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  1. Tanglebones

    The Perm Anomalous Zone: Russia's 'M-Triangle'

    Russian UFOs And Close Encounters Inside The M-Triangle BY DANIEL BRETT Until the late 1980s, any Soviet reporter who touched on the topic of Russian UFOs would immediately wind up in hot water with the hard-line Soviet government. When the Soviet Republic crumbled, the ban was removed, and...
  2. Wolstan Dixie

    The Stone Girl Of Eyeworth

    OK - I won't give any more details other than the usual 'No one saw her' because I would like people to come to this fresh - but what is your opinion of this?
  3. maximus otter

    Mexico 'Closes' Statue Of Greek God Poseidon After Dispute With Local Deity

    Authorities in Mexico have slapped a “closure” order on a 10-foot-tall (3-meter) aquatic statue of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon that was erected in May in the Gulf of Mexico just off the town of Progreso, Yucatan. Mexico’s environmental protection agency said late Thursday that the...
  4. MrRING

    Spontaneous Creation & Miracle Tears

    I was listening to the excellent Unexplained podcast episode Tears, Idol Tears about the famous healing tars of the Immaculate Heart of Mary statue created by Amilcare Santini, which I hadn't read about before as miracle apparitions aren't normally my thing. However, as the story progressed...
  5. escargot

    Kit Williams' Masquerade, Chouette d’Or, The Golden Treasure Of The Entente Cordiale & Other Treasure-Hunting Competitions

    I've just listened to a R4 programme about Masquerade. The Grand Masquerade There was a huge fuss about his book for a few years as people tried to decipher the clues to find the golden hare. Someone eventually did solve the riddle and claim the prize, but it seems to have been a...
  6. T

    Moving Statues?

    Egyptian Relics Moving By Themselves In Museums http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=693418 -------------------------------------------------------------- Spooky mystery at Bergen Museum Ancient Egyptian shabti - funerary figures that represent servants in the...
  7. lopaka

    Strange Statues & Sculptures

    August 14, 2003 Dog Statue Has Its Day at Park -- With Controversy __By Bob Pool, Times Staff Writer The howling being heard at the Silver Lake dog park Wednesday wasn't coming from the canines chasing one another across the exercise area. It was coming instead from animal owners who...
  8. A

    Garden Gnomes

    What exactly is the point of Garden Gnomes apart from a kind of cheesy ironic form of decoration? Was there some forgotten mystical/pagan reason why people had them, as some kind of garden guardian spirit perhaps? Or was it just a case of some enterprising chap who started selling little clay...
  9. A

    Weeping Icons & Bleeding Statues

    Italian statue weeps blood Wednesday, 6 March, 2002, 18:59 GMT Thousands of believers have flocked to the Sicilian city of Messina after a statue of the revered Padre Pio began shedding tears some think are blood. A passer-by noticed that the statue seemed to be crying late on Tuesday night...
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