Paranormal Answer Man: Should I try to talk to apparitions?
Question: My name is Cristina and I'm 23 years old. I have seen spirits, one that looks about five years old and another the appears to be about three. I want to go further with this: trying to talk to them. I want to know who I should converse with and who I shouldn't.
Answer: If I saw such apparitions, would I try to talk to them? Absolutely I would. I see little harm in doing so. The issue then becomes: What should you say? Read the rest of my response.
Animals Sealed in Stone
There are many documented cases of toads, frogs, lizards and other small animals inexplicably found encased within solid rock and wood -- alive! These amphibious enigmas are one of the most perplexing mysteries of nature. Here are some of those astonishing true accounts, many recorded by prestigious scientific journals. Read about these fascinating mysteries.
News: Exorcism at Courthouse, Psychic Attacks
Paranormal news and views for March 25, 2014:
- Astronomers in Brazil to announce discovery in outer solar system
- Spirits, exorcism at Gloucester County courthouse
- Haunted hotel freaks out Spurs players on road trip
- Paranormal researchers investigate haunted paintball field
- Ghost hunters launch paranormal investigation at museum
- Shadowy hooded figure: Is somebody else in the room?
- Psychic attacks: Hypnotism and negative auto-suggestion
- Bizarre cattle mutilations baffle investigators
- March crop circle in Holland
- 10 incredibly creepy unexplained disappearances
- Movie puts supernatural spin on Brown Mountain Lights
- M. Night Shyamalan returns to his supernatural film roots
Reader Report: Apparition in the Empty Shop Window
"I live in Smalley in Derbyshire, U.K., and was walking to the local shop," reports Vicky. "It was around tea time (4 p.m.) and starting to get dark. To get to the shop, I pass by an old pub. It closed several years ago and became an Indian restaurant. The restaurant didn't last long and the building is now derelict. As I walked past the old pub, I glanced over and saw a lady standing at the front window inside the pub staring at me. I continued walking and glanced back and the lady had vanished.
"I found the whole experience quite unnerving and made sure I walked back on the opposite side of the road. I always look every time I walk past, but have not seen her again, thankfully."
Here are some other shop-related paranormal reports:
Top Theories for the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
Illustration: Rob MacGregor and
Bruce Gernon
In an area that stretches from the Florida coast to Bermuda to Puerto Rico, the infamous Bermuda Triangle - also known as the Deadly Triangle or Devil's Triangle - has been blamed for hundreds of shipwrecks, plane crashes, mysterious disappearances, craft instrument malfunctions and other unexplained phenomena. Whether or not phenomena of a paranormal nature are taking place there has been a matter of debate. Those who are convinced something odd is happening, as well as researchers who take a scientific view, have offered a number of explanations for the mystery.
News: Store Poltergeist Video, Mars Mystery Gully, Your Psychic Senses
Paranormal news and views for March 22, 2014:
- Video: Store surveillance poltergeist activity
- Black Country poltergeist shock for homeowners
- Haunted possessions: Robert the Doll
- Haunted house? Sellers beware
- Mysterious new gully shows up on Mars
- Air Force officer: UFOs were cover-up in Mirage Men film
- Video: Bigfoot sighting in West Linn, Oregon
- Weather experts baffled by mystery plume at nuclear test site
- Mysterious booms worry Osceola, Polk, Florida residents
- Does everyone have psychic powers?
- How your psychic senses can get you in trouble
- Lost and found in psychic space: Airplanes, aviators, and ESP
- Scientists: Animals have conscious awareness, just like humans
- Filmmaker seeks people with sleep paralysis experiences
- Ouija session caused troubled boy to make knife threats
- What's it like on the other side?
Phantom Plane Crashes
Phantom plane crashes are a relatively recent phenomenon, but there have been several cases reported. The scenario usually goes something like this: Witnesses see a plane going down, often in flames. They hear the crash and feel the ground shake as the plane impacts. Sometimes smoke and flames are seen, and witnesses can smell spilled fuel. Upon investigation, however, no sign of a crash is evident. Not only is no wreckage ever found, but no record of a missing or delayed flight is cataloged. So what are these people experiencing?
Here are several of these mysterious reports from around the country.
Phantom Hitchhikers
One of the most persistent and entertaining types of ghost stories is that of the phantom or vanishing hitchhiker. It's also one of the most chilling because, if true, they bring ghosts in very close contact with mortals. More disconcerting still, the stories depict the spectres as looking, acting and sounding like living people - even physically interacting with the unsuspecting drivers who pick them up. Read more.
Picture: Strange Light Beam
"I was on a hike at Red Rocks National Conservation Area in Las Vegas, Nevada," says Sharon. "Photos I took on the trail show an unexplained bright beam of light coming down from the sky. The first shows the beam when we were near it. It wasn't really detectable; the photo revealed it. The second photo is me farther down the trail and you can see the beam behind me."
See the photos in the Gallery and post your comments below.
News: Haunted Auction, Mammoth Cloning, Exorcism in India
Paranormal news and views for March 18, 2014:
- Relics from haunted California mansion being auctioned off
- Brewery celebrates 7 years of Rufus the sudsy specter
- Video: Paranormal activity uncovered at castle
- A hair-raising night with ghost hunters in Valentines Mansion
- Spooks on the rise in Auckland
- Is modern day ghost hunting and investigating disrespectful?
- Scientists: Mammoth cloning now possible
- Dozens of planes have vanished in post-WWII era
- Exorcism in India: Where a ghost fair lures believers
- Student emerges from coma with "psychic powers"
- Hundreds flock to glowing Virgin Mary statue
- Fantastic TEDx talk on end-of-life experiences
- Paranormal Underground magazine launches apps
- Dr. Roger Leir, researcher of alleged alien implants, dies