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Indrid Cold
Mr. Woodrow Derenberger was a middle aged, ordinary guy from Mineral Wells near Parkersburg, West Virginia. He was driving home from work in his truck, along Interstate I-77 on November 2, 1966, when something happened that would change the rest of his life! Mr. Derenberger encountered a UFO!
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Legends With Silver and Magic Bullets
There are no sales of weapons intended on this hub, however, the content automatically generated a warning about "sale of weapons" for this hub. This likely comes from my having used the terms "ammunition" and "bullet" within the hub. As well, there...
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Dangers of Nationalism
People get wrapped up in nationality as an integral part of their identity (a HUGE mistake) so that when a nation is insulted, the individuals each feel the insult as a personal attack to their identi
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Social Constructions
Marriage, Gender, Manners, Religion... a perspective on social constructions.
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Cat Legends: Beware of Foot-Licking Cats and Jealous Cats
A friend of a friend told me this story... A friend's mother in law owned a very affectionate cat. The cat would regularly cuddle against peoples' legs and feet but also was particularly affectionate with the mother in law/owner and would go so...
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Strange Deaths: Middle Ages Time Period
Usually, I write about odd things that end up being part fiction, partly true stories. While trying to track down information on a certain legend where a strange death occurred, I found out that this strange event was absolutely true! With almost no...
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Bad Argument Tactics: Ad Hominem and More
Ad Hominem is a Latin phrase which means, "against the person " or "against the man ." This is a form of argument or an argument tactic that can lead to a number of detrimental effects as well as conclusions. Firstly, Ad Hominem arguments and...
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People in Strange Sciences Series: Ivan T Sanderson
USOs, Vile Vortices, geology, fossils, Ivan T. Sanderson was into everything!
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Shadow People People Series: Hat Man
Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hatt.jpg First of all, there is a consistently reported phenomena involving a shadow entity in an old styled hat. Then there is a phenomena involving a shadow entity whereby eyewitnesses often mention...
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Archetypes: Shakespearean Archetypes in Literature
William Shakespeare (1564 (baptism, not d..o.b) - 1616) was an English playwright and poet, and some believe him to be the greatest writer in the English language and the world's most outstanding dramatist. The title, "Bard of Avon," derives from...
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Final Guy: Paxton
From gorno film maker, Eli Roth, here's a run-down on Hostell 2 and the Final Guy, Paxton.
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Achetypes: Willing and Unwilling Hero
The archetype exists for a "Willing Hero" as a model for what features and characteristics belong to a great hero. This is not to say that a hero is perfect and without flaws (that's actually another different archetype), but that a hero fits the...
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Mythbuster Hub Challenges
I just wandered into the forums and found a thread on "Alphabet Challenge." This is a hub challenge with 26 hubs in 26 days with each hub topic corresponding to a letter of the alphabet. I plan to just go in alphabetical order as I write. (wish me...
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The Black-Eyed Kids
Black Eyed Kids or Black Eyed Children. Some say they're demonic, some say they're alien hybrids. Still others say they're nothing but figments of someone's imagination, stories started in the 1990's.
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Fairies and Little People
The existence of fairies in some cultures is not questioned. For some who believe in fairies, they say that fairies are part of nature and that we have lost a certain sense of sensory perception over the ages which leaves modern man (mostly)...
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Categories of Folklore
Folklore is a term with tremendous numbers of sub-set categories. Types of oral tradition, kinds of folklore stories and narratives are just some of the considerations involved when discussing "folklore." Within the realms of folklore, you...
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Paul Bunyan
As with many mythical heroes, the birth of this hero is a trip into the fantastical, the unbelievable. Paul Bunyan is said to have been delivered to his parents via stork! Actually a normal baby would be delivered by a (one) stork, however, the...
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The Exploding Cactus
A family went on vacation and visited Mexico for a week. While there, the mother spotted a rare and expensive cactus that was so affordable she had to bring it home. This was her first mistake...
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8 Ways to Get to Werewolf Heaven
Do you know how people become werewolves?
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Legend of Sawney Bean
I'll try to keep the details of this legend in simple terms and not get flashy with adjectives, since the Legend of Sawney Bean involves cannibalism and violence. Alexander Sawney Beane - or Bean: In late 15th or early 16th Century Scotland it...
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Green Children of Woolpit
In 12th Century England, sometime between 1135 AD and 1154 AD, something incredible was reported to have happened... In the Thefford Forest, on the approximate border of Norfolk and Suffolk, near a village called Woolpit, two strange, young...
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Knock Knock Knock
The babysitter that a mother had hired to watch her two children for a couple of hours cancelled on the mother with very short notice. This left the mother in quite a bind because she had an important meeting to attend for an hour outside the home....
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Buried Alive
A basic human fear...
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Springheel Jack
The Springheel Jack cryptid has never been captured, his/its identity never discovered. Is Jack fiction or was he a real and scary fellow?
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The Beast (Supercomputer)
Image Source Location: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roadrunner_supercomputer_HiRes.jpg The Beast is tracking us - it started around the year 1974. Here's the Scoop: In 1974, a crisis meeting was called in Brussels, by head leaders in...
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Freddy Kruger
Are you a Freddy Kruger and Nightmare on Elm Street fan? Read on and don't fall asleep!
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Don't Flash The Headlights
A new and disturbing gang ritual has surfaced (or, 're-surfaced) in major cities across North America. It goes something like this: The new gang member must perform the flashing headlight game to completion in order to become a full-fledged member...