Freaky Phenomena

If you’ve ever seen or heard about people who claim to have been attacked by supernatural forces, whether you believe them or not, you know how terrified they are by what they believe has happened to them. A 13-year-old boy who recently confessed to his mother that he’d been beaten by a ghost is one such horrified young man.

The boy, Daniel Wilkins of Hartlepool, UK, was alone and home from school when the incident occurred. He says he was “suddenly pulled upright, dragged across the living room, taken to the front door, and thrown out onto the street.”

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Freaky phenomena like aliens and superpowers are well within the world of the paranormal and arguably the paranoid schizophrenic, but one James Randi has provided the chance for any aspiring psychic, teleporter or ghost hunter to prove their stuff. Randi founded the James Randi Education Foundation, dedicated, simply enough to the promotion of critical thinking. As a beneficial side to that the Foundation also dedicates itself to the investigation of the paranormal, defense of those being attacked or pilfered by phonies and to demonstrating the dangers of blindly accepting paranormal claims without proof. Randi has made several notable public appearances, including a visit to the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson where he publicly debunked well known psychic Uri Geller. Johnny, a former illusionist, was skeptical of Geller and ambushed him with the help of Randi, on the show. Presented with modified versions of his tricks, Geller could not perform his feats, saying he felt "weak" and "pressed".

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One of the most fascinating unexplained phenomena’s is spontaneous human combustion. The idea is that a human being can just burst into flames and burn away without an external source of ignition. The most common theory is that the heat is internally generated by a chemical reaction however many scientists deny the phenomena exists suggesting we simply haven’t found the right explanation.

Many cases of spontaneous human combustion have been reported over the years and in fact you can find references to it as far back as medieval times. Victims are generally entirely burned away, sometimes portions of their clothes or individual limbs are left behind and the surrounding furnishings are always left unscathed as though the person combusted from the inside with a fierce intensity.

The idea has been used extensively in fiction throughout the years and various people have attempted more serious studies but there is no concrete proof that it can occur and it seems to fly in the face of conventional wisdom.

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As most people know, dozens of spectacular disappearances have occurred in the Triangle that is located off the southeast coast of the United States. The actual area of the triangle is controversial, but most authors agree that it includes at least the area between Miami, Bermuda, and San Juan.

Not only the number of disappearances, but their mysterious natures have impressed paranormal buffs. Wikipedia has an interesting mini-catalogue of some of the most bizarre anecdotes:

In 1881, the Ellen Austin came across an "abandoned" ship in the Triangle -- abandoned why? Because abducted by UFO? Because so terrified, the crew hurled themselves into the water? -- and put some of its own crew on board to sail it to New York.

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