Vol. I · No. 27 Price: One Tinfoil Hat

“All the News That’s Unfit to Believe”

CRYPTIDS & CREATURES

Blood-Drinking Dragon of South Mountain Stirs Anew in Podcast Retelling

A Weird Darkness episode revives the Snallygaster, the Maryland beast said to have drawn the interest of the Smithsonian and a President.

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A creature that Maryland families once guarded against with painted stars has returned to public attention. The Snallygaster, a dragon-like bird said to drink the blood of its victims, leads the latest episode of the Weird Darkness podcast, published on the second of November.

According to the episode's notes, families in the region painted seven-pointed stars on their barns to keep the beast at bay. The notes say German settlers in Maryland called the creature the Schneller Geist and described it as drinking blood through a metal beak lined with razor teeth.

The legend reached its height in 1909. The episode summary states that sightings near South Mountain filled the pages of the Middletown Valley Register that year, and that the reports drew the interest of both the Smithsonian and Theodore Roosevelt. The notes do not say what either of them concluded, and the matter is left for listeners to pursue.

The episode's own title promises a "Surprising End" to the legend, and its notes pose the questions in the manner of a coroner's inquest: whether the creature was real, where it was hiding, and why only some people ever saw it. The segment is credited to a written account by Ellen Lloyd for Ancient Pages. The notes give no answer to those questions, and this newspaper makes none.

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DEEP SEA DISPATCH

UFO Researcher Reports 3,000-Foot Hole Off Canadian Coast, Calls It Alien Base Entrance

Scott C. Waring's claim about waters off Nunavut arrives alongside a retired admiral's general remarks on the unexplored ocean.

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A hole more than 3,000 feet (914 metres) across has been identified in waters off Nunavut, Canada, and is an entrance to an underwater alien base, according to UFO researcher Scott C. Waring. The claim was posted on 28 October 2026 on his site, UFO Sightings Daily, and later circulated on Reddit's r/UFOs forum.

The material available to this newspaper offers only the briefest account of the feature itself. It describes it as a hole of the stated width and places it off the Nunavut coast. No mundane explanation for it appears in the summary, and none is offered here as established.

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Source: r/UFOs · Nov 2, 2026
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DISCLOSURE WATCH

Democrats Said to Ready UFO Disclosure Committee as Whistleblowers Lose Faith in Presidents

A link posted to r/UFOs claims a party is preparing a congressional panel because informants do not 'trust another president.'

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A Reddit user posting to r/UFOs has shared a link under a headline stating that Democrats are reportedly preparing a UFO disclosure committee, on the grounds that whistleblowers do not "trust another president." The post is dated November 2, 2026.

The submission consists solely of a link or image. No body text accompanies it, and the post offers no further explanation, no named sources and no description of the committee's proposed powers, membership or schedule.

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Source: r/UFOs · Nov 2, 2026
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FROM THE AIRWAVES

Fresno Uncle Predicts Own Death Within the Week, Sets Condition on Mausoleum Locks

A retro radio compilation revives a 1979 drama in which a nephew inherits everything, provided he checks the family crypt daily.

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An uncle in Fresno summons his nephew, a Hollywood photographer, and informs him that he will be dead within a week. So runs the premise of "Shadows From The Grave," a radio drama revived this week in a long retro-radio program from Weird Darkness.

According to the program's description, the old man then leaves the young man his entire estate on a single condition: that he check the locks on the family mausoleum every day, without fail. The description does not say what the locks are meant to keep in, or out.

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THINGS THAT FALL

Body Heard Plunging From Ceiling in Austin Rental; Floor Found Empty

A Reddit poster says a morning crash, a locked window and a growling dog preceded the discovery that nobody was home, and that similar noises have since followed to a new address.

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A Reddit user posting to r/Paranormal under the title "Has This Happened to You?" has described a pair of unexplained household disturbances, the first of which, the author says, occurred during a stay at an Airbnb home in Austin, Texas.

According to the post, the writer was in the house one morning when the sound of a body falling violently from the ceiling onto the living room floor came through the walls. The author says it sounded as though the figure struck furniture on the way down. The writer locked the bedroom door, put on shoes, and prepared to leave through the window, but could not lift the dog out, and found the window secured by security locks.

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Source: r/Paranormal · Nov 2, 2026
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MACHINE SPIRITS

Ghost Hunters Divided as Artificial Intelligence Enters the Haunted House

Paranormal investigators debate whether chatbots and image generators are the next great instrument of the trade or a threat to its soul.

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The ghost-hunting fraternity, long accustomed to meters, recorders and gadgets of every description, finds itself in a fresh dispute over the newest instrument of all: artificial intelligence. According to a report published by The Guardian and noted by The Anomalist, the technology has won enthusiastic adopters and wary critics in roughly equal measure.

