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Berry-Picker’s MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE After Reporting ‘WEIRD CREATURE’
A man was hired to pick berries in Salla, Lapland, Finland. He later called his employer to report an unknown weird creature that was following him. There was no further contact or trace of the victim.
“Hey, Lon. I thought you might be interested in this mysterious account. Back in mid-2014, a Thai man working in Salla, Lapland, Finland as a berry picker was waiting for a lift back to his apartment. He called his contact and during this conversation, he stated, “Something weird is following me, it’s like a dog or something.” After this, despite being afraid of the weird creature, he hung up and immediately his cell phone was switched off either because he ran out of battery or he turned it off.
After this, the man disappeared without a trace. Police stated they haven’t found any tracks whatsoever from the area he disappeared from, human or animal-like. Despite this happening, police announced a few weeks later that they were stopping all efforts to find the man except by starting an “official investigation?” The man in charge of the operation first made a statement that this is a total mystery but later stated that it is an animal attack and nothing else, almost wanting everyone to lose their attention to the story and calling back all the search parties from the area. The parties were mainly made up of Finnish military and police personnel and just a few of co-workers were allowed to contribute to the search despite knowing the man and speaking his language.
Later they were all called back to work and for the last few days, it seems to have been strictly a military/police operation. They found a berry bucket and intact clothes identified as belonging to the man at the scene but the police quickly announced that they had been brought there by the man’s co-workers which seems a bit odd. Why didn’t they just hand them over to officials instead of taking them into the deep forest and just leaving them there? They found no trace of the man, no blood, no tracks, nothing. No one has any clue what could have happened to the man.
The particular area has some bears and wolves but bears usually tend to avoid humans instead of following them and wolves hunt in packs. So what was this weird creature he saw and why did he hang up the phone call despite being afraid of this creature? The only specs of this creature are “a large, dog-like dark animal.” There is no information on whether it was bipedal or not.
The Finland national broadcast network YLE (then owned by the Finnish state with a 99.98% share) has removed all stories related to the case from its website. Finnish media have been very quiet about this except for tabloids which are rather strange because our country is so small that even small events make it to national news.
Now this could be just an animal attack but it’s really a strange one if it is. For example, ending the phone call to his Finnish contact person who is from the area and is familiar with the local fauna, and the heavy military presence, removing the information from the news, and ending the search in just a few days. Also, the description of the creature does not make any sense, or the lack of tracks. The only logical options for a large dark creature in that area are a bear and maybe a moose and as I stated before bears don’t attack people often. I personally can’t remember any cases. In all the cases involving bears, the bear stumbled upon someone and then left the scene very quickly.
If there is any more information or possible remains or tracks found, I will let you know.” V
NOTE: In a recent update, the missing man, or any trace of him, has never been found. Here is an interesting site that details the wild berries & mushrooms found in the boreal forests of Finland. Any thoughts? Lon
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Mysterious SHOWERS OF STONES Fall on Hinton, West Virginia
An interesting Fortean article concerning mysterious showers of stones. From the “Washington Star,” August 24, 1891. Hinton, W. Va., special to the New York Tribune today states:
“The people living on New River mountain in this (Summers) county are much wrought up by a phenomenon which has been witnessed there at intervals for several months but only recently assumed startling proportions.
In May reports were circulated of a mysterious rain of tiny stones, which apparently came out of the ether. At first, these attracted little attention, but as time passed the reports became general. In May several stones fell in a clearing near the cabin of “Cy” Henly, who lives halfway up the north slope of the mountain. These were jagged pieces of sandstone the size of a walnut. There is an old trail and a quarry, occasionally used by the mountaineers, high above him on the mountain, all the notice Henly took of the matter was to curse the persons supposed to have thrown the stones.
One night in June. however, he was wakened by sounds on the roof like the falling of hail. As he had a little garden patch he was uneasy as to the effect of the hail. Examination in the morning developed that the hail was composed of tiny stones. Henly spoke of this to other mountaineers and it was learned that stones had fallen at other points on the mountain. In July a clearing almost on top of the mountain was visited by a desultory rain of tones, many of them striking buildings with loud noise and bounding off.
A peculiarity of this shower was the presence of several pebbles which are as rare on that mountain as icicles in August. The superstition of the mountaineers was aroused, and some strange theories wore advanced. The reports grew as they went. A newspaper in a neighboring county recently printed a story that showers of stones were constant on the mountains, and that business was suspended on account of the excited condition of the populace. The fact is that the populace consists of not more than a dozen families scattered over the mountains, and there never was any business to suspend.
