Police Puzzled Over 7 Gift-Wrapped Skulls

Police in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo are baffled by a macabre puzzle: someone has been leaving gift-wrapped human skulls around town. Investigator Paul Henry Bozon Verduraz described the case to the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper in a story published Thursday. The first skull in cherry-red wrapping was found on February 20 in a planter near a residential building downtown.
Since then, seven others have been found near Mormon temples or consulates, including those for Russia, the Czech Republic and South Africa. The skulls are old, with traces of dirt. Verduraz says security cameras captured images of a woman in an ankle-length skirt leaving the skulls, which seem old, with traces of dirt. He thinks this may be part of some sort of ritual.

Bigfoot Heard In Oregon? Shrieks And Screeching Sounds Heard In Forest

Sounds of Bigfoot were reportedly heard from local residents living in the Blue Mountains of Oregon. Locals living near the reservation have reported that they have been awoken by roaring and screeching sounds from the forest. Around 1,500 residents are said to be living near the Indian reservation. Residents living near an old reservation community center north of Wilhorse Resort and Casino say the strange noises started last month. Rumors ensued among the locals that the noises could be from Bigfoot being separated from its mother, according to reports.
The Oregonian reports that the frightening noises make locals apprehensive to go outside, with one resident saying that their dog was so scared of the noises that it refused to go out for a walk. However, other local residents are rubbishing the idea of the existence of Bigfoot, saying that the strange noises are likely to be from a fox or coyote. The existence of Bigfoot, or sasquatch, has been discounted by scientists, who say it is a combination of folklore, misidentification and a hoax. The ape-like creature is believed to live in forests in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid.

Haunted House listed On eBay For 1 Euro

A house, which has been decribed by its owner as being haunted, has been listed on eBay for just 1 euro. Maud69620, who listed the house on the French version of eBay, has claims that the house is haunted by spirits after a murder allegedly took place there during the 1950s, News.com.au reported.

The haunted house on eBay for 1 euro. While the murder was never officially confirmed, as their bodies were never found, the former owners' bodies were discovered to be buried in a nearby field of the house, which is located in Arbresle, in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Paranormal incidents have reportedly been seen in and around the house, including random knocks on windows, strange voices and murmurs, weird noises and moving objects. While many have questioned the authenticity of the eBay auction, the owner has stated that it is real and anyone who believes in the spirit world should contact her.

The Beast of Tunbridge Wells: Terrified Walker Claims 8ft-Tall Creature With Demonic Red Eyes And Long Arms Roared At Him In Historic Town's Woods

It is an historic and quaint 'middle England' town which doesn't really like creating a scene. But if the reports of one terrified walker are to be believed, the residents of Royal Tunbridge Wells could have a giant Bigfoot-like creature in their midst. A man walking in the woods beside the town's common claims to have spotted an 8ft tall beast with demonic red eyes and long arms.

According to The Sun, the ape-like creature, which looked like America's legendary Bigfoot, roared at the walker, who immediately ran off in fear. Over the past six months there have been a number of sightings of a mysterious beast. Locals in the Kent town have mixed opinions about the claims - with some believing it could be a joker wearing a fancy dress costume. Sightings in the town go back decades. The Kentish Apeman was first spotted on the town's common during World War Two 70 years ago.

A man called 'Graham S' told a story of how an elderly couple saw it in 1942. Writing for the community website Tunbridge Wells People, he said: 'They were siting on a bench when they became aware of a shuffling noise behind them. 'Upon turning around they saw a tall, ape-like creature with eyes that were burning red moving slowly towards them. They both fled - terrified.' Bigfoot was the name given to an ape-like creature which many people believed inhabited forests in the northwest region of the U.S. Scientists however do not believe it is a real animal and say rumours of its existence have come from folklore and hoax. Royal Tunbridge Wells is located in west Kent about 40 miles from London. It has a population of about 56,500 and is popular with tourists.

Vampire On The Loose In Europe

Panic has hit a small Serbian village after the local council issued a public health warning that a Vampire was on the loose. A world away from the usual council warnings about icy roads, the council has warned that the vampire is looking for victims after his legendary home was destroyed. An old ruined watermill on the Rogacica river at Zarozje village is said to have once housed the vampire Sava Savanovic - who is said to have drunk the blood of anyone who dared visit. The local Jagodic family bought it up years later and turned it into a tourist attraction after being too scared to use it for anything else.

