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400,000 Gallons of Radioactive Water Leaked from a Nuclear Plant in Minnesota
“Xcel Energy took swift action to contain the leak to the plant site, which poses no health and safety risk to the local community or the environment,” the Minneapolis-based utility said in a statement. While Xcel reported the leak of water containing tritium to state and federal authorities in late November, the spill had not been made public before Thursday.
State officials said they waited to get more information before going public with it…. “Now that we have all the information about where the leak occurred, how much was released into groundwater, and that contaminated groundwater had moved beyond the original location, we are sharing this information,” said Minnesota Pollution Control Agency spokesman Michael Rafferty, adding the water remains contained on Xcel’s property and poses no immediate public health risk.
The company said it notified the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the state on Nov. 22, the day after it confirmed the leak, which came from a pipe between two buildings. Since then, it has been pumping groundwater, storing and processing the contaminated water, which contains tritium levels below federal thresholds. “Ongoing monitoring from over two dozen on-site monitoring wells confirms that the leaked water is fully contained on-site and has not been detected beyond the facility or in any local drinking water,” the Xcel Energy statement said.
When asked why Xcel Energy didn’t notify the public earlier, the company said: “We understand the importance of quickly informing the communities we serve if a situation poses an immediate threat to health and safety. In this case, there was no such threat.”
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BIGFOOT BEHIND HOUSE Interrupts Minnesota Family’s Christmas (VIDEO)
“Say Merry Christmas, everyone!” So begins a strange video taken on December 25, 2014, in Northern Minnesota. What begins as a simple family gathering around the Christmas tree turns into an alleged sighting of a Bigfoot.
The family quickly scurries outside, smartphones in hand, to film the large biped as it moves through the bare trees in the distance. The dog runs out towards the strange figure, barking wildly at whatever it might be. The dog continues to bark and growl, standing alert, nose pointed straight ahead. As the family slowly backs up toward the house, the camera turns to an open clearing. And just at that moment, the dark shadow can be seen, walking through the trees with a strange, lumbering gait. With that, the family retreats back into the house, “slightly frightened.”
While the true nature of this video is uncertain, reactions seem to be mixed in the comments. Some feel it’s legitimate, others think it’s a laughable hoax, pointing out the relatively unenthusiastic response of the family to what should be an extraordinary encounter. Even so, what has many perplexed is the reaction of the dog. While the dog initially approached the unidentified figure, it then backed off and continued to bark in its direction.
The Minnesota Bigfoot video was featured on Paranormal Caught on Camera in an episode that aired on March 31, 2022. In it, the announcer indicates that it’s the Byrd Family. The various hosts of the show found the footage highly believable and were taken by the seemingly frightened reaction of the dog. The footage can be found at (youtube.com/watch?v=NeIq3Og0XRo).
In the comments section, some people had some intriguing thoughts about the video. Ritan Martinez wrote: “Listen with headphones – the creature made growling sounds at Riff the dog, just before Riff abruptly backs off. You can hear more warnings from it after that, they sound very subtle and directed at the dog. At the end, you can hear the heavy crunch of its stride as it takes off to the left. Very interesting video, was it ever followed up?”
Brian Krames thought its speed was shocking: “What sealed the deal was how fast this creature moved from right to left at a very fast clip, without stumbling or falling down, through snow and heavy brush in the last 30 seconds. I would love to see a person in a 50-pound ‘suit’ move that fast without ‘face-planting’ on a log or a rock out there. N chance of a person doing this, but it was not very large so it could have been a juvenile Sasquatch and their dog was persistent enough for it to move away swiftly. The speed of these creatures in some of these videos will tell you if it is fake or legit; they all have this trait in common with very good dexterity and excellent mobility for a creature of its size. I’ve seen footage of people in ‘suits’ try to move that quickly through uneven terrain, over rocks, tree branches (and snow, in this case) and it is quite hilarious.”
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Dogman / Cryptid Canine Recorded in Paradise Park, Chisago Lake, Minnesota (VIDEO/CAPTURES)
The following screen captures were from a video that was originally posted on Facebook. The creature was apparently seen and recorded in Paradise Park in Chisago Lake, Minnesota.
“I and the kids saw some kind of creature at the edge of a field stalking a group of deer today right before sunset about 7-8PM and yes it was moving its head and ears. It was not a tree stump. We only captured its attention a few times to where it turned and looked directly at us (you can see it turn its head and look over at us in the video) and then would immediately turn back to watching the deer. It wasn’t concerned with us at all, it was completely fixated on the deer. I know it’s another typical blurry picture where you can barely make out its features, it was across a large field and this is the clearest picture our phones could get. But you can clearly see its ears, an eye, the shape of its head, long arms in the front, and what looks like a mane around its neck where the hair is longer/thicker. It doesn’t look like a bear to me and there aren’t any cougars around this area, not that I know of anyways. This was out east from Chisago Lake, Minnesota where a family friend of ours had a pretty terrifying encounter some years back with a “creature” that walked on 2 legs “bent backward” and ran across the road right in front of her vehicle. She’s so traumatized by the experience she won’t even talk about it. Anyways it taught me to keep an open mind about things (we have 2 encounters not far from this area actually, maybe I’ll come back one day and tell those stories) but for now, I’m just looking for some feedback on what others think it might be because I have no idea, it looks pretty weird.” SG
NOTE: The actual post and original video can be found at North American Dogman Project – Region 3 It can also be found on YouTube. What are your thoughts? Lon
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What Minneapolis investors are looking for (hint: It’s not just Minnesota startups)
For this week’s City Spotlight: Minneapolis, I had the honor of interviewing Mary Grove, managing partner of Bread & Butter Ventures, and Justin Kaufenberg, managing director of Rally Ventures, about their investment strategies. Both are based in Minneapolis, and they are using the city as a lookout tower for what’s happening across the U.S. Those […]
What Minneapolis investors are looking for (hint: It’s not just Minnesota startups) by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Possible Mimicking Bigfoot Unsettles Family in Remote Minnesota
A family, with a disabled son, rents a cabin along a remote lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota. A possible Bigfoot begins mimicking the sounds made by the son. Very interesting account.
