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Title: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 04, 2012, 08:34:49 PM
Sort of an off-shoot of Supertails' Missing People thread. Just post or talk about super weird things. I feel like I've read everything kinda strange so I'd love to be introduced to new mysteries. I even own a book of the world's mysterious things. Try and give me something new plx.

Something new I learned today.
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: babsinva on May 04, 2012, 11:50:20 PM
Sort of an off-shoot of Supertails' Missing People thread. Just post or talk about super weird things. I feel like I've read everything kinda strange so I'd love to be introduced to new mysteries. I even own a book of the world's mysterious things. Try and give me something new plx.

Something new I learned today.
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/

Will have to give it some thought - am going to bed now - it's late here.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Pongo on May 05, 2012, 12:08:32 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: General Disarray on May 05, 2012, 12:09:50 AM
The WOW! signal, or any of the other 11 we have received which meet all but one (verifiability) of the criteria for contact with extraterrestrial life.

Fun fact: 8 of the 11 come from near the plane of the Milky Way, which is an extremely low probability.

Source is Carl Sagan in Pale Blue Dot.

This and the various unexplained noises that microphones have picked up from the ocean: sounds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unexplained_sounds)
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Vindictus on May 05, 2012, 12:35:40 AM
The WOW! signal, or any of the other 11 we have received which meet all but one (verifiability) of the criteria for contact with extraterrestrial life.

Fun fact: 8 of the 11 come from near the plane of the Milky Way, which is an extremely low probability.

Source is Carl Sagan in Pale Blue Dot.

This and the various unexplained noises that microphones have picked up from the ocean: sounds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unexplained_sounds)

The coolest thing about those sounds is the sound that came from roughly where Lovecraft placed R'lyeh.

Sort of an off-shoot of Supertails' Missing People thread. Just post or talk about super weird things. I feel like I've read everything kinda strange so I'd love to be introduced to new mysteries. I even own a book of the world's mysterious things. Try and give me something new plx.

Something new I learned today.
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/

Cool, I haven't seen that one. I love reading about the mysteries I haven't heard of yet.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Vindictus on May 05, 2012, 12:39:10 AM
I'm not sure if I posted this one before. It's not particularly strange, but the details are kinda scary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Mr Pseudonym on May 05, 2012, 01:51:30 AM
I am reading a book called "13 Things That Don't Make Sense" by Michael Brooks. It talks about all sorts of things from the SETI recordings (WOW signal), cold fusion, placebos, to defining what life actually is, why there is a need for sex, not having free will and homeopathy. I could go on, but I would strongly recommend this book for anyone interested in trying to make sense of this wonderful universe we live in.

On a related note, I am also reading "What We Believe In but Cannot Prove" which is a book full of a series of articles written by 'leading thinkers in science in the age of certainty'.  Again, it makes you re-think the way we view our world.

But back to weird things; the Pioneer space probe anomaly. Why are these 2 spacecraft flouting the laws of physics? And more importantly, if they were a test of Newtonian Laws, which they failed, why are we not taking the results seriously?
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 05, 2012, 12:19:36 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

 :o

This was a great idea. I read these before going to sleep and the German homicide story scared the crap out of me.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: General Disarray on May 05, 2012, 12:58:01 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

 :o

At the Mountains of Madness comes to mind for that one.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:19:40 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 01:32:36 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.

So does truth. Checkmate atheists.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:51:15 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.

So does truth.

???  Since when?
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 01:53:39 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.

So does truth.

???  Since when?

Give me an example of something in reality that doesn't make sense, and I'll tell you why you're dumb and wrong.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:56:54 PM
Give me an example of something in reality that doesn't make sense, and I'll tell you why you're dumb and wrong.

Women.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Vindictus on May 05, 2012, 02:24:37 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.

So does truth.

???  Since when?

Give me an example of something in reality that doesn't make sense, and I'll tell you why you're dumb and wrong.

Not to derail the thread.. But there's still a few mathematical problems that are unsolved, as well as the problems with a unified physics.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: canofpepsi on May 05, 2012, 04:15:40 PM
Women.

inb4 rooster
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 05:44:24 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.

So does truth.

???  Since when?

Give me an example of something in reality that doesn't make sense, and I'll tell you why you're dumb and wrong.

