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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuya_Nanahara" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Shuya Nanahara">Shuya Nanahara</a>, a Japanese middle school student, attempts to cope with life after his father's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_by_hanging" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Suicide by hanging">suicide by hanging</a>. Meanwhile, schoolmate <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noriko_Nakagawa" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Noriko Nakagawa">Noriko Nakagawa</a> is the only student attending class—3-B. Their teacher, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Battle_Royale_characters#Kitano" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="List of Battle Royale characters">Kitano</a>, quietly leaves upon her tardy, apologetic arrival, but is attacked by student Yoshitoki Kuninobu and resigns after recovering from his wound.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One year later, class 3-B takes a field trip after completing their compulsory studies; however, the class is gassed and sent to a "briefing room" on a remote island, wearing electronic collars. Kitano explains that the class has been chosen to participate in this year's Battle Royale as a result of the BR Act, which was passed after 800,000 students walked out of school. The orientation video cheerfully instructs the class to kill each other for three days until only one student remains. Students resistant to their rules or entering one of the randomly placed "danger zones" for each day are to be killed by the collar's detonation. One of the 42 students, Fumiyo Fujiyoshi, interrupts the video by whispering to her friends; Kitano kills her on the spot with a thrown knife. While a shocked class is subdued by soldiers, Kuninobu openly confronts the viciousness of Kitano and the teacher slashes him with a knife (in the back of leg - the same area Kuninobu attacked Kitano two years earlier) before detonating his collar while Shuya, his best friend, watches in horror. Each student is provided a bag of food and water, map of the island, compass, and one item containing either a lethal weapon (firearm, sickle, knife, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_cyanide" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Potassium cyanide">potassium cyanide</a>) or an item apparently worthless toward survival (paper fan, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Binoculars">binoculars</a>, coat hanger, saucepan lid). The weapons are supposed to eliminate any natural advantage any one student might have over the others.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The program's first six hours see twelve deaths, four of which are suicides. Brazen, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Mute">mute</a> "exchange student" <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Kiriyama" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Kazuo Kiriyama">Kazuo Kiriyama</a> and quietly deranged classmate <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuko_Souma" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Mitsuko Souma">Mitsuko Souma</a> soon become the most dangerous players in the game, while another exchange student, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogo_Kawada" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Shogo Kawada">Shogo Kawada</a> seems somewhat more merciful. Shuya promises to keep Noriko safe for Kuninobu because he was in love with her, but never told her. Other students have various goals in the game: <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_Mimura" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Shinji Mimura">Shinji Mimura</a> and his friends plot to hack into the military's computer systems and destroy their base of operations;<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroki_Sugimura" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Hiroki Sugimura">Hiroki Sugimura</a> searches for his best friend <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takako_Chigusa" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Takako Chigusa">Takako Chigusa</a> and his love interest <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayoko_Kotohiki" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Kayoko Kotohiki">Kayoko Kotohiki</a>. Chigusa runs into Kazushi Niida, who is sexually obsessed with her; Chigusa kills him after he attempts forcing himself on her, but is herself killed by Mitsuko. Kawada teams with Shuya and Noriko, and reveals that he won a previous Battle Royale at the cost of his girlfriend, Keiko; he now swears vengeance. The trio are forced to separate when Kiriyama attacks, and Sugimura rescues Shuya, assisted by his assigned "weapon," a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="GPS">GPS</a> tracking device.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shuya awakens bandaged by <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukie_Utsumi" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Yukie Utsumi">Yukie Utsumi</a> in the island's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Lighthouse">lighthouse</a>, where she helps reorient him to the events of the past 14 hours; five other girls on the school's cheerleading squad have also been guarding and hiding out in the building, apparently since the beginning of the program. Utsumi gathers the girls around the dining table to weigh in on a possible method of escape from the island which Shuya has informed her of. <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuko_Sakaki" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Yuko Sakaki">Yuko Sakaki</a>, thinking that Shuya murdered a friend of hers, attempts to poison Shuya's food, but it is inadvertently eaten by one of the girls, killing her and sparking a massive, fear-fueled gunfight resulting in all the girls' deaths—except Yuko. She realises the enormity of her paranoia and commits suicide, jumping from the deck of the lighthouse.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shuya returns to Noriko and Kawada, and they set out to find Mimura's group. To a small warehouse, Sugimura tracks down Kotohiki, who panics and kills him shortly after; Sugimura professes his love before dying. Kotohiki cries in despair, and is found and killed by Mitsuko. Watching from the rafters, Kiriyama then guns down and kills Mitsuko after she sadly dispenses some fitting advice to her two (dead) classmates.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Upon the rapidly-consecutive deaths of Sugimura, Kotohiki and Souma, all of the seven students remaining are either preparing or willing to completely subvert the operations of the "game" – save for the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopath" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Psychopath">psychopathic</a> Kiriyama. "The Third Man", a hacker group consisting of Mimura, Iijima and Yutaka, successfully infiltrate the military's computer system and prepare to destroy the perimeter using a truck converted into a fire-bomb. However, at the last second they are found by Kiriyama, who kills them all, but Mimura manages to detonate the truck, seriously injuring the killer. When Kawada, Noriko and Shuya arrive at the hackers' burning base, Kawada confronts and kills the shrapnel-blinded, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzi" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Uzi">Uzi</a>-armed Kiriyama with his <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPAS-12" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="SPAS-12">SPAS-12</a> shotgun.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the morning of the final day, Kawada, aware of the collars' internal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Microphone">microphones</a>, takes Shuya and Noriko aside and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faked_death" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Faked death">fakes their deaths</a>. Suspecting that Kawada has won through manipulation of the BR system, Kitano ends the game and dismisses the troops before establishing final protocol, intent on personally killing the young man. Kitano realizes that Kawada, and not Mimura, has hacked into the game's intranet system months beforehand, and has now disabled Shuya and Noriko's tracking devices. Kitano unveils a homemade painting of the dead students, with Noriko indicated as the winner. He reveals that he was unable to bear the mutual hatred between him and his students, having been rejected by his daughter, Shiori. He also confesses that he always thought of Noriko as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurture_kinship" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Nurture kinship">a daughter</a>. He asks the confused, reluctant Noriko to kill him, but is quickly shot by Shuya after he threatens her at gunpoint. As he falls, Kitano shoots, and it is shown that the weapon in his hand was a mere water-gun. Suddenly, his phone rings, and Kitano sits down to answer it, telling Shiori that "if you hate someone, you take the consequences" before finally dying. Shuya, Noriko and Kawada leave the island on a boat, but Kawada dies from injuries sustained in his gunfight with Kiriyama -- "glad" that in the end, he "found true friends."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shuya and Noriko are declared fugitive murderers, and last seen on the run in the direction of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Tokyo">Tokyo's</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya_Station" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Shibuya Station">Shibuya train station</a>, they face an uncertain future but Shuya is assumed to love and protect Noriko for the time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I may be late in posting this since I know some of you are already finished this movie.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I find this movie very interesting it's not very gore like everyone talked about, I have watched much gore movies than that but the difference between this movie and other gore movies are the realism of the details in terms of fighting and the blood, i just noticed that other gore movies have blood that much look like a water with color I may based it on the movies i watch so far so just calm guys.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The plot was great I remembered the movie HUNGER GAMES, seem like Hunger Games was based on Battle Royale they almost got the same plot and the twist of the story. How About you guys? you feel the same way??</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The movies was an 18-R because there are many fights scenes not suitable for minors.</span></div>
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<br />Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-21380931834024116622013-01-27T12:10:00.000-08:002013-01-27T12:11:40.695-08:00Great Wattpad Story!<br />
If your looking for a website to read and find the best stories try looking on this site <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/home" target="_blank">WATTPAD</a><br />
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I'm making a list of my favorite book i read in there and this is it:<br />
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1. Demonic Spell by Ivory05 <br />
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The day that Elisha learned that she still have a blood relative looking for her is the day she buried her adoptive family.<br />
The mystery of her adoptive family's death and the dissapearence of her birth parents haunted her.<br />
Left alone to protect the legacy she inherited from her enigmatic blood relative, Elisha's once quiet life turns into a total whirlwind. Add a deadly threat that shadows her every move, she knew her life will never be the same again. Add a dash of a demon and his bevy of followers into the mix and you will have a complete recipe for a Demonic spell...<br />
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*NOTE: the stories in here are the ones that I'm reading or done reading and proved that its good*Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-62071048153540970572012-08-05T09:39:00.002-07:002012-08-06T05:34:17.909-07:00FAKER ALERT ! ! ! !<br />
I discover something that will blow your mind.<br />
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Its about Yiyi's Faker I discover that her faker was the controversy man that makes fake account of ulzzang girls and make a relationships and partnership with them.<br />
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I ask the Fake Yiyi if she KNEW RATA (rata is yiyi friends and partners in some of her photo shoot).<br />
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When the FAKE Yiyi is searching for the REAL RATA she make a fake account of Rata look at here<br />
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I found out that they have all similar signature COINCIDENCE i guess NO</div>
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LOOK ! ! ! ! I really don't think it is just COINCIDENCE</div>
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and as for this MAN who are currently in RELATIONSHIP with the GIRL on the LEFT</div>
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ALL those FAKE ACCOUNTS are all connected to each other and they are all his PARTNER </div>
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as for the others I don't know if they are FAKE too.</div>
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And the MAN too has created an Ulzzang Page I did report about the FAKE YIYI and the Page doesn't replied that's where I think that there is something wrong about that Page since whenever a Page got a report about a FAKE ACCOUNT that entering a contest they take actions ASAP. Well, after I gave them much informations about that fake they don't respond now.</div>
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And now they are Planning to add the FAKE YIYI as an ADMIN</div>
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Add also as they created the FAKE RATA ACCOUNT the same man just added her instantly and add her as a PARTNER same as the other GIRLS on the PHOTOS.</div>
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If you wanted to see it by yourself I'll put all of those accounts below:</div>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/real.yoyo.xu.xiangting">http://www.facebook.com/real.yoyo.xu.xiangting</a></div>
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I didn't intended this to destroy their reputations but I really find it as a bad example on why did they FAKE a PERSON just to make them POPULAR and to be exact the FAKE YIYI PAGE doesn't understand CHINESE and that is really funny since YIYI is from CHINA.</div>
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And YIYI only have a FANPAGE that she VERIFIES <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Wangyiyi16">http://www.facebook.com/Wangyiyi16</a></div>
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PLEASE STOP FAKING THEM IF YOU IDOLIZE THEM.</div>
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PLEASE DON'T SUPPORT THIS KIND OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FAKING..</div>
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<br />Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-31773237263778267632012-04-23T05:14:00.000-07:002012-04-23T05:14:28.971-07:00PLEASE HELP AND SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 5849 TO AMEND THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">We are the ‘PINOY’ (Philippine) Animals,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Some of us might come to you with furry, or scaly or feathery and slippery body but most of you consider us</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As your Friend that will always stay at your side forever if we are able to and we never take anything in return except a smile or a hug from you.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As your Follower that will follow you whether you go in land, water or air, in jungles and deserts, and even in the far-end of the world if you want to as long as our brave heart, spirit and body can follow.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As your Brother or a Sister that will grow and discover many things along with you as we both grow up and will always be your animal-brother or animal-sister even if you leave us to create a family of your own.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As your Healer that will try to take away your pain and sorrow in your most desperate times.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As your very own Clown that will try our very best just to make you smile or laugh even in your darkest hour.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As your Protector that will give our very life to save and protect you and to guard you against any night-time fears.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As your Companion that will never leave you and we will be the very first one to greet you at Heaven’s gate when the good Creator call you back home.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As your ‘Unlicensed’ Doctor that will treat you’re every scrapes, wounds and nicks with our sloppy tongues or your personal Nurse that will fuss over you when you’re sick.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As your Teacher that will help you learn about nature and adventure.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As your Mother or Father that will guide you through your life, protects you on daily strolls and teach you about responsibility.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">As your breathing Teddy bear that you could hug and cuddle when you’re lonesome.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Our LOVE and DEVOTION for our human exceeds any emotions that human have and we want nothing in exchange for that except love and care.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">We could give so much of that love if we are not confined in these foul cages; if we are free from these choking chains; if we are not in threat of being killed for entertainment (Dog & Cock fighting), for meat (Dog meat trade) and for pure cruel joy of it (Crush videos).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">We know that you, our human friends are very busy and most of you live half a world away from Philippines and in your country, animals whether pet or not have a well-established animal right that protects them. But we are BEGGING to have a minute of your time in signing and supporting our Animal Welfare Acts. Your MINUTE will give us a LIFETIME of good life away from neglect, cruelty and mistreatment.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here’s the link to our Petition. Please sign for us. It’s a start of a more humane world for every living species in the World.<br />
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<b style="text-decoration: none;"><a class="postlink" href="http://www.change.org/petitions/support-house-bill-5849-to-amend-the-animal-welfare-act-of-the-philippines" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.change.org/petitions/support-house-bill-5849-to-amend-the-animal-welfare-act-of-the-philippines</a></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PLEASE OUR ANIMALS NEED YOUR HELP.</span></span>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-70153925632600042792012-04-15T11:06:00.000-07:002012-04-15T11:06:56.878-07:00Top 10 Unfortunate Or Embarrassing Deaths<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><br />
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He was the last Greek philosopher to write his theories down in verse form. Legend has it that Empedocles threw himself into the active volcano Mount Etna in Sicily in order to fool his followers into believing that his body had vanished and that he would return as a god. Unfortunately for Empedocles, one of his sandals survived the fury of the volcano and it was discovered by his followers – revealing their leader’s deceit.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span id="more-13537" style="font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">9</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Pyrrhus of Epirus</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">272 BC</span></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/pyrrhus.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><img alt="Pyrrhus" border="0" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/pyrrhus-tm.jpg?w=269&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="269" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><strong style="font: inherit;">Manner of death:</strong> Killed when he was stunned by a tile thrown by an old lady</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Pyrrhus of Epirus was one of the greatest conquerors – his heavy losses in one campaign has led to the term “pyrrhic victory” being coined in his honor. Pyrrhus was such a great warrior that a Spartan royal (Cleonymus) asked him to defeat Sparta and put him on the throne. Pyrrhus was defeated – having underestimated the strength of the Spartan warriors, so he moved on to his next campaign in Argos. As he entered the city through the narrow streets on the back of an elephant, an old woman (unhappy with the conflict) threw a roof tile at him from her balcony. The tile stunned Pyrrhus which allowed a common foot soldier to stab him – killing him.</span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">8</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Eleazar Maccabeus</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">162 BC</span></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/picture-1-60.png"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><img alt="Picture 1-60" border="0" height="267" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/picture-1-60-tm.jpg?w=400&h=267" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><strong style="font: inherit;">Manner of death:</strong> Killed by the elephant he killed</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Eleazar Maccabeus’ death is told in the Old Testament book of “I Maccabees”. During the Battle of Beth-zechariah, Eleazar thought he saw the enemy King Antiochus V riding an elephant near by. Thinking he would perform a heroic act by killing the elephant and king, Eleazar jumped under the elephant and stabbed it in the stomach with his spear. The dead elephant fell right on top of Eleazar killing him instantly. To add insult to injury, it was not even the King’s elephant.</span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">7</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Emperor Valerian</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">260 AD</span></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/image060.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><img alt="Image060" border="0" height="283" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/image060-tm.jpg?w=400&h=283" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><strong style="font: inherit;">Manner of death:</strong> Used as a footstool then skinned</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Valerian was a noble Roman who became Emperor Valerian I. During his disastrous reign, the western empire fell into total disrepair. In 260 AD, Valerian was defeated in the Battle of Edessa and taken captive by the Persian King Shapur I. In order to humiliate the Emperor, Shapur used him as a footstool. When he grew tired of his footstool, Shapur had Valerian skinned and had his skin stuffed with dung and straw and put on display in one of the large Persian temples.</span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">6</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Humphrey de Bohun</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">1322 AD</span></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/bohun.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><img alt="Bohun" border="0" height="266" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/bohun-tm.jpg?w=400&h=266" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><strong style="font: inherit;">Manner of death:</strong> Speared through the anus</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Humphrey do Bohun was a member of a very powerful Anglo-Norman family in England. He spoke out against the excesses of the King (Edward II). While leading troops at the Battle of Boroughbridge, Humphrey de Bohun (4th Earl of Hereford) met with a rather unpleasant end:</span></div><blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">“[Humphrey de Bohun] led the fight on the bridge, but he and his men were caught in the arrow fire. Then one of de Harclay’s pikemen, concealed beneath the bridge, thrust upwards between the planks and skewered the Earl of Hereford through the anus, twisting the head of the iron pike into his intestines. His dying screams turned the advance into a panic.”</span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Strangely, death via anal insertion was not entirely uncommon during this period of the middle ages, as the next item will attest.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">5</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">King Edward II</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">1327 AD</span></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/edward-ii.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><img alt="Edward Ii" border="0" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/edward-ii-tm.jpg?w=241&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="241" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><strong style="font: inherit;">Manner of death:</strong> Speared through the anus with a hot poker</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Edward II was King of England for 20 years (from 1307 – 1327). Edward greatly upset the nobility in England because he preferred low-born citizens and had many “special” male friends – who received extravagant and expensive gifts. After he abdicated the throne and was imprisoned, his wife Isabella (disturbed by the close relationship the king had shared with a young man in the Royal Court) brought about his execution in secret:</span></div><blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">“On the night of 11 October while lying in on a bed [the king] was suddenly seized and, while a great mattress… weighed him down and suffocated him, a plumber’s iron, heated intensely hot, was introduced through a tube into his secret private parts so that it burned the inner portions beyond the intestines.”</span></div></blockquote><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">4</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Humayun</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">1556</span></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/im39.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><img alt="Im39" border="0" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/im39-tm.jpg?w=236&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="236" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><strong style="font: inherit;">Manner of death:</strong> Tripped over his skirts and fell down some stairs</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Humayun Mughal Emperor who ruled modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1530–1540 and again from 1555–1556. He was a great lover of the arts and astronomy and left behind a great legacy as a consequence. However, he was also very religious and this is what led to his downfall (literally). As he was carrying books from the library, Humayun heard the call the prayer. It was his habit to kneel on one knee when the call was made, and as he bent his knee, his foot got caught in the folds of his long robes. He happened to be standing at the top of a small flight of stairs. Humayun fell all the way down and hit his temple on a jagged rock – which killed him.</span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">3</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Arthur Aston</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">1649</span></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/19th-century-wooden-leg1.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><img alt="19Th Century Wooden Leg1" border="0" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/19th-century-wooden-leg1-tm.jpg?w=166&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="166" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><strong style="font: inherit;">Manner of death:</strong> Beaten to death with his wooden leg</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Sir Arthur Aston was a lifelong professional soldier, most noted for his support for King Charles I in the English Civil War. He was a great soldier who saw a great deal of action during his lifetime. In September 1644, he fell from a horse and ended up with a wooden leg which was later used in his murder. In 1649, Oliver Cromwell’s forces attacked his town in the Siege of Drogheda and ordered that everyone be executed. Aston offered to surrender but the soldiers who captured him believed that he was hiding gold in his leg. They ripped it off and beat him to break open the leg. Unfortunately it was solid wood and it killed Aston.</span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">2</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Julien Offray de La Mettrie</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">1751</span></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/lamettrie.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><img alt="Lamettrie" border="0" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/lamettrie-tm.jpg?w=296&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="296" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><strong style="font: inherit;">Manner of death:</strong> Ironically ate himself to death</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Julien Offray de La Mettrie was a French doctor, philosopher, and potentially the founder of cognitive science. He believed that sensual pleasures (such as eating, sex, and play) were the sole reason for life, and so he decided to live his life by that principle. Julien was an atheist and believed that life on earth was just a farce to be lived and ended in self-gratification. Ironically, he died rather painfully after eating too much truffle pate at a feast held in his honor by a man he cured of an illness.</span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">1</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Bandō Mitsugorō VIII</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">1975</span></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/image29.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><img alt="Image29" border="0" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/image29-tm.jpg?w=245&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="245" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><strong style="font: inherit;">Manner of death:</strong> Died after eating pufferfish which he claimed to be immune to</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Bandō Mitsugorō VIII was one of Japan’s most highly regarded Kabuki (a type of dance/drama) actors – so much so that he was declared a national treasure. On the 16th of January, the natural treasure decided to dine out on fugu liver (highly toxic) claiming that he was immune to it. The fugu chef who served him said that he simply could not refuse to serve the deadly livers to such an esteemed gentleman. Needless to say, Mitsugoro died within 7 hours.</span></div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-364339697399761692012-04-15T10:26:00.000-07:002012-04-15T10:26:59.564-07:00Top 10 Unusual Ancient Weapons<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"></span></span><br />
<div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">10</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Mere Club</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><img alt="Maori-Greenstone-Mere-Carving-P" border="0" height="400" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/maori-greenstone-mere-carving-p.jpg?w=400&h=400" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="400" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Used by the Māori tribes of New Zealand, this simple-looking, yet solid, club was built from nephrite jade. Strangely enough, the Māori used the 12-20 inch club for jabbing and thrusting instead of swinging downward blows in the way that most other clubs are used. To the Māori, the mere was a very spiritual weapon. They named their mere clubs and passed them down through generations. They even believed that the clubs contained a mana (spiritual force) of their own. The Māori revered their mere clubs greatly. They were a symbol of leadership, and if any mere that was considered important by a tribe was misplaced, great efforts were taken by the tribe to make sure the mere was located and returned to its respective owner.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">9</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Hook Swords</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><img alt="Hook%20Sword%20W511" border="0" height="187" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/hook20sword20w511.jpg?w=550&h=187" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Perhaps the most well-known on this list, the Chinese hook swords were wielded by the normally passive Shoalin monks of northern China. Beautifully and artistically designed, the blades were curved into a hook shape at the end which allowed the user to connect the blades by the tip and wield them as a single, long-ranged weapon. The crescent shaped guards were excellent at blocking blows as well as slashing enemies who got too close. The ends of the hilts were sharpened into daggers for stabbing at close range. These swords measured from 4-6 feet from the top of the hook to the end of the sharpened hilt. The blades saw most of their usage from civilians, as the Chinese military did not use them in any of their armies.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">8</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Kpinga</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><img alt="Kpinga" border="0" height="442" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/kpinga.jpg?w=550&h=442" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">The kpinga was a throwing knife that was used by experienced warriors of the Azande tribe. The Zande people were residents of Nubia, a region in Africa composed of northern Sudan and southern Egypt. The knife (also known by its nickname, the Hunga Munga) was up to 22 inches long and had three blades that extended from the center. The blade closest to the handle is in the shape of a man’s genitals, and represented the masculine power of its owner. The alignment of the blades on the kpinga drastically increased the chances of impaling a target on contact. When the owner of the weapon was married, he presented the kpinga as a gift to the family of his wife.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">7</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Macuahuitl</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><img alt="Macuahuitl" border="0" height="178" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/macuahuitl.jpg?w=550&h=178" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">The macuahuitl was basically a large, sword-shaped piece of wood, with razor-sharp pieces of obsidian embedded in the sides. Since the macuahuitl lacked a sharp point, it couldn’t be used as a stabbing weapon; however the jagged rows of obsidian gave the weapon a vicious tearing power that could cut deep lacerations in the enemy. The wood itself is heavy and strong enough to clobber opponents, thus enabling the Aztec to capture the foe alive to be used in their famous ritual sacrifices. There have been accounts of maquahuitls being able to decapitate horses, which is impressive, for a horse’s head is a good deal thicker than that of an adult human being.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">6</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Scissor</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><img alt="Fighter 6" border="0" height="400" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/fighter_6.jpg?w=247&h=400" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="247" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">This rather odd-looking weapon was used in the arenas by the gladiators of the ancient Roman Empire. Interestingly enough, the gladiators who wielded the scissor in combat were also known as scissors. The metal casing at the bottom formed a long tube that covered the gladiator’s arm, allowing the weapon to easily block and parry, as well as counterattack. Made from hardened steel, the scissor measured up to one and a half feet long. It is surprisingly light, weighing in at an easy 5-7 pounds; this allowed the scissor to be wielded with a good amount of speed. The scissor’s unique shape and design made it a crowd favorite.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">5</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Chakram</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><img alt="Chakram" border="0" height="412" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/chakram.jpg?w=550&h=412" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Don’t be fooled, the chakram is not something you would want to play frisbee with. Unlike the frisbee, the chakram was often thrown vertically rather than horizontally. The deadly circle of metal was up to a foot in diameter. It’s extremely sharp edge ensured that the chakram could slice off arms and legs with ease. This weapon originated from India, where it was used extensively by the high ranking Indian Sikhs. Much like a distant relative, the shrunken, the chakram could be stacked one on the other and thrown repeatedly. One interesting throwing method used by professional warriors was to spin the chakram on their index finger, and then, with a sharp flick of the wrist, launch the whirring blade at their opponent.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">4</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Chu Ko Nu</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><img alt="2E7451D24F25Aee7A79B82638225E286.Image" border="0" height="365" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2e7451d24f25aee7a79b82638225e286-image_.jpg?w=550&h=365" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Another Chinese weapon, the chu ko nu was basically an ancestor to the automatic rifle – it sacrificed range and power for a quick reload time. The wooden case on the top of the crossbow held 10 crossbow bolts which fell into place when the rectangular lever on the back was pulled back after firing a bolt. One interesting fact is that the chu ko nu last saw its use in the Sino-Japanese wars of 1894-1895, years after the rise of firearms. The crossbow could fire on average a total of 10 bolts within 15 seconds. Which, when compared to the reload speed of normal bows and crossbows, is a great improvement. For added effectiveness, some of the bolts were tipped with poison from the deadly aconite flower, also known as wolfsbane.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">3</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Nest of Bees</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><img alt="Swarmofbees2" border="0" height="147" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/swarmofbees2.jpg?w=550&h=147" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Now I have to hand it to the Chinese, their weapons have made four entries on my list. Third place is taken by the nest of bees, or flying fire. Basically it was a wooden container filled with tubes in the shape of a hexagon, which, when viewed from the front, gave the weapon the appearance of a large honeycomb. Inside each of the tubes was a rocket propelled arrow. The rockets launched the arrows with more power and range than that of a traditional bow. Up to 32 arrows could be launched from a nest at once. The Chinese would fire thousands of bees’ nests at once, killing plenty of enemies within seconds.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">2</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Katar</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><img alt="Wea032-1-" border="0" height="412" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/wea032-1.jpg?w=550&h=412" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">This Indian weapon gave its owner the claws of wolverine, minus the strength and cutting power of adamantium. The katar at first glance has a single blade, however when a trigger on the h-shaped handle was activated, the blade would split into three, one on the middle and one on each side. The three blades not only made the weapon more effective at stabbing and slashing, but they also intimidated and/or startled the opponent. The blade’s positioning on the handle also allowed it to easily block attacks. Its unusual design has yet another purpose – the triple blades could easily stab through all kinds of Asian armor with ease.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">1</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Zhua</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><img alt="Zhua" border="0" height="400" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/zhua.jpg?w=491&h=400" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="491" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">One look at this incredibly odd-looking device was more than enough to convince me that it deserved the number one place on this list. Yet another Chinese weapon, the zhua’s conspicuous iron “hand” at the end had sharp claw-like nails that would impale flesh, and then tear it off from the body. The sheer weight of the zhua was enough to kill the opponent, but the claws made it even deadlier. When wielded by a professional, it could be used to pull mounted soldiers off their horse. But the main use of the zhua was to pull off the shields of enemies, leaving them exposed to the clawed hand of iron.</span></div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-72112017249850104252012-04-15T10:06:00.000-07:002012-04-15T10:06:07.019-07:00Top 10 Strange and Unique Forests<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c5086a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"></span><br />
