Paranormal In The News 19/04/10

ABCnet Giant UFO balloon lifts off in Alice

It looks like an giant elongated jelly fish floating towards the edge of space - and as it drifts from Alice Springs towards Queensland today, some people might think aliens have arrived.



"Oh, some people will think it is a UFO," Associate Professor Ravi Sood said this morning after launching the 300-metre-long scientific balloon.


"At the moment it is absolutely spectacular.

"You can see it from miles around because it so big and the sky is clear and it is very easy to detect with the naked eye - as it will be when it gets to 40 kilometres."

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Dailymail Boy, 3, tells how he 'saw grandmother in Heaven' before being brought back from the dead after falling into pond

"A boy of three claims he saw his great grandmother in heaven while he was clinically dead after falling into a pond.

Paul Eicke came back to life more than three hours after his heart stopped beating.

It is believed he was in the pond at his grandparents' house for several minutes before his grandfather saw him and pulled him out.


His father gave him heart massage and mouth-to-mouth during the ten minutes it took a helicopter to arrive.


Paramedics then took over and Paul was taken the ten-minute journey to hospital. Doctors tried to resuscitate him for hours. They had just given up when,


three hours and 18 minutes after he was brought in, Paul's heart started beating independently.


Professor Lothar Schweigerer, director of the Helios Clinic where Paul was taken, said: 'I have never experienced anything like it.


'When children have been underwater for a few minutes they mostly don't make it. This is a most extraordinary case.'


The boy said that while unconscious he saw his great grandmother Emmi, who had turned him back from a gate and urged him to go back to his parents.


Paul said: 'There was a lot of light and I was floating. I came to a gate and I saw Grandma Emmi on the other side.

'She said to me, "What are you doing here Paul? You must go back to mummy and daddy. I will wait for you here."


'I knew I was in heaven. But grandma said I had to come home. She said that I should go back very quickly.


'Heaven looked nice. But I am glad I am back with mummy and daddy now.' "

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DailymailRow of ancient stones found in Dartmoor 'are older than stonehenge'

"A row of ancient stones that mirrors the path of the sun like Stonehenge but is up to 1,000 years older has been unearthed on Dartmoor.

The discovery of the megaliths has thrilled archaeologists and once again raised debate about the purpose of Stonehenge, which is 120 miles away on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.


The nine stones at Cut Hill, one of the highest points on Dartmoor in Devon, have been carbon-dated to around 3,500BC."

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AllZimNews  'Goblin' attacks Schoolboy

"A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Visitation Makumbe High schoolboy cut short his studies in February after he was afflicted by a strange condition that causes him to physically fight an invisible “monster”.


Confirming the boy’s condition, Visitation Makumbe High School resident priest Father Barnabas Mukumba last week said the boy initially complained of stomach pains that were followed by bouts of unconsciousness.


The Form One student was described as intelligent and scored four units in last year’s Grade Seven national examinations.


The school authorities believe that the invisible “monster” could be a “goblin”.


Although the school authorities could not confirm it, the boy’s parents say their child experienced a “transfiguration” on February 10, the night before a major fight with the invisible opponent caused his body to glow.


“The boy would complain of stomach pains that would end in him being unconsciousness. At times he would be taunted by the invisible monster which would force him to scream and use his hands to fight it. "


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PhantomsandMonsters Photo: The Time Traveller

gizmodo "When you look at most of the two dozen or so people in this photograph, which belongs to a Canadian museum, there's no doubt that they're from 1940, the year in which it was taken. But what about that guy?

Those funky sunglasses? That stamped t-shirt and hippie shawl? The doofy, disinterested expression? He sure as hell doesn't look like any Roosevelt-era bro I have ever seen. Maybe that's just it—he looks like a "bro," which we all know didn't come into existence until the 1970s, at the earliest."

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ninemsn British Woman Wakes Up With Foreign Accent

"British woman has woken up speaking with a Chinese accent after reportedly suffering brain damage brought on by a severe migraine.


Sarah Colwill, 35, has carried an English West Country accent her entire life but now sounds like she hails from the far east, British newspapers report.

