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Alaska’s mysterious “Ice Monster” sparks comparisons to Loch Ness

An Alaska Bureau of Land Management employee in Fairbanks was checking out ice on the river last week when he noticed something moving up the river, and pulled out a camera to record the unusual sight.

The Warminster Thing

Since the 1950s, Warminster, England, has been the site of some rather odd occurrences, including crop circles, UFO sightings, and cars unexpectedly shutting down in their tracks. The strange phenomena has been dubbed the “Warminster Thing.”

It has been described as an extremely tall figure covered with short hair, or as an unseen presence that causes uneasy feelings in people who climb the mountain.[2] Evidence of the existence of this creature is limited to various sightings and a few photographs of unusual footprints.[2]

It is traditionally seen as a supernatural being, but Am Fear Liath Mòr has been compared to the Yeti of theHimalaya and the Sasquatch or Bigfoot of North America. References to wild ‘Greymen’ in Scotland and similar creatures elsewhere in Europe, sometimes called Wudewas or ‘Wood Men’, date back to the 13th century, and are believed by some to represent relict hominids.

Bioluminescent Deep-Sea Siphonophore

Dynamo Jack 

Dynamo Jack is the name given to the man in the gifs above because he refused to give it out. He was featured in a series of documentarys by Lawrence Blair, called Ring of Fire; an Indonessian odyssey. He had the ability to maniuplate chi for healing and could even set things on fire. He didn’t let Lawrence Blair film too much due to an ancient tradition of secrecy. He didn’t want anything to do with the filming or any form of fame it might bring him.

Dynamo Jack became scared and angry one morning after he was visited by the spirit of his master who looked down upon him for sharing his secrets and publicy displaying the art of harnessing energy. He had broken the strict taboos of his sect and wanted all filming to end immediately. The team never heard from or saw Dynamo Jack after that. 

The Dobhar-chú resides in the waters of Ireland and its name means “Water Hound”. It is usually described as a cross between an otter and a hound but sometimes the cross between a hound and a fish. The most recent report of the Dobhar-chú was in 2003.

This beast, however, is reportedly dangerous as a headstone in Conwell Cemetery that shows a victim of the Dobhar-chú. The woman’s name was  Grainne Ni Conalai. She was reportedly killed by this monster in 1722 as she was down by the river, washing her clothes (or bathing as some stories say). Two versions of the story have been passed down through the years. In both stories her husband finds her body. In one version, her husband finds her mutilated corpse with the Dobhar-chú asleep on top of her chest. In the other story, the husband hears screams and comes running only to find the Dobhar-chú in mid-feast. 

The Dobhar-chú was then attacked by Grainne’s husband, Traolach McLoghlin. But with its dying breath, it let out a whistle, calling for its mate who emerged from the water. In one version of the story, Traolach killed the mate of the original monster. In the other, he realizes he cannot win the fight with this large Dobhar-chú and flees on horseback. The Dobhar-chú then chases Traolach and dives at his horse, ripping through it and coming out the other side. Traolach finally manages to decapitate the beast with his sword.

In 2009, the attorney general for the island state of Tasmania stated that Australian wallabies had been found creating crop circles in fields of opium poppies, which are grown legally for medicinal use, after consuming some of the opiate-laden poppies and running in circles

In case anyone is wondering, here is what said crop circles look like.

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It’s July 31st… so… Happy Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day!

On June 29th, 2015, a UFO “cube” was seen emerging out of the clouds by multiple people in Texas.

The Wow! signal. 

After numerous checks and re-checks, it’s been found to have definitely come from an extraterrestrial source.

It was broadcast at 1420 MHz. This frequency isn’t used by Earth communications for science reasons. It’s a frequency which neutral hydrogen emits at in interstellar space and is useful in radio astronomy.

Interestingly, emitting a strong signal at this frequency is a likely way to get someone’s attention if there’s anyone listening, because any other radio astronomers in the universe will definitely know of it and be making observations of it.

That really is a very strong signal. Against the backgrounds, it looks to me like about 30 standard deviations (give or take).

Actually, that globular cluster (M55) is just the closest object to the transmission’s source. It appeared to have come from a region of mostly empty space (though it’s worth remembering that distant red dwarfs or brown dwarfs could be too faint to be detectable).

The astronomer who found this and scrawled “Wow!” on that printout was Jerry Ehman at the Big Ear radio telescope in Ohio. Credit where it’s due.

Despite a lot of efforts, this kind of signal has only ever been recorded this one time. There’s a chance we may never know what it was.

The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey, United States. The creature is often described as a flying biped with hooves, but there are many different variations. The common description is that of a kangaroo-like creature with the head of a goat, leathery bat-like wings, horns, small arms with clawed hands, cloven hooves and a forked tail. It has been reported to move quickly and often is described as emitting a “blood-curdling scream.”

Origin:

The Lenape tribes called the area “Popuessing” meaning “place of the dragon”. Swedish explorers later named it “Drake Kill” (“drake” being a word for dragon, and “kill” meaning channel or arm of the sea (river, stream, etc. in Dutch). 

