Katie Carman, director of "Eat Me!" and "Off Season"

Well first, I suppose I should introduce myself to you fine readers. My name is Katie Carman, and I’m a film director with a huge interest in all things supernatural.

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Just a silly story for a dreary Saturday (here in New York City, anyways). Not sure if this is supposed to be Nessie or one of her North American cousins like Champ or Ogopogo.

The Nessie sculpture

The Loch Ness Monster has finally surfaced—in Wisconsin’s Chippewa River. And state officials want it to go.

To be clear, the object in question is actually a sculpture meant to resemble “Nessie,” the mythological creature supposedly navigating a deep body of water in Scotland.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources spokesman Dan Baumann says the sculpture is illegally obstructing the Chippewa and needs to be removed. However, like the origins of the Loch Ness Monster itself, the identity of the sculpture’s creator remains a mystery.

An anonymous reader did contact the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, saying the sculpture would be removed within 10 days. “As much as I would like to leave it there, I don’t want the DNR finding out it was me and fining me for it,” wrote the anonymous emailer.

In addition, the owner of a local home-improvement store says the sculpture would make a good fit in some water retention sites on the company’s property.

“We have ponds and fountains on many of our properties, and seeing this piece of artwork in the Chippewa River spurred some conversation,” said Menards spokesman Jeff Abbott.

It’s probably for the best that it gets removed. Some overeager paranormal enthusiast might take a blurry photo of it from very far away and claim that it’s proof of a sea monster, without, you know, exploring rational explanations first. Not that that sort of thing ever happens.

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Gocool(left), Geroge Michael(center), Roche(right)

George Michael, beloved musical icon and philanthropist, may have received a carless whisper from the edge of heaven from an unlikely source near his home in Highgate, Greater London, UK over the weekend. Micky Gocool and Louise Roche of the North London Paranormal Investigators just happened to be passing through on Saturday afternoon while the singer was talking with fans outside. The duo, “sporting black combat boots and [police-style belts] with ghost-nabbing gadgets” then reportedly asked Mr. Michael if he would be interested in assisting them on a case in the highly active Pond Square area.

But wait- that’s not all!

Gocool and Roche also warned Michael that his historic, multi-million dollar mansion could very well be haunted. The mansion happens to be located near the famous Highgate Cemetery, where the Highgate Vampire was first spotted. Another alleged ghost is a 17th century woman who murdered 50 children. A third viable candidate is the fearsome frozen chicken. Yes. Chicken. Gocool cautioned that “the ghost of a chicken which was frozen in 1626 haunts the area just by George’s house.” Good call Gocool, after just barely recovering from a nasty case of pneumonia in late 2011, the last thing Mr. Michael needs is severe food poisoning from 100 year old frost bitten chicken.

It is unclear if Michael had faith enough to listen without prejudice, but he did take the time to pose for a picture with the investigators which ran in the local newspaper. What a mensch.

Read the full stories here and here.

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Okay, I’ll be honest. I saw this article and thought it not exciting enough to blog – I mean, really, how many photos of things that look like faces/ghosts but really aren’t can we blog about? (Sidenote: holy crap, that took a long time to link.) But this one out of the UK (they LOVE ghosts over there!) had me giggling, mostly because the story itself has these little things that make it seem like the beginning of a Monty Python movie.

Is this spooky face haunting car parks around the borough?

This is, without a doubt, 100% paranormal. Yup.

The picture caught on camera by Colin Pantling, seems to show a face peering from the Times Square multi-storey car park.

The spectral image appears to have captured the attention of the man on the motorbike.

Mr Pantling said: “I was out with my camera looking for roosting birds in the trees and to my surprise I found this ghostly image staring across the road, does anyone know who it might be?”

It is not the first time a multi-storey car park in Sutton has witnessed a strange occurrence over the past couple of years.

There was the mystery of the moving car in the Brighton Road car park in August, 2010, after a women returned from a shopping trip, only to find her car parked in a different spot to where she had left it.

Convinced her car had moved “of its own accord”, the woman rang the council to ask if the car park was haunted, believing she had been the victim of a poltergeist.

CCTV footage showed the car apparently rolling forward unaided.

Councillor Simon Wales, Communities and Transport spokesman at Sutton Council, said: “This isn’t the first time we’ve heard reports of spooky goings on in this area.

“I’m afraid that fans of the supernatural will be disappointed though – our staff checked CCTV footage of the area, which showed her car gently rolling into a different bay, after she forgot to apply her handbrake.”

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I love me some Adele. I mean, who doesn’t? She’s so hot right now. AND she believes her crazy huge house is haunted. Naturally, when you are rich and famous you invite other people who are rich and (slightly less) famous than you to come find out what’s going on.

Dear Ghosts: I'm watching you. Sincerely, Adele

Adele has invited Robbie Williams to stay at her haunted mansion.

The 23-year-old ‘Someone Like You’ singer reportedly believes her 10-bedroom home is Sussex, England, is being staked out by ghosts, and has invited super-natural enthusiast Robbie and his wife Ayda Field to come and experience the spooky goings-on.

