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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 […]
Things that go bump in the night have become Toronto-based associate producer Tobin Long’s bailiwick. Bristow Global Media, the producers behind “Haunted Hospitals” and “Paranormal 911”, is putting together its third paranormal series that focuses on how our senses are more in tune when the sun goes down. “Paranormal Night […]
“A mind is like a parachute,” a voice, full of expression, posits through the phone line. “It only works if it’s open.” Filmmaker Rob Freeman is calling from Costa Rica early one September morning. He’s toeing the equatorial line in search of UFOs and is readying himself for his return […]
The Dark Pictures: The Man of Medan Supermassive Games Microsoft Windows, PS4, Xbox One 4/5 Ghost ships and the mysteries of the sea have factored into our culture since we carved the first canoes out of pine trees. Chile has its Caleuche. South Africa has the Flying Dutchman. Canada, as […]
When you walk along Beverley Street in Toronto, south from U of T’s St. George campus, an unassuming mansion, once inhabited by George Brown, will greet them at the Baldwin Street intersection. Its three-storey, red brick façade, Italianate details complete with Victorian mansard roof and dormer windows announces itself in […]
After Facebook removed the Storm Area 51 — They Can’t Stop All of Us event, which had over two million people sign up, one of its organizers is planning a real-life festival called Alienstock. Mathew Roberts was propositioned by Arkansas college student Brock Daily to hold a festival in Rachel, […]
JaneAnn Fraser Tillson couldn’t tell you how many times her father, Al Fraser, would walk up to the Centennial Building in Whitby, Ont. to make sure there wasn’t anything unlawful going on. But it was a regular occurrence. Back then, the lights of the classical revival courthouse, constructed from 1852 […]
North York writer and professor Wes Roberts has kept a secret from his family for more than six decades. In fairness, it wasn’t until this century — nay this decade — that he fully confirmed he had been the victim of multiple alien abductions. “It is abduction for a while, […]