<div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">10</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">North Sentinel Island Forest</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><img alt="Northsentinel Island Iss006-E-33376 Sat" border="0" height="400" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/northsentinel_island_iss006-e-33376_sat.jpg?w=368&h=400" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="368" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">North Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. It lies to the west of the southern part of South Andaman Island. North Sentinel Island is unique because it is surrounded by coral reefs and lacks natural harbors. For this reason, the area was never settled by Europeans and deforested. The island is almost completely covered in old growth trees and is 72 km² (27.8 sq mi). Due to the isolation, North Sentinel Island has become home to the last pre-Neolithic tribe known as the Sentinelese.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The Sentinelese tribe consists of 50 to 400 individuals. The group strongly rejects any contact with the outside world. On January 26, 2006, two men were illegally fishing for mud crabs near North Sentinel Island when they were attacked and killed by Sentinelese. The Indian coastguard attempted to recover the bodies using a helicopter, but they were met by a hail of arrows. It was reported that the fisherman’s bodies were buried in shallow graves and not roasted and eaten. However, the idea that the tribe would eat the men is very real.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">During the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, North Sentinel Island was greatly damaged. The tsunami sank some of the surrounding coral reefs and raised others. The coastline of the island was completely demolished. The Sentinelese fishing grounds were disturbed, but the tribe has since adapted to the current conditions. The Sentinelese maintain an essentially hunter-gatherer society, obtaining their subsistence from the forest through hunting, fishing, and collecting wild plants.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Their agricultural practices and methods for producing fire are currently unknown. The Sentinelese weaponry consists of javelins and a flatbow, which has an extremely high accuracy against human-sized targets up to nearly 10 meters (32.8 feet). The Sentinelese has even been known to use untipped arrows for warning shots. There food consists primarily of plantstuffs gathered in the forest, coconuts which are frequently found on the beaches, pigs, and presumably other wildlife (which apart from sea turtles is limited to some smaller birds and invertebrates).</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Selected Quote: “I believe our biggest issue is the same issue the whole world is facing, and that’s habitat destruction.” Steve Irwin.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">9</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Crooked Forest</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><img alt="640Px-Nowe Czarnowo-Krzywy Las" border="0" height="412" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/640px-nowe_czarnowo-krzywy_las.jpg?w=550&h=412" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The Crooked Forest is a grove of oddly shaped pine trees located outside the village of Nowe Czarnowo, in western Poland. The forest contains about 400 pine trees that grow with a 90 degree bend at the base of their trunks. All of the trees are bent northward and surrounded by a larger forest of straight-growing pine trees. The crooked trees were planted around 1930 when the area was inside the German province of Pomerania.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">It is thought that the trees were formed with a human tool, but the method and motive for creating the grove is not currently known. It appears that the trees were allowed to grow for seven to ten years before being held down and warped by a device. The exact reason why the Germans would want to make crooked trees is unknown, but many people have speculated that they were going to be harvested for bent-wood furniture, the ribs of boat hulls, or yokes for ox-drawn plows. It is a bizarre case that still can’t explain.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Selected Quote: “A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">8</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Red Forest</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><img alt="Tumblr Kql1Ehwhv51Qzmws8O1 500" border="0" height="412" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/tumblr_kql1ehwhv51qzmws8o1_500.jpg?w=550&h=412" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The Red Forest or the Worm Wood Forest is located within the 10 kilometer (6.2 mile) area surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat, Ukraine. After the Chernobyl nuclear accident on April 26, 1986, the Worm Wood Forest turned a ginger-brown color and died. In the cleanup effort, most of the trees were bulldozed and buried in a collection of “waste graveyards.” The trenches were covered with a carpet of sand and planted over with new pine saplings. Today, the Red Forest remains one of the most contaminated areas in the world. It holds a mixture of old growth pine, along with the new saplings planted in 1986. More than 90% of the radioactivity of the Red Forest is concentrated in the soil.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The accident at Chernobyl has offered scientists an unparalleled opportunity to fully understand the passage of radioactive debris through an urban, rural, and natural environment over time. In a remarkable turn of events, the wildlife in the Red Forest has adapted to the changes and not only survived, but flourished. The forest has been labeled a “Radiological Reserve” and is a hotbed for endangered animals. A large collection of species has moved into the forest and biodiversity in the area has greatly expanded since the accident.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Since 1986, the population of wild boar in the Red Forest has exploded. The area is home to a large collection of wild species, including storks, wolves, beavers, lynx, elk, and eagles. Birds have been observed nesting in the old nuclear reactors and many endangered species have been spotted. In 2001, the tracks of a brown bear were photographed in the streets of Pripyat. In 2002, a young eagle owl, one of only 100 thought to be living in all of Ukraine, was seen on an abandoned excavator in the Red Forest, also an endangered white-tailed eagle was radio-tagged within three miles of the plant. In 2005, a herd of 21 rare Przewalski’s horses escaped from captivity, bred in the area, and have expanded to 64.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The Red Forest still holds some unnatural behavior. The flora and fauna in the area has been dramatically affected by the radioactive contamination. In the years following the disaster, there were many reports of mutant animals, but no cases have been confirmed to influence the genetic evolution of a species, except for the partial albinism in swallows and stunted tail feathers in birds. It should be noted that mutant animals usually die quickly in the wild, so the creatures affected by the explosion are long dead. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone now encompasses more than 1,600 square miles of northern Ukraine and southern Belarus, a ragged swatch of forests, marshes, lakes, and rivers.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Selected Quote: “A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.” Anne Bronte.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">7</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Chestnut Hills</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><img alt="Record%20Chestnut%2010%20Wi%20Tjv" border="0" height="400" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/record20chestnut201020wi20tjv.jpg?w=300&h=400" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="300" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The chestnut blight is a devastating disease that has struck the American chestnut tree and caused the mass extinction of the tree from its historic range in the eastern United States. The disease was accidentally introduced to North America around 1900, either through imported chestnut lumber or through imported chestnut trees. By 1940, almost all of the American chestnut trees were gone. These marvelous trees once grew as tall as 200 feet (61 meters), with a trunk diameter of 14 feet (4.2 meters).<br />
The chestnut tree is known to grow beautiful flowers in late spring or early summer. The blight was caused by the C. parasitica and destroyed about 4 billion American chestnut trees. The fungus kills the tree by entering beneath the bark and killing the cambium all the way round the twig, branch, or trunk. After the blight was first discovered, people attempted to remove the effected trees from the forests, but this proved to be an ineffective solution.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The largest remaining forest of American chestnut trees is named Chestnut Hills and sits near West Salem, Wisconsin. Chestnut Hills holds approximately 2,500 chestnut trees on 60 acres of land. The chestnuts are the descendants from only a dozen trees planted by Martin Hicks in the late 1800s. The trees are located to the west of the natural range of American chestnut, so they initially escaped the onslaught of the chestnut blight. However in 1987, scientists found the fungus in the trees and the blight has been slowly killing the forest. Scientists are working to try and save Chestnut Hills, as there is a strong desire to bring the American chestnut back to the forest.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">A large collection of surviving chestnut’s are being bred for a resistance to the blight by The American Chestnut Foundation, which aims to reintroduce a blight-resistant American chestnut to its original forest range in the early 21st century. The disease is local to a range, so it is possible for some isolated trees to exist if no other chestnuts with the blight are within 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). A small stand of surviving American chestnuts was found in F. D. Roosevelt State Park near Warm Springs, Georgia on April 22, 2006.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Selected Quote: “Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me: There lie they, and here lie we, under the spreading chestnut tree.” George Orwell.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">6</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Sea of Trees</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><img alt="Aokigahara-Forest-104" border="0" height="412" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/aokigahara-forest-104.jpg?w=550&h=412" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The <a href="http://cogitz.com/2010/03/05/aokigahara-the-sad-sea-of-trees/">Sea of Trees or Aokigahara</a> is a forest located at the northwest base of Mount Fuji in Japan. The forest contains a number of hidden caverns and giant trees. It is very dark and has thick growth, so the only light that can be seen inside the forest is a collection of sunbeams. Aokigahara holds an absence of wildlife and is known for being an eerily quiet place. In modern times, the Sea of Trees has gained a reputation for two things, a breathtaking view of Mount Fuji and suicides. There is currently no reliable statistics for the total number of suicides in the forest. However in 2004, 108 dead bodies were found in Aokigahara.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">In recent years, the Japanese government has stopped publicizing the number of suicides in the forest. In 2010, it was reported that 247 people attempted suicide in the Sea of Trees, but only 54 succeeded. The suicide rate has caused officials to place signs in the forest, in Japanese and English, which urge people to reconsider their actions. Every year, a collection of police and volunteers conduct an annual body search of the land. During the event, corpses are always discovered, usually hanging from the trees. The Sea of Trees is reportedly the world’s second most popular suicide location after San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Japan’s suicide rate is a major problem and has been rising after the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. The country has been experiencing a large wave of social withdrawal. Hikikomori is a Japanese term that refers to the phenomenon of reclusive adolescents or young adults who have chosen to withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation. It is estimated that around 1% of the entire Japanese population is living as hikikomori. In Japanese mythology, the Sea of Trees has always been linked with morbid myths and legends. It is widely believed that the custom of ubasute, where an elderly relative is left to die in a remote location, was widely practiced in the forest.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Selected Quote: “The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps.” Henry Ellis.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><span class="wiki" style="font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="split" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">5</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Trillemarka – Rollagsfjell Forest</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><img alt="Tm-Utsiktost2" border="0" height="440" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/tm-utsiktost2.jpg?w=550&h=440" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Trillemarka – Rollagsfjell is a 147 km² (57 sq mi) nature reserve located in Buskerud, Norway. It was created on December 13, 2002 and is located in the mountain areas between Nore in Numedal and Solevann in Sigdal. Trillemarka – Rollagsfjell holds the last ancient wilderness forests of Norway. The land has all the qualities of the original Norwegian forests, including untouched valleys, rivers, lakes, and very old trees. Trillemarka – Rollagsfjell is home to 93 red list and endangered species.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Trillemarka – Rollagsfjell holds a large amount of animals that are dependent on the forest dynamics. The area is one of the few untouched woodlands in Norway. Some of the endangered species that frequent the forest are the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Tree-toed Woodpecker, Siberian Jay, Stock Dove, and Golden Eagle. The forest is also home to endangered lichens, mosses, and fungi. Currently, about 75% of Trillemarka – Rollagsfjell has been protected by the government, and there is a controversy in Norway over how much of the remaining land should be set aside for future generations. It appears that Norway is lagging behind neighboring countries in forest protection.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Selected Quote: “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” Franklin D. Roosevelt.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">4</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Dark Entry Forest</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><img alt="284985834 D4479Bcfae" border="0" height="412" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/284985834_d4479bcfae.jpg?w=550&h=412" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Dudley Town (the Village of the Damned) is a ghost town in Cornwall, Connecticut. It was founded as a small settlement in the mid-1740s and was a thriving community by the 18th century, known as Owlsbury. The town was primarily fueled by the region’s iron industry. It was a popular place to visit until people started to report strange sightings, unexplained murders, and mass suicides. In some cases, the town residents experienced hallucinations which included demons who commanded them to commit suicide. It was also a regular occurrence for sheep and heard animals to go missing in the town.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Many early settlers of Dudley Town began to think the area was cursed. By the middle of the 20th century, everyone in the town had either died or moved away. Today, Dudley Town looks like it did when Thomas Griffis first settled it some 250 years ago. It is a very thick forest with rocky terrain and it sits in the shadow of three separate mountains: Bald Mountain, Woodbury Mountain, and The Coltsfoot Triplets. Because of the dense and tall woods, the forest has been given the name “Dark Entry Forest.” The land is not officially located in a Connecticut state forest, but sits on private land near the Mohawk State Forest and Mohawk Trail.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The ruins of Dudley Town and the Dark Entry Forest are patrolled by the Dark Entry Forest group, which prosecutes anyone who trespasses on the land. Hundreds of people have been arrested for visiting the site. The area is also known for a large collection of orbs, unexplained lights, and bizarre sounds. Similar to other strange forests, visitors claim that the trees are unusually quiet and without wildlife. Contemporary researchers have suggested that the town may have succumbed to mass hysteria or that the groundwater could have been contaminated with lead which caused the deaths.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Selected Quote: “An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.” Charles Dickens.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">3</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Ardennes</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><img alt="Belgian-Ardennes1" border="0" height="421" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/belgian-ardennes1.jpg?w=550&h=421" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests, rolling hills and ridges in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. The land is covered by thick forests and rugged terrain. The region is rich in timber, minerals, and wild game. The Ardennes holds a strategic position in Europe. For this reason, a large number of famous battles have been fought on the land. The Ardennes has changed hands on many different occasions. In the 20th century, the Ardennes was thought unsuitable for large-scale military operations, but in both World War I and World War II, Germany successfully gambled on making a passage through the area to attack France.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The Ardennes was the site of three major battles in the 20th century, the Battle of the Ardennes (1914), the Battle of France (1940), and the Battle of the Bulge (1944). During the Battle of the Ardennes, French and German troops literally stumbled into each other on the battlefield due to the thick fog. In the winter of 1944, the Third Reich launched a major offensive through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium. The event has become known as the Battle of the Bulge.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Before the Battle of the Bulge, the snow-covered Ardennes was so quiet it was termed “the Ghost Front.” The United States placed its greenest units on the wooded hills, along with combat-shattered troops. Hitler valued the Ardennes and arranged for two full Panzer armies and 300,000 troops to conduct a surprise attack designed to shatter the American front. Many of the towns in the region were badly damaged during the battle, including the historic city of La Roche-en-Ardenne. The forest wasn’t completely taken back from Nazi rule until early 1945. Today, the beauty of the Ardennes and its wide variety of outdoor activities, including hunting, cycling, walking, canoeing, and historic landmarks make it a popular tourist destination.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Selected Quote: “Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.” Karl Von Clausewitz.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">2</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Hoia-Baciu Forest</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><img alt="Dracula-Castle-Transylvania-2" border="0" height="367" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/dracula-castle-transylvania-2.jpg?w=550&h=367" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The Hoia-Baciu Forest is located near Cluj-Napoca, Romania and is locally referred to as the Bermuda Triangle of Romania. The forest was named after a shepherd that disappeared in the area with two hundred sheep. Most people who live near the forest are afraid to enter. They believe that those who visit the site will never return. Many of the locals who have gone into the forest complain of physical harm, including rashes, nausea, vomiting, migraines, burns, scratches, anxiety, and other unusual bodily sensations.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The Hoia-Baciu Forest has a reputation for paranormal activity. People have witnessed several strange events on the land. The most common phenomenon includes seeing mysterious orb-like lights, female voices, giggling, apparitions, and cases of people being scratched. In the 1970s, the area was a hotbed for UFO sighting and unexplained lights. Visitors to the forest have reported a strong sense of anxiety and the feeling of being watched. The local vegetation in the forest is bizarre and some trees hold an unexplained charring. On August 18, 1968, a military technician named Emil Barnea captured a famous photograph of a saucer-like object over the Hoia-Baciu Forest.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Many people who live near the Hoia-Baciu Forest have reported a large collection of orb-like lights inside the tree line. When using a thermal, these lights don’t seem to be producing any heat signatures. Some people who enter the forest suddenly remember all of their past experiences in the trees, but then forget the memories after leaving the land. Specialists from around the world are fascinated by the forest. Scientists from Germany, France, the United States, and Hungary have managed to capture bizarre material structures on film, including faces and apparitions. Some of the structures are seen with the naked eye and others only in photos or videos.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Selected Quote: “Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by aliens and real diseases are useful material.” Susan Sontag.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><a href="" name="item-"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">1</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Ancient Wuda Forest</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><img alt="Ancientforest1-537X406" border="0" height="415" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/ancientforest1-537x406.jpg?w=550&h=415" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">In February of 2012, scientists in northern China announced that they had finished reconstructing an ancient forest that was found buried under a thick layer of volcanic ash near the Mongolian district of Wuda. The 20 square kilometer (12.4 mile) forest was completely preserved after a large volcano erupted 298 million years ago and dropped a large amount of lava and ash on the site. The discovery was reminiscent of the destruction of the Roman city of Pompeii in A.D. 79. It was determined that the blast came from a large volcano around 100 kilometers away. The destruction left a layer of ash that is now 66-cm (about 40 inches) thick. The blast ripped leaves from branches, knocked down trees, and buried the forest.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania, Shenyang Normal University, and Yunnan University have been able to reconstruct 10,000 square feet (3,048 meters) of the subtropical forest. They have identified a large collection of plant species and flora that has been extinct for centuries. It is believed that the forest sat on the edge of a large tropical island off Pangaea’s eastern shore. It was swampy land, with a layer of peat and a few inches of standing water. In all, six different species of trees have been identified in the preserved forest, including the tall Sigillaria, Cordaites, and the smaller spore-bearing Noeggerathiales, which is believed to be related to the fern family. Scientists haven’t found any evidence for animal life, such as ancient amphibians.</span></div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-27797892985537656482012-03-29T00:27:00.000-07:002012-03-29T00:27:30.629-07:00Top 10 Bizarre Accidents<div style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #e69138; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">10</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Philadelphia Boiler Explosion</span></div></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Bruntons Traveller" border="0" height="342" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/bruntons_traveller.jpg?w=425&h=342" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="425" /></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">On 31 July, 1815, in Philadelphia, County Durham, England, an early experimental railway locomotive, Brunton’s Mechanical Traveller, blew up. This engine, also known as the Steam Horse, ran on four wheels but was pushed by mechanical feet. This was both the first recorded boiler explosion and the first railway accident causing major loss of life, as 16 people were killed. The accident is not included in many texts because it was on an industrial waggonway or plateway, rather than a public railway. Most boiler explosions caused severe mechanical damage but often only the locomotive crew suffered physically; however, Brunton’s locomotive was surrounded, at the time, by a crowd of curious sightseers, who formed the majority of the victims.</span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="" name="item-9"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #e69138; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">9</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bouncy Castle Disaster</span></div></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Snn2405A3G 139913A" border="0" height="210" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/snn2405a3g_139913a.jpg?w=300&h=210" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="300" /></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">In July, 2006, a bouncy castle, with 30 people inside it, broke free from its moorings and took off into the air in a freak gust of wind. It flew 50 feet into the air, turned over, and travelled 150 feet before landing on the ground. The castle seriously injured 13 people and killed two. An eye-witness described the event thus: “I heard the snapping of tent pegs and a lot of screaming, then the inflatable flew up into the air and bodies were dropping from it. It was just carnage. There were people everywhere lying on the ground. Some had been on the inflatable when it took off, others were hit on the ground.”</span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="" name="item-8"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #e69138; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">8</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Death of Lady Coventry</span></div></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Gainsborough - Maria Walpole" border="0" height="350" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/gainsborough_-_maria_walpole.jpg?w=278&h=350" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="278" /></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lady Coventry, or Maria Gunning, was a celebrated beauty of her time. She devoted herself to applying pasty white makeup and red rouge every day. This was the style of the time. Her husband hated this practice and tried to stop her from doing it, but her vanity prevailed. She probably should have listened to him. Lady Coventry died at the age of 27 from over use of lead-based makeup.</span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="" name="item-7"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #e69138; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">7</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Napoleon’s Cough</span></div></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="45-Napoleon" border="0" height="350" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/45-napoleon.jpg?w=273&h=350" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="273" /></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rumor has it that while Napoleon was suffering from a bad cough he accidentally ordered the execution of 1,200 prisoners. His officers had been awaiting orders from the emperor when he was seized by a coughing fit. The emperor exclaimed “Ma sacre toux,” meaning “My damn cough,” (or literally “My sacred cough,” but I think we know what he meant). His men took his words to be “Massacre-tous,” meaning “Massacre all.” This strange accident would top the list if it were proven. However, accounts of the incident vary greatly and many doubt whether this ever happened.</span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="" name="item-6"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #e69138; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">6</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lake Peigneur Accident</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e69138; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/dHol4ICeDoo?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Lake Peigneur accident was caused by drilling in a salt mine beneath the shallow (10 feet deep) lake. The drill accidentally pierced the third level of the mine causing the lake to drain into the hole. This resulted in the expanding of the hole as soil and salt were washed into the mine by the rushing water, filling the enormous caverns left by the removal of salt over the years. The resultant whirlpool sucked in the drilling platform, eleven barges, many trees and 65 acres (260,000 m2) of the surrounding terrain. So much water drained into the caverns that the flow of the Delcambre Canal that usually empties the lake into Vermilion Bay was reversed, making the canal a temporary inlet. This backflow created, for a few days, the tallest waterfall ever in the state of Louisiana, at 164 feet (50 m), as the lake refilled with salt water from the Delcambre Canal and Vermilion Bay. The water downflowing into the mine caverns displaced air which erupted as compressed air and then later as 400-foot (120 m) geysers up through the mineshafts.</span></div><div style="color: #e69138; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="wiki" style="font-family: Helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"></span></span></div><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="" name="item-5"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #e69138; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">5</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Goiânia Accident</span></div></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Rad Suits" border="0" height="324" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/rad_suits.jpg?w=500&h=324" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="500" /></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Goiânia accident was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on 13 September, 1987, at Goiânia, Brazil. Considered one of the worst nuclear disasters in history, it took place after an old nuclear medicine source was scavenged from an abandoned hospital site in the city, which serves as capital of the central Brazilian state of Goiás. It was subsequently handled by many people, resulting in four deaths and the serious radioactive contamination of 249 other people. The dispersal of radiation was equivalent to a medium-size dirty bomb. About 130,000 people overwhelmed hospitals. Of those, 250 people, some with radioactive residue still on their skin, were found to be contaminated through the use of Geiger counters. Topsoil had to be removed from several sites, and several houses were demolished. All the objects from within those houses were removed and examined. Those that were found to be free of radioactivity were wrapped in plastic bags, while those that were contaminated were either decontaminated or disposed of as waste.</span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="" name="item-4"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #e69138; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">4</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">London Beer Flood</span></div></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="013-Giant-Beer-Barrel-Q50-1705X2020" border="0" height="350" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/013-giant-beer-barrel-q50-1705x2020.jpg?w=295&h=350" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="295" /></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">On October 16, 1814, a vat of beer at London’s Meux and Company Brewery cracked open. Beer gushed out, causing yet another vat to open. The result was 550,000 gallons (or 4.4 million pints) of beer pouring through the streets of London. The wave of beer destroyed two homes and crumbled the wall of the Tavistock Arms Pub, trapping teenaged employee Eleanor Cooper under the rubble. The brewery was located among the poor houses and tenements of the St Giles Rookery, where whole families lived in basement rooms that quickly filled with beer. Eight people drowned in the flood. The disaster was ruled to be an act of God.</span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="" name="item-3"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #e69138; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">3</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Ball of Burning Men</span></div></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Bal Des Ardents" border="0" height="350" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/bal_des_ardents.jpg?w=351&h=350" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="351" /></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">On January 28, 1393, King Charles VI of France hosted a ball to celebrate the marriage of Queen Isabeau’s maid of honor. Charles had the brilliant idea to have himself and five of his friends disguise themselves as savages. The idea took a strange turn when the men decided to cover themselves with pitch and feathers. Remember, pitch is very flammable and the primary sources of light indoors at the time were torches.</span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The men entered the ball disguised this way and chained together. A horrible accident occurred when a man approached them with a torch so that he could get a better look. The men went up in flames immediately. The king was saved by Jeanne de Boulogne, who threw her petticoats over him to put out the blaze. One other of the men was able to throw himself into a vat of water. The other victims of this strange accident were not so lucky. Two burned alive that night at the ball. The other two died within days from their injuries.</span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="" name="item-2"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #e69138; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">2</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Boston Molasses Disaster</span></div></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Bostonmolassesdisaster-1" border="0" height="437" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/bostonmolassesdisaster-1.jpg?w=550&h=437" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">On January 15, 1919, a tank of molasses exploded in Boston’s North End. The explosion caused a huge shockwave that was sufficient to knock houses off their foundations. Shards of metal from the tank were found up to 200 ft. away. Right after the explosion this accident took a very strange turn.</span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The tank was filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses. When the tank exploded, the molasses formed a 25-30 ft. wave, that went through the streets of Boston at speeds of around 35 mph. People caught in the wave were either smashed against large objects, or they drowned in the molasses. This strange accident caused 21 deaths and 150 injuries. Rumor has it that, on a hot day in the North End, the air still smells sweet.</span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="" name="item-1"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #e69138; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">1</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sidoarjo Mud Flow</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e69138; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/8bHL71HitUE?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">In May, 2006, while drilling for gas in East Java, Indonesia, company PT Lapindo Brantas caused a mud volcano to erupt. By September, 2006, the hot mudflow had inundated rice paddies and villages, resulting in the displacement of more than 11,000 people from eight villages. Twenty-five factories had to be abandoned, and fish and shrimp ponds were destroyed. Transportation and power transmission infrastructure has been damaged extensively in the area. The mud flow is still ongoing at a rate of 100,000 m3 per day, at time of writing. A study has found that the mud volcano is collapsing under its own weight, possibly beginning caldera formation. It is expected that the flow will continue for at least another 30 years.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #e69138;"></div><div style="color: #e69138;"></div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-16921386689376078502012-02-24T09:40:00.000-08:002012-02-24T09:40:46.176-08:00Top 10 Scariest Filipino Monsters<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">10</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Aswang</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/aswang_10-1.jpg"><img alt="Aswang 10-1" border="1" height="340" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/aswang_10-1-tm.jpg?w=380&h=340" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="380" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The aswang is probably the most common of Filipino monsters since there are so many different kinds. In general, they are shape shifters who are human by day and then at night turn into a dog, a pig, a bat, cat, snake… the type of animal depends on the regional lore. They break into funeral homes and steal recent corpses. They are also known to enter homes to drink human blood and can turn people into aswang by tricking the human to bite them in return. The aswang are especially hungry for human fetus so some of the more superstitious stories include neighborhoods patrols set up in front of the home of a pregnant woman to protect her from wandering stray animals in case they are the aswang in disguise.