Weird News
Awesome or Off-Putting: The Koran Appears On A Baby
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. Now when you hear that the Koran has appeared on a baby, you no doubt get a visual of little arms and tiny legs sticking out from underneath a very dusty, thick book. Although that's almost definitely happened at one time or other - that's not what we mean here. No - we mean actual verses from the Koran have appeared scribbled on a baby boy's skin - repeatedly.
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. Now when you hear that the Koran has appeared on a baby, you no doubt get a visual of little arms and tiny legs sticking out from underneath a very dusty, thick book. Although that's almost definitely happened at one time or other - that's not what we mean here. No - we mean actual verses from the Koran have appeared scribbled on a baby boy's skin - repeatedly.
Awesome Or Off-Putting: This Man (In Everybody’s Dream)
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. As paranormal events go, this one really stands out. It stands out, perhaps, because we've never heard of anything quite like it. There are no UFOs to speak of, nobody's claimed a terrifying ape-man encounter deep in the woods, and as far as we can tell nobody's gotten ghost-hickeys. Ask our Aunt Sally about the hickeys. Today's topic is a man who has appeared in everybody's dream.
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. As paranormal events go, this one really stands out. It stands out, perhaps, because we've never heard of anything quite like it. There are no UFOs to speak of, nobody's claimed a terrifying ape-man encounter deep in the woods, and as far as we can tell nobody's gotten ghost-hickeys. Ask our Aunt Sally about the hickeys. Today's topic is a man who has appeared in everybody's dream.
Awesome or Off-Putting: The Chronovisor, A Time Travelling TV-ish Thingy
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. The trouble with time travel is that if you go to the past and step on a butterfly, that butterfly's family will then travel to the future and murder you and everyone you love. We can't remember how that old adage goes, actually. That makes the Chronovisor, invented by Father Pellegrino Ernetti, quite convenient. On it, you see, you can view the past without disturbing it - TV style.
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. The trouble with time travel is that if you go to the past and step on a butterfly, that butterfly's family will then travel to the future and murder you and everyone you love. We can't remember how that old adage goes, actually. That makes the Chronovisor, invented by Father Pellegrino Ernetti, quite convenient. On it, you see, you can view the past without disturbing it - TV style.
Awesome Or Off-Putting: The Hexham Heads & The Werewolf That Watches Them
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. Every now and again someone, somewhere finds little stone heads for which gigantic, misshapen wolves always come hunting. Well to be sure, we said 'every now and again' - but we meant it only happened once that we've heard of. And incidentally - those wolves we mentioned, well they don't just track you as you and your over-sized Spider-Man backpack walk to school - they angrily plod through your house too. Searching all the while.
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. Every now and again someone, somewhere finds little stone heads for which gigantic, misshapen wolves always come hunting. Well to be sure, we said 'every now and again' - but we meant it only happened once that we've heard of. And incidentally - those wolves we mentioned, well they don't just track you as you and your over-sized Spider-Man backpack walk to school - they angrily plod through your house too. Searching all the while.
Awesome or Off-Putting: Black Eyed Kids
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. Ghosts are passe and Sasquatch seems about as scary as a bucket full of lollipops. Whatever is the former world of terror/monsters to do? Why, they need to invent some sort of a new creature to fear - and by new creature, we mean of course, children. Not just any children though - needy ones with black eyes. Black eyed children, it seems, are a fairly new epidemic.
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. Ghosts are passe and Sasquatch seems about as scary as a bucket full of lollipops. Whatever is the former world of terror/monsters to do? Why, they need to invent some sort of a new creature to fear - and by new creature, we mean of course, children. Not just any children though - needy ones with black eyes. Black eyed children, it seems, are a fairly new epidemic.
Awesome or Off-Putting: Mexican Farmer Drowns Cute Baby Alien
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artefacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. The problems with monsters, ghosts and aliens is that, sure - people see them - but there usually are no pictures to prove it. Sometimes a few frames get snapped off - but the blurry image in the distant background is rarely convincing of anything. Imagine then, how shocked modern scientists must be as they examine an actual 'baby alien' body that was drowned by a scared Mexican farmer in 2007.
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artefacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. The problems with monsters, ghosts and aliens is that, sure - people see them - but there usually are no pictures to prove it. Sometimes a few frames get snapped off - but the blurry image in the distant background is rarely convincing of anything. Imagine then, how shocked modern scientists must be as they examine an actual 'baby alien' body that was drowned by a scared Mexican farmer in 2007.
Awesome Or Off-Putting: Jack-in-Irons
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. Poor Jack - stuck in those irons. Irons, of course, meaning chains in this case. And why, you may ask, is he stuck in chains? Well some would argue it's because at some point in his life he'd been incarcerated. Did we mention that he's now a giant that haunts old, lonely English roads? Or that his chains are adorned with severed human heads?
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. Poor Jack - stuck in those irons. Irons, of course, meaning chains in this case. And why, you may ask, is he stuck in chains? Well some would argue it's because at some point in his life he'd been incarcerated. Did we mention that he's now a giant that haunts old, lonely English roads? Or that his chains are adorned with severed human heads?
Awesome or Off-Putting: Psychomanteum – A Weird Room Where You Talk To The Dead
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. If you're dear old Auntie Mable happened to pass away without telling you where exactly she'd hidden her well-preserved 1979 Microsoft stock certificates, you might think you'd need to pay an expensive psychic to ask her where they are. Not so - now you can do it in your own home - for the low, low cost of a mirror!
Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, ancient artifacts, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable. If you're dear old Auntie Mable happened to pass away without telling you where exactly she'd hidden her well-preserved 1979 Microsoft stock certificates, you might think you'd need to pay an expensive psychic to ask her where they are. Not so - now you can do it in your own home - for the low, low cost of a mirror!