Not to derail the thread.. But there's still a few mathematical problems that are unsolved, as well as the problems with a unified physics.

Those things still make sense, just not to us yet.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Rushy on May 05, 2012, 05:55:45 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.

So does truth.

???  Since when?

Give me an example of something in reality that doesn't make sense, and I'll tell you why you're dumb and wrong.

Not to derail the thread.. But there's still a few mathematical problems that are unsolved, as well as the problems with a unified physics.

Those things still make sense, just not to us yet.

You still can't refute Markjo's answer:

Women.

Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 05, 2012, 06:14:49 PM
Post weird things and then continue your discussion. If you have no weird things to post, then hush. You must appease the OP.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Mr Pseudonym on May 05, 2012, 06:18:16 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident
And this is probably what really happened.
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4108 (http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4108)
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 06:24:59 PM
You still can't refute Markjo's answer:

Women.

A crusty old man made the one septillionth joke ever told about the differences between male and female psychology.

Post weird things and then continue your discussion. If you have no weird things to post, then hush. You must appease the OP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 05, 2012, 06:31:49 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident
And this is probably what really happened.
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4108 (http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4108)
Reasonable, but the injuries of the people lacked tissue damage which is what makes the injuries so bizarre. And you could see everyone's footprints which seems unlikely after an avalanche. The deep tan makes perfect sense though.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Son of Orospu on May 05, 2012, 10:46:43 PM
Post weird things and then continue your discussion. If you have no weird things to post, then hush. You must appease the OP.

Give me an example of something in reality that doesn't make sense, and I'll tell you why you're dumb and wrong.

Women.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident
And this is probably what really happened.
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4108 (http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4108)
Reasonable, but the injuries of the people lacked tissue damage which is what makes the injuries so bizarre. And you could see everyone's footprints which seems unlikely after an avalanche. The deep tan makes perfect sense though.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 06, 2012, 12:52:28 AM
Women in general don't count as strange and mysterious. Please stop, I just want to read and share weird things.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Nomad on May 06, 2012, 01:14:26 AM
I watched the Noel Fielding Luxury Comedy show yesterday.  That qualifies as weird.  I liked it.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Vindictus on May 06, 2012, 02:59:32 AM
http://www.theironskeptic.com/

Good website for a reasonable look at mysterious stuff (mostly UFO's and monsters). A bit wordy and the font colour contrasts with the background.

Title: Re: Weird
Post by: markjo on May 06, 2012, 08:25:08 AM
Women in general don't count as strange and mysterious.

They do to men.  After all, how can women bleed for days at a time every month without dying?
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Parsifal on May 06, 2012, 08:33:46 AM
Women in general don't count as strange and mysterious.

They do to men.  After all, how can women bleed for days at a time every month without dying?

Stop derailing threads. This is the second time in two days I've been tempted to report you for low-content and off-topic posting.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: WardoggKC130FE on May 06, 2012, 09:14:17 AM
On a related note, I am also reading "What We Believe In but Cannot Prove" which is a book full of a series of articles written by 'leading thinkers in science in the age of certainty'.  Again, it makes you re-think the way we view our world.

A religious book?
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 06, 2012, 10:43:14 AM
Women in general don't count as strange and mysterious.

They do to men.  After all, how can women bleed for days at a time every month without dying?
Lots of men understand women. I'm sure you're aware we don't just bleed, we're dropping our uterine lining and unfertilized egg. Blood just adds the coloring, it's mostly mucus.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: hoppy on May 06, 2012, 12:03:36 PM
Women in general don't count as strange and mysterious.

They do to men.  After all, how can women bleed for days at a time every month without dying?
Lots of men understand women. I'm sure you're aware we don't just bleed, we're dropping our uterine lining and unfertilized egg. Blood just adds the coloring, it's mostly mucus.
Disgusting.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Nomad on May 06, 2012, 12:09:49 PM
It's natural, how is it so disgusting?  A little red stuff got you grossed out?  :(

Title: Re: Weird
Post by: hoppy on May 06, 2012, 12:12:22 PM
It's natural, how is it so disgusting?  A little red stuff got you grossed out?  :(
Yes, grossed out. There is nothing good about it.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Particle Person on May 06, 2012, 12:13:02 PM
It's natural, how is it so disgusting?  A little red stuff got you grossed out?  :(

Everything is natural. Therefore, according to this logic, nothing is disgusting.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 06, 2012, 01:12:58 PM
For anyone interested in the topic, I've been reading random articles on http://www.damninteresting.com/

If anyone takes a look-see post the good ones.