</span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="" name="item-9"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">9</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Matruculan</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/balisong2.jpg"><img alt="Balisong2" border="1" height="300" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/balisong2-tm.jpg?w=400&h=300" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Matruculan is one of many Filipino creatures who attack pregnant women. This particular creature first impregnates a virgin before coming back later to kill the woman and eat the fetus (although some stories say that both mom and baby are eaten). Some stories claim that the woman is not a virgin but rather married and already pregnant. To protect the mother and child, the husband must swing a balisong (pictured above), or butterfly knife, above the woman’s belly while she is in labor. This leads one to wonder: which is scarier, an invisible mythological creature, or the father of your unborn child brandishing a knife above your abdomen?</span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="" name="item-8"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">8</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kapre</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/kapre.jpg"><img alt="Kapre" border="1" height="380" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/kapre-tm.jpg?w=380&h=380" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="380" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are hairy giants with glowing eyes and a cigar that never burns out. They can usually be found sitting atop of trees waiting for nightfall to scare naughty children who are outside of their homes late at night. The Kapre is a unique Filipino monster because he doesn’t steal fetuses, eat people or cut them up. The Kapre simply enjoys scaring children… and I suppose laughing at them for being scared. Some stories claim they are actually very friendly beings who can grant wishes if you find their magical white stone. One can assume a Kapre is nearby when trees sway while there is no breeze or you see faint smoke from high above, probably from the Kapre‘s cigar..</span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="" name="item-7"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">7</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Duwende</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/duwende1.jpg"><img alt="Duwende1" border="1" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/duwende1-tm.jpg?w=266&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="266" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are tiny human-like creatures that live underground. There are two main types of Duwende: the duwende puti who are supposedly kind creatures who bring about good luck, or the duwende itim who are mean folk that like to play pranks on humans. They generally keep to themselves and only interact with humans when their homes are disturbed. For example, a kindly farmer who takes care of his plot may be rewarded by the duwende puti with a greater abundance of crops than usual. However, someone who kicks an anthill on or near the home of a duwendi itim will be punished with a myriad of ailments from twisted mouth to swollen testicles. The best way to avoid Duwende of any kind is to say “Tabi-tabi po” aloud before entering what might be their space.</span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="" name="item-6"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">6</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Tiyanak</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/tiyanak.jpg"><img alt="Tiyanak" border="1" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/tiyanak-tm.jpg?w=235&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="235" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tiyanak is similar to the Greek mythological siren in that it lures its prey with its voice. A person hears a baby cry from deep in the woods and then follows the sound to rescue the baby. Some stories say the person wanders aimlessly in search for the baby and becomes hopelessly lost. Other stories claim that the person eventually finds a baby in the middle of the woods. When it is picked up, the baby then shape-shifts into a monster with large, sharp teeth. It then eats the person and transforms back to a baby to await its next victim. With either version, the story ends with “… and he was never found again.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="wiki"></span></span></div><div class="split" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">5</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sigbin</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/sigbin.jpg"><img alt="Sigbin" border="1" height="257" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/sigbin-tm.jpg?w=400&h=257" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Depending on region and storyteller, the sigbin resembles either a hornless goat, a reptilian crow, or something vaguely along the lines of the Chupacabra. What is most common with all accounts is that its head hangs between its forelegs which are much shorter than its hindlegs. Whether because of physiology or because it makes the sigbin seem scarier, it is also known to crabwalk backwards. The sigbin also has a long whip-like tail that emit’s a foul stench and two grasshopper-like legs on its neck that enable it to jump far distances. They wander around at night in search of children to devour but they keep the hearts to make amulets. Most stories and sightings originate from the Cebu region. However, although it is some distance away, in 2005 scientists in Borneo discovered a “cat-fox-like carnivore” with hind legs longer than forelegs giving it an awkward gait and physical appearance that somewhat fits many of the descriptions of the sigbin (e.g. long tail, short forearms, can jump far distances, carnivorous). No conclusive evidence has been found yet to link the two together. </span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 37px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">4</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #f6b26b; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Tikbalang</span></div></span></b></span></span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/tikbalang1.jpg"><img alt="Tikbalang1" border="1" height="343" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/tikbalang1-tm.jpg?w=400&h=343" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tikbalang is described as having the head of a horse, the body of a man and the hooves of a horse where human feet would be. In northern regions, the tikbalang is considered a nuisance but generally harmless. They enjoy disorienting weary travelers and making them imagine things that don’t exist. Travelers can easily stop the pranks by turning their own shirt inside out and asking the tikbalang to stop bothering them. The stories of tikbalang from southern regions paint the creature as a much more sinister monster. He has glowing red eyes, a large cigar and smells of the stench of burning hair. When angered (and he angers easily), the tikbalang will stamp you to death. To tame the beast, the person must pluck the one of three unusually long hairs found in its mane. After that, the tikbalang is your slave. Folklore states that when the sun shines through the clouds while it is raining, a pair of Tikbalang are getting married.</span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="" name="item-3"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kumakatok</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/kumakatok.jpg"><img alt="Kumakatok" border="1" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/kumakatok-tm.jpg?w=262&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="262" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the middle of the night, a knock will sound at the door and outside are three hooded figures, one a pretty, young woman and two elderly men. There are no stories of how the group was formed or where they originated but tales about them have popped up all over the Philippines and with more frequency around the time of outbreaks. Legend has it that a visit from them is an omen that someone in the family will soon die. There are no paintings or hangings that can keep them at bay. Leaving the door unanswered does not help either. They simply knock and leave and then someone would still die shortly thereafter.</span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="" name="item-2"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The White Lady / Kaperosa</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/screen-shot-2009-11-20-at-11-04-33-am.png"><img alt="Screen Shot 2009-11-20 At 11.04.33 Am" border="1" height="284" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/screen-shot-2009-11-20-at-11-04-33-am-tm.jpg?w=400&h=284" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The White Lady is a specific kind of Multo, or ghost. Most multo tend to be family members who come back to certain relatives to take care of unfinished business but the White Lady is unique in that she doesn’t appear to only her relatives or even to specific people she knew when alive. Many sightings have reported her in empty buildings, near forests and on cliffs. However, she is most commonly reported seen along Balete Drive in Quezon City. She was a young lady who was raped and killed by two Japanese soldiers during WWII. While there haven’t been stories of the White Lady being a purposefully malicious being, she has been the reported as the cause of more than a few car accidents by drivers who look in their rearview mirror and see a young lady in the backseat wearing a white dress. Sure, some strange, unknown lady sitting in your backseat is bad enough but the White Lady is also said to have no face or a face covered in blood.</span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="" name="item-1"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1</span></span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Manananggal</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="cl" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/manananggal.jpg"><img alt="Manananggal" border="1" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/manananggal-tm.jpg?w=266&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="266" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Manananggal is sometimes considered to be a special breed of the aswangs. They are sometimes referred to as “Tik-tik” because of the sound it makes while in flight. To confuse its victims, the tik-tik sound becomes fainter as she nears. These creatures generally take on the form of a beautiful woman with large, leathery bat wings. The lower half of her body takes root to the ground while the upper part detaches as she flies in search of food. The manananggal has a taste for human blood and a particular craving for the hearts of human fetuses which it retrieves with its long, proboscis-like tongue. Like the Western culture’s vampire, the manananggals hate garlic and salt so hanging garlic or placing a bowl of salt near the window is the best way to keep them away. To kill a manananggal, one must find the lower body and spread salt or ashes on the open wound. That prevents the two halves from joining and transforming back to human form when daylight breaks.</span></div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-25846037390807292152012-02-24T09:06:00.000-08:002012-02-24T09:06:01.824-08:00THANK YOU<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;">I wanted to say thank you for all the likes and share on my friends </span><br />
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THANK YOUJean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-82384205494401885602012-01-11T22:34:00.000-08:002012-01-11T22:35:03.660-08:0010 Bizarre Creatures from Japanese Folklore<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f6b26b; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">10</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kappa</span></div></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/kappa_650.jpg"><img alt="Kappa 650" border="1" height="400" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/kappa_650-tm.jpg?w=400&h=400" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now, at first glance, there’s nothing too ‘outlandish’ about a Kappa. It’s a little goblin-like creature, frequently referred to as a water monkey. A Kappa has a dent in its head that is full of water from its native spring. If the water spills out of its head, it looses its magical powers. Kappas generally drink blood but can be either good or evil. Kappas love to eat cucumbers and a family wishing to gain the favor of a kappa, or at least avoid its wrath, writes their names on a cucumber and throws it into the Kappa’s pond. The creatures are known for being polite and always keeping promises. The strange thing about Kappas in Japanese folktales is that there are over a dozen different, weirdly specific categories of Kappa. There are different names for one-eyed Kappas, hairy Kappas, cowardly Kappas, mountain-climbing Kappas, and even party animal Kappas.</span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=8238420549440188560&from=pencil" name="item-9"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f6b26b; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">9</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Heikegani</span></div></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/02hikecrab.jpg"><img alt="02Hikecrab" border="1" height="376" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/02hikecrab-tm.jpg?w=550&h=376" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="550" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Heikegani are on this list for one very cool reason: they actually exist. Heikegani Crabs are a species of arthropod native to Japan. Originally, Japanese myth states that these crabs bore the faces of Heike samurai that died in the battle of Dan-no-ura, and indeed, the bodies of these crabs do in fact resemble human faces. Carl Sagan proposed that, in the past, Japanese people only ate Heikegani crabs that didn’t resemble samurai faces, therefore ensuring that those with markings resembling a human face would survive and have offspring. Nowadays, most crabs have bodies resembling human faces; however, at a mere 1 or 2 inches in diameter, they’re not eaten very often.</span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=8238420549440188560&from=pencil" name="item-8"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f6b26b; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">8</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kasa-obake</span></div></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/kasa-obake.jpg"><img alt="Kasa-Obake" border="1" height="450" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/kasa-obake-tm.jpg?w=350&h=450" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="350" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Kasa-obake is a type of Tsukumogami – an object that spontaneously comes to life after existing for 100 years. The idea of inanimate objects spontaneously developing spirits after a certain amount of time seems reasonable enough when you consider how strange legends and folklore tend to be to begin with. The bizarre thing about the Kasa-obake is that, apparently, umbrellas were animating so often that someone eventually decided that they required their own name, just to separate them from other Tsukumogami. That’s right, Kasa-obake is the name of an animated parasol.</span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=8238420549440188560&from=pencil" name="item-7"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f6b26b; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">7</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nuppeppo</span></div></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/suushi_nuppeppo.jpg"><img alt="Suushi Nuppeppo" border="1" height="450" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/suushi_nuppeppo-tm.jpg?w=352&h=450" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="352" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">There’s not nearly enough information about the Nuppeppo to satisfy my curiosity. Nuppeppos are animated lumps of human flesh. They walk around on their own hands and are most often spotted in graveyards or deserted temple areas at midnight. Where do they come from? Why are they alive? Do they smell bad? Why do most images of them seem to be downright cute? We don’t have nearly enough information about this horror-film fodder.</span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=8238420549440188560&from=pencil" name="item-6"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f6b26b; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">6</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Makura-Gaeshi</span></div></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/100.jpg"><img alt="100" border="1" height="478" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/100-tm.jpg?w=550&h=478" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="550" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here, we have another case of Japanese folklore being bizarre if for no other reason than its specificity. The Makura-gaeshi is a trickster spirit notorious for… moving pillows while people sleep. Some sources say they also sprinkle sand in the eyes and steal souls, but, really, what they’re known for is moving pillows. Stories don’t specify how far the pillows are moved, some sources claim that they move pillows all the way to the foot of the bed while the victim is peacefully asleep.</span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=8238420549440188560&from=pencil" name="item-5"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f6b26b; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">5</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mokumokuren</span></div></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/mokumokuren.jpg"><img alt="Mokumokuren" border="1" height="412" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/mokumokuren-tm.jpg?w=550&h=412" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="550" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The mokomukuren is another example of a bizarrely specific creature. In ancient Japan, sliding walls made of paper were fairly common. Paper, however, can collect holes and become torn. A Mokumokuren is a spirit that inhabits a sliding paper wall with a hole in it. If the owner of the wall is careless, the wall may collect more holes, and the more holes there are in the wall, the more likely somebody is to notice the eyes if the Mokumokuren peeking out. This probably becomes a bit unnerving, over time, and the only way to get rid of a Mokumokuren is to repair the holes in the wall.</span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=8238420549440188560&from=pencil" name="item-4"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f6b26b; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">4</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Konak jiji</span></div></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/mountain-shrine-lantern.jpg"><img alt="Mountain-Shrine-Lantern" border="1" height="450" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/mountain-shrine-lantern-tm.jpg?w=299&h=450" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="299" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Konak jiji is simply a malicious little creature. It takes the form of an infant and lurks in remote mountain areas, waiting for an innocent traveler to pass by. When a victim is in sight, the Konak jiji begins to cry. Now, it’s human nature to want to stop a baby from crying, and so most kindhearted travelers will seek out the wailing infant and, of course, make the fatal mistake of picking it up to comfort it. Once the Konak jiji is picked up, it grows unbearably heavy. Some sources say that they can grow up to over 350 kilograms in weight, enough to do serious damage to anybody holding them. Most of the time, it’s not possible to drop a Konak jiji because you become paralyzed once you pick it up. It’s not all bad, though – If you manage to survive the crushing weight of the Konak jiji, it may give you magical gifts.</span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=8238420549440188560&from=pencil" name="item-3"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f6b26b; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">3</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Akaname</span></div></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/akaname.jpg"><img alt="Akaname" border="1" height="450" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/akaname-tm.jpg?w=402&h=450" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="402" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Akaname is on this list because it is both bizarrely specific and bizarre in its own right. Akaname can be translated to ‘filth licker’, and that’s no misnomer. The Akaname is a hideous type of Japanese bogeyman that quite literally licks dirty bathrooms clean with its tongue and the aid of poisonous saliva. It is believed that the monster may have originated as a way for parents to motivate their children to keep the bathroom clean.</span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=8238420549440188560&from=pencil" name="item-2"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f6b26b; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">2</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ittan Momen</span></div></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/004-1.jpg"><img alt="004-1" border="1" height="412" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/004-1-tm.jpg?w=550&h=412" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="550" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Ittan momen looks harmless enough; after all, it’s only a strip of white cloth, oh, 33 feet long or so. It has a habit of flying around at night, which is a bit weird, but not too frightening. It’s not frightening, that is, until it becomes scared or frightened, or if it’s just plain evil. Then, it may wrap around your head and crush your skull or smother you to death. It’s not all bad, though- Ittan momen enjoy being worn by people who have gained their trust, although how, exactly, one gains the trust of a giant strip of cloth seems to be a mystery.</span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=8238420549440188560&from=pencil" name="item-1"></a></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f6b26b; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">1</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shirime</span></div></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Shirime" border="1" height="481" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/shirime.jpg?w=550&h=481" style="border-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="550" /></span></div><div style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Time for something a little crass. Shirme was the name given to an apparition of a man with an eyeball where his anus should have been. Now, we’re not given much, if any information on why such an apparition should exist at all. In fact, there is only one recorded story of the Shirime, but the idea was apparently so well liked by the Japanese poet and artist Yosa Buson that he included it in several of his paintings of supernatural creatures. The story of the Shirime simply states that a lone samurai was walking down a road at night when somebody called to him. He turned, to see a mysterious man undressing and pointing at his derriere when a large, glittering eye opened from the indicated area. The samurai was, understandably, so horrified that he ran away screaming, and the Shirime was never seen again.</span></div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-91535252143257272912011-12-19T06:07:00.000-08:002011-12-19T06:07:32.910-08:00Top 10 Strange and Bizarre Dead Bodies<div style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana; text-align: left;"></span></span></span></div><h2><span style="font-size: small;">10. Persian Princess</span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strange-and-bizarre-dead-bodies.php/pakistan-mummy" rel="attachment wp-att-18314"><img alt="Persian Princess" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18314" height="427" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Persian-Princess.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="Persian Princess" width="465" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">On October 19, 2000, authorities in Balochistan, Pakistan received a tip about a man named Ali Aqbar and a videotape that showed an ancient mummy. The mummy was said to have been placed on the black antiquities market for $20 million. After interrogation, Aqbar led police to the house of Wali Mohammed Reeki in Kharan near the border of Afghanistan. Reeki told the officers that he had received the mummy from an Iranian man named Sharif Shah Bakhi who found it after an earthquake near Quetta. In a press conference on October 26, 2000, archaeologists from Islamabad’s Quaid-e-Azam University announced that the mummy appeared to be the body of a princess dated circa 600 BC.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The mummy was found in a gilded wooden coffin. It had cuneiform carvings on the breast plate and a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-unusual-landscapes.php" title="Top 10 Unusual Landscapes">stone</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>sarcophagus (funeral receptacle). The body was placed atop a mixture of wax and honey. It had an elegant golden crown, with an inscription that claimed the woman was named Rhodugune, a daughter of King Xerxes I of Persia and a member of the Achaemenid dynasty. The Persian princess was immediately hailed as a major archaeological discovery. No other Persian mummy has ever been found and the process of mummification is thought to be unique to ancient Egyptians. After the discovery, the governments of Iran and Pakistan fought over the ownership of the mummy.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Official Explanation </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The story of the Persian Princess inspired many archeologists to investigate the case. It was soon discovered that the inscriptions on the mummy’s breastplate had some grammatical errors. A series of x-rays revealed that several operations common to Egyptian mummifications had been omitted. Pakistani professor Ahmad Dani studied the item and realized the corpse was not as old as the coffin. Ibrahim concluded that the Persian Princess was in fact the mummified body of a modern woman about 21–25 years of age, who had died around 1996, possibly killed with a blunt instrument to the neck. On August 5, 2005, it was announced that the body will be given proper burial rights. However, as of 2011, it remains unburied due to bureaucratic delays.</span><br />
<h2><span style="font-size: small;">9. Chilean Blob</span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strange-and-bizarre-dead-bodies.php/chilean-blob" rel="attachment wp-att-18315"><img alt="Chilean Blob" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18315" height="296" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Chilean-Blob.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="Chilean Blob" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">In July of 2003, a giant 13-tonne mass of rotting grey tissue was discovered on Pinuno Beach in Los Muermos, Chile. The carcass was 41 feet (12.5 m) long and 19 feet (5.8 m) wide. The discovery made international headlines and biologists were initially unable to identify it. Many articles were written speculating that the gelatinous sea creature was a species of giant octopus that was previously unknown to science. Other people were convinced that the blob was the remains of a basking shark or sperm whale. After the discovery, the body was preserved by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-explanations-for-the-bermuda-triangle.php" title="Top 10 Explanations for The Bermuda Triangle">scientists</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in Chile, who unfortunately used a formaldehyde solution that destroyed the lab’s ability to maintain certain DNA sequences.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Official Explanation</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">In June 2004, it was reported that fragments of DNA found in the blob matched that of a sperm whale. Adult sperm whales can reach the size of 20.5 meters (67 ft) long and weigh up to 57,000 kilograms (63 short tons). Similar cases of giant globsters have been documented in history. Often times the remains are interpreted as that of a giant sea creature. Some examples include a carcass discovered in Tasmania (1960), The Gambia (1983), Nantucket, Mass. (1996), Newfoundland (2001), and two in Bermuda (1995 and 1997). The pictures of the Chilean Blob are similar in nature to the St. Augustine Monster, which was a large unidentified carcass that washed ashore near St. Augustine, Florida, in 1896.</span><br />
<h2><span style="font-size: small;">8. Trunko</span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strange-and-bizarre-dead-bodies.php/trunko" rel="attachment wp-att-18316"><img alt="Trunko" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18316" height="323" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Trunko.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="Trunko" width="400" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">On October 25, 1924, people on a beach in KwaZulu-Natal, Margate, South Africa, witnessed a sea battle between a giant, white colored sea creature and two whales. One of the witnesses, Hugh Balance, said that the animal looked like a “giant polar bear.” The monster used its lobster-like tail to strike the whales in an attempt to escape. It jumped out of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-famous-ships-in-history.php" title="Top 10 Most Famous Ships in History">water</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>as high as 20 feet (6.1m) and was viewed for over three hours. Later that night, the bloodless carcass of a sea creature washed ashore. The body was measured at 47 feet (14.3m) long, 10 feet (3m) wide and 5 feet (1.5m) high. It had an unusual lobster-like tail that was 10 feet (3m) long and the entire body appeared to be covered in white fur, which was 8 inches long.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The creature didn’t have a distinct head. In its place, there was an appendage similar to an elephant’s trunk that was 5 feet (1.5m) long and 14 inches in diameter. The presence of the trunk is what spawned the nickname of Trunko. Scientists never examined the carcass and it was left on the beach for 10 days, until the tide pulled it back out to sea. The information regarding the event was published in the December 27, 1924, edition of London’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Daily<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em>Mail, under an article titled Fish like a Polar Bear. In September of 2010, a German cryptozoologist named Markus Hemmler discovered a collection of lost photographs of Trunko. The discovery provided evidence that a large white colored carcass did wash ashore in the 1920s.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Official Explanation </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Many people have tried to identify the carcass. Originally, the most common explanation was that Trunko was a large whale, basking shark, or whale shark that got a white texture due to water exposure and decay. It was also suggested that Trunko was a new species of whale, or an unknown pinniped, or sirenian. One of the more skeptical explanations was that the carcass is an albino southern elephant seal. In 2010, after the photographs of Trunko were examined, it was determined that the carcass is probably a globster, or a massive, tough skin-sac of blubber containing collagen that is sometimes left behind when a whale dies and its skull and skeleton have separated from the skin.</span><br />
<h2><span style="font-size: small;">7. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Monster</span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strange-and-bizarre-dead-bodies.php/kitchenuhmaykoosib-monster" rel="attachment wp-att-18317"><img alt="Kitchenuhmaykoosib Monster" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18317" height="253" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Kitchenuhmaykoosib-Monster.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="Kitchenuhmaykoosib Monster" width="380" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">On May 8, 2010, two women were taking a walk in the vicinity of Big Trout Lake, in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The women became alarmed after their dog retrieved the corpse of a small mammal, about 1 foot (0.3 m) in length. The women decided to photograph the bizarre looking creature and quickly left the area. After analyzing the pictures, it was determined that the carcass holds some bizarre facial features, which have been compared to a warthog. It has long fanged-teeth and a rat-like tail. The body shape of the carcass is similar to an otter. Several days after the initial encounter, the two women returned to the area to retrieve the body, but it was gone. In the aftermath of the report, several news agencies picked up the story and published articles on the unidentified body.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Official Explanation </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">People have made comparisons between the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Monster and the legendary mammalian cryptid Omajinaakoos (the ugly one). According to the folklore of certain Native American tribes in central Canada, the Omajinaakoos is a rarely scene creature that lives in the creeks and marshy areas of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-canadian-landmarks.php" title="Top 10 Canadian Landmarks">Canada</a>. The traditions say that it is an omen of misfortune to witness the carcass of an Omajinaakoos. Investigations into the photographs have subsequently determined that the body was a decomposed American mink. The conclusion has been challenged by some, due to the fact that no fur can be seen around the face of the creature, which should be evident on a decomposed mink species.</span><br />
<h2><span style="font-size: small;">6. Taman Shud Case</span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strange-and-bizarre-dead-bodies.php/taman-shud" rel="attachment wp-att-18318"><img alt="Taman Shud" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18318" height="350" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Taman-Shud.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="Taman Shud" width="220" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">On December 1, 1948, an unidentified human body was discovered on Somerton beach in Adelaide, Australia. After an autopsy was performed on the corpse, it was determined that the man was of British heritage and aged 40-45. He was in top physical condition and was 180 centimeters (5 ft 11in) tall. The body was dressed in “quality clothing,” including a white shirt, a tie, brown trousers, socks, shoes, and a fashionable European grey and brown double-breasted coat. All labels on the clothing were removed and the man was clean-shaven. The corpse had an unlit cigarette behind the ear and a half-smoked cigarette on the right collar of the jacket.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The coroner was unable to determine the man’s identity or cause of death. His organs displayed intense congestion and his spleen was strikingly large. During the investigation, a tiny piece of rolled-up paper with the words “Tamam Shud” printed on it was discovered sewn within the dead man’s trousers. The paper was neatly trimmed. The phrase Tamam Shud was identified as meaning “ended” or “finished.” It is found on the last page of a collection of poems called<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam</em>. The theme of the poems is that one should live their life to the fullest and have no regrets when it is over. With pressure to solve the case, the Australian police decided to have the mysterious corpse embalmed on December 10, 1948. It was the first time in history that such a situation had occurred.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Official Explanation </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The discovery of the note was made public and a man came forward to reveal that he had found a rare first edition copy of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>The Rubaiyat</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in his unlocked car in Glenelg on the night of November 30, 1948. The book was missing the words “Tamam Shud” on the last page. Also found in the book was a telephone number belonging to a former nurse. The woman was tracked down and denied all knowledge of the man’s identity. In a TV program on the case, the woman’s name was given as Jestyn (which is an alias used for the show). The name was apparently obtained from the front of the book. Researchers investigating the case have attempted to track down the woman named Jestyn and found that she died in 2007. Evidence recovered in 2009 linked the images of the Somerton Man to the family of Jestyn.</span><br />
<h2><span style="font-size: small;">5. Lyuba</span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strange-and-bizarre-dead-bodies.php/lyuba" rel="attachment wp-att-18319"><img alt="Lyuba" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18319" height="465" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Lyuba.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="Lyuba" width="468" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">In May of 2007, a reindeer breeder and hunter named Yuri Khudi discovered the carcass of a frozen woolly mammoth calf in Russia’s Arctic Yamal Peninsula. The carcass was named Lyuba and weighed 50 kg (110 lb). The woolly mammoth is 85 centimeters (2.8 feet) high and measures 130 centimeters (4.3 feet) from trunk to tail. It was determined that the calf died approximately 42,000 years ago at the age of one month. She is by far the best preserved mammoth carcass in the world. The body’s eyes, trunk, fur, skin, and organs were all found intact.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Official Explanation </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Scientists were able to identify milk from the mammoth’s mother in her stomach, and fecal matter in Lyuba’s intestine, including evidence that, like some modern young elephants, the creature ate adult herd members feces. It was determined that Lyuba died in a healthy state. The animal’s organs and skin are in perfect condition. It is believed that she died after getting bogged down in deep mud and suffocating. The clay-like substance “pickled” the mammoth’s remains and preserved the carcass in a nearly pristine state.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Scientists around the world were stunned by the discovery of the body. By examining Lyuba’s teeth, researchers hope to gain insight into what caused Ice Age mammals, including the mammoths, to become extinct at the end of the Pleistocene era around 10,000 years ago. A team of Japanese researchers are currently experimenting with the process of obtaining an intact woolly mammoth DNA sample from Lyuba in hopes of possibly cloning her. The discovery of the carcass has spawned a wave of modern research into the mystery of what caused the last glacial period and the extinction of the woolly mammoth species.</span><br />
