Alabama and Cleburne County have not
been known for "hotbeds" of strange activity including UFO and Bigfoot sightings
- despite the fact that National Forests seem to be a big factor in appearances
of the latter. However, some quick Internet searches turn up some strange
activity over the years right here in Cleburne County including several
sightings of strange lights and one reported incident of large footprints in the
Talladega National Forest. The "bigfoot" reports comes from the Bigfoot Field
Researchers Organization at www.bfro.net Dated September, 1994 at Sweetwater
Lake in the Talladega National Forest, the report states, "About seven years ago
my wife and I were at a lake in the middle of the Talladega National Forest in
Alabama. The lake was Sweet water Lake. We were fishing in a small boat at the
end of a slew early in the morning, we were the only ones at the lake, I think
it was on a Wednesday and we were all alone.
We heard something scream, it started
out as a howl and turned into a long high pitched scream and it was so loud it
echoed through the mountains. It made the hair stand up on the back of our
necks. But that is not all. About a year before that my stepfather and I were
hiking around the same lake, we liked to fish at a spillway way on the backside
of the lake, and about 1/2 mile into the hike we crossed a fire brake about 20
feet wide, now keep in mind that we are a pretty good way back in the woods, we
have crossed rocks thorns and briars and all kinds of rough ground. And right
there across the dried mud in the fire brake is a set of foot prints dried into
the mud. They were not huge, they were about the size of a full grown man but
they did look human, I just couldn’t understand why a man would be this far back
in the woods without shoes on. And over the years there is one thing I have
thought about a bigfoot would have to grow up, so maybe it was a young
Bigfoot...
In southern Indiana there is an
area which some researchers of the paranormal claim is a focal point for
paranormal activity, and as such the area known as Lucky Point has become a
focal point of investigations by members of the Unexplained Phenomena Research
Organization. The swampy wooded area is located in rural Knox County near the
town of Monroe City. According to some, strange occurrences have happened there
over the years. The Unexplained Phenomena Research Organization (U.P.R.O.) is a
national group dedicated to investigating unexplained supernatural mysteries.
The Indiana chapter of the group is headed by Jerry Sievers out of his home in
Vincennes, Indiana. "We have had reports of things from U.F.O.'s, Sasquatch
sightings, spook lights and ghosts in this area," Sievers commented. One
prominent mystery involves two utility poles buried in concrete, which some
witnesses have claimed to observe shaking. Sievers said the poles seem to make a
rattling sound sometimes. Additionally the ground has been reported as shaking
at a rate of 50-feet an hour.
"They are two sets of double
polls buried in concrete with a road running between them," Sievers said.
"People up at Lucky Point watching for U.F.O.s have reported hearing the poles
rattle." REMC, the utility company responsible for maintaining the poles, has
denied there is any problem with the poles. However, Sievers claims company
representatives know about the polls, but have told him they cannot determine
the reason for the rattling poles. Another problem which Sievers says
accompanies the rattling is that such items as camcorders mysteriously stop
working in the area of the poles. Sievers said it can take five visits to Lucky
Point before one is able to hear the mysterious rattling noise. "Witnesses who
have heard the noise and reported it to us have said it could not be the
electricity. Sometimes the vibrations are so extreme that the insulators holding
the wire will jar and rattle," Sievers said...
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Alabama and Cleburne County have not
been known for "hotbeds" of strange activity including UFO and Bigfoot sightings
- despite the fact that National Forests seem to be a big factor in appearances
of the latter. However, some quick Internet searches turn up some strange
activity over the years right here in Cleburne County including several
sightings of strange lights and one reported incident of large footprints in the
Talladega National Forest. The "bigfoot" reports comes from the Bigfoot Field
Researchers Organization at www.bfro.net Dated September, 1994 at Sweetwater
Lake in the Talladega National Forest, the report states, "About seven years ago
my wife and I were at a lake in the middle of the Talladega National Forest in
Alabama. The lake was Sweet water Lake. We were fishing in a small boat at the
end of a slew early in the morning, we were the only ones at the lake, I think
it was on a Wednesday and we were all alone.
