne and Victoria, as well as leading tours of the "haunted" Geelong Gaol.
AMERICAN GHOST HUNTERS THERE TO HELP SPIRITS OF THE DEAD
(16 JUL 08)
Members of the Holtsville, New York-based Island Ghost Investigations (IGI), say that their role is to not only seeks answers about the afterlife, but they are also there to help comfort and reassure the spirits of the dead who call upon them for help.
SPIRITUALISM IS THRIVING AS A RELIGION IN LONDON
(15 JUL 08)
Spiritualism is a religion that began in the United States and flourished from the 1840s to the 1920s. In London, the spiritualist community is a legitimate and thriving. According to Rev. Carol Burrows, a member of London’s spiritualist community, “Spiritualism is a religion. It’s not a cult, it’s not a sect and we do believe in God.” “There are a lot of people who don’t know that this is available.”
DENVER COLORADO A UFO HOT SPOT
(15 JUL 08)
UFO fanatics from around the United States recently descended on Denver, Colorado, to hear speakers talk about evidence of UFOs. Alejandro Rojas, Director of Public Education for the Mutual UFO (MUFON) Network said that “Colorado is a hot bed for information and experiences, from research to sightings.” “We average over 100 reported sightings per year by concerned citizens who see things in the sky that they can't explain."
GHOST HUNTING NIGHT TO RAISE MONEY FOR BRITISH CHARITY
(15 JUL 08)
The Anthony Nolan Trust is holding a charity ghost hunting event at the Winter Gardens theatre, in October this year. Aside from raising money for the trust, aspiring ghost hunters will be taken on a guided tour of the theatre detailing real-life experiences and historical information, followed by a ghost-hunting workshop with an experienced team of paranormal investigators, psychic experiments, medium-ship and séances.
EGYPTIAN EXHIBITION TO SHOWCASE STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS IN THE AFTERLIFE
(14 JUL 08)
Featuring approximately 120 objects dating from 3600 B.C. to 400 A.D. from the world-renowned Egyptian art collection of New York’s Brooklyn Museum, the Indianapolis Museum of Art will be the first venue to host To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum. The exhibition will illustrate the range of strategies and preparations the ancient Egyptians developed to defeat death and to achieve success in the afterlife.
RETIRED PROFESSOR BELIEVES THAT UFOs ARE OUT THERE
(14 JUL 08)
Vic Zeller, a retired Bristol Community College science professor has not only heard the stories about UFOs, but has also seen them himself. The first incident, when he saw a V-shaped object ringed with lights about 50 feet overhead, was “a turning point in my life,” said Zeller.
FANS OF THE PARNORMAL TO HUNT FOR GHOSTS IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA
(14 JUL 08)
Starting July 18, the International Community for Paranormal Investigation and Research will be hosting a weekend of paranormal hunts for the spirits that are part of Southern Arizona’s legends and lore.
CHANNELING SPIRITS OF THE DEAD
(13 JUL 08)
For thousands of years, the practice of channeling spirits has never failed to generate controversy, debate, and countless questions. When questioned about the channeling of a spirits, several clergy and mental-health experts offer diverse opinions.
BRITISH CIVIL WAR ‘GHOST’ CAPTURED ON FILM BY PARANORMAL GROUP
(13 JUL 08)
A ghostly figure, supposedly the spirit of a dead soldier from a key battle in the English Civil War, has been captured on film by the Northampton Paranormal Group, whilst on a trip to a field between Clipston and Naseby on the anniversary of The Battle of Naseby last month.
UFO CAPTURED ON FILM HEADING TOWARDS US PRESIDENT’S RANCH
(13 JUL 08)
The Mutual UFO Network claims to have video footage of an unidentified object flying towards US President George W. Bush’s Texas ranch in January, this year, 2008.
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR UFO SIGHTINGS
(12 JUL 08)
Rotterdam resident James G. Bouck, Jr. has a strong hunch that we’re not alone. “The thought of all those stars being out there and nobody using them but us has always been mind-boggling to me,” said the Schenectady County native, who serves as state director for the Mutual UFO Network, a worldwide organization of volunteer UFO enthusiasts, researchers and field investigators.
