UFOs are "Unidentified Flying Objects". Was the UFO reported by a
Halifax witness a strictly human-made project? Or, was that UFO part of
some kind of alien collaboration? Dr. Michael Salla has described a
Military-Industrial Extraterrestrial Complex.
A Halifax
witness reports seeing a silent white or silvery disk shaped object on
22 March 2012 according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network
(MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness first notes
that it was a hot day in Dartmouth for the time of the year. Dartmouth
is a part of an amalgamated Halifax.
“It was the hottest day of 2012 so far, 29 degrees C, on March 22nd in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, (normal high 4 C).”
He decided that day to go out for walk around where he works.
“When
I decided to go out for a walk around where I work, I noticed a silent
white or silvery disk shaped object gliding past in front of me.”
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Fred the Ghost of Union Station in Phoenix AZ.
The man in charge of unlocking the gate at old Union Station hates to hear the buzz of the intercom.
Sometimes he is greeted by a traveler standing there with a suitcase, looking confused. No, he tells them, no trains here, not anymore.
Often there are people who want a tour, a peek through dirt-fogged windows at the heart of downtown Phoenix, circa 1923. No, Dudley Weldon says, shaking his gray head back and forth, you can't come in, not anymore.
Occasionally he can be entreated to answer questions about the place, and that's when it comes out:
"If you really want to know about the old station, you need to talk to Fred," Weldon will say.
Fred?
"When you're up in the attic of the station, and you feel a tap on your shoulder, and you turn around and no one's there -- that's Fred," Weldon says.
Fred is what he named the ghost -- the ghost of Union Station.
Sometimes he is greeted by a traveler standing there with a suitcase, looking confused. No, he tells them, no trains here, not anymore.
Often there are people who want a tour, a peek through dirt-fogged windows at the heart of downtown Phoenix, circa 1923. No, Dudley Weldon says, shaking his gray head back and forth, you can't come in, not anymore.
Occasionally he can be entreated to answer questions about the place, and that's when it comes out:
"If you really want to know about the old station, you need to talk to Fred," Weldon will say.
Fred?
"When you're up in the attic of the station, and you feel a tap on your shoulder, and you turn around and no one's there -- that's Fred," Weldon says.
Fred is what he named the ghost -- the ghost of Union Station.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Find Bigfoot, Win a House
An anonymous member of a local online community seems to be serious
about the following offer: Deliver me a Bigfoot, receive my house.
According to a recent message posted to the Fayetteville Freethinkers forum, anyone who can catch Bigfoot and bring him in will receive the title deed to an actual house located here in Fayetteville.
There’s even an attached affidavit signed on April 11 by local attorney Greg Klebanoff of Klebanoff Law Firm, which outlines the legal details in an attempt to demonstrate the legitimacy of the offer.
Robert Lipford, managing director at the firm, verified the group’s involvement in their client’s offer Tuesday afternoon by telephone.
From the forum post:
According to a recent message posted to the Fayetteville Freethinkers forum, anyone who can catch Bigfoot and bring him in will receive the title deed to an actual house located here in Fayetteville.
There’s even an attached affidavit signed on April 11 by local attorney Greg Klebanoff of Klebanoff Law Firm, which outlines the legal details in an attempt to demonstrate the legitimacy of the offer.
Robert Lipford, managing director at the firm, verified the group’s involvement in their client’s offer Tuesday afternoon by telephone.
From the forum post:
Hello everyone. From time to time the Fayetteville Freethinkers have offered rewards for evidence of paranormal powers demonstrated under careful and proper observing conditions. It’s been reported that Arkansas is in 3rd place for having a lot of “Bigfoot” activity, so on behalf of one of our members, we are offering the reward of a house in Fayetteville to anyone who can catch Bigfoot and bring him in.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Did Nasa satellite capture giant UFO near Sun ? (video)
A strange object flying close to the
sun looks unnervingly like a huge, metallic 'mothership' familiar from
Hollywood blockbusters.
UFO fan site Gather News said: ‘An unusually shaped, gigantic UFO was spotted
on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and posted in a video on
YouTube.