PS: everything related to growing and birthing children is pretty gross. Periods aren't anymore nasty than a runny nose, guys are only squeamish cause it's crazy foreign lady stuff.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: WardoggKC130FE on May 06, 2012, 01:29:24 PM
Moments ago I just had a strong sensation of Deja Vu.  Discuss.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Nomad on May 06, 2012, 02:50:34 PM
It's natural, how is it so disgusting?  A little red stuff got you grossed out?  :(

Everything is natural. Therefore, according to this logic, nothing is disgusting.

Truth
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Mr Pseudonym on May 06, 2012, 04:43:46 PM
For anyone interested in the topic, I've been reading random articles on http://www.damninteresting.com/

If anyone takes a look-see post the good ones.

PS: everything related to growing and birthing children is pretty gross. Periods aren't anymore nasty than a runny nose, guys are only squeamish cause it's crazy foreign lady stuff.
I've been reading a few articles off there too. I personally like how it gives you an estimate to read it each article.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Vindictus on May 07, 2012, 01:15:05 AM
Moments ago I just had a strong sensation of Deja Vu.  Discuss.

Brain chemicals.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Nomad on May 07, 2012, 10:39:15 AM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-news-stories-that-raise-endless-unanswered-questions/
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Thork on May 07, 2012, 12:18:20 PM
Moments ago I just had a strong sensation of Deja Vu.  Discuss.
They altered the matrix.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Supertails on May 07, 2012, 04:05:14 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-news-stories-that-raise-endless-unanswered-questions/
I liked this article.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Chris Spaghetti on May 09, 2012, 12:55:44 AM
For anyone interested in the topic, I've been reading random articles on http://www.damninteresting.com/

If anyone takes a look-see post the good ones.

PS: everything related to growing and birthing children is pretty gross. Periods aren't anymore nasty than a runny nose, guys are only squeamish cause it's crazy foreign lady stuff.

If you keep bleeding through the nose when you get a cold, I suggest you see a doctor. Alternatively, if all that comes out on your period is green gooey mucus I recommend you see a doctor.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 09, 2012, 10:12:42 AM
For anyone interested in the topic, I've been reading random articles on http://www.damninteresting.com/

If anyone takes a look-see post the good ones.

PS: everything related to growing and birthing children is pretty gross. Periods aren't anymore nasty than a runny nose, guys are only squeamish cause it's crazy foreign lady stuff.

If you keep bleeding through the nose when you get a cold, I suggest you see a doctor. Alternatively, if all that comes out on your period is green gooey mucus I recommend you see a doctor.
I guess you missed the post where I said blood mainly adds color, the rest is uterine lining and mucus (which is almost everywhere inside your body).
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Son of Orospu on May 09, 2012, 10:16:39 AM
I have uterine lining almost everywhere inside my body?
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 09, 2012, 10:18:15 AM
I have uterine lining almost everywhere inside my body?
Sigh... Mucus.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Son of Orospu on May 09, 2012, 10:35:35 AM
You had me worried.  So, I only have mucus almost everywhere my body then.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: DDDDAts all folks on May 09, 2012, 10:59:58 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident
And this is probably what really happened.
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4108 (http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4108)
Reasonable, but the injuries of the people lacked tissue damage which is what makes the injuries so bizarre. And you could see everyone's footprints which seems unlikely after an avalanche. The deep tan makes perfect sense though.

Bruising only occurs because of broken blood vessels; the cold conditions could have reduced the tissue damage so that it wasn't detectable.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Raist on May 10, 2012, 12:16:30 AM
Sort of an off-shoot of Supertails' Missing People thread. Just post or talk about super weird things. I feel like I've read everything kinda strange so I'd love to be introduced to new mysteries. I even own a book of the world's mysterious things. Try and give me something new plx.

