Happy Halloween

These pictures are from my hubby and mine's Halloween party in 1985.  Above is me in my homemade costume that I was very proud of.  Below is my hubby as the Grim Reaper!  The rest are some of our friends that were at the party.

Our friends came as nuclear waste because they worked at the Palo Verde Nuclear Plant at the time.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!

from: Julie and Mike

(Mike did not have any pictures of himself in costume since he was 12.)

Separated at Birth

I found this on http://totallylookslike.com/ and thought, "how true, lol".

DT: Werewolf; Arica Monster

FIRST INVESTIGATION: WEREWOLF IN ROMANIA

Most believe that werewolves are fictional, turn from man to beast, and howl at the moon. To many of those living in Romania, they are a very real and dangerous predictor. Could these people be mistaking these nocturnal creatures for regular wolves or even bears? Just recently a Romanian village was so scared; they unearthed a human corpse, removed its heart, and drank its blood as some sort of ritual to ward off the creature. Near the rural Romanian town Brad, most of the recent sightings have been reported deep in the woods. The locals were so terrified, the abandoned their homes and fled to safety. The werewolf is believed to be a fast runner, have a very aggressive disposition, stalks isolated Romanian forest in the dead of night, coved in a dark fur, rises up on two legs when it attacks its victims, its mussel is larger and broader than a normal wolf, and its distinct call can be heard for miles.

They flew 20 hours to Bucharest, Romania where they find they luggage a mess. After they were momentarily detained at customs for putting their reason for visit as "werewolf hunting", they headed off to begin their werewolf search. Josh starts with talking to Ion Ghinoiu, a leading anthropologist, an expert in all things werewolf. He tells him that this werewolf tradition is prehistoric and is still believed by the people of Romania today. He told them that they needed to take a train to the back woods of Romania and talk to the people living there. After finally getting on the train, Josh and the DT team travel over 100 miles to the town of Sibiu. The weather there was extremely cold and they arrived at nightfall. After finding lodging, they talked to the owner about the werewolf sightings and enjoyed some fun dancing. The owner, Coldea Sorin, tells Josh that many in the forest area do believe in the werewolf. No one will walk in the forest at night for fear that the creature will get them. He tells them that they need to travel further north to Brad where a werewolf was recently sighted and the villagers fled. He also told him that there was a cave that the villagers were convinced that the werewolf hides in it. In the morning they made it to Brad and went to their make-shift zoo to check out the wolves there. Then they spoke to some of the villagers about the werewolf. They pointed up in the mountains where the village was abandoned and 60 families used to live. Now only 14 people are left living in Brad.

They headed up to where the villagers told them the white cross was located marking the beginning of the abandoned village and also where the cave was located. They had to climb a very shear cliff to get to the location of the village and cave. After finally reaching the top, they hiked up higher and found the cave. Josh, Evan and Mike went inside to check out the main tunnel, while Sharra and Bicha stayed at the mouth of the cave, and Jael, Rex and Gabe checked out some of the side tunnels. While inside, Josh notices claw marks and finds human bones and hair fibers or could be fur. They leave the cave and find a ride on a horse drawn wagon to the edge of the abandoned village. They finally arrived at the cross marking the village’s edge, set up base camp 100 yards from the village, and set up cameras with raw meat underneath them. While Josh and Sharra headed west with the flir camera, Jael and Bicha headed east, and Rex monitored the equipment back at base camp. On the flir Josh gets a hit and they run towards it. When they got to the location, it was gone. Meanwhile, Jael and Bicha hear a strange noise in the dark woods. Josh and Sharra arrive at the abandoned village and check out the ruined buildings with caution. They noticed that things were left like the people left there in a hurry. It begins to snow so he and Sharra return to base camp. Jael and Bicha discover some large footprints while Jael feels very cold and becomes ill. Back at base camp Josh decides that he, Rex, Mike and Evan will return to where the footprint was found. They find it, take pictures and castings of the prints for analysis. Evan sees two eyes through his camera while they all hear howling. Josh sees the eyes too and they move towards it, and then Evan takes a tumble and falls. They continued until dawn then return to Los Angeles to have their evidence looked at. The fur analyzes turned up to be just a Romanian wolf. They took the castings to Dr. Jim Dines, a mammalogist, who said that the prints were canine footprints or wolf. The larger prints he couldn't say, which makes Josh wonder if they belonged to the elusive werewolf or another type of mysterious canine animal.

SECOND INVESTIGATION: ARICA DINOSAURS IN CHILE

The Arica desert in Chile covers 70 thousand miles uninhabitable and unexplored rock. Over 20 million years old and 50 times drier than the Californian desert, it was not a place Josh really wanted to be. On the lonely desert road, people have reported seeing a dinosaur-like creature keeping pace with their cars. This Arican dinosaur has reported to have survived in the baron caves and desert of Chile. This creature has been reported to have leathery skin, very large in stature, presumed to live near a water source, stands upright on two legs and attacks with its razor sharp teeth. It leaves a unique three-toed print and reported to be a very fast runner.

They flew over 5,000 miles to the city of Artofagasta, Chile and drove to the town of Arica. This is the town where several recent eyewitnesses have seen the creature. Along the way they stopped to talk to Caodero Santoro, a paleontologist about the recent sightings. He has been studying the possibility of the monster for years and could tell him if the recent sightings were plausible. He tells Josh that the Arican desert is one of the places that used to have dinosaurs. Eyewitnesses tell him that they saw the dinosaur while driving on the desert highway. Some say that it just stood in front of their car, stared at them, and then ran off. All the sightings have been narrowed down to a section in the Pampa Ancha area. Josh decides to charter a plane to spot the green oasis area where the creature might use as a food and water source. But after referring to the pilot as Mr. Magoo, he felt uncomfortable to fly with him. They rent quad runners and head out to look for any signs of the creatures existence. While driving around, Josh spots a huge footprint with three toes. They took castings and went on foot from there. They set up base camp and cameras, and set out to check out the perimeter.

Josh and Jael get a hit on the flir moving up in a canyon area several hundred feet in front of them. They try to fine a way to get to it but have trouble finding a path. Meanwhile, Rex hears noises and rocks falling off the canyon walls around him. He tries to find the source but has trouble getting anywhere. Back to Josh and Jael who find a paw from some animal that looked like it was eaten. Slipping and sliding around they make their way down where Jael spots some excrement for which they bag for evidence. They all meet back at base camp where they have different groups head out again. Sharra and Bicha hear something moving around, like it was something heavy. Suddenly they take off running and said that something was chasing them. Meanwhile, Josh, Mike and Gabe find a graveyard and hear water running. They follow the sound of rushing water and hear something large moving in the bushes. They move towards it, then it makes a loud noise and runs off. They chase it down and find the water source they were looking for.

Back in Los Angeles they took the footprint cast to Dr. Luis Chiappe, paleontologist, who said that it looked like a print from a meat eating dinosaur. This footprint fit the stories that the local witnesses told about seeing the dinosaur. Also, a huge ostrich-like bird could be what the eyewitnesses have seen which resembled the dinosaur.