<h2><span style="font-size: small;">4. Montauk Monster</span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strange-and-bizarre-dead-bodies.php/montauk-monster" rel="attachment wp-att-18320"><img alt="Montauk Monster" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18320" height="337" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Montauk-Monster.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="Montauk Monster" width="450" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The Montauk Monster is an unidentified carcass that washed ashore near the business district of Montauk, New York in July 2008. A woman named Jenna Hewitt, 26, of Montauk, and three friends said they found the creature near the Ditch Plains beach, which is owned by the town of East Hampton. Hewitt’s story was published by a local newspaper. The paper speculated that the creature might be a sea turtle or some mutant experiment from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. The article quoted Larry Penny, who is the East Hampton Natural Resources Director. Penny concluded that the carcass was a raccoon with its upper jaw missing.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Official Explanation</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">After the Montauk Monster was photographed by Jenna Hewitt, the carcass disappeared. The picture of the creature quickly spread across the Internet and a large collection of media outlets picked up the story. One newspaper quoted an unidentified woman who said the animal was the size of a house cat. Initially, people speculated that it was a sea turtle. However, this is unlikely as a turtle’s body cannot be removed from the shell without damaging skin tissue. Some have suggested the carcass is a water rat, while others have claimed it is a decomposed dog or coyote that has lost all its hair due to water exposure. Palaeozoologist Darren Naish studied the photograph and identified the carcass as a raccoon. On March 14, 2011, National Geographic aired a program that examined the Montauk Monster. The show concluded that the creature was a raccoon.</span><br />
<h2><span style="font-size: small;">3. Zuiyo Maru Carcass</span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strange-and-bizarre-dead-bodies.php/zuiyo-maru" rel="attachment wp-att-18321"><img alt="Zuiyo Maru" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18321" height="342" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Zuiyo-Maru.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="Zuiyo Maru" width="300" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">On April 25, 1977, a Japanese trawler named Zuiy? Maru was sailing east of Christchurch, New Zealand, when a strange, unknown creature became tangled in the vessels trawl at a depth of 300 meters (984 feet). The crew pulled the massive creature to the surface and discovered a foul-smelling, decomposed carcass that reportedly weighed 1,800 kg (3,960 pounds) and was about 10 m (32 feet) long. The creature had a 5 foot (1.5 meter) long neck, four large, reddish fins and a 7 foot (2.1 m) long tail. According to the original reports, it lacked a dorsal fin and had no internal organs.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">After the discovery, the crew of the Zuiy? Maru became convinced that the carcass was an unidentified sea creature. Despite the potential significance of the find, the captain, Akira Tanaka, decided to dump the carcass back into the ocean. Before the body was lost, a collection of photographs were taken. The crew removed samples of the creature’s skin for analysis. After the pictures were developed, several newspapers in Japan published articles on the event. Japanese citizens became intrigued by the carcass and a “plesiosaur-craze” swept across the country. Professor Tokio Shimaka from Yokohama University was convinced that the remains were an extinct plesiosaur.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Official Explanation </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">On July 25, 1977, the Taiyo Fish Company issued a preliminary report on the creature’s tissue samples. It indicated that the sample was “similar in nature to the fin ray group of living animals,” which includes the basking shark. The basking shark is the second largest fish in the sea. They can grow to a length of more than 30 feet (9.1m) and specimens have been discovered over 40 feet (12.1m). After death, the carcass of a basking shark loses its lower head, dorsal fin, and caudal fins first, making them resemble a plesiosaur. Despite the evidence, some have studied the photographs and found oddities, including a symmetrical pair of upper fins on the creature.</span><br />
<h2><span style="font-size: small;">2. San Pedro Mountains Mummy</span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strange-and-bizarre-dead-bodies.php/san-pedro-mountains-mummy" rel="attachment wp-att-18322"><img alt="San Pedro Mountains Mummy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18322" height="512" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/San-Pedro-Mountains-Mummy.gif" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="San Pedro Mountains Mummy" width="285" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">In October 1932, two prospectors named Cecil Mayne and Frank Carr discovered a bizarre room while blasting for gold in the San Pedro Mountains, about 60 miles southwest of Casper, Wyoming. The enclosure was approximately 4 ft. (1.22 m) tall, 4 ft. (1.22 m) wide and 15 ft. (4.57 m) deep. After entering the room, the miners were surprised to see the mummy of a tiny man. The carcass was found sitting in an upright position with its arms and legs crossed. It sat perpendicular to the floor on a small ledge and weighed approximately 12 ounces. The mummy was around 7 inches (0.17 m) tall sitting and 14 inches (0.35 m) tall standing. Its skin was brown and wrinkled, the cranium was flattened and the eyes of the carcass were heavy-lidded and bulged. The mummy displayed a flat nose, a wide mouth, and thin lips.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The body was so well preserved that even the fingernails were visible. The head was covered in a dark, gelatinous substance and the mummy appeared to have been preserved in a liquid. Upon its discovery, the carcass was given the name Pedro the Mummy. Scientists came from all over the country to take a look at the remains. In 1950, x-rays were performed on the mummy and it was reported that a fully formed “manlike” skeleton was inside. Some of the bones were broken, including the spine, collarbone and skull. These injuries and congealed blood at the top of the head insinuated a violent death.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Official Explanation </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The carcass was examined by a man named Dr. Henry Shapiro, who was a biological anthropologist from the American Museum of Natural History. After studying the x-rays, Dr. Shapiro came to believe that the mummy was the body of a 65-year-old man at the time of death. The mummy contained particularly large canines in comparison with the rest of the body and was reported as almost vampire-like. In the 1950s, these findings were substantiated by Harvard University. However, 30 years later, Dr. George Gill, a forensic anthropologist proposed another theory. He feels the body is an infant of an unknown tribe of Indians. Years after the mummy was discovered, a second, similar body was found in roughly the same area. This time it was a female mummy, who was only 4 inches (.10 m) high.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Nearly every Native American culture tells of a race of little people. Oral traditions from the Arapaho, Sioux, Cheyenne, and Crow, examine a race of “little people” who stand from just 20 inches (.50 m) to three feet (.91 m) tall. In some tribes they are known as “tiny people eaters.” The Nimerigar are a legendary race of little people found in the folklore of the Shoshone people. According to Native American lore, the Nimerigar lived in the San Pedro Mountains in south central Wyoming and fought constantly with the average sized humans using poisoned arrows. It is said that when one of the Nimerigar became sick or old, they were killed by their own people with a blow to the head.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Most of these claims were considered folklore until the discovery of Pedro the mummy. The carcass of Pedro ended up in Meeteetse, Wyoming, at a local drug store where it was shown as an attraction for several years. On July 7, 1979, an article was published in the Casper Star-Tribune that stated the mummy was passed to a man named Leonard Wadler, who was a New York businessman. The carcass has not been seen since. Until Pedro the mummy is found, it will be impossible to determine if it is real. There is currently a $10,000 reward for the recovery of the remains.</span><br />
<h2><span style="font-size: small;">1. Panama Creature</span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strange-and-bizarre-dead-bodies.php/panama-creature" rel="attachment wp-att-18323"><img alt="Panama Creature" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18323" height="333" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Panama-Creature.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="Panama Creature" width="450" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The Panama Creature refers to a carcass that was photographed near the town of Cerro Azul, Panama, in September 2009. According to a collection of articles published about the event, the rubbery beast was spotted by a group of teenagers crawling out of a cave. The kids said the creature was hairless and had a leathery body with sharp teeth. It had “revolting features,” a snub-nose, and long arms. The teenagers claimed the animal approached them, so they beat it to death with some sticks. Some accounts of the event say the kids tossed the body into a pool of water and left the area. They later returned to the site and photographed the carcass.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Official Explanation </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The teenagers sent the pictures of the carcass to a Panamanian television station and the story was picked up by networks around the world. Many different stations speculated about the identity of the creature, with some suggesting it was a hairless sloth, an alien, or an animal new to science. Some Panamanian zoologists have said that the carcass appeared to be a fetus of some kind. Four days after the event was reported, a biopsy was performed by the National Environmental Authority of Panama. It concluded that the corpse was in fact that of a male Brown-throated Sloth. The odd appearance of the animal was caused by underwater decomposition. Once identified, the corpse was buried.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The simple fact that the creature was positively identified as a living carcass is remarkable. Different accounts of the story have told nothing of the teenagers throwing the body in water. Some people have become confused over the fact that the children should have recognized a Brown-throated Sloth. The animals are not threatening and on the ground the maximum speed of the three-toed sloth is 2 m or 6.5 feet per minute. In order for a sloth to become hairless, it would have to be completely submerged for a long period of time. In the original photographs, no water is visible around the animal. Writers for the Huffington Post have said that the head is clearly animal, but the torso is “strange,” and the limbs are reminiscent of thin human arms.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-strange-and-bizarre-dead-bodies.php#ixzz1gpzGExgN"></a></span></span>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-24676199721607748852011-11-30T07:40:00.000-08:002011-11-30T07:53:26.691-08:00Top 10 Shocking Cases Of Delusional Behavior<h2 style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">10. Craig D. Button</span></h2><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/craig-button-plane.jpg"><img alt="craig-button-plane" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-17015" height="301" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/craig-button-plane-560x301.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="craig-button-plane" width="560" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Something strange happened to Craig D. Button on April 2, 1997. On the day in question, Captain Button was participating in a training mission. He was operating a fully loaded single-seat A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft. His jet was armed with four Mk-82 bombs, 60 magnesium flares, 120 metal chaff canisters and 575 rounds of 30-millimeter ammunition. Craig D. Button unexpectedly broke formation near Gila Bend, Arizona. He flew in a northeasterly direction towards the Four Corners area of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. During the flight, Button’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-patriotic-movies.php" title="Top 10 Patriotic Movies">jet<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>was spotted numerous times by observers on the ground.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Delusional Behavior</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Captain Button turned off his transponder, which made the aircraft difficult to track. His jet was last spotted in the air about 100 miles (160 km) west of Denver. It zig-zagged in the air before impacting the mountainous terrain about 15 miles (24 km) SW of Vail, Colorado, on Gold Dust Peak in a remote part of Eagle County. The crash occurred at 13,200 feet (4,000 m) of elevation. It took months for a search party to recover the aircraft and Craig D. Button’s remains. The four 500-pound Mk-82 bombs that were on the aircraft were never found despite an exhaustive search involving metal detectors and ground-penetrating radar.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Adding fuel to the fire, hundreds of people reported hearing loud explosions in Northern Arizona, Telluride and Aspen. No evidence was found to support the idea that Craig D. Button released the weapons before crashing the jet. It is a mysterious situation that will never be explained. As you would expect, conspiracy theorists have latched on to the bizarre events. One theory claims that Captain Button was attempting to bomb a major U.S. city and was stopped. The second conspiracy involves a large collection of alien species in the Four Corners area of the United States. The theory claims Button was attacking a secret U.S. underground base.</span></div><h2 style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">9. The Murder of Tim McLean</span></h2><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/greyhound-bus-murderer.jpg"><img alt="greyhound-bus-murderer" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17016" height="396" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/greyhound-bus-murderer.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="greyhound-bus-murderer" width="298" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vince Weiguang Li is a man that was born in Dandong,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-famous-pictures-from-around-the-world.php" title="10 Famous Pictures From Around The World">China</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on April 30, 1968. On June 11, 2001, Li immigrated to Canada, becoming a citizen on November 7, 2006. Tim McLean was a 22-year-old Canadian man from Winnipeg, Manitoba. On July 30, 2008, Tim departed Edmonton, Alberta on-board a Greyhound bus to Winnipeg. Vince Weiguang Li was on the same bus. Li was described as a tall man with a shaved head and sunglasses. He originally sat near the front of the bus, but moved next to Tim McLean following a scheduled rest stop.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Delusional Behavior</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">At some point during the journey, Vince Weiguang Li pulled out a large knife and began to brutally stab Tim McLean. A passenger named Garnet Caton described the situation. “I heard a blood-curdling scream. I turned around and the guy sitting right (behind) me was standing up and stabbing another guy with a big Rambo knife, right in the throat, repeatedly.” Li eventually decapitated Tim McLean and displayed his severed head to the passengers. The people fled the bus. Li then began to remove Tim McLean’s body parts and eat his flesh. After arriving at the scene, the local Canadian police summoned a tactical unit.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The suspect taunted the officers and carried around Tim McLean’s head. Five hours after the police were called, the suspect attempted to escape from the bus. At that time, the RCMP arrested him. Inside of Li’s pockets the police found McLean’s ears, nose and tongue. The victim’s eyes and part of his heart were never recovered and are presumed to have been eaten by the accused. Vince Weiguang Li’s trial started on March 3, 2009.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Despite Li having no documented history of mental illness, a psychiatrist diagnosed him with schizophrenia. The psychiatrist said that Li performed the attack because God’s voice told him that Tim McLean was evil. The presiding judge accepted the diagnosis, and ruled that Li was not criminally responsible for the murder. Vince Weiguang Li was sent to the Selkirk Mental Health Centre, where he remains today. Had the murder occurred on a public transport vehicle in a different part of the world, like China, the circumstances and punishment for Vince Weiguang Li would be different.</span></div><h2 style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. Collyer Brothers</span></h2><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/collyer-brothers-harlem.jpg"><img alt="collyer-brothers-harlem" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17017" height="304" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/collyer-brothers-harlem.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="collyer-brothers-harlem" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Homer and Langley Collyer were two American brothers that became famous for their eccentric behavior. During the early 1900s, the Collyer brothers settled in their family home located at 2078 Fifth Avenue (at the corner of 128th Street), which is in the middle of Harlem, New York. During World War I, Harlem saw a major rise of black residents from the Southern United States, leading to the Harlem Renaissance. During this time, the two white brothers remained in the neighborhood, becoming a local curiosity. The situation was escalated by the fact that the Collyer brothers lived as hermits.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Delusional Behavior</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The brothers became famous for their snobbish behavior, dirty property, and compulsive hoarding. They obsessively collected newspapers,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-books-wrapped-in-human-skin.php" title="Top 10 Books Wrapped in Human Skin">books</a>, furniture, musical instruments and many other items. During the 1920s, Harlem teenagers developed the habit of breaking into the Collyer residence. In response, they boarded up their property and Langley used his engineering skills to create booby traps. In 1928, the Collyer brother’s lost all electricity, water and gas. The men took to warming their large house using only a small kerosene heater. They had money to pay the bills, but chose not to. In the 1920s, Homer became handicapped with rheumatism.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On March 21, 1947, an anonymous caller phoned the 122nd Police Precinct and insisted there was a dead body in the house. Upon arrival, the police found 130 tons of waste. They had to throw garbage into the street to enter the premises. An officer squeezed into a second story window and crawled on the floor for two hours to locate Homer Collyer’s body. On April 8, 1947, Langley’s corpse was found. It took 18 days to discover Langley’s body, which was only 10 feet away from Homer. Langley was killed by one of his own booby traps. The cumulative estate of the Collyer brothers was valued at $91,000 (about $1.2M in 2011 dollars). Items removed from the house include a collection of guns, glass chandeliers, camera equipment, painted portraits, eight live cats, and 34 bank account passbooks.</span></div><h2 style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. Carl Tanzler</span></h2><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/carl-tanzlerl.png"><img alt="carl-tanzler" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17018" height="297" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/carl-tanzlerl.png" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="carl-tanzlerl" width="474" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1926, a German man named Carl Tanzler immigrated to the United States. Tanzler was a talented radiologist and in 1927 he took a job at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Key West, Florida. On April 22, 1930, Carl Tanzler met Elena de Hoyos. Upon meeting Elena, Carl became infatuated with her. He attempted to cure her tuberculosis with a variety of medicines. Tanzler showered Elena de Hoyos with gifts and professed his relentless love. Elena de Hoyos died of terminal tuberculosis in Key West on October 25, 1931. Carl Tanzler was heartbroken by the event. With the permission of her family, he paid for Elena’s funeral and had an above ground mausoleum constructed. Tanzler visited the cemetery almost every night.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Delusional Behavior</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In April of 1933, Carl Tanzler removed Elena’s body from the Key West Cemetery. He used a toy wagon to transport the corpse back to his house. Upon arrival, Tanzler attached Elena’s bones together with a collection of wires and coat hangers. He fitted<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-famous-preserved-body-parts.php">her face</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>with glass eyes and replaced her decomposed skin with silk cloth soaked in wax and plaster. Tanzler fashioned a wig from Hoyos’s hair. He dressed her remains in stockings, jewelry and gloves. Carl kept the body in his bed. He used a large amount of perfume, disinfectants, and preserving agents to mask the odor. Elena’s sister heard rumors of Tanzler sleeping with the disinterred body of her sister and had her body exhumed seven years later in October 1940.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Carl Tanzler was charged with “maliciously destroying a grave and removing a body without authorization.” The case was later dismissed. In the 1940s, the public mood surrounding the incident was generally sympathetic towards Carl Tanzler. In the media he was portrayed as an eccentric romantic. In 1972, two physicians who attended the 1940 autopsy recalled that a paper tube had been inserted into Elena’s vaginal area that allowed for intercourse. The claim has been called unsubstantiated by some. After the incident, Carl Tanzler used a death mask to create a life-sized effigy of Elena de Hoyos. He lived with the effigy until his death on July 23, 1952.</span></div><h2 style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. Death of Philip Gale</span></h2><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Philip-Gale-suicide.jpg"><img alt="Philip-Gale-suicide" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17019" height="220" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Philip-Gale-suicide.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="Philip-Gale-suicide" width="158" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The smartest people in the world can be susceptible to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-craziest-mental-disorders.php" title="Top 10 ‘Craziest’ Mental Disorders">mental illness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and delusions. Humans can form incorrect inferences about external reality, which causes suicidal tendencies. At the age of 8, Philip Gale began his education at The Delphian School in Sheridan, Oregon. The Delphian School is a private boarding school based on the ideas of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. By the age of 15, Gale was accepted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is a private research university. He worked at EarthLink Network Inc as the director of research and development. At the age of 16, Philip Gale developed a software program called Total Access.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Delusional Behavior</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The software allowed EarthLink’s Internet servers to reach more customers on the Internet. Total Access gave the firm a competitive advantage and enabled EarthLink to ascend to the top ranks among ISPs. Before his 17th birthday, Philip Gale earned stock options worth a million dollars. At this time in his life, Gale abandoned the principles of Scientology and became interested in the Church of the SubGenius, which specializes in debunking cults. In 1998, Philip Gale began to display erratic behavior. On March 13, he committed suicide by jumping from a classroom window on the fifteenth floor of a building on the MIT campus. Philip Gale was only 19-years-old.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the weeks before his death, Philip had been inquiring about how to gain access to the roof of MIT’s tallest structure, the Green Building. In the classroom he jumped from, Gale wrote out Isaac Newton’s equation for how an object accelerates as it falls. He also sketched a stick figure of someone tossing a chair. He signed the message, “Phil was here.” Gale then picked up a chair, hurled it through a window and jumped out. In part, Philip Gale’s suicide note read “Presumably I have jumped from a tall building. I am not crazy, albeit driven to suicide. It is not about any single event, or person. It is about stubborn sadness, and a detached view of the world.” Gale’s death has led to the speculation that his upbringing as a Scientologist contributed to his delusions.</span></div><h2 style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Martin Bryant</span></h2><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/martin-bryant.jpg"><img alt="martin-bryant" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17020" height="229" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/martin-bryant.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="martin-bryant" width="408" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Psychopathy is a disorder that is largely connected with delusions. The word psychopath brings images of danger, insanity and murder. Martin Bryant was born in Tasmania,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-australian-mythical-creatures.php" title="Top 10 Australian Mythical Creatures">Australia</a>. He was a disruptive and sometimes violent child. After Bryant was suspended from New Town Primary School in 1977, psychological assessments noted that he had tortured animals. It was discovered that Bryant had an I.Q. of 66, equivalent to an 11-year-old and in the bottom 1% of the Australian population. On April 28, 1996, Martin Bryant carried out the Port Arthur massacre. He traveled to the Port Arthur prison colony in south-eastern Tasmania and brought an arsenal of weapons, including an AR-15 rifle.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Delusional Behavior</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The shooting started in the Broad Arrow Cafe of the Port Arthur prison colony, where Martin Bryant killed 12 people and injured 10 in a span of 15 seconds. He then moved into the gift shop. In the two minutes that Martin Bryant was shooting in the cafe and gift shop, 29 rounds were fired and 20 people were killed, 19 by head shot. Most people did not see Martin Bryant during the attack. It wasn’t clear what direction he was shooting from. The 28-year-old continued to fire on people as he fled the scene. By the end of the massacre, Martin Bryant killed 35 people and seriously wounded 21 others.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Martin Bryant escaped and was later located at a house with hostages. A standoff ensued, which ended with Bryant setting the house ablaze. He was captured alive, charged, and convicted of all 35 murders. Martin Bryant initially plead innocent and famously laughed when he was charged with the crimes. He later changed his plea to guilty, but never gave a detailed confession. Bryant’s AR-15 was found at the scene with an exploded cartridge in the chamber. Within a matter of weeks, Australia passed a major gun control law. Legislation was passed to remove semi-automatic weapons, including the use of self-loading rifles and pump-action shotguns.</span></div><h2 style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic</span></h2><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/windshield-damage.jpg"><img alt="windshield-damage" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17022" height="185" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/windshield-damage.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="windshield-damage" width="380" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mass hysteria is a phenomenon in which bizarre symptoms are recorded by a large collection of people. It typically begins when an individual becomes ill or delusional during a period of stress. In April of 1954, mass hysteria hit the area surrounding Bellingham and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-indie-music-vocalists.php" title="Top 10 Indie Music Vocalists">Seattle, Washington</a>. The event is characterized by the widespread observation of previously unnoticed windshield holes, pits and dings. The pitting was so great that residents began to attribute it to everything from sand flea eggs to nuclear bomb testing. In March of 1954, the news of the “pitting epidemic” reached metropolitan Seattle. Local newspapers began to feature the story. Car lots and parking garages were susceptible to attacks.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Delusional Behavior</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By April 15, 1954, approximately 3,000 windshields had been damaged. Some people reporting seeing the glass bubbling right before their eyes, believing it was sand fleas. Other news articles stated the pitting was caused by a Navy radio transmitter, cosmic rays, or a shift in the Earth’s magnetic field. Several supernatural causes were suggested, including gremlins. By April 17, 1954, the pitting suddenly stopped. The Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic has become a textbook case of collective delusion. Looking back on the hysteria, it is not hard to find a nuclear link.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In March of 1954, the United States began Operation Castle, which was a series of high-energy (high-yield) nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The operation involved Castle Bravo, which was the first U.S. test of a dry fuel thermonuclear hydrogen bomb device. It occurred on March 1, 1954. The detonation of Castle Bravo caused the most significant accidental radiological contamination ever released by the United States. Operation Castle lasted from March, 1954 to the middle of April. This is the exact same time that the windshield pitting epidemic was hitting Washington State. Washington is located along the Pacific Ocean and in a position that could receive nuclear fallout from the Marshall Islands.</span></div><h2 style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Woo Bum-kon</span></h2><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/south-korea-killing-spree.jpg"><img alt="south-korea-killing-spree" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17023" height="307" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/south-korea-killing-spree.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="south-korea-killing-spree" width="250" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Woo Bum-kon was a South Korean police officer who is responsible for the second most deadly shooting spree in modern history. On April 27, 1982, Woo Bum-kon had an argument with his girlfriend and became enraged. He was a mentally unstable individual with homicidal impulses. After the argument, Woo traveled to the police armory and gathered an arsenal of<a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-weirdest-weapons.php" title="Top 10 Weirdest Weapons"> weapons</a>, including two M2 carbines, 180 rounds of ammunition, and seven hand grenades. He got drunk in the police armory and then attacked the citizens of South Korea. Woo began by shooting at people who were walking in the village of Torongni.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Delusional Behavior</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He then traveled to the nearby village of Kungryu. At the Kungryu Post Office, Woo killed three telephone operators. This prevented people from contacting the authorities. He then walked from village to village, killing people. Woo Bum-kon used his public status as a police officer to gain entry into homes. He shot most of his victims, but in one case killed an entire family with a grenade. Woo Bum-kon continued his killing spree for a grueling eight hours. He traveled through five different villages in Uiryeong County and murdered a total of 57 people, injuring 35. Woo eventually committed suicide by exploding two grenades. The Interior Minister of South Korea, a man named Suh Chung-hwa, resigned following the event.</span></div><h2 style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Boyd Massacre</span></h2><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mauri-cannibals.jpg"><img alt="mauri-cannibals" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17024" height="352" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mauri-cannibals.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="mauri-cannibals" width="500" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Boyd Massacre documents one of the bloodiest cases of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-unusual-death-rituals.php" title="Top 10 Unusual Death Rituals">cannibalism</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on record. In October of 1809, a 395 ton brigantine convict ship named The Boyd sailed from Sydney Cove to Whangaroa, New Zealand. The vessel was under the command of Captain John Thompson and carried about 70 people. A man named Te Ara, who was the son of a Maori chief from Whangaroa, asked to work his passage on the ship. The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. During the voyage, Te Ara was flogged (beaten with a whip) for disciplinary action. Upon returning to Whangaroa, he reported the events to his tribe. In accordance with their customs, the Maori formed a plan for utu (revenge).</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Delusional Behavior</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Three days after The Boyd’s arrival, the Maori invited Captain Thompson to follow their canoes to find suitable kauri trees. After Thompson was lured away from the vessel, the Maori people attacked the European foreigners on land. They killed everyone with clubs and axes. They stripped the victims of clothing and took their bodies to be eaten. Using items taken from the deceased, the Maori organized an attack against The Boyd. They deceived the crew and massacred everyone. Only five people were left alive.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When news of the massacre reached European settlements, Captain Alexander Berry undertook a rescue mission and recovered four survivors. In a terrifying scene, Berry’s crew reported large piles of human bones on the shoreline. In March of 1810, a revenge attack was organized by sailors from five whaling vessels. The target was a village belonging to Chief Te Pahi, who was not involved with the original crimes. In the revenge attack, 60 Maori and one sailor died. From 1810 to 1814, shipping to New Zealand fell to practically nothing. A notice was printed and circulated in Europe advising against visiting “the cursed shore” at the risk of being eaten by cannibals.</span></div><h2 style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Anders Behring Breivik</span></h2><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/anders-behring-breivik.jpeg"><img alt="anders-behring-breivik" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17025" height="253" src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/anders-behring-breivik.jpeg" style="border-style: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;" title="anders-behring-breivik" width="199" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anders Behring Breivik is a Norwegian right-wing extremist who has claimed responsibility for the two terrorist attacks that occurred in Norway on July 22, 2011. Breivik was born in London, on February 13, 1979. Before the attack, Breivik compiled a 1,516-page manifesto entitled 2083: A European Declaration of Independence, which he e-mailed to 1,003 addresses. He claims to belong to an international anti-Islam network. On July 22, Anders Behring Breivik conducted the most<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-villanous-rulers.php" title="Top 10 Villanous Rulers">deadly shooting</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>spree in world history. He performed two sequential attacks against the civilian population, the government, and a political summer camp in Norway.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Delusional Behavior</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first attack was a car bomb explosion in Regjeringskvartalet, the executive government quarter of Oslo. The explosion killed eight people and wounded several others, with more than 10 people critically injured. After detonating the bomb, the attacker moved to a youth camp organized by the organization (AUF) of the Norwegian Labour Party (AP) on the island of Utøya in Tyrifjorden, Buskerud. The camp is put together every summer and is attended by approximately 600 teenagers. When Breivik arrived on the island, he presented himself as a police officer who had come over for a routine check following the bombing in Oslo.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He first shot people on the island of Utøya and then started to fire on individuals who were trying to escape by swimming across the lake. A spokesman for the National Police Directorate under the Ministry of Justice and the Police reported that most of the 68 casualties were youths about 15 or 16 years old. The mass shooting reportedly lasted for around an hour and a half, ending when a police special task force arrived and the gunman surrendered. Initially, as the besieged people from Utøya tried to call the emergency services, they were told to keep off the line because of the Oslo bombing. When the police finally arrived at the scene, they were met by survivors begging the officers to throw away their weapons. They were afraid that the men in uniforms would again open fire on them.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In all, 76 people were killed in the terrorist activity. Many people survived by playing dead. After the attacks, Anders Behring Breivik confessed to the crimes and stated that the purpose of the murder was to save Norway and Western Europe from a Muslim takeover. Ian Stephen, a retired forensic clinical psychologist, said Breivik understood exactly what he was doing, but is clearly a psychopath. Everything he says should be taken as nonsense. On July 25, 2011, Breivik was charged with destroying basic functions of society, creating serious fear in the population, and acts of terrorism. Prosecutors are considering charging him with crimes against humanity.