The following account was recently referred to me:
“We had traveled up near the Canadian border in St. Louis County, Minnesota a few summers ago. We rented a cabin off the grid in the middle of nowhere. Our son is severely disabled and while he’s nonverbal he definitely isn’t quiet. He makes very loud sounds. Guttural shrieks and whoops. This particular spot takes about an hour off-road to get to. It’s near logging roads but there are no people. Very rugged roads. The cabin is on 320 acres of lake and surrounded by well over 40 acres of forest. It’s just us there. Plenty more acres but that is just the acreage around the cabin.
That night my son was standing on the deck. It’s on the second level of the cabin. He was jumping and bashing and howling. The pounding of his jumping on the deck was reverberating throughout the forest. This was something we would usually worry about but not here. It felt great not to have to worry. This is the very reason we are here. No one to judge us or get upset by our sounds.
Off to the west, we began hearing something. It sounded as if it was mimicking my son. Just didn’t feel real at first. It was a “no way this is happening moment.” It mimicked him unbelievably well. It was loud and sounded as though it had the lung capacity of 20 men. It was definitely an animal. It didn’t sound angry at all or menacing. It was just a strong mimicking sound. I don’t really know how to explain it.
We went inside and did our best to ignore it. I felt the entire rest of the trip as if we were being watched. I couldn’t shake that feeling. It was the most uncomfortable I’ve ever felt in my life. I cannot explain it. Just thinking about it now makes me uncomfortable. There were other very odd things that occurred that week but I don’t really feel comfortable sharing. Almost supernatural. I know that sounds silly. Smoke alarms going off at night, etc. Just weird things.
We ended up going back the next summer as we didn’t let on to our other son who was asleep at the time that anything had occurred. We have had no incidents like that again. No feeling of being watched and nothing uncomfortable but that incident, that week, will always stay with me.” N
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Phantoms & Monsters Radio presents a Phantoms & Monsters Fortean Research Roundtable discussion. We will be discussing current investigations and other cryptid / unexplained incidents & sightings. Joining Lon will be James West, Chad Redding, Kit Taylor, & Bernadette McDaniel.
James West is a 2-time Dogman experiencer, has had multiple encounters with the paranormal including shadow people/creatures, suspected demons, and ghosts, and has been physically possessed on one occasion by an unknown dark entity. James is also currently in the process of writing a nonfiction book about cryptid beings in the United States, entitled “50 Cryptids in 50 States.” In addition to this, James is a member of Phantoms and Monsters Fortean Research.
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Chad M. Redding grew up in the Pigeon Hills region of western York County, Pennsylvania. A lifetime of roaming the woods, hills, and hollows led Chad to develop his passions and skills as a woodsman. Very much an avid lover of old traditional ways and old things. His love of the forests and mountains know no bounds. For he has camped, rambled, gathered, canoed, and fished. In all 4 seasons.
As a lover of local history and folklore, wanderer of forgotten places, and life-long experiencer of the strange. Chad also contributes to and works with Timothy Renner of Strange Familiars Podcast.
Chad has also given back to the community, woodsman or otherwise. For as a traditionalist, he believes that knowledge should be passed on. From demos at various festivals, his foraging walks he gives regularly, on the various charity campouts he has organized. He has sought to help others and educate them.
Chad became the proprietor of Ruck Rabbit Outdoors a company that supplies old-style crafted, curated, refurbished, and surplus gear to the woods folk community.
Chad is a member of Phantoms and Monsters Fortean Research.
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Kit Taylor is a film and Television actor, writer, producer, and documentarian. His latest work includes a short documentary on the Fayetteville Incident (the Bledsoe Family story) titled “Burden of Truth.”
Kit was an investigator for MUFON and has recently become a member of the Phantoms & Monsters Fortean Research team. Having first-hand, life-altering experiences, Kit’s approach to investigating is from an empathetic point of view and hopes to contribute positively, to the world of high strangeness.
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Bernadette McDaniel, Phantoms & Monsters Fortean Research member will co-host this episode. Bernadette will soon be hosting ‘A Paranormal Life’ on Phantoms & Monsters Radio.
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Have you had a sighting of a winged humanoid or huge bat-like creature in the Chicago, Illinois metro area / Lake Michigan region? The entity has also been referred to as the ‘Chicago Mothman’, ‘Chicago Owlman’ & ‘O’Hare Mothman.’ – Chicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive Map – Please feel free to contact me at lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com – your anonymity is guaranteed. Our investigative group is conducting a serious examination of his phenomenon. We are merely seeking the truth and wish to determine what eyewitnesses have been encountering. Your cooperation is truly appreciated.
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