GHOST HUNTERS

(The crystal pendulum above came from my favorite online shop - Trash City ) We often think of the pendulum as a spiritualist's parlor trick, like divining rods or table tipping and Ouijas. It is often used for interviewing spirits and in conjunction with EVP recordings, it can be another form of verification. You hold the pendulum by your fingertips. It helps if you can clear your mind, let yourself be ready to receive, no extra head-room chatter.  Test it by holding it out and saying "show me yes." When it starts moving, note if it is going back and forth or in a circle. You now know how the spirit answers "yes." Now, to test it, ask it to show you "no." You can also utilize the pendulum to find things. "Am I facing you?" (yes or no) Now, walk into another room and turn. "Am I facing someone?" You can learn much from your answers. "Do you want me to leave this room?" Some people utilize pendulums in their everyday life.

Pyramid Lake, California (above) Lake Titicaca, Peru/Bolivia border (above) A popular legend in the US is the legend of the red-haired giants, a people the Paiute tribe ancestors called "Si-Te-Cah" (Tule Eaters).  Apparently, according to the legends, about 9000 years ago their ancestors dealt with "outsiders" who were extremely tall, had reddish hair and Caucasian features, some described as having elongated skulls. In some stories of the people, these giants made boats out of reeds and lived on hand-made islands upon the lake where the local natives kept a watch on their coming and going. The giants were described as not friendly and even cannibals. At one point, the legend tells of the Natives driving the giants into a cave ( now referred to as Lovelock Cave ) and filling the mouth of the cave with brush and killing the whole lot of them off. It would have just been a legend, except around 1911, guana hunters found the cave and decided to harvest the bat guano an

Tonight we have two guests on Paranormal Geeks Radio 9 pm EST/8 pm Central/6 pm Pacific. Kathleen Marden is a well-known UFO abduction researcher, author and lecturer with 23 years experience in the field. She is MUFON’s International Director of Abduction Research. For ten years Kathy volunteered as MUFON’s Director of Field Investigator Training. In 2012, she was the recipient of MUFON’s "Researcher of the Year" award. She earned a B.A. degree in social work, with honors, from the University of New Hampshire in 1971, and participated in graduate studies in education while working as a teache r and education services coordinator. She is also a certified hypnotherapist. Her interest in UFOs dates back to September 20, 1961, when her aunt, Betty Hill phoned her nearby home to report that she and Barney had encountered a flying saucer in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. A primary witness to the evidence of the UFO encounter and the aftermath, Kathleen has intim

Trolls?    Dinosaurs?  What is hiding in the Congo? You can find a list of African cryptids here . It is absolutely feasible that Africa and Indonesia both have the greatest population of cryptids still to be discovered and perhaps the least expeditions to find them. It will be interesting to see what is tagged and named in the coming decades. I'm kind of hoping for a dinosaur, or as the girl in "Jurassic Park" referred to the friendly ones, a "veg-a-saurus." 

Honestly, I don't think the paranormal community does enough about this phenomena. It intrigues me so much that I incorporated into my book on Kindle and Nook "Josiah: Undead Cowboy." Shadow people are a very odd phenomena with lots of theories. Here's the most typical features: 1. They can be seen anywhere, new home, old home, haunted, not haunted, park, public building... 2. They are first seen usually out of the corner of one's eye. When the viewer turns his head, he might see it whiz off or he might watch it a few moments before the shadow person perceives being seen and then startles and disappears. 3. They sometimes come with feelings of dread and doom to the viewer that is palpable, not just a fear reaction, but a sense of something bad about to happen. 4. They are often times seen as 3-4 feet tall, human shaped, completely opaque black as if they have mass. Sometimes, they are seen as tall and slender and are sometimes even reported with a top hat. INT

In 2003, this 6-inch humanoid skeleton was discovered in the Atacama Desert in Chile.  Those who remember the episode of Destination Truth where they went to that abandoned town called La Noria in Chile, the one they found skeletons rising from the graveyard in, well that's where this unusual being's skeleton was found near the church.  Testing showed that it was about the development of a 6-year-old and its parents were native humans. So, how is this possible? Was it mercury poisoning from the town's copper mining creating some kind of odd birth deformity? They think it must be a form of dwarfism and perhaps the most unusual question is - how long did this little one live - truly 6 years? Why didn't locals speak of this tiny being and its parents? (above) The Atacama humanoid is the length of a human fetus at 3-1/2 to 4 months. (above) a 5 month old fetus of a human.

