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Bigfoot…

…and Wild Boy

Below is a link to an interesting short film I was sent via email, called The Orion Conspiracy:

http://www.dailymotion.com/related/x5uy68

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I’m excited to announce that my best pal in the whole world (seriously!) Joshua P. Warren will be on Coast to Coast AM this morning with George Noory. He will be discussing the relationship between ghosts and UFOs, and I even hear he may be tossing into the mix an article I wrote for FATE Magazine a while ago, titled “Ghostly Receptors” which dealt with the same sort of material.

Joshua will join George Noory on the program at 2:00 AM EDST, and I’m certain a variety of other strange and interesting topice will be on the table as well. I encourage everyone to listen in, as it’s never a dull time when Josh is in the house!

After being interviewed Friday about the recent Bigfoot news for CNN Radio myself, I found this blog that Joshua P. Warren just shared with me particularly interesting:

http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/

“Bigfoot has gotten more page views and comments than all but two of the 250-plus stories we’ve reported,” they say, commenting on the number of sarcastic comments they’ve been sent regarding their choice in reporting the story. “We’re not buying it.  But we are reporting it.  And from the top of the organization to the bottom, we’re comfortable with that, because that’s what we’re supposed to do.”

Controversy may be brewing over the new animated Star Wars film The Clone Wars, set for release this Friday:

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/08/12/is-zero-the-hutt-the-first-gay-alien-in-star-wars-history/

The allegations are that the film may have introduced “the first gay alien in Star Wars history.” The original article, which appeared at Empire Reviews Central, refers to the introduction of Zero The Hutt (Jabba the Hutt’s uncle), describing him as ”a drawling, cross-dressing pimp of a character and the closest Star Wars has to an intergalactic Huggy Bear.” The MTV Movies Blog similarly described that “He’s sure to be the most talked about new character in the entire Republic when “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” is released August 15. And he’s absolutely FAB-U-LOUS!”

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Greetings everyone, and a very happy and prosperous 888 to you!

 Symbolically, eight is a number that promises good fortune, usually of the monetary kind. I noticed a brief post about this today over at the Daily Grail, where it was mentioned that the Olympic games will start this evening at 8 minutes, 8 seconds after 8:00 PM. Here is a link discussing some of this:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/03/INPL120291.DTL

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I don’t generally post links to videos that aren’t more or less paranormal in nature, but since this hilarious clip includes one of my brother’s recent encounters with the legendary Sasquatch, I couldn’t resist. Viewer be warned; Caleb’s sense of humor is sometimes not for the faint of heart:

Caleb, my younger brother of three years, is a talented musician (and as you’ll see, quite the comedian). Though he never got bitten by the “writing bug” like I did, he still has shared my lifelong interest in the paranormal, and even in little comedy bits like this he manages to work cryptids like ole’ ’squatch into the equation (note that the Bigfoot in this video is actually a small model I made back last winter… I’m glad to see it’s finally made it’s Youtube debut)! 

To hear some of Caleb’s music, visit the Myspace page of his band, The Nova Echo:

http://www.myspace.com/thenovaecho

When it comes to guessing about what might qualify for being called “paranormal Hollywood”, many things come to mind. For instance, the enigmatic phrase, “I warned him,” uttered by former “Joker” Jack Nicholson upon learning of Heath Ledger’s tragic and untimely death. Or maybe even the uber-eccentric weirdness commonly associated with guys like Tom Cruise and Gary Busey could qualify for being evidence that they’re actually aliens from another dimension. But when stewing over paranormal themes in Hollywood, I was a bit surprised to learn about Billy Bob Thornton’s ties to ghostly phenomenon.

Thornton, Hollywood’s reigning hillbilly king, is most often associated with his role in films like Monster’s Ball and Slingblade, or even his “ethereal ex” Angelina Jolie. Thornton is also known to be a good buddy of the legendy vampire and “King of the Country-Western Troubadors” Unknown Hinson. Of all these things that might be considered kinda spooky about the guy, I was still even more surprized to learn (partly due to his professed dislike for “old stuff”) that Thornton is living in a 1920s mansion that is purportedly haunted!  Read the rest of this entry »

I have various friends in Europe who follow Vampire lore, like the case of the infamous Highgate Vampire alleged to haunt Highgate Cemetery in North London. David Farrant of the British Psychic and Occult Society, who had remained for years at the heart of the investigation for years, has sent me numerous documents about this strange instance of possible vampirism over the years via mail.

But vampires in England aren’t any big surprise; vampires in other parts of Europe might be a bit more intriguing. Now there is new evidence that the legend of nighttime’s most notorious blood-suckers might have spread to other parts of the area.

The Sunday Herald reported today that “A 4000-YEAR-OLD “vampire” grave, believed to be the world’s first burial place for one of the presumed ‘undead’, has been discovered in eastern Europe. It bares spookily similar hallmarks to Celtic tombs in the British Isles designed to prevent bloodsucking ‘revenants’.”

You can read the entire article by clicking here. Does this indeed prove that evidence of belief in vampires extends as far back as the Bronze Age?

I recently got an email sent from Brad Steiger to his undisclosed list of fellow authors and other contacts and friends. In it, he describes his new piece in Phantom Stream Magazine, the first issue of which is available for download at the following link for a two week period:

http://www.mottimorphic.com/LostContLib/PHANTOM_STREAM_1_LTD.pdf

The magazine, presented by Walter Bosley and W. Michael Mott, features unique encounters of the ultra-dimensional variety. I read and really enjoyed Brad’s piece, as it has to do with a subject I am quite fond of: “time slip” phenomena. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it too; and while you’re there, check out some of the other fine content that has been included, like the neat article written by Greg Bishop from over at UFO Mystic.

As I’m presently working on a book that deals with interdimensional entities myself, it will be nice to have a new magazine that is dedicated to this sort of thing. Enjoy!