Most of us are familiar with reports of the paranormal around us – whether we ourselves are believers or sceptics. Entities such as ghosts, and mysterious animals like Big Foot and Nessie, have always haunted our collective consciousness. Amongst all the weirdness that purportedly exists in our midst, there are occurrences, which though they may not all be considered new, have earned increasing attention in modern times.
Ever since the discovery that a hobbit like race actually once existed on the earth, science has been re-examining the possibility that other reported little people may not be entirely mythical. Putting science aside, there have always been those who insist that small humanoid creatures exist amongst us. Recent reports of gnome like or elf like creatures sometimes caught unawares in remote locations have been made. They are often described as being no more than nine inches tall, though with the physical features of a humanoid. Some of them are said to be very hairy. In Mexico and the Caribbean, duendes are small gnome like creatures that sometimes invade the space of normal human beings, either to steal food or for more sinister reasons. Either because of their utter strangeness or some power they possess, they have been said to shock witnesses almost into paralysis until they make their escape. Of course the relationship to fairies and fairy lore here cannot be ignored. In Iceland, belief that elves and other little creatures have real abodes beneath the earth is very strong. People who construct malls and large buildings are sometimes physically impeded from disturbing areas where these little creatures are believed to live, so as not to incur their wrath. Many Icelanders will claim their beliefs are based on actual sightings of these beings. So can we dismiss the elves, gnomes, fairies or whatever we like to call the little creatures we grew up reading about in fairytales as mere myth? Or are they based on very tangible creatures that still exist, and are sometimes inadvertently witnessed today?
Raptors are birds of prey that hunt for food or feed on carrion. They are usually larger than average birds and have specialised physiology, such as powerful beaks and talons, that help them seize and tear apart their prey. Eagles, vultures and falcons are all considered types of raptors. In recent times however, sightings of giant raptor-like birds have been reported. Disturbed witnesses often describe a raucous cry emitted by the birds. Wingspan averages have varied between 12 – 18 ft, with the birds’ height being estimated at around 3 to 5 feet. Many reports describe the prehistoric appearance of the bird, as well as scaly, lizard-like skin on its legs. Giant raptors have been spotted in places such as Kansas and Oklahoma, usually in wooded areas or near canyons. Witnesses have reported the creature having a stench of rotted meat – which would be understandable given its diet. Raptors have been seen by single witnesses at a time as well as fairly sizable groups of five or more persons. Like the elusive Big Foot, conclusive evidence of their existence in our modern world is yet to be obtained. Are they real remnants from an age past that have somehow survived in small numbers today? Are they all just “misinterpretations” of already known large birds? The questions, and the random sightings, continue.
An enigmatic German derived word, a Doppelganger is basically a person’s exact double. Apparently they have been seen since early times, and are sometimes known as a “Fetch”. According to Wikipedia, a vardoger is a double in Norse mythology, who actually precedes a living person, performing their actions in advance. In modern times paranormal message boards have several posts from persons claiming to have seen someone in one place, only to meet them later and realise the first sighting was impossible. One woman looking through a large picture window, clearly saw her husband being dropped home by a co-worker. She went to the door to let him in, only to find no sign of either person or the car outside. Her husband arrived home hours later, and confirmed that at the time she thought she saw them, he and his colleague were still four hours away from home. One person was told that he was “heard” arriving home with a friend, five minutes before he actually did so. When he and his partner actually did get home, his waiting friends said their arrival sounded exactly the same, with them making the same noises and even uttering the same words that were heard the first time. Weird, yet apparently not so uncommon. A few people even claimed to have undeniably seen themselves, wearing the same clothing – stating that the double looked equally astonished at the sighting. In folklore, seeing one’s doppelganger is a harbinger of one’s death. Seeing someone else’s “fetch” was also said to portend death. Such notable persons as Percy Shelley and Abraham Lincoln reported having doppelganger experiences. Can these experiences all be explained as tricks of the subconscious mind or the easily misled eye?