Among the adopters are Amy Waine and Jarrad Cutting, a ghost-hunting pair who design their own software. They describe their app, GhostTube Seer, as the world's first AI ghost-hunting tool. The pair claim it takes readings from a phone's magnetometer, identifies words and phrases in the signals, and passes them to an image generator. The app requires a paid subscription and, per its Google Play listing, has more than one million downloads.

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Source: The Guardian · found via The Anomalist · Nov 2, 2026
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TRANSMISSION

Telosians Tell France Its Civilization Is Ending, Urge Peaceful Protest

A channeled message published on Era of Light says the 'chaos' of the present day is a sign of a coming shift to a 'New Earth.'

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A message attributed to the Telosians, and channeled by Marie Josée Andichou, was posted on the site Era of Light on November 3. It opens with a greeting to the "children of Earth" and offers comfort, "especially in the land of France."

According to the message, a "revolution of consciousness" is under way among the French people, who it says have come to realize how long they have been manipulated. The text names the pandemic as a turning point, saying it restricted freedom and awakened a desire for peace.

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Source: Era of Light · Nov 3, 2026
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ANCIENT ENIGMAS

Sheffield Technician Revives Roman Glass Trick Lost for 1,600 Years

Dr Lisa Hollands, after many experiments with furnaces, oxygen and even sugar, is reported to have reproduced the color-changing effect of the Lycurgus Cup.

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A technician at the University of Sheffield has reproduced, for the first time in some 1,600 years, the color-changing effect of the Roman Lycurgus Cup, according to a report by MessageToEagle drawing on a university press release.

The cup, which dates to the 4th century AD and is held by the British Museum, is made of dichroic glass. It appears jade green when light strikes it and ruby red when light passes through it. The report describes it as one of about 40 surviving glass cage cups and the only one to show the effect. An international panel of artists and conservators is said to have named it one of the seven glass wonders of the world in 2022.

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ANCIENT ENIGMAS

Clay Shrine Maiden Stands Guard Again After 1,500 Years Beneath Gunma Mound

Archaeologists report a well-preserved haniwa figurine of a female shaman, still bearing traces of red paint, from a Kofun-era tomb beside the Tone River.

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Image: Ancient Pages

Archaeologists in Gunma Prefecture have unearthed a clay figurine of a female shaman, or miko, from a burial mound that, according to Ancient Pages, was raised some 1,500 years ago. The piece was excavated from Tomb No. 1 at the Nishikaminomiya site, near the Tone River in Isesaki City, and is dated by experts to the second half of the fifth century.

The figure is a haniwa, one of the terracotta cylinders and statues that the report says were set on and around graves of the Kofun Period. It stands about 41 centimeters tall and consists of a head and upper torso, both intact. In her left hand she holds what the article describes as a scepter-like ritual tool, and she wears clay bracelets on both wrists and a sash over one shoulder.

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Source: Ancient Pages · Nov 2, 2026
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ANCIENT ENIGMAS

Invisible Varnish Found Guarding 37,000-Year-Old Paintings in French Cave

Researchers using a portable ultraviolet instrument report a translucent calcite film over charcoal drawings at Chauvet Cave, and a hint that artists drew with hot charcoal.

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Image: The Debrief

Scientists say they have found a hidden reason that the Paleolithic paintings of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave have lasted some 37,000 years: a thin, invisible mineral coating that may have shielded them from the ages.

According to a report in The Debrief, the work was led by researchers from Sorbonne Université and France's National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). The team built a portable instrument using ultraviolet fluorescence spectroscopy, which can examine cave walls from as far as 2.5 meters away, sparing the fragile art any contact.

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Source: The Debrief · Nov 2, 2026
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OVERHEAD

Unexplained Drones Said to Have Buzzed Dozens of U.S. Nuclear Plants, One Within 100 Feet

A digest entry in The Anomalist points to reporting on NRC records, then wanders into UFO disclosure politics and a laser search for alien signals.

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A digest entry published by The Anomalist, drawing on a report from American Buildout, directs readers to accounts of unexplained drones overflying American nuclear power stations. According to the headline of the underlying report, records of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission show dozens of plants were buzzed since 2024, with one reactor approached to within 100 feet.

The digest credits the reporter Ed Moltzen, who covers data centers, energy and finance, with listing a recent rash of such incidents under the heading "Drones and Nukes." Moltzen, the entry says, notes gaps in communications and the inability of the sites to take active counter-drone measures. He also observes, according to the summary, that military-grade drones of the kind used in the Ukrainian-Russian theatre pose a far greater threat than hobby-grade machines.