Locals are scared the vampire has been disturbed from his former home However, their terror led to the building collapsing over a lack of building work for fear of disturbing the vampire and they are now worried that Sava has been disturbed and is on the hunt. Local mayor Miodrag Vujetic said: "People are worried, everybody knows the legend of this vampire and the thought that he is now homeless and looking for somewhere else and possibly other victims is terrifying people. "We are all frightened." Locals are in doubt that the vampire legend is true and the council has advised terrified residents to put garlic up outside their home to ward off the ghoul. The mayor added: "We have also reminded them to put a Holy cross in every room in the house."

Ancient Vampire Burial Uncovered In England

The discovery of a skeleton found with metal spikes through its shoulders, heart and ankles, dating from 550-700AD and buried in the ancient minster town of Southwell, Notts, is detailed in a new report. It is believed to be a ‘deviant burial’, where people considered the ‘dangerous dead’, such as vampires, were interred to prevent them rising from their graves to plague the living. The skeleton was found by archaeologist Charles Daniels during the original investigation of the site in Church Street in the town 1959, which revealed Roman remains.

John Lock, chairman of Southwell Archaeology, said the body was one of a handful of such burials to be found in the UK. Mr Lock said no one could be sure why the body was staked in the way it was: “People would have a very strong view that this was somebody who, for whatever reason, they had a reason to fear and needed to ensure that this person did not come back.”

‘Haunted’ Limerick Mansion Reduced By €39m

A crumbling period house set on 80 acres in county Limerick, which was once valued at €40m, is still on the market, but its price has dropped to just around €1m. Local property developer Michael Daly had expressed interest in developing the site, back in 2007, subject to planning permission, and had “magnificent plans” for the site before the collapse of the construction industry. Located near Moyross, the property was ripe for potential given the then plans for the Regeneration area, and were to include an industrial estate and train station. During the boom period, its asking price rose from €1m to €10m, and then soaring to €40m, before collapsing back down to its original price-tag. Auctioneer Pat Kearney, of Rooney’s, said one of the interesting aspects to the house, which was built in the 18th century, is that it appears to be haunted. “We’ve had several incidents reported from people over the years about things that they can’t explain. Some people have seen a figure passing by the window on the first floor, and workmen have told us ‘there’s something funny going on in that house’, and they knew nothing of the history of the house.

It seems to be a harmless, benign ghost. Other people who lived in that area years ago said they always ran past the gate,” said Mr Kearney. The estate went on the market in 2001 following the death of previous owner, Limerick solicitor and coroner, Jim Lyons in 2000. It was marked with an asking price of £IR1m and little interest was shown in the site which was inherited by the Lyons family. At that time the site was valued at just over €500,000 an acre, but Mr Kearney said it should sell for in excess of agricultural values, or €10,000 to €12,000 per acre, amounting to €960,000 in total. “We’ll listen to any decent proposal. We’ve been walking the land with a few people who are interested, and they’ve gone off to discuss what they could do with it, especially given its close proximity to the city. Mr Kearney said in the early noughties farmers were offering €1m for the site, but “then the Celtic Tiger kicked in and developers became involved, and the price kept going up, up and up.” But he said the “plans were stillborn when the Celtic Tiger collapsed. The whole thing went up in flames.” The house was valued at £55 in the early 1850s and was gutted by fire in 2001.

