News of the Weird

UFOlogists Weigh in on Human Origin Debate
"I've had ET and UFO experiences since I was a child," Price says. "When I was in college I switched from medicine to psychology to try to find some answers. Well, there are no answers." While she attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, she came home to find two gray-type aliens exploring her apartment. Shocked, she dropped her book bag and the aliens disappeared. Her eyes widen as she conveys the enormity of the experience.

Harvard Researcher Ready to Wash Her Hands of Space Aliens
The Harvard psychologist figures she has read every book and seen every movie ever made about extraterrestrials, and she has interviewed roughly 50 people who claim to have been abducted by aliens. And it's all in the name of scientific truth, not science fiction. "I have become a reluctant scholar of alienography," Clancy said. Clancy is bracing for a fresh round of hate mail with her new book, "Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens," published by Harvard University Press.

Hunting for the Paranormal
"Anything not normal, ghosts, spirits, demons, anything like that," said member Mark Shinn. "Clearly on two different occasions, while I was reading off names of tombstones you could hear a voice say 'yes, yes,' right as I said their names."

Girl 'Resurrects' After 11 Years
Sixteen-year-old Josephine Chilamba, who died at the age of five in 1994, is believed to have resurrected last month after spending 11 years in the world of darkness. Josephine surprised people who spotted her walking around a graveyard as mourners were returning home after burial ceremony of one village member in Mkungula Village on October 2, 2005.

Intersex Fish Found Off California Coast
Scientists have discovered sexually altered fish off the Southern California coast, raising concerns that treated sewage discharged into the ocean contains chemicals that can affect an animal's reproductive system. Last year, federal scientists reported finding egg-growing male fish in Maryland's Potomac River. They think the abnormality may be caused by pollutants from sewage plants, feedlots and factories.

Microsoft to Remove Sony CD Code
Sony's controversial anti-piracy CD software has been labelled as spyware by Microsoft. The software giant said a key part of the XCP copy protection system counted as malicious software under the rules it uses to define what Windows should be protected against. It plans to include detection and removal tools for parts of XCP in its weekly anti-spyware software update.

The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel
Even the Catholic Church, which for decades kept exorcism in the closet, is once again bringing it out into the open. In early 2005, about 100 Catholic priests signed up for a Vatican-sanctioned course on exorcism, and today the Church’s ranks of official exorcists has swollen to more than 400.

The Science of Sea Serpents
Tales of sea monsters have tantalized and terrorized us for eons. Greek myths. Norse legend. Stories embroidered by 18th century writers such as Tennyson, Verne and Melville. But scientists always scoffed. An illustration of a giant squid attacking a ship by one 17th century naturalist earned him years of scorn. But the tales persisted, fed by stories of the real but misunderstood creatures of the sea. Finally today, with high-tech gadgets to help, modern scientists are peeling away the mysteries to reveal the real truths that may have inspired the legends.





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