Paranormal round up 12 (Mag)

CREATURES

 

UK ARACHNID INVASION: Emma Craven from Bournemouth was rushed to hospital after being bitten by a false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) while cleaning her bathroom. She felt a sharp pain, her thumb turned red and then her whole hand swelled up. Two more false widows were found in the next door house. Residents of Upper Walthamstow and Bisterne Avenue in London were evacuated to rid the dwellings of an infestation of the false widow. A resident reported the spider’s presence to the council after finding one in his bathroom, he said: They’re horrible looking things. It really freaks you out to know you’ve got them in your flat.” After the residents moved back in they were dismayed to discover that the horrible looking spiders had not gone anywhere. Chris Lonergen found a false widow lurking in a corner of his house in Weymouth, He said: “I first became aware of it when I heard a noise while I was in the kitchen. I thought it was someone upstairs at first but when I looked up I saw a spider had trapped a bee. Stuart Hine, entomologist at the Natural History Museum, confirmed it was a false widow and said local populations have been known in Dorset for some time. Assistant conservation officer at Dorset Wildlife Trust Anna Muckle said it was a `really nice’ specimen. Meanwhile in Fraddon, Cornwall, Craig Broad found one of the venomous spiders in his garage, he reported: “I looked around and just briefly saw a huge spider retract back into a dark crevice holding a bluebottle. I spent the rest of my weekend in the garage trying to identify it. When I read they appear to be the UK’s most venomous spider, I was impressed not scared.” Jan Crawford of Donegal cannot now sleep at nights after discovering “a large jet-black spider, with very thick legs,” in a bunch of bananas which she had bought from the local Manorcunningham super market. Her husband managed to capture it in a bin and put it outside, and as far as she knows it is still there, as no one has been to collect it! Donna Hopkins spotted a pair of large hairy legs in her vegetables she had just bought from her local Somerfield’s in Coventry.  She quickly grabbed the package and placed it into a Tupperware box. The spider was later identified as the dangerous Tube Web Spider from mainland Europe. A  Halifax man found a highly venomous Brazilian wandering spider in his bananas he purchased from Asda.  Local Leeds couple found a tarantula in Roundhay Woods, which they managed to capture using a stick and a plastic tub. Meanwhile in Essex a couple found a nest of tarantula eggs attached to their Asda bananas. Heather Underwood found what she believed to be a dead tarantula in the street near her home in Bristol. Whiskey workers in Alloa were disgusted at their employers who told them to be vigilant after finding five deadly black widows in the space of a week. A British Airways plane bound for London was grounded at Edinburgh Airport after a passenger reported seeing a tarantula craw under his seat. The plane was fumigated but no spider was found. Two venomous wasp spiders have been found in the last few weeks, one in Canterbury and the other in Norfolk. Scientists say that the exotic spider explosion in the UK is due to global warming. (Source: Bournemouth Echo, This is Local London, Dorset Echo, This is Cornwall, Derry Journal, The Morning Star, Bristol Post, Halifax Courier, Aberdeen Express, Kent News, Yarmouth Mercury – October / November 2009).

EUROPEAN PNATHER: Big Cats in Britain correspondent Myriam Trausch sent the group prints from the recent sightings in Europe, she reports: “The large black cat has been seen in Belgium, France as well as in Luxembourg. It seems to wander around in the border territory of our three countries. In the past week there have been sightings of the cat in a field in-between two luxembourgish villages called “Mamer” and “Bertrange”. I went on the search myself with a friend in-between Mamer and Bertrange and thought that the cattle would behave strangely. The entire group of cattle run up to us as if they would be afraid? As I continued with my car, they all followed us?” According to recent news reports the cat or cats seen are “black and as big as a deer”, one Belgian witness states that the cat he saw was 1m 20 long and 80cm in height.  (Source: Myriam Traucsh and Big Cats in Britain).

OAK CREEK PRINT: Tom Dongo reports on the Church Ufology blog: “I was out for a walk along Oak Creek above Chavez Ranch, (USA). On a  sandbar I found four or five perfect, five-toed footprints deeply  embedded in wet sand. They were in an area often frequented by people, so I at first discounted any real significance to the finding. On the sandbar were two different sets of perfectly clear, bare  footprints. My hiding boot is a size 11 and is exactly 12 inches long and 4 inches wide at the ball. My boot fit entirely inside the larger track without touching any part of the outside of it. The track itself was about fifteen inches long and at least six inches wide. Whoever-or whatever-made it must have weighed between 300 and 400 pounds. I weigh nearly 200, and my boot made only a slight impression on the 
surface of the sand. The 15-inch track was at least 1-1/2 inches deep in the sand. The other nearby track was very narrow and nearly as long as the 15-inch track and had an extremely long big toe. Judging by the depth of the track, the person must have weighed about the same as I do. (Source: Tom Dongo http://thechurchofufology.blogspot.com: 4^th October, 2009).

