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Wednesday 27th August 2008

27-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 10:39am, 27 Aug 2008

Mysterious Lake Mertzbaher

Good news for Indonesia's Tree Man

Cat survives for seven weeks walled in under a bathtub

"Winged cats" blamed on hot weather

"Aliens do exist"

Man's collection of 51 venomous snakes just bites

"Mystery disease" turned out to be malaria

Two-headed baby draws crowds of 150,000

Neanderthal stone tools the equal of Cro Magnon's

UFOs and nukes

Blessed Virgin Mary image in tree trunk

Thanks to all our newshounds: boban piskulic, Dr Franklin Ruehl, Trevor Ouellette, Gotan, Kevin Fuller, plowter, Warren Port, Dirk van der Werff, Frank Warren, plowter

Tuesday 26th August 2008

26-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 2:59pm, 26 Aug 2008

Chicago's most famous ghost

Dog rescues and adopts abandoned baby

Mexico's vampire ghost

Unified theory of the paranormal

Cinderella, Snow White and Tinkerbell arrested at Disneyland

Preacher lied about having terminal cancer

Blind man convicted of driving while drunk and without a license

Yowie hunter returns to Macleay County

Counting without numbers

Derby is Britain's hot spot (or is that eerily cold spot?)

Man arrested for correcting typo

Mike the Headless Chicken remembered

Mystery virus kills 160

84-year-old man shoots himself five times in the head, once in the stomach - and survives

Burning joss sticks correlates with increased cancer risk

Cattle graze on a magnetic north-south axis

Squirrel closes down Swiss TV

Thanks to all our newshounds: boban piskulic, Marilyn Varner,, Karen J Andrade, Jennifer Hor, kristi, Robin Swope, Anthony North, Dr Franklyn Ruehl, PhD, Harry Koning, Zarqwan, Jim Gorman Jr, Warren Port, Kevin Buck

Friday 22nd August 2008

22-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:46am, 22 Aug 2008

White House ghost photo

Indian boy cleans fish tank - fish swims up into his bladder

Oak tree clear for road widening - OAP commits suicide

Udder clouds seen over St Albans

Furnished cave discovered in Scottish cliffside

Bear steals hubcap, offers it to next driver

Red light cameras may increase number of accidents

Elephants can do arithmetic - you can count it

Goliath grouper is a new species

Baby humpback whale mistakes yachts for its mother...

... but sadly has to be put down

The Tall Guy regains title

Mexicans having tracer chips implanted to foil kidnappers

"Ghost knocked me down - because I called him a wuss"

Nigerian faces death penalty for marrying 86 wives

Public Service Announcement: make sure your shoelaces are tight before you begin that burglary

Sphinx statues uncovered in Egypt

Thanks to all our newshounds: Sarah, boban piskulic, Michael Palmer, Karen J Andrade, Jennifer Hor, Carissa Kostopoulos, Vanessa Cortez, George Alderslade

Thursday 21st August 2008

21-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:35am, 21 Aug 2008

Yoda the four-eared cat

Public Health Warning: When lighting flatulence, stay away from petrol cans

Arctic icecap didn't melt after all

The "sixth taste" - calcium

eBay amber purchase reveals new insect species

The health benefits of re-heated spag bol

Humans teach dogs morality

Japanese island ghost-town

The dinosaur sprinter

After 5,000km journey, yacht slams on to rocks just 500m from home harbour

"World's oldest man" dies, aged 138

61-year-old gives birth to her own grandchild

Inventors strive to perfect the flying car

Restaurant's free meal offer sent by balloon - couple take advantage, just 15 years late

Colony of Mediterranean snails camping out at Cliveden House

Black Holes can be big or small, but nothing in between

Grapefruit juice's impact on medicines

"Promiscuity leads to demonic possession"

Message in a bottle reunited with its sender 23 years on

The ultimate family tree

Oetzi's clothing suggests he was a herdsman

Magnetic monster in erupting galaxy

Colossal squid defies fierce legend

Thanks to all our newshounds: Michael Cohan, boban piskulic, Kevin Buck, Karen J Andrade, Jennifer Hor, molmatisi, Andrew Trench, Marilyn Varner, George Koprowicz

Wednesday 20th August 2008

20-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 2:23pm, 20 Aug 2008

Apologies to any of you who thought the end was nigh, but the holiday is over and we're resuming the Breaking News service.