Time slips and Lost Time are unnerving experiences. They have been surmised to be extraterrestrial encounters, dimensional shifts or even brain strokes. The most disturbing reports are those correlated by more than one person experiencing the same impossible time jump. Characteristically, time slips occur when someone sets out on a journey, long or short, along a familiar path which is clearly defined and should take a specific time to complete. The journey appears normal, except at the end the person realises they have covered a number of miles in an impossibly short space of time. They are unsettled to find themselves at their destination sometimes hours earlier than possible. There have even been cases of “time loss”, where a person set out on a journey, travelled normally, yet arrived at their destination hours later than explainable. Where did the missing time go? Usually it is only upon arrival that the discrepancy in time is noticed. Are there dimensional “warps” we sometimes inadvertently pass through? Could physics someday confirm and explain the existence of these time slips? Enough people continue to have these experiences to justify scientific investigation into this phenomenon.
The Chupacabra has been variously described as a dog-like creature with long canine teeth. It was first spotted in Puerto Rico in the 1990’s, and has since been sighted in the Americas and Mexico. Sometimes witnesses report that the animal has a kangaroo like gait. Its name is derived from the Spanish words for “goat sucker”. This refers to its horrifying ability to creep into livestock farms at night, and literally suck the blood of animals until they die. Obviously the similarity to vampire lore and the possibility of the animal attacking humans, lead to panic in communities. What is this weird cryptid? Is it really a new animal or, as has been suggested, some kind of starved mutated coyote. Alleged Chupacabra carcasses have been found and examined, with no real conclusions arrived at. Reports of exsanguinated livestock corpses, however, appear to have increased in recent times. Many farmers have adopted armed night time watches hoping to kill this weird predator, before it eventually becomes bolder.
The woods are a mysterious place, full of unseen life and fraught with danger for the unwary. Forests are places of menace in folk and fairy tales. But in our enlightened modern times, could nature inspire sheer unreasoning panic? There are those whose experiences make them certain that nature has an intelligence – and it doesn’t always welcome humans. PANic in the woods has been associated with the mythological Greek God Pan – protector of wild places – whose unseen presence inspires causeless terror. Victims experience a feeling that there is a powerful, sinister force nearby, and sense imminent danger. This usually leads the person to flee the area, desperately seeking out civilization. One curiously common characteristic of PANic, is that people often describe the woods becoming quiet and strange just before the fear starts, except for an unusual, escalating, buzzing sound. At least one article on the phenomenon has been written for Fortean Times Magazine by Patrick Harpur, called “Landscapes of Panic”. Many other alleged actual experiences of panic have been posted on paranormal forums. Is there really a spirit of the woods that shuns humanity? And if so, is PANic it’s way of warning us – and fighting back?
Men with the heads of dogs have been reported since ancient times. Cynocephali were supposed to be a race living in Africa, who cannibalized humans. But seeing such beings in modern times would seem incredible, yet there have been increasing reports of these creatures. Most sightings occur at night, though some have happened during daylight hours. Bizarrely, some have reported the men indifferently walking along main roads, attired normally, except they have the head of a dog. Most witnesses insist the head is too real in appearance and lifelike motion to be a mask. Some reports have been more sinister, where the creature has been caught unawares lurking around at night, near woods or the darkness of a backyard. One night-time jogger reported that a dog headed man kept pace with him as he ran across a field, staying alongside until the petrified man finally made it to his well lit doorway. There was one report of a DHM seen through a window from outside a house, lurking towards the kitchen. Other cases describe DHM’s who stand outside at night and look in through windows.
