Word of the Day: Globster

Posted: June 6, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Cryptozoology, Nerd HQ | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments

An unidentified, toothy sea creature (AKA, a globster) recently washed ashore in the U.K., causing speculation that it might be a deceased sea monster. Defined as “an unidentified organic mass that washes up on the shoreline of an ocean or other body of water,” a globster often sparks a lot of excitement and jokes about Loch Ness before it’s inevitably identified as the remains of a basking shark or — in this case — a large eel.

There have been reports of sea monsters (or lake monsters like Nessie) from all over the world. One of the most obscure yet interesting stories is Texas’ own Sea Monster of Port Isabel, which sparked a lively fishing competition off the Gulf of Mexico in 1938. The sea monster was reported by witnesses as being more than 40 feet long, proving that everything really is bigger in Texas.

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Hey, ya’ll! I just ate Big Tex.

UFO Sightings Have Doubled in Canada; One in 10 Canucks Believe They’ve Seen A Saucer

Posted: June 5, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Nerd HQ | 2 Comments

Canadian newspaper The Star reports that UFO sightings in Canada have doubled in the last year. The residents of Ontario have reported the biggest number, with sightings increasing during summer months.

UFO buffs know that Canada already has a long history of extraterrestrial sightings, with the most famous being the Shag Harbor incident of 1967. Hopefully the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) will get right on this. I can’t imagine why aliens would be interested in targeting the Great White North.

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They’ve come for the back bacon and weed. Mainly the weed. 

Badger Parade!

Posted: June 4, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Miscellaneous | Tags: | 3 Comments

This is why I love the English. Only those wacky Brits could turn an animal’s rights protest into a dramatic spectacle that ended with ladies chasing far-right extremists away from a hate rally. While dressed as badgers. 

The badger brigade (led, oddly enough, by the guitarist from Queen) crashed a political clash between the right-wing British National Party (BNP) and left-wing groups such as Hope Not Hate to protest a government-sponsored cull on badgers. The costumed gatecrashers completely took over the rally, and ended up chasing the right-wing protesters away, leaving one right-wing asshat with a bloody nose. All while  — and I cannot stress this point enough — dressed as freaking BADGERS.

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Simultaneously routing evil, protecting wildlife, and dressing up in provocative badger costumes. Multi-tasking, bitches! 

(This post is dedicated to my favorite badger, Captain Stubing, from The Salton Sea.)

Who ya gonna call? This guy.

Posted: June 2, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Ghosts | 6 Comments

Almost forgot the absolutely COOLEST booth at the Granbury Paranormal Convention: the DFW Ghostbusters! These guys are a non-profit group of cosplay Ghostbuster fans  “dedicated to dealing with ghosts, goblins and the undead, all while raising money to help those in need and give back to the community.” So, they get to dress up like characters from one of the best movies ever AND use their powers to raise money for charity? It doesn’t get any better than this. Bad Ass Bob

I didn’t catch his first name, so we’re going to call him Bob. Bad Ass Bob.

Bob here had a table of dead-on replicas of props from Ghostbusters, which – unfortunately – are not for sale.

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Don’t look directly into the trap. 

Don't Cross the Streams!

Seriously, does he not look AWESOME? And kind of hot? (Full disclosure: I may or may not have a jumpsuit fetish.) 

Special thanks to FOB Martin Bravo, of Paranologies.com, for sending these pics. You can see more of Martin’s beautiful photography on his FB page here.

 
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