Historic serial killers

Magpie can recognise their own reflections

Brain's counting ability is built-in

Why we "want to believe"

Corpse in Puerto Rico embalmed, kept upright for three days to celebrate wake

Sea turtles march into restaurant

US military funding for mind-reading

Latest sensational Bigfoot find - was a gorilla suit

Latest Turin Shroud controversy

Object near Moon on video

Wild dolphins do the tail-walk

Star-signs and Olympic medals

Mysterious humming keeps Sudbury awake at night

Gordon the robot has biological brain

Thanks to all our newshounds: George Koprowicz, boban piskulic, David A McIntee, Karen J Andrade, Homewrecker, Jonathan Palmer, AJ Douglas, John Hall

20-8-2008

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 11:26am, 20 Aug 2008

To those who took the absence of breaking news to mean Fortean Times was closing down, don't worry! Thanks loads for your offers of help, much appreciated, but we were just taking a brief holiday. Normal service will be resumed this afternoon.

Wednesday 13th August 2008

13-08-2008

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 6:21pm, 13 Aug 2008

Due to non-availability of staff, FT's Breaking News is going off the air for the next week or so. Fortean service will be resumed as soon as possible.

13-08-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 10:39am, 13 Aug 2008

Electronic tongue grades wine

Could wearing red gives sports teams an unfair advantage?

When the sky went black

Scimitar-tooth cat fossil found in Venezuela

"Bigfoot body" to be displayed

Chupacabra video claim

Shark versus polar bear

Man held his family captive for three years

Homer Simpson euro coin turns up

Majestic-12 Ops manual

Groom charged with being too near bride at wedding

House-sized inflatable dog turd breaks moorings and escapes

Animal extinctions due to man, not climate

Amorous man cut free from park bench

19 terrifying incidents involving fish

Roman temple found beneath Gallilean church

Werewolf boy appeals to doctors for cure

Thanks to all our newshounds: Michael Palmer, Frank Warren, George Koprowicz, boban piskulic, Leo Herrera, Jennifer Hor, David A McIntee, Kevin Buck, Carissa Kostopoulos, Kieran Stephen, Robin Swope

Tuesday 12th August 2008

12-08-2008

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:59am, 12 Aug 2008

Turning exhaust fumes into power

Spilled cashbag causes free-for-all on highway

Air traffic controller uses text messages to guide plane to landing

Two babies born at 08:08 on 08/08/08 each weighed 8lb 8oz

Lourdes tourist chief killed in freak petanque accident

Bus beheading similar to Windigo legend

Garden gnome's global tour

Investigating Lascaux cave paintings

First Neanderthal genome completed

Majestic-12 Ops manual

Groom charged with being too near bride at wedding

House-sized inflatable dog turd breaks moorings and escapes

Animal extinctions due to man, not climate

Amorous man cut free from park bench

19 terrifying incidents involving fish

Thanks to all our newshounds: Michael Palmer, Shane Brennan, George Koprowicz, boban piskulic, miskovic, Jennifer Hor, Marilyn Varner, Sandra McGill, Zarqwan, plowter, leon, Andrew James, TP

Monday 11th August 2008

11-8-2008

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 2:59pm, 11 Aug 2008

Three-year-old girl falls five storeys, saved by cuddly toy

Goldfish that swims belly-up

Was Montauk Monster a film hoax?

