News of the Weird
Interesting Items From Around the World
ATS Weekly, Edition 022, December 13, 2005
A Miracle or Not, Weeping Mary a
Hit
Whether a statue of the Virgin Mary is crying or not, there is no denying the star power of the Madonna. In southeast Sacramento County, an outdoor
statue of Mary has become the center of attention at the humble Vietnamese Catholic Martyrs Church. Since late November, believers have come to view
the statue, which has a red streak running from the corner of its left eye. A priest wiped the streak away Nov. 9, but when it reappeared Nov. 20,
many viewed it as tears of blood being shed.
UFO Site to
Launch Virgin into Space
We have lift-off. The British entrepreneur and owner of Virgin, Richard Branson, has chosen the launch site for a venture into space tourism. The
Virgin Galactic spacecraft is scheduled to take off in five years from a site near Roswell, New Mexico, in a desert known for UFO legends and alleged
alien autopsies.
New Bigfoot Video - Separating Fact From Fiction
Note - The following is an analysis of the latest 'Bigfoot video' controversy as submitted by veteran researcher John Freitas... Mark Nelson's
story gets better and better as time goes on. He originally told me via phone that he was camping at Lake Sonoma. When they left, he headed towards
highway 101 for the return drive to his home in Oxnard, CA. On the way out of the park he located a large turnout, pulled over and found a game trail.
He followed this trail up a hill and continued to hike about a 1 hours. At this point, he claims he and his girlfriend heard a grunt. He says he
thought it was a bear at first, so they waited about ten minutes and started taking landscape video again. As he was taking a video shot, he heard
something on his left side; this is when he captured this "thing"...
Sale of Cemetery Triggers Mysterious Deaths At
Ningo
A spate of msterious deaths has hit Ningo, a farming community in the Dangbe West District of Accra. The deaths are suspected to be linked to the sale
of two cemeteries by the late paramount of the area, Nene Gidigago III. Some residents of the area are claiming that sale of the Pagan or the
"Samasa" and the Christian cemeteries must have touched the ancestors whose spirits have been disturbed and they were therefore sending retaliatory
salvos from the underworld.
Fossils 'From Ancestor of Nessie' Sold for
£35,000
The skeleton of a plesiosaur, which scientists say lived some 205 million years ago, was the first sold on the open market anywhere. The appearance
tallies with some descriptions of the monster said to inhabit Loch Ness and has become the most popular attribution for alleged sightings the mythical
beast. Mikko Takala, a Loch Ness researcher who runs a prominent website about the monster, claimed to have captured Nessie on camera in July this
year.
Could
Aliens be Hacking into Your Computer?
Could little green men be hacking into your computer? A scientist at a top U.S. physics lab thinks scanning the skies for signs of life leaves
earthling computers wide open to virus attacks from space. Richard Carrigan is careful to note his claim of a security threat to Earth isn't
sponsored by his employer, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois.
Catlike Creature Spotted In Central Ohio -- Again
Two Granville police officers became the latest people to spot a catlike creature that has been seen around the region for more than a year. Rufus
Hurst said he saw the animal on Saturday, slinking through his wooded back yard. His wife saw it first while she was baking cookies. Rufus said he
grabbed a camera and shot pictures of it from 180 feet away. "It was very obvious to me that this is not a domestic cat," he said.
Bigfoot Buzz
The witness was driving on Highway #50 on her way to Sandy Bay, Manitoba. As she was driving she suddenly spotted something squatting on the side of
the road. She swerved to miss it and at the same time turned to see what is was. Her mouth went dry and her heart beat faster as she realized it was a
‘sabe’ (sabeh - sasquatch). It was holding something with both hands and eating it (perhaps roadkill). It seemed to move in slow motion as it
lifted its head to look up at her passing by in her vehicle. The witness looked directly into its face, which was covered by dark hair, and its eyes
appeared small and beady. Its face reminded her of a gorilla. It was swarmed by what appeared to be a cloud of mosquitoes.
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