~Julie~

The Dreaded Dust Storm: It's Back!

Every year during the monsoon season in Arizona, a massive dust storm moves through the state and swallows up every city in its path. Tonight, it has returned. These dust storms devourer whole cities like Tucson, Phoenix and all their surrounding cities. I have seen them on the TV news slowly making a meal of people, homes, vehicles and anything else in their disruptive path. You watch as a huge wall of dust makes its way slowly towards the city you live in knowing what is about to come. The sky turns from blue to a dusty brown and you feel the wind pick up in a rapid movement. For a few minutes, your eyes water and you can’t breath. It is a person suffering with allergies worst nightmare. (That would be me). You watch as your lawn furniture topples over and flies into your neighbors yard.  You are better off being home or safely in a building and not in your car on the road because the visibility will disappear quickly as it moves over your vehicle.

One time after picking up my kids from a water park, we got caught in one. The visibility quickly went from clear to zero. I put on my low beams and moved over to the right as far as I could. The car in front of me disappeared which made it pretty scary. We sat there hoping that other cars would see us if they were stupid enough to continue driving. After a few minutes, the dust and wind went by and I was able to see the road and other cars again.

I realize that a dust storm is not a bad as a tornado or hurricane, but for us Zonies its something we live with every year and causes lots of damage. But, considering what lives in the Fog and Mist, we wonder what type of creepy creature is living in the Duststorm. Muahahahaha!

~Julie~

The Fourth Kind

This movie seems really creepy to me!

"1n 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. This encounter has been the most difficult to document-until now. Set in modern-day Nome, Alaska, where--mysteriously since the 1960s--a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered. Here in this remote region, psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented."

DT: Haunted Lost City; Thunderbird

FIRST INVESTIGATION: MACHU PICCHU, PERUThe ancient City of Machu Picchu is Peru's most recognizable tourist attraction and one of the most familiar symbols of the Inca Empire.

“The Incas started building it around AD 1430 but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was largely unknown to the outside world before being brought to international attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction.”

Hearing stories about Alex Chionett’s investigations of a lost city of Peru, which is not found on any map, and is haunted, Josh and the DT team set out to investigate the reports. This “haunted lost city”, sits more that two miles high in the Peruvian's Andes mountains. The story is told that the residence of this lost city buried their gold in tunnels under the city to hide their riches from the invading Spanish army before disappearing. Now, about hundred years later, local farmers have reported seeing moving figures and chimes of a phantom bell tower as if the city was still there. The South American explorer, Alex Chionetti, had to turn back before reaching the summit of this ancient city while investigating alone. Josh plans to pick up the investigation where he left off.

They flew over 4,000 miles from Los Angeles to the City of Lima, Peru. After gathering their gear, they headed out to get in touch with Alex Chionetti at the monastery where he was comparing his field notes to the record of history buried in the library. He told Josh that the farmers living below the city were terrified because they see figures of light and hear lots of eerie sounds. There are stories about the many tunnels that hold treasure and hundreds of skeletons. He continues to tell Josh that the roads in that area have been abandoned for hundreds of years and he and his team will be the first film crew to go up there and investigate the area. Starting in Lima, Peru, they will drive several hundred miles into the Andes and hope to make it to the tiny village below, the last inhabited village before the ruins. The dirt roads leading up were very dangerous, steep, and muddy with foggy weather. They finally reach the tiny town, sliding their jeep to a halt. They talk to some of the residence that feel they are living in the shadow of a haunted city. Always at night they report hearing voices, and tell Josh that they see ghosts. It will be at least a full day’s hike to reach the ruins so they decided to start fresh in the morning.

Getting an early start the next morning, they set out on a long hike of more than 3,000 feet into the clouds. They hike was grueling so they decided to try using donkeys. Before taking off the donkeys became spooked. Finally they were able to continue on up the steep, slippery, dangerous terrain. Gabe's donkey got spooked and dumped him off. After that, the locals would go no further so they headed off on foot by themselves. Winded and very tired, they got to the top and set up base camp. They set up cameras around base camp while Josh and Jael set out to explore the area. Using the Flir camera, Josh gets a hit hidden in some trees. Josh plans to hike down to where he saw the heat signature, when they all hear a strange noise. It sounded like a howling and they thought that it could be some sort of animal. They hear it again and this time it sounded like crying or howling. Josh and Jael get to the location where the heat signature was and see nothing. They did hear movement in the bushes and Josh's foot falls into a hole where a tunnel is located. They find more tunnels and have Rex bring a camera to put down into the space to see what is down there. Next they do an EVP session to see if anything or anyone unseen was with them. Back at base camp, Sharra notices some flash in front of one of the infrared camera set out in the perimeter. After checking in at base camp, Josh, Jael and Mike head out again. They come across the ruins of the old bell tower. They break out the parabolic dish to hopefully pick up the phantom bell ringing or another sound. They do capture a strange sound and also got a feeling like someone was up there with them.

Back at Los Angeles, they analyze the noises but the evidence was inconclusive. They did pick up a strange noise in the tunnels from the EVP session, an apparent voice saying, "touch him". For the rest of the evidence, they turn to Steve and Tango to get their opinion. Steve wasn't sure what the thermal hit could have been, there was all kinds of possibilities. The flash on the infrared camera could be some sort of energy passing by the camera.

SECOND INVESTIGATION: THUNDERBIRD, MANOKOTAK, ALASKA This creature, the Thunderbird, is massive, dark brown in color, enormous beak, sharp claws, and a wing span of nearly 30 feet. The journey begins north to the frigid weather of Anchorage, Alaska. While waiting for their connecting flight, some locals were telling their stories of the Thunderbird. They tell them that the temperature has been 20 degrees to below 35 at night. They then boarded their flight from Anchorage to Dillingham, an isolated town that can not be reached by road. It was whiteout conditions when they arrived there. Josh talk to a local pilot, who told them that what he saw was no ordinary bird, it was much different. In order for them to get a sweep of the area, they took an airplane up to check it out. They chartered a 1961 classic plane, and scouted out the area where they spotted the tiny town of Manokotak. This was the town where most of the sightings have been reported. Back on the ground in Dillingham, they geared up for the long trek to Manokotak. Josh wants to look for eyewitness to help them target the best investigation sight. Using a fleet of snowmobiles and local guides, they head off in the below freezing weather to Manokotak, a.k.a. Thunderbird country. On the way, Bicha flips his snowmobile but is ok. The yuk’ip natives fed the crew some local cuisine, and moose fat. Then they hooked up with Timmy Evon, an Alaskan pilot who spotted the Thunderbird very close to where they were. He directed them to the exact location where he saw the creature. They found the area and set up base camp.