GIANT SNAKES: The U.S Geological Biologists Surveys have recently published a report detailing nine species of non-native boas, anacondas and pythons thriving in the USA. The report alludes that human life could be in danger in some circumstances. The risk is compared to that of humans and alligators. Co-author of the report Robert Reed said: “This report clearly reveals that these giant snakes threaten to destabilize some of our most precious ecosystems and parks, primarily through predation on vulnerable native species.” (Source: discovery.com 15^th October 2009).

CHAMP: Two minute mobile phone footage was taken by Eric Olsen of a creature in Lake Champlain on the USA/Canada border, is said by some to be the best evidence for the existence of ‘Champ’ to date. In mid October the witness took the footage near Oakledge Park, Burlington, and reports: “I was just filming the water when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw something move, and I turned toward it and tried to zoom in on it. You can see that it is moving horizontally, across the water, and vertically, going under the surface and coming back up. It struck me as something that was long, that it didn’t have much girth.” Loren Coleman is reported as saying: “What Olsen filmed with his phone is the best photographic evidence to date of what residents on both sides of Lake Champlain prefer to call ‘Champ.’ We need to figure out what is going on here. The film needs to have a formal forensic analysis performed … to break  it down frame by frame. It needs to be looked at very seriously.” (Source: YouTube cryptomudo.com Phantoms & Monsters: 18^th October 2009).

FLYING CRYPTID: Lon Strickler of the website Phantoms & Monsters received the following report: “We were in Pacific, MO, tonight around 11:30 PM and noticed a massive flying creature, not once but three times. My son even noticed it on his own the third time. We were near a large cliff/mountain with some type of cave openings. We don’t live in the area, I can say for sure we turned onto a road called Viaduct Road, went past a fire station and continued on for about 1 mile before we first noticed it. It was brownish/grey and the body portion was at least the size of a large adult human. This creature was tracking us – in a circle pattern. We were driving an Escalade with the blue color headlights and this may have caused interest in us. The third time around we viewed it in front of the vehicle, around the driver side and around towards the rear of the vehicle. The factory tinted windows did help it vanish into the sky from our point of view. Please understand when we could see it the range must have been about 150 feet in the air, not more than 250 feet. The distance was never less than 100 yards, often much greater. We were going about 35- 45 MPH.” (Lon Strickler of the website Phantoms & Monsters: 26^th October 2009).

WILD HAIRY CREATURE: Two buses containing high school student members of the Regional Children’s Choir were returning to Baradine from a camp-fire evening at Odell’s Crossing,  near Pilligia Forest, NSW. As the first bus approached Odell’s Crossing the driver, Daisy Mathews, saw something that “ resembled a strange human being moving behind trees.” She reported: ““It seemed to be confused and dazzled by the headlights. We were travelling very slowly, but it all happened so quickly and I still wonder if I was seeing things! However, most of the kids said they had seen something, but there was such a lot of commotion and noise which really must have scared the creature away.” The second driver did not see any details and would only comment that there had been ‘someone’ on the track. But a thump on the side of his bus as they passed unnerved him and his passengers. Mathews describes the creature as a “wild looking hairy figure. Sightings of the Yowie have a long history in the area. (Source: Coona Baraban:  29^th October 2009).
MULE SOUL: A rancher on the outskirts of Loreto in Argentine claims his cattle are being attacked by El Almanula (the Mule Soul), he claims that several of his pigs have had their liver, tongues and hearts eaten out. (Source: Inexplicata: 15^th October 2009).

SUNKEN EYES: A woman who remains anonymous has had a second encounter with a strange and terrifying creature in La Pampa, Argentina. On the 20^th of October at 20.00hrs she was just entering her house when she noticed a strange presence in her living room. The being placed a hand on her arm which later left behind scars, “At that moment I felt myself losing strength and fainting,” she said. The family estimate that the woman had remained unconscious for at least 20 minutes, and when found she was having some kind of nervous breakdown. Various items of furniture were strewn over the floor. Her dog was found cowering under furniture. The being is described as standing nearly 2 meters tall. “Slender but very strong,” the witness reports. “Its eyes appear sunken into its face”, but that they emanate a sensation of “tenderness.” An ape-like nose and a mouth which was a thin line, “its skin was greenish or dark grey, and with folds that give the impression of wrinkles. The witness believed the entity had five fingers. (Source: CEUFO and Planeta UFO: 25^th October 2009).

 

Do we have a Bearcat Roaming Strathearn?

