They have
powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men or women. But unlike the
characters of the comic book, these extraordinary people were quite real. The
movie version of X-Men was the hottest film in the theaters when it was
released. Based on the enormously popular comic book, X-Men features a
collection of human mutants - both good and evil - who were born with
extraordinary and sometimes bizarre powers. With such names as Wolverine, Storm,
Cyclops, Magneto and Mystique, they bound around making blades spring from their
knuckles, conjuring hurricanes from the sky or manipulating their environment
through telekinesis. These characters, creations of legendary comic book author
and illustrator Stan Lee, live only in the imagination, on paper and now on
film.Would you believe there are
real X-Men? They may not be genetic mutants, in the strictest sense, and they
may not be able to threaten or save the world with their strange and fantastic
powers of the body and mind, but they are extraordinary... not at all like you
and me. Here's our own gallery of real-life super-powered characters.
Lightning Man: When storm clouds gather, courageous Lightning Man stands in
defiance of nature to draw deadly bolts of electricity from the heavens. Roy
Cleveland Sullivan was a Forest Ranger in Virginia who had an incredible
attraction to lightning... or rather it had an attraction to him. Over his
36-year career as a ranger, Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times - and
survived each jolt, but not unscathed. When struck for the first time in 1942,
he suffered the loss of a nail on his big toe. Twenty-seven years passed before
he was struck again, this time by a bolt that singed his eyebrows off. The next
year, in 1970, another strike burned Sullivan's left shoulder. Now it looked as
though lightning had it out for poor Roy, and people were starting to call him
The Human Lightning Rod. He didn't disappoint them. Lightning zapped him again
in 1972, setting his hair on fire and convincing him to keep a container of
water in his car, just in case.
They have
powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men or women. But unlike the
characters of the comic book, these extraordinary people were quite real. The
movie version of X-Men was the hottest film in the theaters when it was
released. Based on the enormously popular comic book, X-Men features a
collection of human mutants - both good and evil - who were born with
extraordinary and sometimes bizarre powers. With such names as Wolverine, Storm,
Cyclops, Magneto and Mystique, they bound around making blades spring from their
knuckles, conjuring hurricanes from the sky or manipulating their environment
through telekinesis. These characters, creations of legendary comic book author
and illustrator Stan Lee, live only in the imagination, on paper and now on
film.Would you believe there are
real X-Men? They may not be genetic mutants, in the strictest sense, and they
may not be able to threaten or save the world with their strange and fantastic
powers of the body and mind, but they are extraordinary... not at all like you
and me. Here's our own gallery of real-life super-powered characters.
Lightning Man: When storm clouds gather, courageous Lightning Man stands in
defiance of nature to draw deadly bolts of electricity from the heavens. Roy
Cleveland Sullivan was a Forest Ranger in Virginia who had an incredible
attraction to lightning... or rather it had an attraction to him. Over his
36-year career as a ranger, Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times - and
survived each jolt, but not unscathed. When struck for the first time in 1942,
he suffered the loss of a nail on his big toe. Twenty-seven years passed before
he was struck again, this time by a bolt that singed his eyebrows off. The next
year, in 1970, another strike burned Sullivan's left shoulder. Now it looked as
though lightning had it out for poor Roy, and people were starting to call him
The Human Lightning Rod. He didn't disappoint them. Lightning zapped him again
in 1972, setting his hair on fire and convincing him to keep a container of
water in his car, just in case.
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There are many cases of
bilocation in the history of humankind. However, the phenomenon has never
been satisfactorily explained because it is cannot be accounted for unless we
set aside the usual, traditional parametres of scientific research.Above all, we need to consider
that the human being does not consist only of a physical body - the one visible
in the earthly world. It would in fact be impossible to explain many peculiar
phenomena if we did not reach beyond the realm of our five earthly senses.
Today the cases of
bilocation best known especially to the Italian people are undoubtedly those
of Padre Pio. There is the legendary story of an army officer who suddenly finds
himself face to face with Padre Pio in the hotel room where he is preparing his
own suicide by hanging. The unhappy officer is persuaded from his desperate
gesture by the Capucine monk. He does not know Padre Pio, he has never seen him
before in his life. He understands, however, that what has happened is a most
unusual thing. No one could possibly have entered the room so silently; he had
turned the key in the lock - but still he sees this monk who is talking to him,
telling him not to give in to his despair. The officer understands that he must
have had a vision and he accepts this vision as a divine message, refraining
from killing himself. When he visits San Giovanni
Rotondo on a later occasion in order to meet Padre Pio personally and thank him
after having recognized the monk from a photo in a newspaper, the Capucine at
once recognizes him, greeting him with the words: "It was a close call that
night, eh?!" Useless to say that this man is
profoundly impressed by his experience and he has probably asked himself: "Was
it a miracle?"
Miracles can be defined in
several ways - in this context we find it more appropriate to say that a miracle
is an unusual event that cannot be explained from our usual reasonings and human
calculations. Within the category of miracles we may find sudden healings and
other mysterious but positive events. However it is still possible to find an
explanation, also when dealing with those experiences we call miracles.So, it is also possible to
better understand the phenomenon of bilocation - which means, literally
translated, "being in two places at one time"...