The black stick man is another entity encountered in modern times. Not to be confused with the shadow man, incredibly he is even stranger. Stick men are supposed to look like totally black, thin, stick figure drawings, such as teachers would make in kindergarten. They have been reported as between average height to impossibly tall. Their heads are just a black circle with no facial features being discernible. They are totally two dimensional, without any depth. Usually they’ve been sighted walking along roads at night, or at transitional times such as twilight or just before dawn. Bizarrely, some have reported them wearing what appears to be a top hat. Their walk is described as a weird “lolloping” gait. They are surprised when actually seen, and have followed unfortunate witnesses on occasion. Their pace remains leisurely as they approach. Obviously to be pursued by such an otherworldly creature would be anything but pleasant, and those who have encountered them have been understandably terrified. So far however, apart from being bizarrely frightening, they have done no physical harm, and ultimately just disappear.
What are shadow people? No one seems to know for sure, even as sightings of these entities continue to be reported. Generally they appear as dark, silhouette figures, usually male, who suddenly walk across hallways, through walls, appear in rooms only to disappear again, and sometimes stand looking at a sleeping person only to eventually vanish once the sleeper has awakened. They have no purpose; don’t seem to be harbingers of any sort. Are they from another dimension? The afterlife? Whatever they are, they have scared enough people to have drawn some increased attention to their shadowy selves.
It started in 1998 when journalist Brian Bethel gave an account of being approached by two boys as he entered his car. The boys allegedly asked him for a lift. He described experiencing a sudden feeling of fear and panic, while at the same time having an overwhelming urge to open the door for the boys. He then noticed their eyes – they were entirely coal black, with no whites visible. Bethel drove away in fear even as the teens became more insistent. Since his story, several reports of encounters with black-eyed children have been recorded. In one case a woman claimed they asked to be let into her home, becoming agitated when she refused. Their main characteristics are their completely coal black eyes, their tendency to inspire sudden fear and panic, and their need to be invited into a person’s space.
Wow, number 7 can explain why I’m always late for work. duh duh
On the day she was born and for at least two weeks afterward, my granddaughter had really really tiny, coal black eyes with epicanthal folds and no visible white portion. She looked really spooky. Her eyes then changed to a light gray color and now at a year old, are now a very light hazel. Her eyes are now normal sized and the folds are disappearing. I was told by people in my acting group, that I had a double. They invited her to rehearsal, and it was like looking in the mirror. We were both very uncomfortable, but played it off. We did not beome friends! It was an unsettling experience. I have seen others who looked like me, but this was really uncanny. The only difference I could discern was our hair styles. Even our body type was the same.
Interesting list. Especially the stories everyone is sharing.
I saw a doppelganger the other day……
looked nothing like me…
Seriously though, Black-eyed kids? Has no-one thought that it is perhaps a practical joke played by kids with a wicked sense of macabre humour, wearing black lenses in their eyes? What better way to have a ‘laugh’ than to approach people, randomly, in all seriousness and ask to be let into their house, car, etc. aware of just how uneasy this will make people feel? Ghoulish, but perfectly plausible!
Silly fads and behaviours do tend to get imitated by kids all the time. I even remember pretending I had lost my sight for a short time, while young (yes, I was probably attention seeking) and was deadly serious, but found it completely hilarious that people were so freaked out about it. Oscar winning stuff!
Thankfully, I no longer find jokes of this sort funny (I’m 35 ffs!) but I see stupid stuff like this go on all the time with young folk.
I think this list is somewhat of a mixed bag of psychological phenomena and tall tales.
I’ve never heard the doppleganger phenomenon described this way. I’d always heard it as someone finding someone who looks like and is in many ways similar to themselves. That being said, I have experienced it as it was written on this list. I’ve thought that I heard my mom come home from work when she didn’t arrive until several minutes or even an hour or so later. I always thought of it as a trick of sound combined with the expectation of her arrival. I can’t speak for the experiences of others though.
Some people have mentioned deja vu in the comment section. The explanation that I have heard is that it’s a misfiring in the brain, but I honestly don’t believe that. I’ve had dreams before that came true days or weeks later, in exactly the same fashion that they happened in the dream. I don’t believe in predestination, I think that it’s simply the brain subconsciously picking up on things that you don’t consciously notice.