I heard reports recently about cattle mutilations in the Southwest. Cattle found with their tongues missing, glands, anus. Surgical incisions in the face. It made me wonder. Then, I was told there were silent helicopters over the area. This has vexed me for some time; why would the military steal cows and do surgery on them? They could go buy cattle at a farm in Virginia. Nope, they want cattle from the Southwest. The missing body parts are what clued me in. They are regions that would store something endemic to the soil. Anthrax.  Recent mutilations made me realize, the surgical cutting of the face, removal of tongue, rectum and glands--very specific regions. That's where anthrax stores in their body's tissues when they eat enormous amounts of grass daily, storing the anthrax in these parts of the body. Cattle doesn't succumb to exposure, but some get carbuncle sores and some get ill. But, their resilience to a huge diet that introduces lots of anthrax as they kick up the

On the July 16th episode of Paranormal Geeks Radio (click here to hear first 40 minutes of show talking to them) , we had MK Davis and Don Monroe speaking to us from the opening of Lovelock Cave in Nevada, the infamous site of the battle with the red-haired giants who, according to Native legend, were burned inside the cave many thousands of years ago. After these researchers went inside, this is what they found - With MK's permission, following a further study in the cave, I'm happy to be able to share some photos he shared with me. This knife and its sheath have been used to get a measurement. It is 18 inches. Look at Don's hand compared to print!  If the proportions are equal to regular humans, this being would be 18 feet tall! Besides what appears to be dermal ridges showing in the soot/fat mix that appears to be the basis of this hand print (from the cave ceiling and further legitimizing the story of a conflagration with the giants inside), the impression shows more

Skinwalkers are beings of a spiritual nature within the Native American culture. A form of witchcraft supposedly makes the practitioner the ability to take on other animal's attributes.  There are many explanations for the capacity of a skinwalker, such as a witch being able to take something of a person's and curse them or looking into the skinwalker's eyes can cause sickness or death. In Navajo culture, the skinwalker can even take over a person's mind and control them. There are legends that if you realize a skinwalker is coming for you, the curse can go back on the person who ordered it, or if you go and knock at his door and confront him, telling him you know he's the skinwalker, he will die. According to University of Nevada-Las Vegas anthropologist Dan Benyshek, who specializes in the study of Native Americans of the Southwest, "Skinwalkers are purely evil in intent. I'm no expert on it, but the general view is that skinwalkers do all

I want to have a wall collection of vintage Halloween masks. Oh, you know the ones--uber creepy and wrong, wrong, wrong, like something out of the movie "The Strangers." There's a shop online that sells them called Goblinhaus. Ebay has a lot too, but mostly I think it would be great to make them based on some awesome google search images of vintage Halloween masks. They are so handmade which makes them even more disturbing.  (above) This was my first attempt at a Halloween mask that looked vintage. I got a cheap paper maiche plague mask and antiqued it up. Now, it's getting closer. Here's some I recall from my youth - It gets a bit freakier when you go back in time. In the movie "Trick R Treat" the kids on the bus were wearing the best ones I've ever seen. Totally horrifying. Most craft stores like Joann and Michaels have the simple plastic mask and you could go to town recreating some of these babies....

  Spend your money on booze and food. Forget spending it on outrageous decorations. Pick a theme that allows for an assortment of "found" things. For example, if you want to have a castle, do this cheap alternative - start collecting cardboard boxes way ahead of time to construct and paint a structure of your own making. It's almost free. Some people get paper that looks like castle walls to cover their walls. Nope. Get cardboard, cut the boxes apart, attach to the wall with tacks. Now, take a knife and carve blocks out of it. Don't cut all the way through. Take a big car sponge and a tin pan with some gray paint in it and sponge it onto the squares. You now have castle walls that cost you a jar of paint and a sponge. When I planned this party, the theme was Postapocalyptic Graveyard and the invites looked like a nuclear holocaust. I put a sign on the front door, routing people into the backyard side gate. They entered past caution tape and lots of nuclear radiation s

A new series "It's tough being a monster in a human world

Even before the days start getting shorter, the craving for cooler weather, chimney smoke, scary movies, and Halloween planning take hold for many of us who live for Autumn. Let's talk about some things you can have on-hand to make you feel the season, live it, breathe it, and smell and taste it. Food supplies/cooking Packets of Apple Cider mix Cinnamon Sticks, nutmeg, cloves Canned pumpkin Chili Candy corn cheddar cheese and triscuits nuts and apples Homemade bread Banana nut bread Caramel apples Candied apples Caramel apple pie Booze pumpkin ale (my favorite is Buffalo Bill's Brewery, a black 6-pack with orange trim and orange pumpkin art on it. I find it in the liquor stores or import shops and some grocery stores around mid August) hard apple cider (my favorite in all the word is Angry Orchard's Apple Ginger Cider) cinnamon Schnapps Twizzler licorice for straws Booze to make Pumpkin Vodka:   Get a mason jar, scoop in 1-1/2 c. pumpkin pie filling from a can, fill with v

  Scarecrows and cornfields, the stuff that autumn is made of. There is something palpable about the flapping of a scarecrow's clothing in the wind, as if it's pumping its shirt with every breath, and squeaking and twisting to climb down from its sentinel post. The wind creates a constant crackling sound from the dried out cornstalks battering each other in the field. Corn rots on the cobs like morbid bulbuous teeth. Want to get into the mood? There are some wonderful horror movies that feature scarecrows and cornfields. Moviemakers know the creep factor - Children of the Corn Series Dark Night of the Scarecrow (one of my favs) Jeepers Creepers I and II Messengers II: The Scarecrow Hallowed Ground Scarecrow Slayer Scarecrow Dark Harvest The Maize: The Movie Pumpkinhead   If you haven't done a corn maze, you must!  Too many people make scarecrows happy and cheerful (yawn). I think it's time to take them to a new level like Pumpkinrot does every year -  I personally cons