A source said: “Adele’s often said she hates staying at home alone in the mansion because she’s sure it’s haunted and she gets spooked.

“She knows Robbie and Ayda are fascinated by the supernatural and has offered to have them to stay for a haunted weekend any time they like.

“Adele thinks they are both fantastic and would love to spend some time sharing ghost stories and witnessing paranormal activity.”

The Grammy Award-winning star left London and moved to the £7 ($11.1) million house a few months ago after undergoing surgery on her vocal chords. It is thought doctors advised her the clean, country air could aid her recovery.

A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “Adele is a London girl through and through, but she’s never been particularly into the showbiz circuit so when it was suggested she move out of the city, she agreed immediately.

“The idea is for her to live in the countryside, away from the capital’s smog and pollution.”

It seems as though ghosts enjoy fresh air and the countryside as well as singers.

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Ha! Made you look! We’ve said it before: orbs aren’t paranormal. Though judging by this story from the UK, some people haven’t seen the memo yet.

GHOSTLY goings-on have been captured at Huddersfield railway station.

A mysterious glowing white orb has been recorded floating through the station shop on four separate occasions – and it’s now been caught on camera.

The spooky phenomenon has only come to light after a hi-tech CCTV system was installed in the shop.

Shopkeeper Darryl Townend explained: “We’ve just had a new security system installed which detects movement.

“Last week it detected something on three or four occasions – it looks like a white light.

“It’s globe-shaped, like an orb. It’s certainly strange.

“Last Friday was a really good one, it was really vivid.

“It came in front of the camera. It’s like a round white light and it shot across the room and then appeared to go through the wall.

“It’s really eerie.”

He added: “The station’s recently been refurbished and the part of the shop that it’s being spotted in used to be the waiting room area.

“It doesn’t happen in the main shop.

“All the staff have seen it and it’s really strange.”

Mr Townend, who has been running the shop at the station for 10 years, said he first noticed the strange light on Monday last week.

He said they had thought there was something wrong with their motion-activated system but the glowing orb had returned several times.

He added: “We’ve altered the sensitivity settings on the cameras but it’s still being triggered.”

Yet despite the unsettling discovery he said they would not be calling in the Ghostbusters or searching the Yellow Pages for an exorcist.

“It only happens on an evening at the moment,” he said.

“As long as it stays that way it’s not a problem”.

“Its an insect. We get them on our CCTV all the time…
Ive never felt the need to inform the examiner though” - T3

“It is a moth ball.
Not paranormal, more parafocus of cheap camera.” - Mameluke

“Good advertising idea !” – Aliban

“WOW! How scarey is that. I had to close my eyes I was so frightened. The Examiner should be ashamed of putting such horrific things in the paper. What an absolute load of tripe. Get real and put newsworthy stuff in the paper, not this twaddle”- hardupandfedup

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How much is Bigfoot worth? According to one man in Fayetteville, Arkansas, about $80K. He’s offering up his house to anyone who can bring him Bigfoot. And in case you don’t take him seriously enough, he has retained a law firm and has an affidavit that explains, in all seriousness, what his terms are.

An anonymous member of a local online community seems to be serious about the following offer: Deliver me a Bigfoot, receive my house.

If you're lucky, maybe you'll wake up to this on Christmas morning in your new home.

According to a recent message posted to the Fayetteville Freethinkers forum, anyone who can catch Bigfoot and bring him in will receive the title deed to an actual house located here in Fayetteville.

There’s even an attached affidavit signed on April 11 by local attorney Greg Klebanoff of Klebanoff Law Firm which outlines the legal details in an attempt to demonstrate the legitimacy of the offer.

Robert Lipford, managing director at the firm, verified the group’s involvement in their client’s offer Tuesday afternoon by telephone.

The bounty appears to be offered by the same person who left a comment on a local news story regarding a guide who was recently cited for leading a Bigfoot search in the Buffalo National River area without an expedition permit.

“First person to bring me a Bigfoot gets my house,” wrote fayfreethinker late last month.

If you stumble across Bigfoot and are interested in trading him in for a house, you might consider calling the Klebanoff Law Firm at 479-442-7400.

Good luck and happy hunting.

You know who I wouldn’t want to be in this situation? The second person who brings this guy Bigfoot. Womp womp.

(Also, as a random aside, with these types of stories the best stuff’s in the comments below the article!)

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I have to thank fellow author here at The Occult Section, Laura Pennace, for finding this story. She’s been writing a lot of posts lately while I get settled in at my new job. Anyways, I volunteered to write this story, and the reason why will be very clear. As an ass man, this is a ghost after my own heart.

Cheeky waitress Ashley Beland. I'd probably pinch her buns, too...

In this day and age clouds of smoke appearing in a pub are most likely nothing more than the work of drinkers surreptitiously snubbing the cigarette ban.

But bar staff at one Birmingham pub believe the explanation is a touch more ghoulish.