</span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-55406152671091580342011-11-07T05:28:00.000-08:002011-11-07T05:33:47.874-08:00Horrifying Premature Burials<div style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Virginia Macdonald</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 1851</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/buried1.jpg"><img alt="Buried1" border="1" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/buried1-tm.jpg?w=274&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="274" /></a></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Virginia Macdonald lived with her father in New York City and became ill, died, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. After the burial, her mother declared her belief that the daughter was not dead when buried and persistently asserted her belief. The family tried in vain to assure the mother of the death of her daughter. Finally the mother insisted so strenuously that her daughter was buried alive the family consented to have the body taken up. To their horror, they discovered the body lying on the side, the hands badly bitten, and every indication of a premature burial.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">Interesting Fact:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When the Les Innocents cemetery in Paris, France was moved from the center of the city to the suburbs the number of skeletons found face down convinced many people and several doctors that premature burial was very common.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5540615267109158034" name="item-9"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;"></span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Madam Blunden</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 1896</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/premature-burial-08.jpg"><img alt="Premature Burial 08" border="1" height="190" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/premature-burial-08-tm.jpg?w=400&h=190" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">When Madam Blunden was thought to be dead, she was buried in the Blunden family vault at Holy Ghost Chapel in Basingstoke, England. The vault was situated beneath a boys’ school. The day after the funeral when the boys were playing they heard a noise from the vault below. After one of the boys ran and told his teacher about the noises the sexton was summoned. The vault and the coffin were opened just in time to witness her final breath. All possible means were used to resuscitate her but it was unsuccessful. In her agony she had torn frantically at her face and had bitten the nails off her fingers.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">Interesting Fact:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A large number of designs for safety coffins were patented during the 18th and 19th centuries. Safety coffin were fitted with a mechanism to allow the occupant to signal that he or she has been buried alive. You can see one of the variations<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://s2.hubimg.com/u/190657_f520.jpg">here</a>.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5540615267109158034" name="item-8"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">New York Times article</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1886</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/dfgdgdfinalfinal.jpg"><img alt="Dfgdgdfinalfinal" border="1" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/dfgdgdfinalfinal-tm.jpg?w=281&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="281" /></a></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">“WOODSTOCK, Ontario, Jan. 18- Recently a girl named Collins died here, as it was supposed, very suddenly. A day or two ago the body was exhumed, prior to its removal to another burial place, when the discovery was made that the girl had been buried alive. Her shroud was torn into shreds, her knees were drawn up to her chin, one of her arms was twisted under her head, and her features bore evidence of dreadful torture.”</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">Interesting Fact:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In the 19th century, Dr. Timothy Clark Smith of Vermont was so concerned about the possibility of being buried alive that he arranged to be buried in a special crypt that included a breathing tube and a glass window in his grave marker that would permit him to peer out to the living world six feet above. You can see his grave<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.vermonter.com/images/newhaven02.jpg">here</a>.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5540615267109158034" name="item-7"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Daily Telegraph article</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1889</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/prematureburial-clarke.jpg"><img alt="Prematureburial-Clarke" border="1" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/prematureburial-clarke-tm.jpg?w=265&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="265" /></a></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">“GRENOBLE, Jan. 18- A gendarme was buried alive the other day in a village near Grenoble. The man had become intoxicated on potato brandy, and fell into a profound sleep. After twenty hours passed in slumber, his friends considered him to be dead, particularly as his body assumed the usual rigidity of a corpse. When the sexton, however, was lowering the remains of the ill-fated gendarme into the grave, he heard moans and knocks proceeding from the interior of the ‘four-boards.’ He immediately bored holes in the sides of the coffin, to let in air, and then knocked off the lid. The gendarme had, however, ceased to live, having horribly mutilated his head in his frantic but futile efforts to burst his coffin open.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">Interesting Fact:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Fear of being buried alive is called taphephobia. The word “taphephobia” comes from the Greek “taphos” meaning “grave” + “phobia” from the Greek “phobos” meaning “fear” = literally, fear of the grave, or fear of being put in the grave while still alive.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5540615267109158034" name="item-6"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">The Sunday Times article</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1838</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/prematureburial.jpg"><img alt="Prematureburial" border="1" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/prematureburial-tm.jpg?w=270&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="270" /></a></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">“TONNEINS, Dec. 30- A frightful case of premature interment occurred not long since, at Tonneins, in the Lower Garonne. The victim, a man in the prime of life, had only a few shovelfuls of earth thrown into his grave when an indistinct noise was heard to proceed from his coffin. The grave-digger, terrified beyond description, instantly fled to seek assistance, and some time elapsed before his return, when the crowd, which had by this time collected in considerable numbers round the grave, insisted on the coffin being opened. As soon as the first boards had been removed, it was ascertained beyond a doubt, that the occupant had been interred alive. His countenance was frightfully contracted with the agony he had undergone, and, in his struggles, the unhappy man had forced his arms completely out of the winding sheet, in which they had been securely enveloped. A physician, who was on the spot, opened a vein, but no blood flowed. The sufferer was beyond the reach of art.”</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">Interesting Fact:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In The Complete Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, one of the worst case scenarios listed in the book is how to survive if you are buried alive in a coffin. If anyone finds themselves in the same predicament as the people on this list you can read some life saving information<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>here.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><br />
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<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">British Medical Journal</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1877</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/catriona-from-within-the-coffin.jpg"><img alt="Catriona From Within The Coffin" border="1" height="276" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/catriona-from-within-the-coffin-tm.jpg?w=400&h=276" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">“December 8- It appeared from the evidence that some time ago a woman was interred with all the usual formalities, it being believed that she was dead, while she was only in a trance. Some days afterwards, the grave in which she had been placed being opened for the reception of another body, it was found that the clothes which covered the unfortunate woman were torn to pieces, and that she had even broken her limbs in attempting to extricate herself from the living tomb. The Court, after hearing the case, sentenced the doctor who had signed the certificate of<br />
decease, and the mayor who had authorized the interment, each to three months’ imprisonment for involuntary manslaughter.”</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">Interesting Fact:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Today, when a definition of death is required, doctors usually turn to “brain death” to define a person as being clinically dead. People are considered dead when the electrical activity in their brain ceases.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5540615267109158034" name="item-4"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">New York Times article</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1884</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/woman-screamingfjpg.jpg"><img alt="Woman-Screamingfjpg" border="1" height="273" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/woman-screamingfjpg-tm.jpg?w=400&h=273" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">“DAYTON, Feb. 8.-A sensation has been created here by the discovery of the fact that Miss Hockwalt, a young lady of high social connections, who was supposed to have died suddenly on Jan. 10, was buried alive. The terrible truth was discovered a few days ago, and since then it has been the talk of the city. The circumstance of Miss Hockwail’s death was peculiar. It occurred on the morning of the marriage of her brother to Miss Emma Schwind at Emannel’s Church. Shortly before 6 o’clock the young lady was dressing for the nuptials and had gone into the kitchen. A few moments afterward she was found sitting on a chair with her head leaning against a wall and apparently lifeless. Medical aid was summoned in, Dr. Jewett who, after examination, pronounced her dead. Mass was being read at the time in Emannel’s Church and it was thought best to continue, and the marriage was performed in gloom. The examination showed that Anna was of excitable temperament, nervous, and affected with sympathetic palpitation of the heart. Dr. Jewett thought this was the cause of her supposed death. On the following day, the lady was interred in the Woodland. The friends of Miss Hockwalt were unable to forget the terrible impression and several ladies observe that her eyes bore a remarkably natural color and could not dispel an idea that she was not dead. They conveyed their opinion to Annie’s parents and the thought preyed upon them so that the body was taken from the grave. It was stated that when the coffin was opened it was discovered that the supposed inanimate body had turned upon its right side. The hair had been torn out in handfuls and the flesh had been bitten from the fingers. The body was reinterred and efforts made to suppress the facts, but there are those who state they saw the body and know the facts to be as narrated.”</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">Interesting Fact:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In 1822 Dr Adolf Gutsmuth was buried alive several times to demonstrate a safety coffin he had designed. Once he stayed underground for several hours and ate a meal of soup, sausages and beer delivered to him through the coffin’s feeding tube.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5540615267109158034" name="item-3"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Mary Norah Best</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1871</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/buried_alive-1.jpg"><img alt="Buried Alive-1" border="1" height="260" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/buried_alive-1-tm.jpg?w=400&h=260" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Seventeen year old Mary Norah Best was the adopted daughter of Mrs. Moore Chew. Mary was pronounced dead from cholera and entombed in the Chew’s vault in an old French cemetery in Calcutta. The surgeon that pronounced her dead was a man who would have benefited by her death and had tried to kill her adopted mother. Before Mary “died” her adoptive mother fled to England after the second attempt on her life and left Mary behind. Mary was put into a pine coffin and it was nailed shut. Ten years later, in 1881 the vault was unsealed to admit the body of Mrs. Moore’s brother. On entering the vault, the undertaker’s assistant found the lid off of Mary’s coffin on the floor. The position of her skeleton was half in and half out of the coffin. Apparently after being entombed Mary awoke from the trance and struggled violently till she was able to force the lid off of her coffin. It is surmised that after bursting open her casket she fainted from the strain and while falling forward over the edge of her coffin she struck her head against the masonry shelf killing her. It is believed the surgeon poisoned the girl and then certified her death.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">Interesting Fact:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Some believe Thomas A Kempis, a German Augustinian monk who wrote The Imitation of Christ in the 1400’s was denied canonization because splinters were found embedded under his nails. Canonization authorities determined that anyone aspiring to be a saint would not fight death if he found himself buried alive.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5540615267109158034" name="item-2"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">New York Times Article</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1885</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/buried_alivecrop.jpg"><img alt="Buried Alivecrop" border="1" height="306" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/buried_alivecrop-tm.jpg?w=400&h=306" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">“ASHEVILLE, N.C., Feb. 20.–A gentleman from Flat Creek Township in this (Buncombe) County, furnishes the information that about the 20th of last month a young man by the name of Jenkins, who had been sick with fever for several weeks, was thought to have died. He became speechless, his flesh was cold and clammy, and he could not be aroused, and there appeared to be no action of the pulse and heart. He was thought to be dead and was prepared for burial, and was noticed at the time that there was no stiffness in any of the limbs. He was buried after his supposed death, and when put in the coffin it was remarked that he was as limber as a live man. There was much talk in the neighborhood about the case and the opinion was frequently expressed that Jenkins had been buried alive. Nothing was done about the matter until the 10th inst., when the coffin was taken up for the purpose of removal and internment in the family burying ground in Henderson County. The coffin being wood, it was suggested that it be opened in order to see if the body was in such condition that it could be hauled 20 miles without being put in a metallic casket. The coffin was opened, and to the great astonishment and horror of his relatives the body was lying face downward, and the hair had been pulled from the head in great quantities, and there was scratches of the finger nails on the inside of the lid and sides of the coffin. These facts caused great excitement and all acquainted personally with the facts believe Jenkins was in a trance, or that animation was apparently suspended, and that he was not really dead when buried and that he returned to consciousness only to find himself buried and beyond help. The body was then taken to Henderson County and reinterred. The relatives are distressed beyond measure at what they term criminal carelessness in not being absolutely sure Jenkins was dead before he was buried.”</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">Interesting Fact:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Because of the concern of premature burials a Society was formed called Society for the Prevention of People Being Buried Alive. They encouraged the slow process of burials.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5540615267109158034" name="item-1"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Madame Bobin</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1901</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/aaaaaafinalfinal.jpg"><img alt="Aaaaaafinalfinal" border="1" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/aaaaaafinalfinal-tm.jpg?w=252&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="252" /></a></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">In 1901 a pregnant Madame Bobin arrived on board a steamer from Western Africa and appeared to be suffering from yellow fever. She was then transferred to a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases. There she became worse and apparently died and was buried. A nurse later said she noticed that the body was not cold and that there was tremulousness of the muscles of the abdomen and expressed the opinion that she could have been prematurely buried. After this was reported to Madame Bobin’s father, he had the body exhumed. They were horrified to find that a baby had been born and died with Madame Bobin in the coffin. An autopsy showed that Madame Bobin had not contracted yellow fever and had died from asphyxiation in the coffin. A suit against the health officials resulted in £8,000 ($13,000) damages against them.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">Interesting Fact:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Historical records indicate that during the 17th century when plague victims often collapsed seemingly dead, there were 149 actual cases of people being buried alive.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5540615267109158034" name="item-bonus"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Margorie McCall</div><div class="itemmore" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1705</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/602295148_c7f8f18483.jpg"><img alt="602295148 C7F8F18483" border="1" height="300" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/602295148_c7f8f18483-tm.jpg?w=400&h=300" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">This is a bonus because this event might be more folklore than fact. In researching premature burials this story came up many times with different names and locations as this<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_with_the_Ring">Wikipedia article</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>explains. However Snopes.com does give a story similar to this a “True” rating. My guess is that something like this probably did occur somewhere at sometime but the story has been embellished over the years. Margorie McCall’s story seems to be the most popular and goes something like this: Margorie McCall from Northern Ireland fell ill and was pronounced dead. After her wake which lasted for a few days she was interred in Shankill Graveyard. That night her body was exhumed by grave robbers. The robbers tried in vain to remove a ring from her finger and then attempted to cut her finger off to remove the ring. When they were cutting into her finger Margorie suddenly came to and the robbers fled the cemetery never looking back. Margorie then climbed out of her coffin and walked home. Meanwhile her family was gathered at home when they heard a knock at the door. Margorie’s husband still in grief said “if your mother were still alive, I’d swear that was her knock.” and sure enough when he opened the door there she was dressed in her burial clothes, very much alive. Her husband fainted immediately.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">Interesting Fact:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Many believe the terms “Saved by the bell” and “Dead ringer” has to do with safety coffins with the notion that a recently buried person could pull a rope attached to a bell outside the coffin to alert people that he or she is not deceased. Both of these have been proven false. Saved by the bell is a boxing term dating from the 1930s. Ringer is from horse racing and is a horse substituted for another of similar appearance in order to defraud the bookies. Dead was then added to the term later like ‘dead on’, ‘dead center’ etc.</div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-50014041201748670212011-11-07T04:32:00.000-08:002011-11-07T04:34:38.498-08:00Top 10 Museums that will Scare You Silly<div style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">10</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">House on the Rock</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="P153993-Wisconsin Dells-House On The Rock" border="0" height="299" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/p153993-wisconsin_dells-house_on_the_rock.jpg?w=400&h=299" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="400" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Originally designed to house a collection of basically anything, the House on the Rock in Deer Shelter Rock, Wisconsin first opened in 1959. The house contains fascinating exhibits such as a re-creation of an early twentieth century American Town and a 200 foot model of a sea monster. Now this doesn’t sound too scary but only because I forgot to mention that the entire collection is basically left to rot in dark, dusty rooms. Now imagine such a room room filled with the stench of rot in which you can just make out a scattering of decayed mannequins sawing at old broken musical instruments – playing what sounds like a symphony written in hell! Having seen it, I can assure you that the real thing is far worse than the description!</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5001404120174867021" name="item-9"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">9</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Glore Psychiatric Museum</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Alaska-1182127860- Dsc0327" border="0" height="268" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/alaska-1182127860-_dsc0327.jpg?w=400&h=268" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="400" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Who wouldn’t want to check out a museum dedicated to the history of such wonderful things as electroshock treatment and lobotomies? Well – most people probably. But for those who have a taste for the downright shocking, the Glore Psychiatric museum is for you. And if you find the horrifying parts of the museum too much to cope with, you can relax in the “awful things people have swallowed” exhibition. Don’t forget to check out the ancient treatments area where you can see instruments for bleeding patients and the fascinating dioramas taking you step by step through a psychosurgical operation.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5001404120174867021" name="item-8"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">8</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">New Haven Ventriloquist Museum</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Vent600" border="0" height="225" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/vent600.jpg?w=400&h=225" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="400" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">In New Haven connecticut there is a museum that contains nothing but row upon row of old ventriloquist’s dummies. Every seat in the theatre has a dummy in it – in fact, when you visit you have to stand on the stage because there is no room anywhere else. Now most people don’t suffer from Autonomatonophobia (the fear of artificial humanoid figures – yes it’s real) but even the staunchest of the staunch will be horrified by this awful display. Just think “Chuckie” times one thousand.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5001404120174867021" name="item-7"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">7</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Catacombs of Palermo</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="2419351164 7A627926A3" border="0" height="265" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/2419351164_7a627926a3.jpg?w=400&h=265" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="400" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Not intending to be a museum, that is exactly what the Catacombs of Palermo have become – a museum of death. Deep in the bowels of the Capuchin monastery you can view hundreds of corpses – both monks and local members of the community. The bodies are lined up along the walls in the clothes in which they were buried. Bodies were put in the catacombs from the end of the 16th century to the last interment – little Rosalia Lombardo in the 1920s. The cool air and dry environment mean that the bodies are extremely well preserved – so well preserved in fact that some look like they are just sleeping. But most look like hideous corpses ready to wake up at any moment to attack the visitors. A must see holiday spot.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5001404120174867021" name="item-6"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">6</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">London Dungeon</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="London-The London Dungeon 2005-08 02 Resize" border="0" height="300" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/london-the-london-dungeon_2005-08_02_resize.jpg?w=400&h=300" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="400" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The London dungeon is really famous. So you may wonder why it isn’t in the top five of this list. Mainly because it is scary in a different way from the rest of the items here. It is scary in the sense that no one wants a random stranger dressed as the grim reaper to jump at them while screaming. That aside, the dungeon does present a great selection of macabre torture devices from the middle ages. Mind you, your local army base probably has an equally terrifying array of torture devices from the last decade! If you go to the Dungeon take your heart medication with you – those actors can certain put the frights up you. Oh – and be prepared to queue for a long time – it is a popular attraction. The only place you will have seen queues longer is at a bakery in Soviet Russia.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="wiki" style="font-family: Helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5001404120174867021" name="item-5"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">5</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Lombrosp’s Museum of Criminal Anthropology</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Lombroso-04" border="0" height="350" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/lombroso-04.jpg?w=240&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="240" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Cesare Lombroso founded the Italian school of criminology. It is no wonder then that this museum – filled with objects from his work is a terrifying place indeed. Combined with the macabre collectibles are images of crimes, weapons used to slaughter humans, and even Lombroso’s own head perfectly preserved in a bottle of formaldehyde. If you are interested in crime – or just want to spend a day gazing at skulls, human remains, and other horrifying objects, this is the place to go.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5001404120174867021" name="item-4"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">4</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Madame Tussauds</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="3401843113 0B405B635E" border="0" height="293" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/3401843113_0b405b635e.jpg?w=400&h=293" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="400" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">This is probably the most famous entry on the list. Madame Tussauds in London is best known for its enormous collection of wax figures – mostly of famous people. But the museum had a more grisly start. Madame Tussaud herself started the collection during the French revolution. She would run up to the guillotine after people had been executed and make wax imprints of their severed heads. The most famous is probably that of the last King of France. These heads are all on display at the museum along with a horrifying collection of monstrous historical displays in the chamber of horrors. When you see the life-sized reproduction of one of Jack the Ripper’s victims, you will never be quite the same again. Oh – and to make matters worse, the chamber of horrors now employs actors to jump out and terrify visitors. Take along a change of underwear.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5001404120174867021" name="item-3"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">3</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Museum of Anatomy</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Imfoetus" border="0" height="310" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/imfoetus.jpg?w=400&h=310" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="400" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Honoré Fragonard was a professor of anatomy – at least he was until he got canned for showing the symptoms of insanity! Twenty years later he began the work that would be his life’s crowning achievement. In 1794 he began gathering dead bodies for what would become his museum of anatomy. His museum was designed to house a gigantic collection of corpses that he personally stripped of their skin and embalmed with a secret recipe – a recipe that remains a mystery to this day. The collection contains the preserved flayed bodies of animals, children, and executed criminals as well as a collection of skulls from asylums for the mentally disturbed. This museum in Paris is so horrifying that entry is available by appointment only.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5001404120174867021" name="item-2"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">2</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Mutter Museum</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Dsc00323" border="0" height="300" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/dsc00323.jpg?w=400&h=300" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="400" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Mutter Museum is best known for its large collection of skulls and anatomical specimens including a wax model of a woman with a human horn growing out of her forehead, the tallest skeleton on display in North America, a 5 foot-long human colon (pictured above) that contained over 40 pounds of poop, and the petrified body of the mysterious Soap Lady whose entire corpse was turned into soap after she died. The museum also houses a malignant tumor removed from President Grover Cleveland’s hard palate, the conjoined liver from the famous Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker, and a growth removed from President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. It may not terrify you – but I guarantee that it will end up haunting your dreams.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=5001404120174867021" name="item-1"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">1</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">The Purgatory Museum</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Article-1260360-08Ec0Cde000005Dc-302 634X494" border="0" height="311" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/article-1260360-08ec0cde000005dc-302_634x494.jpg?w=400&h=311" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="400" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">According to Catholic doctrine, a person who dies with only slight sins on their soul goes to purgatory to be cleansed by fire before floating off to heaven. At the Church of the Sacred Heart in the Prati district of Rome, there is a small museum tucked away behind a side altar. It is the Purgatory museum. This truly scary place has exhibits which document cases of souls in purgatory coming back to earth to haunt the living. Some of the items on display are a table with scorch marks and lines carved out of it by an otherworldly hand, as well as burnt fingerprints on clothing and bedlinen. But perhaps the scariest item of all is a book with an entire human hand print scorched deeply into the pages – the hand print of a long dead monk suffering in the fires for some unknown sin.</div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-18948655708647596862011-11-01T01:53:00.000-07:002011-11-01T01:59:26.652-07:00Top 10 Ghost Ships<div style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">10</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Carrol A. Deering</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Newdeering" border="0" height="414" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/newdeering.jpg?w=548&h=414" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="548" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Carrol A Deering was a 5 mast Schooner, built in 1911. Named for the owner’s son, she was a cargo vessel and her final voyage found her sailing from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on December 2nd, 1920. The Master, William Merrit, and his first mate, Sewall Merrit (his son), had a crew of 10 Scandinavians. Both fell ill and Captain W. B. Wormell was recruited as a replacement.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">After leaving Rio, the Deering stopped in Barbados for supplies. Here, the First Mate, McLennan, got drunk and complained to a fellow Mariner about Captain Wormell, his incompetence at disciplining the crew and his inability to Navigate the ship without the aid of McLennan. McLennan was arrested after he was overheard boasting “I’ll get the Captain before we get to Norfolk, I will”. Wormell forgave him, bailed him out and the Deering set sail for Hampton Roads.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Vessel was not sighted until January 28th, 1921, when a Lightship keeper was hailed by a red haired man milling around on the foredeck. The man told the Lightship keeper, in a foreign accent, that the Deering had lost her anchors, but the Keeper was unable to relay the message due to a malfunctioning radio.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">3 days later, on January 31st, the Deering was found aground on Diamond Shoals, off Cape Hatteras. Boarding of the ship was delayed due to bad weather and eventually rescue personal made it on to the vessel on February 4th. What they found made the Deering one of the most written about maritime mysteries in history. The Deering was completely abandoned. The logs and Navigation equipment were missing, as were 2 of the ships lifeboats. The Galley was midway into preparation for the following days meal. Unfortunately, the vessel was scuttled with Dynamite before a full investigation into the mystery could take place.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The crews disappearance occurred in the Bermuda Triangle, and several other vessels had disappeared in the same period and region as the Deering, including the sulfur freighter Hewitt. Many theories became popular during the investigation including Paranormal explanations, mutiny, piracy and Rum-runners stealing the vessel to sail to the Bahamas. The formal investigation ended in 1922, without any official ruling on the mysteries surrounding the apparent abandonment of the Carrol A. Deering.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">9</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Baychimo</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Ghost Ships Baychimo-" border="0" height="400" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ghost_ships_baychimo.jpg?w=376&h=400" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="376" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Built in Sweden in 1911, the Baychimo was a Pelt trader along the routes of North West Canada. She was given to Great Britain by Germany as part of War reparations.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The 20 year old Cargo Steamers final (crewed) voyage occurred in October 1931, carrying a cargo of fur. The vessel became ice packed off the coast of the town of Barrow. The crew temporarily abandoned the vessel and headed 1/2 a mile inland in search of shelter from the freezing conditions. The ship eventually broke free of the ice a week later, on the 8th October, and the crew returned, only to become trapped in ice, again, on the 15th October. 15 crew members built a makeshift shelter some distance away, intent on waiting out the winter and eventually sailing the ship free.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">On the 24th November, a blizzard struck. When it calmed, the crew found that the Baychimo had vanished, presumed sunk in the storm. Several days later a seal hunter informed the crew that he had sighted the vessel about 45 miles from their camp. The crew tracked the vessel to retrieve their precious cargo and left the Baychimo to its fate.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Over the next 4 decades there were numerous sightings of the Baychemo along the coast of Canada. Several boardings were attempted, few were successful, the ones that were often resulting in the salvagers becoming trapped inside due to adverse weather conditions. The last confirmed sighting occurred in 1969, 38 years after she was abandoned, she was found frozen in an ice pack. In 2006, the Alaskan Government began an operation to locate the ‘The Ghost ship of the Arctic’ but, to date, they have been unsuccessful.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Trapped in Ice, floating or at the bottom of the ocean, the fate of the Baychimo remains a mystery.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">8</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Eliza Battle</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="3376467246 957Ee3Ae3D" border="0" height="412" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/3376467246_957ee3ae3d.jpg?w=550&h=412" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Launched in Indiana in 1852, the Eliza Battle was a luxury wooden hulled paddle steamer regularly entertaining Presidents and VIPs. Disaster struck on a cold night in February 1858, when the steamer navigated the Tombigbee. A fire started on cotton bales on the main deck and soon spread out of control. The strong winds helped the fire spread quickly over the upper deck. Out of control, the Eliza Battle drifted downstream, coming to rest at Kemp’s Landing. Men died in efforts to save their loved ones and women died in their efforts to save their children, though, fortunately, there were few aboard the ill fated final trip of the Eliza Battle. Of the estimated 100 people on board, 26 souls were lost, mainly attributed to death by exposure. The ship sank in 28ft of water, and its wreck remains to this day.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">During the spring floods, late at night during the full moon, it is said the riverboat can be seen rising out of the water and floating up the river with music playing and fires burning on the deck, sometimes only the outline of the steamer is sighted. The fire is so bright a name plate bearing the name Eliza Battle can be seen on the side of the vessel. Local fisherman believe that sighting the Eliza Battle is a sign of an impending disaster and ill omens to ships still plying the Tombigbee River.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">7</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">MV Joyita</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Joyita" border="0" height="400" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/joyita.jpg?w=268&h=400" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="268" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The MV Joyita was a luxury yacht, built in 1931, in Los Angeles for Movie Director Roland West. During the Second World War she was outfitted as a Patrol Boat and worked around the coast of Hawaii until the end of the War.