14-million-year-old lost world found in Antarctic

38 killed by rabid vampire bats

Three-year-old girl with "Sixth sense"

How grimoires work

Science close to revealing Invisible Man

Bendy electronics

Bhutan yeti

Why ice defies Third Law of Thermodynamics

"Topanga UFO" spotted over Oregon

UFO-spotter close to political office

The story that just keeps on giving... Woman who had her pet dog cloned admits she was ex-beauty queen who abducted Mormon missionary as sex-slave, escaped justice by posing as deaf-mute actor, then continued to stalk the man

Chanting the Lord's name - for 44 years non-stop

Stonehenge pranksters fess up, 42 years on

Lightning strikes reaper, said to be feeling grim

The gene for horror movie appreciation

Thanks to all our newshounds: Michael Palmer, fuzz, George Koprowicz, boban piskulic, Frank Warren, Jennifer Hor, Andy Doug, Darren Ross, John from LI, The Lizard King, George Alderslade, Anthony North, Jimmeh, David A McIntee, bobndave, Darren Beavers, Trevor Ouellette

Friday 8th August 2008

08-08-08 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 10:55am, 08 Aug 2008

New battery may be key to storing solar energy

Thunderous bangs shake Canadian nuclear reactor town

Robot swarm

"Can anyone hear that picture?"

Gas giants full of liquid metal helium

7-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 4:57pm, 07 Aug 2008

Rare gorillas turn out to be not so rare

Ancient moss and insects found in Antarctica

Secrets of the '9th Wave' revealed

The Gwiber of Penmachno

Ex-spy claims to be "New Messiah" again

California "hot spot" puzzles experts

Interview with Montauk Monster discoverers

UFOs versus national security

Another right foot washes up

Man chokes to death in fairy-cake-eating contest

Excavating "Germany's Stonehenge"

Man lay dead in bed for two years

Reptile becomes a dad - at age of 111

Amateur astronomer spots "gassy cosmic ghost"

Ancient Thracian chariot unearthed

Plea bargain leads to life sentence plus pizza, KFC, ice cream

"Shakespeare's theatre" found

Christian biker gang arrested for attempted murder following fight with Hell's Angels

Stampede victim wakes up on slab in morgue, asks for glass of water

Martin Plowman, PhD (ufology)

Man attacks wasp nest, burns down garage

Thanks to today's newshounds: Ricky Kemp, fuzz, plowter, calcuttagrey, Karen J Andrade, Dirk van der Werff, Jennifer Hor, George Koprowicz, boban piskulic, Michael Riches, Trevor Ouelette, Giselle, Django Flugelhorn, Warren Port, John Prindle, Alethea Jones, Warren Okuma, Leon, Harry Koning, Andy Luttman

Wednesday 6th August 2008

6-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 5:30pm, 06 Aug 2008

Our apologies for the lack of service today, but the latest issue of the magazine is going to press tomorrow, and I'm afraid we haven't had time to look at anything not directly related to that. Fortean service will resume as soon - and as weird - as possible.
- Owen

Tuesday 5th August 2008

5-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 10:16am, 05 Aug 2008

Spanish Knights Templar threaten court case against the Vatican

White woman died in New Zealand decades before European settlement

"Our grip on reality is slim"

Festival commemorates Roman invasion of Dacia

"Gentle little people in masks" bashed bishop - maybe

Bulgarian driver registers double the normal lethal blood-alcohol level

New book claims cannibalism was widespread amongst Maoris until mid-1800s

Woman's giggling could lead to paralysis

Oestrogens may help relieve psychotic symptoms in schizophrenic women

A bite that made Tyrannosaurus Rex look puny

Primates face extinction crisis

Sperm whale visits Moray Firth

Best. Restaurant. Name. Evah.

