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Niagara-on-the-Lake is a chunk of Ontario land that has possibly seen the most bloodshed in the province. It’s no wonder it has plenty of ghostly tales from when the Americans pushed British troops back and lit a match to the town, sending all its inhabitants into the cold of a […]
John Robert Colombo fears that we may lose First Nations’ tales of the supernatural. Canada’s “Master Gatherer” of quotes, aphorisms and folklore has been writing about myths and Canadian ghost stories for six decades, and the group of storytellers that seem to be glossed over is that of the First […]
Gino Meekis said he is surprised by how many people still believe in the Sasquatch. The 39-year-old Sioux Lookout resident is still trying to process what he recorded in the woods 45 kilometres outside the Northern Ontario community. On Oct. 3 he was grouse hunting with his wife Joanne and […]
A few years ago, I was having a conversation with an old university friend about the paranormal, and how as a neuroscientist he had induced ghostly sounds and associated symptoms of a haunting in a laboratory. I was hoping that he would share his thoughts in a column for the […]
A paranormal investigating duo from British Columbia is looking to represent Canada on the North American stage of TV. Jon and Karina Kozuska have combined their talents with television show Thunder Boyz producer Dean Trumbley to bring theatre-going audiences in Vernon a different kind of paranormal experience: a full-length feature […]
The Royal Canadian Mint prides itself on storytelling, even if it’s of the unexplained variety. It’s a message Christa Bruce, the product manager for the Mint, imparts during an October phone call when discussing the release of the Shag Harbour Incident coin just in time for its 52nd anniversary. “At […]
The Experiencer Support Association (TESA) founder Ryan Stacey doesn’t often get the heebie-jeebies, but the basement of the Orillia Museum of Art and History (OMAH), as well as the clock tower, buck that trend. “I haven’t experienced anything (before), but I definitely felt uncomfortable in the basement, where the jail […]
A scientific survey of the waters of Loch Ness begs the question: Was Nessie a victim of global warming, or a figment of our imaginations? Geneticist Neil Gemmell of Otago University led the New Zealand team of scientists along the shores of the Scottish lake and acquired samples to test. […]
The deep fascination for all things Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) in the United States has roots in the speed of technological advancement the country experienced in the 20th century. Author Richard Dolan posits that idea while seated in the restaurant of the Toronto Airport Marriott, on Sept. 22. It’s his […]
More than 40 years after experiencing the inexplicable in Heber, Ariz., Travis Walton is still sharing his tale of survival. Many who have crossed paths with the abductee ask him how he can stand to talk about those five days after Nov. 5, 1975, when he vanished from his home […]