The Cochno Stone Mystery

In the UK region, a lot of ancient "cup and ring" patterns are found etched into stone. One very interesting rock with these designs is found in Scotland and called the "Cochno Stone."

Pirate-Themed Decorating: Rooms, Homes and Yards

Pirate themes are amazingly popular. One doesn't have to wait for Halloween. You can enjoy a pirate feel in a home study or child's bedroom, a swimming pool, or a treefort. Here's just some inspirations to add a little pirate in your home, from subtle accessories to Halloween haunts! 

Death By Exorcism!

Her real name was Anneliese Michel. 

In 1968, German girl, 17-year-old Anneliese, began to have convulsions. She was eventually diagnosed with grand mal seizures. It could have been dismissed, but while praying, she began to hear devilish tormenting voices. Her condition spiraled and in 1973, she was classified as having depression and suicidal thoughts. 

Maps Revealing Secrets of Paranormal Happenings

There is something that unifies all the unexplained and likely this is related to something within the earth itself, from piezo-electricity, electromagnetic fields, geology, and gravity that helps to either feed, fuel, or create reactions with the unexplained to the point it either is seen more readily by us or it location specific. Let's have a look at some maps of phenomena and see what we can infer from it - 

Mothman Seen in Chicago!

Lon Strickler, one of my favorite researchers from Phantoms and Monsters site (and books), is looking for more witnesses to add to the archive of recent sightings of a Mothman-like creature in the Chicago area. If you have seen the Mothman in Chicago recently, he wants to hear from you!

Don Monroe Case Files: Cave Bones

Continuing this series of world traveler, researcher and adventurer, Don Monroe, I'd like to explore the case of the cave bones. 

Don Monroe Case Files: The Hand of Unknown Origin

Upon occasion, a researcher is presented a piece of evidence that makes no sense. Such is the case of the Hand of Unknown Origin.

Bigfoot Hands: What We Can Learn From Castings

Upon occasion, I work with researchers whose time in the field and worldwide range impress the hell out of me. I have been lucky enough to work with Don Monroe on projects and he has shared his 80 years of world exploration and finds. His diligence in long-term studies has been astonishing and he shared with me recently casts he has rendered over the decades from frequently researched locations.

Phantom Islands

Gather around, my dearies, for tales of phantom islands and shivers of delight. Phantom islands are islands that were drawn on maps long ago, but seem to have gone missing.

Abandoned Islands

Abandoned islands are the stuff adventure movies are made up of. We think of "Castaway" or "Swiss Family Robinson," but there are islands that, for various reasons, are abandoned. And what's left behind can be quite intriguing to those of us who are interested in urban exploration.

Cursed Locations!

Can a location be cursed? 

Technically, a curse is a spell put upon a person (or place) to make bad things happen. If a location has a repeatedly dark history, one might make a case that it had been cursed. Cursed by the fates.

Reptoids In Our Cave System?

Normally, I would chuckle, but the repeated theme of underground reptilian people (seen in caves around the world supposedly) and a legend of Lenni Lenape that 5000 years ago in the west there was a giant volcano eruption that drove them east, made this story of reptilians digging under ground 5000 years ago to escape the fiery apocalypse rather coincidental.

Bigfoot: Foot Length To Height Ratio Explained

A 24-inch cast from Don Monroe and his co-researchers, one of a trackway in Idaho

It took presentation of an extraordinary 24-inch cast for me to decide to tackle the foot to height ratio of Bigfoot.

The Urban Sasquatch Journal: Clyde the Attraction

This is the reporting by a Bigfoot researcher of an ongoing study in the Southern part of the United States in a very large park area near homes and urban setting.

LINK TO PRIOR INSTALLMENTS STARTING WITH #1

Cave Horrors!

Caves are more than the sites of mines and ancient hieroglyphs, the burial places of giants, and homes for bats. They can also be haunted. And, why not? In desperate times, caves were utilized for sanctuary and sometimes standoffs and, given the geology, they seem like ideal vessels in a feng shui sort of way, to retain and hold a kind of amplified haunting that is held captive in a cul-du-sac formation. I am utterly fascinated with the haunted cave phenomena. I cannot think of a better spirit vessel.

Let's have a look at some more infamous haunted caves....

Fear the Bunnyman!

If you have always broken out into a cold sweat at the thought of sitting on the bunnyman's lap at Easter time, you might want to take a look at a lot more reasons to continue that tingling terror - 

Abandoned Amusement Parks

Vietnam

Abandoned amusement parks play on our minds. They were locations of joy and childlike wonder and to see the decorative shells at a standstill, nature encroaching on it, leaving weathered shells, is unsettling. We are both intrigued and repelled. Let's look at some play lands left to rot around the world - 

MST 3000 Back Again Tonight on Netflix!

For Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans, this is an exciting time! Netflix is releasing the first episode of the new reboot of the series.

ChiSquatch: Chicago Sasquatch Report #2

This is a series by researcher Karl Sup researching Sasquatch evidence in the outskirts of Chicago, Illinois. (Link to #1 installment)

Scopes Trial: Essential Reference For Bigfoot Researchers

Those researching Bigfoot run into a common dilemma - the general public. There are a lot of people walking around not caring, not believing, not wanting to hear about the concept of "big ape men in the woods," as they tend to sum it up. 

