What Was That Mysterious Green Light?

Question: What was that mysterious green light?

There was a flash or electric lightning outside. I just sat down on the bed with my dog; I was getting ready to go to bed. Just when I sat down, a green, electric-looking green light came through the window. It buzzed and was watching me, kind of swaying like it stood there face to face with me. I got so scared I stood up and started to run with the dog following me. It hit me and I fell. Half of my body felt weird. What do you think it could be? — Alicia
Answer: It sounds like you might have had an encounter with ball lightning. Ball lightning is a sphere of electrical energy or plasma. No one is quite certain how they are formed in nature or how they maintain their integrity. They most often seem to appear during thunderstorms, so there’s a clue, and sometimes are seen traveling along high-voltage wires — and sometimes dropping off of them to fly around. Read more …

Spontaneous Human Combustion (Big Mystery)

Spontaneous human combustion is the mysterious phenomenon of a person bursting into flame for no apparent reason.

The flames burn very hot and are very localized. They destroy most of the body but leave objects in close proximity to the person relatively unburned.

These are the remains of Dr. John Bentley (on left)who died of spontaneous combustion in Pennsylvania in 1966. The spot where the body lay is burnt, but the rest of the room, including the toilet, was not even scorched. This shows a quick, hot flame that devoured the body in seconds. Read more …

Video Marketing Evil: It Tells the Drama of the “Hood” and its Daily Struggle for Survival

The powerful political and sexual images of MTV have captivated a generation. It tells the drama of the “hood” and its daily struggle for survival. Yet it’s a multimillion-dollar music industry. Read more …

Loch Ness Mystery Noise ‘Unsolved’

Residents on the shores of Loch Ness are having their sleep disturbed by a mystery humming noise similar to that which sparked a spate of calls to a council in Suffolk.

Mikko Takala, who lives in a cottage overlooking the loch near Drumnadrochit where he runs a webcam site tracking the elusive Loch Ness Monster, has been having sleepless nights for weeks.

His mother, who lives with him, and a near neighbour have also been woken in the wee sma’ hours by the same strange humming noise, which one blue blooded Suffolk resident, Lord Philips of Sudbury, said could be mistaken for a spacecraft landing. Read more …

Ripper ‘Claimed Earlier Victims’

Submitted by Waspie Dwarf: Jack the Ripper may have killed his first victim 25 years earlier than previously thought, a retired murder detective has claimed in a new book.

It is thought that Jack the Ripper killed and mutilated at least five prostitutes in the East End between August and November 1888. But Trevor Marriott says he may have struck in 1863 and 1872.

Mr Marriott will be presenting his findings at the Docklands Museum which is hosting an exhibition on the killer.

Bodies unattended: The body of 28-year-old prostitute Emma Jackson was found in a brothel in St Giles, central London, in April 1863.

She had five wounds to the throat and had not been robbed. The case was never solved.

Mr Marriott also uncovered a second case he believes may have been committed by the Ripper. Nine years after the Jackson murder, on Christmas Day 1872, Harriet Buswell was found with her throat slit at her lodgings in nearby Great Coram Street, after returning home the previous evening with a male guest. Both cases remain unsolved. Read more …

Ness ‘Hum’ Saga is a Global Issue

The loch ness humming noise mystery has gone global. After our story last week on the unexplained phenomenon, the Highland News website was inundated with hits.

And an American scientist has revealed he has been carrying out international research into the strange noise after similar reports from around the world.

Our story triggered an immediate response from Kevin Barber in Mount Vernon, Washington, who endures the same problem highlighted by Loch Ness webcam master Mikko Takala. He now claims there is another Loch Ness mystery to solve.Mr Barber told the Highland News:

“I see these types of articles getting more attention these days, as they should. I am also a hum sufferer here in the USA. Read more …

Lost Mozart score found in France

Rediscovered Mozart score: The score was authenticated last year

A previously unknown piece of music by Mozart has been discovered at a library in western France.

Ulrich Leisinger, head of research at the International Mozarteum Foundation in Austria, said the single sheet of music was “really important”.

“His handwriting is absolutely clearly identifiable,” he added. “There’s no doubt that this is an original piece handwritten by Mozart.”

The sheet was found among the archives by staff at a library in Nantes.

Mr Leisinger said the municipal Mediatheque library contacted his foundation to ask for help authenticating the work.

It’s a melody sketch so what’s missing is the harmony and the instrumentation, but you can make sense out of it
Ulrich Leisinger
The score appears to be for a “Credo in D major”.

There is a second piece which looked like a “first draft, in parts illegible,” said a library official.

It was part of the collection of Pierre-Antoine Laboucheroe, a 19th-century collector who donated his legacy to the city. Read more …