"My two friends and I decided to go hiking and camping in a dense wood near my friend Josh's house," reports Kenna. "As we were driving on an old dirt lane to get to the trail, we stopped at an old gas station. As Josh and Jason were fueling up, I wandered into the store part to grab some munchies. An elderly woman at the counter eyed me suspiciously and asked where we were headed. I told her there was a trail back in the woods where there were supposedly ancient-looking pyramid-type buildings made out of stone. The old woman narrowed her eyes at me and shook her head and her next woods chilled me to the bone: 'There's no reason for anybody to go back there!'...." Maybe Kenna and her friends should have listened to the old crone because, well... read the rest of the story.

More reasons to fear the woods:

• Dark Entity in the Woods
• Little Man in the Woods
• The Haunting at Harvey Woods

Wailing in the Woods originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Monday, March 15th, 2010 at 20:06:43.

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Top story: Theodore Roosevelt - monster hunter?
Plus:

• Goat woman: Chinese grandmother grows mystery horn
• Is the paranormal a victim of our own "quantum belief"?
• Post-plastic surgery Heidi Montag hires psychic
• Fire damages home with haunted past
• Minnie Driver claims she saw ghost during Mexico visit
• Bioluminescent pterosaurs over Lake Erie?
• Researchers develop "psychic" software
• A haunted mansion in Oklahoma?
• Spirit interprets EVP session question
• Can a ghost fit in a test tube?

... more Paranormal News

PARANORMAL NEWS: Teddy Monster Hunter, Grandma with Horn, Quantum Belief originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at 12:39:58.

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Photo: Living in Peru

Some interesting links I've found this week:

• Nasca: Spirits in the Sand -- They have been explained as roads, irrigation plans, images to be appreciated from hot-air balloons, and landing strips for alien spacecraft. Since 1997, however, a Peruvian-German research collaboration has been examining the meaning of the strange designs.
• Learn Psychic Abilities -- This guide offers an introduction to the different ways you can practice and improve upon your psychic abilities, covering several different techniques.
• Bigfoot and Its Many Faces -- This video presents an assortment of different Bigfoot type creatures and other primates that are mistaken for a sasquatch, plus a short clip from a 2009 search which included bows, structures and huts.
• All New Links

THE LATEST LINKS: Nasca Lines, Psychic Abilities, Faces of Bigfoot originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 21:58:04.

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There's an ongoing debate about the powers and realities of the Ouija board. Essentially, there are three basic positions:
• It is inherently dangerous, can open portals to evil entities and should never be used.
• It is only dangerous if used with evil intent, but can be a useful tool for spirit mediumship if used properly and with good intent.
• It is inherently harmless and has no real powers of mediumship for good or evil; its effects, if any, are only psychological in nature.

Which is true?

Readers Respond: Is the Ouija board a harmless toy or dangerous portal?

The Ouija Debate originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 21:00:04.

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Most of us are only aware of the werewolf through films, TV shows and perhaps novels, but the tradition of the werewolf reaches back into prehistory, and similar creatures are found in cultures around the world. Why does the werewolf resonate so profoundly with us? We spoke with Dr. Bob Curran, author of Werewolves: A Field Guide to Shapeshifters, Lycanthropes, and Man-Beasts, a brilliant and fascinating look at these creatures and the meaning they have held for humankind through the ages. Read the interview.

Tracking the Werewolf originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 20:12:01.

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Top story: Police claim accurate psychic is the real deal
Plus:

• Newfoundland fishermen snag sea monster in nets
• Sheldrake and Wiseman clash over parapsychology experiments
• Coleman dubs new sighting Bigfoot "Leeds Loki"
• Flying humanoid reported in California
• No longer spooked by ghostly goings-on
• Japanese World War II ship shelled pterosaur caves
• "Something haunted my house"
• More about the Greten Family poltergeist
• Night in haunted house for charity
• Virgin Mary icon "crying tears of oil" in France

... more Paranormal News

PARANORMAL NEWS: Psychic Detective, Sea Monster, Flying Humanoid originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 22:56:55.