The Beast of Blairadam

"Leprechaun" or "baby Bigfoot" snapped near Lake Tahoe

Today's newshounds: Kevin Buck, fuzz, plowter, David Pecotic, Karen J Andrade, Jason Dudman, Mike Doyle George Koprowicz, boban piskulic, Kieran Stephen, Trevor Ouelette, Narin Bahar, Miskovic Ivica, Warren Port, Raj Tiwary, Jonathan Palmer

Monday 4th August 2008

4-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 1:18pm, 04 Aug 2008

Astronauts as UFO witnesses

Bigfoot print found in Ontario

Quick fix for global warming

12-year-old survives 15-storey plunge down chimney

Another chainsaw suicide

Grizzly bear checks out the 13th fairway at US Open

Navigation in ancient civilisations

Last Ice Age took only a year to freeze Europe

CFZ's close encounter with a wildman

More balloons with candles reported as UFOs

Scottish police swamped by alien invasion reports

New UFO mystery in Colorado

World's smallest snake found

Bus beheading accused said to have eaten part of victim's body

Man beheads girlfriend and parades it round streets of Thera

Sheep breaks its leg falling from roof

Las Vegas UFO hunting group

Man proud of his 12 fingers and 14 toes

Man thought killed in 1976 flood disaster shows up alive and well

The Ghost Bride of 19th Street

Chef mistakenly recommends henbane as salad ingredient

Today's newshounds: Pedro Aja, Frank Warren, plowter, Mike in Boston, Karen J Andrade, Kelly, Dirk van der Werff, George Koprowicz, boban piskulic, Anthony North, Warren Port, Steve Saker, Mick Roberts, Trevor Ouelette, Robin Swope

Friday 1st August 2008

1-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:57am, 01 Aug 2008

Video game user content creates "Sporn"

How insects breathe underwater

Anthrax attack suspect commits suicide

Passenger stabbed and beheaded on Canadian bus

Signs of life found inside rock salt crystals

Parasitic vine tunes in to plants' chemical signals

One-armed swimmer abandons Channel attempt

Socorro UFO landing place nominated as historic site

Another Russian doomsday sect

Puppy prefers skateboarding to going walkies

Scottish wildcat kitten on show

Seals taught to steer by the stars

Arizona resident denied legal right to religious use of marijuana

Woman's dead body found in blood-spattered apartment; no sign of foul play

Blind painter astounds scientists

Crucified frog sculpture offends Christians

MIT unveils new photovoltaic fuel cell

Former NASA contractor claims he saw 8-9ft alien in Shuttle bay

Therapist treats post-cult trauma

Boyfriend of woman stuck on toilet for six months is sentenced

Antikythera mechanism linked to Olympic calendar

31-7-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 1:08pm, 31 Jul 2008

The monkey from Mars

Second video of Topanga Canyon UFO

Big cat found

Is NASA out of line on Global Warming?

Lights over Worthing

3,500-year-old chocolate may be past its 'best by' date

"Take the world's oldest joke. Please"

Liquids detected on Titan

Today's newshounds: boban piskulic, PN Elrod, Kevin Harrison, Frank Warren, Karen J Andrade, Sarah Booker, George Koprowicz

Wednesday 30th July 2008

30-07-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:20am, 30 Jul 2008

Canine candidate for mayor

Newly discovered monkey already in danger of extinction

Diamonds could be earliest life's best friend

Fruit and vegetables want some sunscreen, too

What do squid hear?

Shark stolen from garden

Monster washes ashore - or is it a turtle without its shell?

UFO filmed over Topanga Canyon, California

Mystery lights over Sheffield

Dozens of witnesses see UFO for over an hour in Kaliningrad, Russia

Ballooning priest's body found

44-year-old gives birth to her 18th child

Tree shrew is a right little boozer

Costa Rica's mysterious stone balls

Inventor says jet packs ready to take off

Devon couple buzzed by UFO in their garden

Yeti hairs differ from species tested so far

Fishing line sinker causes freak death

Fawn follows beagle home

Golfer hits two holes-in-one on the back nine

Science reveals woman's portrait in van Goch's undercoating

Guyana's newly discovered species

Dinosaur "soft tissues" may just have been bacterial slime

Panama's new bagworm

Today's newshounds: boban piskulic, Dirk van der Werff, Warren Port, E Gaillard, Jan Proctor, Frank Warren, Jennifer Hor, Karen J Andrade, Miskovic Ivica, George Koprowicz, Trevor Ouellette, Baggie, Kat Miller, Michael Thorn, Johanna van Daalen