48 -(yes this is late, lol) Your post seems nothing more than opinion. You can’t prove this is fake, just like we can’t prove that this is real.
Personally, #3 seems pretty badass, But, i want to know, where did you see this? I googled “black stick man phenomena” And got a band >.>.
The sensation of panic or fear in the woods is something I have always felt, anytime I go into the forest alone. I think it’s just a psychological thing where humans fear being alone in the wilderness. Also I used to watch tons of movies like Jason where people were getting slaugtered in the forest by other people so that probably has something to do with my fear of the woods haha.
I was once shopping for groceries and saw my best friend whom I have known for ten years coming down the aisle with two people I didn’t know. I was about to say hello to her and ask her why she was ignoring me since she’d made eye contact with me but had yet to say anything when one of the people with her called her by another name. I called my friend right away from my cell phone and she was at work, not in the store. It was strange because my friend has a distinctive face and body type and this girl was her complete exact clone.
couldn’t PANic in the woos be associated with hylophobia?
just saying.
plus do sufferers feel a need to tense their butt?
(Pan being a *****ual deviant)
its 4:30 am.
and i WAS about to go to sleep.
i know i shouldnt read these lists, but i just cant help myself!
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I love this list!
Some of them seem too weird to be true…
Like the Black Stick Men. It’s an incredible coincidence that children draw exactly those figures. Maybe they can ‘see’ those Men better or something.
The Black Eyes thing is creepy… Whenever I saw it on TV (on Charmed or something), it always creeped me out, even though it’s fake. It really looks strange.
I’ve never had any paranormal experiences of this sort so I can’t really contribute in that way, but I really loved this list! =D
you should have cited sources, i spent hours looking for credible accounts of some of these stories, because from the one thing i got on google about black stickmen, was extremely sketchy and contradictory.
131. mikefed335 : “…spent hours looking for credible accounts of some of these stories…”
That didn’t strike you as maybe being a waste of time?
Well I was deliberately wasting time yesterday and spent a half hour trying to find sources on the Black Stick Men because it’s the most hilarious and ridiculous thing I’ve heard in quite a while. I found one account of an encounter. It described the stick man as being rather like a giant, walking symbol for a gent’s toilet. This did not serve to alter my original opinion. Actually the thought that the figures from warning and information signs were somehow coming to life to terrorise people in the night gave me quite a chuckle – it’d probably make a funny cartoon. Not sure from whence they procured a top hat though…hmm.
Wow this list was so good I felt like i HAD to comment,
I’ve been through a time slip feeling before. Well Sorta.
Like I’d be brushing my teeth already to go to bed. Then when I ly down, close my eyes, they open again, and its morning time already. No drugs or alcohol was used
JNanes
the black eye kids might be emos or goths wearing black contact lenses
meryl streep
I’d love to meet a black-eyed kid.
And I shouldn’t have read this at 1 in the morning. @__@
Loved the list and the stories, even if I will choose to “agree to disagree.” I will not argue with people’s personal experiences.
However, overall, I think the black eyed kid phenomenon came up in the height of emo-land, when the black contacts were available. If these were vampire-ic creatures, why didn’t they make them younger (less than 10 years of age) or babies? Anyone would let in a poor 4-year-old.
I live in the woods. When it is silent, there is a storm approaching or a predator, as someone mentioned earlier. I agree with the theories of sticking in groups as being a predominant reason for this fear.
Isn’t Rachael Zoe called the chupacabra?
What kind of idiot believes in this stuff?
Bravo! This list is a classic. Those black-eyed kids are creepy. What if you were fighting a whole army of them and your commander tells you not to fire until you see the whites of their eyes?
I would be the last person to tell people who see things are crazy.
Who knows what the human mind is capable of. It`s never happend to me though.