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"My mom and I also saw a black-eyed man in Wal-Mart. It was in Eureka, Missouri; we live only about 10 minutes away," reports Tilted Halo. "It was last summer and we had been shopping and heading for the front to check out when this spectacularly tall man passed us going the other way. I looked at his face and freaked out because his eyes were all black...." But that wasn't he only thing weird about this guy. And the sighting was followed up by something suspicious. Read the rest of the story.

• Read more stories about black-eyed people

Freaky Black-Eyed Man originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 17:55:21.

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Photo: Europics Top story: Tim Burton says it's not rare to have ghost experiences
Plus:
• Plumber becomes faith healer after finding "mystical" stone
• "Psychic" Sean David Morton sued for fraud
• New Zealand man tries to sell two ghosts on internet
• Have you been spooked at a haunted hotel?
• The ghosts of White Inn's past
• Ghost hunters claim to use ghost-catching machine to capture ghosts
• Do ghosts inhabit Ohio schools?
• Allison DuBois: Baby Gabriel will be found
• Spanish exorcist addresses claims of Satanic influence in Vatican
• Tree exorcist arrested for attacking trees by Eiffel tower
... more Paranormal News

PARANORMAL NEWS: Burton and Ghosts, Mystical Stone, Haunted Hotels originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 16:30:47.

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Illustration: Kentucky Bigfoot Some interesting links I've found this week:
• I Sing the Sasquatch Electric - There are reports of strange energies in certain accounts believed to be associated with Bigfoot. Does the creature have electrical effects?
• Learning to See and Sense Ghosts - Very few people ever have seen a ghost or seem to have the necessary sensitivity or mental equipment to see and view these supernatural entities. But all of that is about to change, this article says.
• Pub Ghosts - The drink-loving souls who won't let death come between them and their local bar. This article looks at many of the pubs in the U.K. that claim to be haunted.
• All New Links

THE LATEST LINKS: Electric Sasquatch, Sense Ghosts, Pub Ghosts originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 22:17:43.

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"I am writing to you regarding the raptor sighting in Georgia story that was published in April, 2009," says Emily. "I am doing a school project on the sighting, and wanted to hear your feedback. Do you believe that dinosaurs could still be alive?"

Answer: Emily, although it is possible that some species of dinosaurs might have survived up to the present day, I think it is unlikely. Here's why.... Read the rest of my answer.

What do you think?
Read my answer to Emily's question above, then vote below, answering...

The March edition of Your True Tales is here - 26 stories of ghosts, doppelgangers, psychic phenomena and more, including "Freaky Black-Eyed Man," "Werewolf in Serbia," "Gremlin on the Dresser," "Poltergeist Activity," "Demon in the Mine," "Wailing in the Woods," "The Dream's Warning," "Ghost in the Cardigan" and many more.

Your True Tales - March Stories originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 12:52:34.

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Photo: Christine Balmer Top story: Fish fall on Australian town - twice
Plus:
• Cold spots - The Winchester House
• Seagram heiresses sue adviser in strange tale with a psychic
• Ghostly legends to help village raise carnival cash
• BBC to make Atlantis movie in style of Zack Snyder's 300
• Humanoid figure seen near strange beam of light
• Top 10 spooky sleep disorders
• Non verbal communication and the metaphors of imagination
• A Skeggy sea monster
• Bright lights that hypnotize: mysterious aerial illuminations
• Unwanted 'spirit' scares store staff
... more Paranormal News

PARANORMAL NEWS: Fish Fall, Ghost Legends, Mystery Lights originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 22:21:44.

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The "miracle at Fatima" is arguably the most well-known apparition of the Blessed Mother. Her appearance to three shepherd children in Portugal in 1917 was, according to many witnesses, accompanied by several unexplained events, including a shared vision of the sun dancing erratically in the sky. During these appearances, "Our Lady" bestowed three prophecies. The first two were disclosed in the early 1940s, but the third and final prophecy was not to be revealed until 1960. But it wasn't until 10 years ago -- in May, 2000 -- that the long-awaited "third prophecy" of Fatima was finally revealed by the Vatican. For some, it was a relief and for others an anticlimactic disappointment... and it remains a controversy to this day.