GHOSTLY GREEN SHAPED IMAGE CAPTURED ON CCTV IN IRELAND
(12 JUL 08)
Images of a ghostlike image have been captured on CCTV leaping over an eight foot gate and then shortly afterwards disappearing over the adjacent eight foot railings, at the King’s Island Community Centre, St Mary’s Park, Ireland.
THE POWER OF PRAYER TO HEAL THE SICK
(11 JUL 08)
A Dunedin (New Zealand) faith healer claims the power of prayer is curing the sick and infirm. Michael Mangos says swapping pills for prayer can lead to “miracle impacts. A member of the International Association of Healing Rooms, Mangos has brought together three-strong prayer teams to expel malevolent spirits from those seeking help.
UFOs: THE SECRET HISTORY
(11 JUL 08)
Coinciding with the 61st anniversary of the 1947 incident in Roswell that attracted international attention, award-winning filmmaker David Cherniack, is to have his documentary about UFOs aired on the History Channel. Titled UFOs: The Secret History, Cherniack said that the project took four years to make and was a technically-gruelling involved process.
CHICAGO CUBS FANS OFFERED UNIQUE AFTERLIFE SEATING
(11 JUL 08)
The Chicago-based group, Fans Forever, has launched the first cremation arena for Chicago Cubs fans. Beyond the Vines will offer supporters a Cubs-themed final resting place that will be constructed in the Bohemian National Cemetery. It will include a stained-glass replica of the Wrigley scoreboard and will be the first sports-devoted tomb in the United States.
OLD BISBEE GHOST TOUR
(10 JUL 08)
Starting on July 18, guests with a preference for things that go bump in the night will gather in the historic mining town of Bisbee, Arizona USA, to meet each other, along with their guides, to discuss the Old Bisbee Ghost Tour, that organizer Renee Gardner, wants to turn into an annual event.
AMERICAN DOCTORS EARN MORE WHEN THEY’RE DEAD
(10 JUL 08)
Deceased doctors in the United States are being paid tens of millions of dollars by their Medicare system. According to a congressional report, Medicare has paid out as much as $92 million to 18,240 dead doctors, with a large percentage of those doctors (16 percent) who have been dead for 10 to 15 years.
SCI FI GHOST HUNTERS TO LEAD GUIDED TOURS AT WEST VIRGINIA MENTAL HOSPITAL
(10 JUL 08)
Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson of The Atlantic Paranormal Society and hosts of the Sci Fi Channel’s “Ghost Hunters”, are to lead guided tours of West Virginia’s most famous mental hospital, the Lunatic Asylum West of the Alleghenies in Weston.
US COLLEGE STUDENT’S AFTERLIFE THREATENED BY ENRAGED CATHOLICS
(9 JUL 08)
A student at the University of Central Florida claims his life and afterlife were threatened by enraged Catholics after he pocketed "the body of Christ" during a church ceremony. Webster Cook says he received death threats and eternal damnation after he removed a wafer of bread from his mouth during communion and smuggled it from the church in a Ziploc bag.
GHOST HUNTERS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
(9 JUL 08)
More than 60 ghost hunters, psychics and paranormal enthusiasts from throughout North America are holed up at the Chateau Victoria, B.C. Canada, for the International Got Ghosts Conference. The three-day lecture series will offer industry updates for paranormal veterans and how-to tips for newcomers.
PARANORMAL MAGAZINE SOON TO BE RELEASED
(9 JUL 08)
Former British journalist Richard Holland has been named as the new editor of the soon to be released Paranormal magazine. The magazine will deal with topics such as ghosts, UFOs and extra-sensory perception.
PARANORMAL TEAM CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE SPIRITS AT THE WHITE HORSE INN
(8 JUL 08)
The owner of the White Horse Inn, in Overton, UK, has called in a paranormal group to investigate some strange goings-on. According to Sam Nikolic, pumps have been mysteriously switching off, the burglar alarm has been activating for no apparent reason and one of the rooms of the pub often fills with smoke, which seems to have no source.
