December 2010
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Legend and Legacy of the Slender Man
One of two recovered photographs from the Stirling City Library blaze. Notable for being taken the day which fourteen children vanished and for what is referred to as “The Slender Man”. Deformities cited as film defects by officials. Fire at library occurred one week later. Actual photograph confiscated as evidence. Photographer Mary Thomas, missing since June 13th, 1986.
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Total Lunar Eclipse Monday Night
For a few hours on the night of Dec. 20 to Dec. 21, the attention of tens of millions of people will be drawn skyward, where the mottled, coppery globe of our moon will hang completely immersed in the long, tapering cone of shadow cast out into space by our Earth. If the weather is clear, favorably placed skywatchers will have a view of one of nature’s most beautiful spectacles: a total...
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Woman Has Bizarre 'No Fear' Condition
A woman who knows no fear because of damage to a key emotion centre in her brain is lucky to be alive, scientists said today. The US woman, known only as SM, lives in a poor and dangerous neighbourhood and has been the victim of numerous crimes. She has shrugged off being held at knife and gunpoint, death threats, and assaults, and was once nearly killed by an act of domestic violence. Yet even...
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Police's Guide for arresting Witches - Rebecca... →
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This really got to me. But I like to share these things, it’s not all fun and worshipping I guess. We have to see what goes on outside, too. This is a perfect example of how people’s refusal to understand can lead to total… rubbish.
The article itself actually isn’t too bad, but the comments sure are! The pictures used are a bit inappropriate too… ~ KC
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Hindu Temple Desecrated in a Time of Growth
For the second time this year Greenville, North Carolina’s Hindu Temple has been broken into and vandalized. Stealing nothing, the vandals seemed content with desecration, smashing the shrine and altar, and overturning the murti (divine images).
“It looks very odd. My first impression was that they must have stolen something, but looking at the shrine of worship, it appears they just came in...
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Naked Ghost Hunter in Mississippi Cemetery
A man photographed naked in a Mississippi cemetery says he didn’t mean anything crazy by it, he was trying to capture pictures of spirits, or do orb photography. The man, 47 year-old Robert T. Hurst, of 208 Mitchell St., said he was in the cemetery conducting his year-long hobby, orb photography, which is capturing circles of light at night, some of which appear to be faces. As for why he was...
oedipalpedestal asked: so, i've been meaning to ask a professional about this.
the other week, my friend and i were sitting in my room at 2 in the morning. we were completely silent, when a sword in my room fell down onto my floor. now, the sword is placed inside a coffee cup and resides at a 45 degreee angle in the corner of my room. somehow, the sword managed to fall out of the cup, without the cup...
the other week, my friend and i were sitting in my room at 2 in the morning. we were completely silent, when a sword in my room fell down onto my floor. now, the sword is placed inside a coffee cup and resides at a 45 degreee angle in the corner of my room. somehow, the sword managed to fall out of the cup, without the cup...
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El Caganer - The Catalan Christmas Crapper
In Catalonia, as well as in the rest of Spain and in most of Italy and Southern France, the traditional Christmas decoration is a large model of the city of Bethlehem, similar to the Nativity scenes of the English-speaking world, but encompassing the entire city rather than just the typical manger scene. The Catalans have added an extra character that is not found in the manger scenes of...
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Cornell Study on PSI
In a series of experiments, Cornell psychology professor Daryl Bem has demonstrated “numerous ‘retroactive’ psi effects – that is, phenomena that are inexplicable according to current scientific knowledge” among hundreds of Cornell students. As the BPS Research Digest summarizes: “Take priming, the effect whereby a subliminal (i.e. too fast for conscious detection) presentation of a word...
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Kids are getting high on a common household spice...
TAMPA, Fla. - There are new concerns for parents, as a common household spice is now being abused by teenagers to get high. Video of kids smoking, eating and drinking large quantities of nutmeg to get high can be found all over YouTube.com.
According to various online reports, Nutmeg contains Myristicin, a compound that can cause euphoria and hallucinations. Potential side effects from...
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Jim Morrison Pardoned by Charlie Crist
The late Dionysian rocker/poet Jim Morrison has been pardoned of his 1970 indecent exposure charges by outgoing Florida governor Charlie Crist, calling the conviction a “blot” on his record. This move was blasted by Morrison’s widow, author and Celtic Pagan Patricia Kennealy Morrison.
The pardon isn’t enough for Patricia Kennealy Morrison, who says she married Morrison in a ceremony that was...
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Metaphysical Store Vandalized in Alaska
By Brielle Schaeffer | Peninsula Clarion
‘Tis the season for peace and good will — not vandalism.
One Soldotna business owner was not so joyous when she arrived at her store Thursday to find a large wooden cross obstructing her sign.
Rondell Gonzalez, 45, owner of Pye’ Wackets, a metaphysical store on the Kenai Spur Highway, said she reported the incident to authorities.
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Jeweler Promote Pre-Rapture Sale
duluthnewstribune - Larry Falter, owner of Superior’s LTD Jewelers, hit upon a novel idea for his latest TV commercial — blending a storewide sale with his belief that the second coming of Jesus is near. After opening with the trumpeting of horns and a glimpse of a land assailed by fire and lighting, the 30-second ad shows Falter in his store, stating his belief that as he reads the news “we are...