I live next to the woods by a swamp with an old abandon grave yard about 100 yards away. Still no spooks. I think it would be kinda cool to see something strange.
Very disappointing list, I was excited to see it, especially after the success of the other unsolved mysteries and paranormal lists on this site, but this is just plain lazy. The other lists were researched had phenomenon that was reported and had some credit to the accounts, investigations into reportings etc. This is just a sad group of things that have been stated before and made up items in no real order what so ever, would have made a fine April fools day list, but it’s almost a month late.
Listverse you are going down hill, I visit here less and less
to b perfectly honest, i didn’t even really read most of this list. i just looked @ the pictures hahaha and then i came to the picture of the black eyed kid and it scared the crap out of me (not literally, of course). Dude, this list is cool.
this whole list seems kinda inaccurate. just wanna put that out there for contreversy. think about it. all right.
Yet another great list
I googled the black eyed kids and couldn’t even bring myself to fully read the first searce…They’re creepy
I’m so glad that the REALLY SMARTERERERER THAN YOU folks decided to join us. I too can give scientific explanations for a lot of these things. However, I’m not so insecure or so egotistical as to need to write off other people as being ignorant/superstitious or less intelligent than me just because their beliefs don’t jive with mine. I keep my ego and self-doubt in check enough that I have no desire to denigrate ntire groups of people just so I can convince myself I’m superior.
To the people calling others ‘mentally incompetent’ or ‘stupid’ or ‘deranged’ because they believe these things, how come you aren’t smart enough to realize that for every single situation where a person has experienced a phenomena, you WEREN’T THERE and don’t have access to the entirety of the full and complete details of their situation, which would make your judgment and proclamations based in even greater ignorance, anecdotal and profoundly biased, and completely lacking scientific validity. If you were to attempt to use that reasoning in any type of academic setting, you would be laughed out of the room.
There’s a difference between being a skeptic (scientific) and a cynic (loudmouthed idiot). Good thing you are so much smarterererer than everybody else, or you wouldn’t be able to justify categorically labelling a vast group of other individuals you have never met or understand for the sake of feeling better about your own insecure ego.
BongoShaftsbury: Then you’d just be surrounded by kids who are to indifferent to fight. Try grounding them, they might put up a fight then.
I think e1 who encountered this ***** was *****ed up on something espically the stick ppl.
there are things in this world that are unexplainable, I know because it happens to me. I’ve seen ghosts, been possessed, had precog moments. Nothing producible, and truly I don’t think it works that way, but I will only testify as to what I have had personally happen.
But dog headed men….I’ve only seen that in a Snoop Dogg video, LOL. I think lil people are just like lil people born today, and doppelgangers, there are many people who look alike. I get tons of people who say “I look just like….” and most of this list is easily explained. Black eyed kids…..emo contacts, shadow people (that pic there I thought it was a chimpanzee or gorilla), etc etc.
I’d like to add penis rot
I feel like I’ll dream a nightmare tonight…
only heard of time slips and chucarabras(hope I spelled it right)
125. timefillmyeyes~
“I’ve had dreams before that came true days or weeks later, in exactly the same fashion that they happened in the dream.”
exactly how many times has this occurred? we never remember all the dreams that don’t come true…and I think that phenomena like this you described are a form of Deja Vu..”Hey! i dreamed this before!” also, I find it difficult to remember a dream, no matter how lucid, following the dream, unless I write it down. unless you write down every dream, date it, and then go back after the real-world events come true, you really have no proof.
