Really Convincing UFO Video Filmed in Toronto

This is perhaps one of the most convincing UFO videos I have ever seen. It clearly displays an object which is not a plane (due to the lack of flashing lights) flying across the sky. What makes it even more interesting is that an actual plane ends up flying by along the same trajectory in the opposite direction. You can clearly see that one is a plane and the other isn't.

Contrast between a plane (right) and UFO (left)

This looks very much like an object I filmed once, except it wasn't moving leading me to believe it was a planet. This changes things somewhat.

What do you think? Is this indeed a real UFO?

Muddy York Walking Tours in Toronto

Want to experience Toronto from a different angle?

If you're in Toronto this Autumn and looking for a bit of spooky fun (and a bit of a history lesson) I highly recommend checking out Muddy York Walking Tours. This tour company has several options available which take you through various parts of downtown Toronto to investigate the locations of alleged hauntings.

From their website, the offer tours for:

• The Haunted Streets of Downtown Toronto 
• The Ghosts of the University of Toronto 
• Bloody York : Crime and Punishment 
• Toronto History : the 19th Century 
• Toronto History : the 20th Century 
• Toronto's Rebel March Royal 
• Toronto Historic Cemetery Walk 
• Toronto's Lost Rivers 
• The History of Downtown Street Names 
• The History of Midtown Street Names 
• Remembrance Tour Neighbourhood Tours 
• Chocolate Tour of Toronto 
• Victorian Toronto Cinema and Scandal

I've done two of their tours and can vouch that the tours are fun, informative, informal and relatively short. If you're in the city, go check them out.

September 2012 Paranormal Update

It's been a great month for UFO sightings as AnonymousFO put together another fantastic collection of UFO sightings from around the world. In this report we see a return of mysterious lights over Phoenix, Arizona (one of the most famous mass UFO sightings being the 'Phoenix Lights'). A swarm of UFO's taking off from the moon, and much much more.

As always, AnonymousFO has done a great job filtering out the obvious fakes and hoaxes. What's left is intriguing to say the least.

Unfortunately there have been no further updates regarding the mysterious Baltic Sea Anomaly on the Ocean X team's website.

In other news, Col. Robert Friend  - the former project manager of Project Blue Book and a 20-year Air Force Veteran has come forward to say that UFOs are real and science should continue looking into the mystery of them.

Have you heard of any other interesting Paranormal sightings or experiences this September? If so, leave a note in the comments.

The Fourth Kind - Is Dr. Abigail Tyler Real?

I recently (and finally) got around to watching the movie "The Fourth Kind". You know, the one that's based on a true story about the hypnotist in Nome, Alaska who was investigating the mysterious events plaguing the city (likely alien abductions)? Okay well if you didn't know what it was, there's some background. It was in theaters a few years ago and I really wanted to see it, but never managed.

The movie opens up with a narrator coming on screen, notifying you that this entire movie is based on true events, and it uses real archived footage of the hypnotist sessions conducted by Dr. Abigail Tyler, in conjunction with the actors and actresses playing the roles of Dr. Abigail Tyler and her patients. Some names may have been changed to respect the privacy of individuals.

For an extra air of authenticity the movie has scenes of the real Abigail Tyler being interviewed on camera with the Chapman University logo hovering across the screen.

"Real" Dr. Abigail Tyler on the left and actress on the right. The movie often plays
two clips side by side contrasting with the real and fake.

During the hypnotic regression sessions Dr. Abigail Tyler performs on her patients, they are all in an extremely terrified state, in one of the cases a patient even starts levitating (the camera goes wonky in the "actual footage" of this portion). They all report seeing some kind of white owl which they don't believe to be an actual owl. These cases strongly play on themes of insanity and terror. And although the trailer and concept suggests this is all a result of alien abduction, many viewers speculate the symptoms are more along the lines of demonic possession.

Overall, if the archived footage truly is real, then this is likely the most horrific movie ever.

Unfortunately, it's not.

Wait... what?

Director and actor Olatunde Osunsanmi.

The Fourth Kind's director, Olatunde Osunsanmi who also plays the role of the man interviewing Dr. Abigail Tyler basically used the "real archived footage" line to enhance the authenticity and scare value of his film. Evidently it was a success. The film which was shot on a $10 million dollar budget raked in over $47 million dollars worldwide.

As for Dr. Abigail Tyler; both versions of her are actresses. The "fake" one is played by Milla Jovovich. The "real" one is played by Charlotte Milchard. As for the use of the Chapman University logo? You can read more about how it got its own cameo appearance.

Well then, sadly this would make for some of the greatest Paranormal evidence IF it were real, but unfortunately it's not. The movie does state however, that this is based on real events. So there has to be some aspect of truth behind it, right? Hypnotists do perform regressive hypnosis therapy on alien abduction victims, so in my opinion it's likely that this is where the "based on real events" part does come into play.

So far the only evidence I've been able to find stating that any of this movie is real, is a blog comment on another website from 'anonymous'.

Unfortunately, a testimony by an anonymous source on a blog is far off from being substantial evidence to give this story any real weight. Having said that, it was still an enjoyable watch and put together well, even if for nothing more than the fear factor it provides. You can buy the movie on Amazon on DVD or Blu-Ray.

Slender Man - He Lives in the Woods

Who is Slender Man?

Or perhaps the better question to ask would be what is Slender Man? It's the question that the Internet has been going wild for recently. Slender Man is a Paranormal entity in the shape of a skinny man dressed in a suit, with long lanky arms, but without a face. Apparently he can also grow "tentacle-like" appendages from his body as well. He lives in the woods and prays on those who get in his way.

It's believed that the first mention of Slender Man came from the website 4Chan, but his popularity grew from a contest launched off of the Something Awful forums, where users were told to turn regular looking photos into creepy looking ones, put them on Paranormal websites and see if they could pass them off as being legit. The following two were uploaded by user "Victor Surge" and it was said that Slender Man prayed on children.

While it's unknown if Slender Man originated as the result of someone's imagination or if there is any truth behind the Slender Man phenomena, it is for certain that people believe in him and will tell you their stories of their encounters with him if you are looking in the right places. In fact, just do a search in Reddit's NoSleep forum and see a plethora of Slender Man stories. Or even better, just head right into the thick of things on the Slender Man Subreddit.

Don't let Slender Man find you.

Slender Man's popularity really took off recently with the launch of the Slender Game. A game with a very simple theme, go collect all 8 pages before Slender Man gets you. Completely free to play and it plays on basic fears to become an incredibly scary experience. Go check it out.

With all of that being said, I think I know what my Halloween costume is going to be this year. Probably along with thousands of others... MWA HA HA - a fluffy bunny rabbit of course!

Seriously, Slender Man is really creepy and not-so-oddly fascinating at the same time. Here are some other photos of him. Sadly, I doubt any are real but they're cool all the same (thank you Google Image Search!). If you think you've got a real one then well, you probably bigger concerns than uploading it to the Internet, but if you do get around to it then post it in the comments.