Author: Roger

  • An Encounter Out Of The Blue: The 1971 Himbleton Girl Guides UFO Sighting

    An Encounter Out Of The Blue: The 1971 Himbleton Girl Guides UFO Sighting

    While camping in the small town of Himbleton in the south of England, several girl guides and their camp leaders witnessed a strange object approach their camp from a nearby field, and hover over them for several moments before disappearing out of sight once more. While it is certainly not…

  • A Truly Strange Night Journey: The 1974 Beit Bridge UFO Teleportation Case

    A Truly Strange Night Journey: The 1974 Beit Bridge UFO Teleportation Case

    During the summer of 1974, a journey between modern-day Zimbabwe and South Africa turned into one of the most mind-blowing and surreal encounters on record. During an overnight road journey, not only would a husband and wife witness a strange, glowing object following them, but upon completing their journey, they…

  • 7 Stories Of Alleged Past Life Experiences From History That Will Truly Chill You

    7 Stories Of Alleged Past Life Experiences From History That Will Truly Chill You

    The idea of reincarnation has been around virtually forever; it’s a part of a number of religions and belief systems dating back to ancient times — and it can be pretty wild to read about some of the most infamous stories of alleged past life experiences from history. Clearly there’s something…

  • Atlantis’ Tragic Tale: What Is the Truth Behind the Myth?

    Atlantis’ Tragic Tale: What Is the Truth Behind the Myth?

    Undoubtedly, Atlantis was the most famous legendary place in the ancient world, and it has remained one of the most enduring ancient myths. Immortalized by its narrator, Plato, the story of Atlantis is a tantalizing tale: An advanced civilization that went too far in its greed, provoking the wrath of…

  • 8 Reincarnation Stories That Proved To Be True

    8 Reincarnation Stories That Proved To Be True

    Reincarnation Story 1: The Case of Purnima Ekanayake Psychology professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Iceland, Erlendur Haraldsson, researched the strange case of Purnima Ekanayake, a girl who claims to have been a manufacturer of incense who died in a traffic accident. Purnima was nine…

  • How a Medium’s Brain Changes in a Trance

    How a Medium’s Brain Changes in a Trance

    A medium practices psychography, or writing the words of the dead while in a trance. (Image credit: Julio Peres) The supernatural experience of having the dead communicate through the living has now been analyzed with brain scans. Their brain activity suggests those more expert at entering these otherworldly trances often experienced a drop…

  • Scientific Rationality

    Scientific Rationality

    An Approach To Ghosts & Ghost Studies Elemental Ghosts Elementals seem to be a type of conscious entity that is closely associated with a specific place or location. This type of creature resides in a realm that is either above or below our levels of perception. Perception is defined as…

  • Is Reality All in the Mind?

    Is Reality All in the Mind?

    All our experiences—all our perceptions, sensations, dreams, thoughts and feelings—are forms appearing in consciousness. It doesn’t always seem that way. When I see a tree it seems as if I am seeing the tree directly. But science tells us something completely different is happening. Light entering the eye triggers chemical…

  • ESP: What can science say?

    ESP: What can science say?

    Ever answer a phone call, only to hear the person you were just thinking of on the other end? Ever had a dream about something that later actually happened? Ever felt like somebody read your mind? Some people may interpret these sorts of experiences as extrasensory perception, or ESP. ESP…

  • The 9 Most Convincing Parapsychology Studies Ever Conducted

    The 9 Most Convincing Parapsychology Studies Ever Conducted

    The existence of paranormal research suggests that even the most hardened of skeptics want to believe that “there are more things on heaven and earth that are dreamt of in their philosophies,” to paraphrase Shakespeare. However, accredited scientific research into the paranormal remains controversial. Even comprehensive and evidence-heavy studies are often still considered…