Animals
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Horses have been integral to human civilization for millennia, inspiring myths and legends across cultures, such as the tales of Pegasus and the Ashvins. Superstitions and traditions, like yabusame in Japan and the Kentucky Derby, reflect the diverse relationships between societies and horses. Their folklore offers insight into cultural heritage and human imagination.
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In my vast collection of strange and extraordinary tales, few stories rival the legend of Mike the Headless Chicken. Born in Fruita, Colorado, in 1945, Mike’s tale is one of resilience, wonder, and the enduring spirit of life. Mike’s story began on a seemingly ordinary day when farmer Lloyd Olsen, going about his usual farm…
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The Chupacabra, or “goat sucker,” is a cryptid predator that emerged in Puerto Rico in the mid-1990s, spreading fear and speculation across the Caribbean and Latin America. Eyewitness accounts describe a reptilian or canine-like creature, with investigations ultimately attributing the sightings to diseased coyotes. Despite scientific explanations, cultural beliefs and fascination with the unknown sustain…
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In the frigid landscapes of snowy regions, mysterious phenomena captivate the imagination. From sightings of UFOs amidst the Aurora Borealis to enigmatic creatures like the Yeti, the frozen expanses hold tales of unexplained disappearances and peculiar ice formations.
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In 1920, two girls, Amala and Kamala, were discovered in India living among wolves, sparking speculation about their mysterious origins. Their tragic struggle to integrate into human society ended with their untimely deaths. “The Jungle Book,” a timeless tale by Rudyard Kipling, explores similar themes of identity and belonging as its protagonist, Mowgli, navigates between…
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In the tranquil town of MT, nestled amidst rolling hills and fertile fields, an extraordinary mystery has unfolded, capturing the community’s attention and prompting speculation about extraterrestrial involvement..
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Kelci ‘Saff’ Saffery, who starred alongside Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin in ‘Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem & Madness’ believes Eurasian Lynx are living in England. This comes after Lewis Dailly believes he spotted the animal in the countryside in Coniston, Cumbria over the recent New Years period… Read More
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THE EXCAVATION of a man buried with a horse and lavish grave goods at RAF Lakenheath attracted national media attention. Evidence of a burial mound led excavators to suspect that the burial might be important. When the soil was stripped away the amazing find was revealed.. read more: The Lakenheath Warrior | Mildenhall Museum
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There exists in British folklore a frightful creature known simply as the Black Dog. Although some stories may have originated with an encounter with a living dog, in legend the tales usually tell of a spirit or ghost dog. It is almost always described as larger than your average dog with shaggy black fur and…
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There’s a lot of debate about what killed off the woolly mammoths. Some scientists believe climate change was to blame; some say bone disease. Others point to human hunters. The cause of the species’ extinction remains unknown, but the cause of one mammoth’s death is plain as day. In a paper published today in the…
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Most of our knowledge of very ancient life comes from fossilized remains of hard tissues—bones, shells, and teeth. Now, the exquisitely preserved fossil of a tiny mammal from the time of the dinosaurs reveals a variety of soft tissues, including skin, fur, and spines; even remnants of its external ear were fossilized. read more: Breathtaking…
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The phenomena of the Black Dog – apparitions of spectral hounds – are most prevalent in the UK, although they are a worldwide tradition. Despite there being almost 1,000 years worth of sightings to draw on (the earliest recorded report in the UK being probably that cited in the Anglo Saxon chronicle in 1127) it…
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At first glance, there seems nothing unusual with a group of craggy rocks in eastern Bulgaria – but then you start to notice creepy carved animal heads looking out from the stone (pictured). The mysterious archaeological site, known as ‘The Rock Herd’ is made by an unknown sculptor and has yet to be dated… read…
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This is a short story published some 90 years after the event it supposedly described: Chester is a city on the northern Welsh borders. This story is frequently retold in miscellany of the bizarre, local histories and Francis Wheen includes it in his marvelous The Chatto Book of Cats, 1993. read more: The Chester Cat…
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A blue whale has been spotted just 400km off the coast of Cornwall.The whale- the largest animal on the planet- was spotted on August 24 over a deep-sea canyon on the northern margin of the Bay of Biscay. read more: Blue whale spotted for the first time in English waters just off the coast of…
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Early humans are thought to have first ventured into Europe around 1.4 million years ago, but failed to spread far across the continent.Exactly why these first members of the Homo family to arrive in Europe were unable to press home their advantage while later members of the family like the Neanderthals and modern man did,…
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Some 17 million years ago, a beaked whale took a wrong turn up an African river, something which ultimately turned out to be its demise. But now, geologists studying the whale’s fossils believe the whale’s unfortunate end might shed a new light on early human evolution, putting a timestamp on when the environment started to…
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Walking on snow with hooves is hard enough, so doing it with two hoofed legs and two prosthetic ones must be a real challenge. But that hasn’t stopped this hardy cow, who was filmed taking her first shaky steps out into the world with her new footwear. read more Cow takes her first steps with…
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In her provocative new book, The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Dove Neanderthals to Extinction (link is external), Penn State paleoanthropologist Pat Shipman attributes the demise of Neanderthals around 40,000 years ago to early modern humans and their “wolf-dogs.” In her view, early modern humans, the most destructive invasive species on the planet, blasted…
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When scientists heard the call of a Myanmar Jerdon’s babbler (above), they quickly recorded it and played the recording back, prompting one of the birds to come investigate. read more ‘Extinct’ Bird Rediscovered in Myanmar, Surprising Scientists.
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A rare sea creature described as an “alien of the deep” has been found off Australia and delivered to a museum which Tuesday showed off its fleshy snout, nail-like teeth and flabby pink body. The prehistoric-looking goblin sharks live on deep sea bottoms and little is known about their lives. read more LOOK: ‘Alien of…
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A 16ft python has been found dead in a canal, sparking a police appeal for information. The reticulated python was found floating in a canal close to Norden Bridge in Rishton, Lancashire, by walkers on Sunday. read more Mystery Of 16ft Python Found Dead In Canal.
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A cat coming back from the dead might sound like something from “Pet Sematary,” but this really happened to one pet owner in Florida. According to the Jan. 27 reports from both ABC News and the New York Post, a cat was buried for five days and clawed itself out of its own grave. The…
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A study of a region of the mitochondrial DNA of 84 dogs from more than one dozen ancient sites in North and South America suggests that the animals came to the Americas only 10,000 years ago. “This also is about the same time as the oldest dog burial found in the Americas. This may not…
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Frankenlouie, the cat born with two faces, two mouths, two noses and three eyes is captured playing with his owner in this incredible video made before his death.The bizarre moggy, bearing the double-barrelled moniker Frankenlouie to account for both cats Frank and Louie, died at the age of 15. read more Frankenlouie the miracle cat…