We heard something scream, it started
out as a howl and turned into a long high pitched scream and it was so loud it
echoed through the mountains. It made the hair stand up on the back of our
necks. But that is not all. About a year before that my stepfather and I were
hiking around the same lake, we liked to fish at a spillway way on the backside
of the lake, and about 1/2 mile into the hike we crossed a fire brake about 20
feet wide, now keep in mind that we are a pretty good way back in the woods, we
have crossed rocks thorns and briars and all kinds of rough ground. And right
there across the dried mud in the fire brake is a set of foot prints dried into
the mud. They were not huge, they were about the size of a full grown man but
they did look human, I just couldn’t understand why a man would be this far back
in the woods without shoes on. And over the years there is one thing I have
thought about a bigfoot would have to grow up, so maybe it was a young
Bigfoot...
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It has been said that
storytelling in Texas is really nothing more than one tall tale after another
with each participant trying to out-best the other. While this may be true for
the majority of the State, it is not true for the citizens of the tiny town of
Marfa. They know their tall tale cannot be outdone. Their mysterious night orbs
have been investigated by so many reputable authorities and written into so many
scientific journals that they are guaranteed their own place in history.
Along the Rio Bravo del Norte,
which Americans call the Rio Grande, near the Big Bend in the river, lies the
crown jewels of the Southern Rockies. The majestic Chisos, or "Ghost Spirit"
Mountains, are famous as the backdrop of the Big Bend National Park. To the
northwest about one hundred miles, in another part of the mountain chain at the
gateway of the Park, is the quiet little town of Marfa...home of the infamous
"Marfa Lights," lights which have become the longest running, hardest to explain
mystery in the history of the Lone Star State.
No one knows the exact sequence
of events for the lights. That part of Texas has such a unique history that the
lights could have been there since the beginning of Time, and probably were. But
it is also just as possible that they winked into existence in the past couple
of centuries or so. There is really no way of knowing, as Marfa lies on the high
desert, or caprock escarpment, of the Trans-Pecos area of the Tex-Mex border, a
situation which contributes to spectacular viewing of the night time sky all by
itself. The Southern Rocky Mountains form the backbone of this area, and the
tiny town is the second highest in the state---the highest is Fort Davis---with
an elevation of 4,688 feet. Like all high deserts, Marfa’s air is crystal clear
and incredibly clean. It is also unbearably hot in the summer and freezing cold
in the winter, a weather phenomena which helps build legends. Folks around Marfa
claim that on moonless nights, the stars are so close that one can pluck them
from the heavens and use them as torchlights.
Each cluster of peaks in this
area bears its own name. Within the Big Bend National Park, there are the Chisos
and Dead Horse Mountains, also called the Sierra Del Carmen. Outside the Park to
the north, the range becomes the Christmas and Rosillos Mountains. To the west
they are the Chinatis. They are all part of the same system, a system known as
the Chihuahuan Desert, which teems with distinctive plant and animal wildlife
unique only to itself. Yet for all its majesty, mystery, and haunting beauty, it
is the most remote and sparsely populated region in Texas. More legends are
associated with this country than anywhere else in the State...
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"The Marfa Lights, mysterious and unexplained
lights that have been reported in the area for over one hundred years, have been
the subject of many theories. The first recorded sighting of the lights was by
rancher Robert Ellison in 1883. Variously described as campfires, phosphorescent
minerals, swamp gas, static electricity, St. Elmo's Fire, and "ghost lights,"
the lights reportedly change colors, move around, and change in intensity.
Scholars have reported over seventy-five local folk tales dealing with the
unknown phenomenon. - 1988" - Text of the "officiial" State of Texas road
marker located near the viewing area
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Anthony north: Cults come in all shapes and sizes. They can be of any form of spirituality, from Christianity to the Occult, to Flying Saucer cults. They can appear strange and insular, while many do a great deal of charity work. Then we have the more sinister form of cult. Some of these make the headlines through mass suicide, but perhaps the most dangerous is the cult that ends up using extreme violence or intimidation. Rajneesh foundation: Typical was the Rajneesh Foundation of Bhagwan Shree ... Read More