Japanese Tribe in America?

The tribe (above) was photographed by John Hillers (Smithsonian) in 1973 in Southern Nevada (see page 187 of the book Stone Age in the Great Basin by Emory Strong). Those who studied them couldn't figure out just what tribe they were with, as the men all head heavy beards. They were nothing at all like local tribes.

Are Mining Ghost Towns Haunted?

I used to doubt the possibility of mining ghost towns being haunted because of the simple wood construction of the quickly-built homes in boom towns. However, I have come to find that all these mining lands are very haunted by different levels of human habitation over the centuries. They act almost as a magnet to keep energies moving in and out of the fabric of our time and space.

What Are Shadow People?

Shadow people.

This is one of the most often reported and vexing phenomena in paranormal research.

Grand In Road's Halloween Preview

It's early to be thinking about Halloween, right? Nope! 

Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel

Niagsra Falls, linking Lake Erie and Lake Ontario has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world. So, what else do you think when you see such a powerful force except the obvious - I wonder if I can go over it in a barrel and survive?

Horror Movies With Dark Forests

It may be the middle of summer, but with the humidity and heat, some of us are starting to get autumn-itis. It's a common syndrome in which you stop dreaming about beaches and start dreaming about chilly mountains with creeping fog. Here's some movies to watch when you darken your home and pretend it's that most magical time of the year - 

The Red Camel Ghost

I am intrigued by the fact that the Southwestern US was forward-thinking enough in the 1800s to acquire camels for use by the army men. When the Civil War interrupted their charting of the Arizona territory, the army sold some at auction but let some loose into the desert. That is how the legend of the Red Camel came to be.

Hauntingly Creepy Abandoned Churches and Graveyards

There is something unsettling and serene about abandoned churches and graveyards. We think in terms of spirits when we think of both locations, so what happens when the spirits are forgotten?

Flooded Cemeteries: Terrifying Finds!

It wasn't just in the movie "Poltergeist" where graves surfaced. Often floods bring to surface the last occupants of the town and sometimes in grizzly scenarios like something out of a zombie movie.

Giant and Alien-Like Mummies Found Under a Church and Photographed!

This extraordinary story about a most unusual collection of mummies including giant ones and rather alien-looking ones is not a story from the 1800s or early 1900s. This is from the 2000s. And it will be told by the person who took the photographs, a researcher I highly respect. Be prepared to be amazed. 

The Urban Sasquatch Journal: A New Year and Lots of Activity!

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

The Alchemy of Hauntings

A person dies in a building and it's haunted, right?

Ancient Giants' Treasure in the Grand Canyon?

A story has been perpetuated for over a century that, if true, makes the Grand Canyon two wonders of the world.

Tall White Alien Base in Pennyslvania?

I was contacted by someone who has been living rather "underground" from public radar with concerns of government tracking. He has revealed a very interesting story. I find this interesting for two reasons - I recently learned of Iran supposedly having a tall white aliens underground base and Weird USA book covered a legend in this area of albino people hiding out. When there's smoke, well, sometimes there's a heat source.

Noises in the Dark

Upon occasion in my lifetime, I've awakened to hear myself fluently speaking an unknown language. The sound of my own voice easily speaking this dialect wakes me up and I cease. Other times, I have heard a phone ring that didn't actually ring, a cell phone make a notification sound of texting when the phone is turned off for the night, footsteps, a door slamming, voices, you name it. Most of us experience this and some of us investigate.

Kansas Chupacabra?

There have been a myriad of photos online of supposed chupacabras in the Continent US, southern region mostly. These bring to light a big discrepancy between the original chupacabra (Puerto Rico) and the one people are pointing out in the States. 

Chesapeake Pirate Ghosts and Spooklights

(Pirate Adventure on the Chesapeake)

It isn't talked about widely, but for 200 years, the Chesapeake Bay dealt with pirates. 

The Mysterious Case of the Burning Lady

Some cases of the unexplained continue to linger and create chillbumps. The case of the burning lady is one that lingers....

FUNKO MST3000 Collectibles Coming Soon!

For all my MST3000 fans out there (ME!) there are some adorable collectibles coming out by Funko's POP Television line. Look for them this fall! 

URBEX: Creepiest Things Found In Abandoned Sites

Sometimes, visits to abandoned sites raise more questions than they answer. Poking around in the remains of a long-forgotten place can bring up skeletons from the occupants' closet. Let's have a look at some creepy finds and let me tell you about an experience - 

REEL Lifestyle Clothing Line

I was asked by REEL Lifestyle if I might like to try one of their items from their clothing line. I fell in love with this top with hood and short sleeves. It's very cool breathable fabric which is ideal here in the desert. I just love the flower patterns in the lettering and having a hood when my hair gets wind whipped.

My advice is to get a size bigger than you think you wear because they size these small. I'm 5'8" and an average weight, but XL was a bit more clingy than I usually wear. 

REEL Lifestyle also carries men's items including sporting clothes. I am curious to see how this company progresses with their offerings. So far, it seems like they have chosen looks and designs you can throw on and make classic, wearing them all the time. I love those pieces that you don't have to think about, can just pull it on and go.

*REEL Lifestyle offered me this shirt for free to review. They in no way influenced my review. I was curious to try out a sports clothing line to review since a great deal of my readers are outdoors people.*

Fear of Dolls: Doll Island, Horror Movies and Uncanny Valley

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Isla de las Munecas or "Island of the Dolls" (popularly coined "Doll Island") is a thing of horror for many. Why would an island filled with dolls for decades, laid to waste by the elements and neglect, be terrifying? Well, let me introduce you to its most unsettling beginnings.