Doctors have reportedly told Ms Colwill she suffers from Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS), an extremely rare condition with only a few recorded cases.

Ms Colwill believes her sudden accent shift can be traced back to one migraine attack that was so bad she had to be taken to hospital."


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guardian.co.uk Have any (football) teams ever attempted to harness psychic power?

"Always one to seek an extra edge, the ever-flamboyant Malcolm Allison got in touch with the hypnotist/illusionist Romark (real name Ronald Markham) during his spell as manager at Crystal Palace in the mid-70s. The pair fell out, however, amid reports of an unpaid bill, and Romark apparently placed a curse on Palace. Then, on the eve of Palace's 1976 FA Cup semi-final against Southampton, Romark contacted Lawrie McMenemy's secretary, Val Gardner, and arranged a meeting with the Saints manager. "I took the coward's way out and agreed to see him," McMenemy wrote in a May 2005 Southern Daily Echo column."



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Geelong Advertiser UFO Sighting Over Geelong




(Geelong Advisor) Anthony Raduka filmed the lights from the deck of his Highton home about midnight on Monday.

The footage shows balls of light flying over Corio Bay at great speed, dipping as low as street level before zig-zagging back up through the sky.

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Hill End - Yowie Town

It's a big call using a title like 'Yowie Town'. But in the case of Hill End NSW it is fairly apt.

For our international readers, 'The Yowie' is Australia's version of the Sasquatch or Bigfoot.

One of our team took the opportunity to visit the area last month. It was once a flourishing gold rush town, but now is like so many central western towns that rely on pockets of tourism to bring new life and commerce into town. Shannon and his friend were there for four wheel driving, without really thinking about anything cryptozoologically oriented. But they had two experiences that got them thinking about what lies behind the tree line in the local bush.

The first report that I recieved was that there was some strange things afoot in the bush. Not unexplainable via other means. But still highly unusual.

You need to remember as you read this that Shannon is the 'Yowie skeptic' on our team, simply due to lack of evidence.

But something in the bush got his attention. Very intentional tree rapping. Followed by a very human like scream.

Could this be explained by other animals, by some type of bird? Was it the wind carrying sound? Possibly. It's certainly not evidence. But it is consistent with other people's stories of the phenomenon including people I have interviewed.

The next situation was to discover that the local pub in Australia is a great way to meet people - and to hear stories you may never pick up in a normal setting.

Such as the National Parks and Wildlife worker who swears that she was chased by a very large, very aggressive bipedal (two legged) creature on the border of her property and the surrounding bush. An encounter that left her terrified. That was one of a number of stories that he heard that night.. Australian humour at it's best? Or was there substance to these stories. With the credibility of a Parks and Wildlife worker, it appears to carry more weight than many of the urban myths you are likely to hear over a schooner of amber liquid and a packet of salt and vinegar crisps.


Like many of our investigations which are underway, with the witnesses permission, and the help of other researchers that interview will be forthcoming in the next few weeks or months.

You get to analyse the information with us, which is the beauty of our group - we work with all researchers and share any information we have.


We'll finish on the note that Hill End in NSW had that reputation long before CCAPSG's Shannon went on a visit there last month.

For example, Rex Gilroy, Australia's original 'Yowie Man' reports on his website:

http://www.australianyowieresearchcentre.com/yowie_book_ch11.html

The Hill End district still remains a notorious region for modern-day Yowie reports, as will be demonstrated further on. Today Johnson's Hole still retains its eerie, uneasy feeling. Weird cries have been heard at night in the surrounding area, and large, man-ape like footprints claimed found in soil near the river from time to time.


