About.com Paranormal Phenomena

Do streetlights turn off when you pass by them or beneath them with a high degree of regularity? If so, you could be a "SLIder" -- SLI standing for the "street light (or lamp) interference" phenomenon. There's an ongoing debate as to whether this is a genuine psychic effect or if the street lights turning off (which they sometimes do when they are in need of repair) when people pass by them is just a coincidence. However, there is evidence that certain people do have an adverse effect on watches, lights and other electrical appliances. Is there a connection? Read more.

Phantom Hitchhikers

1 Feb 2012, 10:54 am

One of the most persistent and entertaining types of ghost stories is that of the phantom or vanishing hitchhiker. It's also one of the most chilling because, if true, they bring ghosts in very close contact with mortals. More disconcerting still, the stories depict the spectres as looking, acting and sounding like living people - even physically interacting with the unsuspecting drivers who pick them up. Read more.

PARANORMAL NEWS for JAN. 31: The SÃ©ance Cabinet, Bigfoot-Gorilla Comparison, Oregon Sasquatch Trap

31 Jan 2012, 5:14 pm

People from the Other World
- Fascinating article about the "beings" that materialized in the séance cabinet of the Eddy family.

"Patty" Bigfoot and Gorilla
- Excellent comparison between the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot and an upright walking gorilla.

Oregon Sasquatch trap
- This might be the only Bigfoot trap ever constructed... too bad it never captured one of them.

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READER REPORT: Telepathy between friends

30 Jan 2012, 12:48 pm

"I had this friend a while back who disappeared for a while," reports Veronica S. "One morning after waking up (I was awake for 30 minutes already), I was sitting on the edge of my bed and suddenly saw this friend walk into my room saying my name. When I looked up, his image disappeared. Immediately I thought, this must be a sign.

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Bigfoot Sighting at Wabikon Lake, Wisconsin

29 Jan 2012, 7:51 am

Tim D. alerts us to this excellent Bigfoot sighting he had in July, 1983 in Forest County, Wisconsin. He originally posted this on the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization website:

Wabikon Lake, Wisconsin "I was 15 at the time. I vacationed at Johnnies Resort every summer with my family. We were there to fish and I had been there every summer since I was 5. It was about 8:00 p.m. and I was in my boat fishing close to shore when I heard a lot of splashing. Thinking it was a large muskie in shallow water, I used my trolling motor to get closer. It was in tall bull rushes.

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PARANORMAL NEWS for JAN. 28: Open Season on Bigfoot?, Apollo 16 Moon Aliens, Mysterious Jelly Spheres

28 Jan 2012, 10:17 am

Bigfoot sightings, hunted
- Bigfoot sighted in Ohio and California; also, should Bigfoot be hunted to provide definitive proof?

Apollo 16 and moon aliens
- A group of remote viewers claims Apollo 16 astronauts found evidence of alien life on the moon.

Mysterious jelly spheres
- A man in Dorset, England is mystified by tiny blue spheres that fell from the sky into his garden.

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Fran Drescher abducted by aliens?

28 Jan 2012, 6:23 am

Recently, actress Fran Drescher (The Nanny) disclosed that she believes both she and her ex-husband were abducted by aliens when in high school. Could it be true?

Guest house ghost

28 Jan 2012, 6:11 am

Workers who were demolishing the Meadowbrook House guest house suspected it was haunted. One day as they were working, a chandelier began to swing mysterious on its own. And when one of the team took a photo of the building, the apparition in the window convinced them.

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The Toy That Wouldn't Die!

27 Jan 2012, 7:10 am

As much as I love stories from "The Twilight Zone," sometimes they cannot compare to the real-life experiences with the unexplained - simply because they're true. Presented for your consideration, the case of the simple child's toy...

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The REAL X-Men

26 Jan 2012, 7:00 am

The X-Men movies, based on the enormously popular comic book, feature a collection of human mutants who were born with extraordinary and sometimes bizarre powers. With such names as Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, Magneto and Mystique, they bound around making blades spring from their knuckles, conjuring hurricanes from the sky or manipulating their environment through telekinesis. Would you believe there are real X-Men? They may not be genetic mutants, in the strictest sense, but they are extraordinary... not at all like you and me. Here's our own gallery of real-life super-powered characters.