Do we have a Bearcat Roaming Strathearn?
By Lynn Duke

FOLLOWING last week’s Strath-earn Herald report of “big cat” sightings in the area, two new theories have been put forward as to what the mysterious creature with the long tail is.
Neill Aitken from Comrie doesn’t dispute eye witnesses’ claims but says the animal people are seeing is not a panther, puma or jaguar – it is a binturong or bearcat.
And, Mr Aitken has not only seen the Comrie creature clearly at close range but is very familiar with it, having encountered binturongs when he worked in the Far East where they are not uncommon.
He has also spent time in the jungle, which is the burly mammal’s natural habitat, and would often see them on the edge of oil palm plantations where they would come to forage for kernels.
His sighting closer to home came on a sunny afternoon last year when he was out walking. “ It was at the back of Tullichettle,” he said. “My dog was fossicking around some bales in the field about 10 yards away when I realised there were now two black animals in front of me. The thing the dog had put up ran up the bank and jumped on the fence post where I got a good look at it before it jumped onto the road in front of a car. It gave the fellow in the car a real fright as he had to brake to avoid it. He was really shaken by what he had seen.
“The thing had got up virtually under my feet and I was pretty sure I knew what it was but checked with the countryside ranger anyway. She went on to the computer. I didn’t tell her what it was but described it to her and she came up with a binturong which is what I had expected.”
Mr Aitken says the animal is easy to recognise and his first thought was that it had escaped from the nearby Auchingarrich Wildlife Park. However, he was met with some disbelief when he reported it and was told that it wasn’t from there. “I haven’t mentioned last year’s sighting before now as you get all sorts of comments when you tell people things like that,” he added.
Neither a bear nor a cat, binturongs belong to the same family as the civet. They have long, thick curling tails, which they use to climb trees and which fits with many of the descriptions people have given of their “big cat” experience.
They are omnivores which would also explain the lack of evidence that sceptics sight as a reason to disbelieve the panther and puma claims – i.e no sign of their kills.
The arboreal animal’s natural habitat is the Asian forest and their diet consists of fruit, eggs, shoots, leaves and small animals, such as mice and birds. It is about 24 to 38 inches long with coarse, thick, black fur and its bushy prehensile tail is as long as its body.
In some areas of Malaysia it has even been tamed and is reported to make an affectionate pet.
Local gamekeeper Richard Eadington also contacted the Herald this week with his take on the strange sightings. He has encountered “the big cat of Comrie” on numerous occasions and says he knows exactly what it is.
“It’s a large dog otter,” he told the Herald. “And he’s a big bruiser.
“He plays about the fields and spends a lot of time on open ground and in the Ruchil. When he comes out of the water he’s very black from being wet. He’s got a broad head and a sweeping tail and could easily be mistaken for a big cat.”
So, is it a cat or a dog or something else entirely? If you think you know what the curious creature is email lduke @s-un.co.uk or call the Strathearn Herald office on (01764) 656501.
Strathearn Herald: 16th October 2009

Surge of Capybara Sightings Reported in Barnet

Surge of Capybara Sightings Reported in Barnet
RUMOURS of a giant rodent roaming across Totteridge has prompted a spate of new sightings.
A capybara, known to be the largest living rodent in the world, was spotted scampering across fields near Darlands Lake on September 20.
Following a report of this sighting in the Times Series last week, several readers have stepped forward to claim they too have caught a glimpse of the 140-pound, 3ft-long creature.
Chris Scollo, 37, from Nethercourt Avenue, Finchley, spotted the barrel-chested beast near Darlands Lake in early August.
He said: “I saw its side and back, but not its face, as it quickly ran away into the undergrowth along the Folly Brook, about 500m downstream from Darland Lake.
“I assumed it must have been a deer, but was confused by this because I’ve never seen deer in the Dollis Valley before, and I’ve been running there for years.
“It didn’t look much like any of the deer species one would expect to find in southern England, such as a fallow deer, and it didn’t run like a deer.
“It never occurred to me until I read the article in the paper that it might be a capybara.”
A pensioner from Mays Lane, who did not wish to be named, believes she saw the South American rodent last Thursday while walking her dog over fields in Ducks Island, off Mays Lane, in Totteridge.
She said: “I had no idea what it was at the time, but after reading the article in the Times, I googled it and viewed a video of a zoo in Japan where monkeys were filmed riding on the back of a capybara, and I realised that was possibly what I saw.
“It scared me at the time, I have to admit, but I am somewhat relieved that it wasn’t a carnivorous wild animal.”
Paul Winston, 55, from Sunnyfield, Mill Hill, is equally convinced he caught sight of the shy beast, which has slightly webbed feet and a blunt muzzle, back in July.
He was driving along Barnet Lane at the boundary of Barnet and Hertfordshire at around 9.30pm when he caught something capybara-shaped in his headlights.
“I was driving along the road and saw an animal,” he said. “My first instinct was that it was a fox, but then it caught the light and I thought: ‘What on earth is that?’
“It was too big to be a rat, too fat to be a fox and it didn’t look like any sort of dog.
“It looked a bit like a really small deer. It was very interesting looking. I was watching for maybe three seconds when it shot into the undergrowth.”
Have you spotted the Barnet beast scampering across fields near you? If so, please contact Rebecca Lowe at rlowe@london.newsquest.co.uk or 07795 305271.
Barnet & Potters Bar Times: 5th October 2009

Bob Rines

For those interested in the Loch Ness phenomena, you will certainly have heard of Bob Rines who has sadly died. A nice write up by Loren Coleman at cryptomundo http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/rines-obit/ Shaun……………………..