One evening, around dusk, in 1990 a young Sydney couple on a camping trip, decided to stay overnight near the hole. They knew nothing about its reputation. During the night, something walked up to their small, two-man tent, and began tearing it from the ground. As the girl screamed, and her male companion fought his way out of the tent, he felt himself grappling with a dark hairy and putrid-smelling form that quickly broke off the attack and dashed off into the darkness


Miss M Hodge of Bathurst related an experience of her own to this author in December 1979 which concerned the Johnson's Hole area. When a little girl in 1900, Miss Hodge lived on her parent's property, which stood opposite the 'Hole'. Aborigines thereabouts never swam in the Hole and even today horses and dogs also will not remain near the Hole at night. Miss Hodge said she once saw a horseman who had been mustering sheep, ride all the way out of the hills "white as a sheet". He told her parents that he had seen a large 'baboon-like' man, a giant which had terrorised him. Miss Hodge herself saw a man-sized black-haired Yowie, sitting under a rock near her home one day. Old timers often discussed the possibility that the creatures might inhabit caves that lie in the hill surrounding the Hill End township.



One day in 1924, a Mr David Squires was kangaroo shooting in an area of open to thickly timbered country west of Dubbo. Having shot one big 'roo' on this particular afternoon, he was in the process of skinning it when, suddenly he became aware that he was not alone. Glancing up he was shocked to see, standing 10 metres away beside a tree, and with one huge hand resting upon it, a two legged male creature a good 2.6 m in height. At first he thought it must be someone who had "gone wild when he was younger", but the hominid's height soon dispelled that notion.


The manbeast appeared to be in splendid physical condition, and was covered with a thick coating of bluish-grey, coarse-looking curly hair about 8cm long. The body, arms, legs, hands and feet were in proportion to its height, as were the neck and head. Recovering his senses, Mr Squires slowly reached for his rifle, checked that it was loaded and the magazine full, and placing it beside him resumed skinning the 'roo'. "I finished that job with one eye while the other was watching the Big Bloke", he said later.


SEE YOU NEXT WEEK - Pastor Baz.

PS: Go jump in the 4WD and check out some of these area's yourself - let us know what you find.

Paranormal In The News 12/04/10

Herald SunDriver blames little green men for ticket

A MOTORIST tried to dodge a traffic fine by claiming he was distracted by a UFO.


The driver was so shocked by his supposed close encounter that he veered into a bus lane, which is off-limits to cars.

Another cheeky driver told Southwark Council in south London that he had missed a stop sign because he was colour-blind.

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dailymailIs this REALLY a UFO being chased down the M5 by RAF fighter jets? 'Video footage' captured at a service station

Footage of two fighter jets chasing what appears to be a UFO has emerged.


The 30-second clip, thought to be shot from a West Midlands service station park, reveals the saucer-shaped craft zipping over the M5, with the two jets in its wake.

Former Ministry of Defence UFO expert Nick Pope told The Sun: ‘This is one of the best videos I’ve seen.




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NorthernRiversNews The truth is out there

"A UFO photographed in the night skies at Evans Head two weeks ago may actually be a ghost according to Wardell purveyor of all things paranormal David Delaney.


The photograph taken by Lismore Heights woman Korrinne Stewart appeared in Friday’s Northern Star.

“It’s a pretty difficult one to pick from a photo, but I believe it is an orb,” Mr Delaney said.

An orb, according to Mr Delaney, is a ghost or a human soul in the form of light.

Appearing as an orb is the preferred form of apparition by ghosts because it requires less energy, Mr Delaney said."

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ninemsnFreak wave saves man from cliff plunge

A Sydney man who jumped from a notorious Sydney suicide spot has been saved by a freak wave.


The 45-year-old man plunged off The Gap at Sydney's Watsons Bay last night.

But a wave cushioned his fall and washed him back onto dry land almost unharmed.

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Telegraph Croation Teenager Wakes From Coma Speaking Fluent German

"The girl, from the southern town of Knin, had only just started studying German at school and had been reading German books and watching German TV to become better, but was by no means fluent, according to her parents.

Since waking up from her 24 hourcoma however, she has been unable to speak Croatian, but is able to communicate perfectly in German. "

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dnaindia Comprehending Paranormal Expreriences

"Mumbai: An ophthalmologist by profession, Dr Mehra Shrikhande’s experiences starting from her childhood days pulled her towards the paranormal world. In her recent book, Paranormal Experiences — Beyond the Realms of Reason, she shares the journey of how she started as a lay person and ended up exploring the world outside the range of normal experiences."