Should Universal Studios Tamper with the Gillman?

Vintage Era SciFi movies gave us Universal Studios wolf man, vampire, Frankenstein's monster,  as well as irradiated monsters, creatures from other planets, blobs, and even an arctic vegetable man in "The Thing From Another Planet," but none of them struck our hearts quite like the 1954 Gillman from "Creature From the Black Lagoon." And, (gulp) Universal Studios plans to remake this beloved classic - 

Fort Aztalan Wisconsin: Ancient Giant Homestead?

1912: 18 giant skeletons were found in Lake Delavan area in Wisconsin.  

The Moon-Eyed People

Cherokee County Historical Museum

The Cherokee people have in their legends a story of a long-ago ancient race on the lands their ancestors moved into. These prior people did not come out in the light, had eyes that could see in the dark. Their skin was white. And they had built ancient structures in the area. One such thing that might be attributed to them is the Judaculla Rock in North Carolina with writing that still cannot be understood. 

Ghostly Animals

Some animals have a ghostly quality. Let's look at some, both albino and those whose naturally characteristics make them seem rather haunted....

Widening Perspectives on Ghostly Phenomena and Afterlife

It behooves researchers to keep very open minds about what might be causing paranormal activity. In fact, if we used the rationale of assuming trapped souls of the dead in environments for every haunting, it would be kind of like assuming that every noise is thunder. With that in mind, let me shed some mind-expanding perspectives on the unexplained - 

Why Are Hallways Haunted? Which Hallways Are Haunted?

Which hallway is more haunted?

Chi - a Chinese term used for "energy." There is good chi and bad chi according to the practice of Feng Shui. Yin energy is associated with spirits and negativity. If there is "yin" energy within a building, it will follow simple paths. This is why clearing out a haunted location and getting rid of clutter and darkness are critical to keeping yin energy moving out of the way and not being trapped.

Take hallways for example. If doorways open to each other, the energy can go from one room to the other creating a current of energy just in that spot.

But if the doorways are staggered, energy can come from the room, hit the wall, bounce and ricochet, all the way down a corridor, mixing with the energies from all the other rooms coming out and hitting the wall and bouncing back and forth. You create a sort of energy current down the hallway. 

Consider it a spirit labyrinth, if you will. 

Interestingly, windchimes are supposed to attract spirits in the practice of Feng Shui, especially in the Southwest corner of the building.  I wear a windchime necklace to the site and I often hang it up, ensuring that the air is not turned on and windows are closed.  They are so delicate and light and being attractive to spirits (by feng shui rules), it should give me a tinkle. Upon occasion, it does. 

Mirrors create a bounce of energy too. In fact, rather than filming into a haunted stairwell, try putting a mirror at the bottom of the stairs and see if you capture more activity than usual. You might get something caught in a path of back and forth capture. 

Setting up a strobe light in a hallway with offset doors is yet another interesting way of studying potentially fast moving energy. If you study a moving ceiling fan with a strobe light, you can see that it visually slows things down enough to see what is too fast to discern with the naked eye. The blades are individual looking instead of a blur when a strobe light is on it. A warning, though, some people get migraines and even seizures with strobe lights, so work with one ahead of time to know if it makes you feel bad.



 

Those places in a home that seem to be very actively haunted are usually the cul-du-sac areas, dark areas, cluttered areas. These create that kind of trap for energy. The simple act of brightening and clearing out a home can make it freed up. 

This is an interesting technique that I have found to be extremely helpful in assisting people with issues in their homes. Whether there is something to Feng Shui or movement of energy or not, I give it some real praise when it comes to haunted locations. 

You can use the concepts to clear energy, but you can also use them to attract it - so start thinking in reverse if you want to capture something and prepare an environment that could amplify and hold energies. 

Learn more - Consider the book "Confessions of a Feng Shui Ghost-Buster" to help you learn more about Yin energy and the guidelines of this ancient study in relation to haunted effects.

Clan of the Cave Warrior: Accidental Bigfoot?

This is an ongoing series about explorer and spelunker, Ken Gentry, and his many encounters with amazing wonders and mysteries on and in our planet.

Cujo: Real-Life Scenarios of Rabies

The threat of rabies seems like a distant memory for the collective human race who lives mostly in cities and suburban tract homes, but rabies hasn't gone anywhere. It still still capable of infected folks, one weird-acting animal at a time.

Treasure Hunting - All Kinds of Treasures Awaiting

Dreaming of grand treasures still undiscovered? They are out there! There are also other things worth money you can be poking around for - 

Removing Negative Energy In Your Home: Promoting Positive

Prism-casting crystal for wearing on purse, hanging from a ceiling fan cord, or in a window

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Houses remember. They carry energy of everyone who has been there, every event that occurred, every thought, emotion, pain, death, and joy. It behooves us to tread well upon the floorboards to ensure our home tends to produce good and wards away evil. Here are some methods that can help insure home remains sweet home.

Upcoming Horror Movies

Here are just some of the upcoming horror movies in coming months -