Paranormal Magazine Round up

CREATURES

TINKER BELL VISITS CROYDON: Phyliss Bacon has just released a photograph that she took in 2007, and she is convinced it shows the image of a fairy fluttering in her garden tree.  She said: “I think it must be a fairy, no one I’ve shown the photos to have come up with any plausible explanation as to what the figure is. Looking back, I think there was a fungi fairy ring in the garden at the time I took the picture, but I don’t really know what to make of it all. To be honest, I don’t know what it is and I’m keen to listen to anyone’s suggestions. But until someone can tell me otherwise I’m going to go on thinking it’s a fairy” Mrs Bacon never saw the fairy when she snapped the picture but later saw it when the film was developed. Less romantic souls say that the image shows nothing more than the reflection of security lights from the houses opposite. The picture can be seen at http://www.dailymail.co.uk
LYNX IN FIFE: Bob Wallace, BCIB representative for Fife has been chasing up three separate reports of a lynx-like cat in Fife, Scotland, in recent weeks. It was first spotted near Culcross by a man looking out of his kitchen window. He describes the animal as a sand-coloured cat with a white under-belly, around three or four feet in height and up to two and a half feet tall. The second sighting was by a police wildlife liaison officer who spotted the animal on the A909 Mossmorran. One more report of the animal led Mr Wallace to believe that a lynx may be in the area, and is now appealing for more witnesses. Bob said: “I would think at that size, we’re talking about a fully grown beast. Lynx are solitary animals and don’t really hunt in groups. They’re lone predators and that’s what makes us think these are all of the same animal, given the time frame and the area.” Big cats are still being reported from the country, several new pictures have come in but unfortunately nothing clear. Bones found in Lancashire claimed to have come from a big cat and a road kill what initial reports are saying is a lynx. Nigel Spencer of the Rutland & Leicestershire Panther Watch group has just passed the footage onto Big Cats in Britain. (Source: Scottish TV News: 8th October 2009, Nigel Spencer RLPW & BCIB).
MOTHMAN RETURNS: A witness who wishes anonymity was driving Northbound on the Gudson Drive, Stow, Ohio, when just passing under the RT8 overpass bridge near Applebees restaurant on the 14th of September he saw a “9-10ft tall solid black entity standing on the southbound side of the road. No discernible head or facial features noticed. Duration approx. 5-10secs. Distance approx 15-20′ from his vehicle.” The report continues: “Witness had the feeling the entity was watching him and was “there” for him only. No other vehicles/persons present during sighting. Immediately after turning his head back to the road, he looked in rearview mirror, entity no longer visible. Did not see entity depart or disappear. Witness became extremely upset and scared. Felt that he paled, and his eyes began to water uncontrollably. The following day on his way home, as he neared the RT8 overpass, this time driving over the bridge he went under the day before, as he approached the bridge area, his eyes began to water uncontrollably once again, as he drove over the bridge and his eyes continued to water, until he passed beyond the bridge, then his eyes began to clear up.”  (Source: The Munroe Falls Paranormal Society).
SHADOW PEOPLE: More and more people are reporting their experiences with these mysterious entities, what are they, ghosts, aliens, inter-dimensional beings or figments of an overactive imagination.  Tabby recalls the time she was staying at her boyfriend’s house, in an undisclosed USA location,  when alone upstairs in the bedroom a large black human figured shape leaped from one side of the room to the other, she reports: “I was sitting on the bed, facing one of the walls when suddenly an enormous dark shadow seemed to leap from one side of the room to the other, as if it was jumping from one wall to the next, and then “hit” the lamp, knocking it over with a loud crash. I screamed and my boyfriend came running upstairs asking me what I did. Of course, I indignantly told him it wasn’t me; it was the weird shadow-thing. He angrily told me to stop lying and I helped him clean up the broken light bulb.” Typical of the reports are that of a family who recently moved in to their New Jersey home, from day one they saw the fleeting glimpses of the black human-like figures. None of the children liked the home, and the house had an oppressive feel as though they were constantly being watched. One witness reports on the Mothman.com list: “Has anyone else been seeing an unusual amount of shadow creatures? I don’t know what is going on in our neighbourhood, but we’re seeing lots of them, and we’re even seeing them in the daylight, which we haven’t before.” (Source: Mothman.com – Stephen Wagner, September 2009).     
TRANSLUCENT BEINGS: Recently a women in Wisconsin, USA, saw three “translucent beings sitting in trees outside her window.” The time was 10am when the beings appeared, she was rooted to the spot as she watched them. The reports says “Each entity was somehow attaching itself to the tree four feet off the ground.” They were six inches wide and about 1ft tall, extremely long arms with cone shaped faces and noses. Looking monetarily away and back the beings had then gone as mysteriously as they had arrived. The witness’s boyfriend later saw them but this time they were riding on a “form of platform busying themselves at a control panel.”  Two days later they saw one of the beings in the same tree. (Source: MUFON 4th October 2009).
NORMANDY NESSIE: Extract from a letter to the Tampa Bay Weekly, Florida, USA. “I must share this visual sighting with everyone since it has happened two times now on the Madeira Beach. The last time was a week ago and it came out of the water further than previously and I could estimate the girth that came out of the water at 12 to 15 inches in diameter. It continued its roll seemingly for a long time and it had to be 12 to 15 feet in length judging by the roll time. It was brown on top with mottled brown and yellow lower side. It finally flipped its tail before disappearing and it was a flat, lamprey like vertical caudal fin an estimated 9 to 10 inches maximum flare tapering to a point. I never saw the head and there was neither dorsal fin nor pectoral fins visible. After the first sighting I thought it might be a huge snake that someone turned loose, escaped or whatever because it did not roll as high out of the water so the size (girth) was not real evident although it was the same colour on back and sides from what I could see. It did not flip its tail that time so the weird shaped caudal fin was not visible.” (Source: Russell Sittloh Madeira Beach 8th October 2009).
HAIRLESS SLOTH: A mystery creature was allegedly beaten to death by a group of teenagers in Panama. The youths apparently spotted the monster crawling out of a cave near the town of Cerro Azul, north of Panama City. Frightened and fearing for their safety they attacked the creature with sticks as it moved towards them.  It is described as “hairless with a rubbery body and revolting features.” A hooked claw visible in the pictures led some crypto zoologists to believe that the creature could have been a sloth that in some way lost its hair. The teenagers returned and took photographs, since then the body has disappeared. Other possible identifications given are a dead dog, movie prop or a marketing stunt. (Source: Telemetro September 2009).