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WQADColourful Light In The Sky Seen Across Several States

"Davenport, Iowa - If you saw a flash of light pass over the Quad Cities skies around 10:05 Wednesday night, you're not alone. The National Weather Service is reporting that light was either a meteor or space debris. It was seen by people in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri."

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The Knocking Ghost

I met up with a friend last night who i've not seen in a couple of years since emigrating to Australia. She's an air hostess/flight attendant and she got a flight to Sydney so we met up. I took her to a bar and we settled in with a drink and got to chatting as old friends do.
She mentioned my interest in the paranormal and asked me some questions. She then told me a story that gave me goosebumps...

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Her friend was staying in a hotel in London (I will try to get the name of the hotel) after a flight and having worked a shift she was tired and wanted to rest. She booked in the hotel and was settled in for the night when she heard a knock at her door. She got up, opened the door and no one was there. Shrugging it off she settled back down. Again, she heard a knock on the door *tap tap tap*. She got up, opened the door and again no one was there. She looked up and down the hall to see if someone was doing a knock and run. The hallway was empty.
Three more times she heard a knocking at the door and no one was there.
Getting tired of this she rang the hotel reception and told them someone was knocking on her door and running away. They told her they'd check the security footage.
They rang her back and told her there was a little boy who was knocking on the door. The thing is, when she opened the door the little boy went into the room! Of course she hadn't seen anything and was suitably freaked out and probably didnt have the best sleep that night!

I would love to see this footage! If anyone reading this has heard this story and knows which hotel it is I'd be very interested in hearing from you.

By Bryony

Real Life Stories: IS IT HAUNTED OR NOT?

A house we did an exorcism at last year, during which we experienced 'the air being sucked out of the room' in a vacuum like effect that was created during cleansing prayer is having more issues.

Originally the house experienced the following:

- The son of the tenant seeing a person who they referred to as the 'spooky'.

- A feeling of dread followed by a child's toy coming on, and using their pre-programmed voices to respond to a question.

- Night terrors, and a presence in the bedroom.

There was a spot in the house that was very 'cold', and made your legs go weak when you stood in it. This is is where the vacuum formed and it was like trying to breathe against an iron lung.

Now the family are experiencing a sensation like being 'touched by cobwebs', black forms hovering over the bed, facial touching and 'blurred vision' after contact and voices which murmer to them.

We are setting up K2 and EVP equipment to see whether there is any detectible or recordible changes in the environment.

Is it a haunting, is it infrasound or magenetic issues, are they psychological manifestations?

Only by using a sound investigative methodology can you work through all those processes.

The owner thought the street may have been over a 'ley line' which again, should not be quickly dismissed and all the background information including previous tenants, deaths and trauma, old aboriginal rituals, artifacts, or even past occult ceremonies needs to be looked at.

It should be said, that there is other strange phenomenon happening on the same street that we have been asked to investigate and there is an occult practitioner working from home a few doors down.

We'll keep you posted - Baz.

Paranormal In The News 05/04/10

TimesOnline'Oriental Yeti' that looks like a bear without fur shipped for tests

"A bizarre creature, dubbed the “oriental yeti”, has baffled scientists after emerging from ancient woodlands in remote central China.


The hairless beast was trapped by hunters in Sichuan province after locals reported spotting what they thought was a bear.


One hunter, Lu Chin, said: “It looks a bit like a bear but it doesn’t have any fur and it has a tail like a kangaroo.


“It also does not sound like a bear — it has a voice like a cat and it is calling all the time — perhaps it is looking for the rest of its kind or maybe it's the last one.


"There are local legends of a bear that used to be a man and some people think that’s what we caught," he added.


Now stumped local animal experts have shipped the mystery beast to scientists in Beijing for DNA tests."

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Northern star UFO's spotted over Evans Head

"STRANGE lights spotted over Evans Head at the weekend have been listed as a possible UFO sighting.




The sighting is one of ‘a constant stream’ of such events recorded as ‘worthwhile’ by UFO Research Queensland, which monitors the skies from New Guinea to northern New South Wales.


