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79The water Elephant and other Odd Elephants
The Water elephant is a cryptid alleged to live in the Congo. It has not been proved to exist. A second type of water elephant, no more than three inches high. has all the signs of being a hoax by persons unknown. There have also been reports of Man Eating Elephants but no authenticated cases are known.
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77Phantom Clowns
Phantom Clowns appeared worldwide ove a period of at least 30 years, causing panic but harming no one. No one was ever caught. In this they are like other mysterious strangers and assailants. If these clowns are in any sense real they need investigating and if they are group hallucination studying the phenomenon will teach us about ourselves
9 comments71Miscellaneous Mysteries
An occasionally updated summary of various mysteries and amusing occurrences mainly taken from the pages of Fortean Times
8 comments67Notes on the Phenomenon: encounters with strange beings
The late John Keel dubbed the capricious encounters with strange beings "the Phenomenon". At one time humans lived in a world of supernatural beings. Science eventually banished these as superstition but forget to tell the spirits, fairies and monsters. Some cases are outlined and a list of theories is given with comments on each theory. The possibility of multiple phenomena is also considered.
8 comments70Hoaxes and Hoax Hoaxes
When investigating anomalies the possibility of a hoax is never far away. Two cases are considered that show uncovering a hoax is not enough. The hoax itself must be shown to be genuine and not another hoax. The case of the rhinoceros that may have emerged from the ice and the yellow polka dot monster are reexamined in the light of being skeptical about explaining anomalous events as hoaxes even where a hoax appears to be the best solution
0 comments73The Ashtar Galactic Command puzzle: Hoax or..??
On 26th November 1977 at 5:10pm someone took over a local UK independent television channel using a transmitter at Hannington, Hampshire, for six minutes. The speaker claimed to be a representative of an “intergalactic association”. Only the...
7 comments83Ancient Mysteries, Advanced civilizations and technology
There is a widespread belief in ancient civilisations with advanced technologies unknown today. Even assuming there was an advanced civilisation with a technological path similar to modern civilisation the older such a civilisation the harder it would be to recognise it. Time would render most of the great technological achievements of the 20th century unrecognisable. Other technologies ( for example wood not metal based) could just vanish without trace.
4 comments66Individuality and Unity
Science says we are consciousness wrapped in packets of meat ( But does not know what consciousness is or how it arises. A common scientific response to this is to deny consciousness exists) . Isolated, single solitary save for the channels of...
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76The Brentford Griffin sightings and the West London Dragon
in 1984 people in Brentford, West London, saw a griffin flying over the borough. The local football team is the griffins and the local brewery is the griffin brewery. The mystery remains unresolved
8 comments75Mysteries of the Map of the maker: a 123 million year old map found in Russia?
An allegedly 123 million year old relief map of the Ural regions in Russia has been reported. Known as the Dashka stone it is supposedly made using technology not available before its discovery. Various reports of the stone have been examined and an attempt made to contact the discoverer and the university at which he was a lecturer. The result of the investigation is that while the stone exists its provenance is unclear and the interpretation of the stone is not conclusive.
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