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">On October the 3rd, 1955, the Joyita set sail from Samoa bound for the Tokelau Islands 270 nautical miles away. Her departure had been delayed due to a clutch malfunction on the port main engine, the clutch was not repaired and the Yacht sailed on one engine. There were 25 souls on board, including a Government Official, 2 children and a surgeon on his way to perform an amputation. Though the journey should have taken no more than 2 days, by the 3rd day Joyita had not arrived in port. No distress call had been received even though the vessels course would have kept her well within radio range of coast guard and relay stations. A 100,000 sq mi search was conducted by aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force but there was no sign of the Yacht, her crew or passengers.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">It was not until November 10th, 5 weeks later, that the vessel was found. The Tuvalu sighted the Joyita 600mi from her planned route. The vessel was listing heavily to port with her deck edge partially submerged. 4 tonnes of cargo were missing and none of the crew members were onboard. The ships VHF radio was tuned to the International Distress Frequency. The vessel was found to still be running on one Engine, with an auxiliary pump rigged but not running. All the clocks on board had stopped at 10:25 and switches for cabin and navigation lights were on. A doctor’s bag was found on the floor with 4 blood stained bandages. The logbook, sextant and chronometer were missing, along with 3 life rafts.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">A subsequent enquiry found that the vessels hull was sound and that the fate of the crew was ‘inexplicable on the evidence submitted at the inquiry’. The missing life rafts were especially intriguing as the vessel was cork lined, making her unsinkable, a fact the Master and the crew would have been fully aware of. No mention of the use of the medical equipment was in the investigation. The missing cargo also remained a mystery.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Theories ranged from the outright bizarre: Remaining Japanese forces from World War II were to blame for the disappearances, operating from an isolated island base to the more believable: insurance fraud, piracy, mutiny.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Joyita was repaired, but ran aground on several more occasions, being dubbed a cursed ship she was eventually sold for scrap in the 1960s.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">6</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Flying Dutchman</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Eilsh3" border="0" height="506" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/eilsh3.jpg?w=550&h=506" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Probably the most famous Ghost Ship, The Flying Dutchman has been popularized by ‘The Pirates of the Caribbean’ and for the big kids amongst you ‘Spongebob Squarepants’ (The Frying Dutchman). But what many people will not know is that ‘The Flying Dutchman’ refers to the Captain of the vessel, and not the vessel itself.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Several Spectral ships around the World are known as ‘The Flying Dutchman’ but I am going to refer to the original, located off the Cape of Good Hope. Here is the embellished tale:</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">“The Captain of the vessel, Hendrick Van Der Decken, was voyaging around the Cape of Good Hope with a final destination of Amsterdam. He swore to Round the Cape if it took him ’til Doomsday’. With a terrible storm abound, Van Der Decken refused to turn the ship around despite the pleas of the crew. Monstrous waves pummeled the vessel while the captain sang obscene songs, drank beer and smoked his pipe. Finally, with no options remaining, several of the crew mutinied. The Captain, aroused from his drunken stupor shot dead the lead mutineer and threw his body overboard, above him the clouds parted and a voice billowed from the Heavens.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">‘You’re a very Stubborn Man’, to which the Captain replied ‘ I never asked for a peaceful voyage, I never asked for anything, so clear off before I shoot you too’ Van Der Decken made aim to fire into the sky but the pistol exploded in his hand.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">‘you are condemned to sail the oceans for eternity, with a ghostly crew of dead men. Bringing death to all who sight your spectral ship, and to never make port or know a moments peace. Furthermore, gall shall be your drink, and red hot iron your meat’”</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">There have been many sightings of The Flying Dutchman, often by reputable and experienced seamen, including Prince George of Wales and his brother, Prince Albert Victor of Wales,</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">According to Admiral Karl Doenitz, U Boat crews logged sightings of The Flying Dutchman off the Cape Peninsula. For most or all of these crews, it proved to be a terrible omen. The ghostly East Indiaman was also seen at Muizenberg, in 1939. On a calm day in 1941, a crowd at Glencairn beach saw a ship with wind-filled sails, but it vanished just as it was about to crash onto the rocks.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="wiki" style="font-family: Helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">5</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Young Teazer</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="800Px-Tulilautta3" border="0" height="385" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/800px-tulilautta3.jpg?w=550&h=385" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Built in 1813, the Young Teazer was an American Privateer Schooner preying on sea trade of the British Empire off the coast of Halifax. She was a remarkably fast vessel taking many prizes from Nova Scotia, several right at the mouth of Halifax Harbour. In June, 1813, the Teazer was chased by the Nova Scotian Privateer Brig Sir John Sherbrooke, but Teazer was able to escape into the Fog. Shortly after, HMS La Hogue, a 74-gunned third rate ship of the line, pursued the Schooner as she was reportedly cornered in Mahone Bay. With nightfall pending, La Hogue was joined by HMS Orpheus and the vessels prepared to board Young Teazer, which had no where left to run.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The La Hogue sent a five boat boarding party towards the Schooner. As the boats approached, the Young Teazer exploded. 7 of the crew survived and claimed they last saw the Teazers First Lieutenant, Frederick Johnson, running to the main magazine with flaming embers, considered mad Johnson threw the embers into the ammunition killing himself and 30 other crew members, many of whom lie in unmarked graves in an Anglican Cemetery in Mahone Bay.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Soon after the tragic event, eye witness reports began to surface that the Young Teazer had reemerged from the depths as a fiery spectral ship. The Following year, on June 27th, people of Mahone Bay were startled to see an apparition sailing into the same water where the Young Teazer had been destroyed. As it came nearer they recognized it as the privateer, and then it vanished in a huge puff of flame and smoke. The story spread through the country, and on the next anniversary many more were on hand, watching for “the fire ship.” Sure enough, it appeared again, and it is legend to this day that many persons have witnessed the appearance of the ghost ship, and have seen it disappear in flame. If you are standing on the deck of a ship at sea, the apparition appears to threaten to ram your vessel. Many report an overwhelming sense of fear when they see the phantom pirate ship. The Ghost Ship, known locally as ‘The Teazer Light’ can be seen on foggy nights, most notably those that fall within 3 days of a full moon.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">4</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Octavius</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Ghost Ships 6A" border="0" height="442" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ghost_ships_6a.jpg?w=550&h=442" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Octavius was allegedly discovered West of Greenland by a whaler on October 11th, 1775. Crewmembers of the Whaler Herald boarded the assumed derelict Vessel, discovering the entire crew dead, frozen, apparently at the moment of their death. The Captain was found in his cabin, also frozen at his desk with his pen in hand, still writing in his log. He was accompanied by a dead woman, a child covered in a blanket and a sailor holding a tinderbox. The petrified boarding party left in a hurry, taking only the log back to the Herald. Unfortunately, its frozen state meant that it slipped from its binding and they only recovered the first and last pages. The partly complete entry in the log was dated 1762, meaning the vessel had been in the state they discovered it for 13 years.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Octavius had left England for the Orient in 1761. The Captain opted to take the treacherous, but much shorter route of the unconquered North West Passage. It is believed the ship became trapped in ice whilst traveling past Northern Alaska. The discovery of the ship meant that the Octavius was the first ship to Navigate the North West Passage, albeit the crew never lived to witness it. The ship was presumed to have broken free of the ice in the winter months and the crew, dead from exposure, drifted with the winds for 13 years. The Octavius was never seen again after this strange encounter.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">3</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Lady Lovibond</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="3-The-Lady-Lovibond" border="0" height="400" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/3-the-lady-lovibond.jpg?w=311&h=400" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="311" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">13th February, 1748 – Celebrating his marriage, Simon Reed took his new bride, Annette, aboard his ship, the Lady Lovibond, for a cruise to Portugal. At the time it was considered bad luck to bring a woman onboard. Unbeknownst to Reed, his First Mate, John Rivers, was in love with the Captains wife and paced the deck in an uncontrollable rage. Overcome with jealousy, he attacked the helmsman with a belaying pin, killing him instantly. Rivers took the wheel and steered the Lovibond towards the notorious Goodwin Sands. All souls were lost and the subsequent inquiry ruled a verdict of Misadventure.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">50 years later to the day, 2 separate ships witnessed a phantom ship sailing the Goodwin Sands. On the 13th February, 1848, local fishermen saw a vessel wreck on the area and lifeboats were sent out to investigate, with no sign of ship on the sands being found. In 1948, the ghost of Lovibond was seen again by Captain Bull Prestwick and was described as looking real but having an eerie green glow.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Unfortunately, you will have to wait until the 13th February, 2048, for the next sighting, as she is said to appear only once every 50 years: don’t forget to mark your calendar. The Goodwin Sands are England’s most fertile grounds for ghost ships, and are also the location of the legendary island of Lomea. The Lady Lovibond shares the area with two other phantom vessels: a liner called the SS Montrose and the Shrewsbury, a man-of-war.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">2</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Mary Celeste</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="The-Mary-Celeste-1" border="0" height="406" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/the-mary-celeste-1.jpg?w=550&h=406" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Mary Celeste can rightly claim the title of the greatest maritime mystery of all time, and is definitely the most documented case of a missing crew. To this day the events that lead to the 8 crew and 2 passengers apparently vanishing from the face of the Earth are a topic of great controversy and debate.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">On December 13th, 1872, onlookers witnessed a small 2 masted sailing vessel entering the Bay of Gibraltar. The Mary Celeste had sailed from New York on November 7th, and was bound for Genoa; she had a cargo of 1701 barrels of Alcohol. On the Afternoon of December 5th, Captain Morehouse of the Dei Gratia came upon a Brigantine following a parallel course that he recognized as the Mary Celeste. He and the Master, Captain Briggs, were close friends and had dined together before setting sail. Morehouse was alarmed to see the Celeste Yawing irrationally, surprising as he knew Briggs to be a talented seaman. After 2 hours of attempted hails with no reply, Morehouse proceeded to board the out of control vessel.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Celeste appeared sea worthy and seemed to have been abandoned with haste. All of the ship’s papers were missing with the exception of the Captain’s Log, with the last entry stating the ship had passed the Azores on November 25th. Stories arose of warm cups of tea, half eaten breakfast and still smoking pipes, these stories are most likely untrue but it was clear the vessel had been abandoned in a hurry, but there were no signs of violence or a struggle. A six-month supply of uncontaminated food and fresh water was still aboard, and the crew’s personal possessions and artifacts were left untouched, all the cargo was accounted for with the exception of 9 barrels being empty. There was water damage to the vessel which lead some to believe the Celeste was abandoned due to inclement weather, but this contradicts Briggs personality: he was described as a brave and courageous man who would only abandon ship if there was an imminent risk of loss of life. Morehouse sailed the Celeste into Gibraltar, arriving on December 13th.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">A marine surveyor who was charged with investigating the mystery discovered what he believed to be a few spots of blood in the captain’s cabin, an “unclean” ornamental cutlass in Briggs’ cabin, a knife and a deep gash on a railing that he equated with a blunt object or an axe, but while he did not find such a weapon on board, he believed the damage was recent. He found no trace of any damage to the vessel and she was found seaworthy.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Many explanations were put forward for the events: Piracy, Insurance Fraud (Briggs and Morehouse colluded), murder by the crew of Dei Gratia, Sea quake or other phenomena, an explosion caused by the fumes from the cargo, Ergotism from contaminated flour causing the crew to become mad, mutiny and several paranormal explanations.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Over the next 13 years the Mary Celeste changed hands 17 times, with several tragic deaths. Her final Captain deliberately grounded her to make a false insurance claim. In 2001, the National Underwater and Maritime Agency claim to have found the wreck of the Mary Celeste, although skeptics claim that there are hundreds of similar wrecks in the area and cannot determine with any certainty the identity of the vessel.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #f9cb9c; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">1</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Ourang Medan</div></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Ghost Ships Ourang Medan-" border="0" height="412" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ghost_ships_ourang_medan.jpg?w=550&h=412" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">In June, 1947, frantic Morse Code messages were received from the Dutch freighter Ourang Medan. The message was received by many ships and several responded. The message reported ‘All officers including captain are dead lying in chartroom and bridge. Possibly whole crew dead.’ A second message was received shortly after, this time a voice over the radio simply stating ‘I die’. Dutch and British listening posts were able to triangulate the position and vector a rescue attempt to the Ourang Medan. After several hours the Silver Star the arrived on scene. After failed attempts to hail the vessel using whistle signals and flashing lights. they assembled a small team and boarded the apparently undamaged Ourang Medan. They first ventured to the bridge where a radio was playing, several members of the Ships’ Company, including the Captain, were found dead, more corpses were discovered on the Cargo Deck including a dog standing on all four legs, frozen and snarling into thin air.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">No survivors were found on board, but what was most disturbing was the nature of the bodies, all frozen in place looking up towards the sun, their arms outstretched, mouths gaping, and a look of immense horror on all their faces. A trip to the communications room revealed the author of the SOS messages, also dead, his hand still on the Morse sending key, eyes wide open and teeth bared. Strangely, there was no sign of wounds or injuries on any of the bodies. The crew of the Silver Star attempted to enter the Cargo Bay but a small explosion from an unknown source soon resulted in an uncontrollable inferno. Beaten back, they were forced to abandon the vessel and return to the safety of the Silver Star. Within minutes the vessel sank to the depths of the ocean floor.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Although there are no clear records of a ship by the name Ourang Medan existing, many conspiracy theorists believe the vessel was acting under a false name and was transporting something that ‘officially’ did not exist.</div><div style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The fate of the Ourang Medan and her crew remain a mystery. Speculation has been made that pirates killed the crew and sabotaged the ship, although this doesn’t explain the peculiar grimaces and lack of injuries on the corpses. Others have claimed that clouds of methane or other noxious natural gases could have bubbled up from fissures on the sea bed and engulfed the ship. Even more fantastical theories involving aliens and ghosts abound.</div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-18801263643089170792011-10-31T04:30:00.000-07:002011-10-31T04:30:05.878-07:00Haunted Changi<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This article is Best for those who are seeking Horror Movies this Halloween I will suggest you to watch this movie the Story involves with.</span><br />
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In January of 2010, a group of local filmmakers began exploring the famously haunted Old Changi Hospital in Singapore with terrifying and tragic results. This movie pieces together the original Haunted Changi film crew's footage to tell the full story.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<a href="" name="history"></a>Brief History of "Old Changi Hospital":</span><br />
</small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small>Old Changi Hospital in Singapore is one of the most notoriously haunted places in the world. </small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small>During World War II, Japanese forces invaded Singapore and the beaches of Changi were soaked in the blood beheaded civilians and prisoners of war. The Japanese military took the original Changi buildings and made it their headquarters. There were many rumors of horrific torture chambers and the bloody executions of POWs. After the war, the Japanese themselves became the executed and paid for their war crimes with their own blood in the same Changi area.</small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small>In the 1950's the former military barracks were turned into a public hospital. A perpetual portal for life and death, the premises was proclaimed haunted by the public throughout the years. Witnesses claimed to see ghosts, Japanese soldiers and even pontianaks -- a Malay vampire. Some locals even believed that suffering through a serious injury was better than going to the haunted Changi hospital for medical attention.</small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small>In 1994, the original Changi Hospital moved its location. The buildings have been abandoned ever since 1997, only to be vandalized by those who dare enter. It's been reported that some explorers never come back out. But for Singapore thrill-seekers, the attraction to Old Changi Hospital is always there.</small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small>Spirits of different races and nationalities have been reported wandering around the premises.</small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="" name="crew"></a>Original HAUNTED CHANGI crew:</span><br />
</small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small>Director - <a href="http://hauntedchangi.com/film/andrew">Andrew Lau</a></small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small>Producer - <a href="http://hauntedchangi.com/film/sheena">Sheena Chung</a></small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small>Sound</small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small> - </small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Farid-Azlam/100000719891147"><small></small></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small><a href="http://hauntedchangi.com/film/farid">Farid Azlam</a></small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small><a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Audi-Khalis/100000732251007"></a></small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small></small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small>Camera</small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small> - </small></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Farid-Azlam/100000719891147"><small></small><small></small></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><small><a href="http://hauntedchangi.com/film/audi">Audi Khalis</a></small></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't watch it once I do play its replay and nothing changes it was just this all so scary movies, it is a bit of being curios of what will happen next and what will appear in front.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Antisocial Personality Disorder</div></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Symptoms-Of-Antisocial-Personality-Disorder" border="0" height="364" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/symptoms-of-antisocial-personality-disorder.jpg?w=548&h=364" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="548" /></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Myth: Somebody who avoids social interaction is “antisocial”.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">This is mostly a semantic error, which is why I put it in tenth place. Many people refer to someone who is reluctant to participate in social situations as “antisocial”. In fact, these people are often pro-social, even unusually so.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Antisocial Personality Disorder is diagnosed in adults who consistently ignore the rights of others by behaving violently, lying, stealing, or generally acting recklessly with no concern for the safety of themselves or others. They are often extroverted and very much the opposite of the type of people who are so often called “antisocial”, who usually care very much about other people’s feelings. These people are usually just shy or have some form of autism, depression, social anxiety disorder, or avoidant personality disorder (AvPD). AvPD, which is diagnosed in people who avoid social interaction because of an intense fear of being rejected, is probably part of the reason for this confusion. The two personality disorders, after all, have pretty similar names, even if they are entirely different things.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=4042720377056399909&from=pencil" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffe599; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">9</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Multiple Personality Disorder</div></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Multiple Personality Disorder By Freys" border="0" height="400" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/multiple_personality_disorder_by_freys.jpg?w=397&h=400" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="397" /></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Myth: People with Dissociative Identity Disorder radically change their behavior and lose their memory of what has just been happening when they switch personalities.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Some people would say that DID itself is the myth, since it’s, suspiciously, much more commonly diagnosed in North America than anywhere else, but let’s assume for today that it does exist.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">People with DID have anywhere from two to over a hundred different personalities that alternately take over their bodies. These alternate personalities (“alters”) usually, but not always, form due to childhood trauma. The alters don’t always cause huge, noticeable changes in appearance or behavior, so observers might not even notice their existence. Many people with DID (“multiples”) realize that various alters are present and know who those people are, even before therapy, which wouldn’t work very well if they had no memory of switching. It’s possible that one personality has no knowledge of what happened while one of their alters was in charge, causing a sense of amnesia, but they might be entirely aware of what is happening and just not actively involved. The group of alters can usually communicate to some degree, and might even work together to hide the fact that they are multiple. Some multiples prefer not to have therapy to choose one personality and stop switching, because they are perfectly fine living as a team. [<a href="http://freys.deviantart.com/art/multiple-personality-disorder-76339647?q=&qo=">Image Source</a>]</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=4042720377056399909&from=pencil" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffe599; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">8</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Dyslexia</div></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Dyslexia-Symptoms" border="0" height="355" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/dyslexia-symptoms.jpg?w=550&h=355" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Myth: All people with dyslexia are unable to read because they see letters in the wrong order.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">This is actually two myths in one, but still only two of many myths about dyslexia. The first is that dyslexic people can’t read. Actually, most do learn to read, but if they don’t get appropriate help, they often learn slowly and stay well below their grade level in speed and comprehension. But even that’s not always true: many dyslexic children figure out how to cover up their difficulty reading until third or fourth grade or even longer. And if they are taught by someone who understands dyslexia, they can learn to read perfectly well.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The other half of this myth is that the problem dyslexics have with reading is because they see words backwards or out of order. This can seem to be the case because, in their confusion while they try to figure out a word, they mix up letters or sounds, and some dyslexic people confuse left and right or have a lot of trouble spelling. However, this is not the cause of their problem. Dyslexia is much more to do with a unique way of thinking than a problem with processing visual information.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=4042720377056399909&from=pencil" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffe599; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">7</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Schizophrenia</div></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="633958813044540403 Shizofrenija" border="0" height="308" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/633958813044540403_shizofrenija.jpg?w=550&h=308" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Myth: Schizophrenic people hear voices in their heads.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">We all know about schizophrenia, and we’ve all read jokes about “the voices in my head”. But, contrary to what a lot of people believe, not all people with schizophrenia hear voices in their heads. Auditory hallucinations are very common in schizophrenic people, but they are more likely to hear voices coming from some object outside of their body than inside their mind. Plus, not everyone with schizophrenia experiences the same symptoms. They may have hallucinations (actually seeing or hearing things that don’t exist), delusions (believing unrealistic ideas), disordered thoughts, lack of affect (no appearance of emotions), or, in catatonic schizophrenia, even a lack of desire to move at all. Schizophrenia is a complicated disorder with a wide range of possible symptoms. (Note that alternate personalities is not one of the symptoms. We already covered that disorder.)</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=4042720377056399909&from=pencil" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffe599; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">6</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Autism Spectrum Disorders</div></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Jcuprd 050409.3" border="0" height="302" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/jcuprd_050409-3.jpg?w=550&h=302" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Myth: Autism is a devastating disorder that will stop someone from ever being able to function in society.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">There are many myths and even more potential/disputed myths about autism, but this seems to be one of the most common. Many people hear “autism” and imagine children who are permanently in their own world where they can’t talk or interact with anyone else, who throw tantrums for no apparent reason, and who will never be part of normal society. However, autism is called a spectrum disorder for a reason: autistics range from people who are unable to communicate in any way with others, all the way to people who live ordinary, productive lives and just seem a bit eccentric to the rest of us.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Severe autism is not a life sentence, either. Even very low-functioning autistics can lead a perfectly happy life. There are also stories of low-functioning autistic children improving with therapy and almost entirely recovering from any autism-related problems they had, and many people and organizations are searching for a cure for autism. Unfortunately, those organizations pushing for a cure are usually the ones who spread this particular myth by only focusing on issues related to low-functioning autism, and almost entirely ignoring the existence of high-functioning autism and autistic people who would never want to be “cured”.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="wiki" style="font-family: Helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="color: #ffe599;"><br />
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<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder</div></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Child-With-Adhd" border="0" height="400" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/child-with-adhd.jpg?w=316&h=400" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="316" /></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Myth: People with ADHD are unable to pay attention to anything.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">ADHD is a disorder that has been becoming pretty famous in recent years, so I’m sure you all know what it is. For those of you who aren’t sure, people with ADHD have trouble concentrating on tasks and can be hyperactive or impulsive. But it isn’t true, as it sometimes seems, that people with ADHD just can’t pay attention. Many of them can pay attention to something that they find genuinely interesting, the same way all of us are much more willing to be distracted from a dull task than an enjoyable one. And, in fact, some people have trouble focusing because they actually pay too much attention. They think about all the sights, sounds, and smells around them, not just the task at hand. They have to learn to deal with all the other interesting stimuli and keep most of their attention on what is important.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=4042720377056399909&from=pencil" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffe599; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">4</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Selective Mutism</div></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Peoplemagazine Smarticle Image1" border="0" height="483" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/peoplemagazine_smarticle_image1.jpg?w=550&h=483" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Myth: Somebody with selective mutism is either refusing to speak, or has been abused or traumatized in the past.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">This is the only disorder on the list that you may have never heard of by name before, though I’m willing to bet you’ve heard of it and its myths. I don’t know of another disorder with myths more commonly believed, not just by society as a whole but actually by professionals.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Selective Mutism (formerly Elective Mutism) is a disorder that almost always first appears in early childhood. Someone with selective mutism can, and often does, speak perfectly well, but doesn’t speak, and sometimes doesn’t even communicate in other ways, in specific situations. A very large number of parents, teachers and psychologists who work with selectively mute people believe that these people are choosing not to speak, maybe in an attempt to control other people. However, it turns out that most selectively mute people do want to talk, but don’t because they’re actually afraid to. An overwhelming majority of selectively mute people also suffer from social anxiety disorder, and silence seems to be one way that they cope with stressful situations. Punishing a child for not speaking, as many people who believe in this myth do, paradoxically makes the child even more anxious and therefore even less likely to speak.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">But if you don’t know someone with selective mutism, chances are you still believe in a myth very common in the media: some children and teenagers stop talking entirely, or to everyone but one or two people, because they were traumatized or repeatedly abused. While some people do become mute after trauma, this usually lasts a few weeks, not months or years. Most people do not develop selective mutism in later childhood or because of any kind of trauma or abuse.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=4042720377056399909&from=pencil" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffe599; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">3</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Self-Harm/Self-Injury</div></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="420527805 B3B38E57D3" border="0" height="400" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/420527805_b3b38e57d3.jpg?w=266&h=400" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="266" /></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Myth: People who intentionally cut, burn, or otherwise injure themselves are either trying to kill themselves or looking for attention.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Many people, particularly teenagers, who suffer from a variety of mental disorders cope with their inner pain by physically harming themselves, most commonly by cutting. Self-injury seems to be becoming more common and well-known these days, but myths about the self-injurer’s intentions have not gone away.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">No matter what it looks like, self-injury is not a failed suicide attempt. Some self-injurers harm themselves over and over for years without having a single injury that would threaten their life, which would be an amazing record of failure if they were actually trying to die. Many people who self-injure are actually trying to avoid suicide by letting out their feelings in a (somewhat) safer way.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Many people also believe that self-injurers are just seeking attention. This is true of a few people, especially since self-injury is becoming more well-known and almost popular, but most self-injurers actively try to hide their injuries by wearing long sleeves or pants, or by cutting in a place that is usually covered by clothing, like their upper thighs or stomach. Some self-injurers desperately want someone to find out about their behavior so they can get the help they need, but even many of them are too frightened of another person’s reactions, and ashamed of themselves, to actually point out their injuries. Besides, even if someone decided to injure themselves to get attention, shouldn’t you be very concerned about be what problem could be causing them to need attention so badly that they harm themselves to get it? [<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willfisher/420527805/">Image Source</a>]</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=4042720377056399909&from=pencil" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffe599; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">2</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder</div></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Washing-Hands" border="0" height="417" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/washing-hands.jpg?w=550&h=417" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Myth: People with OCD are always obsessed with the danger of germs, and usually are very particular about neatness.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">I can’t count how many times I’ve heard people say that they’re OCD because they’re very neat or careful about cleanliness. Most people seem to think that people with OCD are neat freaks and/or germophobes, not realizing that it’s a lot more complicated than that.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">OCD is an anxiety disorder with two characteristics. First, people with OCD have recurring unwanted thoughts (obsessions), usually of something they find disturbing or not at all in their character. It’s common to have an obsession about germs or contamination, or of not having properly locked their doors so burglars can’t get in, but it’s also common to have thoughts about something terrible happening to their families, about hurting or even killing someone, doing something forbidden in a religion they strongly believe in, or any other undesirable idea. Second, these people think that doing some certain ritual will get rid of the danger. It could be washing hands, keeping their house in perfect order, checking that the door is locked, thinking certain words, avoiding odd numbers, or just about anything imaginable. Doing this compulsion doesn’t make the thoughts go away for very long, so the ritual is repeated.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Not everyone who has OCD cares about germs, or does the rituals that we usually hear about. Not everyone even has compulsions an observer would actually notice, since a lot of them are mental. And perfectionism or neatness? While some people with OCD are perfectionists, this is more associated with another disorder. If you liked the first entry, you’ll love this: the disorder is called Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, and it’s actually a different thing. One major distinction is that people with OCPD consider their habits to be part of themselves and desirable, while people with OCD are often very disturbed by their disorder.