‘The unidentified flying object, which bears no resemblance to anything ever spotted near the Sun, somehow manages to withstand the blazing heat thrown off by solar flare activity and the incredibly high temperatures emanating from nuclear fusion generated on the surface of the star. What is it?' asked the site.
UFO fans on YouTube have been highly enthusiastic about the object, with many claiming it as a definite 'spot'.
The picture was released by Nasa's sun-watching Solar and
Heliospheric Observatory, known as SOHO - and has become an immediate cult hit on the internet.
‘The unidentified flying object, which bears no resemblance to anything ever spotted near the Sun, somehow manages to withstand the blazing heat thrown off by solar flare activity and the incredibly high temperatures emanating from nuclear fusion generated on the surface of the star. What is it?' asked the site.
UFO fans on YouTube have been highly enthusiastic about the object, with many claiming it as a definite 'spot'.
Very Loud And Strange Noise Heard In Oregon (video)
More loud noises are being heard throughout the world. Many theorists and conspiracy nuts have been on the internet in droves over these worldwide occurrences. I really don't know what the sounds are.
One possible theory to the phenomena is the sounds
are being caused drilling to make way for large underground bomb
shelters as some Governments are taking the threat of Mayan 2012 end of world theory seriously.
Another theory is, as always with unexplained occurrences,
extraterrestrial beings or God and even the sounds of sasquatch’s howl.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Were REAL "Men in Black" Caught on FIlm ?? (video)
A video on YouTube poses the question: are the "Men In Black" for real? One witness, facing some uncomfortable questions by some strange men dressed like the movie characters, is not so sure the popular franchise is entirely fictional.
And the story gets even weirder.
It seems a hotel owner in the Niagara Falls, Canada area witnessed a UFO in 2008 and reported it to a watchdog organization called API.
Investigation of the incident included some personal interviews of the hotel staff, who go unidentified in the report.
During the course of the inquiry, some strange characters showed up at the hotel and were caught on the surveillance camera system. The video below is that footage, played over and over as the witness relates the story of their appearance and conduct.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Missouri Man to Seek Living Dinosaurs in Africa (video)
A young Missouri man has turned to the Internet in search of investors for his expedition into the remote jungles of Africa seeking to document undiscovered flora and fauna. That is not so unusual, but one of the creatures he hopes to find is: a living dinosaur.
The region Stephen McCullah, the organizer of the expedition, has chosen to explore is the reputed home of the Mokèlé-mbèmbé, a dinosaur-like creature said to be up to 35 feet long (11 meters), with brownish-gray skin and a long, flexible neck. Many locals believe that it lives in the caves it digs in riverbanks, and that the beast feeds on elephants, hippos and crocodiles.
McCullah posted his pitch on Kickstarter.com asking for $27,000 in donations so that he and his friends can launch the Newmac Expedition, "one of the first expeditions in this century with the goal of categorizing plant and animal species in the vastly unexplored Republic of the Congo." The preliminary four-man venture is slated to launch June 26.
The region Stephen McCullah, the organizer of the expedition, has chosen to explore is the reputed home of the Mokèlé-mbèmbé, a dinosaur-like creature said to be up to 35 feet long (11 meters), with brownish-gray skin and a long, flexible neck. Many locals believe that it lives in the caves it digs in riverbanks, and that the beast feeds on elephants, hippos and crocodiles.
McCullah posted his pitch on Kickstarter.com asking for $27,000 in donations so that he and his friends can launch the Newmac Expedition, "one of the first expeditions in this century with the goal of categorizing plant and animal species in the vastly unexplored Republic of the Congo." The preliminary four-man venture is slated to launch June 26.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Is this the Ghostly Image of a Boy Who Died Centuries Ago ??
Ghostly Image of Young Boy's Face |
This is the mysterious image which ghost hunter Leonard Low says proves that something paranormal lies beneath the Whittington Hospital in Highgate.
The father of two was visiting a friend who was having surgery in the Archway Road hospital when he was told by nurses of "a strange presence" in the 19th Century arches deep underground.
Armed with his camera and accompanied by a curious Whittington administrator, he descended down to the basement to investigate the paranormal tales.
"Nobody had been in this area for years," said the 44-year-old.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
New Kind of UFO Spotted in Sweden (video)
A completely new kind of UFO sighting, an unidentified floating object, was caught on tape in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. What is it?