The high incidence of sightings in the area had prompted the group to man a stall at this year’s Starlight Wellbeing Expo in Bangalow over Easter, and also to hold a workshop in Byron Bay on April 17.


Tino Pezzimenti, who ran a seminar at the Expo, said the Evans Head sighting occurred when two men were walking back from the pub on Saturday night.


One of the men, who swore he was completely sober, had reported seeing ‘moon-like objects’ in the sky besides the real one.


“They were of the same size and brightness as the crescent Moon, but vertical,” Mr Pezzimenti said.


“A third appeared and they all started moving erratically, zigzagging in the air."

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ABC News Man threatens to down Qantas jet with mind power

 

"Singapore Police are questioning a man who threatened to bring down a Qantas flight from Sydney to Singapore.

The man was restrained by flight stewards after he made threats to disrupt QF31 using mind power.

According to ABC reporter Nick Luchinelli, who was onboard the flight, it seemed the middle-aged man was either under the influence of drugs or alcohol - or possibly both."

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DailymailRiddle of the tyre depot phantom

"Gothic castles, deserted mansions, ivy-covered old houses - all of them perfect haunts for a ghost.

But how about something as modern and mundane as a tyre depot in sensible South Yorkshire?

According to owner Nick White, a supernatural visitor has been running riot at his garage, which was originally a chapel and also served as a makeshift mortuary during the Second World War.

The uninvited guest has thrown stones and coins at staff, and stacked up piles of tyres and moved them around the building while it was locked up overnight.


The ghostly figure, which materialised from time to time dressed in the style of the 1940s, is said to have first made its presence felt in 2003 but vanished (so to speak)


after Mr White took over the business three years ago. "

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tweednewsMysterious Object In Night Sky

“THERE has got to be something out there,” Lismore woman Korrinne Stewart said after capturing with her camera a mysterious object in the night sky at Evans Head.


There have been several reports from around the region of mysterious bright lights in the skies in recent weeks.

Ms Stewart contacted our sister paper The Northern Star after reading a report about a UFO sighting by two Evans Head men."

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ninemsnBoy, 3, 'met dead Grandma in heaven'

"A three-year-old German boy who was brought back to life after his heart stopped for three hours claims he met his grandmother in heaven.

The boy, identified in media reports only as Paul, was playing on his own beside a lake at his grandfather's property in Brandenburg when he fell in, the Bild newspaper reports.

Paul's grandfather found his body in the water a short time later and the youngster was rushed to Helios Hospital via helicopter.

Four doctors attempted to resuscitate Paul for three hours and 18 minutes and were about to stop when his heart suddenly began beating."

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Happy Easter

CCAPSG wishes everyone a happy and safe Easter!

Sometimes its too easy to forget why we celebrate Easter. What with all the chocolate and the easter bunny etc.

I looked up the origins of Easter on google and came up with an article from the History Channel.

"The exact origins of this religious feast day's name are unknown. Some sources claim the word Easter is derived from Eostre, a Teutonic goddess of spring and fertility. Other accounts trace Easter to the Latin term hebdomada alba, or white week, an ancient reference to Easter week and the white clothing donned by people who were baptized during that time. Through a translation error, the term later appeared as esostarum in Old High German, which eventually became Easter in English. In Spanish, Easter is known as Pascua; in French, Paques. These words are derived from the Greek and Latin Pascha or Pasch, for Passover. Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection occurred after he went to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover (or Pesach in Hebrew), the Jewish festival commemorating the ancient Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt. Pascha eventually came to mean Easter.

Easter is really an entire season of the Christian church year, as opposed to a single-day observance. Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter Sunday, is a time of reflection and penance and represents the 40 days that Jesus spent alone in the wilderness before starting his ministry, a time in which Christians believe he survived various temptations by the devil. The day before Lent, known as Fat Tuesday, is a last hurrah of food and fun before the fasting begins. The week preceding Easter is called Holy Week and includes Maundy Thursday, which commemorates Jesus' last supper with his disciples; Good Friday, which honors the day of his crucifixion; and Holy Saturday, which focuses on the transition between the crucifixion and resurrection. The 50-day period following Easter Sunday is called Eastertide and includes a celebration of Jesus' ascension into heaven.