1970s Halloween

Halloween took off in the 1950s with the first parties involving bobbing for apples and children dressed as their favorite cowboys and superheroes. It evolved in the 1960s with more and more trick-or-treating and school parties, with inventive mostly handmade costumes with some manufactured masks making it on the scene. But, in the 1970s, the industry of Halloween became a money-making beast in a time of innocence when children could trick-or-treat late into the night with pillowcases of loot and only the first mention of candy tampering. So, what was so special about 1970s Halloween? Let's take a look - 

Man Vanishes Into Thin Air

Ambrose Bierce was best known as an journalist and author in the times of the Civil War Era. He was often called "Bitter Pierce" for having a very negative overall attitude about mankind and the human experience. 

Maryland's Sykesville Monster and Goat Man

I've never particularly thought of Marylanders as being fanciful in the least. They are warm, loving, family-oriented, and hard workers, but not typically a story-telling lot. So, when they have issues with some unusual cryptids, it makes me sit up and take notice.

The Practice of Shrunken Heads

It was probably Ripley's Believe It Or Not or In Search Of, one of those shows of my childhood, that first introduced me to the idea of shrunken heads. And I was immediately horrified and fascinated.

Western Canada: Valley of Headless Men and other Chilling Oddities

There is an enormous and remote wilderness area Nahanni National Park in the Northwest Territory of Canada that would make for some amazing hiking and exploring, only it carries a rather dark reputation - as a place where headless bodies show up!  

American Ripper Premieres Tonight on History Channel!

History Channel keeps adding more and more quality viewing to its lineup. I love this channel so much! 

Tonight the premiere of the new series "American Ripper" begins.

Bottomless Pits: Gateways to Hell?

Bottomless pits, gateways to hell, unexplored vertical caverns all have a fascinating mystique. Look down there, toss a pebble, listen closely and wonder, who ever fell down that? How far does it go? Is there any mystery in the darkness we cannot observe?

Unsolved Mysteries in the Grand Canyon

Shadow of a Man

This photo above was taken by someone using an internet live cam from the canyon, as he looked for UFOs, but what he found was a giant shadow of a person (at least it looks that) - bottom left quadrant of the photo. It could be some kind of soil erosion, but a few ponder if perhaps something was set up long ago to cast a shadow like that, such as the geoglyphs of Nazca or the Intaglios of Blythe, California. This is only one of many oddities at the Grand Canyon. 

Ghost Hunting Theories in Top 50 Paranormal Sites in the World!

Ghost Hunting Theories is honored to be #8 in the top 50 paranormal blogs in the world. (Guess that makes the blog in the top 10!)

It is an ongoing challenge keeping up with information the public doesn't usually get access to, fresh points of view on the subjects, and a wide variety of unexplained, freaky and horror-related subjects.

Thank you all for believing in the thrust of my blog. It has always been about the inquisitive minds that I hope to stimulate and give all the information I can to come to personal conclusions.

We're in this discovery together!

Never-Before-Seen Chilling Evidence of a Humanoid in a Cave! Part 3

This is part 3 of a 4-part series about a most amazing photographic piece of evidence that truly stirs up our curious minds with wonder and a bit of horror. 

Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2.

Never-Before-Seen Chilling Evidence of a Humanoid in a Cave! Part 1

Very rarely in the field of research am I confused by a piece of evidence. It is easy to mete out what is genuine or not, properly interpreted or improperly interpreted. But, in late April 2017, I was presented with a piece of evidence that confused me so greatly that I believe sharing it with the public might help relieve the stress of explaining it. 

The back story is nearly as chilling as the evidence, so be prepared for the release of something truly creepy. This will be done in four parts over these four days to give as much information as possible.

All I can say is, I'm presenting it and you make out of it what you will. I will give you every bit of my exploration into explaining. Ultimately, you either digest this information or move on. 

I have no personal agenda other than to help the public to see things you don't have access to in order to understand our universe better or to work your skills at evaluating evidence. It is always my hope that someone else has encountered such a thing and may shed light on this...unexplained entity.

With all those disclaimers in place, let me begin - 

Navajo Nation: Paranormal Investigations

I attended a wonderful MUFON meeting in Phoenix a few years back. The guest speakers were two Navajo Rangers, Retired Ranger Lt. Jon Dover and Ranger Sgt. Stan Milford, Jr. These two gentlemen were very friendly, very intelligent, very funny, and positively riveting with their stories of strange-ness found in the Navajo Nation. These brave and intelligent rangers were very open-minded and believed in interviewing every witness and helping the people of their Nation to live alongside the very unusual history and happenings upon the land. 

Mutants and Monsters

We live in an unusual world. Science is finally willing to admit that man mated with may other variety of humans that were not homo sapiens, such as Neanderthal, Denisovan and an, as of yet, unknown other of the homo genus. 

Possible Evidence That Norwegian Trolls Really Existed

The dense rocky forests and jutting fjords of Norway seem to be the ideal setting for a magical creature that turns to stone if it encounters elusive sunlight.

Scariest Movie Humanoid Monsters

Sure, there's King Kong, Godzilla, Cloverfield, and Aliens, but what about monsters that are human-like?  Sometimes, those are the most horrifying because we assume they also have our intelligence and ability to plot -