SHOCKING: Woman Gave Birth To A Creature

The facts came to the fore as members of the ministry, who witnessed the delivery of the strange creature, gave details of who the woman was and how she gave birth inside the church’s auditorium on Tuesday. An eyewitness, Mrs. Veronica Egiebor, a nurse, disclosed that the woman was a vegetable seller for more than 10 years, adding that she sponsored her boyfriend through his university education with the profits she made from the business. But when it was time for her and the boyfriend to come together in marriage, the boy’s mother allegedly turned the table around. So, the relationship broke up. The man reportedly got married to another person and she also got married to another man some years later. Egiebor said the General Overseer of the ministry, Evangelist Revd Silva Iyamu, walked up to the woman during the prayer session and asked if she was pregnant and her answer was in the affirmative. The woman said sometimes she would feel that she was pregnant and at times, it would seem as if she was not carrying any pregnancy. “The evangelist told her she was not carrying an ordinary baby. He said: ‘Do you want to go to a doctor to flush out what you are carrying because what you are carrying is not a baby?’ The pastor paused and asked her again: “Or do you want it to happen here?’ Everybody shouted ‘yes.’” Egiebor stated that Iyamu asked the woman if she wanted to go to hospital for evacuation and she said no. This, she said, made the general overseer to begin the spiritual exercise. She added: “Then, the evangelist asked four women to donate their wrappers to form a fence around her. He asked the men to move to the back of the auditorium. He told the congregation that the matter was a women’s affair.” Egiebor stated that Iyamu poured anointing oil on the woman, sprinkled her with sachet water and directed the congregation to pray fervently. Before long, she said, the woman felt uncomfortable and went into labour. Egiebor said: “She held somebody’s leg with the clothes as she pushed harder for the baby to come out. Then, something dropped and she fell. The thing fell, some people called it a goat but it looked like a horse. It has a long neck and the ears were long. It was exactly like a horse, although it was in a baby form.” The turn of event, according to her, made Iyamu to issue a strong warning to the congregants to steer from the demonic object. She maintained that many of the congregants took to their heels as soon as Iyamu gave the warning. Personal Assistant to the General Overseer, Prince John Ogbovoh, who said the branch of the ministry where the incident occurred was established about five months ago, described the incident as spectacular. He disclosed that the woman got married about 11 years ago and has not had any issue since then. He explained that the woman had come to the ministry for prayer of deliverance from her barrenness, adding that his boss prayed with her and told her that she carried a funny creature in her womb.

Fresh facts emerged yesterday that the woman who gave birth to a horse-like creature during a prayer session at the World Liberation Ministry, Evuoriaria Community, off Benin-Sapele Road, Benin City, Edo State on Tuesday, got married 11 years ago without a child. Fielding question on why the woman was at large, he responded: “I am sure the woman is ashamed. God has done a good job in her life and she is ashamed. But I am sure she will come back. The dead creature was left for a while for people to see. “This morning (Wednesday), the people ordered that they should throw the creature away because it was becoming an embarrassment. Evangelist Iyamu has launched a manhunt for her.” A member of the ministry, Ivie Imhanluobe, who said he attended the prayer session, also recalled that the woman sat on the front row. According Imhanluobe: The pastor prayed for her and she fell under the anointing. She delivered a horse. “We have seen ritual money turned to tortoise in this church.” Another member of the ministry, Maria Osawaye, said the woman was covered in her own blood and was weak after the delivery. Evangelist Iyamu insisted that the woman actually gave birth to the mysterious creature in his church, saying whoever was in doubt should verify the news. Iyamu maintained: “This is not strange to us. “We have been seeing miracles in this ministry. When we were praying yesterday (Tuesday), a word of knowledge came about somebody who had an issue with pregnancy. The vision was clear that whenever she went for ultra-sound, the doctors would confirm that she was pregnant on some occasions and sometimes said she was not pregnant. “As the deliverance was going on, I noticed that a woman was bleeding and I asked her to come to the front. Some minutes later, we heard people screaming. “I am not a medical doctor and I may not know the appropriate word to use. “When she came out, everybody was weeping. It was something we have not seen for a long time. Later she collapsed. So, we had to order everybody to go outside the auditorium for ventilation before she was revived. Some women who were around cleaned her up.” Answering question on the speculation that the incident was not true and that it was a ploy to increase members of his ministry, Iyamu responded: “Every story has two sides. To find out about any ministry, go to that ministry. Signs and wonders are normal things in this ministry. “So, nobody can predict what God can do. Whoever is in doubt should come with a request.” Meanwhile, a Consultant Gynaecologist, Dr. Jerry Uwaifo, has described as a blatant lie the news of the birth of the horse-like creature. Uwaifo, who is the Medical Director of Central Hospital, Benin City, maintained that it was not medically possible for a woman to be delivered of an animal. He explained that there has always been a genetic basis for giving birth. His words: “A woman can give birth to a deformed child but not animal. “How come they didn’t bring her to a reputable hospital so that it can be verified? God does not perform a miracle in that way. He will not allow a woman to deliver a horse.” waifo stated that the medical association could not launch an independent investigation into the bizarre incident unless there was an invitation to do so, adding that it must also be done with the consent of the woman’s husband.