Rex tells them to watch out for the wolves and to back away from them if spotted. The temperature was dropping while Josh and Jael head out to put one of the trap cameras with bait underneath. Afterwards they head out in the negative weather. Gabe and Bicha heard a boom sound while sitting at base camp. While investigating the sound, they experience twigs breaking above them and suddenly hear a sound like something buzzed over them. Josh and Jael head back to base camp to see what was happening. After reloading the cameras with new batteries, they head out again. Using the Flir and parabolic dish, they begin to hear noises above them. They hear something moving around and Josh gets a thermal hit on the ground. Fearing that it could be a wolf, they back away and head to base camp. On a computer at base camp, one of the cameras caught something strange flying in the area. Josh and Bicha do another sweep of the area and see something flying between two trees. It was a black object but hard to make out. They also noticed that the bait was gone around the trap camera leaving no prints almost like a bird swooped down and grabbed it. They did see claw marks in the snow and took pictures of the area. The trap camera took several pictures as well.

Back at Los Angeles, they take a look at all the photos that the trap camera snapped off. They did catch on the infrared camera something large buzzing through the trees. Wanting an expert opinion, Josh took the evidence to Mike Dees for his analysis of their findings. The footing of the object flying between the trees proved inconclusive and the photos taken by the trap camera showed the image too close to see what it really was. He said that is can be feathers in the photos and that a massive sea eagle could have migrated there. This could be what the locals are seeing and not the elusive Thunderbird.

~Julie~

Zombies in Old Tucson

According to Wikipedia, "A zombie is a creature that appears in folklore and popular culture typically as a reanimated corpse or a mindless human being. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled as laborers by a powerful sorcerer. Zombies became a popular device in modern horror fiction, largely because of the success of George A. Romero's 1968 film "Night of the Living Dead".

Old Tucson Studios is another place to go for some scary Halloween fun. They are presenting a nightly event called "Nightfall, Harvest of Fear". It is a bit funny and somewhat scary but all and all, tons of fun. Amongst the fun, zombies will be seen roaming around terrorizing the visitors.

Click here for an article about this spooky Halloween event written by Debe Branning.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Bigfoot Sighting in Northern Arizona

This article was posted by Jared Dillingham / 3TV @ azfamily.com

"SELIGMAN, ARIZONA -- Seligman is the birthplace of historic Route 66, but could it also be the home of Bigfoot? "Java" Bob Smallsback of Searching for Bigfoot, Inc. is in town researching two reported Bigfoot sightings by a Phoenix man who is building a cabin in the area. The sightings reportedly happened on two different occasions over the past two years. Smallsback says he was called in after the most recent sighting and claims he was able to track the creature, finding what he says is a fingernail where the Sasquatch had stubbed his toe on a rock.

Smallsback says a team from Searching for Bigfoot, Inc. will be in Seligman for the next few months in hopes of making contact with the elusive creature."

DT: Chullachaqui; Bermuda Triangle

FIRST INVESTIGATION: "Chullachaqui"
The Destination Truth team will met Robb Demarest and Dustin Pari, from Ghost Hunters International, in Peru to join them in this investigation. Josh joined them on a ghost hunt inside Frankenstein's castle. It will be interesting to see them hunting for an elusive creature in the creepy forest instead of ghosts in old castles and inns. This creature, Chullachaqui, is demonic and looks like a gremlin and is found deep in the jungles of Peru. There have been many recent sightings in the rainforest near the Madre De Dios River, with many local tribesmen in fear of coming face to face with the Chullachaqui. This creature seems to be different from any other creature that lives in the forest. Usually there is a strange whistling sound right before it is seen in the thick Peruvian jungles. It is very fast, between 3 and 4 feet tall, has sharp fang teeth, pointy ears, and fur, with a three-toed footprint and is a night-dweller.

They headed south from Los Angeles on a 10 hour flight to Lima, Peru and hopped a flight to the ancient city of Cuzco, Peru. Then they flew down to the mountains to the town of Puerto Maldonado, Peru where it was very hot and humid. They met up with Robb and Dustin from GHI where they pack inside and on top of a special DT limo to the town market for some special Peruvian delicacies. After drinking a warm fruit juice and stocking up on toilet paper, they headed out of the market and on to meet a local expert. They met up with Julio Gomes, a professor at the University of Cuzco, who has been tracking the current reports of the Chullachaqui. He tells them that just last week the creature attacked an Indian tribe deep in the jungle. To find these tribes, they would have to take a long boat ride up the Madre De Dios River. It was important for the DT team to find the tribe and explain why there are there. They head off to a nearby port and hop on a small boat to take them up river. They would travel about 60 miles up the river to find the Indigenous Tribes who have had run ins with the tiny beast. They finally arrive at the village having to cross some long narrow wood bridges to find the tribesman they needed talk to. They met with the village elder Enrique, who tells them that many in the tribe have encountered the creature and he had a friend that died from his encounter by being hit hard. You have to hit it first or it will kill you. Robb asked if someone wanted to find one of these, what they would have to do. He showed them where they had to travel in order to find a village where just the previous week a Chullachaqui was spotted. After getting a quick lesson on how to defend themselves from the creature, they traveled another 20 miles to get to the next remote village. They met up with the Ese-jas Tribe village shaman, Honorato, who shows them where the creature was seen and points out about how tall it was. He also tells them that if they go far into the jungle, they will run into a Chullachaqui. They made their way deep into the jungle in the direction the shaman pointed. For Robb and Dustin it is a very different situation than they are used to but looking forward to the investigation.

INVESTIGATION: After setting up base camp and the perimeter cameras and video equipment, Rex tells them of the dangers and what animals to watch out for. Robb, Dustin and Josh head out to survey the perimeter and hear something moving around in the dark. Back a base camp; they are also hearing loud noises. Robb, Dustin and Josh are hearing a sound like something was walking up the path behind them. They head back to base camp where they explain what they heard. They felt like whatever it was a trying to lure them deep into the jungle. Then they all heard loud crackling noises and a growl in the jungle near base camp. Josh, Dustin and Mike chase after it using the parabolic dish in hopes of capturing the noise again. Robb and Jael head off in another direction. Robb sees eyes watching them like it were trying to get them to follow. They hear a whistling sound, while Mike picks up the same sound in the dish. Robb and Jael head back to base camp and hear a loud noise as well as everyone else from the team. Robb felt this thing, whatever it was, showed some intelligence and was keeping pace with them instead of running from them. This isn’t like anything he has experienced in ghost hunting. Josh wants to keep things going so he sent Jael and Dustin out to check on the trap cameras where Robb saw the eyes watching them. Robb, Josh and Mike followed the unexplained whistling which leads them to the water. They took a boat further downstream to see if the whistling could be heard there as well. Meanwhile, Jael and Dustin arrive at the trap camera where she noticed that seven pictures where snapped off since they left the area. After not hearing any noises on the water, the boys decided to head back to shore. Before getting there, they noticed a pair of eyes and Josh goes over to investigate. He finds himself in quicksand where Robb and Mike pull him out. After that close encounter with quicksand, Josh noticed strange footprints on the shore and they take castings of them. As they got closer to base camp, they noticed what appeared to be teeth lying in the path. After a long night and little sleep, they headed back to Los Angeles where Josh brings his evidence to Mike Dee for analysis. The images on the trapped camera were blurred by whatever raced by them; the casting looked like they could be from a member of the wild hog family; and the teeth looked like they came from a wild bore. Is the Chullachaqui nothing more than a wild pig or some other creature yet to be identified?