The object, apparently under its own power and traveling swiftly just above the surface, was filmed by a group of surprised and confounded Swedes out for a leisurely boat ride. The video below is from a Swedish news report detailing the incident. Although it is in the Swedish language, it's fairly obvious what is being said.
A rough translation into English is provided, with military officials speculating, sight unseen, that the object might be a submarine. It's not.
Butt Pinching Ghost Terrorizes Bar Patrons
Drinkers and staff at an ancient pub are being terrorized by a cheeky ghoul — who pinches drinkers' butts.
Terrified regulars at The Queen’s Arms have been keeping their backs to the wall since they realised the randy ghost was stalking the bar.
And it has become so bothersome that the exasperated owners have had called in a team of ghostbusters to give the saucy spook the bum’s rush.
Staff at the Birmingham city centre boozer have nicknamed the ghost Grasper after they described feeling a “firm pinch” to the buttocks.
Assistant manager Paula Wharton, 41, initially believed the tweaks on her body were muscle spasms.
She said: “One night three of us were talking and I mentioned that I’d felt this pinch on my bum, and everyone else said that it had happened to them too.
Terrified regulars at The Queen’s Arms have been keeping their backs to the wall since they realised the randy ghost was stalking the bar.
And it has become so bothersome that the exasperated owners have had called in a team of ghostbusters to give the saucy spook the bum’s rush.
Staff at the Birmingham city centre boozer have nicknamed the ghost Grasper after they described feeling a “firm pinch” to the buttocks.
Assistant manager Paula Wharton, 41, initially believed the tweaks on her body were muscle spasms.
She said: “One night three of us were talking and I mentioned that I’d felt this pinch on my bum, and everyone else said that it had happened to them too.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Couple Sell House Haunted by Ghost of Titanic Captain
Neil and Louise Bonner |
Former residents of the 19th century Victorian property - the birthplace of Captain Edward John Smith - are convinced they’ve seen the ghost of the ship’s master in the bedroom.
The previous owners of the house have even reported a mysterious flood in the kitchen and an ICY chill in the dining room.
Captain John Smith, who was among 1,500 people who died when the Titanic struck an iceberg a century ago, lived at the house until he began his naval career as a teenager.
Married couple Neil and Louise Bonner paid £35,000 for the two-bedroom property in the Hanley area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, in 2002.
But after renting it out for the last decade, the couple say there have been a number of ghostly sightings and 'spooky goings-on'.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Toms River NJ Family Flee Haunted House (video)
Michele Callan, daughter Ashley and fiancé Josue Chinchilla |
As soon as the family had settled into the three-bedroom ranch at the corner of Terrace and Lowell avenues on March 1, they began to suspect they were not its only tenants.
The family would come home and find their clothes and towels ejected from the closets and strewn over the floors. Doors would creak open and slam closed in unoccupied areas of the house. Lights switched on and off without human intervention. At night, footsteps could be heard from the kitchen after everyone was tucked in and unintelligible whispering seemed to fade in and out of thin air, according to the couple.
The most disturbing and consistent phenomenon, they claim, is the sound that comes through the vents to the basement — the muffled din of something lumbering seven feet below their feet.
Friday, April 13, 2012
NASA UFO Coverup on last Shuttle mission ?? (video)
I thought this was pretty interesting, and it's quite funny to hear the controllers attempt to back pedal in their reasoning of what they are filming. Check out the video below.
Official video from the last shuttle mission has been reviewed and analyzed.
Did NASA coverup evidence of a UFO?
Did NASA coverup evidence of a UFO?
A segment from NASA's live, public feed shows an angle of the Atlantis cargo bay and boom being opened and serviced. The ground controller on the last shuttle flight is describing the action to the audience, and it's all pretty dry stuff.
Until about the 4:30 mark.
Monolith Object Found on Mars?
Amateur stargazers have discovered an intriguing object jutting out from the surface of Mars. The seemingly perfectly rectangular, upright structure, found in NASA images of the Red Planet, bears a striking resemblance to the monoliths planted on Earth and the moon by aliens in the classic sci-fi film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
The object in question was first spotted several years ago after being photographed by the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a NASA space probe; every so often, it garners renewed interest on the Internet.