A popular origin of the story is as follows: “It was said that Mother Leeds had 12 children and, after finding she was pregnant for the 13th time, stated that this one would be the Devil. In 1735, Mother Leeds was in labor on a stormy night. Gathered around her were her friends. Mother Leeds was supposedly a witch and the child’s father was the Devil himself. The child was born normal, but then changed form. It changed from a normal baby to a creature with hooves, a goat’s head, bat wings and a forked tail. It growled and screamed, then killed the midwife before flying up the chimney. It circled the villages and headed toward the pines. In 1740 a clergy exorcised the demon for 100 years and it wasn’t seen again until 1890.”

“Mother Leeds” has been identified by some as Deborah Leeds, on grounds that Deborah Leeds’ husband, Japhet Leeds, named twelve children in the will he wrote in 1736,  which is compatible with the legend. Deborah and Japhet Leeds also lived in the Leeds Point section of what is now Atlantic County, New Jersey, which is commonly the location of the Jersey Devil story.

Brian Regal a historian of science at Kean University, wrote that Mother Leeds was merely part of the popular legend of the Jersey Devil created in the 20th century. Regal contends that long-forgotten “colonial-era political intrigue” involving early New Jersey politician and rival almanac publisher Daniel Leeds (1651–1720) led to the Leeds family being portrayed as “political and religious monsters”, and it was his negative portrayal as the “Leeds Devil”, rather than any actual creature, that spawned the later legend of the Jersey Devil. According to Regal:

References to the Jersey Devil do not appear in newspapers or other printed material until the twentieth century. The first major flap came in 1909. It is from these sightings that the popular image of the creature—batlike wings, horse head, claws, and general air of a dragon—became standardized. 

There have been many claims of sightings and occurrences allegedly involving the Jersey Devil.

According to a legend of unknown origin, while visiting the Hanover Mill Works to inspect his cannonballs being forged, Commodore Stephen Decatur sighted a flying creature flapping its wings and fired a cannonball directly upon it to no effect 

Joseph Bonaparte, elder brother of Napoleon, is also claimed to have witnessed the Jersey Devil while hunting on his Borden town estate around 1820.  In 1840, the devil was blamed for several livestock killings. Similar attacks were reported in 1841, accompanied by tracks and screams.  There unfortunately tends to be a lack of citations contemporary with the supposed events.

Claims of a corpse matching the Leeds Devil’s description arose in Greenwich in December 1925. A local farmer shot an unidentified animal as it attempted to steal his chickens. Afterward, he claimed that none of 100 people he showed it to could identify it.  On July 27, 1937, an unknown animal “with red eyes” seen by residents of Downingtown, Pennsylvania was compared to the Jersey Devil by a reporter for the Pennsylvania Bulletin of July 28, 1937. In 1951, a group of Gibbstown, New Jersey boys claimed to have seen a ‘monster’ matching the Devil’s description  and claims of a corpse matching the Jersey Devil’s description arose in 1957. In 1960, tracks and noises heard near Mays Landing were claimed to be from the Jersey Devil. During the same year the merchants around Camden offered a $10,000 reward for the capture of the Jersey Devil, even offering to build a private zoo to house the creature if captured.

Sightings of 1909

During the week of January 16 through 23, 1909, newspapers of the time published hundreds of claimed encounters with the Jersey Devil from all over the state. Among alleged encounters publicized that week were claims the creature “attacked” a trolley car in Haddon Heights and a social club in Camden. Police in Camden and Bristol, Pennsylvania supposedly fired on the creature to no effect. Other reports initially concerned unidentified footprints in the snow, but soon sightings of creatures resembling the Jersey Devil were being reported throughout South Jersey and as far away as Delaware and Western Maryland. The widespread newspaper coverage led to a panic throughout the Delaware Valley prompting a number of schools to close and workers to stay home. During this period, it is rumored that the Philadelphia Zoo posted a $10,000 reward for the creature’s dung. The offer prompted a variety of hoaxes, including a kangaroo with artificial wings.

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Nøkken | (Artist)

Nøkken, or Puken as it sometimes is called, is a dangerous and manipulative creature from Norwegian folklore. It roams in rivers as well as some other small waters. In tales he live in waters with water lilies, so it is easier to lure people closer to the water, especially children who wanted to pick the lilies.

The Nøkken is a shape-shifter, who will choose different appearances for the different victims that it would have. For example, when a woman approached the lillies, her would transform into a good-looking young lad with an instrument, which he would play to lead the lady even closer towards the water. It cam also transform into things such as old tree stumps, a mysterious white horse with opal-coloured eyes and a thick fog-ish mane, and old wooden boats. Though the Nøkken has many forms, its true one is hideous. It has yellow glowing eyes, a large mouth with sharp teeth, the pale wretched skin of someone who was once drowned, and is covered in sea grasses.