Tuesday 29th July 2008

29-7-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 10:21am, 29 Jul 2008

Teenager dies buried under hot asphalt

Orang utan makes anti-inflammatory balm

Amateur biodiesel-maker blows up his garage

Digital technology creates pubic wig for film star

Sir Edmund Hillary's contribution to the yeti analysis

Treasures uncovered beneath Bolivian pyramid

Fortean tourist guide to the Belvedere Palace

Dog in court for breach of the peace

Japan's annual belly button festival

"Goldilocks" burglar found asleep in child's bed

Internet time-wasters might be mentally ill

The power of pray verses high petrol prices

Letter returned to sender - 60 years late

The pub inside a baobob tree

Treasure trove in ex-mayor's back yard

Sasquatch sighting in northern Ontario

Today's newshounds: vuk, boban piskulic, Dirk van der Werff, Kevin Buck, Jason Dudman, fuzz, Adrian Prescott, Moibus, Rose Stepanek, PeniG, George Koprowicz, Alex Coxall, Riley

Monday 28th July 2008

28-7-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 1:34pm, 28 Jul 2008

Roman soldier's gravestone to go on display

Chinese frog can tune its ears to individual frequencies

Pets need sunscreen too

Man charged after shooting his own lawnmower

Fox visits Essex couple's bathroom

Popcorn panic causes evacuation of Texas school dormitory

World's first flying reptile - fossil from 235 million years ago

The Timbuktu manuscripts

Tree with "scary face" in trunk

How to explain psychic children

Fortean tourist guide to Umaid Bhawan Palace

Interview with Jacques Valee

Buried loot a mystery for authorities

Buy your own universe

DB Cooper went back to work at a Utah college

Origins of matter and antimatter

Ronnie Kray's paintings go under the hammer

Oops! Wrong Larry shown on Obama campaign button

New state observed for electrons

Today's newshounds: Georgie Cat, boban piskulic, Frank Warren, Kevin Buck, KR, Karen J Andrade, Richard Sempronius, Marc A Beherec, Kari Kiti Busuk, Anthony North, Wollaston, Robin Swope, Tim Binnall, Martin Hamer, Leo Herrera, Mark Johnson, George Koprowicz

Thursday 24th July 2008

24-7-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 10:58am, 24 Jul 2008

Search for alien life

Fortean tourist guide to shell temple, Taiwan

Last of his kind giant tortoise Lonesome George may become a dad

Lightning zaps man's head, couch, wife

Mystery rumble and vibration upset elderly couple

Stolen frog sculpture found safe

Albinos targeted in witchcraft murders

Saharan solar panels to power Europe

Bluetooth is watching you

Leopard attacks crocodile

Scottish theatre welcomes ghost-hunters

"Yeti hairs" to be tested

Chopper "chase" joins UFO files

Tallulah Does The Hula From Hawaii is allowed to change her name

Christmas comes early

Chimp's great escape

Pet rabbit raises fire alarm

Cavers find "snowy" river of crystals

"Headless deer" prankster charged

Dinosaur diversification

Dead driver receives parking ticket

Today's newshounds: molnatisi, Gary Yates, ivica, boban piskulic, vuk, Warren Okuma, fuzz, Kat Miller, Narin Bahar, Bri, Kevin Buck, Karen J Andrade, Christopher King, Paul Bestall, George Koprowicz

