“Always on grass banks away from the water’s edge. They are usually about 10cm (4in) in diameter. We’ve asked experts what it might be, but as yet no one is really sure. Whatever it is, it’s very weird.” (via Strange ‘slime’ baffles workers at nature reserve - Telegraph)

“Always on grass banks away from the water’s edge. They are usually about 10cm (4in) in diameter. We’ve asked experts what it might be, but as yet no one is really sure. Whatever it is, it’s very weird.” (via Strange ‘slime’ baffles workers at nature reserve - Telegraph)

5 Incredible Images, Videos of Bioluminescent Water - TechEBlog

That night my friend and I cut the string in half and each took our handful. My mother says it was by far the weirdest thing that she’s ever witnessed.

It is often said that H. P. Lovecraft based the stone circle atop Sentinel Hill in The Dunwich Horror (1928) on Mystery Hill, and nearly every guidebook to the site or to weird things in New England repeats the claim. However, many authors say Lovecraft visited in 1937—impossible, since he lay dying in a Providence hospital—or other years long after Dunwich was written.

Charles Fort n’a jamais été un auteur vraiment “mainstream”, il ne fait pas partie des lectures incontournables pour l’honnête homme. Et pourtant, déjà deux biographies lui ont été consacrées. Ce n’est pas si mal, pour un auteur a priori si confidentiel. Beaucoup d’auteurs plus connus de nos jours n’ont pas eu droit à deux ouvrages consacrés intégralement à leur vie et à leur oeuvre. Et il faut aussi prendre en compte quelques essais ainsi qu’une multitude de d’ouvrages plus ou moins sérieux se réclamant d’une manière ou d’une autre de l’autorité de Charles Fort, même il s’agit là d’une descendance qu’il n’aurait peut-être pas voulu reconnaître.

Best I can do is my face on a cloud.

Best I can do is my face on a cloud.

Steve Hornsby from Bournemouth said the 3cm diameter balls came raining down late on Thursday afternoon during a hail storm. He found about a dozen of the balls in his garden. He said: “[They’re] difficult to pick up, I had to get a spoon and flick them into a jam jar.” (via BBC News - Bournemouth resident mystified by ‘blue sphere shower’)

Steve Hornsby from Bournemouth said the 3cm diameter balls came raining down late on Thursday afternoon during a hail storm. He found about a dozen of the balls in his garden. He said: “[They’re] difficult to pick up, I had to get a spoon and flick them into a jam jar.” (via BBC News - Bournemouth resident mystified by ‘blue sphere shower’)

"Now a tiny English village is the latest community to claim to be being hit by the phenomenon known as “the hum”.
Residents of Woodland, in County Durham, claim that every night a noise permeates the air similar to the throb of a car engine.
It is sometimes so strong that it even shakes the bed of one of the householders.
But no matter how hard they look, the community cannot find the source of the problem and, at their wits end, have called in the council to investigate."

Tiny village is latest victim of the ‘The hum’ - Telegraph

"Apparently, some 5,000 of the birds were defecating in the feed meal, posing a threat to the animals and farm workers, when the USDA decided killing them would be the best action to take."

Hundreds Of Dead Birds In South Dakota Were Killed By U.S. Government (VIDEO)

As a result of vital activity of organisms in the lake Gippslend, the water along the coast became an intense bluish glow, incomparable in its beauty to any illuminated pool. (via Bioluminescent lake in Australia (8 Photos) | Crazy pics)

As a result of vital activity of organisms in the lake Gippslend, the water along the coast became an intense bluish glow, incomparable in its beauty to any illuminated pool. (via Bioluminescent lake in Australia (8 Photos) | Crazy pics)

"Some of the Louisiana birds will be tested by the National Wildlife Health Center run by the U.S. Geological Survey. But a USGS spokesman told The Baton Rouge Advocate that USGS records showed 16 incidents in the last 30 years where more than 1,000 blackbirds have died all at once. “These large events do take place,” he said. “It’s not terribly unusual."

More birds fall from sky — this time in La. - U.S. news - Environment - msnbc.com

A detailed analysis of the skull’s surface revealed minute rotary scratch marks around the eye sockets, teeth and cranium. This was clear evidence that the skull was cut and polished with a wheeled instrument – and the Aztecs never used the wheel. The researchers concluded that the skulls were cut from a piece of Brazilian rock crystal in Europe. They were then probably sold to collectors as a relic from the ancient Aztec civilization. Many museums now have removed the skulls from display because of their questionable origins. (via 10 Recent Scientifically Solved Mysteries)

A detailed analysis of the skull’s surface revealed minute rotary scratch marks around the eye sockets, teeth and cranium. This was clear evidence that the skull was cut and polished with a wheeled instrument – and the Aztecs never used the wheel. The researchers concluded that the skulls were cut from a piece of Brazilian rock crystal in Europe. They were then probably sold to collectors as a relic from the ancient Aztec civilization. Many museums now have removed the skulls from display because of their questionable origins. (via 10 Recent Scientifically Solved Mysteries)