‘Wolf’ seen in park thought to be husky

Published Date: 27 August 2009

DOG wardens believe a “wolf” seen in a Lothians country park may actually have been a husky gone astray from its owner.
Police received reports of the sighting on Tuesday from a man, walking in Polkemmet Country Park, near Whitburn.

Keith McDowell, 38, said the animal’s size led him to believe it was a wolf, not a dog.

He described it as silver, with a black streak on its back and a bushy tail, prompting a police investigation and a call for farmers to be alert.

Pauline Sinclair, a dog warden with West Lothian Council, said: “I think it’s more likely this animal was a husky. People often use this area to let them run. Huskies are often described as looking like wolves.”

Scottish SPCA chief superintendent Mike Flynn confirmed it was unlikely the “wolf” had escaped to the park.

He said: “There are no licensed collectors of wolves in the central belt, so it is extremely unlikely that one has escaped and found its way to this area.”

Last Updated: 27 August 2009 9:05 AM

Source: Edinburgh Evening News

Location: Edinburgh

Related Topics: West Lothian

Is the Loch Ness monster on Google Earth?

A security guard claims to have spotted the Loch Ness monster while browsing Google Earth.

By Ben Leach
Published: 7:05AM BST 26 Aug 2009

This image of Loch Ness can be seen by entering coordinates Latitude 57°12′52.13″N, Longitude 4°34′14.16″W in Google Earth

The image, which can be seen on the satellite mapping program, depicts a large object resembling a sea creature clearly visible beneath the surface of the water.

Jason Cooke told The Sun he spotted “Nessie” while browsing the website’s satellite photos. Mr Cooke, 25, of Nottingham, said: “I couldn’t believe it. It’s just like the descriptions of Nessie.”

 Researcher Adrian Shine, of the Loch Ness Project, told the newspaper: “This is really intriguing. It needs further study.” The image can be seen by entering coordinates Latitude 57°12′52.13″N, Longitude 4°34′14.16″W in Google Earth.

Earlier this year it was reported that climate change may have killed the Loch Ness Monster. There have been “no “credible sightings” of Nessie for over a year.

Veteran American monster hunter Bob Rines thinks environmental conditions in the Highland loch have changed and can no longer sustain the elusive reptile.

Gary Campbell, of the monster’s official fan club, said: “I’m concerned. There have been none of the normal sightings that verify that Nessie and her family are still alive and well.”

The animal was first brought to the world’s attention in 1933. Since then there have been dozens of sightings, many of which have turned out to be hoaxes.

There have also been a number of searches for the creature. The most recent was in 2008 when scientists used sonar and underwater cameras in an attempt to find the animal.

(Source: Telegraph.co.uk – 26th August 2009)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6091308/Is-the-Loch-Ness-monster-on-Google-Earth.html

Paranormal Mag round up 9

Creatures

 

 

BIG CAT ROUND: MOD Police Officer Chris Swallow could not believe his eyes when he saw a giant cat on a rail track near Helensburgh, Argyllshire, in Scotland. He immediately took footage on his mobile phone while a friend took still photographs. The video was released in July, Big Cats in Britain had the footage in their possession for two weeks before this. Initial analysis shows this to be a very large animal indeed, and definitely feline. Shaun Stevens of BCIB said: “After size investigations the body is at least 3.5 feet in length, which does not include the long tail. This is one of the best pieces of footage to come out of Scotland. Meanwhile in Ayrshire the police launched a hunt for an animal, believed by them, to be a big cat, that caused severe injuries to a horse near the Sundrum Holiday Park near Coylton. Photographs have come from Aberdeenshire, Cornwall and Lincolnshire, prints from the Cannock Chase, Northampton, Aberdeenshire, and DNA samples from Wales are currently undergoing testing; in fact this has been a bumper month for reports coming into BCIB, far more than usual, ending with a vigil in a big cat hotspot at the end of the month in Leicestershire. (Source: Shaun Stevens, Big Cats in Britain, Simon King and PC Chris Swallow).