The most peculiar manifestations occurred on the farm of Ellison Fosman, a justice of the peace living on the south slope. Several stones had fallen here at intervals of a day or so, and “Ed” Meekers, a school teacher of the vicinity, went to Fosman’s to investigate. A stone was heard to fall in the yard, and after some search seekers found it. It was almost sunk beneath the hard surface of the ground and was smooth, black, and of a perfectly oval shape, and about the size of a robin’s egg. Meeker said it was warm when he touched it. Just as he stooped another stone struck him with a sharp blow in the small of the back. This stone was scarcely larger than a lima bean and about the same shape, although not so regular.
A stone about as large as a man’s fist and resembling brown hematite iron ore fell on the roof of Addison Butt’s house, two miles from Fosman’s, and, bounding off, fell into a barrel of water standing at the corner of the house. It sizzled like hot iron and sent up a little cloud of steam. This stone is undoubted of meteoric origin, as some of the others may be, but the average falling stone is an irregular, jagged bit of sandstone, and small clouds of coarse sand accompany some of the stones. Twigs are broken off trees, shingles split, and corn broken down. Probably a bushel of these stones have fallen, all in all, in the clearings. If, as seems probable, the phenomenon has been general over the mountain, several tons must have fallen. In the valley of New River mountain the wildest reports receive credence, and the Rev. John Justin, a local Baptist exhorter, is using them with startling effect at nightly revival meetings at the little log schoolhouse.” – “Washington Star,” August 24, 1891
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Why the mysterious love affair between video games and giant elevators may begin with Akira
It’s funny how some aspects of game design are so ubiquitous that we stop questioning them, or even noticing them. After decades spent playing video games, I know that if I look behind the waterfall, there’s likely to be some sort of shiny goodie to collect. If I head left rather than right at the start of a level, I’m bound to find a juicy secret. There are conventions. Traditions. I can’t remember a time when games didn’t have giant lifts – and yet, I’m not entirely sure why they’re there. I’m not talking about the regular kind of lifts that you pile into, usually at the end of a level, to transition from one part of the game to another; those ones have historically been used to hide lengthy loading times, like the interminably long lifts of Mass Effect.
What I mean is the lifts that are essentially tennis-court-sized moving platforms, usually with little more than a flimsy guard rail around the edge to stop elevator enjoyers from plunging down the shaft. Even more specifically, I’m talking about the diagonally moving elevators that trundle slowly into the depths, often to some nefarious laboratory. There’s a good example in the Resident Evil 2 remake, where you fight the final boss on an inclined elevator as it slowly, ever so slowly, descends towards the train that will grant your escape. So where did these giant elevators come from? And why do developers keep putting them in their games? I set out to answer both questions, and went somewhere unexpected.
Mysterious Oversized MOTH-LIKE CREATURE Reported Near Allegheny National Forest, PA
The following account was reported to Stan Gordon in 2017. It’s such a unique encounter that I wanted to repost it, as well as gather information from other possible witnesses to this phenomenon.
Mystery Oversized Moth-like Creature Reported in Pennsylvania
From Stan Gordon
Stan Gordon’s UFO Anomalies Zone
During 2017, there have been a variety of cryptid reports from across Pennsylvania. Among those incidents that have reportedly occurred were encounters with Bigfoot, black panthers, thunderbirds, and other odd creatures.
The areas around the Allegheny National Forest located in the Northwestern part of Pennsylvania, have had a long history of reports of UFOs, Bigfoot, and other mysterious events. On July 8, 2017, a couple who lives near the forest area encountered something that has them baffled. It was about 9 a.m. that day when the wife went outside to the deck located at the back of their country home. On a post, the woman noticed what looked to be an oversized moth that was resting on a 6×6 vertical post.
The moth looked to be about 11 inches long and about 5½ inches wide in the area that was described as the shoulders. The overall shape gave the impression of looking like an hourglass figure. They also noticed that there were either two antennas or pointed ears located around the top of the head area that appeared to be about one inch in length. The head appeared to be tucked inside the body while it was resting. The observers estimated that the wingspan would have been around 15 inches when open.
The wife called her husband out to also observe the creature. The wife thought that the creature was beautiful and that the color was a pale green iridescent on the outer part of the wings and a cream color skin texture in the middle. The man said he was amazed at what he saw and had never seen anything like it before. They said the best way to describe it was “like an overgrown moth.”