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7132320927476007461&postID=4042720377056399909&from=pencil" name="item-"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffe599; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">1</span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;">All Mental Disorders</div></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Nervous Breakdown" border="0" height="454" hspace="0" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/nervous_breakdown.jpg?w=550&h=454" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="0" width="550" /></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Myth: Mental disorders and illnesses are all in your head, and you can just get over them if you really want to.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">This earned the number one spot, not only because it’s general, but because it’s probably the most damaging myth on this list, since it can stop people from getting the support they need. Some people still believe that mental illnesses are all imagined by their sufferers, or that people who suffer from mental illness can’t really be having that much trouble and/or just don’t care enough about getting over it. People are especially likely to be dismissive if the illness isn’t well-known, and so many of them, even common ones, are not.</div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The fact that the same symptoms have been experienced by so many different people should prove that are real — they can’t all be independently inventing the same symptoms. Any mental disorder, by definition, seriously affects the lives of the people who suffer from it, usually for the worse, or it would not be considered a disorder. And they are certainly not easy to get over. Most mental disorders are caused at least in part by a difference in the brain or an imbalance of chemicals. Even when it comes to the non-physical reasons, it’s very difficult to un-learn a thought pattern or habit — just choose any habit and try it. Plus, the disorder itself may stop someone from trying to get help: people with depression might think no therapist will be able to help them, and be too tired to try to find one, anyway. If we could overcome mental illnesses just by wanting to, the world would be full of much happier and more productive people.</div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-33193036486132777642011-10-17T03:53:00.000-07:002011-10-17T03:55:07.851-07:0010 Truly Bizarre Deaths<div style="color: #ffd966;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Death is a part of every person’s life; in this article we explore ten of the strangest deaths that have occurred in recorded history.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">1. Francis Bacon (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><i>Manner of death:</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Stuffing snow into a chicken</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/484px-francis-bacon.jpg"><img alt="484Px-Francis Bacon" border="1" height="200" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/484px-francis-bacon-tm.jpg?w=161&h=200" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="161" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Francis Bacon; statesman, philosopher, creator of the English essay, and advocate for the scientific revolution (he established “The Scientific Method” still used today), was one of very few people to die as a result of one of their own experiments.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span id="more-289" style="font-family: Helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"></span>In 1625, whilst gazing out the window at a snowy afternoon, Sir Francis Bacon had an epiphany of sorts. Why would snow not work as preservative of meat in much the same way salt is used? Needing to know and unheeding of the weather, Bacon rushed to town to purchase a chicken, brought it home and began the experiment. Standing outside in the snow, he killed the chicken and tried to stuff it with snow. The experiment was a failure; the chicken didn’t freeze, and as a consequence of standing around in the freezing weather, Bacon developed a terminal case of pneumonia. Trying to stave off the inevitable, Bacon roasted and ate the chicken. That too was a failed experiment. He died.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">2. Horace Wells (January 21, 1815 – January 24, 1848)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><i>Manner of death:</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Used anesthetics to commit suicide</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/image.jpg"><img alt="Image" border="1" height="200" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/image-tm.jpg?w=160&h=200" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="160" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">An American dentist, born in Vermont and educated in Boston, Horace Wells was one of the pioneers in the field of anesthesia. Weary of screaming patients, (it was known to upset him terribly, he often debated leaving the field of dentistry altogether), he was one of the first practitioners to see the value of nitrous oxide or laughing gas as an anesthetic.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">After a failed experiment and falling out of favor with the medical community, Wells became a traveling anesthetic salesman and European expert for his former partner, Gardner Quincy Colton. His ‘investigations’ led to a chloroform addiction that would be his down-fall. In 1848, delirious and deranged after a week of self-experimentation, Wells ran into the street and assaulted two prostitutes with sulfuric acid. He was arrested and confined at New York’s infamous Tombs Prison. Recovering from the drug induced psychosis; the true horror of his actions came home to roost. Unable to live with this shame, Wells committed suicide by first inhaling a substantial dose of chloroform and then slitting his femoral artery.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">3. Tycho Brahe (December 14, 1546 – October 24, 1601)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/tycho-brahe.jpg.jpg"><img alt="Tycho Brahe.Jpg" border="1" height="200" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/tycho-brahe.jpg-tm.jpg?w=141&h=200" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="141" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><i>Manner of death:</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Didn’t get to the toilet in time</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Famous as an alchemist and astronomer, Brahe’s pioneering observations of planetary motion paved the way for Sir Isaac Newton to develop the theory of gravity.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Unfortunately brilliance and common sense do not always go hand in hand, the manner of his death being the case in point. Known to have a weak bladder and knowing that it was very bad form to leave the banquet table before the festivities concluded, Brahe still neglected to relieve himself before dinner. To compound matters, he was known to drink excessively, and this particular banquet was no exception. Too polite to ask to be excused, his bladder strained causing a protracted (11 day), agonizing death. Whether he died of a burst bladder or hyponatremia (low levels of sodium in the blood) or mercury poisoning is now debated.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Note: this is very similar to an event in which a lady died recently in a competition entitled “Hold Your Wee for a Wii”. She died of hyponatremia.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">4. Attila the Hun (406 – 453)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/attila-the-hun-biography-2.jpg"><img alt="Attila The Hun Biography 2" border="1" height="200" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/attila-the-hun-biography-2-tm.jpg?w=183&h=200" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="183" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><i>Manner of death:</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He got a nosebleed on his wedding night</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">History’s most brilliant tactician, warlord, and notorious villain, Attila the Hun conquered all of Asia by 450 AD. Using a combination of fierce combat and ruthless assimilation, Mongolia to the very edge of the Russian Empire fell to Attila and his armies.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Known for his frugal eating and drinking habits, Attila must have thought that his own wedding was an occasion to celebrate. Marrying a young girl named Ildico, in 453 AD; he over-indulged in both food and drink. Sometime after retiring for the evening, his nose started to bleed. Too drunk to notice, it continued to bleed, ultimately drowning him in his own blood.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">5. Aeschylus [Αἰσχύλος] (525 BC/524 BC – 456 BC)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><i>Manner of death:</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>An eagle dropped a tortoise on his head</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/aischylos-buste.jpg"><img alt="Aischylos Büste" border="1" height="200" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/aischylos-buste-tm.jpg?w=124&h=200" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="124" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Considered the founder of tragedy, Aeschylus is the first of the three ancient Greek playwrights whose work still survives. He expanded the characters of a play so that there was conflict between them instead of actors solely interacting with the chorus. Sophocles and Euripides famously followed in his footsteps.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">While visiting Gela on the island of Sicily, legend has it that an eagle, mistaking Aeschylus’ bald pate for a stone, dropped a tortoise on his head killing him. Some accounts differ, stating that a stone was dropped on his head, the eagle mistaking his shining crown for an egg. This is not as far-fetched as it seems. The Lammergeier or Bearded Vulture is native to the Mediterranean, and is known to drop bones and tortoises on rocks to break them open.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="wiki" style="font-family: Helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">6. King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (May 14, 1710 – February 12, 1771)</b></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><i>Manner of death:</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Eating too much pudding</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/adolf-fredrik.jpg"><img alt="Adolf Fredrik" border="1" height="200" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/adolf-fredrik-tm.jpg?w=126&h=200" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="126" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Adolph’s Frederick was the titular King of Sweden from 1751 – 1771. The omnipotent Riksdag or senate held the reins of power despite Adolphus’ best efforts to wrest it from them.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Another victim of personal excess, Adophus Frederick is known by Swedish children as “the king who ate himself to death”. On February 12, 1771, after partaking of a banquet consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring and champagne he moved on to his favorite dessert, Semla, a traditional bun or pastry made from semolina/wheat flour, served in a bowl of hot milk. One or two portions would have been sufficient; 14 servings was excessive. He died shortly thereafter of digestion problems.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">7. Grigori Rasputin [Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин] (January 22, 1869 – December 29, 1916)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><i>Manner of death:</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Drowning after being poisoned, shot, stabbed, and bludgeoned</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/rasputin-pt.jpg"><img alt="Rasputin Pt" border="1" height="200" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/rasputin-pt-tm.jpg?w=130&h=200" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="130" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">The Mad Monk, Grigori Rasputin, was a peasant and mystic healer who found favor with the royal court of Russia by providing relief to Crown Prince Aleksey, a hemophiliac and heir to the throne.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Wielding much influence on the royal court, the unkempt, vulgar, and amazingly resilient Rasputin made many political enemies. He had to go; much easier said than done. The conspirators first tried poison, enough poison to kill a man three times his size, but he seemed unaffected. Next they snuck up behind him and shot him in the head. This should have done it, but no; while one of the assassins was checking his pulse, the mystic grabbed the conspirator by the neck and proceeded to strangle him. Running away, the would-be assassins took up the chase, shooting him 3 times in the process. The gunshots slowed him down enough to allow his pursuers to catch-up. They then proceeded to bludgeon him before throwing him in the icy cold river (Russian winter). When his body was recovered an autopsy showed that the cause of death was drowning.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">8. Isadora Duncan (May 27, 1877 – September 14, 1927)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><i>Manner of death:</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Strangulation and a broken neck</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/isadora-duncan-ggbain-05654.jpg"><img alt="Isadora Duncan Ggbain 05654" border="1" height="200" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/isadora-duncan-ggbain-05654-tm.jpg?w=154&h=200" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="154" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Isadora Duncan is widely considered as the mother of Modern Dance. Born in San Francisco, California, Dora Angela Duncan was the product of divorced parents; her father a disgraced banker and her mother and pianist and music teacher. Her free form style was never very popular in her home country, but she found great success after immigrating to Paris. She founded three schools of dance and her likeness is carved over the entrance to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Isadora Duncan died of a broken neck and accidental strangulation when her scarf caught on the wheel of a car she was traveling in. The New York Times, succinctly and brutally described it thusly:</div><blockquote style="color: #ffd966; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">“The automobile was going at full speed when the scarf of strong silk began winding around the wheel and with terrific force dragged Miss Duncan, around whom it was securely wrapped, bodily over the side of the car, precipitating her with violence against the cobblestone street. She was dragged for several yards before the chauffeur halted, attracted by her cries in the street. Medical aid was summoned, but it was stated that she had been strangled and killed instantly.”</div></blockquote><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">9. Christine Chubbuck (August 24, 1944 – July 15, 1974)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><i>Manner of death:</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Suicide on live TV</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/chris-chubb.jpg"><img alt="Chris Chubb" border="1" height="200" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/chris-chubb-tm.jpg?w=119&h=200" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="119" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Christine Chubbuck was the host of “Suncoast Digest” a well regarded public affairs program on WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. Breaking format, her guest was waiting across the studio at the news anchor’s desk; Christine read eight minutes of national news stories before the tape reel malfunctioned while describing a shooting at the Beef and Bottle restaurant. Seemingly unfazed by the technical glitch, Christine looked into the camera and said:</div><blockquote style="color: #ffd966; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">“In keeping with Channel 40′s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see another first: an attempted suicide.”</div></blockquote><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Taking a revolver out from under her desk, she placed it behind her left ear and pulled the trigger (she learned this was the most effective way to commit suicide from the police while researching a project for her show). She tumbled violently forward as the technical director slowly faded to black. Some viewers called 911 while others called the station to see if it was real. Camerawoman Jean Reed later stated that she didn’t believe it to be genuine until she saw Christine’s body twitching on the floor.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><b style="font: inherit;">10. Sharon Lopatka (September 20, 1961 – October 16, 1996)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><i>Manner of death:</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Volunteered to be tortured and murdered</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Sharon Lopatka" border="1" height="108" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/sharon-lopatka.jpg?w=108&h=108" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="108" /></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">Sharon Lopatka was an internet entrepreneur and one sick puppy. Living in Hampstead, Maryland, USA, Sharon was killed by Robert Frederick Glass in a case of consensual homicide.</div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;">While advertising unusual fetishist pornography on her web site, Sharon began her hunt for a partner willing to torture and kill her for their mutual sexual gratification. After many false starts, of course most replies were not serious, she finally found Robert Glass; more than willing to fulfill her fantasy. They exchanged many messages, culminating in their meeting in North Carolina. Glass tortured her for several days before strangling her with a nylon cord. He was later convicted of voluntary manslaughter and possession of child pornography.</div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-24140646322712751102011-10-17T03:37:00.000-07:002011-10-17T03:37:08.921-07:00Top 5 People with Unbelievable Talents<div style="color: #ffd966;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">5. Miroslaw Magola: Moves objects with his Mind</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5205" height="249" src="http://top5s.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/557.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="5" width="450" /><span id="more-5204" style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Remember, there is no spoon”. Just like that kid from “The Matrix” movie, Miroslaw Magola –The “Magnetic Man”– defies laws of gravity with an extraordinary ability — applying the power of psycho kinesis he can raise anything from metal pans to marble statues, transport them through the air to affix to his body, then creates a force to keep them there — simply using mind control.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">An avid enthusiast of the phenomenon of psychic energy, Miroslaw has developed his skill to manipulate lifeless objects in mid-air to obey his will, even forcing them spin around or shake. His mental powers are so keen that he can jump around while an object is stuck to his head without losing his mental grasp of the item. Miroslaw explains how he employs psycho kinetics to perform these uncanny feats, “It works because I load myself with energy (I connect myself to it) and at the same time I wish for the object to raise.” Miroslaw has undergone numerous tests for his perplexing skill which remains unexplained by conventional science to date. Although Miroslaw Magola is gifted with some of the strangest abilities in the world which are generally regarded as paranormal, his book is filled with protests against exactly this form of categorization. He deals with and discusses things ‘beyond our world,’ yet describes himself as a radical rationalist and insists on his normality.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">4. Manjit Singh: Pulls a Jet with his Ears</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://top5s.net/index.php/2011/08/top-5-people-with-unbelievable-talents/4-543/" rel="attachment wp-att-5206" style="margin: 2px 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5206" height="283" src="http://top5s.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/458.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="4" width="450" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">57 year-old Manjit Singh, called the “Ironman”, holds more than 30 world records including pulling a double decker bus with his hair, lifting 85 kg with his ears, and of course, pulling a Jet also with his ears! On April 2007, Ironman pulled the aircraft -weighting approximately 7.4 tonnes- 12ft along the apron at East Midlands Airport, UK.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Speaking after the record attempt, he said: “I don’t feel too bad, I have a little bit of pain around the ears but I’m ok.” The attempt raised money for his charity Manjit Fitness, which aims to get children living in his native Mahilpur, India involved in sport.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">3. Ru Anting: Writes with his Tears</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://top5s.net/index.php/2011/08/top-5-people-with-unbelievable-talents/3-534/" rel="attachment wp-att-5207" style="margin: 2px 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5207" height="308" src="http://top5s.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/358.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="3" width="410" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">56 year-old Ru Anting, Luoyang in China, has a very special talent: he can write calligraphy with water he shoots from his eyes. After sucking up some water with his nose, he then sprays it through his tear ducts, ending up on the paper.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ru discovered his unusual talent as a child while swimming in the river. “Sometimes I would swallow water while swimming, and once I accidentally discovered the water I swallowed could be shot out through my eyes. My friends were all shocked to see it,” he said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But it wasn’t until the 1990s, when Ru lost his job in a local fertilizer factory after more than 20 years, that he began to develop his unusual talent. After three years of intensive training, he found he could shoot water accurately up to 10ft from his eyes at will.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2. Michel Lotito: Eats Everything</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://top5s.net/index.php/2011/08/top-5-people-with-unbelievable-talents/2-532/" rel="attachment wp-att-5208" style="margin: 2px 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5208" height="354" src="http://top5s.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/258.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="2" width="435" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">French entertainer Michel Lotito SaveFrom.net is known as Monsieur Mangetout (Mister Eat-it-all). As a famous consumer of undigestables, Lotito’s performances are the consumption of metal, glass, rubber and so on in items such as bicycles, televisions, a Cessna 150, and smaller items which are disassembled, cut-up and swallowed. The aircraft took roughly two years to be ‘eaten’ from 1978 to 1980. He began eating unusual material while a child and has been performing publicly since 1966.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lotito does not often suffer from ill-effects due to his diet, even after the consumption of materials usually considered poisonous. When performing he consumes around a kilogram of material daily, preceding it with mineral oil and drinking considerable quantities of water during the ‘meal’. He apparently possesses a stomach and intestine with walls of twice the expected thickness, and his digestive acids are, allegedly, unusually powerful, allowing him to digest a certain portion of his metallic meals.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1. Thai Ngoc: Needs no Sleep</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://top5s.net/index.php/2011/08/top-5-people-with-unbelievable-talents/1-527/" rel="attachment wp-att-5209" style="margin: 2px 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5209" height="288" src="http://top5s.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/165.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="1" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sixty-four-year-old Thai Ngoc, a vietnamese farmer, is known around the world for a unique talent: he needs no sleep. After getting a fever in 1973, we hasn’t been able to sleep and has counted infinite numbers of sheep during more than 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights. “I don’t know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not. But I’m still healthy and can farm normally like others,” Ngoc said. Proving his health, the elderly resident of Que Trung commune, Que Son district said he can carry two 50kg bags of fertilizer down 4km of road to return home every day.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ngoc currently lives on his 5ha farm at the foot of a mountain busy with farming and taking care of pigs and chickens all day. His six children live at their house in Que Trung. Ngoc often does extra farm work or guards his farm at night to prevent theft, saying he used three months of sleepless nights to dig two large ponds to raise fish.</div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-88443633668003837592011-10-10T05:18:00.000-07:002011-10-17T03:07:27.763-07:0010 More Mysteries of the Unexplained<div style="color: #ffd966;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffd966; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">10</span></span></span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/oreswamp.jpg"><img alt="Oreswamp" border="0" height="262" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/oreswamp-tm.jpg?w=400&h=262" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp is a humanoid cryptid which is said to inhabit areas of swampland in and around Lee County, South Carolina. He is described as being seven feet tall (over 2m), bipedal, and well built, with green scaly skin and glowing orange eyes. It is said to have three toes on each foot and three fingers on each hand which end in a circular pad on them that stick to walls. The first reported sighting of the creature was made by Christopher Davis, a 17 year old local, who said he encountered the creature while driving home from work at 2 AM on June 29, 1988. According to his account, Davis stopped on a road bordering Scape Ore Swamp in order to change a tire which had blown out. When he was finishing up he reported having heard a thumping noise from behind him and having turned around to see the creature running towards him. Davis said the creature tried to grab at the car and then jumped on its roof as he tried to escape, clinging on to it as Davis swerved from side to side in an effort to throw it off. After he returned home, Davis’ side-view-mirror was found to be badly damaged, and scratch marks were found on the car’s roof–though there was no other physical evidence of his encounter.</span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span id="more-12510" style="font-family: Helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"></span>In the month that followed the Davis sighting there were several further reports of a large lizard like creature, and of unusual scratches and bite marks found on cars parked close to the swamp. Most of these are said to have occurred within a three-mile (5 km) radius of the swamps of Bishopville. Two weeks after the Davis sighting the sheriff’s department made several plaster casts of what appeared to be three-toed footprints – measuring some 14 inches (360 mm) in length – but decided against sending them on to the FBI for further analysis after biologists advised them that they were unclassifiable.</span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffd966; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">9</span></span></span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hopkinsville Goblins</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/387px-kelly1sm.jpg"><img alt="387Px-Kelly1Sm" border="0" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/387px-kelly1sm-tm.jpg?w=226&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="226" /></a></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Hopkinsville Goblins case, is a well-known and well-documented alleged Close Encounter event in the history of UFO incidents. The event occurred near the towns of Kelly and Hopkinsville, Kentucky beginning on the evening of August 21, 1955 and continuing through the next morning. UFO researcher Allan Hendry wrote “[t]his case is distinguished by its duration and also by the number of witnesses involved.” Multiple eyewitnesses would claim that, for several hours stretching over a late evening and early morning, they repeatedly saw five glowing, silvery creatures, each three feet tall and seeming to float above the ground. The witnesses additionally claimed to have used firearms to shoot at the creatures, with little or no effect.</span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">On the evening of August 21, 1955, Billy Ray Taylor was visiting friends for dinner when he observed strange lights in the sky to the west. He called the others outside. The group saw a luminous, three-and-a-half-foot-tall being with an oversized head, big, floppy, pointed ears, glowing eyes, and hands with talons at their ends. The figure, either made of or simply dressed in silvery metal, had its hands raised. When the creature approached to within about 20 feet of the Taylor home, the men began shooting at it, one using a shotgun, the other man using a .22 rifle. The creature, they said, then flipped over and fled into the darkness. As the men stepped from the porch to look for the body, a taloned hand reached from the roof and touched them. For the next few hours, all members of the household witnessed the creatures repeatedly moving toward the house. This is such an odd story that I strongly recommend you read the full article at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://cogitz.com/2009/09/26/kelly-hopkinsville-encounter/">Cogitz</a>.</span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffd966; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">8</span></span></span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Summerwind Mansion</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/swind1.jpg"><img alt="Swind1" border="0" height="277" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/swind1-tm.jpg?w=400&h=277" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Summerwind Mansion, formerly known as Lamont Mansion, is a now derelict cellar hole on the shores of West Bay Lake in Vilas County, North East Wisconsin. It is reputed to be one of the most haunted locations in Wisconsin. Due to abandonment, the elements and fire, little of the mansion currently remains standing. Summerwind was originally constructed during the early 20th century as a fishing lodge. In 1916 it was purchased by Robert P. Lamont, who employed Chicago architects Tallmadge and Watson to substantially remodel the property and convert it into a mansion. Lamont remained in Summerwind for approximately 15 years, during which time the maids told Lamont that the mansion was haunted, but he did not believe them. However, he is then reported to have abandoned the property suddenly in the mid 1930s after witnessing an apparition in the mansion’s kitchen.</span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">After remaining vacant for some time, the house became the residence of Arnold and Ginger Hinshaw and their four children, who moved in during the early 1970s. It is from this time onwards that most of the haunting reports originate. After taking up residence, the Hinshaws reported a number of strange occurrences, ranging from flickering shadows that appeared to move down the hallways and soft voices that stopped when they entered rooms, to unexplained electrical/mechanical problems and sash windows that raised themselves. They also reported seeing the ghost of an unidentified woman who appeared several times in the vicinity of the house’s dining room. Within six months of moving into Summerwind, Arnold suffered a breakdown and Ginger attempted suicide. Arnold was sent for treatment and Ginger moved in with her parents in Granton, Wisconsin.</span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">In June 1988 Summerwind was struck by lightning several times, resulting in a fire that destroyed much of the mansion. Oddly, lightning struck the house, not the taller trees around it. Today, only the house’s chimney stacks, foundations, and stone steps remain.</span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffd966; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">7</span></span></span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Clapham Wood Mystery</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="Claphamwood" border="0" height="252" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/claphamwood.jpg?w=400&h=252" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Clapham Wood Mystery is the name given to a collection of unusual events which are associated with the Clapham Wood, West Sussex, England, resulting in the area developing its own lore in popular culture. Events have included reports of people making unusual sights or experiencing unusual phenomena, and of family pets disappearing or sickening. There have also been several human deaths associated with the location. Since the 1960s the area has experienced a rash of UFO sighting, reports of people, experiencing nausea or the sensation of being pushed by unseen forces, or of witnessing patches of strange grey mist developing suddenly on pathways through the woods. Some people have also reported a strong sense of being followed. Studies with a gieger counter have revealed slightly elevated levels of background radiation in the area, which is surprising since the area is situated on chalk which is normally low in radiation. Early photographs of the wood appear to show a large crater or depression somewhere in the wood, though now the area is highly wooded and difficult to search.</span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Four deaths have occurred either in or close to the woods and have since become part of the lore surrounding it. The first death was in June 1972 when police officer Peter Goldsmith disappeared while hiking in the region. His body was discovered 6 months later. The second death was that of Leon Foster whose body was discovered in August 1975. He had been missing for 3 weeks. The third death was of Reverend Harry Neil Snelling, the former vicar of Clapham. He disappeared in October 1978 and his body was not found until 3 years later. English coroners ruled open verdicts in all three cases.</span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffd966; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">6</span></span></span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Bridgewater Triangle</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="Swamp1" border="0" height="300" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/swamp1.jpg?w=400&h=300" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Bridgewater Triangle is an area of about 200 square miles (520 km2) within southeastern Massachusetts in the United States. Since colonial times the area has been a site of alleged paranormal phenomena, ranging from UFO and “black helicopter” sightings (including many with multiple points of corroboration including police and a local news team), to poltergeists and orbs, balls of fire and other spectral phenomena, various “bigfoot” sightings, giant snakes and ‘thunderbirds’, as well as the mutilation of cattle and other livestock. Central to the area is the mysterious and largely untouched Hockomock Swamp, which means “the place where spirits dwell”, and which was called “The Devil’s Swamp” by early settlers. The Triangle also has been known to house several Indian burial grounds.</span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">One of the most common phenomena reportedly observed in the area is “spooklights” or what otherwise matches the description of will-o’-the-wisp, sometimes known as ghost lights which are typically seen in boggy or swampy areas. The behavior of this phenomenon is consistent with mysterious lights allegedly observed within the Bridgewater Triangle, including those which are said to appear along train tracks every January.</span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="wiki" style="font-family: Helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffd966; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">5</span></span></span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Mad Gasser of Mattoon</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="Mattoon Gasser" border="0" height="373" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/mattoon-gasser.gif?w=155&h=373" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="155" /></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Mad Gasser of Mattoon was the name given to the person or persons believed to be behind a series of apparent gas attacks that occurred in Botetourt County, Virginia, during the early 1930s, and in Mattoon, Illinois, during the mid-1940s. The first reported gasser incident occurred at the home of Cal Huffman, in Haymakertown, Botetourt County, where there were three reported attacks over the course of a single night.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">At about 10:00 pm on December 22, 1933, Mrs. Huffman reported smelling an unusual odor, and was overcome by a feeling of nausea. The odor and the nausea returned again at about 10:30pm, at which time Cal Huffman contacted the police. A third attack occurred around 1:00 a.m., this time affecting the entire house; in total, eight members of the Huffman family were affected by the gas, along with Ashby Henderson, a guest staying at the house.</span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The next recorded incident occurred in Cloverdale on December 24. Clarence Hall, his wife, and their two children returned from a church service at about 9:00 p.m. They detected a strong, sweet odor and immediately began to feel weak and nauseated. Police investigating the case discovered that a nail had been pulled from a rear window, near where the gas appeared to be the most concentrated, and presumed that the nail hole had been used to inject it into the house. A third incident occurred on December 27, in which Troutville resident A. Kelly and his mother reported similar signs and symptoms to the Huffman and Hall cases. A fourth and fifth incident occurred on January 10, when Mrs. Moore, a guest in home of Haymakertown resident Homer Hylton, reported hearing voices outside before gas was injected into the room through a damaged window. The second attack that night was reported in Troutville, at the home of G. Kinzie.</span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">At least 10 other cases were reported in Botetourt, and 10 years later, over 20 new cases were reported in Mattoon. One witness claimed to have seen the gasser and described “him” as a tall thin woman dressed as a man and footprints belonging to a woman were discovered at some of the scenes.</span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffd966; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">4</span></span></span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Zana</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/zana-sonkhwit.jpg"><img alt="Zana Sonkhwit" border="0" height="300" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/zana-sonkhwit-tm.jpg?w=400&h=300" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">In the mid-eighteenth century, hunters in the Ochamchir region of Georgia (a Province of Russia on the edge of the Black sea) captured a ‘wild woman’ who had ape-like features, a massive bosom, thick arms, legs, and fingers, and was covered with hair. This ‘wild woman’, named Zana by her captors, was so violent at first that she had to spend many years in a cage with food being tossed to her. Eventually, she was domesticated and would perform simple tasks, like grinding corn. She had an incredible endurance against cold, and couldn’t stand to be in a heated room. She enjoyed gorging herself on grapes from the vine, and also had a weakness for wines, often drinking so heavily she would sleep for hours. As Colin Wilson points out in The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries, this is likely how she became the mother of many children to different fathers. These children usually died when she tried to wash them in the freezing river. The villagers started to take her children away from her and raise them as their own; unlike their mother, the children developed the ability to communicate as well as any other villager. Zana died in the village about 1890; the youngest of her children died in 1954. Her story was researched by Professor Porchnev who interviewed many old people (one as old as a hundred and five) who remembered Zana, as well as two of her grandchildren. The grandchildren had dark skin, and the grandson, named Shalikula, had jaws so powerful that he could lift a chair with a man sitting in it. It is believed that Zana may have somehow been a surviving member a previous evolutionary state of man. [<a href="http://anomalyinfo.com/articles/sa00009.php" rel="nofollow" target="_top">Source</a>]</span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffd966; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">3</span></span></span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Devil’s Footprints</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="Devil Footprints" border="0" height="298" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/devil-footprints.jpg?w=400&h=298" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Devil’s Footprints was the name given to a peculiar phenomenon that occurred in Devon, England on 8 February 1855. After a light snowfall, during the night, a series of hoof-like marks appeared in the snow. These footprints, measuring 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide and eight inches apart, continued throughout the countryside for a total of over 100 miles, and, although veering at various points, for the greater part of their course followed straight lines. Houses, rivers, haystacks and other obstacles were travelled straight over, and footprints appeared on the tops of snow-covered roofs and high walls which lay in the footprints’ path, as well as leading up to and exiting various drain pipes of as small as a four inch diameter. Reports of similar anomalous, obstacle-unheeded footprints exist from other parts of the world, although none is of such a scale as that of the case of the Devil’s Footprints.</span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffd966; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">2</span></span></span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Death of Mary Reeser</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/maryreeser-sprzatanie.jpg"><img alt="Maryreeser Sprzatanie" border="0" height="313" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/maryreeser-sprzatanie-tm.jpg?w=400&h=313" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Mary Reeser, born in 1881, was found almost completely consumed by fire in her Florida home in 1951. The odd thing about the discovery of her body was that part of her left foot was left completely unscathed, and the extremely high temperature required to cremate a human body did not cause damage to the room or objects around the pile of ash which remained. The FBI investigators called in Professor Krogman from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine, in the hopes that he might explain the mystery. He said: “I find it hard to believe that a human body, once ignited, will literally consume itself — burn itself out, as does a candle wick, guttering in the last residual pool of melted wax [...] Just what did happen on the night of July 1, 1951, in St. Petersburg, Florida? We may never know, though this case still haunts me. [...] I cannot conceive of such complete cremation without more burning of the apartment itself. In fact the apartment and everything in it should have been consumed. [...] I regard it as the most amazing thing I have ever seen. As I review it, the short hairs on my neck bristle with vague fear. Were I living in the Middle Ages, I’d mutter something about black magic.” The mystery has never been solved.</span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); color: #ffd966; margin: 31px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular,Arial,serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow: hidden; padding: 17px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: center;">1</span></span></span><br />