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Spontaneous human combustion is
the mysterious phenomenon of a person bursting into flame for no apparent
reason. The flames burn very hot and are very localized. They destroy most of
the body but leave objects in close proximity to the person relatively
unburned. These are the remains of Dr. John Bentley (See below)who died of
spontaneous combustion in Pennsylvania in 1966. The spot where the body lay is
burnt, but the rest of the room, including the toilet, was not even scorched.
This shows a quick, hot flame that devoured the body in seconds. Only the
bottom of one leg remained to identify this as a person. On the right is a
picture of workers cleaning up the remains of Mrs. M H Reeser of Florida who
apparently died of spontaneous combustion in July of 1951. The only remains
found was her skull, shrunken to the size of an orange.
There are theories on this
occurance but no one is sure how or why it happens. It does happen even without
scientific explanation. One theory is ball lightning which would produce
similar results, but many of these instances seem to rule out this possibility
just by the location of the death. A majority of these deaths have the opposite
characteristics that one would see if a person was burned to death, such as the
shrinking of the skull.
Crematorium Specialist have
viewed photos of combustion victims and say they cannot duplicate the complete
destruction of bones in such a short period of time. They find it even harder
to believe that this could happen so completely in ordinary rooms such as living
rooms, bathrooms, etc. There are over 100 unexplained fire deaths a year just
in England. If just ten of these deaths are spontaneous combustion, then the
number world could be well over 100. Does the body have chemical reactions that
science has yet to discover ? It seems that an internal reaction of some kind
is the most likely explanation for these deaths, but what triggers it ? Can it
be detected ? Avoided ? ...
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The
stigmata is the spontaneous appearance of the wound marks of our crucified Lord
on a person's body. These marks include the nail wounds at the feet and the
hands, the lance wound at the side, the head wounds from the crown of thorns,
and the scourge marks over the entire body, particularly the back. A stigmatic
(i.e. the person suffering from the stigmata) may have one, several, or all of
these wound marks. Moreover, they may be visible or invisible, and they may be
permanent, periodic, or temporary in appearance.
Some skeptics would attribute such wound marks
on a person to some pathology or even to a psychological condition without
considering any notion of the supernatural. Of course, the Church too strives
first to ascertain that the origin is not of natural causes, and looks for
supernatural evidence to prove that the stigmata is truly a sign from God.
Moreover, the Church would also want to insure that the stigmata is not a sign
from Satan to cause some spiritual frenzy and lead people astray. Accordingly,
since the stigmata is a sign of union with our crucified Lord, the genuine
stigmatic must have lived a life of heroic virtue, have endured physical and
moral suffering, and have almost always achieved the level of ecstatic union
with Him in prayer.
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Anthony North: As the new series of Doctor Who aired its first episode last night, it might be instructive to look at why it is so successful. And the simple fact is, whether consciously or unconsciously, the writers, including Russell T Davies, have rebirthed one of the earliest known psychic forms. This all revolves around the character of Doctor Who himself. For instance, several things are peculiar about him. The first is his apparent amorality. Whilst he is always saving the world, his mora... Read More
The aliens on the TV show "Battlestar Galactica," which started its final season Friday night on the SciFi Channel, aren't your usual extraterrestrial baddies: They're highly evolved robots, originally created by the humans they're now fighting against. How highly evolved? The robots are way sexier than the humans.Some aspects of the "Galactica" universe may be as bogus as other science-fiction creations (such as spaceships with artificial gravity that instantly j... Read More
Daedalus used feathers and wax – and we all know what happened to his son when he flew too close to the sun. Instead, you could try surgery, says Samuel Poore, a reconstructive surgeon at the University of Wisconsin in Madison who has now described the steps that would be needed to transform human arms into wings. It sounds like an idea that might come from the underground world of body-modders, who go in for filing teeth to points, implanting horns – and even more extreme modifications. But Poo... Read More
In olden days, the deadly sins included lust, gluttony and greed. Now, the Catholic Church says pollution, mind-damaging drugs and genetic experiments are on its updated thou-shalt-not list. Also receiving fresh attention by the Vatican was social injustice, along the lines of the age-old maxim: "The rich get richer while the poor get poorer." In the Vatican"s latest update on how God"s law is being violated in today"s world, Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, the head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, ... Read More
A year after he stumbled on what he said were mysterious "crop circles" in a south Chandler field, resident Michael Polani said he"s still trying to call attention to them. Eleven people showed up at the Basha Library Tuesday night to hear what Polani had to say about the damaged sorghum stalks and odd patterns he photographed at Gilbert and Ocotillo roads last March 25. "We"re seen by our family and friends as "a little bit different," " he told the audience, many who nodded their heads affirma... Read More
Archaeologists have unearthed the skull of a young woman in northern Greece who is believed to have undergone head surgery in the third century, Greek news media reported Wednesday. A Greek team discovered the skeleton at an ancient cemetery in Veria, with the skull including an injury that led them to conclude the surgery had been performed. "We think that there was a complex surgical intervention that only an experienced doctor could have performed," said Ioannis Graikos, the... Read More