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"West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare culminating in a tragedy that makes headlines around the world. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the Mothman, trouble this ordinary American community. Mysterious lights are seen moving across the sky. Domestic animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving...
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Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Lone Star State
Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author Alan Brown shines a light in the dark corners of Texas and scares those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From tales of haunted hotels like the Von Minden and The Beckham, to a creek where a woman's screams can still be heard to this day, and...
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Do you wake up every night and see 11:11 on the clock? Or 3:33? 4:44? Does the same number sequence seem to appear throughout your life over and over? Did you know that millions of people all over the world experience the same phenomenon?
These mysterious number sequences are known as "time prompts," and show up on digital clocks, cell phones, receipts, billboards, advertisements, and other places. They seem like pure coincidence, but what if they...
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"Join Mike Dupler on his journey of adventure and discovery for the enigmatic giants of the forests. I highly recommend this book!" -Loren Coleman, author and founder of the International Cryptozoology Museum
"Refreshing, thoughtful, thoroughly entertaining! Dupler is an experienced investigator who addresses many facets of the Sasquatch phenomenon." -Ken Gerhard, cryptozoologist and author of Encounters with Flying Humanoids
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Charles Fort believed that no matter how honest scientists think they are, they are still influenced by various unconscious assumptions that prevent them from attaining true objectivity. In this book Fort tackles a great number of unexplained paranormal occurrences from a fresh and unbiased point of view. His writing is complex, violent and poetic, satirical and subtle, and profound. Long before the X-Files popularized the idea of objectively investigating...
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Inspired by encounters with his son from beyond the grave, Tom Walker went searching for answers. He discovered that paranormal phenomena have not only been exhaustively studied, but that scientific evidence exists to support it. He uncovered numerous scientific studies involving telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis, as well as government-funded scientists who proved their validity. Through his research, Walker eventually came...
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This is the definitive A-Z reference book on all things psychic, mysterious and paranormal - the marvels, secrets and mysteries of the visible and the invisible world. This wonderful guide covers everything you could want to know including ghosts, strange phenomena, people, places, events, and ideas.
Featuring hundreds of A to Z entries, The Element Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Hauntings is a fascinating compendium of worldwide paranormal activity,...
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Yorkshire is steeped in history and culture and it's little wonder that it has laid claim to some of the world's greatest ghost stories. Explore some of the strangest tales of ghosts, ghouls and demons and recount eyewitness reports in unedited form. Packed with eerie locations, folklore and local history, discover Yorkshire as you've never seen it before.
Hear about Old Bess, who haunts the kitchens at Nostell Priory, or 'Are you there, Emily?',...
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Occasionally, it happens that when men or animals have been struck by lightning, peculiar impressions have been left upon their bodies, which seem to be the exact impression of some adjacent objects, persons, paintings, etc. , in the vicinity of the stroke. The imprint is so accurate, and sometimes the exact colors of the original object are also imprinted in such a way that it makes any common observer believe it to be a photographic replica. Amazing...
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This is the definitive A-Z reference book on all things psychic, mysterious and paranormal - the marvels, secrets and mysteries of the visible and the invisible world. This wonderful guide covers everything you could want to know including ghosts, strange phenomena, people, places, events, and ideas.
Featuring over 800 A-to-Z entries, this Psychic Encyclopedia is a fascinating compendium of worldwide paranormal activity. With explanations of strange...
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Giving up the dream of a deluxe trip to Paris in favor of building the ideal retirement home in the thick coastal rainforest of Washington drew the author into the Bigfoot controversy. No longer a skeptic, after living with Bigfoot for nearly twenty years, she was determined to collect enough evidence to convince people that she wasn't crazy and to credibly communicate her experiences to others. Her firsthand account of living with Bigfoot is both...
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The nursery rhyme begins, "In fourteen hundred and ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." Less well-known is the line that follows: "…to learn if the old maps were true." How can there be "old maps" of a land no one knew existed? Were others here before Columbus? What were their reasons for coming and what unexplained artifacts did they leave behind? The oceans were highways to America rather than barriers, and when discoverers put ashore,...
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Is it a strange mammal related to the seals, a descendant of a prehistoric reptile, or a new, unidentified animal? Whatever it is, or was, the witnesses call it a sea serpent. Remarkably similar descriptions of a creature with a long body, undulating motion, and horse-sized, snake-like head have left a trail of clues and controversy going back three centuries. In The Great New England Sea Serpent, J.P. O'Neill draws on the historical record as well...
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Some of the answers to these questions will be most startling. However the way Mecca points out his reasoning, and backs it up with both scientific fact and religious claims, you will see the absolute logic that prevails and the evidence will be indisputable. You will find the creation of Man, his origin and evolution to be much different than anything you have ever heard before.
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This story is based upon one womans journey through insanity, after she stumbles on the belief that she is Christ. All accounts are true and based on actual events. They call her Jezabel and she is not your average entertainer. She is a punk-rock, anarchist who is set on taking over the world, (through the use of art and creativity,) in order to sustain the life of this planet. Known for her amazing acrobatic-skill on the pole, she uses her talent...
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As a channeled "messenger of the Holy Spirit," Malcha's words are logical, surprising, and sometimes shocking. A new spiritual perspective about lost civilizations, society's concerns with abortion, homosexuality, drug addiction, fair use of world resources, future forms of leadership, and even the worst atrocities ever known, are all catalysts in creating universal Oneness. Malcha is neither a prophet or alarmist. His words are a profound message...
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Paranormal Technology is the first book to provide a scientific method for ghost hunting, which includes in-depth explanations of what the collected data means. Paranormal Technology offers new techniques, answers questions, and provides experiments, which will help bridge the gap between the paranormal and science. Written in everyday language, it offers keen insights into the nature of paranormal phenomena, the protocols required for collecting...
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Knock! Knock!
It started in the living room.
The sound.
I heard heavy breathing with a gentle shuffle of footsteps. I was terrified. How could I not be alone in my house?
That breathing. That shuffling.
Closer.
Closer.
I tried to see what I could. I saw nothing. By the speed it approached, it would reach the light switch at the same time I would. What could I do? Where could I go?
I wondered what it was capable of. Making...
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Evoking the times and styles of Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft, this collection of original stories is set in 18th and 19th century New England-when restless spirits seemed to roam more freely. Not quite horror, not quite mystery, these dark yet spellbindingly eloquent tales hover on the edge, threatening at every page to plunge the characters into madness.
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