WINDERMERE MONSTER: A three foot wake startled swimmer Thomas Noblett sparking speculation that the 50ft serpent-like spotted in previous years is back.  Mr Noblett said: “We had gotten up early and Windermere was crystal clear. The lake was totally empty apart from us and all I could hear was the slapping of my arm against the water. All of a sudden this wave just hit us. Andrew said ‘where the hell did that come from?’ and it made the boat rock from side to side. It was like a big bow wave; a three-foot swell at least. There were two, as if a speed boat had sped past, but there were no boats on the lake. I always look forward to swimming in Windermere, now I’m starting to get the fear. Twice I have looked down and seen fish, but only small trout. The reeds sometimes scare you, because they suddenly appear like triffids.” Mr Noblett is swimming across the English Channel in mid October. He hopes to raise £10,000 for Richard Rose Central Academy in Carlisle and the Cyctic Fibrosis Trust. (Source: The Westmoreland Gazette: 23^rd July 2009).

BARNACLES: A strange living creature which frightened locals and holiday makers washed ashore  on the Gower Peninsula in Wales. It was a wrihting mass of tentacles which measured six feet from end to end, an unnamed zoology expert said it was “like something out of Doctor Who’. People flocked to the Oxwich beach to view the monster. But disappointed, they came away when scientists revealed that the fearsome tentacle creature was nothing more than “a seething mass of goose barnacles” brought to the shore by the recent bad weather. It was once believed in Wales that geese actually hatched from the barnacles, and a Welsh monk in the 12^th century claims he actually saw this happen! (Source: Daily Mail: 5^th August 2009).

WALKERWOODS RESERVOIR: Poachers in the Cheshire woods heard noises in the brush front of them, then their torches suddenly stopped working. Panic set in and they ran. They stopped several hundred yards away and could still hear the noises which seemed to be pursuing them.  They opened fire, they heard no sound, and then the noises began again, as though something was moving towards them, then “from the darkness came a huge dark figure. It was about seven feet tall and was completely black in colour, they could see no features, and the thing seemed to be absorbing the darkness, as if camouflaged in some way.” The poachers fled. (Source: Dave Sadler, Phenomena Magazine UPIA /  MAPIT August 2009).

OGOPOGO: On the 16^th of July Wendy Sanderson and two other witnesses were at the Okanagan Centre boat dock at 10.30hrs. Wendy wrote a letter to a local newspaper and said: “I feel compelled to let you know this exciting news story that should be documented for historical purposes. I know that this is interesting timing considering the recent findings concerning Ogopogo, but here is my true story. I am 41 years old and have lived in Kelowna since I was age four. Recently, I actually witnessed the most incredible sight in Okanagan Lake. From a distance, I saw a large snake-like creature at the surface of the lake for about three minutes.  It was probably 30 feet long and as it slithered across the lake, it made humps at the surface. I believe that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I shared with two other witnesses that I met on the dock at the Okanagan Centre boat launch.  We stood there together for that moment in absolute amazement. We do not have proof of this sighting, but we know what we saw and we shared it together.” A fisherman who also saw the creature was that surprised he dropped his fishing rod! Meanwhile Abdulaziz from Kuwait believes he has seen an image of Ogopogo on Google Earth and reports: “I stumbled upon this monster/snake/big fishing net thing that is about 280 meters long and could well be Ogopogo.” Images can be seen at http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2009/07/has-ogopogo-been-found-on-google-earth.html (Source: English People: 22^nd July 2009 & Phantoms and Monsters).

FLYING HUMANOIDS: What are said by some to be flying witches have surfaced again over the skies of Mexico, and have even been caught on video tape. One such video was taken by Daniel Sanchez Rosales, a resident of Mexico City, and he describes it as having humanoid features. It is said that the ‘creatures’ “seem to infest the skies over an old cemetery.”  The video was taken in February near the  Mexico City International Airport, at 6:50 a.m. in the Moctezuma district. The witness said the humanoid was facing them and seemed to be surveying its surroundings. Flying witches or the Williams X-JET? (Source: Phantoms & Monsters: 29^th July 2009).

BIGFOOT: On July the 10^th, a motorist had a near collision with a Bigfoot outside of Uniontown, in Fayette County. Pennsylvania.  The witness was driving at around 35mph at 18.00hrs when a figure ran out the side of the road on her left, she swerved to the right and missed the figure which she got a good look at, realising then that it was not a person. She describes the creature, which ran away, as “a dark coloured, hair covered man-like creature, at least 6ft tall. It walked on two legs, had a big elongated head, with wild looking hair.” The witness adds: “The neck looked strange because the head was big and the shoulders were wide. The face was mainly covered in hair, yet the area that was exposed appeared to be very white. There was hair coming out from all over the face, like that of a dog or a wolf. The nose was flat and dark, but was also mostly covered in hair. The mouth could not clearly be seen. The ears were not seen since they were covered with hair as well. The eyes were dark, possibly black in colour, wide set, and “wild looking.” There was “no iris, no whites.” Meanwhile in the Sierra National Forest, Nevada, an image was caught on trail cam which many believe to be a Bigfoot. Researcher Jeffrey Gonzalez said that several cameras were set up in the area and says of the image: “You can see features of a human face such as the nose, mouth and chin.  The arms on a bear, when standing, do not hang that far down. We also took measures on how high this thing was. According to the leaves and the branches that were covering the object’s face, the tape measure said it was between 8 and 9 feet tall. The same camera that took the picture of the object also took pictures of other objects such as black bear and deer, which does not resemble the object in any way.”  What is described as “a monstrous hand print was found on the back of a car in N Carolina About ten inches in length, there were no claw marks or prints in the area, it made the witness feel “eerie.” The witness also notes the dog was barking excessively during the night and acting strangely. (Source: Stan Gordon www.pabigfootsociety.com examiner.com July 2009).

