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306 stories in 17 editions · page 8 of 13
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World Pumpkin Record Falls Twice in a Week as Rhode Island Grower Tops Hampshire Twins
Ron Wallace's 1,431.5 kg squash, weighed on Saturday, ends a reign by two British brothers that lasted only seven days.
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· Fringe Science & Earth Changes
Magnetic Field in Solar Wind Found to Reverse Its Spin at a Certain Scale
An international team reports that turbulent plasma sampled by the Parker Solar Probe changes its direction of magnetic rotation, and that the point of change drifts with distance from the Sun.
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Ancient Observatory, Oldest Shipwreck and a Moon Hole Lead Wednesday's Oddments
The Daily Grail's roundup for October 14 spans a 2,500-year-old Mexican observatory, a vampire older than Dracula, and a cavern said to lurk beneath the lunar surface.
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Former Pentagon UFO Investigator Said to Discuss Home Encounter on CNN
A Reddit post points readers to a television segment in which Jay Stratton is said to speak with Jake Tapper about an alleged alien encounter.
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Swedish Villager Reports Uneasy Feeling Near Newly Dug Grave
A Reddit user posting to r/Paranormal says the resting place of a man killed in a work accident gives off an eerie light and atmosphere.
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Glowing 'Space Jellyfish' Drifts Over Eastern Seaboard; Rocket Exhaust Blamed
A luminous, tentacled cloud startled early risers on Tuesday, though the source, a Florida launch, was promptly identified.
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Search Party Lands at Nikumaroro to Inspect Lagoon Object Thought to Be Earhart's Plane
An expedition has reached the remote Pacific island, where a five-day inspection of the so-called Taraia Object is to begin.
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Rainbow Cobra Guides Sleeper Through Portals, Toy-Lined Hallway and Temple of Isis
A Reddit user in r/Experiencers describes a sleep-paralysis journey that ended in a starry sky and a conversation she cannot recall.
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Old Sky Plates Show Flashes Clustered Before Atomic Tests, Reddit Poster Says
A user on r/HighStrangeness points to a published study of 1950s photographs and asks whether something was watching the nuclear age begin.
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Pascagoula Abduction of 1973 Retold on Video, Prompting Fresh Look at Old Case
A short film on the Hickson-Parker incident, flagged by The Anomalist, arrives with a digest of related sightings from Monterrey to Trevelin.
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Saucer Sighted on Cuauhtémoc Highway, Reports Social Security Man by Long Distance
A Chihuahua newspaper in 1973 weighed a motorist's telephoned account of a luminous object, 50 meters across, that lingered for 45 minutes.
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Missing Work Phone Reappears on Kitchen Counter in 1912 Home
A homeowner of four uneventful years reports that a vanished phone returned to its usual spot after a thorough search.
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Majority of Americans Would Consider Buying a Haunted House, Survey Finds
A real estate firm's October poll reports that most would buy, two-thirds would keep quiet as sellers, and only four states are said to have ghost-disclosure rules.
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Defeated Archaeologist Toasts Rival, Presents Black Figurine From Syrian Dig
A retro radio drama, one of nearly a dozen in a five-hour broadcast, concerns a lost college election and a small gift of dubious intent.
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Hidden Stone Circles of Odd-Numbered Stones Emerge from Norwegian Burial Ground
Archaeologists at Hunnfeltet, near Fredrikstad, report circles of 9, 11, 13 or 15 stones whose purpose remains unsettled.
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Royal Archive of 184 Clay Tablets Surfaces in Turkey, Bearing Fevers, Omens and Appeals for Chariots
Excavators at Kayalıpınar report that a 3,400-year-old Hittite archive records an epidemic, a dead infant princess and generals pleading for reinforcements.
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Dreamer Reports Year-Long Siege by Goblins on the Astral Plane
A Reddit user appeals to the r/starseeds community for a means of sending the creatures away for good.
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Tarot Reader's Missing Cards Reappear in Plain Sight, Then a Third Goes Astray
A professional reader writes that two cards lost for two weeks turned up beneath a bag of hair curlers, and that a third briefly vanished mid-reading.
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· Fringe Science & Earth Changes
Congressman Sees Propaganda Stakes in UFO Transparency as Rivals Said to Eye 'Arms Race'
Rep. Eric Burlison suggests openness about unidentified phenomena could burnish America's reputation, while researchers trade notes on birds, sensors and Norwegian lights.
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Human Design Practitioner Tells Podcast Host the Sleeping Phoenix Phase Is Upon Us
Daniel Gillifix, in conversation on the MFTIC Research Substack, links individual lives to a larger world cycle and a coming emphasis on individuality.
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Sleeper Wakes Nightly at 3:20; Board Offers Neighbors, Goblins and Honey
An anonymous poster on 4chan's /x/ asks what spiritual meaning attends a punctual predawn waking, and receives a spirited range of answers.
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Reader Reports Grey Figure and Polite Request After Nap Following Days of Agenda 2030 Reading
A newcomer to the experiencer community describes a glitchy sensation, a brief visitor, and an invitation declined, while allowing that half-sleep may be to blame.
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Dreamer Weighs Prophecy Against Coincidence After Cat's Five Kittens Foretold
A Reddit user posting to r/Paranormal asks whether years of vivid dreams that later came true amount to genuine clairvoyance.
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Faceless Man in Wide-Brimmed Hat Reported in Homes Worldwide, Said to Pass From Kin to Kin
A podcast episode gathers witness accounts of the so-called Hat Man, a figure said to appear to one family member and then to another.
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Handle Turns on Locked Oak Door as Cameras Fail at Remote Port During Storm
A security operator at a riverside grain facility says a three-point-locked office, a blackout and a sudden chill left him seeking a rational explanation.