Ma Barker's Haunted House For Sale

With its rich history, the remarkable house in central Florida could be a steal. Though the well known tenant — one tough mother — may be hesitant to move on. A family who have held the lakeside Ocklawaha summer home where gangster Ma Barker died during a marathon gun fight with FBI agents in 1935, have finally put the luxurious hideout up for sale. It has all the original furnishings along with patches over the 1,500 bullet holes that dug into the walls and cabinets. Though a few did end up in Ma Barker and her son Fred, who held the federal force off for four hours. Carson Good, great-great grandson of the man who owned and rented out the place to Barker, said the property never had a morose feel about it. Instead, it was a retreat to vacation at, while jumping into the spring-fed Lake Weir right out front. Though every weekend, the curious still drive up and try to trace Barker’s last stand — which she took in her slippers. “A third of them have to be Canadian,” Good figures of the tourists, noting our nation seems to have an appreciation for tales of vintage outlaws and American justice. And there were also the stories that add to it.

Not just of the original shoot-out, but what lingered long after. Good’s family has often traded tales of furniture moving on its own and of conversations taking place in empty rooms. A seance was held in the '70s, where the medium said she convinced Barker’s son, who died shooting it out beside his mother, to finally leave. But stubborn Ma Barker — the matriarch of the notorious bank-robbing and kidnapping gang — refused to be evicted. In fact, the property is said to have become a favoured vacation spot for other dead mobsters, including Al Capone. Good said the failing health of his mother, and family members scattered across the country, means it’s time to give it up. The starting price is $1 million, which even Ma Barker — who always had big bills and never asked for change — would have found impressive. But the die-hard history is attracting a lot of attention, said Mark Arnold, an agent with Stirling Sotherby’s International Realty, which is selling the home. “Everyone who walks in gets a different feeling,” he said. “It’s a time capsule. “You look at the crime scene photos then see the rooms with the furniture. It’s remarkable history.” But Good, who never thought his family would let the property go, said they want someone who will see it as they always have — a remarkable home to stay in now. Though Ma Barker apparently still feels that way.

UFO Reports Reveal Sighting Above Somersham

The National Archives have released around 6,700 pages of UFO reports, including a picture of a ‘light ball craft’ landing in a unknown garden near Cambridge. On a frosty November day a sergeant, from RAF Marham in Norfolk, spotted a bright white light for two to three seconds while on foot in Somersham in November 1998. The mysterious object, that looked like a comet, was travelling in an arc to the north-east at 5.50am, and was closer to the Earth than the stars according to the report the sergeant made to the base commander.

Another airman at RAF Marham reported a white ball with a long tail over the A17 at Boston in the same month. The files also show how two fighter jets were scrambled from RAF Lakenheath after an object was spotted on radar travelling at 4,000mph over Suffolk in 1956. In March 2007, two F-15s from RAF Lakenheath searched for an unidentified object that had appeared on radar. One of the pilots said it was between the size of a grapefruit and a soccer ball drifting between 17,000 and 18,000 ft above ground. It is thought to have been part of a weather balloon that had fallen off. (It's always a weather balloon)

Gang Of Violent Leprechauns On The Loose

Seattle is expected to go into lockdown this weekend, as fears grow that a gang of rogue leprechauns is on the loose and attacking locals. Police were called to reports of a street fight last Saturday. When they arrived they saw a number of people run from the scene, before finding a man "covered in blood and holding his head and screaming in pain". When asked what had happened to him, the distressed victim said "It was a bunch of leprechauns." The diminutive Irish expatriates had allegedly become enraged because the man was dancing with a girl. The victim was unable to provide any further distinguishing information about the violent gang, except that one of them was wearing "a white tank top".

After delivering this vital piece of information, the victim was taken to Harborview medical centre with "multiple head injuries and cuts and bruises on his face, back, knuckles and elbows". The story has now gone viral, putting the fear of God into Seattle, and quite possibly holding up development on Windows 8. However, it is entirely possible that the case is entirely one of mistaken identity, and El Reg thinks it can point out the real culprits. Consider the evidence. First of all, leprechauns are supposed to be solitary creatures, wearing beards, hats and coats. Secondly, unlike their larger countrymen they are not renowned for traveling, preferring to stay close to their cobbling clientele and mythical crocks of gold, typically located somewhere in Ireland. The Seattle victim in question was assaulted by a gang, at least one of whom was wearing a white tank top. And, as for motive, the gang was enraged when the victim danced with a certain girl.