SECOND INVESTIGATION: Bermuda Triangle, Atlantic OceanThe DT team plan to chart a direct course through the Bermuda Triangle (a three hour tour).
“The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean in which a number of aircraft and surface vessels are alleged to have mysteriously disappeared and cannot be explained as human error, piracy, equipment failure, or natural disasters. Popular culture has attributed some of these disappearances to the paranormal, a suspension of the laws of physics, or activity by extraterrestrial beings.”

For several years the Bermuda Triangle was quiet until just recently. A twin engine plane carrying twelve passengers to the Bahamas just vanished in mid-flight north of the region. With no communication from the pilot and no wreckage found so far means that the Bermuda Triangle mystery is back. Believers in its phenomena say that the whole area is paranormally charged, a vortex of energy beyond any scientific explanation. However skeptics point out that there is very little data on that area proving this to be an allegation of the truth and makes it hard to be proven because most of the witnesses that have been through the triangle, have disappeared.

They flew to Fort Lauderdale, Florida then hopped on a flight to Andros Island in the Bahamas. The triangle covers over half a million square miles of ocean. The flight to the island was a bit rocky at best. After tasting some Bahamian viagra they headed off to talk to a local who has a tragic experience of the triangles furry. Rene Smith Robins' brother went out on a plane and never came home. They found the plane about 7 miles north of her home and it looked like someone landed it safely. It looked untouched, with the doors opened and no life vest were found. No signs of any of the passengers to this day. This is a familiar story heard over and over in that area. Josh and a couple of the DT team take a plane over the region where many other planes and vessel have disappeared. He would take a direct course and the ground team would map out his progress from base camp. He would use an EMF device and a Magnetometer and keep a close eye on the planes navigational equipment to tag an anomies events on to a GPS locator so they can track them once back on the ground. As they were approaching the Bahamas from the south they got huge spikes on the devices and the plane's equipment was going haywire. Base camp lost contact for a time while Josh was experiences weird weather and the instruments in the planes malfunctioning during that time. They land in the Island of South Bimini where the others meet up with them. This island is where many vessels have disappeared off its coast and where there are high magnetic readings all around it. Josh tagged three distinct locations around the island where he and his team will investigate. After meeting up with the other team members, they headed out to North Bimini where Josh has a chat with a 51 year resident, Bone Fish Ebbie. He tells Josh that one time while out on his boat, he got lost and his compass was just spinning around. Josh asked him about the first area he tagged on his flight and Ebbie told him that on Spook Hill there is lots of crazy energy there. They check out Spook Hill using different EMF meters and didn't register anything. Mike did get a weird feeling there. After not getting anything there, they headed out to the second location which was under water. Before heading out to that location Josh talked with local boat captain who had his own scary experience with the triangle. He tells him that one time while out all of his instruments and engines just shut off for about two and a half hours, and then everything came back on. Then they hired a boat to take them to the location with a captain who sounded a lot like Louis Armstrong. They came upon the wreckage of an old plane which was near the area of the second location. They dive into the waters and came upon the wreckage of the USS Cyclops where in 1945 the squadron of flight 19 was using the wrecked ship for bombing practice and all five of the planes disappeared over that very area. They were never heard from again. With no good readings they headed out to the third location in south Bimini. Josh talks with local, Ashley Saunders about his experience where he and his crew got lost for several hours on the ocean. South Bimini is virtually uninhabited and where many locals and tourist try to avoid. With the sun setting, they drive to the area and set up base camp. After setting up all the cameras and other equipment; Josh and a couple of his team head out in a boat. Sitting on top of the area he tagged, he started experiencing all of their gear crapping out. Back at base camp they experience a strange light anomaly moving across the screen on camera 4. Bicha and Gabe leave base to check out camera 4 to see if they can figure out what the strange light was. Meanwhile, Josh and gang were trapped on the boat having problems getting the engine started and started drifting away from the island. Bicha reaches the camera and moves it to see if the crazy lights disappear and it does. He puts the camera back where it was and the lights returns. He and Gabe head back to base camp and get lost in the thick jungle foliage. Finally Josh gets the motor going and they head back to base camp. After getting back to base camp, Josh along with others, set out to look for Bicha and Gabe. After looking for them for some time, Bicha sees Josh's light and they are finally found. Josh did try to recreate the light in the camera by using his flashlight but got no results. The evidence they had was not conclusive but their experience they had was far from normal. Bimini Island and its surrounding area have definitely some sort of mysterious anomaly happening there.

~Julie~

Train Station Boogie

Here is a fun video that was sent to me by Eileen (Atrueoriginall). It's not paranormal but a bit above the norm. Enjoy.....



More than 200 dancers were performing their version of "Do Re Mi", in the Central Station of Antwerp. with just 2 rehearsals they created this amazing stunt! Those 4 fantastic minutes started the 23 of march 2009, 08:00 AM. It is a promotion stunt for a Belgian television program, where they are looking for someone to play the leading role, in the musical of "The Sound of Music".

Haunted Mesa Ghost Tours

Another ghostly event for Arizona is happening in Mesa. Mesa is one of Arizona's haunted cities. Check out this post from Autumnforest on Mesa: Haunted Mesa Arizona.
Also check out this website on the event: Annual Mesa Ghost Tour & Historical Walk
This event looks like one I might enjoy going to.
~Julie~

Mysterious Ape Island

The picture is by artist Peter Oberdorf

For centuries a terrifying beast has been haunting the Pacific Northwest, more specifically Sasquatch sightings on Vancouver Island. This island has over 12 thousand miles of fast moving rivers, rugged beaches and sits about 15 miles southwest of Vancouver, Canada. Many hikers and hunters are attracted to this beautiful island but there appears to be something else lurking there as well. This rain soaked island has many stories told by the Native Americans that a large hairy beast is known to inhabit the area. Many witnesses have seen an ape-like creature and said that it walks on two feet, stands about 9 feet tall and has an estimated weight of 800 pounds. This hairy man-like creature has a long stride and likes to stay along the coastline and rivers edge. The native legends stretch back many centuries giving the beast several different names and say it is a beast to be respected and feared. The stories also are told that if you harm one of this creatures that within 7 years you will die. More than a century ago, as westerners explored the island, and came face to face with the big hairy beast. The earliest sightings were around 1900 where a trader was exploring the area known as "the forbidden plateau" which is located in the central part of the island. The two guides with him refused to go further in the area because it was the place where the so called "monkey man" has been seen. The trader was not afraid and headed out on his own. The next day by a waterfall, he saw the beast for himself. It was washing food in the water. He moved closer, raised his rifle and before he could pull the trigger, the beast stood up and yelled out a bone chilling scream, and then ran off into the forest.