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Source: American Buildout · found via The Anomalist · Nov 2, 2026
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RED PLANET

Mile-Long Mystery Cloud Over Martian Volcano May Yield Its Secret After Decades

The Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud, first captured by Viking 2, may form by a process that needs no dust, scientists now suggest.

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A cloud stretching more than 900 miles across the surface of Mars, first photographed in the era of NASA's Viking missions, may at last be giving up its secrets, according to a report published by The Debrief.

The report states that Viking 2 reached the planet in late 1976 and, over the following two years, returned thousands of images. Among them was a vast formation unlike anything scientists had previously seen on the Red Planet. It is now known as the Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud, or AMEC, after the great volcano above which it appears.

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Source: The Debrief · Nov 2, 2026
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HOME DEFENSE

Homeowner Uppercuts Tall Dark Figure That Said 'Hello?' in Unlit Kitchen

A Reddit user in r/Paranormal says the intruder vanished when the light came on, and fears it may return.

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A Reddit user posting to r/Paranormal has described an encounter in a darkened kitchen that ended, by the author's account, with a single well-placed uppercut and an empty room.

According to the post, the author returned from the store on an ordinary day. Dusk had fallen, and no lights were on in the house. From the unlit kitchen came an unfamiliar voice saying "hello?" The author says they stood and peered into the dark, whereupon the voice repeated the word in precisely the same pitch and tone. The author answered with a "Hello?" of their own.

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Source: r/Paranormal · Nov 2, 2026
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Astral Dispatches

Dreamer Reports Extracting Black 'Worm' From Forehead During Out-of-Body Journey

A Reddit user on r/Experiencers says the removal left the mind feeling clearer, and asks whether others have had the same experience.

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A Reddit user posting to r/Experiencers has described an unusual operation said to have been performed during an out-of-body experience: the removal, by hand, of a long black creature from the region of the third eye.

According to the post, the author felt an urge to take hold of the spot between the brows and pulled out what is described as a worm-like, parasitical thing. The author writes that it struggled to emerge, and that a hard pulling sensation and pain accompanied the extraction.

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DISPATCHES

Bather Reports Orange Sky Glimpsed Through 'Window' Behind Closed Eyelids

A Reddit user asks r/Experiencers whether anyone else has seen a moving landscape in the dark of shut eyes, and invites both scientific and spiritual answers.

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A Reddit user posting to r/Experiencers has described an unexpected sight that, according to the post, arrived during an ordinary shower: a small opening in the darkness behind closed eyelids, through which an orange sky could be seen.

The author writes that the background was entirely black. In the upper-right corner of the visual field, an aperture appeared, showing white clouds drifting slowly across the orange expanse. The opening, the post says, kept altering its shape and size, which the author likens to peering through a window into another place.

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WILDLIFE WATCH

Hawk Grounded in Virginia Driveway Found 'Too Darn Fat to Fly'

Animal rescuers say the mystery of a stranded raptor was resolved by a simple matter of weight.

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Image: UPI Odd News

Animal rescuers in Virginia believe they have solved the case of a hawk found grounded in a resident's driveway, according to a report published by UPI Odd News on November 2.

The bird, the report states, was "too darn fat to fly." That, in brief, was the finding offered by the rescuers who attended the scene.

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Source: UPI Odd News · Nov 2, 2026
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CURIOSITIES

French Film House Seeks to Hypnotize Patrons Into Forgetting The Matrix

Pathe's 'Rewind' experiment asks whether the mind can be coaxed into seeing a beloved film for the first time, twice.

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The French film company Pathe is conducting an experiment to determine whether hypnosis can cause people to forget a motion picture they have already seen, so that they may enjoy it afresh, according to a report by T.K. Randall of Unexplained Mysteries, citing IGN.com.

The undertaking, known as Pathe Rewind, will employ the hypnotist Victor Kraemer. The films named for the trial are The Matrix, Se7en, La La Land and Interstellar. The report notes that the notion of selectively erased memory has long been a staple of cinema, appearing in Total Recall and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

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CURIOSITIES

Bronze Age Giants' Tomb Awaits Visitors Down a Path of Stone Arrows

A listing on Atlas Obscura describes an imposing ancient burial monument in Dorgali, reachable by a short walk and guided by hand-arranged markers.

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A Bronze Age tomb of considerable size stands a short distance from the SP 38 road in Dorgali, according to a entry on the travel website Atlas Obscura, which calls the structure "huge and impressive." The site is listed under the name Tomba dei Gigante S'Ena e Thimes.

The entry says the tomb lies about five minutes' walk from the road. Visitors who set out on foot are not left entirely to their own devices: the listing reports directional arrows on the ground, formed from stones arranged into arrow shapes. Each arrow, the entry notes, is unique.

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Source: Atlas Obscura · Nov 2, 2026
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