Man Says His Titanic Replica Could Be Haunted

It’s been 100 years since the RMS Titantic struck an iceberg and sent more than 1,500 souls to their watery graves. In 2004, a Portsmouth man completed a replica of the ship – nine feet long, weighing more than 200 pounds. But according to the builder — the museum quality replica has recently acquired something that may now qualify it as a ‘ghost ship’. Who knows what lurks inside this replica of the ill fated RMS Titanic? The builder told Barbara Ciara that you can’t see it with the naked eye, but he took a photograph of the boat that revealed what he thinks are two ghostly images. Wyatt Jason Moore, better known as Chuck, says he discovered the spooky images just recently. “I couldn’t make it out until I looked at it very carefully and I found it was a bald headed man with a handle bar mustache, and I said to myself, what’s he doing there? Maybe it was someone that was aboard the Titanic that found a new home for himself.” It took 17,368 hours and over nine years to build the replica. Chuck took on the project after seeing the old black and white 1958 movie ‘A Night to Remember.’ Chuck, a retired architectural draftsman, studied old photographs of the Titantic and began his quest to build a spitting image of the vessel. “I got so engrossed in it I didn’t realize how much time goes by each day,” said Chuck. With painstaking detail, Chuck, wearing a special magnified glass attached to his glasses, used his special tools to freeze a moment in time on the replica. He re-created life on the ship.

Crewmen loading up an old Model-T. Children playing on the deck. Ladies in period clothing, socializing. Chuck even captured an image of a crewman walking dogs on the deck. History indicates that two of those dogs made on board life boats and survived the sinking. But it wasn’t until Chuck shot a series of photographs of the replica to create a large photo composite, that he noticed something in the photos that couldn’t be seen with the naked eye. An unexplained image in the portholes just above the life boats – on the port side of the vessel. According to Chuck, it looks like a bald headed man with a handle bar mustache looking out. And he just recently identified a woman in one of the portholes appearing to lean forward to see the view. Chuck doesn’t fear the images; he says, “I leave them alone and they leave me alone.” As for the skeptics who don’t quite see the image as a ghostly image: “suit yourself” says Chuck. The builder of the replica isn’t trying to convert anyone to buy into his ghostly tale, but he is interested in partnering with a musuem to display his replica so that more people can enjoy the ship he worked so hard to complete. It is a fascinating view, not to mention, his wife of 31 years would like to get that boat out of their living room.

Canadian Cannibal, Porn Actor, Psycho, Fugitive Captured In Berlin

Luka Rocco Magnotta has been arrested in Berlin, a major German newspaper says. The 29-year-old Canadian wanted for a horrific Montreal murder was arrested in an Internet cafe, according to Bild. The report comes just as French authorities said they were investigating the theory that Magnotta travelled from Paris to Berlin via bus.

Bilderberg Attendees Eat Gold-Covered Roasted Babies

Last month, police in Thailand arrested a British citizen after six roasted fetal corpses were found in his luggage. The bodies were believed to be between two and seven months old, according to the Guardian. Some were plated in gold leaf, apparently for use in black magic rituals.

Outside the annual Bilderberg meeting in Virginia on Thursday, Alex Jones of Infowars accused attendees of possessing the same thing — to eat. Video posted online captured Jones shouting into a bullhorn outside the meeting place, claiming Bilderberg members “ship in roasted babies wrapped in gold foil for them to eat” — and making it clear he wasn’t kidding. “Every week they catch them shipping little babies wrapped in gold foil for these guys to eat. They admit that’s where it goes to, I’m not making this up,” Jones said.

“Alright this is just a person going to pick somebody up, they’re probably bringing him some child to rape or something in the trunk — no I’m not kidding, these people are sick. “Every week they catch them shipping little babies wrapped in gold foil for these guys to eat. They admit that’s where it goes to, I’m not making this up. “You think I’m talking about babies wrapped in gold foil for them to eat — I’m not, I’m not joking about that. “This officer’s laughing at me — $10,000 they try to ship in roasted babies wrapped in gold foil for them to eat, $10,000 right now. You will lose, you will lose the bet!” The private, three-day meeting is taking place in Chantilly, Va., 25 miles outside the nation’s capital. It has brought together protesters and conspiracy theorists convinced the secretive group runs the world. Officially, Bilderberg is a forum for a “broad cross-section of leading citizens“ to discuss ”topics of current concern especially in the fields of foreign affairs and the international economy.” The meeting concludes June 3.