126. arthur~
never ONCE did I say these events where ‘fake’ I merely stated how they could not be factual, based on scientific understanding of natural phenomena. I could go into more detail, but I have finals tomorrow and frankly, Arthur, I don’t give a damn what you think. (well, not really, I do care, but I’ve always wanted to use that line!) ignorance is bliss, and yes, when I was younger, and ignorant, such things delighted my fancy and filled me with wonder too…
146. Mr.Graves~
“There’s a difference between being a skeptic (scientific) and a cynic (loudmouthed idiot).”
yes, there is! and I am proud to be a touch of both, with some *****y blondeness and an affinity for rum as well! (I;m such a pirate wanna-be)
however, I do not believe (& I did go back and look) that I specifically called anyone “â€mentally incompetent’ or ’stupid’ or â€deranged’”
I am arrogant and opinionated, I like myself this way. far better than being a meek individual with sadistic tendencies…
now, there is truth here:
regardless of whether you “believe” in evolution or not, the current scientific understanding of evolution, and the evolution of our brains, specidfically acknowledges this-
we are pre-wired to make connections to all occurrences and phenomena by a primitive need to see patterns. real or perceived, this tactic served our early ancestors well, it served early socially grouped humans well, and it still serves purpose today. or it would have been eliminated by generations of failure to aid in the survival or reproductive prowess of our species.
(although my ancestral female homid genetic tendency to store excess calories around my midsection, thighs, bosom, and buttocks is not such a welcome vestigial survival technique…)
rtr
Dog-headed men? Sounds a lot like the classic lycanthrope to me. Right?
Also, the one where a man seems to stand over a person while asleep reminds me of the list on dreams. With that sleep paralysis syndrome-deal, seems to be a physical embodiment of the fear they can feel when remaining paralyzed or remaining partially in the dream state. Something to think about while lying awake at night maybe?
Of this list, most of these are pretty base paranoia/unmined aspects of the mind. We do not yet fully understand even the most basic factors of how our minds work, however, we do not yet understand the world we live in as wel, so it’s a fair roll of the dice.
The only one of these I have ‘experienced’ firsthand is the Shadow People one. Every once so often, I will see movement in the corner of my eye, sure, but that can be written off as a trick of light or shadows, or my weak eyes. However when I was young, anywhere from 5 to 8 years old, because my childhood is such a blur, I had an extremely potent experience waking up one night, and fully rising in bed, and having a figure sitting on the other end of the bed, watching me.
Time is a *****, because I remember so little of it now. By at the time, and this has been ingrained into it, I remember believing it to be my grandmother. And so I talked to he/it, and while I don’t remember the conversation now, it had no real effect on the moments.
I remember a bright light coming from under my door, the light of the kitchen coming in through the hall is exactly what it looked like, I knew that light very well. That light being present led me to believe that this happened during the early morning, when my parents were getting ready for work.
It really felt like I was talking to a ghost, but the thing is that my grandmother was/is still alive, and was not there that night.
I think I remember it saying that everything was alright, and that I should go back to sleep. And I did, and when I work up, I remembered it more clearly than any dream I have ever had. And I remember it to this day. It’s faded as my mind has been stuffed full, but it so did not feel like a dream at all. Maybe my mind was playing a trick on me, some would say that, maybe I talked to a shadow person, or maybe my grandmother astral projected, or maybe somebody came into my room through my window to watch me sleep. That idea should creep me out, and yet as a child, I felt so entirely not threatened by this figure, that even now, regardless of what it was, I can’t feel any fear about the situation.
Thanks for reading, if you did.
Also, I was taking a late-night walk by myself recently, and although the majority of the walk was from streetlight to streetlight, I felt the strongest urge to take an excursion into a pitch black trail next to a deep wood that led to the next lit neighborhood. Needless to say, that the adventurous euphoria gradually turned into my heart coming through my throat as I felt that I was being watched/followed/circled.
I think it’s pretty obvious that nobody is afraid of the dark itself, they’re afraid of all the things in the dark that their mind creates. The unknown, basically.
Does anyone know where i can find information of the existence of that little race described in #10.
Hmmmm…..black eyed kids…..are they related to the black eyed peas?
ahhhh, I love the abundance of bull***** on the internet.
This is the stuff that gets you thinking. Anyone ever here about causes crop circles to occur?
ringtailroxy how cool are you!