In addition to Easter's religious significance, it also has a commercial side, as evidenced by the mounds of jelly beans and marshmallow chicks that appear in stores each spring. As with Christmas, over the centuries various folk customs and pagan traditions, including Easter eggs, bunnies, baskets and candy, have become a standard part of this holy holiday."

So yes, there are reasons why its called Easter and we eat chocolate and have a visit from the Easter bunny. But as a Christian, for me its about celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus. Pretty cool.  Rising from the dead?! That's pretty paranormal!! :)

Matthew 27: 27-55 The Crucifixion

 ³²As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. ³³They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull).³⁴There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. ³⁵When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.^[a] 36And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. ³⁷Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. ³⁸Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. ³⁹Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads ⁴⁰and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!" ⁴¹In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. ⁴²"He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! He's the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. ⁴³He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.' " ⁴⁴In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

The Death of Jesus

 ⁴⁵From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. ⁴⁶About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi,^[b] lama sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"^[c] 47When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling Elijah."
 ⁴⁸Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. ⁴⁹The rest said, "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to save him."
 ⁵⁰And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
 ⁵¹At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. ⁵²The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. ⁵³They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
 ⁵⁴When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son^[d] of God!"

Matthew 28 The Resurrection 

¹After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. ²There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. ³His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. ⁴The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

 ⁵The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. ⁷Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."
 ⁸So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. ⁹Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. ¹⁰Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."

One last verse:

ROMAN 1: 3-5 The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line, ⁴ and he was shown to be the Son of God when he was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit. He is Jesus Christ our Lord.

Have a good weekend guys,

Bry

Paranormal In the news 29/03/10

kdhnews Local couple believe that blue-skinned, dog-like animals seen around the state represent a new species of canine

"KEMPNER – Mystery and science fiction novels are a weekend hobby for some, but one local couple is turning their free time to attempting to solve strange mysteries in nature.


Richard and Naomi West just returned from a weeklong trip around Texas collecting pictures and video based on reports of strange blue-skinned, dog-like animals around the state that some have called the answer to the "chupacabre."

The Wests, along with the founder of a British nonprofit supporting cryptozoology, hope their reports from the expedition will help them gain support for a more in-depth mission to study and hopefully capture what they believe is not a being of folklore, but a new species of canine similar to a coyote."



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ghost theory MonsterQuest: ‘Gable Film’ Mystery Solved

"As many of you are aware, MonsterQuest aired the final episode of the series last night and it went out as strong as it first started.


MonsterQuest’s final episode was a continuation into the “American Werewolf” mystery. Focusing greatly on the infamous “Gable film” that we have extensively covered here on GhostTheory. So let’s get crackin’ and discuss the show and its findings.

First and foremost we talk about the “Gable film”. In a surprising turn of events, the MonsterQuest team managed to put a silver bullet into the “Gable film” mystery and not end their show with open-ended questions like they mostly do. But how much of the mystery did the MonsterQuest team actually solve?. To my surprise someone actually came forward and admitted to hoaxing the whole film. Weeks before MonsterQuest even start filming their final episode!"

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timberjayPhantom of the alley

"Things are expected to go bump in the night at a bowling alley. That’s what they’re built for.

But at the Ely Bowling Center recently, “things” didn’t go bump in the night so much as show up in silence…from behind…and on camera.

On Feb. 25, a group of women stopped by the bowling alley bar for a friends’ night out. One of them brought her digital camera. While there, they asked bartender Dan Hruby to take a picture of the group to commemorate the occasion. When he finished, he handed the camera back and a few minutes later the women checked out the picture.

In particular, Hruby said they took a close-up look at the expression on one of their friends’ faces. When they did, they also noticed a kind of cloudy image behind her in the doorway to the bar. They zoomed in closer and saw what very much appeared like a human face with a glint in its eye. Before long, the camera was making its way from person to person around the bar."