Wednesday 23rd July 2008

23-7-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 10:50am, 23 Jul 2008

Octopus with scores of extra tentacles

Warning: the live electric rail is NOT a urinal

Six-legged deer has second tail amputated

Truman Show syndrome

"Allah meat" astounds Nigerians

Identical twins run restaurant 24 hours a day

Dead birds tumble from the sky in Australia - again

Campaigner glues himself to Prime Minister

Inflatable penguins rescued

Santa Claus congress held in Denmark

Meditation in evolutionary history

Fortean tourist guide to Mt Aetna

Neolithic site excavated in China

34th International Whistling Convention

Wiccan administers ceremony of thanks by stabbing herself through the foot

Apollo astronaut Ed Mitchell claims many ET visits to Earth

Magicians versus scientists - a matter of perception

Drunken elk attacks toddler

Unique fossil shows Antarctica was once much warmer

The dangers of too much detox

Today's newshounds: GE Gardner, plowter, Kevin Fuller, Gary Yates, Mike Dash, Will Clark, Jennifer Hor, Nolan Lewis, Don Lamont, boban, vuk, John Prindle, Marilyn Varner, Pat Schlegel, Colin Wilkinson, Sean Hagerty, George Koprowicz

Tuesday 22nd July 2008

22-7-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 10:32am, 22 Jul 2008

Dogs trained to parachute into war zones

Mars was warm, wet and liveable

18th-century New Orleans uncovered

Doctor fish give pedicures

UFO photo from Australia

Meteorites may have brought nucleic acid to Earth

Fortean tourist guide to Brunei mosque

The world's deadliest animals

Ancient New Testament codex to be reunited online

The most valuable bottom in Britain

Parrott raises fire alarm

Scientists create touch-based illusion

Burglars fall asleep on their loot

Another white humpback whale spotted

Today's newshounds: Kat Miller, Dave Honiball, vuk, boban, Ivica, Paul Bestall, piskulic, George Koprowicz

Monday 21st July 2008

21-7-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:15am, 21 Jul 2008

With this fake wife, I divorce thee

Boulder may prove Antarctica was once connected to South America

Ontario professionals' forteana page

School of catfish spotted walking down the street

Moose gets over-friendly with statue

Pet dog saves elderly woman from kangaroo attack

Protect your paper forms in foam

Canadian foot flotsam identified as "depressed man"

Footless body washed up on Washington State shoreline

4,500-year-old model boat kit reassembled

Hundreds of baby penguins wash up dead on Rio beaches

Conjoined swallows

Explaining entities

Should we be phoning ET?

The new prison-escape diet

Medics train using vomiting dummy

Humming fish shows evolution of vocal communication

Easterbunny renamed for Polynesian fertility god Makemake

Six-foot penis costume leads to apology

Witch offers fountain of youth spell on eBay

Leopard savages crocodile

‘Crocodiles guard’ Bhitarkanika

Octopus sex man avoids jail

Mystery beam of light fired at River Festival

Fortean travel guide to South Dakota's Corn Palace

Chinese ice rain

Today's newshounds: ska daface, Marilyn Varner, Jennifer Hor, Gary Yates, George Koprowicz, boban piskulic, Kervin Buck, Warren Okuma, Karen J Andrade, Anthony North, plowter, Bill Grochowski, Dave Honiball, Zoe Callard, Garrick Alder, vuk

Friday 18th July 2008

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:20am, 18 Jul 2008

How Mars and Alaska are alike

Ancient marine mass extinction blamed on volcanoes

Cro-magnons had DNA like modern humans 28,000 years ago

"RNA world" remnants detected

The trash poachers

Bigger is better - up to a point

Black and white twins

Three reporters shot at gun-control press conference

Fortean tourist guide to Monterey Bay aquarium

Dead dolphin found in garden

Sexy voices and symmetry

Today's newshounds: Corvus, leon, Jennifer Hor, vuk, George Koprowicz, boban, Warren Port, Paul Bestall, Leigh Pankhurst

