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November 2Up to ten thousand pilgrims came from around the world to a rain-soaked corner of western Ireland in order to witness the apparition of the Virgin Mary, which a Dublin-based spiritual healer named Joe Coleman predicted would occur. They waited on the exact spot where villagers claimed they saw the Virgin Mary in 1879. "Before leaving the shrine yesterday, Coleman said the Virgin Mary had appeared but he was not yet prepared to reveal the message she had sent him for the world."The Socorro UFO: Physical Evidence Points To A Prank (Part 3) UFO Iconoclast(s)A second look at the physical evidence in the Socorro case seems to support the hoax interpretation by Anthony Bragalia. The "charred cardboard" found at the site by Air Force investigators is indicative of something very terrestrial, perhaps the use of pyrotechnics. The sounds that the witness said he heard as the craft was in flight also suspiciously sound like the whines and whistles of advanced pyrotechnics. And the burning bush found at the site by AF investigators again resemble more the burn from pyrotechnics than the blast from a rocket or a jet. These three factors suggest the event could well have been a student-created hoax. Elsewhere, Former Brazilian Air Force Minister Re UFOs: "Technology Far More Advanced Than Ours."Bigfoot: Legend or ... Petoskey NewsAfter encountering "the thickest wall of live human body odor that you could ever imagine" and later hearing "three faint taps like two pieces of wood being hit together, then a slight pause, then one more" while in Wilderness State Park in Michigan last July, Ron Kostrubiec believes he may have encountered Bigfoot. Later he discovered a set of footprints including one of "a right foot print about 16 inches long and really wide... with a little rise of dirt between the little and next toe." Kostrubiec spoke to the local police as well as the state police, both of whom said they had not had Bigfoot reports in the area. Elsewhere, Man hopes to prove Bigfoot exists in W.Va. and in Pennsylvania, they're asking, is there a Sasquatch in our woods?. And the first day of the newly opened International Cryptozoology Museum was quite a success as reported in If We Build It, They Will ComeA video of Larry King talking with Brad and Barry Klinge, hosts of Discovery channel's "Ghost Lab," about their recent investigations. Elsewhere, a Paranormal Investigator is Looking for Stories on Ghosts that Get Personal and Ghost buster team lifts veil on haunted homes in Brisbane.James Gilliland Declares ECETI Ranch Off Limits Phantoms & MonstersHis ranch is said to be a UFO hotspot that regularly visited by UFO enthusiasts and investigators who expect to see UFOs, orbs, and light trails. Some of the UFOS have reportedly been pursued by US Government aircraft. Now, because "the UFO community has become convoluted and riddled with disinformation" Gilliard wants to pursue investigations without UFO and paranormal groups getting in the way. It's an odd turn of events, given that the whole enterprise seemed to be just a business anyway. And a response: An Open Letter To James Gilliland.The Burning Times BBC News MagazineWitches remain a significant cultural presence centuries after thousands of women, and men, accused of sorcery were burned at the stake. But what caused the craze for burning witches, and why did it stop? According to some, they occurred in the aftermath of the Reformation, when the split in the Christian faith caused great turmoil.