But is it unnatural — a beacon erected by aliens for mysterious reasons, and even more mysteriously paralleled in the imaginations of Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, creators of "2001"? Or is this rock the work of nature?
But is it unnatural — a beacon erected by aliens for mysterious reasons, and even more mysteriously paralleled in the imaginations of Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, creators of "2001"? Or is this rock the work of nature?
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Trooper, motorist: Mysterious object fell from sky
Litchfield, Connecticut- Firefighters this week responded to a 2 a.m. report of a mysterious object falling into Bantam Lake.
The object could have been a meteor, which glow as they streak through the atmosphere, a police dispatcher said Thursday.
The Republican-American of Waterbury reported that a person driving in Litchfield around 2 a.m. Tuesday reported that a green, glowing object the size of a whale fell from the sky and crashed into Bantam Lake.
Michigan Woman Says Bigfoot Haunts Her Home
ISABELLA COUNTY, MI — Near the village of Edmore, southwest of Mount Pleasant, a huge creature haunts homes and people, says one resident.
After learning Animal Planet’s “Finding Bigfoot” crew came to Gladwin, Houghton Lake and West Branch this week to seek out the mysterious, hairy ape, Tammy Forrester asked why the film crews aren’t coming to her neighborhood.
“There is something in these woods,” she said. “There’s a lot of things that go on around here with this thing.”
She said her family and neighbors have seen Bigfoot for about 15 years. Forrester saw it crouched down in her yard a few years ago.
“It came up and knocked a fan out of our bedroom window. Seriously,” she said. “It was a whole lot bigger than me.”
After learning Animal Planet’s “Finding Bigfoot” crew came to Gladwin, Houghton Lake and West Branch this week to seek out the mysterious, hairy ape, Tammy Forrester asked why the film crews aren’t coming to her neighborhood.
“There is something in these woods,” she said. “There’s a lot of things that go on around here with this thing.”
She said her family and neighbors have seen Bigfoot for about 15 years. Forrester saw it crouched down in her yard a few years ago.
“It came up and knocked a fan out of our bedroom window. Seriously,” she said. “It was a whole lot bigger than me.”
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Woman blames poltergeist for noisy parties
Leanne Fennell |
A young mother has been evicted from her home after telling neighbours a poltergeist was to blame for throwing all-night parties.
Leanne Fennell, 20, told neighbours that a ghost had been playing loud music and throwing empty beer cans into the garden of her home in Hull, East Yorks, when they complained about the noise. Fennel has now been evicted from her council house after Hull City Council took her to court after ignoring a noise abatement order.
Council officers also seized four televisions, four DVD players and a CD player, which will now be destroyed, from the property in Wexford Road.
Furious neighbours had to put up with night after night of loud parties at Fennell's home - which regularly ran on until the early hours of the morning.
Google's Zombie Survival Map
Well I think I'll be okay at first |
Well worry no more I have found something for you, because I care about you all, especially the non-zombies
I thought this was pretty cool.
Click here: Map of the Dead
The map will show all the things in your area, that you will need in case of a zombie apocalypse. i.e. Gun stores, Supplies, Gas Stations, Food, Military, Hospital etc etc.
Psychologist Manipulates Dreams By iPhone App
A psychologist has created an iPhone application to help people manipulate their dreams by playing pleasant 'soundscapes' during slumber.
Professor Richard Wiseman, who claims to be the most followed psychologist on Twitter, hopes to sweeten people's dreams using their smartphones.
The self-described "psychologist, author and magician" hopes to attract thousands of people to take part in the dream manipulation experiment.
Participants will download a specially designed app that turns their Apple device into a 'dream factory'.
After placing the phone on the bed it can detect when a sleeper is not moving - signifying the onset of dreaming.
The device then plays a customised 'soundscape' designed to evoke pleasant scenes such as walking in woods, lying on a beach or being in a peaceful garden.
The University of Hertfordshire's professor hopes the sound will influence dreaming, causing dreamers to conjure up situations and experiences inspired by what they are hearing.
Professor Richard Wiseman, who claims to be the most followed psychologist on Twitter, hopes to sweeten people's dreams using their smartphones.
The self-described "psychologist, author and magician" hopes to attract thousands of people to take part in the dream manipulation experiment.