Thursday 17th July 2008

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:18am, 17 Jul 2008

Search for earliest Americans moves underwater

Fortean tourist guide to Baba Vida

Chess boxing

Chinese man builds home-made submarine

Ticket for space turns up in trash

Man cancels life assurance to pay tithes; gets hit by truck

Seeing angels

And in other news, Neil Gaiman's cat can read Fortean Times with her bottom (scroll to foot of page)

Today's newshounds: Marilyn Varner, Mark Lape, Jennifer Hor, vuk, Andrew Trench, boban, Gail-Nina Anderson, Lumbering Jack

Wednesday 16th July 2008

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:16am, 16 Jul 2008

Grandmother pins down rabid fox that bit her

"Cuckoo's Nest" hospital to be torn down

Mini-blowtorch weed-killer incinerates neighbour's garden

Huge volcanoes may be erupting under Arctic ice

Cockroaches join protest

"Miracle terrier" survives a week trapped in pipe

Natural History Museum baffled by new bug

Honeybees enlisted to attack Tokyo Crows

Infra red helmet aids astonishing recovery in dementia patient

Massive power cut - man cut power pole because he "enjoyed sparks"

2012: The end game begins?

Cat survives microwave dry-out

Hypnotism instead of anaesthetics

A new paranormal blog

Michigan's missing manhole covers

Mechanism behind stress and immune system link

Two extinct flying reptiles - a glider and a parachutist

Helicobacter found in ancient Mexican mummies

Olympian Hippodrome discovered

Great White Shark washes up on Nantucket beach

Early Mars was all wet

Sick bees lose their buzz

Troop of camels surprises Austrian motorists

Intruder in flat turns out to be albino rabbit

Today's newshounds: Marilyn Varner, Kevin Harrison, Jennifer Hor, Warren Okuma, Leon, Kat Miller, boban, Kevin Buck, Danny, Robin Swope, Patrick Hahn, George Koprowicz

Tuesday 15th July 2008

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:09am, 15 Jul 2008

UFOs scanned Minuteman missiles claim

Particles retain mass ratios over billions of years

Marine worm's jaws could lead to new materials for aerospace industry

"Vulnerable" man uses chainsaw for self-decapitation

Bovine backpacks to measure flatulence

Fortean tourist guide to Osaka Castle

"African lion" stalks Colorado - or is it a large dog?

Dead rat in restaurant food called an extortion scam

Koala survives being hit by car and dragged over seven miles

Tree-hugging aids prisoners' early release

Roswell's mystery rock

Today's newshounds: Kevin Buck, Frank Warren, plowter, John Prindle, vuk, Roy, Nick DiFonzo, leon, Karen J Andrade, Adrian Atkin, Zarqwan, Andrew Trench, George Koprowicz

Monday 14th July 2008

14-7-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:47am, 14 Jul 2008

Mystery star cluster has three different birthdays

"Star-making machine" discovered

Ancient Rome's she-wolf statue not so ancient

Sect members await miracle air tickets

Exploding fridge attack

Banbury woman finds Lithuanian lorry driver living in her garden shed

Stripper protests on subway

"Hitmen" offer services in online ads

Hospital clamps ambulances

Blackbird's siren imitations plague family

Man found in basement covered in BBQ sauce

Rescued ram settles in to domestic life

Toddler destroys bathroom with two fingers

Miracle aubergine of Slough contains name of Allah

Drunken photographer falls into zoo bear enclosure

Puss posted with present parcel

Embracing icebergs sing eerie duets

Baptist church to give away semi-automatic assault rifle at youth conference

Over 100 species of bat found in just several acres of Ecuador rainforest

Odd fish versus Intelligent Design

Today's newshounds: Kevin Buck, Paul Bestall, Jennifer Hor, Harry Koning, Kat Miller, Marilyn Varner, Fluoxetine, leon, Narin Bahar, The Sideshow, boban, George Koprowicz

