Loch Ness
With Adrian Shine at the Loch Ness Exhibition Centre
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The Russian Space Shuttle
The Buran shuttle was a Russian orbital vehicle developed as a response to the US Space Shuttle which was suspected by Russia to have military capabilities, although their security advisors could not be sure of what that capability might be. The Buran completed one unmanned orbital mission in 1988 before the programme was cancelled in…
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Hermannsdenkmal
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP14pHjDryI&w=560&h=315] Located in the Teutoburg Forest in the Westphalia region of Germany the statue of Hermann (or Arminius as he was known to the Romans) commemorates the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in which the Germanic tribes under Arminius recorded a decisive victory against three Roman Legions in 9 AD. Known as “Hermann German”…
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South Carolina Beach Monster
A bizarre creature that washed ashore last week in South Carolina. (Discovery News) A bizarre creature that washed ashore last week in Folly Beach, S.C., sparked speculation in the area and on the Internet that a dead sea monster might have been discovered. The tan-brown animal with greenish patches was strange enough, but what really…
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Washington Swimming Pool Phantom
As far as ghost stories go, the one they tell at Arlington’s Overlee Community Pool is spine-tingling: A young girl in Victorian garb, appearing in the window of a 100-year-old house that sat on the property. Patrons sometimes hear odd bumps and noises or wander into inexplicable cold patches there. Now, as construction crews are…
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Shoe shop haunted by ‘ghost’ of Luftwaffe pilot
Scared Sophie Dack-Stainer has been left trembling by the spooky soul haunting the shoe shop she runs. In November 1940 a German Luftwaffe plane crashed into Stainer’s cobblers in Poole, Dorset, killing the three pilots on board. Now, 72-years-later, an estranged WWII Nazi called Heinz haunts the store, scaring workers and customers alike. The shop,…
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Phantom Sweet Thrower
Security cameras at the IGA supermarket in Adelaide caught a packet of sweets being thrown after the store had closed and no one was about. The shop owner, Norman Hurst, is convinced that a sweet-toothed ghost is to blame. Mr Hurst said “I think it’s pretty cool actually – it hasn’t done anything nasty.” Mr…
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Australian Spider Invasion
After the recent severe floods, masses of spiders have been forced to seek new accomodation in and around Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. The normally solitary wolf spiders have congregated in their thousands and moved from their ground-based homes to seek higher, drier ground by spinning their webs above ground. [slideshow]
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Red Panda v Pumpkin
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‘Face of Jesus’ on Barn Conversion
Sam Dalby, a self-employed painter and decorator, uncovered a face of Jesus Christ on a wall while working on a barn conversion. The face of Jesus, as uncovered by decorator Sam Dalby Photo: CASCADE The Telegraph – 6:50AM GMT 16 Mar 2012 The 37-year-old discovered the image hidden behind a stereo unit at the property in…