There have been so many stories told of eyewitnesses having encounters with the “Ape Monster”. One man tells the story of a cold night while sleeping in his motor home, it started shaking violently. He jumped to his feet and ran outside where he was met with a very foul odor. In the darkness he could hear the heavy footsteps walking nearby, and then walk away. He thought afterwards how crazy he was to go outside with no means of defense.

The great northwest has been known for a long time for its Sasquatch sightings. With its vast wilderness it makes for an excellent place for a creature to hide. Vancouver Island's population is less than 800,000, which is small in comparison to the size of the island. Because of the many rivers and salmon swimming around in them, this makes for an excellent food source for the mighty beast.

Of course scientists say there is no way these creatures could find its way to Vancouver Island. They feel that there is no proof of its existence nor is there any fossils left by the creature. If it is an ape, there is no proof of how it got to the island because the only way to reach the island is by water. The salt water canals separating the island from the mainland are about a half mile wide. There are videos of bears and primal apes swimming across rivers, so why couldn’t a Sasquatch?

Some stories are told that of people who visited the island as well as some locals, gone out in the woods and just disappeared. Another man tells of his encounter with the beast. He was driving on the highway near the river and noticed a large hairy creature lying on a log with its hand in the water fishing for salmon. He sat there watching this creature crouching on a log for a short time, surprised by what he was watching. Another witness tells his story of seeing the creature while on his fishing boat with his crew, traveling on the east isolated part of the island. They notice that there was no wildlife in the area where they was the days before and thought it to be a bit strange. All of a sudden, they smelt an awful smell and then a creature appeared on the shoreline coming out of the brush. It looked nine or ten feet tall, probably weighed about 400 pounds with red piercing eyes and was crouching down hiding from the spotlight. They watched this massive creature for almost an hour from the safety of the boat feasting on claims until after three long strides; it disappeared in the heavy woods.

About 12 thousand black bears live on Vancouver Island. Some wildlife scientists are convinced that the sightings are probably misidentification between the bear and the beast. The problem with that is Sasquatch does not have pointed ears on top, and a defined snout. It has a long stride and walks like a human. This is not typical for the black bear. Many are convinced that what people are seeing is a great ape so the experts continue to constantly investigate all the reports. They keep track of the areas where the sightings have been reported, which is in the more isolated areas of the island. Forensic pediatrics looks at the castings that were made by witnesses of the hairy beast. They come to the conclusion that they are human-like but not made by a human. They also conclude that the tracks were made by an unknown mammal or species.

The Monster Quest team has gone to the island to investigate the stories of the Bigfoot sightings. Monster Quest focuses their investigation on Meares Island, a place that has more reported sightings than any other place. The team follows the man back to the area where he saw a large hairy creature lying on a log with its hand in the water fishing for salmon. They check out the log and surrounding area to see if there was any evidence that a Sasquatch was there. It was now nightfall, and as they were walking upstream, they caught a heat signature on the camera, lurking in the distance. As they got to the place where the figure was seen, they noticed that on a tree near that area was a heat signature, almost like something big touched it. They also noticed the shell fish all over the area and feel that this is one of the creature’s favorite foods and could be why it stays around the island. The next day the team puts cameras in various places along with some fish to entice the beast. The also set up two base camps with equipment and wait until nightfall to do some investigating. While on the boat they use call blasting to try to lure the beast out or perhaps get an answer. They use night vision cameras and other equipment but the dense fog makes the investigation difficult. They did get a response to the call blasting and will have to analyze it later. Next they move off the boat and back to base camp to check the cameras and bait and found them untouched. They check out the river bank where a creature was seen lying on a log fishing, the next day to see if they can find any tracks from the creature. They find a very sandy spot but find no physical evidence of the creature. Next they check out the trap cameras and find a dark shape in one of the photos. They didn’t find any tangible evidence but they know that with all the eyewitness’ sightings, many more will continue to be in search of the beast on Vancouver Island.

~Julie~

DT: Alien Mummies; Van Lake Monster

FIRST INVESTIGATION: ALIEN SIGHTINGS IN CHILEAbout 67% believe in aliens and one in four believe that they have visited our planet. For all that believe, there a skeptics saying, "Why haven't we found any alien corpses?" According to recent reports in Chile, they have. Not long ago an alien mummy was exhumed deep from within the Chilean desert. Even though the remains looked a bit suspicious to Josh, there have been numerous reports by local Indians that claim to have had close encounters of the third kind. They have claimed to have seen tiny living creatures living in the mine shafts along with mysterious lights and UFO's. Looking for aliens is a first for Josh and his team, but with all the sightings, they just couldn't resist investigating. They flew 12 hours to Lima Peru, where in the remote desert in Northern Chile is where the most recent sightings have been. After getting their rental car, they made plans to travel thousands of miles south of Lima to some old abandoned mines where the sightings took place. From Lima they drove 26 hours south to Chile along the remote Pan American highway. After going through several tolls, they pulled over in a small town where Josh decided to get a haircut. In the morning they stopped in De Nasca, which is famous in alien culture. Josh and some of the crew took a plane for an aerial view of the land. From above they could see complex shapes and patterns carved in the desert's face. They were etched a few thousand years before human aviation and meant to be seen from above by those of another world. After witnessing these remarkable symbols, Josh still wasn't convinced he was in the presence of alien beings. Then they drove another 2,000 miles and finally reached Chile. Their first stop was at a place called Stargate, a stone monument erected in the middle of the desert which some claim is a portal to another dimension. Daniel Mamani's family helped build the Stargate monument and has personally seen these aliens. He claims that they are built some what like people but are very small. He tells Josh that the lots of paranormal activity were near the mines and the locals believe that the aliens were causing it. They next head off to a small town to have someone help them to locate the mines. They met up with Alejandro, a UFO researcher, who tracked the recent sightings near the abandoned mine. He tells Josh to talk to the Aymara Indians because they can guide him to the mines. After several miles in the baking sun they met up with Montano Biza, an Aymara tribal leader. He has personally witnessed the strange occurrences such as a strange light, larger than a star, hovering over the landscape, and then disappearing. He believes they are extra terrestrials and was able to outline the exact location of the mines for Josh and his team.

INVESTIGATION: Getting to the mine just before the setting sun they noticed that to climb down into a large hole. Josh and Evan got on their climbing gear and headed down first. Once everyone got down safely, they set up base camp on the landing they descended on. While some of the team stayed at base camp, Josh and the rest checked out the tunnels. The smell below started to become unusual and then Evan's foot fell into a soft spot causing a hole. Josh notices a burlap material and inside the hole they saw bones. A very foul odor was coming from the hole where more bones had been found. The skeletal remains looked humanoid but the feet looked like hooves. It looked like it was buried there on purpose and had its head removed. They bag the bones so Jael and Rex can take them back to base camp. On the way back to base camp with the evidence, Jael and Rex see something. After asking is anybody with us, a rock was thrown at them. Josh continues on with Evan and Mike where they cross a small wooden manmade bridge. Josh feels a breeze coming and sees a light and chases it down. They follow the breeze to an opening, left the tunnels and headed over to a ridge line. They see a bright light across the canyon just above the rim. They try to focus on it while it was moving around and appeared to be pulsating. Mike picks up a weird noise coming out of the parabolic dish even without it being plugged in. It sounded mechanical; maybe even an alien type sound. They spent 12 hours underground for this investigation and had lots of activity. Unable to take the remains they found back to Los Angeles for research, Josh had to photograph them.