Something new I learned today.
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/

The same thing happened in ohio. It is actually the town that silent hill is based on as far as I can tell.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Vindictus on May 10, 2012, 01:39:48 AM
Anyone else heard of those strange sunken "cauldrons" in Siberia? The area they're allegedly located is known as the "Valley of Death" - so named for the significant levels of radiation to be found there. There used to be details about this region on Wikipedia that have since disappeared, and now the only information I can find is on less than reputable UFO and Bigfoot websites. I'm really curious about what the hell these things actually are and I wish someone would just drain one of those weird ponds already.

Here is a sketch done by a geologist in 1936, while they were still partially above ground:

(http://i46.tinypic.com/ojmnaa.jpg)

Cool, I haven't heard of this. You're right about the UFO and bigfoot bit, hopefully I can find something with more substance.

Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Raist on May 10, 2012, 01:42:40 AM
Anyone else heard of those strange sunken "cauldrons" in Siberia? The area they're allegedly located is known as the "Valley of Death" - so named for the significant levels of radiation to be found there. There used to be details about this region on Wikipedia that have since disappeared, and now the only information I can find is on less than reputable UFO and Bigfoot websites. I'm really curious about what the hell these things actually are and I wish someone would just drain one of those weird ponds already.

Here is a sketch done by a geologist in 1936, while they were still partially above ground:

(http://i46.tinypic.com/ojmnaa.jpg)

Someone probably has, unfortunately the soviet union/russia tends not to be the sharing type.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Nomad on May 10, 2012, 03:13:59 AM
Someone probably has, unfortunately the soviet union/russia tends not to be the sharing type.

Amusingly ironic.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Raist on May 12, 2012, 02:01:21 AM
Someone probably has, unfortunately the soviet union/russia tends not to be the sharing type.

Amusingly ironic.


How so?
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 12, 2012, 01:44:14 PM
http://www.unsolved.com/
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Mr Pseudonym on May 12, 2012, 05:25:21 PM
http://www.unsolved.com/
Cool. Thanks for the link.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Nomad on May 13, 2012, 01:26:49 AM
Someone probably has, unfortunately the soviet union/russia tends not to be the sharing type.

Amusingly ironic.


How so?

>Socialism
>Don't like sharing

???
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Raist on May 16, 2012, 05:15:34 PM
Someone probably has, unfortunately the soviet union/russia tends not to be the sharing type.

Amusingly ironic.


How so?

>Socialism
>Don't like sharing

???

Oh damn went right over my head. I thought you meant that me saying they don't like sharing was ironic.

Good one.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Raist on May 16, 2012, 05:17:27 PM
For anyone interested in the topic, I've been reading random articles on http://www.damninteresting.com/

If anyone takes a look-see post the good ones.

PS: everything related to growing and birthing children is pretty gross. Periods aren't anymore nasty than a runny nose, guys are only squeamish cause it's crazy foreign lady stuff.


pps can we ban rooster for obscenity yet? All she does is bleed on the leather seats.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 16, 2012, 08:21:18 PM
For anyone interested in the topic, I've been reading random articles on http://www.damninteresting.com/

If anyone takes a look-see post the good ones.

PS: everything related to growing and birthing children is pretty gross. Periods aren't anymore nasty than a runny nose, guys are only squeamish cause it's crazy foreign lady stuff.


pps can we ban rooster for obscenity yet? All she does is bleed on the leather seats.
wut?
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Particle Person on May 16, 2012, 08:36:17 PM
For anyone interested in the topic, I've been reading random articles on http://www.damninteresting.com/

If anyone takes a look-see post the good ones.

PS: everything related to growing and birthing children is pretty gross. Periods aren't anymore nasty than a runny nose, guys are only squeamish cause it's crazy foreign lady stuff.


pps can we ban rooster for obscenity yet? All she does is bleed on the leather seats.
wut?

Raist.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Around And About on May 16, 2012, 09:11:58 PM
Raist is a Polack.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 16, 2012, 09:17:55 PM
Raist is sexist AND NOT WEIRD. Stay on topic, you have been warned.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Particle Person on May 16, 2012, 10:05:59 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 16, 2012, 10:09:40 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

heh, they talked about that one in an episode of X-Files that I watched a couple days ago.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Particle Person on May 16, 2012, 10:18:50 PM
My favorite shortwave radio oddity, UVB-76, or the "Buzzer". It has been continuously running since (at least) 1982, interrupted occasionally by automated Russian spelling alphabet and number messages. Lately, in 2010, live messages have been broadcast. Incredibly informative things like

Quote
UVB-76, UVB-76, 93, 882, NAIMINA, 74, 14, 35, 74, 9, 3, 8, 8, 2, Nikolai, Anna, Ivan, Mikhail, Ivan, Nikolai, Anna, 7, 4, 1, 4, 3, 5, 7, 4.
UVB-76, UVB-76, 93, 882, NAIMINA, 74, 14, 35, 74, 9, 3, 8, 8, 2, Nikolai, Anna, Ivan, Mikhail, Ivan, Nikolai, Anna, 7, 4, 1, 4, 3, 5, 7, 4.