“There’s a difference between being a skeptic (scientific) and a cynic (loudmouthed idiot).”
yes, there is! and I am proud to be a touch of both, with some *****y blondeness and an affinity for rum as well! (I;m such a pirate wanna-be)
i love your honesty haha
I really have to take exception to the first line of #10:
“Ever since the discovery that a hobbit like race actually once existed on the earth, science has been re-examining the possibility that other reported little people may not be entirely mythical.”
I assume that you are referring to the human fossils found at Flores cave in Bali. Readers should know that there is an ongoing controversy concerning the identification of these fossils, and that it has not yet been proved that they represent a separate hominid species. Many scientists consider the fossils to represent humans whose physical and mental growth was stunted by severe nutritional deficiency.
I’m not against the idea of “little people” existing, but it does seem to me that we would have found some archaeological evidence of them by now if they did.
I remember watching something on t.v. where this group of paranormal investigators traveled to Iceland to find elves. Apparently half of the country believes in elves an have reported not only seeing them, but the elves cooked them pancakes and coffee. That’s awesome
I remember getting to read about Brian Bethel’s “Black-eyed kids” when it first hit the internet; so I went and found the original story… enjoy!
http://www.ghosts.org/stories/tales/evil-kids.html
By the way… this is Shadow – the ORIGINAL SHADOW! Some bastard stole my ID on here.. so I registered my own… try it again bub, please!
152 RTR: Funny, I didn’t specifically name anyone, and only referred to the folks who were making denigrating comments, not the ones who voiced fair and balanced skepticism. It is rather telling that you personalized the comment to yourself and felt the need to defend yourself of those traits when I did in no way single you or anyone out, and made note that I was only addressing those people who were showing themselves as ignorant by calling everyone else as such. I wonder what it says about your view of yourself that you jumped to the conclusion that you were part of that group?
As for ‘meek and sadistic’, I have no idea whether that was a generalized comment, or one meant to slyly address me- I cannot tell either way but since it was included in the section specifically directed at me, there is room for conjecture- if it was, it’s a sad state of an individual when they see the trait of meekness as a sign of being weak. Meekness, humility, are signs of strength, self restraint, and control. Arrogance and cynicism are signs of being controlled by your environment and being so weak of mind you cannot assert some discipline over yourself. As for sadistic, I haven’t been to an S&M club in a few years.
But I digress, the truth is, people who aspire to the cartoonish imagary of pirates have little grasp on reality; they believe in things that do not exist, have no scientific basis, and are generally articles of faith and weakminded, sheeplike ‘true believerism’. Kinda like all the people who believe in the things on this list.
#155: Leadingtherats: – I couldn’t locate one specifically, but you may have better luck searching for ‘creatures that live under the Earth’ by their old norse name: Duergar – which was turned into the modern Dwarfs.
Great list! I’ve always been fascinated by the paranormal even though it tends to get me paranoid for days.
Did #2 remind anyone else of the train scene in Spirited Away?
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@ Ringtail Roxy, after reading your comments, I have a clue of how I must sound like with a group of friends. How depressing, you are quite annoying.
163: Mr. Graves. Have you ever been a teacher?
152: RingTailRoxy – There’s nothing like a rant to get things off your chest eh? Good luck with your finals.
Just want to add for the record, I love this website and this is a great list – in my previous comment, the B.E.K thing just struck me as having the most rational explanation, the rest?…Well, tbh I’m completely skeptical of all paranormal phenomena and tend to favour the more psychological/rational/explainable reasons for such things, but I, like another, rather famous character feel that “I want to believe” and I have as much respect for someone who has strong beliefs, religious or otherwise, as for someone (like myself) who is an Atheist.
There have been some really good and extremely interesting comments from everyone (bar the odd few childish additions) and I just wanna add IMHO that some folk internalize things, blaming their state of mind, etc and some externalize and blame their environment as being haunted, and so on.