RESULTS: He took the photos first to the Natural History Museum of LA to Dr. Jim Dines a mammologist. Josh shows him the pictures and asked what he thought it was. He says that the feet are proportioned wrong for any kind of human or primate and was completely stumped on what it could be. Josh decides to take his findings to another expert, Mike Dee, retired curator from the Los Angeles zoo. He notices that the two feet are hoof like and definitely doesn't think it is a bird. He also saw no evidence of any type of feathers and was also puzzled by the remains. Josh was amazed that he could not get any positive identification of the remains from either of the two experts. The species that Josh and his team uncovered deep in the Chilean mines is still a mystery. Also, after replaying their recordings of the strange lights that they saw, they remain a mystery too.

SECOND INVESTIGATION: VAN LAKE, TURKEY, MASSIVE SCALY MONSTERWhen both CNN and the associated press made headlines of a large lake monster, Josh and his team had to investigate these reports. For centuries many have talked about the Van Lake monster but it wasn't until recently that a man’s video taped a large creature swimming around in the lake. Since then, hundreds of people have also reported seeing this mysterious animal. Van Lake is found in far Eastern Turkey in a remote region near the border of Iran. It is nearly 1,500 square miles and is nearly the size of Rhode Island. Most of the sightings are reported just off the lake's southern coast. Eyewitness say that this creature measures about 40 feet long, with dark scaly skin, long spiny back, and a muscular tail has a devastating whip against any person or vessels that goes near it. It also has a horse like head with razor sharp teeth and a massive jaw. The team flies nearly 17,000 miles to Istanbul, Turkey which took 17 hours. After such a long flight they emerge into the city of Istanbul which is an exotic mix of East and West and is the dividing line between Europe and Asia. After haggling over the price of a carpet, Josh left the market and met up with a local journalist, Gerguim Cuench. He was the one that obtained the original footage of the creature that later became international news. He tells Josh that it has been a part of Turkish history that this monster exists. He goes on to tell him that many believe that the monster exists but there was never any proof. Next the team heads out from Istanbul on a flight to the city of Van which borders the lake. The team was beyond tired and acting a bit goofy at this point so they hop in another DT special rag-tag vehicle to the Pearls of the East or the shores of Van. People have been inhabiting these shores for over 7,000 years where places of it's ancient ruins can still be seen. Because the story of the monster was so huge in this town, the local government formed its own team to search for it and even erect a statue of the monster. He talks with the Mayor, Nazmi Sezer, who tells him that there is definitely a creature in the lake and divers have seen eggs that the creature had laid. He also tells Josh that the creature can be found near the fresh water of Akhtamar Island. After getting Mike to shave off his beard and keeping his mustache, they got back on the trail of searching for the monster. Before investigating they spoke with a couple of local boat captains who shared their stories about the creature. Afterwards the team splits up to survey the area. Josh and Mike headed up in a helicopter, Jael and Rex kept watch on the Southern bank and Bicha and Sharra stayed north.

INVESTIGATION: Sharra spots some dark shadowy figures along the surface. Shortly afterwards Jael and Rex see it as well. They tell Josh that is black and coming out of the water, and then going back down. Josh flies over the area but whatever it was had already disappeared. After returning from the flight, Josh and the team head out to Akhtamar Island in a boat. They land on the rocky coast and set up base camp. Evan and Josh head out first into the extremely cold water of Lake Van to get a look at the underwater area. The visibility was about 3 feet tops and the water was very cold and salty. They decided to search topside where the creature is known to surface at night. Josh and Jael head up to the highest point on the island to get a better look of the lake. They come across some ruins of an ancient church where they see drawings of a large monster eating people and found graves as well. They head back to base camp where Josh and Rex head out to do a sweep of the lake in a boat. Jael and Bisha do a sweep of the coastline. While out in the boat, it starts to rain and snow while the temperature drops to freezing. Base camp was experiencing lots of rain and their tarp filling up with water. It collapses spilling water on some of the equipment. The equipment was fine and they were able to fix the tarp. Meanwhile back on the shore, Jael hears noises and a very loud splashing and a moaning sound. They see something moving in the water so Josh submerges the underwater camera. Something hit the zodiac boat Josh was in and they saw something swimming by the camera. Then they see something big surface which makes a loud splash. They kept pursuing whatever was making the sounds and kept surfacing, but didn't find anything. After fixing the base camp's tarps, Josh went out in the zodiac boat again with Jael. Quickly they see ripples in the water, and then get a long shape on the thermal imaging camera. Then they hear a noise and then see a large shadow near their boat. Daylight was coming so they headed back to shore. They investigated from the coast the rest of the time then headed back to LA to analyze their findings. The thermal did show something about 20 feet in the water and on the underwater cameras there wasn't a clear enough image to tell what it was. Because the lake if fairly sparse, logic would dictate that something large would not be able to survive in that lake. Because they did experience something, Josh took the original footage to a marine biologist, Dr. Scott Cooper to get his opinion of what it was. Because you couldn't see in front of the object, he was skeptical that something could have been towed. In the clip of the object still in the water, he commented on the breathing being continuous bubbles as if there was an air hose or something causing it. Josh asked if they were looking at something biological and he told him that the skin looks leathery but the rest doesn't look credible to him. He felt that they were looking at a hoax. Josh then show him the footage of theirs from the helicopter showing the dark black objects bobbing at the surface. He tells Josh that it is unlikely for a huge creature to exist in this very salty lake and there is only one species of fish in the whole lake. His conclusion is that it was either a school of fish or methane sediments that bubble to the surface and appear to be a very large object. Because of the hundreds of sightings, there is the possibility that something could be hiding deep in the murky waters of Van Lake.

~Julie~

Someone's Got A Birthday Today....

I would just like to take a brief moment to wish Julie a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I won't reveal any ages here...I don't even think I know it anyway....(oops). But I hope her day is awesome as can be; and eat lots of cake and ice cream for me (damn diets!!!!). It's been great blogging with Julie for all this time...and here's for another 100 years of blogging! Well OK...maybe not 100...but you know. Do you know? I don't know. But anyway...

HAPPY FREAKING BIRTHDAY JULIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ghost Hunters Spoofed on South Park

I usually don't watch this show but Jason, Grant, Amy, Kris and Tango all mentioned it on Twitter. It is the first show of South Park's 13th season titled, "Dead Celebrities". They are spoofed part way through the half hour show and it was funny. You will have to check your local listings for the day and times. It is on Comedy Central if you are interested.

