In the Hudson Valley of New York, the Mohegan, Pequot, Mohawk and Iroquois tribes tell of tricksters associated with storms. A modern encounter with a “troll” in the area is recounted from a childhood episode. Then another encounter with a troll/elf/leprechaun-type critter in Orange, New Jersey. Tales of frightened children? In Part 2, more children […]

These fascinating pictures taken by photographer Franco Banfi of his scuba diving colleague reveal what lies beneath the iced surface of the White Sea, on Russia’s north-west coast.

Occult View shares an experience with mysterious knocks on the bedroom wall, preceded each time with an unexplained “snap” sound. Snapping, crackling and popping sounds are very often associated with the onset of poltergeist activity and also EVPs. The Association of Trans Communication explains this phenomenon of Precursor Sounds in Physical Phenomenon in great detail. […]

Like all good Fortean mysteries, no one can figure out what it is, what it was used for, who built it or why they built it. The stone circle made up of basalt rock and weighing an estimated 60,000 tons is twice as big as Stonehenge. And apparently twice as mysterious. Another unsolved mystery has […]

If weird science and all things ‘paranormal’ are bunk, proven by ‘Science’, why do people have such an enduring fascination with them? Why would leading lights like Rupert Sheldrake, Graham Hancock and others question the current state of the art, only to be shouted down by skeptics and marginalized by science conferences? Louis Proud does […]

Donning his goggles and gas-powered gibus, Chris Woodyard shares the latests fruits of his research. Taking several pages from yesteryear, oft imagined in a future that will never be, Chris provides a turn of the century aerial traffic report capturing the mystery and, daresay, romance of airships. Turning from aerial spectacles to La Specola, we […]

Presented, for your erudation, is the biggest little story of the past week. A perfectly fitted door placed at the base of a tree in a San Francisco park has drawn more attention than the reincarnation of Emperor Norton I. Sarah Bacon, and photographer Erica R., broke this story of unparalleled whimsy. A few days […]

It’s time once again for our biweekly round up of “Mysterious Boom” reports, starting off this time in Michigan where frightened residents called 911 to report the sound of gunshot-like explosions. However, Flint, Michigan isn’t the only place with mysterious explosions, as this article helpfully does our work for us by rounding up 3 months […]

Not to be out done by the Rolling Stones, who are expected to announce their 18 date North American spring tour Wednesday morning, it was announced yesterday Paul McCartney would be playing Boston's Fenway Park on July 9…

But when it was first posted on the Vault, the media confused it with the famed Roswell UFO sighting, which occurred three years earlier. That was enough to draw massive traffic to the website by those curious about the memo …