Personal Project

I have a personal project that is keeping me away for the moment, but it will be done by Halloween or around there and we'll get back to business proper. I've been trying to keep up as best I can but I know I've been slacking.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Armed Bigfoot

An 8'-tall monster, hairy and standing upright, scared skaters near Chesterfield, OH in 1902. The creature was reported to have been wielding a club. Four-toed tracks measuring 22" long and 7" wide were discovered at the site.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Creature Filmed in Brazilian Rainforest

UPDATE 2019


This has no audio but I don't recall if the video originally posted had audio.  I couldn't find the original video but I'm fairly certain it was this one.


Bear in mind that I have no way of knowing where, when, or even why this video was filmed nor anything else about it.  The "alien" looks like a severely malnourished child with an extreme case of hydrocephalis.  It's entirely possible the child could have been abandoned or banished and the whole clip is taken out of context.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Brazil's Giant Worm

In 1869, Francisco de Amaral Varella claimed to have seen a gigantic worm on the banks of the Rio das Caveiras. The earthworm-like creature was said to be three feet wide with a piglike snout. Francisco called to his neighbors and the worm disappeared, leaving three-foot wide furrows that were quite deep.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Twins Bear Children on Same Day

Identical twins Jessica and Jennifer Patterson both gave birth to babies Wednesday a few hours apart. Jessica had a girl and Jennifer followed-up with a boy about eight-and-a-half hours later. A spokesperson for the hospital says no one there can remember the last time this happened.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Nice Dreams

A 30-year-old New York man ran a drug ring from the back of an ice cream truck and is now going to jail for three years. Louis Scala used a system of runners to procure copious amounts of the painkiller Oxycontin, which he sold to adults from the back of his ice cream truck for $20 each. He still sold ice cream to neighborhood kids, as well.

Authorities say the drugs were obtained using a stolen prescription pad.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Camping: End of the World Coming Friday

Harold Camping's first handful of apocalyptic warnings having passed, the controversial Evangelical minister has made a new end-of-the-world prediction... for this Friday.  Camping claims the date was determined using numerous factors from The Holy Bible.

Experts say these Doomsday predictions have increased in recent years, though none have proven true.  Often, when such predictions fail to pass, those who issued them claim they actually did happen, the rest of the world just failed to notice their results -- as is the case with Camping, whose earthquake predictions for January 21^st were changed to say that God had "shaken the world with fear."

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Big Game Animals Terrorize Small Ohio Town

Authorities say owner, Terry Thompson, released some 50 wild animals from the Muskingam County Animal Farm before killing himself, leaving Bengal tigers, lions, black bears, wolves, and other dangerous animals to patrol the area freely. Schools and roads were closed as sheriffs and volunteers hunted-down the 50-some-odd beasts and were forced to kill most of them. 

Some were tranquilized, but there were not a lot of tranquilizers to go around, there is no good way to tranquilize an animal of that size and demeanor at night, and human safety was of the utmost concern.

At the time of this writing, there are still at least four unnamed creatures on the loose throughout the county and surrounding areas. Residents are being told to stay inside.

Ohio apparently has wild animal auctions and numerous wild animal farms similar to this one which need to be shut down. Authorities say they paid numerous visits to the Muskingam County Animal Farm in recent years, but had little luck in closing it.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Eyes Ahead

I know things have been slow here lately, but I can't make the unexplained happen. Still, I wanted to drop a brief line to let you know what I'm working on:

We'll be covering the Zanesville, OH debacle as soon as a few more details are discovered and released. I'm working on a lengthy bit(s) on Mad-Gassers, as well. This involves some serious research, including trying to determine (for myself) which cases bear actual evidence of "mass hysteria." This may lead into a post on that subject, as well.

In the meantime, I'll be bringing you bits and tidbits of other unusual and unexplained phenomena. But I'm still here and still going, just had a little setback recently due to personal issues.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Actress Sues Amazon, IMdB

An unnamed actress "of Asian descent," who is from Texas, is suing Amazon for revealing her real age on IMdB.  According to the suit, the actress "cannot physically portray" a 40-year-old woman, yet she is missing roles because IMdB lists her real age and she has such a "youthful appearance."  I'm quoting a lot because the source and suit are so specious (and stupid).

The suit claims the actress, who is listed as Jane Doe, joined IMdB Pro in 2008, and the company listed her real age on her IMdB profile.  The company refused to remove it when asked, so the actress is suing for a cool $75,000 plus $1 million punitive.

Amazon refused to comment on the suit.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

San Diego, Las Vegas Luckiest Cities

Men's Health rated American cities by a number of factors to determine which were the luckiest and San Diego took the top spot. Factors included the least number of injuries by lightning strike, fewest deaths by falling objects, and largest number of gambling winners. Las Vegas ranked #7 and L.A. came in a distant 23^rd.

Memphis, TN was among the least luckiest cities, along with Tampa, FL.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Sick

Sorry about the absence guys - I was away for longer than I meant to be, but I got sick. It may have been the weather, or it may just have been that the stress of having company and cleaning and all that got me down and I picked something up. I don't know, but we'll be back to posting more regularly next week.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Away Briefly

I am entertaining company this weekend and will not be here. Just wanted to give you a heads-up. This is the personal project I was talking about and I've been cleaning for weeks now, so I'm going to take the time off and enjoy myself. See you anon!

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

J.M. DeMatteis Interview

I got the chance to speak to author and comics creator, J.M. DeMatteis about a host of issues, including his upcoming projects. You may know him best as the creator of Moonshadow or Blood, back in the Epic days, or his famous runs on Amazing Spider-Man, but he has worked in a multitude of fields and has interesting and thought-provoking ideas on a host of other issues.

Check out the interview!

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

The Big Clean

I only really clean about twice a year. It's kind of embarrassing to admit, but there it is. I "spot-clean" and tackle single issues throughout the rest of the year, but in the Spring and Fall, I really tear into my home and try to right all the wrongs I've let ride for six months or so.

Now is that time, as I have guests coming up this weekend. So right this minute, I am incredibly busy and for that, I apologize, but I will be back this week and next - nothing's really changed, it's just too hard to get here right this minute and keep up with everything I have going on IRL.

Just a quick FYI.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011