It takes all kinds of people and each to their own, I say, and much respect to everyone.
#8 and #7 could be related.
#1 sounds like a vampire!
This was a neat list. I laughed pretty hard over the stick men.
This list reminds me of the stories I used to tell other kids when I was little to get attention.
“..if there were little people, we would have found archaeological evidence of their existence by now”
not necessarily. great apes and hominids in general leave a very scant fossil record because they are intelligent enough to avoid most situations which would end their life in a fashion to be preserved intact(freezing/tar/quicksand), but exceptions still occur(usually from lava flow/mudslides), and of course humans/neanderthals with ritualistic burial.
Mountain gorillas are an excellent example for this-according to the fossil record they don’t exist, but we know they do exist because we can see, touch, smell, get hit by, capture and study them.
I’m not saying that a race of tiny hominids currently exists, or that they would even be the same level intelligence as us, but it’s entirely possible that they did exist at some point, and we simply have no found any remains yet.
Maybe some inhabitable places of the world were habitable in the past(a couple of rocky islands in the Atlantic off the top of my head), could have had fertile land at one point, and an area of three or four square miles would definitely necessitate a need for tiny humanoids(around 3-4 ft on avg).
number 5 bottom right hand corner? looks like someone/thing playing a flute????
A friend once told me about her experiences with shawdow people. She would see them often at night, waking up to catch them watching her in her sleep. Once she woke up and they were in a line jumping out her two story window one by one. She got the urge to get in line and follow them. She was awakened by her roommate who caught her standing in her window ready to climb out. She was diagnosed with a rare sleeping disoder (sorry I cant remember the name) that is similar to night terrors. As long as she takes her medicine the shawdow people stay away.
It’s an illusion a trick of perception. Like a day dream your mind wonders (expecially at night) and creates false images. As your brain becoms logical they disapear but it’s your opinoin on what is reality and what is fiction.
I think this list has forgone on a very important group.
The “Wee Free Man” they are called. They are blue, small and their favorite passtime are fighting, stealing and drinking, but not necessarely in that order.
They inhabit this world ever since been trown of the other world for bad behaviour. Ah, yes forgot, they speak english with very thick scottish accents
My grandma used to tell about a doppleganger experience much like those mentioned in the article–this was in the 20s, and her dad drove a wagon to and from the fields. Inside the house, she and her brothers and sisters and mother heard Great Grandpa’s wagon drive up, the sound of wheels and rattling chains, heard the mules, everything…they heard him toss a log for the morning fire on the porch like he always did, a heavy boom on the wood, heard his boots crossing to the outer door…and then nothing. A brother went to look, and there was no one outside–no wagon, no mules, no log, and no Grandpa. He arrived about half an hour later, with exactly the same sequence of sounds.
Rural people in the American South are known for tall tales, but my grandma always swore up and down this was the God’s honest truth.
Also, I don’t know why, but the description of the stick men’s behavior and the dog men encounters gave me the chills. Just imagining something *that* uncanny….*shiver*.
Really? Stick people? Weird.
Joker – yes, Pan also played a flute made from a reed, so that’s the point of the photo illustration.
I can only hope the chupacabra is real and that one day I will catch one (it?) I shall name him Steven if it is a boy or androgynous, but he (it) will go by Steve. If it is a female, I shall call it Tabatha, but she will go by Tabby because of her love of cats.
Then, one night, my chupacabra will tear out my throat and feast on my blood as I sleep. I can only hope that day is my birthday so I shall die at an exact year age. Such is the glory of chupacabra.
167. Lifeschool: 163: Mr. Graves. Have you ever been a teacher?
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Lifeschool, you might want to go back and check out such Lists as South American Vacations, when Anon (alas, now gone), was posting as Spanner in the Works, and Mr. Graves was supposedly living in Chile. Then check out other older lists, with Mr. Graves in his Chilean guise. You might be quite surprised.