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Dan Aykroyd, famous for so many a funny moment, probably wouldn’t come across as the type of person who is interested in the paranormal, let alone UFOs or Aliens! But he is, and has been for years.
And to prove it, he has brought out a DVD called Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs. The DVD is basically a conversation between Aykroyd and UFO expert David Sereda interspersed with footage of unexplained objects in flight and comments from experts like former astronaut Gordon Cooper.
“My recommendation is to skip through me and get to the film footage, the digital images,” says Aykroyd. “This is where the whole thing starts to become more credible,” talking about footage of unidentified flying objects from around the world.
[inspic=15,right,,thumb]Up to 25 people where injured at this years annual Cheese Chase at Cooper’s Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire (UK).
Some 3000 spectators watched this years event, cheering on contestants from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the United States, as they raced 200 metres down a steep slope after the wheel-shaped Double Gloucester cheese, decorated in a blue and red ribbon.
Out of the 25 people hurt, 12 were spectators, one of whom was hit by one of the hard, dinner-plate-sized cheeses used in the race.
[inspic=29,right,,0]It has been over 4 years since Hollywood resident and Rock and Roll Historian Brett Meisner first noticed a strange image in the background of a photo taken of him at the gravesite of former Doors’ front man Jim Morrison at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France. After having the photograph and original negative analyzed by dozens of paranormal and photographic experts, there is still little explanation as to how or why the ghostly image appeared in the photo. Some believe it is a forgery, while others simply think it is just a ray of sunlight playing an odd trick on the human eye. For Brett Meisner, the photo has become a black cloud of bad luck hanging over his head, and he is now looking for a way to get rid of this infamous and very controversial piece of rock and roll history.
Brett Meisner barely recalled the 1997 candid graveside photo shoot when an assistant showed him the photo in 2002, pointing out the clearly visible iconic image of Jim Morrison in the background. “I have collected a lot of rock memorabilia over the past few decades so I figured he was playing a joke on me,” explains Meisner. “But once we found the negative and made larger prints, it was quite clear to all of us that we had something odd and unique on our hands.”
[inspic=30,right,,thumb]There just has to be a Cryptozoologist out here somewhere!
Lets face it, if there really are unknown creatures, even presumed extinct animals still out there – hiding from the intrepid Cryptozoologists, and I guess they must be hiding, as no, notable Cryptid has ever been found! So why do the Cryptozoologists bother?
Why do they go to such lengths to try and prove the existence of something when it obviously doesn't want to be found?
Especially when the moment something is discovered, it instantly ceases being hidden or even Cryptid, and falls straight out of the realms of Cryptozoology, and lands with a 'slap-across-the-face' into the lap of traditional Zoology. Something most Cryptozoologists hate with the same amount of passion as they have for actually believing in the existence of something in the first place!
Of course, it will continue to be talked about in Cryptozoology circles, and always used as an example, even an argument to defend those who actively spend their time, their every waking minute researching and pursuing the next mystery beast. But why?
Because they can? Because they want to?
Today is Book Review Day here at Cryptoworld. Hope you enjoyed the first On the Trail of Ancient Man, this is our second…
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The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England’s Legends, from Spring-heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys
by Jennifer Westwoo & Jacqueline Simpson.
It appears to contain almost every myth, legend and ghost story ever told in England…a wonderful dipping book.
The Lore of the Land gathers together the stories, many of them hundreds of years old, that have been passed down from one generation to the next. With each retelling, fact and fiction, tradition and superstition have become ever more interwoven, and these tales have become an integral part of England’s heritage. This magnificent new survey uncovers the real – and imagined – reasons why families such as the Berneys of Reedham and the Lytteltons of Hagley bore a red hand in their coat of arms, it explores the origins of the Cumberland story of the ‘Luck of Edenhall’, and it speculates whether Sweeney Todd, the ‘Demon Barber of Fleet Street’, ever really existed. It also sets out to explain why similar stories crop up so frequently in different places – whether accounts of supposedly bottomless lakes, or phantom coaches, or mysterious subterranean passages. And, from all over England, it brings together the legends that surround such figures as Oliver Cromwell, St George and the murderers of Archbishop Thomas à Becket.
Today is Book Review Day here at Cryptoworld. I’m not sure where the idea came from, but I thought it would be useful to point out a few weird and wonderful books on Adventure Travel, Cryptozoology, Myths, Lost Legends and the like…
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First up, On the Trail of Ancient Man,
by Roy Chapman Andrews.
From a Cryptozoology point of view, On the Trail of Ancient Man appears to contain the first account of the Allghoi Khorkhoi, the Mongolian Death Worm.
On the Trail of Ancient Man is primarily a narrative by Roy Chapman Andrews on his fieldwork as leader of the Central Asiatic Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History. In response to many requests for a collected account of his experiences during the expedition, Andrews recounts his adventures throughout Mongolia in the 1920s. He explores Asia, in search of the origins of Ancient Man, as well as the continent’s archaeological past. This is less an attempt at relaying the full scientific significance of their discoveries, and more an overview of the most important thoughts and ideas.
[inspic=45,right,,thumb]South Africa’s News 24 web site was bombarded by 30,000+ visitors over the weekend after it published a story of an alleged UFO crash off the coast of Port Shepstone (see map).
Witnesses, including pupils and teachers at a school sports event, even fishermen were convinced they saw an Unidentified Flying Object crash into the just behind the breaker line.
Some witnesses even claim to have seen flames and smoke coming from the object. One reliable source (News 24 words not mine), who was on a nearby hill overlooking the sea, said the object trailed smoke behind it, and even after crashing, a column of smoke was visible for several minutes.
[inspic=54,right,,thumb]The Space Shuttle Discovery has been moved onto its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, as part of its preparations for a July lift-off.
Mounted on the Mobile Launcher Platform and carried by the mammoth crawler-transporter, Discovery emerged from the assembly building, and was moved the 4.2 miles at less than one mile an hour, arriving at the launch pad early Friday evening.
This mission will continue the evaluation of flight safety procedures, including shuttle inspection and repair techniques. It also will deliver more supplies and cargo for future station expansion.
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[inspic=27,right,,thumb]This week, the Egyptian geologist Dr Aly Abd Barakat visited central Bosnia, to give his views on the hills that amateur archaeologist Semir Osmanagic claims are 12,000 year old pyramids. After visiting all three sites, named by Osmanagic as the Bosnian Pyramids of Sun, Moon and Dragon, Dr Aly Abd Barakat said the hills did appear to be primitive human-made pyramids of uncertain age.
Huge stone blocks have been found at the sites and it was Dr Baraket's conclusion, that they were made manually and polished in a similar way to those of the Egyptian Pyramids. The purpose of polishing is believed to reflect sun light, making the Pyramids visible from a great distance.