Halloween Around Arizona

The following are links to website for the various haunted places and events around the state of Arizona. We are still trying to figure out what we want to do since Halloween falls on a Saturday, so I checked it out. If you know of other events, please let us know. If you don't live in Arizona, what are the fun Halloween events near you?

1. Click here for a list of Halloween activities from azcentral.com.

2. Click here for a list of haunted places in Arizona from about.com.

3. Old Bisbee Ghost Tour - http://www.oldbisbeeghosttour.com/

4. Halloween events in Jerome - http://seethesouthwest.com/263/halloween-in-jerome-arizona/

5. The Williams Saloon Row Ghost Tour from Ghost Village - http://www.ghostvillage.com/news/2006/news_05012006.shtml

6. Doomtown at Rawhide - http://www.rawhide.com/doomtown/

7. Fear Farm - http://www.fearfarm.com/

8. Scream Park - http://www.azscreampark.com/

9. Haunted Graveyard - www.birkettentertainment.com/hauntedgraveyard

10. Halloween events in Tucson - http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1084825/hot_halloween_events_in_tucson.html

11. Haunted houses in Arizona - http://www.festivals-and-shows.com/haunted-houses-in-arizona.html

12. Frightened haunted house - http://www.frightened.com/?gclid=CPC0p6Gnp50CFSUsawodf2w5ig

Lost Vegas

Lurking below the bright lights of Sin City is a massive amount of underground tunnels where many homeless people call home. Hundreds live in deplorable conditions hidden deep in concrete tunnels designed to catch overflow water and prevent flooding. I was very sadden and surprised to see their makeshift homes in the extremely dark and dangerous tunnels, surviving the best they can under the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas.

Freaky Flicks Review: Paranormal Activity

I have been waiting a solid two years for this movie to finally be released. Technically it hasn't been "released" yet. It's only playing in a grand total of 33 cities in the entire country, and it's only getting exclusive midnight showings just for this current weekend. There is a rumor floating that the movie will be getting a more wide release in 40 markets, with more normal show times starting October 9th, and I really hope this is true. This is a movie that every fan of horror should see. THIS is a true horror movie. THIS movie shows you do not need a drop of blood, you don't need any torture scenes, you don't need any clichéd jump scenes, you don't need ANY of that to unnerve an audience. This is absolutely one of the best horror film's I've seen and yes I have to say it is probably the most creepy and scariest film's I've seen. That comes with a side note though, more on that later.

The story is very simple. A young San Diego couple is haunted by something in their house. They believe it is a demon who has been following the Katie character. They don't think it's the house that's haunted, but it's her who is haunted. So they can't go anywhere, that this thing won't follow. That's the first element of creepy in this movie. The movie is all hand held camera, but not all that shaky. We see the day time drama between the two, and we get a great glimpse into their relationship and you quickly love both of them and root for them. They were very believable as a couple, which just adds to the realism of the film. At night they have a camera set up in the bedroom to capture any strange happenings. And there are some straaaaannge happenings.

The performances of these two were shockingly good and extremely authentic. This movie is not real, but it felt as if we were watching actual lost footage. Their performances were not clean and never seemed scripted. They spoke like actual people and not all "Hollywood". Like I mentioned above, their realism as a couple and as normal people added so much to the likability of these characters as well as the tension of the film. You really felt for these guys. They also were quite funny, which just was a nice benefit to them as well as the movies story. Their humor eased the tension at times, which is needed for a film like this.

Now on to what everyone really wants to know: is this movie as scary as everyone says it is? My answer: no. It was just a tad bit overhyped, and I fell victim to the hype. I now wish I had seen no previews for the film, or had read so much about it because it would have been a much more terrifying movie to experience. The preview was also way to revealing. HOWEVER, this movie IS extremely creepy and has some pretty darn scary moments and most of it is just so unnerving and tense. It may not have been super scary, but it was easily the creepiest movie I've ever seen (mind you I don't get scared easily in movies, and this movie creeped me out like no movie has since Poltergeist...so there ya go).

The movie was as realistic as watching one of your own home movies. THAT is why this movie is so scary. You can relate to these people, you can relate to hearing weird noises in your home. So you immediately connect with their situation. You find yourself immersed in their world so easily. When things start happening, it is done with no obvious visual effects or CGI. The visuals in this movie were incredible. This movie was made for $11,000, and had more impressive visuals than it's millions of dollar counterpart: Cloverfield. I had NO clue how they pulled off the stuff they did in this film, and I don't even care to find out.

The first half of the film is all build up, but it does have some freaky moments. Simple things like doors opening and closing, footsteps, banging on the walls, etc. It really builds up some intensity and you just KNOW something is going down by the end of this thing. In the first half when all the nightvision scenes come on, you can't help but feel a little nervous that something crazy is going to happen. When something really scary doesn't happen, you don't feel let down, at least I didn't, because that makes it more tense. The events escalate throughout the film. The second half is probably the scariest stuff I've ever seen in a movie, especially that final twenty minutes. i don't want to reveal ANY of the scares though. There is a scene in this movie that really freaked me out as well as the audience, but I'm not about to reveal what it was. But it was just so unsettling and trippy that it made me partially uncomfortable to sleep in my bed. It has something to do with the bed, and everyone who has seen it probably knows what I'm talking about. It was THE most convincing and terrifying effect I think I've ever seen in any horror movie, and it was brilliant and scary.

Also the last scene was super tense. I already knew what was going to happen, if you've seen the trailer, you can put two and two together and pretty much know how the movie will end. However, the minute leading up to the final scene was SO intense and I won't lie...even though I knew what was about to happen, my heart was racing. It was eerily quiet for a good 30 seconds, then....well....I won't go on. Ugh, gives me the heebie jeebies.

This movie may not scare everyone, but I will be honest with you...it scared me. Now that I'm here writing about it, and thinking about it...yes, this is easily the creepiest movie I've ever seen and I urge everyone to see it! It wasn't AS scary as it could have been though, if that makes any sense. But yeah...really freaky. It will give a lot of people nightmares, and it will make a lot of people to go home and sleep in their bed. Who knows what's really going on? I also just want to point out that this is a good movie in general. It is worthy of its current 92% on rotten tomatoes. Simple but entertaining and engaging story, realistic characters who you tend to love, and some great creep out moments! It was really entertaining, and I know for a fact already it will be my favorite horror movie of 2009 and really one of my favorite horror movies ever.

If you can...please go and see this movie...NOW! Really good movie.

DT: Ghosts of Chernobyl; Sal'awa

FIRST INVESTIGATION: Chernobyl, Pripyat, Ukraine (11 miles from Chernobyl)The Chernobyl Disaster was a nuclear reactor accident that happened on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. It is considered to be the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history and the only level 7 instance on the International Nuclear Event Scale. It resulted in a severe release of radioactivity following a massive power excursion which destroyed the reactor. Two people died in the initial steam explosion, but most deaths from the accident were attributed to radiation.

