Archive for the ‘Mystery’ Category

Spontaneous Combustion – Behind the Flames

Spontaneous Combustion – Behind the Flames

The idea of someone simply bursting into flames is a relatively old one. Stories abound about people who could control fire or merely act as a human spark for the radical element. Technically known as spontaneous human combustion (or SHC), it is the burning of a live human body without any external ignition source. Incidents of spontaneous human combustion from around the globe over the past three hundred years total over 200 in number. However, most of these occurrences were not thoroughly or scientifically processed properly and many of the claims are based totally on oral testimonies or hearsay alone which makes people outside of the supernatural belief realm doubt spontaneous human combustion exists at all. Diverging in the other direction though, some scientists believe that spontaneous human combustion might be the only credible paranormal happening once the appropriate investigation has been conducted on enough of these incidents.

Deaths So Mysterious They May Be Paranormal

Deaths So Mysterious They May Be Paranormal

Death is a very powerful thing, so powerful that it has been linked to the supernatural since the beginning of human civilization. This supernatural aurora that surrounds death usually takes the form of conjecture about what happens after we pass, but sometimes people die in such strange ways that the event of death itself borders on the paranormal.

5 Mysteries of The Ancient World

5 Mysteries of The Ancient World

Lost Cities, Lost Civilizations, lost areas that hold supernatural secrets, as soon as man began exploring the world legends like these have existed. Are these tales of lost treasure and fountains of youth just stories made up by explorers relaying exaggerated versions of their adventures, or is there more truth to them than that? Let’s take a look at 5 of the ancient worlds most intriguing legends.

Atlantis: Lost or Found?

Atlantis: Lost or Found?

The lost continent known as Atlantis has captured imaginations all over the world since its story has spread. An ancient civilization that apparently was far ahead of its time and more advanced than we imagined could be possible at that point in history. This amazing place of technological wonders for its time was apparently wiped off the face of the earth, leaving the world in a fog of mystery over its disappearance and the absence of all its levels of advancement over the rest of the ancient world who had to start over from scratch. Even though our modern world has caught back up and even exceeded the unique elements of Atlantis, we are still curious to see if this place actually existed and if it was truly as advanced as the ancient stories. Several schools of thought have been formulated about the possible location of the lost continent with each place having its own positive elements and drawbacks for the Atlantis theory and with many archaeologists and researchers going out into the field and diligently searching for evidence of this amazing city.

5 Unexplained Discoveries

5 Unexplained Discoveries

It is somewhat difficult and a bit troubling for some to live in a world where science can explain just about anything thrown at it. Science has such an accurate understanding of our environment and the world around us that it seems to easily explain anything that wonders into its path, but there have been discoveries that have baffled even the best scientific minds and perhaps provide evidence of alien life, new species, or other variety of the paranormal.

Urban Legends that are More Like Urban Facts

Urban Legends that are More Like Urban Facts

An urban legend is what one could call a modern folk tale.  It is not quite old enough story to be considered a folk tale so we call them urban legends.  Most of these legends are based on small fragments of fact with little to no truth to them, but there are a handful of urban legends that have their entire basis in reality.  Take these examples:

The Starchild

The Starchild

In the 1930s, a young American girl was on vacation with her family in the Copper Canyon region of Mexico. She was off exploring the area when she came across an abandoned mining tunnel. Inside the tunnel she found a full human skeleton. Next to the skeleton was a mound of dirt. Sticking out of the dirt and wrapped around the arm of the other skeleton was a human arm bone. The young girl began to dig and discovered that the mound was a shallow grave. The body buried there is one of the strangest discoveries anyone has ever made. The girl grabbed the skulls from both skeletons and carried them back with her to the United States. They stayed in storage until her death in 1998 and since then they have been the subject of much debate and controversy in the paranormal and scientific community.