PHANTASMAGORIA: Giant insects were spotted in Pennsylvania which looked like “giant caterpillars” crossing the road, it was seven inches long, segmented and looked like “some kind of grub.” The witnesses saw about seven of them at different intervals along the road.  Ten tourists on Chinas Kanas Lake, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, saw a one meter high water monster which left a ten meter wake. A reptilian humanoid was spotted in Maine, USA, what the witness calls “an amphibious alien” the creature has “skin like a salamander.” In the Ongamira Valley in Argentina, a photograph of two white figures outside a cave has been taken, said to be male and female. In Namibia locals in the Onheleiwa and Oidiva villages are suffering livestock depredations by an unknown predator that locals are convinced has something to do with witchcraft. The footprints of the animal “are bigger than a dog” and just vanished as if the creature disappeared into the air. Photographs of orbs showing a reptilian face inside were taken in Utah and sent to the website, Phantoms & Monsters. One orb is said to contain some “kind of probe.” (Source: ParanormalNews.com,  bigfootsightings.com, Phantoms & Monsters, www.newera.com)

Jogger Attacked by Buzzards

Joggers have been left bloodied and scarred following a spate of attacks by buzzards.

It is like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, with unsuspecting victims swooped on by avian attackers.

Stuart Urquhart, a solicitor from Bristol, was on holiday with his wife and two children in Helford, Cornwall, when he suffered three six-inch cuts to his head in a buzzard attack.

Mr Urquhart, 36, was jogging on a quiet lane near a river at around 9am, when he felt a searing pain in the back of his head before turning around to see a buzzard flying away.

He said: “I thought somebody had thrown some heavy sacking or carpet at me but I couldn’t see anyone. I carried on a few paces and then saw blood running down me and noticed a buzzard flying off into the trees.

“I have brown hair and I wasn’t sure if the buzzard had mistaken me for a big, slow rabbit, so I decided not to take any chances, and invested in a hat.”

Mr Urquhart, who was given a tetanus injection after the attack earlier this month, spotted the buzzard two days later on a telegraph pole. It swooped down with its talons out but Mr Urquhart managed to dive out of the way.

Last week, Paul Powell, a plasterer from Shurdington, Glos, was also attacked by a buzzard while out jogging.

Mr Powell, 38, suffered four puncture wounds to his scalp after a bird sunk its talons into his head.

He said: “I felt an almighty thud at the back of my head. At first I thought someone had hit me… and then I saw this big bird flying just above me. Then I felt a burning sensation and noticed there was blood dripping on to the ground.”

Mr Powell ran for cover, but the buzzard attacked him a second time. He was taken to hospital and also given a tetanus injection.

Ciaran Nelson of the RSPB said that it was very rare to see a spate of buzzard attacks.

“These are the only incidents of buzzards attacking humans we have heard of in the last year, so to have two in such a short period is exceptionally unusual,” he said.

“It is most likely that the birds are feeling territorial and are being extra defensive, as July and August is the period when their young will be starting to leave the nests.

Source and more info: Telegraph (uk).

 

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Creatures

STONE THROWING: In June Mark Fraser was contacted by a witness who claims that he and a friend saw “two ape men” on Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. They allegedly threw a stone at one of the witnesses who was hit on the arm, but he suffered no injuries. The witness, who wishes anonymity, said that the “ape-men” were “5ft tall with long shaggy hair and wearing some kind of clothing.” Investigations into the witnesses’ claims are on-going. (Source: Mark Fraser www.bigcatsinbritain.org June 2009).

BRITISH BIG CATS: Large felines are still being spotted in the country, quietly ambling through the countryside, and quietly investigated by dedicated researchers. One witness on Cannock Chase estimated the size of the black cat he saw in June to be at least three feet off the ground. Christopher Hall of Big Cats in Britain found prints belonging to a large feline on the shores of Loch Doon in Ayrshire, these are the first prints to have come from the county in several years, and the area is no stranger to sightings of large black cats. They have been spotted in Aberdeenshire, chased cyclists in Kent, killed rabbits in Northumberland and reportedly dined on sheep in Devon. (Source: Big Cats in Britain).