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The Paranormal Pastor Where The Phantom Panthers Roam

Until the mid 17th Century Erie Pennsylvania held the tribal center of the Eriez Indians. The name Eriez or Erie is a shorter form of the Iroquoian word "Erielhonan" meaning literally "long tail" referring to the native panther skins that many of the tribe wore ceremonially. The panther (cougar or mountain lion) was the native Eriez totem. They honored and emulated the stealthy cats that were the top of the contemporary indigenous food chain. Although a small tribe when compared to their neighbors the Seneca or Susquehannocks, they stood boldly against larger enemies and welcomed refugees from neighboring wars. this did not make them very popular with the other tribes in the area and by the late 17th century the Eriez tribe had been either wiped out by war or assimilated by the Iroquois. Within a century the large panthers that were the totem of the Eriez had also vanished from the lands of North Western Pennsylvania.

Or did they?

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The SunBizarre face formed in the sky through cloud formation

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"IS this someone looking down on us with their head in the clouds?

This evil face stares from the sky through a bizarre cloud formation.

Captured early morning, the blue sky adds a sinister look to its huge eyes. "

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From Bry: Im slightly weary of any news stories today seeing as 1st April but if this is true - its interesting...

HuffingtonPost The Real Face Of Jesus: History Channel Special Examines The Shroud Of Turin

"Last night, the History Channel aired "The Real Face Of Jesus," a documentary featuring the work of computer artists who recreated the face of Jesus in 3D based on the Shroud of Turin.

The Shroud of Turin, a blood-stained linen that many believe was the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, has been questioned for centuries on its authenticity. But new tests are underway to verify it, and the team featured on "The Real Face Of Jesus" has no doubt the Shroud is real."

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Real Life Stories - The Sinister Horned Visitor

The word sinister means 'threatening, portending evil, harm, trouble or ominous'. We hardly ever use the term anymore. But it sums up the encounter you are about to read about.


The best stories you hear are the one’s you never expected. Last week I was having lunch with a sports chaplaincy colleague who was an Australian Spearfishing champion. He was so good he even won contests while his broken leg was in waterproof plaster. In 2007 he had been severely injured in a boating accident and lost the use of an arm and a leg and became a follower of Christ while in hospital recovering, having an amazing encounter with God. The Doctors said he should be dead many times over but here he is today, speaking around the state and country and being interviewed on TV.

We were discussing a lot of things when he asked me about experiences with the paranormal. Then he dropped a bombshell. Very strange things were afoot at his fathers house in Cronulla, only a kilometre down the road.

“At my mum and Dads house, they keep seeing someone walking around. At first they didn’t want to mention it to each other – in case the other thought they were going mad. Then they raised the subject – they had both been seeing a person darting through the house, going into rooms – but not like an intruder. They then asked each other if they had been ‘slapped’. They concurred that someone had slapped them across the face when no-one was around. Dad’s sister then said when she slept over, she was slapped across the face while in bed”.

“But it get’s worse. One day dad was asleep on the lounge and he woke up and couldn’t believe what he was seeing. He actually checked to make sure he wasn’t dreaming. A man stood in the corner of the room, in tights that at his shoulders became a hood that went over his head, but you could clearly see his face. The weirdest thing was, the hood actually was made to sit over two horns coming out of his head. The man had a smirk on his face, like he was saying ‘I have you now, I’ve got you now’. Dad was so scared he actually crapped himself, he had a bowel movement. In his fear he did something he was told as a child in the Greek Orthodox Church back home, to pray to Jesus for help. So he made the sign of the cross and in Greek said “Jesus help me” and whoosh, the guy just disappeared.

It’s tempting to go ‘right, let’s get down there and investigate’. But sometimes a lot of prayer is required. This realm is full of deception, anger and malevolent intent. Our team is going to stay in touch with the family while simultaneously praying and seeking wisdom from the scriptures. When you read books like 'The Demonologist' by world famous exorcists Ed and Lorraine Warren (Original Amityville Investigators) you realise that there is nothing like knowing you are spiritually covered during an investigation to protect you, your colleagues, the people you are helping and at times, your own family at home. The dangers to your emotional, spiritual and physical health are very real and only Jesus Christ has authority over the realm, as testified again and again in interviews.

Once again, we’ll keep you posted on this one as more information comes to light