I thought I’d share a link to a recent interview I did with Greg Bishop on his radio program Radio Mysterioso:

Interdisciplinary Paranormalistics

Greg is a good buddy, and we always enjoy discussing a wide variety of topics. In this interview, Greg and I run the entire gamut on a variety of strange subjects that range from modern Ufology to the current state of science and how it relates to unexplained phenomena. An enlightening conversation, with several fun and slightly silly moments to enjoy along the way.

Along with various mention of excursions to the North Pole having taken place this year, one group has made some headway in organizing an expedition to find an opening at the Earth’s point where Earth’s axis meets the surface in the Northernmost hemisphere. The team, whose website is OurHollowEarth.com, shares this vision of discovery with us at their website:

This proposed expedition would like to conduct some scientific observations in the Arctic that is hoped will resolve once and for all whether the hollow earth theory has any validity. The indigenous Eskimos believe there is a hole in the Arctic Ocean. Observations of several Arctic explorers of mirages of land in the Arctic indicate that the most plausible location for a north polar opening that leads into the interior of the earth is located at 87.7 N Latitude, 142.2 E Longitude. To check out this theory, a group of hollow earth believers and scientists would like to charter a Russian Nuclear Icebreaker into the Arctic sea.

The notion that “mirages of land” can be visible stem from a variety of interesting sources. Apparently, Russians were some of the earliest to claim to have sighted what was dubbed “Sannikov Land”, north of the New Siberian Islands. Sannikov Land, in essence, is regarded by most historians as a pseudo-historic “phantom island” that may have existed in the Arctic Ocean. Yakov Sannikov and Matvei Gedenschtrom made the initial claim during their 1809-1810 cartographic expedition to the New Siberian Islands. Being first to report the sighting of a “new land” north of Kotelny Island in 1811, Sannikov’s name was also given to the supposed land mass.
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I wanted to take a moment to direct readers over to the new blog page for one of Nick Redfern’s latest offerings, Science Fiction Secrets: From Government Files and the Paranormal:

Science Fiction Secrets

Here’s what the editorial reviews had to say:

ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR A HIGH STRANGENESS STEW: Mix two parts science fiction with one part high-level government secrecy. Add a liberal helping of the paranormal. Then let Nick Redfern heat and serve. The result is far, far stranger than anything that you could ever begin to imagine. SCIENCE FICTION SECRETS presents some mind-bending answers to a number of highly intriguing and thought-provoking questions, including: — Did the U.S. Government secretly assist Steven Spielberg in the production of his groundbreaking science fiction movies “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial”? — Why were special agents of the FBI so deeply interested in the life, career, and activities of science fiction author Philip K. Dick (of “Blade Runner” fame)? — How did “The X-Files” spin-off series “The Lone Gunmen” anticipate months in advance the terrible tragedy of 9-11?

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News of a strange “muck monster” has residents of West Palm Beach, Florida, buzzing… but true to Fortean factoid fame, there is a unique bit of synchronicity going on here also, involving a strange Bigfoot-like creature witnessed decades ago in a different locale bearing the same name.

At the website LagoonKeepers.org, several videos have been posted that depict what is being dubbed a “Muck Monster” (click here to visit the site and view the videos). “This appears to be one animal moving in this direction,” said Thomas Reinert, a Marine Biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “Nothing’s breaking the surface. Typically dolphins break the surface, sea turtles, manatee, a large school of fish… if it were a shark at that level you would see a fin.” Is the “Muck Monster” indeed a bizarre cryptozoological mystery, or is it more likely to be something a bit less glamorous?

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