Friday 11th July 2008

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:31am, 11 Jul 2008

Turning cicada carcasses into jewellery

Sorceror to be executed for decade-old murders

Groundskeeper finds face in cemetery log

Worm-eating ghost snail disovered in Wales

Clothed, headless deer turns up in school sports field

Tornado in Lancashire

District council invites dead to vote in election

American Santa Clauses plunged into civil war

Man sues church, claiming spirit of God caused him to fall and hit his head

Priest discovers human foetus in jar of cheese spread

Today's newshounds: Kevin Fuller, Paul Bestall, Jennifer Hor, Charlotte Smith, Lumbering Jack, Marilyn Varner, Martin Yates, George Koprowicz

Thursday 10th July 2008

10-7-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 12:05pm, 10 Jul 2008

German serial killer targets bunnies

Teenager finds bat hiding in her trousers while travelling to work

Tornado prevents UFO landing

British UFO-sightings "at bizarre level"

Crystal Skulls tested and proven "fakes"

Man's claims to raise the dead result in fraud conviction

House cat adopts panda

Today's newshounds: Leon, Kat Miller, Paul Bestall, Jay Dee, John Purdie, Don Lamont, John McSenile, PeniG, Jonathan Palmer, Mike Dash, Ethan McClean, Alex Coxall, John Talbot, Gabriella Trussardi, Lumbering Jack, Karen J Andrade, Marilyn Varner, Paul O'Connell, Will Clark, Jamil Benkharmaz, George Koprowicz

Tuesday 8th July 2008

8-7-2008 Headlines

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 12:38pm, 08 Jul 2008

Woman dies after "vaginal blowing" cancer treatment

Teenager find bat hiding in her bra - while she's wearing it

Scientists seek the octopus's favourite tentacle

Seagull attacks shopper

Two-headed pheasant

New Zealand rugby broadcast interrupted by hard-core porn

Drugs raid uncovers illegal immigrant hiding in cupboard

"Rubbish" golfer hits hole-in-one

Today's newshounds: Leon, Kat Miller, Paul Bestall, Jay Dee, John Purdie, Don Lamont, George Koprowicz

Friday 4th July 2008

7-7-2008 Headlines

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 11:22am, 04 Jul 2008

Ring of Brodgar investigation

World's first computer is finally built

Man "drops dead from fear"

Lucky the Lobster's survival

Gold divers find lost B-26 bomber

South African UFO Mystery

Ancient tablet tells of Messiah's resurrection - before Jesus

Artificial DNA made - could be used for future computers

Lawn chair balloonist flies from Oregon to Idaho

Secret Agent 666: Aleister Crowley, British Intelligence and the Occult

Canoe trip dubbed "The Final Descent" proves prophetic

Worms do calculus to find meals or avoid unpleasantness

Diamonds hint at earliest life

Tofu "may raise risk of dementia"

Third World Trade Centre collapse explained

George Washington's boyhood home found

Miniature dachshund chews off diabetic owner's toe

Phone number scrapped after calls from patients

Beer used to foil assault

Soul for sale on New Zealand trading website

Faceless people publicity stunt

A life on the ocean wave

The most obnoxious tourists

Today's newshounds: Don Lamont, Trevor Ouellette, Marilyn Varner, Andrew Trench, Dave Honiball, Jennifer Hor, Will, homewrecker, John, Steve Crowley, Nada Danic, Edd Thomas, John Prindle, George Koprowicz

4-7-2008 Headlines

Migrating birds understand "foreign languages"

Stone Age concert halls

Electric shock bridge closed down

Gunman mugs man then gives him a hug

Woman kidnaps cat to get back her stolen dog

"Pregnant man" gives birth to baby girl

Police say UFO sighting was just the Moon

Evolution of a conspiracy theory

Today's newshounds: Kat Miller, Michael Riches, Marilyn Varner, Alex Coxall, Sue McIlroy, George Koprowicz

Thursday 3rd July 2008