BRITISH TOWN BAFFLED BY “CREEPY” LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT SKY
(8 JUL 08)
Residents in North Cheam, England, have been left baffled after witnessing "creepy" lights circle above their homes for hours last night. Barbara Goatham, of Colborne Way, North Cheam, said "There were three or four green orbs. It was like the Northen Lights but with precision. They would move together and converge and were individuals because they were moving themselves.”
UFO SIGHTINGS OVER BRITAIN NOW AT ‘BIZARRE’LEVELS
(8 JUL 08)
If all of the UFO sightings in Britain were plotted on a map, they would stretch from Liverpool to Dover and from Llanelli to Derby. Malcolm Robinson, the founding member of Britain’s Strange Phenomena Investigations, who studies reports of UFO’s, says that "something very bizarre is happening in the skies over the UK."
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY HOTEL HAUNTED BY SPIRITS
(7 JUL 08)
The Wrexham paranormal research group has found that a number of vacant rooms at The Hand Hotel in Llangollen, England, were anything but vacant. Dating back to the 17th century, the group decided to investigate the hotel after reading stories about ghostly goings on there.
‘ROBERT THE DOLL’ TO APPEAR AT AMERICAN PARANORMAL CONFERENCE
(7 JUL 08)
Robert the Doll, whose legend has become a regular stop on ghost tours in Key West Florida, USA, is to become a feature at the Atlantic Paranormal Society Convention in Clearwater on July 19 and 20, 2008.
STUDENTS INVESTIGATE HAUNTED AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
(7 JUL 08)
A team of paranormal investigators from Louisiana Spirits recently led a group of 30 students, armed with items like flashlights and electromagnetic-field readers, on a ghost hunt through buildings at the Nicholls State University (USA).
FORMER WEATHER MAN BELIEVES HE IS CLOSER TO DISCOVERING OTHERS IN OUR UNIVERSE
(6 JUL 08)
William Puckett is a former American National Weather Service and Enviromental Protection Agency meteorologist, who believes that he and others are closer to proving that we aren't the only ones living in this universe. As a UFO investigator, Puckett acknowledges or debunks stories of unidentified flying objects in the sky, landing on the ground and hovering over homes through his Web site, www.ufosnw.com.
GHOST HUNTERS START UP IN KITSUP COUNTY, WASHINGTON
(6 JUL 08)
A few members of the Meetup group in Kitsup County, Washington, have started up the Kitsap Paranormal Investigations group. Searching homes and businesses for paranormal activity, the group says that there are a number of places in the County that have been tapped as likely sites of paranormal activity.
AMERICAN TEENAGER HAS PSYCHIC ABILITIES WAY BEYOND HIS YEARS
(6 JUL 08)
Dalton Kropp is not your ordinary teenager. Psychic experts believe that Kropp is a clairvoyant impath, which means he has abilities to experience things beyond the range of human senses, but he’s also acutely attuned to people’s emotions.
UFO NETWORK INVESTIGATES ‘SIGHTINGS’ OVER NEW JERSEY, USA
(5 JUL 08)
Air Force (Ret.) Major George Filer, East Coast regional director and New Jersey state director of the Mutual UFO Network, MUFON, says that they have received repeated calls of strange craft, or lights flying, over Lower Bucks County.
PSYCHIC CLAIMS DEMON DOG HAUNTS IRISH CEMETERY
(5 JUL 08)
Irish paranormal private investigator and psychic, Martin Black, claims the spirit of a demon dog haunts Glasnevin Cemetery and that there is a ‘presence’ within a church in Finglas.
UFO EXPERT HAILS BREAKTHROUGH FOR PROOF OF ALIEN LIFE
(5 JUL 08)
UFO hunter Russ Kellett has spent the past 30 years gathering information about flying saucers. Lately, Kellett has been working with an expert in image enhancement, reviewing video and photographic evidence, claiming to have found a light source on the footage could not be identified as man-made or natural light.