<div class="itemtitle" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(197, 221, 216); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 17px 12px 0px 31px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Amityville Incident</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="Amit-To-Day" border="0" height="250" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/amit-to-day.jpg?w=400&h=250" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">There won’t be many people reading this list who have not heard of the Amityville horror movie – and the majority will no doubt have watched it. What you may not know is that it is based on true events. The authors of the original book (George and Kathy Lutz) were convinced right up to their deaths that the story was true. In 1975, the couple moved in to a home in Amityville, New York. Unbeknownst to them, 13 months earlier, the son of the previous owners shot and killed all six members of his family – claiming to have been directed by voices in his head. The killer (Ronald DeFeo) is still in prison in New York and will remain there until his death. Most strangely, all six of the victims were found lying face down in their beds with no signs of a struggle or sedatives having been administered.</span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Within 28 days of moving in to the house, George and Kathy Lutz fled – claiming a series of horrific experiences forced them to leave. The family experienced foul smells, loud voices, physical attacks, and unexplained noises. All members of the family, at one time or another, witnessed glowing red eyes in the house. Kathy discovered a small hidden room that was painted red and the family dog refused to go near it. A priest was called in to bless the house and he also witnessed some of the phenomena which he later testified to on camera. The current owners, and those after the Lutzes claim to have had no unusual experiences in the house. The distinctive Dutch style windows have been remodeled to keep curiosity seekers away.</span></span></div><div style="color: #ffd966;"></div><div style="color: #ffd966;"></div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-52230122423181480452011-10-07T06:41:00.000-07:002011-10-07T06:41:17.736-07:00Top 10 Famous Real Ghosts<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9e0c6d;"></span></span><br />
<div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Kate Morgan</div><div class="itemmore" style="color: #6d6d6a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hotel del Coronado</div></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/hotel-del-coronado-beach-cropped.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Hotel-Del-Coronado-Beach-Cropped" border="1" height="266" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/hotel-del-coronado-beach-cropped-tm.jpg?w=400&h=266" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Hotel del Coronado is a stunning Victorian beachfront resort hotel in the very southern California city of Coronado, just south of San Diego. It was only four years open when a beautiful young woman named Kate Morgan checked in on November 24th, 1892. She was apparently very ill for the time she spent at the hotel, and it was later speculated she had taken a large dose of quinine in an effort to induce miscarriage of an unwanted child. That she was distraught there was little argument, so when she was found on the outside steps leading to the beach on November 29th, with a single bullet hole in her temple and a gun nearby, the death was quickly ruled a suicide. From that point on, strange phenomena have been reported at the hotel: strange noises, lights flickering on and off, and even the occasional ghostly woman in Victorian garb wandering the halls.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It is worth noting during my research on this story that the particular room number where most of the phenomena is witnessed varies from account to account. Whether because the accounts are second hand (and many of them are), or whether there is confusion due to the changing of the room number over the years as the hotel has expanded, I cannot say.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="item-9" style="color: #14b0ac;"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">9</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Ghosts of the Stanley Hotel</div></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/stanleyhotel.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Stanleyhotel" border="1" height="264" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/stanleyhotel-tm.jpg?w=400&h=264" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">If you where staying at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado and turned to channel 42 of your guest-room television, you would be watching one of my all-time favorite movies: The Shining. Doesn’t matter what time of day or night, or year for that matter, it is always on. That’s not supernatural, of course- merely a nod to their role as the inspiration for Stephen King’s novel. Employees report hearing the commotion of a great party in the grand ballroom when there is no one there. Children can be heard playing in the halls when there are no children at all, and many guests have reported seeing ghostly figures in their rooms at night, merely standing, watching. The fourth floor seems to be host to the most amount of activity, and there is one ghost in particular, purportedly Lord Dunraven, the previous owner of the land the property was built on, who can be seen standing over the bed or looking out the window of room 407. He is widely blamed for any jewelry or valuables that have gone missing in the hotel over the years.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="item-8" style="color: #14b0ac;"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">8</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">The Brown Lady</div><div class="itemmore" style="color: #6d6d6a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Raynham Hall</div></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/brown_lady_lg.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Brown Lady Lg" border="1" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/brown_lady_lg-tm.jpg?w=304&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="304" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England, is home to the subject of one of the most famous ghost photos ever captured, the Brown Lady is named so because she appears in a rich brocade brown dress. She is widely believed to be Lady Dorothy Walpole, sister of Sir Robert Walpole, who married Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend in 1713. She died under mysterious circumstances in 1726, and sightings of her began shortly after. Though reports of sightings have waned dramatically since the photo was taken in 1936, sightings before then had been reported by some fairly reputable sources. My favorite account is from a Major Loftus, who was staying at Raynham Hall in 1849. Retiring to bed one night, he and a friend named Hawkins observed a woman in brown brocade who vanished as Major Loftus approached her. Determined to confront the apparition, the next night he returned to she same spot and saw her again. He was horrified to see however, that when he looked into her face he saw only two black sockets where her eyes should have been. Unsettling to say the least!</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="item-7" style="color: #14b0ac;"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">7</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Clifton Hall</div></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/clifton.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Clifton" border="1" height="300" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/clifton-tm.jpg?w=400&h=300" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">If you have a spare £2.75 million laying around, you can be the proud owner of Clifton Hall in Nottinghamshire, England. The property was noted as far back as the 11th century, and was in the hands of the Clifton family from the 13th century until its sale in 1958. From there it became a school, then another school, then another school , then a planned set of luxury apartments, before finally settling as a private residence most recently belonging to a mister Anwar Rashid, his wife, and their four children. It boasts 17 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, 10 reception rooms, a private gym and a cinema. Oh, and a few ghosts, of course. The Rashid family experienced unsettling phenomena their very first night in the home, in the form of a knocking sound and a man’s voice calling “Hello, is anyone there?” In one incident, Anwar’s wife, Nabila, went downstairs to prepare some milk for their 18 month old son at five o’clock in the morning and observed her eldest daughter sat in front of the television. When calling out to her gave no answer, Nabila got a strange feeling and went back upstairs to her daughter’s room, where the eldest was found still fast asleep in her bed. The Rashids fled the house after 8 months of putting up with the hauntings. Though their accounts are the most recent and easiest to find during research, there had been rumors and sightings on the property for as long as anyone could remember, including babies crying and a woman who could be seen through a window pacing in a room that had been bricked up and inaccessible.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="item-6" style="color: #14b0ac;"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">6</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">The White Lady</div><div class="itemmore" style="color: #6d6d6a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Balete Drive</div></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/0.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="0" border="1" height="300" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/0-tm.jpg?w=400&h=300" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Oh, the ghosts of the Philippines! A Lady in White is undoubtedly the most common type of ghost anywhere in the world, and joins a laundry list of spirits in the Philippines for this story. I will say in research I have come across two accounts from locals of Quezon City, Philippines that say this is just a hoax, but I will stick with the majority opinion that there is something there. Believers report a woman in white with long black hair and her face either completely blank or obscured by blood standing in the middle of the road on Balete Drive. It is said you should avoid driving there at night – but if you do, make sure your back seat is full of passengers. Apparently it is in empty back seats that the White Lady will hitch a ride, spotted by the unfortunate driver in their rear view after they experience a dreadful ominous feeling.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9e0c6d;"></span></span></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Chloe and The Myrtles Plantation</div></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/myrtles-plantation-ghost-picture-chloe-832-532x337-1.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Myrtles-Plantation-Ghost-Picture-Chloe-832-532X337-1" border="1" height="253" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/myrtles-plantation-ghost-picture-chloe-832-532x337-1-tm.jpg?w=400&h=253" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Legend has it Chloe was a slave in the house of the Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana who had a bad habit of listening at keyholes to the goings on of the residents. Caught one day in the act by the Master of the house, he lopped off her ear as punishment, forcing her to wear a green scarf over her head to cover the wound. As punishment, she baked a cake with oleander leaves, a common plant in the south that is immensely poisonous. Though the master of the house was her target, her victims became his wife and two daughters, who died in agony a couple days after eating the cake. Chloe fled the house and was lynched by field slaves on the plantation for the wicked light she cast on the rest of them.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Fortunately or no, there is no historical evidence to back up this story, just an intriguing photo. True or not (probably not), there are certainly plenty of other ghosts to keep you company, including a young girl frequently spotted in a mirror on the stairs, and another young girl who chants voodoo over people who dare to sleep in her room. The Myrtles is currently a Bed and Breakfast that gives regular tours to those curious enough to want to see the house- just not alone after dark.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="item-4" style="color: #14b0ac;"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">4</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Resurrection Mary</div></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/imag002-jpg.jpeg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Imag002.Jpg" border="1" height="273" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/imag002-tm.jpg?w=400&h=273" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Traveling northeast on Archer Lane between the Willowbrook Ballroom and Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, Illinois, young men might find themselves tempted to pick up a young woman hitchhiking on the side of the road. She has light blond hair and blue eyes, is wearing a white party dress, and has been dead since the 1930’s. If you pick her up, she will stop you in front of Resurrection cemetery and vanish from the car. She is a classic example of the vanishing hitchhiker legend, a type of ghost story that has been around for at least a few hundred years. What makes this one so distinctive is the consistency of the story- the girl looks the same, wears the same dress, disappears in the same spot. Also worth noting stories of this particular hitchhiker popped up suddenly in the mid thirties and have been going strong ever since, and not just for those in the know. An account from 1973 sees a cab driver inquiring at Chet’s Melody Lounge across the street from the cemetery about a girl who fled his cab without paying her fare. Only his description of her sounded mighty familiar to the customers: Resurrection Mary had struck again!</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="item-3" style="color: #14b0ac;"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">3</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">The Flying Dutchman</div></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/the-flying-dutchman.png" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="The-Flying-Dutchman" border="1" height="320" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/the-flying-dutchman-tm.jpg?w=400&h=320" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It was 1641 when Captain Hendrik van der Decken swore he would round the Cape of Good Hope if it took him till doomsday. At his current rate, it probably will. The captain’s ship, known as The Flying Dutchman, has been seen frequently around the area, a phantom ship often so close the witnesses would swear it was on a crash course for their ship, only to see it vanish before them. It is always viewed as a bad omen to see the ship. Such a sighting was witnessed by the future King George V of England in 1881. He wrote: “At 4 a.m. the Flying Dutchman crossed our bows. A strange red light as of a phantom ship all aglow, in the midst of which light the masts, spars, and sails of a brig 200 yards distant stood out in strong relief as she came up on the port bow”. Later that morning, the sailor who originally spotted the vessel fell to his death.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="item-2" style="color: #14b0ac;"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">2</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Abraham Lincoln</div></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/galler12.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Galler12" border="1" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/galler12-tm.jpg?w=241&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="241" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Legend has it Lincoln saw his fate before he was assassinated. He reported a dream to his cabinet in which he wandered into a funeral at the white house, and when he inquired of one of the mourners who had died, the man responded “The President… he was killed by an assassin.”</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lincoln’s ghost has been spotted by many visitors and residents of the white house, among them First Lady Grace Coolidge, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, and even Winston Churchill, who of course had something clever to say on the occasion. He claimed to be fresh from the bath, in the nude (what an image!) walking into the bedroom when he saw Lincoln standing near the fireplace. He quipped “Good evening, Mr. President. You seem to have me at a disadvantage.”, after which Lincoln smiled softly and disappeared.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="" name="item-1" style="color: #14b0ac;"></a></div><div class="itemheading" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 31px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="itemnumber" style="border-right-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; float: left; font-family: ChunkFiveRegular, Arial, serif; font-size: 37px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 37px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; min-width: 45px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 17px; text-align: center;">1</span><div class="itemtitle" style="border-top-color: rgb(197, 221, 216); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2c2c2a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 31px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 17px;">Anne Boleyn</div></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/anne_boleyn_1507_36_tower_det_hi.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Anne Boleyn 1507 36 Tower Det Hi" border="1" height="350" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/anne_boleyn_1507_36_tower_det_hi-tm.jpg?w=285&h=350" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="285" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Second Wife of Henry VIII and mother of a future Queen Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn had three years as queen consort before Henry tired of her. Accused (most historians agree falsely) of adultery, incest and witchcraft, she faced an executioner’s sword with her head held high on May 19th, 1536. The executioner was reported to have said “Where is my sword?” before striking the single blow necessary, apparently in an effort to ease Anne’s anticipation by making her think she had a few moments more.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Her ghost has been spotted by several different people in several different locations: Hever Castle, Blickling Hall, Salle Church, Marwell Hall, and perhaps most famously the Tower of London. Though she is most often seen just as she was alive- a beautiful woman in a beautiful gown- some sightings are a bit more upsetting. More unlucky individuals will see her as she was just after death- headless, often with the head tucked under one arm. It has become such an iconic image it is often parodied in movies and television, and more elaborate Halloween costumes. One must not forget, however, what you would think if such a vision approached you in some dark corridor one night.</div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-59968460251742850052011-10-07T06:10:00.000-07:002011-10-07T06:10:42.699-07:00Unsolved Murders<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9e0c6d;"></span></span><br />
<div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font: inherit;">Oscar Romero</strong></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/oscar-romero.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Oscar Romero" border="1" height="250" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/oscar-romero-tm.jpg?w=153&h=250" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="153" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Oscar Romero was a prominent Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop in El Salvador during the 1960s and 1970s. After witnessing numerous violations of human rights, he began to speak out on behalf of the poor and the victims of El Salvador’s long and bloody civil war. After speaking out against U.S. military support for the government of El Salvador, and calling for soldiers to disobey orders that harmed human rights, Archbishop Romero was shot to death while celebrating Mass at a small chapel near his cathedral. It is believed that his assassins were members of Salvadoran death squads, including two graduates of the School of the Americas.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span id="more-1723" style="color: #2c2c2a; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"></span><strong style="font: inherit;"> Olof Palme</strong></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/olof-palme.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Olof Palme" border="1" height="188" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/olof-palme-tm.jpg?w=250&h=188" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="250" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Palme was a Swedish politician and prime minister (1982 – 1986). The nuclear accident in 1979 at Three Mile Island in the United States had a great impact in Sweden, and Palme contributed to a referendum (passed in 1980) to remove all nuclear reactors in Sweden. After being elected prime minister again in 1982, Palme tried to reinstate socialist economic policies in Sweden, and he continued to be outspoken on matters of European security. He was shot and killed while walking home with his wife after a visit to a cinema. The motive and identity of the killer remain a mystery.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font: inherit;"> The Boy in the Box</strong></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/boxboy.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Boxboy" border="1" height="250" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/boxboy-tm.jpg?w=183&h=250" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="183" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">In 1957, an unidentified Caucasian male, probable age 4 to 6 years, whose nude body, wrapped in a cheap flannel blanket, was found lying face up inside a large cardboard carton just a few feet from the edge of Susquehanna Road in Northeast Philadelphia. The body was dry and clean. The boy’s arms were carefully folded across his stomach. The finger and toenails had been recently trimmed short and neat. His hair had been cut recently – very close to the head, in a crude, hurried way, perhaps as a deliberate attempt to conceal the child’s identity. Small clumps of cut hair clung to his entire body, suggesting that someone had groomed him while he was unclothed, probably either shortly before or immediately after death. There were many bruises all over the child’s body; particularly on the head and face. All of the bruises appeared to have been inflicted at the same time. Despite recent DNA investigations in to the crime, it remains unsolved.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font: inherit;"> Jack the Stripper</strong></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/hammersmith-bridge.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Hammersmith-Bridge" border="1" height="250" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/hammersmith-bridge-tm.jpg?w=264&h=250" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="264" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Jack the Stripper was the nickname given to an unknown serial killer responsible for what came to be known as the London “nude murders” between 1964 and 1965. His victimology was similar to Jack the Ripper’s. He murdered six — possibly eight — prostitutes, whose nude bodies were discovered around London or dumped in the River Thames. The victim count is ambiguous because two of the murders attributed to him did not fit his modus operandi. Like the Jack the Ripper killings, the Stripper’s reign of terror seemed to cease on its own, and there were few solid clues for police to investigate. Though his identity remains unknown, crime writer Donald Rumbelow notes that the killer could have been a young man who committed suicide in south London. This main suspect, who was also a favorite suspect of Chief Superintendent Du Rose, was a security guard on the Heron Trading Estate in Acton whose rounds included a paint shop where one of the bodies was thought to have been hidden after the crime. Though there was never any hard evidence to link him to the crimes, his family found his suicide inexplicable, and his suicide note cryptically said only that he was “unable to take the strain any longer”.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font: inherit;"> The Axeman of New Orleans</strong></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/1196750-french-quarter-new-orleans-new-orleans.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="1196750-French Quarter New Orleans-New Orleans" border="1" height="166" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/1196750-french-quarter-new-orleans-new-orleans-tm.jpg?w=250&h=166" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="250" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">On May 23, 1918, an Italian grocer named Joseph Maggio and his wife were butchered while sleeping in their apartment above the Maggio grocery store. Upon investigation, the police discovered that a panel in the rear door had been chiseled out, providing a way in for the killer. The murder weapon, an axe, was found in the apartment, still coated with the Maggio’s blood. Nothing in the house had been stolen, including jewelry and money that were nearly in plain sight. The only clue that was discovered was a message that had been written in chalk near the victim’s home. It read: “Mrs. Joseph Maggio will sit up tonight. Just write Mrs. Toney”. Almost exactly a month after the Maggio murder came a second crime. Louis Bossumer, a grocer who lived behind his store with his common-law wife, Annie Harriet Lowe, was discovered by neighbors one morning, lying in a pool of blood. The Axeman murdered a total of eight people before the killings stopped. There was no evidence to link the only suspect, Joseph Mumfre, to the crimes.</div><div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="wiki" style="color: #2c2c2a; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="font: inherit;">JonBenét Ramsay</strong></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/jonbenet-ramsey-783770.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Jonbenet Ramsey-783770" border="1" height="250" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/jonbenet-ramsey-783770-tm.jpg?w=163&h=250" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="163" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">JonBenet Ramsays was a six-year-old girl known for her participation in beauty pageants in the United States. She was found murdered in the basement of her parents’ home in Boulder, Colorado, nearly eight hours after she was reported missing. The case is notable in both its longevity and the media interest it has generated in the United States. After several grand jury hearings the case is still unsolved. In December 2003, forensic investigators extracted enough material from a mixed blood sample found on JonBenét’s underwear to establish a DNA profile. The DNA belongs to an unknown Caucasian male. The DNA was submitted to the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), a database containing more than 1.6 million DNA profiles, mainly from convicted felons. The sample has yet to find a match in the database, although it continues to be checked for partial matches on a weekly basis.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font: inherit;"> Black Dahlia</strong></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/short.png" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Short" border="1" height="250" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/short-tm.jpg?w=199&h=250" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="199" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Elizabeth Short (born 29 July 1924) was a 22-year-old American woman who was the victim of a gruesome and much-publicized murder. Nicknamed the Black Dahlia, Short was found cut in half and severely mutilated on 15 January 1947 in Leimert Park, Los Angeles. The murder, which has remained unsolved, has been the source of widespread speculation as well as several books and film adaptations. Sensational and sometimes inaccurate press coverage, as well as the horrible nature of the crime, focused intense public attention on the case. About 60 people confessed to the murder, mostly men, as well as a few women. As the case continues to command public attention, many more people have been proposed as Short’s killer, much like London’s Jack the Ripper murders of 1888.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font: inherit;"> Andrew and Abby Borden</strong></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/andrew-borden.gif" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Andrew Borden" border="1" height="250" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/andrew-borden-tm.jpg?w=228&h=250" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="228" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">On a Thursday morning, August 4, 1892,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mythverse.com/2011/07/28/lizzie-borden-took-an-axe/" style="color: #14b0ac;">Andrew Borden</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>left home to conduct his business, leaving in the house, besides his wife, an Irish maid (<a href="http://mythverse.com/2011/07/28/lizzie-borden-took-an-axe/" style="color: #14b0ac;">Bridget Sullivan</a>) and his daughter Lizzie. On his return, he settled on a sofa for a nap. About 11:15 AM, Lizzie (according to her testimony) discovered her father dead, repeatedly struck in the head with a sharp instrument. Upstairs his wife’s body was found, even more brutally mutilated; examination proved that her death had preceded her husband’s by an hour or so. It was found that Lizzie had tried to purchase prussic acid (a poison) on August 3, and a few days later she was alleged to have burned a dress in a stove. Sullivan, who also has been suspected, later that evening reportedly left the house carrying an unexamined parcel. No weapon was found, though an axe found in the basement was suspected. Lizzie was arrested and tried for both murders in June 1893 but was acquitted, given the circumstantial evidence. She was nonetheless ostracized thereafter by the people of her native Fall River, Massachusetts, where she continued to live until her death in 1927.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font: inherit;"> The Zodiac</strong></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/zodiac-killer-1-1.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Zodiac-Killer-1-1" border="1" height="250" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/zodiac-killer-1-1-tm.jpg?w=205&h=250" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="205" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Zodiac Killer is one of the great unsolved serial killer mysteries of all time, taking only second place to Jack the Ripper. Even though police investigated over 2,500 potential suspects, the case was never officially solved. There were a few suspects that stood out, but the forensic technology of the times was not advanced enough to nail any one of them conclusively. The Zodiac murdered five known victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco between December 1968 and October 1969. Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted. Others have also been suspected to be Zodiac victims, but there has been thus far no conclusive evidence to link them to the killer.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font: inherit;"> Jack the Ripper</strong></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/jacktheripper3-1.jpg" style="color: #14b0ac;"><img alt="Jacktheripper3-1" border="1" height="250" hspace="4" src="http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/jacktheripper3-1-tm.jpg?w=161&h=250" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" vspace="4" width="161" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Traditionally, Jack the Ripper is considered to have killed five women, all London prostitutes, during 1888. The Ripper generally killed by strangling his victims, then laying them down and cutting the arteries in their throats; this was followed by a varied process of mutilation, during which parts of the body were removed and kept. During the autumn and winter of 1888/89 a number of letters circulated among the police and newspapers, all claiming to be from the Whitechapel murderer; these include the ‘From Hell’ letter and one accompanied by part of a kidney. Ripperologists consider most, if not all, of the letters to be hoaxes. Over a century later Jack’s identity has never been wholly proven (there isn’t even a leading suspect), most aspects of the case are still debated and the Ripper is an infamous cultural bogeyman.</div>Jean_ジャンhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12676971897875849578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132320927476007461.post-2741684202954261782011-09-22T03:47:00.001-07:002011-09-22T03:47:41.419-07:00Ugliest Animals in the Planet<strong>California Condor</strong><br />
Part of the vulture family, it’s no wonder California Condor’s are pretty hard to look at. This Cali native is the largest terrestrial bird on American continent.<a href="http://www.bytecolumn.com/08/ugliest-animals-in-the-planet/jun-01-000005_flatbed_web/" rel="attachment wp-att-788"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-788" height="507" src="http://wwwstatic.bytecolumn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Ugly-Animal-1.jpg" width="508" /></a><br />
<strong><span id="more-787"></span>The Naked Mole Rat</strong><br />
The naked mole rat could be the ugliest animal in the world. Good thing they spend most of their lives underground.<br />
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<strong>Ugly Doggie</strong><br />
<strong></strong>Ugliest dog search is nasty. This is a crazy one!!<br />
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<strong>The Great Ugly CAT</strong><br />
The cat with the long hair at the neck, almost ho hairs on other parts and cruel and ugly look. It deserves to be at the list.<br />
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<strong>Blobfish</strong><br />
Quite possibly the ugliest animal on earth. It looks like something out of a cartoon. To survive the intense pressure at depths of 1000m and more, its body is largely made up of a jelly-like substance slightly less dense than water. The jelly allows it to float just above the sea floor without having to expend energy on swimming.<br />
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