Many people have experienced seeing ghostly figures, with some resembling those who died in the accident. These reports have begun surfacing more frequently lately. No group has ever stayed there from dusk to dawn. After securing permission from the Ukrainian government, Josh and his team will set up the world’s first investigation of the ruins of Chernobyl. They needed special gear, like fallout radiation suits to protect them from any exposure to radiation. They headed out to investigate the plant where the most deadly nuclear accident occurred.

They were told to expect military scrutiny at all the checkpoints in route to the abandoned city. When they picked up their luggage at baggage claim, one was open with all the stuff spilling out all over. After Josh gathered everything up, they got into the rented vehicle which resembled Scooby Doo and companies' Mystery Van. They headed off to their journey and started in Kiev where there are many military armories. Then from Kiev to what the government calls the Zone of Exclusion checkpoint. In the center lies Prypiat, this suffered the direct fallout and remains radioactive still to this day. In order to get to the city, they have to go through three separate security perimeters which increases in restrictions and radioactivity. Traveling in these zones are strictly prohibited adding to that, the guards at the remote posts are acting on their own authority. They are faced with being denied at any of the checkpoints and being deported from the area all together. After having all the passports checked at the first point, they were assigned a soldier to escort them to the town of Prypiat. He loans them equipment that detects if the activity is too high that they need to leave immediately. Before they stop at the next checkpoint, they had to pass through a screen to check and see if they were not personally contaminated before they could eat. There was a cafeteria set up and they were somewhat reluctant to eat there, but did. They had to take an additional blueberry flavored liquid antidote as a persuasion. While they were leaving they met a military officer that had a ghostly encounter the night before just inside the restricted zone. As Josh asked the questions of his encounter, their translator and guide refuse to let Josh know what the man said. One of the local drivers steps in and translated for him. He tells them that he saw a round spear in a room just floating there. Another woman tells Josh that she visits the place from time to time and has witnessed seeing the ghosts of some of friends and family that died during and after the accident. She told them to focus on the areas that the children would play. They reached the second checkpoint and with all the paperwork in order they were allowed to pass through. As they headed closer into town, they noticed rotting buildings, freighters, and canals that stood exactly how there were on April 26, 1986. They hit the last gate and getting passed they arrived at the city that was evacuated nearly 25 years earlier. Their drivers and guide left them to conduct the investigation.

INVESTIGATION: They all put on the radiation suits then Jael, Gabe and Josh checked the hospital first where the man had seen an apparition. They experience their equipment power off and on. They enter what used to be the surgerical room and find a patient register with dates. As they move into the pediatric room, Josh captures a human figure on the flir in the window outside. They move around to another room where Josh sees a shape of a person peering from around a pole right behind Evan. The Geiger counter started to go off so they had to leave while the equipment kept malfunctioning. Back at base camp they form another plan and Josh takes Rex, Mike and Jael with him. They come across the remains of an amusement park where Jael thought she saw someone sitting in an empty bumper car. The radiation was high in the area so they decided to leave. Then they see a light coming from the building and chase it down. They check out the rooms and find an old piano. After leaving the room they hear a sound like the piano started to play. They run back but find nothing. They continue to walk around, find a creepy doll, and then the meter spikes to its highest. The meter continues to spike when Jael screams because they saw a huge black shadow behind her. Then they hear a bottle or something flying off a shelf. Josh does an EVP session to see if a spirit is with them. Jael jumps and runs because something pulled her hand then she heard someone running out of the room. The meter went off because the radiation was high so they left.

They turn to Jason and Grant to look at the evidence they captured. The strange dot of light could have been a small animal; the window that Josh caught the figure on the outside could have been a reflection; the other human figure caught on the flir which looked like someone stepping out from behind the pole, they couldn’t say what it was. That was an expressive piece of evidence according to Jason and Grant.

SECOND INVESTIGATION: "Sal'awa" Cairo, EgyptThe Sal’awa is a monstrous wolf like creature, with a bushy tail, large pointy ears, large hind legs with immense claws to aide in speed and jumping. It also has a course coat of fur, is stronger and faster than an ordinary dog, and hides in the dense sugar cane fields. Sal'awa is Arabic for scary wolf.

They flew into Cairo, Egypt after a 17 hour flight. They hopped into a jeep and headed out for their 200 mile drive along the Nile crossing the river in the ancient city of Luxor. From there they went on to the city of Armant where the recent sightings of the Sal'awa have been reported. They met up with Ramy to help them by utilizing his translation skills. They next went to Egypt's leading bounty hunter, Mamdouh, who the government had investigating the resent attacks. He said this was a new animal and very dangerous. He tells Josh that it will attack him and his team and rip them to pieces. He warns Josh that the Sal'awa is elusive and very deadly. Before sending Josh on his way, he showed him the deadly cobra he had. He appeared to hypnotize it and told Josh that he had to kiss the cobra. If it bits you, you die, so you have to bit the cobra instead. Makes sense to me but is very crazy! Josh thinking that Mamdouh is nuts, bends down and kisses the cobra and says that he also peed his pants. Then Mamdouh proceeds to bit the cobra, putting its head in his mouth. Can you say nut case? After that they headed south to the village of Armant cruising over sand domes to get there. After a game of soccer with the locals they finally arrived to the destination. They had one more stop before heading to the sugarcanes with a Mother of a seven year old boy who was recently attacked. She told them that if she did not fight off the animal her son would be dead. She also told them that she was certain it was not a dog or a wolf, it was a Sal'awa and that hunters have chased it further East into the sugarcane fields behind her house and lost it in the high brush.

INVESTIGATION: They set out to the sugar cane fields talking to workers along the way. They each had a story of the elusive beast. They set base camp right on the edge of the sugar cane field and placed cameras all around. Josh and Jael set off to check out the perimeter through the sugar cane field. He finds some excrement and bags it for evidence. They use the flir through the dense field and spot some animal prints that Josh cast for evidence. Jael sets out to investigate on her own, hears growling and freaks out. They are also hearing lots of noises back at base camp too. They move out to investigate some more and hear more growling and see something moving around. On the camera they caught something grabbing the bait and running out. It looked huge and furry. They also see some eyes watching them from inside the field. They hear howling and movement from the small field to the sugar cane. They chase after it then head back to camp. They head out on parallel course in the field to see if they can flush out whatever is there. Josh and Mike hear something moving and follow it. Evan meets up with them and they hear a creepy growling near him. They all can hear it too so they end up crossing over the field to see if whatever that was can be found. After safely getting out of the sugar cane they all meet up and head back to base camp.

After that scary investigation, they head back to Los Angeles to analyze the evidence. The footprint casting proved to be canine. Josh played the sounds for Mike Dee, formerly from the LA Zoo, to see what his impression of it was. The loud growling, he said sounded like a very large dog. They did catch a fox on the camera stealing the food and could be what the Sal'awa really was and the locals fears are making it more than it appeared.

~Julie~