Uncanny Canada

Bigfoot tracks in BC

defrostindoors — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:29:32 +0000

Cryptomundo reports that “[p]ossible new sasquatch tracks have been found and photographed in southwest British Columbia. The location is a mere 45 minute drive from downtown Vancouver.”

But trimming the branches can be tricky

defrostindoors — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:10:17 +0000

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UFO science key to halting climate change?

defrostindoors — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:54:39 +0000

A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change, a local paper said Wednesday.

“I would like to see what (alien) technology there might be that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuels within a generation … that could be a way to save our planet,” Paul Hellyer, 83, told the Ottawa Citizen.

Alien spacecrafts would have traveled vast distances to reach Earth, and so must be equipped with advanced propulsion systems or used exceptional fuels, he told the newspaper.

Such alien technologies could offer humanity alternatives to fossil fuels, he said, pointing to the enigmatic 1947 incident in Roswell, New Mexico — which has become a shrine for UFO believers — as an example of alien contact.

“We need to persuade governments to come clean on what they know. Some of us suspect they know quite a lot, and it might be enough to save our planet if applied quickly enough,” he said.

Hellyer became defense minister in former prime minister Lester Pearson’s cabinet in 1963, and oversaw the controversial integration and unification of Canada’s army, air force and navy into the Canadian Forces.

He shocked Canadians in September 2005 by announcing he once saw a UFO.

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Wedding dress washes up on Toronto shores

defrostindoors — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:48:45 +0000

Two Torontonians found a wedding dress bobbing in the icy waves of Lake Ontario. Edda Dolcetti and Peter Lendardon were photographing swans when they spotted the dress in the lake and pulled it out; a headpiece and long white gloves were floating a little further out, just out of reach. What happened? Jilted bride? Art project? Full story

‘Creepy’ paintings removed from Ottawa hospital

defrostindoors — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:52:57 +0000

These paintings by Shirley Brown hung in the waiting room of an Ottawa hospital, until the staff noticed that the artwork was freaking the patients out. Full story here

Odd things over Oshawa

defrostindoors — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:14:34 +0000

On Dec. 23, 2006, here in Oshawa, we had great clear skies. I took a moment to sky watch around after 12:30 PM, and took some pictures facing south, over Lake Ontario.

This particular photo caught my eye of two unknowns photographed. The top one near the clouds appears disc shaped, as the bottom one appears capsule shaped and brilliant white. The temperature was unusually warm here, even bringing out insects. I can’t really say what has been photographed.

More at UFO Casebook.

Psychic helps ease wintery blues

defrostindoors — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 03:48:44 +0000

She has a crystal ball, so she must know what she’s doing, right?

The Russian Tea Room, decorated with twinkling lights, a waving Santa and the television yule log a-burning, is a happy refuge from the darkness of late December. And a busy one. Dona Piercy, a spiritual guide who works at a large table in the back, is completely booked.

Christmas is stressful, filled with anxiety and uncertainty. The gift-giving aspect of the holiday, which is supposed to make us feel good, transforms us into mega-consumers. We work all day and shop all night, tortured by full parking lots, long lines, irritated cashiers, fluorescent lights and Boney-M.

Sapped of energy, Piercy’s clients want to know that the season won’t bankrupt them, that the year ahead will be as meaningful and rewarding as It’s A Wonderful Life promises.

Piercy says there’s more to it than that. In the days surrounding the winter solstice, a holy time for many cultures, as far back as anthropology and archaeology reach, “People want to connect more,” she says, “and that’s what the universe wants, right?”

Aurora borealis seen from space

defrostindoors — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:44:13 +0000

Yoinked from Raincoaster. I’ve seen some amazing Northern Lights displays during long summer nights in North Bay, when I was growing up; I don’t think I’ve seen any since I’ve lived in Kingston.

The government has neat stuff

defrostindoors — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:45:38 +0000

I stumbled across a GREAT section of the National Library and Archives site dealing with Canadian pulp fiction, Tales From The Vault, and here’s a page of particularly Fortean interest although the whole site is worth a look:

“Where Are the Great Cities of the North?”: Uncanny Tales and the Question of Canadian Identity

Yes, I’m afraid it’s the dreaded i-word again, but don’t let that put you off.

Wilno vampire lore

defrostindoors — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:00:05 +0000

Jan Perkowski visited this small town, northeast of Barry’s Bay, Ontario, in 1968-69 to gather local vampire lore. Home to Canada’s first Polish settlement, Wilno gained another claim to fame when Perkowski’s report was published in 1972:

Perkowski’s report begins with (page 2) “a picture of a small grave enclosed by a white picket fence. The quote under the photograph says that if a vampire is not destroyed before he is buried, he rises again and carries off his relatives and others in the neighbourhood.”

“It happened at Wilno….They had to dig it up and cut off the head while he sat in the coffin.”