They claim that the Queens Arms, in the city’s Jewellery Quarter, is in fact haunted by a ghost who likes nothing more than a crafty fag.

Meanwhile, staff of both sexes say they are having to mount a cover-up operation in a bid to thwart the ghost – because it also has a penchant for pinching their bottoms.

Employees at the pub say they are haunted by a cheeky phantom who is not picky in who he targets. Manager Christian Dixon even claims to have had his buttocks tweaked.

He said: ‘It’s quite shocking – and definitely not a muscle spasm. It’s a very firm pinch. It happens day and night.

‘You turn round, but there’s no one there. It’s most off-putting.’

Assistant manager and barmaid Paula Wharton also says she has felt the vice-like grip of the playful spook.

The 41-year-old said: ’I don’t think he’s nasty, he’s just another regular.

‘I live at the pub, but I’m OK in the flat. It’s late at night when staff walk from the back to the bar that they see and hear things.’

Ms Wharton has bolted only once, when she heard music and singing coming from the bowels of the empty building.

There are an awful lot of things that go bump in the night at the 170-year-old watering hole.

One bald-headed ghost is so confused by the new layout he’s been spotted walking through walls to find the bar.

There have also been the mysterious clouds of smoke – apparently not caused by drinkers snubbing the cigarette ban – and strange noises.

Barmaid Georgina Mason has had the closest close encounter with the spirit world. She was about to challenge a stranger walking through the bar.

Before she could utter a word, however, the deadpan visitor – a small, bald, smartly-dressed individual – had disappeared through a wall.

Mr Dixon is baffled by the catalogue of eerie events.

The 28-year-old added: ‘We have witnessed chairs moving on their own, frequently heard footsteps when the pub is closed and seen pockets of twirling smoke inside, always coming from the same area.’

He doesn’t know who the ghosts are, but heard a little girl died after falling down stairs many, many years ago.

‘We each have our own theories as to what’s causing these occurrences,’ he confessed.

‘But whatever it is, it does seem some customers and staff love the place so much they just can’t bring themselves to leave.’

A team of ghostbusters are set to visit in the next few weeks. They’re in for a tough night, says Mr Dixon - a real ‘backs to the walls’ job.

Oh yeah, some other paranormal stuff happened too, but honestly, I was much more interested in the barmaid butt-pinching.

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I was in the midst of looking up ridiculous photos for the story I covered yesterday on the couple who is suing their landlord over their belief that he rented them a haunted house when I came across a startling discovery. It was a roughly drawn picture of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo, running away from something. As a sidenote, we clearly take ourselves and our research very seriously here..

“Who is this reminding me of?” I wondered. I almost kept going through photos, but I was too curious to let this one go. So I stared and stared at it.

Dude. Run.

And then it hit me.

Shaggy from Scooby-Doo and Grant Wilson from TAPS/Ghost Hunters are the same person.

Simply uncanny.

Don’t believe me? No worries. I’ve taken the liberty of changing Shaggy’s hair color to match Grant’s to more effectively expose the shenanigans that have been going on for decades. I think we can all clearly see this is the same person.

It's undeniable. And he thought he'd get away with it...

What’s that? You want even more hilarious picture combinations that prove Grant Wilson and Shaggy Rogers (who, like Grant, is also from New England) are one in the same? The kind of combinations that start off logically (as logically as a post like this could be) and then gradually devolve as I try desperately to prove my point with completely unrelated things (they were all in jail! and have sat at tables in groups!)? You got it.

If this isn't definitive evidence, I don't know what is.

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Dude. Really?

Yup. A New Jersey couple who rented a house moved out shortly thereafter claiming the home was haunted. Then, quite naturally, sued the landlord. I mean, that’s what people do, right? Suing someone else over ridiculousness is one of the benchmarks of our society. Especially when you sue over something that cannot be proven.

 

I was going to do this whole funny caption, but instead I'm shocked to discover how much Shaggy looks like a ginger Grant Wilson.

TOMS RIVER — Are you afraid of the dark?

A Toms River couple is suing their landlord for $2,250 — their security deposit — claiming that an abundance of paranormal activity forced them to vacate only a week after moving into the rental home, the Asbury Park Press reported.

Jose Chinchilla and his fiancee Michele Callan said that odd things began happening soon after move-in. Whispers, footsteps, doors slamming and lights flickering were reported throughout the house, the Press wrote.

Clothes that were folded and put away were found laying on the floor and the couple claimed to record a voice saying “Let it burn,” according to ABC News.

Their landlord Richard Lopez, an orthodontist whose practice neighbors the house in question says that the couple fabricated the story because they could not afford rent and wanted out of the one-year lease, the Press wrote.

Lopez has filed a counter suit against the couple and a hearing is expected at the end of April, the Press wrote.

Perhaps Jose and Michelle should be more concerned about a). burglars, b). electrical problems, c). drafty windows, d). skittery critters, e). misbehaving children, or even f). EMF hypersensitivity?

Nahhhhh. Definitely a ghost. Best to sue first, figure out the truth later. God Bless America!

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