The Fatima Prophecies originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 22:24:26.

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Photo: Frank Searle Top story: The Searle photographs of the Loch Ness Monster
Plus:
• Man tends bar at ghostly hot-spot
• Bigfoot, UFOs and the electromagnetic spectrum
• Ghost hunting in Edinburgh's South Bridge vaults
• Russian newspaper publishes Canadian "Bigfoot" photo
• Haunted hotels' ghost stories can be good for business
• Video: Hot for creature
• Video: Is Bristol's train station haunted?
• 100 episodes of Ghost Whisperer
• Loch Ness Monsters in Atlantis?
• A living dinosaur from Idaho 1909?
... more Paranormal News

PARANORMAL NEWS: Nessie Photos, Haunted Bar, Bigfoot and UFOs originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at 21:32:01.

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Research Association In a video taken by the American Paranormal Research Association and posted on YouTube, they say they believe they captured an image of an apparition in a changing stall near the pool of the Queen Mary, a ship with a haunted reputation. "Before the video was posted, it was presented to engineers, medical doctors and various other professionals from technical industries," the video description claims. "Each given the circumstance could not come up with explanations for what was presented to them." Watch the video, then post your opinion in the form of a vote:

Photo: Basilica di Santa Chiara Some interesting links I've found this week:
• Incorruptible Saints - About the bodies of the mysterious incorruptibles -- pious individuals whose remains do not decompose after death. The bodies have not been embalmed or mummified, which makes the phenomenon even more mysterious.
• Paranormal Investigating Equipment 101 - Comments on the use of various pieces of equipment commonly used in ghost hunting, what the equipment can do and what it can't do, as well as the proper use of the gear.
• Top 10 Haunted Places on the Planet - Each spot listed here has seen the face of death many times as the victims suffered in bizarre acts of cruelty. Listed below in alphabetical order are this author's picks for the top ten haunted places on Earth.
• All New Links

THE LATEST LINKS: Incorruptibles, Ghost Hunting, Haunted Places originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 10:02:50.

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Photo: Neil Sandbach They say seeing is believing. And while in this day of digital image manipulation that might not be as true as it once was, these photographs are considered by many to be the real deal - photographic evidence of ghosts. Faking ghost photos through double exposure and in-the-lab trickery has been around as long as photography itself; and today, computer graphics programs can easily and convincingly create ghost images. But these photos are generally thought to be untouched, genuine portraits of the unexplained.

The Best Ghost Photos Ever Taken originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 05:57:00.

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Illustration: Rob MacGregor and
Bruce Gernon In an area that stretches from the Florida coast to Bermuda to Puerto Rico, the infamous Bermuda Triangle - also known as the Deadly Triangle or Devil's Triangle - has been blamed for hundreds of shipwrecks, plane crashes, mysterious disappearances, craft instrument malfunctions and other unexplained phenomena. Whether or not phenomena of a paranormal nature are taking place there has been a matter of debate. Those who are convinced something odd is happening, as well as researchers who take a scientific view, have offered a number of explanations for the mystery.

Top Theories for the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 22:00:50.

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After you read the above article about the Bermuda Triangle, cast your vote answering...

Photo: Rajasthan Times Top story: Prehistoric UFO and ET images found in remote cave in India
Plus:
• Childhood ghost story haunts a lifetime
• Photo: Ghost boy watches builders demolish his school?
• Ghost sightings in Genesee Theater
• Real haunted houses in Michigan
• Photo: The Heavenly Lake creature
• Things that go bump in Wyoming
• Become a cryptozoology major
• Ten of the best monsters in literature
• In life and death: proving you still exist
• Haunting tale set in historic Copenhagen
... more Paranormal News

PARANORMAL NEWS: Ancient Aliens, Childhood Ghost, Lake Monster originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 22:11:28.

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