Occasionally conversations can be heard behind the buzzing.

Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Raist on May 17, 2012, 12:52:30 AM
Raist is sexy and is the topic.

werd.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Vindictus on May 17, 2012, 01:40:11 AM
My favorite shortwave radio oddity, UVB-76, or the "Buzzer". It has been continuously running since (at least) 1982, interrupted occasionally by automated Russian spelling alphabet and number messages. Lately, in 2010, live messages have been broadcast. Incredibly informative things like

Quote
UVB-76, UVB-76, 93, 882, NAIMINA, 74, 14, 35, 74, 9, 3, 8, 8, 2, Nikolai, Anna, Ivan, Mikhail, Ivan, Nikolai, Anna, 7, 4, 1, 4, 3, 5, 7, 4.
UVB-76, UVB-76, 93, 882, NAIMINA, 74, 14, 35, 74, 9, 3, 8, 8, 2, Nikolai, Anna, Ivan, Mikhail, Ivan, Nikolai, Anna, 7, 4, 1, 4, 3, 5, 7, 4.


Occasionally conversations can be heard behind the buzzing.



These numbers stations make for great mind fucks.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Parsifal on May 17, 2012, 02:01:26 AM
Raist is sexy and is the topic.

werd.

Raist is always the topic, no matter what the topic is.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Raist on May 17, 2012, 02:03:31 AM
Raist is sexy and is the topic.

werd.

Raist is always the topic, no matter what the topic is.

Though pedantic you are correct.  :-*
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: SphereIsNotFlat173 on June 16, 2012, 05:13:35 PM
http://theflatearthsociety.org
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Space Cowgirl on June 16, 2012, 05:15:27 PM
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=55700
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 22, 2013, 10:30:57 PM
This thread needs to be in my life again.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Parsifal on May 23, 2013, 01:43:57 AM
This thread needs to be in my life again.

I will search the Internet high and low in order to bring you daily weirdness.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: markjo on May 23, 2013, 06:20:13 PM
How's this?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/11/121114-belly-button-bacteria-science-health-dunn/ (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/11/121114-belly-button-bacteria-science-health-dunn/)
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: FlatOrange on May 23, 2013, 08:40:16 PM
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/07/sunken-forest-of-lake-kaindy.html (http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/07/sunken-forest-of-lake-kaindy.html)

Enter posted for me, wtf?

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jJVrUNzjDxk/UARAKLht39I/AAAAAAAAaMA/z5Ew1EI3UHg/lake-kaindy-14%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)

Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Son of Orospu on May 23, 2013, 09:06:27 PM
How about an albino cyclops shark?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/pictures/111013-shark-albino-one-eyed-fetus/ (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/pictures/111013-shark-albino-one-eyed-fetus/)

(http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/417/cache/one-eyed-cyclops-shark-pup-haul-out_41774_600x450.jpg)
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 23, 2013, 09:41:15 PM
Those were just meh.

I've been going through that unsolved mystery page again.

Parsifal, how's the search going? There are a lot of websites that have a bunch of articles on weird stuff, but it's a lot to read through.

I have also been watching a lot of X-Files again since I'm sick and confined to the bed or couch. I love it.

Anyone on FES have a personal ghost story or anything?
PS: I'm on a lot of NyQuil.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: OrbisNonSufficit on May 23, 2013, 10:57:18 PM
Here is a $300,000 Datsun.  Its called the Juke GTR, and its really stupid.

(http://www.redline360.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Nissan-Juke-R-track-video.jpg)
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Pongo on May 23, 2013, 10:57:39 PM
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_children_of_Woolpit (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_children_of_Woolpit)
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Nomad on May 23, 2013, 11:22:05 PM
Nissan has their own Mini Cooper now.  How quaint
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Vindictus on May 24, 2013, 06:33:55 AM
THIS IS NOW A CAR THREAD.