Participants will download a specially designed app that turns their Apple device into a 'dream factory'.
After placing the phone on the bed it can detect when a sleeper is not moving - signifying the onset of dreaming.
The device then plays a customised 'soundscape' designed to evoke pleasant scenes such as walking in woods, lying on a beach or being in a peaceful garden.
The University of Hertfordshire's professor hopes the sound will influence dreaming, causing dreamers to conjure up situations and experiences inspired by what they are hearing.
Monday, April 9, 2012
UFO Filmed From Airplane Over South Korea (video)
April 7, 2012 A classic, saucer-shaped UFO was filmed from the window of an airplane flying over Seoul, South Korea.
What is it?
As the passenger uses a video camera to catch the view of the city out the window, a saucer-shaped, white-colored unidentified flying object whizzes by, erratically flying in a crazy path. It dips upward for a second before it disappears from view.
The witness is clearly surprised, speaking a dialect which sounds eastern European. In any language, it's clear he is trying to call someone else's attention, but by then it's too late.
Friday, April 6, 2012
The Man at the End of the Bar
A Mai Tai... for Timo? |
Since I took over the Tavern at Lark Creek there have been persistent rumors for years regarding ghosts. The building was constructed in 1888. It was granted California landmark status, and has been a restaurant fixture of Larkspur for over 40 years.
A lot of grammar school kids here do their class projects on the Tavern and they always seem to include a small section on the rumored haunting. I have spoken to residents as well as staff members that swear they have seen the ghost.
Most reported a silhouette of a woman walking the restaurant late at night. One of the rumors is that they found a dead body in one of the walls when they were renovating the property back in 1972. That has never been verified.
The only story I could verify was this: One night, a manager who worked for Victor and Roland Gotti (when the restaurant was the old Lark Creek Inn) was closing down the restaurant. It was winter, and for some reason the manager fell into the creek and hit his head on a rock, passed out and drowned.
They ruled the death an accident.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Flying Pterosaur Reported by American WWII Veteran (video)
During World War II, an American soldier walked into a clearing near Finschhafen (New Guinea) with his buddy. Soon after entering the clearing, a wild pig (probably startled by the men) ran through the clearing and then a large “pterodactyl” took off into the air, probably startled by the pig. The veteran soldier, Duane Hodgkinson, now lives in Montana and has maintained, six decades later, that what they saw was a “pterodactyl.” Could that creature really have been a living pterodactyl? (The correct term is “pterosaur.”) Could those creatures be non-extinct?
Since 1994, a few Americans have explored, intermittently, a few areas of Papua New Guinea. Their research indicates that the apparent pterosaur seen by the two soldiers may be the same kind of creature called “ropen” on nearby Umboi Island. And yes, it does seem to be a living pterosaur.
Since 1994, a few Americans have explored, intermittently, a few areas of Papua New Guinea. Their research indicates that the apparent pterosaur seen by the two soldiers may be the same kind of creature called “ropen” on nearby Umboi Island. And yes, it does seem to be a living pterosaur.
Haunted for 30 yrs She Finally Calls for Help
HER bedclothes are ripped off in the dead of night and her sitting-room cabinet has a tendency to spontaneously shake.
Now Canterbury pensioner Dorothy Crawford has called in the experts to put a stop to the ghostly goings-on that have blighted her life for 30 years.
The 68-year-old, who has experienced countless eerie occurrences at her home in Querns Road, has enlisted the help of city spook-seeker John Hippisley.
Although the pensioner is not frightened by the ghosts' apparent presence, she hopes Mr Hippisley will help her to uncover the reasons why these "spirits" have inhabited her home.
She explained: "I try not to be frightened of them. I'd like to know who they are and why they are here.
Now Canterbury pensioner Dorothy Crawford has called in the experts to put a stop to the ghostly goings-on that have blighted her life for 30 years.
The 68-year-old, who has experienced countless eerie occurrences at her home in Querns Road, has enlisted the help of city spook-seeker John Hippisley.
Although the pensioner is not frightened by the ghosts' apparent presence, she hopes Mr Hippisley will help her to uncover the reasons why these "spirits" have inhabited her home.