Perth X-Filers Want To Believe

Videographers are denying everything in an effort to get to the bottom of the eternal question - are we alone? The X-Filers are posting several videos on YouTube of recent UFOs in Perth's skies. But is this reality or just a bunch of Fox Mulders munching on too many sunflower seeds? One at 5am is shot from a busy freeway and shows a dark shadow hovering before scattering across the sky. Another during sunset seems to be a bird flying - before it inexplicably drops and darts across the sky at superman-like speed.

Baltic sea - Anomaly

Swedish scientists plan to explore a mystery ripped straight from the “The X-Files.” Rather than Mulder and Scully, this adventure features Swedish researchers Peter Lindberg and Dennis Asberg. They too know the truth is out there -- and in mere days plan to visit what they call the “Baltic Anomaly.” Last summer, while on a treasure hunt between Sweden and Finland, the pair and their research associates made headlines worldwide with the discovery of a 200-foot wide unidentified object at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Now a team of oceanographers, engineers and deep sea divers will return to the site Friday, June 1, for a 6 to 10 day trip. They want to find out once and for all what it really is. “We don’t know whether it is a natural phenomenon, or an object,” Lindberg, captain of the Ocean Explorer, told FoxNews.com. “We saw it on sonar when we were searching for a wreck from World War I. This circular object just turned up on the monitor.” The discovery was a worldwide news event, covered in the popular press, the scientific press and in the blogosphere. Many speculated that the discovery was of a long-lost unidentified flying object (UFO), that crashed into the sea -- evoking Duchovny’s alien-hunting character on the TV show. Lindberg is clearly aware of the connection: The logo for his “OceanX Team” is clearly meant to evoke the X-Files logo. But is the truth out there this time? He aims to find out. “We’ll be searching the area in a number of ways,” Lindberg explained. “We’ll use sonar to make 3D images of the bottom, the clay bottom, of that part of the sea. We’ll send down deep-sea divers too. And a camera robot. We’ll also take samples from the sea bed and measure them for toxicities and radiation.”

At this point, Lindberg said, he and his colleagues “don’t know more than anyone else what it is” down there for certain. But he’s willing to speculate as to the possibilities. The crash debris could be from a meteor, he told FoxNews.com. It could a naturally occurring gas well discovery -- located interestingly enough in international waters, he added. Or, he muses, it could be the remains of a Russian warship from the late 19th century. “I don’t think it’s an ordinary stone formation, or cargo dropped from a ship,” Lindberg said. “But it can be a lot of things. If it’s not manmade, and was made by another form of intelligent life, it would be very lucky. I’ve never won the lottery before!” His colleague, Dennis Asberg, agreed. “If this were a UFO, that would indeed be a strange thing.” He too speculates that it could be a gas well finding, or the remains of a meteor. “I’m just not sure,” he said. “But we’ll see soon.” Others claim that the object, located 300 feet beneath the surface of the Baltic Sea, may be a natural formation, or even an emerging volcano. Earlier this year, Lindberg told the media he thought this discovery might be a “new Stonehenge.” The Ocean Explorer crew includes 13 researchers, including a sonar expert, and a camera crew from Swedish TV that will document the event. Lindberg said he is in negotiations with Microsoft to see if the event can be carried live on the Internet, from the remote location in international waters via video streaming. “We’re working with Microsoft on that, but nothing is final yet. Tell them we want to do a deal,” he joked. The exploration is funded by private investors and bank notes that Ocean Explorer has secured, said Lindberg. The initial discovery of the unidentified sea object was made during a trek to find Swedish commercial ships sunk by the German Navy during World War I last summer.

Scientists Use Genetics To Try And Track Down Bigfoot

Scientists are turning to genetics to see if they can prove the existence of the elusive hairy humanoid known across the world as bigfoot, yeti and sasquatch. A joint project between Oxford University and Switzerland’s Lausanne Museum of Zoology will examine organic remains that some say belong to the creature that has been spotted in remote areas for decades. “It’s an area that any serious academic ventures into with a deal of trepidation ... It’s full of eccentric and downright misleading reports,” said Bryan Sykes at Oxford’s Wolfson College. But the team would take a systematic approach and use the latest advances in genetic testing, he added. “There have been DNA tests done on alleged yetis and other such things but since then the testing techniques, particularly on hair, have improved a lot due to advances in forensic science,” he told Reuters. Modern testing could get valid results from a fragment of a shaft of hair said Sykes, who is leading the project with Michel Sartori, director of the Lausanne museum. Ever since a 1951 expedition to Mount Everest returned with photographs of giant footprints in the snow, there has been speculation about giant Himalayan creatures, unknown to science. There have been eyewitness reports of the ‘yeti’ or ‘migoi’ in the Himalayas, ‘bigfoot’ or ‘sasquatch’ in America, ‘almasty’ in the Caucasus mountains and ‘orang pendek’ in Sumatra. Tests up to now have usually concluded that alleged yeti remains were actually human, he said.