STRANGE BEINGS: On the 7^th of July an off duty police officer was driving towards Marlborough on the A4 passing Silbury Hill near the new crop circle that had recently appeared. He saw three “exceptionally tall beings inspecting the crop circle.” He stopped and watched them for a few minutes. They were all over 6ft tall, had blond hair and wearing one piece white suits, the hoods dropped back onto their backs. He shouted at them but they ignored him, he entered the field and then they “ran at an amazing speed to the south.” The police officer said: “I recognized that I could never catch up with them since they were exceptionally fast.” He looked momentarily away and they disappeared, the police officer became scared and left. (Source: ColinAndrews.net).

GIANT SNAKES: Mike Warner and his son Greg Warner after 23 years of research have photographed a giant snake in the Peruvian Amazon, according to some reports reaching a length of 40 metres, and two metres in diameter. It is reportedly dark brown in colour and known by the locals as ‘black boa’ or Yucumama, meaning ‘Mother of Water.’ Sightings of the creature abound in the area and are even said to be responsible for recently smashing through the house of an elderly couple.

On July the 1^st the Maine Warden Service in the USA received two sightings of a giant snake in the Rumford canal system, near Lewiston. The local police said that two people contacted them to report seeing a snake about 17 feet long enter the canal from behind a local store. Snake expert Robbie White believes it could be a red-tail boa or a Burmese python. Sightings are still continuing in the area. (Source: Ulster Star May, Sun Journal (USA) July).

BIGFOOT: Columbia police in Mississippi are investigating a spurt of Bigfoot sightings near the Pearl River, Columbia Waterpark. Police chief Joe Van Parkman believes they are hoaxes, and said: “an out-of-state organization had visited the area with specialized equipment for primate study and had found no evidence of anything unusual.” Detectives are following up leads and are appealing to the public for information. (Source: The Rankin Ledger, Mississippi June 2009).

RAINY SEASON: Weather officials in Tokyo declared that the rainy season is about to start, but villagers in the coastal town of Nanao want to know where the tadpoles are coming from. An office worker heard a thud, looked out and saw about 100 tadpoles in the car park. Other residents in Nanao reported the same phenomena. A local weather observatory official said. “People speculate that a waterspout picked them up and dropped them from the air, but from a meteorological point of view, I have to say it is most unlikely. We have checked the weather conditions of last week, thinking gusts of wind might have hit the area but confirmed no damage,” he said. “To be honest, I don’t think it was anything caused by a weather condition.” (Source: Yahoo News July 2009).

OREGON HUMANOID: On the 16^th of June a gentleman went outside for a cigarette at his Oregon home, when he saw a light in the sky, “flickers, flashes in both crescent shapes and orbs.” The witness said “As I watched this very lengthy light show, I was aware of a passing car. My dog then began to get unnerved and looked in the same direction as I was looking. As the car came closer down the road, across the street I noticed a pair of eyes as if an animal’s eyes were reflecting in the light, except they were a deep purple/indigo. As the car passed, I watched the spot where I had observed the eyes, and was shocked to see a whitish humanoid shape stand up and quickly walk into the neighbouring yard across the street.” His wife joined him at that point and saw the lights. The dog acted nervously throughout the experience. (Source: MUFON: 16^th June 2009).

MICHIGAN DOGMAN: Linda Godfrey reports that a new film of the Dogman has come to light and given to Steve Cook, Linda said the film is still under investigation, and could still be proven to be a hoax, “but if so it’s an extremely sophisticated and well done hoax.” The film was taken using an 8mm camera and found, allegedly, in an estate sale in the Lower Peninsula. Linda continues: “The film is grainy, blurry, shows a lot of nondescript landscape and begins with some ordinary shots of a lady chopping a log. It appears that the filmmaker saw the creature while riding in a truck, jumped out of the truck to shoot it, then was surprised by a side ambush and ended up with a view of the creature’s fangs and gaping maw — perhaps after the camera was tossed to the ground in haste as the filmer hustled back into the truck. (I think the mouth shots are the least convincing part of the film.) But the first stills that show the creature clearly indicate a canine-headed animal moving through knee-high undergrowth. It has pointed ears on top of its head and shoulders, which ordinary dogs (or bears or other quadrupeds) do not have. It turns and moves to one side, charging through the brush in a way that would be very difficult for a human to do. At one point it appears there is a long tail. (The video can be seen at http://naturalplane.blogspot.com).

ODDITIES AND OOPS: A one-in-a-million yellow lobster, named Fiona, was caught off the Canadian coast near Cape Cod. Meanwhile a 4ft alligator was discovered in Pine Lake, Indiana. It was first sighted a month ago and believed to be a discarded pet. Giant alligators have also been turning up in the USA, one at 28 feet was killed in Alabama, near Centre and Leesburg, and local residents had previously heard its bellowing in the night. An alligator estimated to be 25ft long, with an 11ft stag in its mouth was spotted and photographed from the air, 90 miles south of Birmingham, Alabama. (Source: The Times on-line, Google News,

BABY OGOPOGO: “A mysterious looking specimen” was found along the shores of Okanagan Lake, and tissue samples are currently being investigated by two scientists. The body was found by Dan Poppoff as he paddled his kayak near Lakeshore Road. For updates see www.cryptomundo.com by Loren Coleman. (Source: Daily Courier, July 2009).

 

 

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