Sunday, June 08, 2008

Among today's odd stories: Over thirty years ago, Jacqui Lester awoke to find an eight-inch-tall female fairy perched on the foot of her bed. To this day, Jacqui Lester is convinced the fairy was real. Does the age-old tradition of tales of fairies, gremlins, elves and such translate to the more modern "little greys" of extraterrestrial reports? Do we have an ingrained need to believe in and see such creatures? Meanwhile, Richard Thomas, in his "Room 101" at Binnall of America revisits a British sci-fi icon in Ghosts, Aliens, Yeti and the Late Great Nigel Kneale, Regan Lee at The Orange Orb displays The Watercolor Alien Ant, Loren Coleman at The Copycat Effect reports on the curious timing of the Akihabara Stabbing Spree, Anthony North of Beyond the Blog delivers an essay that tells How to Explain Knowledge, Greg Bishop at UFO Mystic points us to the Video of "Captured Alien" and Rick Phillips at The Heavy Stuff investigates the "real" meaning of recent perception research in Media Promotes 'Seeing the Future' 'Research'.

Those footprints found in volcanic ash in the Valsequillo Basin of Mexico, first reported in Footprints in the Ash and Footprints Show 1st Americans Came 25,000 Years Early? are now drawing some criticism. Of course, the usual trend is to discard any dates that don't fit the established consensus, so what are the chances the dating of these footprints will be accepted?

There have been tales of devilish children born through the ages, including the Jersey Devil, but in the "Big Easy" the story of the Bourbon Street Devil Baby reigns supreme. Is there any truth to the legend of the Bourbon Street Devil Baby that allegedly began in the early 19th century? Meanwhile, the Friends of EUP continue to probe the waters of life after death phenomena with a podcast Interview with Rebecca Ann Garrity and Michael Prescott offers Book Review (Part Two): Life After Death, by Jan W. Vandersande.

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