They continued to watch the winged creature that appeared to be sleeping. His wife then touched the creature which she said felt smooth. The wings actually felt skin-like, not like feathers or fuzz. The witnesses could not see through the wings. The creature did not move when touched. The woman also noticed that there was no powdery material on her hands that you generally get from coming in contact with the wings of a moth.
The couple had to leave the house for a while. Before they left however his wife went into the house to get a camera to take a picture of the strange winged visitor. The woman stood about a foot away from the creature and turned on the power switch but the camera would not turn on. The camera had always worked well so they replaced the batteries. The camera still would not turn on. The next day they tried the camera again and it powered up as normal and worked fine.
When the couple was walking to their car they noticed a second similar winged creature resting on the outside wall of their home about 10 feet off the ground. When they returned home a while later, both of the creatures had gone.
The couple has provided a sketch of what they saw. The sketch shows the back of the wings and the red area behind it is the 6×6 vertical post that the creature was resting on vertically.
Addendum: It may just be a coincidence that the camera malfunctioned when the woman attempted to photograph the odd-looking winged creature. Many years ago I began to notice some cases where photographic equipment malfunctioned when a person attempted to take a picture of a UFO or other phenomena. In more recent years this has been reported in some significant UFO encounters in the state. This phenomenon has also been reported by others involved in various paranormal research as well.
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Another Mysterious Balloon Is Being Tracked by U.S. Officials
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The US Government Is Declassifying More Mysterious UFO Videos
As part of a recent Pentagon briefing into UFOs, now officially known as UAPs or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, the US Government has declassified two new videos of such phenomena. One, captured by a Reaper drone, shows a flying metallic orb that was spotted in the Middle East last year.
New declassified UFO video just dropped. Sean Kirkpatrick, head of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, walks senators through a sighting of a “spherical UAP” in the Middle East from last year pic.twitter.com/ep6aujggmY
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) April 19, 2023
The videos were presented by Sean Kirkpatrick, head of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office that was established last year to investigate evidence of UAPs. Sightings are up, with the office now tracking over 650 cases, and tension around UAPs are high after multiple unidentified objects were shot down over the US and Canada earlier this year.
Despite the increase in activity, Kirkpatrick says his office has so far found no evidence of extraterrestrial activity. As reported by Politico, he told the Senate Armed Services Committee that “AARO has found no credible evidence thus far of extraterrestrial activity, off-world technology or objects that defy the known laws of physics.”
Speeding NASA spacecraft snaps photos of the most mysterious asteroids around
NASA has blasted a spacecraft, traveling at speeds up to 92,000 mph, to the most mysterious asteroids in our solar system.
Called the Trojan asteroids, they are trapped in two swarms — one in front and one behind Jupiter. Crucially, astronomers say these curious space rocks are preserved relics of our early solar system. But we have no close views nor samples. That’s why the Lucy mission, named after the ancient remains of a famous fossilized human skeleton, aims to visit these asteroids, which likely are the smaller building blocks of our diverse planets, including Earth.
“If we want to understand ourselves, we have to understand these small bodies,” Hal Levison, a planetary scientist who leads the unprecedented mission to investigate the Trojans, told Mashable. “This is the first reconnaissance of the Trojan swarms.”
And though the Lucy spacecraft is still over 330 million miles from these asteroids, it still captured its first footage of the Trojans, which you can see just below amid a background of stars.
The mission to the mysterious asteroids
The Lucy mission will visit nine different Trojan asteroids over its 12-year mission, beginning in 2027.
Most of the endeavor will involve traveling to and around the Trojans in a serpentine, looping journey. The craft won’t take any samples, but will swoop in for some close fly-bys of the asteroids. In total, the mission will closely observe the rocks with a slew of different cameras for just around 24 hours. The craft, with vast distances to cover, will be hauling through space, and zooming by these objects.
“We’re not going to be able to blink,” Levison said.
“We’re not going to be able to blink.”
Planetary scientists suspect the Trojans got stuck around Jupiter billions of years ago, some 880 million years after the solar system formed. Before that, they likely roamed the distant icy fringes of our solar system, before an upheaval sent them hurtling near the gas giant Jupiter. That’s why they’re considered largely preserved solar system “fossils.”
Lucy’s powerful cameras, including a spectrometer that can see what these asteroids are composed of, will observe the rocks’ composition, mass, and geologic history. They’ll see how icy the Trojans are, and how different they are from each other.
Credit: Southwest Research Institute
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Levison expects to be surprised by what Lucy beams back. The mission will give scientists unprecedented insight into how our solar system, and humble blue planet, evolved and matured into the eight-planet realm we see today.
“I can’t wait to see what mysteries the mission uncovers!” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement.