January 2010
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THE MAN-BAT OF CONEY ISLAND
In the first week of September, 1880, a bizarre and grotesque sight was seen over the famed Coney Island. The New York Times reported it a week later:
“At the height of at least 1000 feet in the air a strange object was in the act of flying toward the New Jersey coast. It was apparently a man with bat’s wings and improved frog’s legs. The face of the man could be...
November 2009
5 posts
GIUSEPPE TARTINI & THE DEVIL’S TRILL SONATA
In 1765, Italian Composer & Violinist Giuseppe Tartini had a fateful dream which not only changed his outlook on music for the remaining 5 years of his life, but also created his most famous and remembered piece of music. His Violin Sonata in G Minor would live on as the Devil’s Trill Sonata, as it was apparently composed by the Devil himself. According to the French astronomer Jerome...
THE MAX HEADROOM BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION...
On November 22nd, 1987, Chicago television stations WGN-TV & WTTW experienced a signal interruption by an unknown hijacker wearing a Max Headroom mask, both within 3 hours of each other. The participants of the intrusion have never been found or identified. The WGN-TV interruption occurred during the sports report of the nine o’clock news, cutting in during the middle of a Chicago Bears...
THE PHANTOM KANGAROOS OF CHICAGO
Sightings of Kangaroos in the United States has been a continuing phenomena in the last 100 years, with most of the cases being in the Midwest. Many times the creatures exhibit unusual behavior, from extreme aggressiveness to apparition-like qualities, including disappearing in front of a large group of people or simply hopping thru a wall. Kangaroos & wallabies are obviously not an...
WHO RECORDED THE JONESTOWN TAPE Q875?
FBI Tape Q875 was one of the many cassette tapes discovered at the site of the Jonestown massacre in Guyana by the FBI, which have been released by the Freedom of Information Act in the last few years. Q875 appeared to be similar to the other tapes, and was found in a bundle with the rest, but there is one stark difference: Q875 appears to have been recorded November 19th, 1978. The day after...
THE U-28 SEA MONSTER
The German U-boat U-28 was patrolling the waters off the coast of County Cork, Ireland, when it encountered and torpedoed the British steamer Iberian. The incident and the strangeness that followed was detailed by Commander Freiherr George G von Forstner in his captain’s log:
“On July 30, 1915, our U-28 torpedoed the British steamer Iberian, which was carrying a rich cargo across the...