No seriously, I've been reading about Skinwalkers lately. Stories here (http://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/1dwdf8/my_skinwalker_encounter_me_fam/) and here (http://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/18xqqu/skinwalkersi_originally_posted_this_on_rnosleep/). They're supposed to be true stories (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GwnqgXCuPMs/UG4Yw3Ev2dI/AAAAAAAAAUA/GlNg1Jt8he4/s1600/just-go-on-the-internet-and-tell-lies.jpg).
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 24, 2013, 09:32:07 AM
I've been to some Anasazi ruins before.


That first one's description of that dog was great.
Good stuff, thanks Vindictus.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 24, 2013, 01:32:30 PM
Also, that last link didn't work, Vindictus.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Vindictus on May 24, 2013, 04:20:55 PM
It was a joke, but it should be fixed now.

I've been to some Anasazi ruins before.

What were they like? It's pretty hard to get frightened at all by stories like that because there's an ocean separating them from me.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 24, 2013, 06:59:52 PM
There are a lot of pictures you can look up. But they've endured really well since they're so high up on cliff faces. They're just kinda creepy because they are extremely old and the Anasazi did basically disappear. That could be for a number of reasons, they could have built so defensively because of warring tribes and were eventually just killed off or assimilated. It's true that there is a lot of superstition behind them and they were enemies of the Navajo. The word Anasazi can translate to "ancient people", "Navajo enemy", or "old stranger" so some people think they could have been aliens or at least abducted by aliens which is obviously ridiculous.

Anyway, it can be a little eery when thinking about the mystery surrounding them and seeing their nearly perfect structures. Plus, that part of the country can feel very empty and isolated, I can absolutely understand how people can be very superstitious out there.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: spoon on May 24, 2013, 07:26:41 PM
I recall finding this a few years back and going into a miniature week long depression over what I was reading. I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/805FfR/phocks.org/stumble/creepy/ (http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/805FfR/phocks.org/stumble/creepy/)

enjoy.

edit: some of the links are stupid, but a good chunk are intriguing/creepy/weird.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Vindictus on May 24, 2013, 07:42:04 PM
Yep, I already posted that a while ago.

This is a cleaner version unblocked by script blocking addons:

http://phocks.org/stumble/creepy/ (http://phocks.org/stumble/creepy/)
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: spoon on May 24, 2013, 07:46:26 PM
ahh my bad
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 24, 2013, 07:56:08 PM
Yeah it was already posted, but definitely the kind of thing I'm looking for. There are so many links there though that if you liked a specific one you could point me to it.

I have family in Point Pleasant, West Virginia so I went there a lot while growing up. During my teenage years I learned about the Mothman and everything that allegedly happened there. My great aunt was a neighbor to John Keel's cop friend (can't remember her name) and they talked a lot about the stuff going on, my aunt was even in Keel's documentary. She told me about seeing UFOs (never the Mothman though) and how she watched her cop neighbor deteriorate throughout the ordeal. And my mom was even very close to being on the bridge when it collapsed.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: spoon on May 24, 2013, 08:11:47 PM
My favorites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731) (most interesting read)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Robinson_%28Green_Man%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Robinson_%28Green_Man%29) (I have family members that claim to have seen him.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway) (same birthday as me.. we share a bond..)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king_%28folklore%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king_%28folklore%29)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtoun_Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtoun_Bridge)
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: rooster on May 24, 2013, 10:38:21 PM
Is that first link the one that depressed you? Because I would agree that Unit 731 is extremely depressing and I cannot believe that people didn't send those assholes to court.


But that last link was interesting. Poor, stupid dogs.
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: Vindictus on May 25, 2013, 01:15:42 AM
http://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/ (http://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/) is good for creepy stories that are supposed to be real (even though some clearly aren't).
Title: Re: Weird
Post by: spoon on May 25, 2013, 12:02:32 PM
Yeah unit 731 is one of those things that surprises me in that nobody has ever heard of it. None of my friends. None of my teachers. It's pretty terrible, although I am sure a lot of interesting stuff was left unnoticed in the chaos of that time period.