She explained: "I try not to be frightened of them. I'd like to know who they are and why they are here.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Ex-Military Pilot Describes UFO Encounter (bonus video)
T-39D Sabreliner |
Jividen hasn't spoken about that experience from nearly 40 years ago -- until now.
The nine-year Marine Corps officer -- and later commercial airline pilot -- had taken off at twilight for a two-hour roundtrip that began and ended at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla.
"At about 9 o'clock, we were descending from a high altitude -- around 33,000 feet -- and I looked off to the right side of the airplane where I saw a solid red light at our 1:00 o'clock position and altitude," Jividen told The Huffington Post.
"It was not flashing like normal anti-collision lights flash on airplanes. I thought it might be some other traffic, but I wasn't sure, so I called Pensacola Approach Control and said, 'Understand we're cleared for the approach, but we have traffic off to our right, and who's first for the approach?"
Monday, April 2, 2012
UFO Fleet Sighting Over Las Vegas (video)
A cluster of mysterious luminescent orbs above the Las Vegas Strip caught on tape last month have some wondering if the city that draws millions of tourists a year might also have some extraterrestrial visitors.
The video, titled “Recent UFO footage over Las Vegas Blvd,” was recorded March 21 by a visitor from Ohio and posted to the video-sharing site YouTube three days later. It has since been viewed more than 44,000 times and spread to other social networking sites such as Facebook.
In it, several bright spots of light can be seen rotating in a fixed pattern high above the Strip near the Luxor’s famous beam of light.
Comments on YouTube speculate that the unidentified lights may be birds or bats passing through the Luxor’s beam.
But the poster of the video, who goes by the screen name UFOzAreVeryReal, maintains that the lights are not of this world.
The video, titled “Recent UFO footage over Las Vegas Blvd,” was recorded March 21 by a visitor from Ohio and posted to the video-sharing site YouTube three days later. It has since been viewed more than 44,000 times and spread to other social networking sites such as Facebook.
In it, several bright spots of light can be seen rotating in a fixed pattern high above the Strip near the Luxor’s famous beam of light.
Comments on YouTube speculate that the unidentified lights may be birds or bats passing through the Luxor’s beam.
But the poster of the video, who goes by the screen name UFOzAreVeryReal, maintains that the lights are not of this world.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
April Fool's Day: Witches, Aliens and Raging Bison Invade N.J.
In 1730, a crowd of 300 villagers gathered in Mount Holly for New Jersey’s first and only known witch trial.
Two residents, a man and a woman, were accused of casting a spell on a neighbor’s barn animals, causing sheep to "dance in an uncommon manner" and hogs to "speak and sing psalms."
The Jersey witch story went viral, 18th-century style, reprinted in newspapers throughout the colonies. The tale was captivating, cautionary and completely fabricated.
Mount Holly never held a witch trial. The article was a hoax penned anonymously by Benjamin Franklin, who often published journalistic pranks in the Gazette.
"Franklin was using a hoax in order to expose credulity and superstition and false belief," says Alex Boese, curator of the online Museum of Hoaxes. "What I find so interesting about hoaxes is they reveal so much about different eras and people’s fears, frustrations and preoccupations."
With his Mount Holly spoof, Franklin pioneered the art of the Jersey hoax. Centuries of hucksters, showmen and satirists have followed his lead, using the Garden State as the backdrop for epic practical jokes.
Two residents, a man and a woman, were accused of casting a spell on a neighbor’s barn animals, causing sheep to "dance in an uncommon manner" and hogs to "speak and sing psalms."
The Jersey witch story went viral, 18th-century style, reprinted in newspapers throughout the colonies. The tale was captivating, cautionary and completely fabricated.
Mount Holly never held a witch trial. The article was a hoax penned anonymously by Benjamin Franklin, who often published journalistic pranks in the Gazette.
"Franklin was using a hoax in order to expose credulity and superstition and false belief," says Alex Boese, curator of the online Museum of Hoaxes. "What I find so interesting about hoaxes is they reveal so much about different eras and people’s fears, frustrations and preoccupations."
With his Mount Holly spoof, Franklin pioneered the art of the Jersey hoax. Centuries of hucksters, showmen and satirists have followed his lead, using the Garden State as the backdrop for epic practical jokes.
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