PSYCHICS AND TV CREW SEARCHING FOR THE REMAINS OF MURDERED BRITISH BACKPACKER IN AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK
(4 JUL 08)
A television production crew, including between five and eight psychics, is trying to find the remains of murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, in the Northern Territory of Australia.
STUDY FINDS THAT RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS CAN AID IN LONGEVITY
(4 JUL 08)
Researchers at various universities across the United States have found that having religious congregations within a community affects mortality rates in a positive manner.
BRITISH COUPLE SPOT UFO’S ABOVE COVENTRY
(4 JUL 08)
A British couple have told reporters how they spotted "a UFO hovering in the Coventry night sky.” Kieran Smith and Sophia Whelan, who have both been sceptical about unidentified flying objects in the past, said that they were amazed when they noticed a spooky triangle of lights moving above them in Coundon.
NEW ZEALAND MAN SELLING HIS SOUL
(3 JUL 08)
A New Zealander is auctioning his soul and offering the winner a framed deed of ownership. Going by the name of Walter Scott, he says that he has been thinking about selling his soul for ages. "It hasn't actually done anything for me my whole life. I can't see it, touch it, or feel it, but I can sell it, so I'm going to palm it off to the highest bidder," said Scott.
HOUDINI’S DISBELIEF IN THE PARANORMAL
(3 JUL 08)
Harry Houdini’s scepticism and his prowess at exposing fakes and explaining what seemingly was paranormal cost him his friendship with ghost-believer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the intellectual sleuth Sherlock Holmes.
DEATH OF AUTHOR OF NEW AGE BOOKS ABOUT PARANORMAL
(3 JUL 08)
Lyall Watson, the author of New Age books about the paranormal, including the bestselling Supernature (1973), died on June 25 at the age of 69. Supernature, his most successful book, dealt with mysterious and inexplicable natural phenomena. It became a 1970s student essential, and was acclaimed for its stimulating treatment of exotic and unexpected scientific facts and discoveries.
ACCUSED MEXICAN WITCH KILLED WITH INFANT DAUGHTER
(2 JUL 08)
There female suspects have confessed to strangling and cutting into pieces a woman and her three-month old daughter, because they feared they were witches, police in the central Mexican town of Pachuca said.
SURVEY OF AMERICAN RELIGION RAISES QUESTIONS
(2 JUL 08)
A survey carried out in America has found that 92% of Americans believe in God, 74% believe in an afterlife and 63% believe that their scriptures from God, while others expressed doubts. Of all the groups surveyed, the most disparity was evident between Catholics and Catholicism.
CONFESIONS OF A FENG SHUI GHOST BUSTER
(2 JUL 08)
Feng shui consultant, Anna Maria Prezio, has released a new book titled "Confessions of a Feng Shui Ghost-Buster", which explains how to rid your home of unwanted ghosts.
DEAD VIKINGS PLAYED BOARD GAMES INTO THE AFTERLIFE
(1 JUL 08)
Archaeologists in Sweden have excavated 23 rare amber gaming pieces from a Viking oat grave, which indicates that the Vikings believed that their dead played board games on their way to the afterlife.
AMERICAN TOWN HALL INVESTIGATED FOR GHOSTLY GOINGS ON
(1 JUL 08)
Bristol’s town historian, Helen Fox, has invited ghost hunters to explore the aging Town Hall to allay the fears of a few deputies, concerned about using the sheriff’s satellite office in the Town Hall during evening and night shifts. Deputy Paul Hagen, who has spent a lot of time working the west side of Ontario County during his 16 years on the job, confirmed that several of his colleagues have heard strange noises in the building.
ANOTHER UFO SPOTTED ABOVE BRITISH SKIES
(1 JUL 08)
Paranormal activity is suspected above the streets of Bedfordshire, England, after a UFO was captured on film. The footage was shot by an eagle-eyed resident after sighting of seven red lights, the “UFO”, moving in formation, in the skies above the city.
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