But that could have been the result of contamination. “There has been no systematic review of this material.” The project will focus on Lausanne’s archive of remains assembled by Bernard Heuvelmans, who investigated reported yeti sightings from 1950 up to his death in 2001. Other institutions and individuals will also be asked to send in details of any possible yeti material. Samples will be subjected to “rigorous genetic analysis”, and the results published in peer-reviewed science journals. Aside from the yeti question, Sykes said he hoped the project would add to the growing body of knowledge on the interaction between humanity’s ancestors. “In the last two years it has become clear that there was considerable inter-breeding between Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals ... about 2 to 4 per cent of the DNA of each individual European is Neanderthal,” he said. One hypothesis is that yetis are surviving Neanderthals. The joint project will take DNA samples from areas where there have been alleged sightings to see whether the Neanderthal DNA traces are stronger in the local population. As for the project’s chances of success? “The answer is, of course, I don’t know,” said Sykes. “It’s unlikely but on the other hand if we don’t examine it we won’t know.”

Houston Man Investigates UFO Sightings

While some call it hogwash, others are fascinated by unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. If aliens wanted to land somewhere on this planet it seems the Lone Star state would make the short list. With well-known cases like the Stephenville sightings in 2008, and even those bizarre blinking lights in Texas City last month, the only state that reports more UFO’s than Texas is California. Chuck Stansburge is a UFO investigator. He said he works for MUFON, or the Mutual UFO Network. “There are going to be some people who watch this and say maybe that man is a little crazy, possibility, I’ve been told that many times,” he said. Long before tackling the paranormal Standburge carried a badge. He said he spent years in law enforcement in Colorado and Oklahoma.

Then a disability forced Chuck into early retirement. That left him with plenty of time to explore his passion of strange sightings that are reported in a 14-county area in Southeast Texas. He said trading in a uniform for UFOs wasn’t exactly a household decision. His wife Sandra just didn’t get her husband’s fascination. “I had never seen anything, or heard anything from friends relatives, or anyone I ever worked with, so UFOs, no,” she said. But an experience with her own eyes would eventually make her a believer too, she said. What she saw that night will remain a mystery. But there are a handful of cases that her husband works each week. He looked into the lights in Texas City—and it seems that case is now closed. MUFON did a mock up and it turned out to be lanterns. MUFON said that 90 percent of cases are eventually solved, but that doesn’t stop him. “There’s stuff out here definitely all over the state of Texas,” he said.

Loch Ness Monster Sonar Photo Proves Existence Of Nessie

A boat skipper reckons a mobile phone picture he took of a sonar image could unlock the long-running mystery of the Loch Ness Monster. Marcus Atkinson’s grainy shot – which shows a long, 5ft-wide serpent-like creature – was taken from a recording 75ft down in the loch at Urquhart Bay. It was taken from his sonar fish-finder device, which records the width of objects directly below his tourist boat. Marcus, 43, from Fort Augustus in Inverness-shire, said: “I was dropping customers at Urquhart Castle and as I moved out into the water and looked at the sonar, I saw this image. “The object got bigger and bigger, and I took a picture of it with my mobile phone. I was in shock as it looked like a big serpent.

“You can’t fake a sonar image and I’ve never seen anything like this on the fish finder. I’ve shown it to other experienced skippers and none of us know what it is.” The picture won Marcus a prize – Best Nessie Sighting of The Year – in a competition run by bookmakers William Hill. Excited Loch Ness monster experts have ruled out the sighting being a fish, seal or wood debris. Monster hunter Steve Feltham, 49, said: “It can’t be a fish because you just wouldn’t find them in water 75ft down. “It’s very exciting and the best evidence we’ve had in donkey’s years. It’s images like this that will keep me going with my hunt for the next 20 years.” But other marine experts claim the mystery object may be algae. Dr Simon Boxall, from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, Hampshire, said: “The image shows a bloom of algae and zooplankton that would exist on what would be a thermocline. “Zooplankton live off this algae and reflect sound signals from echo sounders and fish finders very well.”

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