Albino Orca May Be First White Killer Whale Spotted in Wild

Zack Bagan's Tries To Strangle Himself -I'd have strangled him for nothing!

There is a UK community radio station and it has a semi regular spot on "the paranormal". It asked whether I would watch the Ghost Adventures 2016 Halloween Route 666 and discuss it with them. I was bored and said "yes" -it was a favour to someone.

Firstly, "the Number of the Beast" is not 666 and just goes to show how bad research is on the programme and elsewhere these days.

So I sat and I watched. You know I wrote the post stating that it was good the GA and Bagans were no longer pretending it was all real?  This special contained some of the worst 'research', the worst acting....I'll be polite.  It was a sack of shit.  The highlight that had me with tears rolling down my cheeks from laughter was Bagans trying to strangle himself.  Seriously, not joking -funniest thing I've seen in a long while.

And Jay -"not versed in ghost hunting and the paranormal"- now turns out to have been study "zozo", demonology and ancient rituals for "years".  And that independent photographer who was an unbiased witness on a previous show?  Jay's wife.

They make this up as they go along.

So, how did I get on with the radio spot?  I didn't.  I told them "No. If you want my honest opinion on this ****** heap of **** you are going to need a major 'bleeping' machine!"

GA and Bagans are now banned topics on this blog.  Here -watch and decide for yourself.

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Mysterious 'ping' sound from sea floor is blamed for scaring away animals -or is it?

By Jimmy Thomson, CBC News Posted: Nov 02, 2016 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/ping-beep-hum-sound-arctic-ocean-igloolik-1.3831861

Hunters in a remote community in Nunavut are concerned about a mysterious sound that appears to be coming from the sea floor.

The "pinging" sound, sometimes also described as a "hum" or "beep," has been heard in Fury and Hecla Strait — roughly 120 kilometres northwest of the hamlet of Igloolik — throughout the summer. 

Paul Quassa, a member of the legislative assembly, says whatever the cause, it's scaring the animals away. 

"That's one of the major hunting areas in the summer and winter because it's a polynya," an area of open water surrounded by ice that's abundant with sea mammals, he said. 

"And this time around, this summer, there were hardly any. And this became a suspicious thing."

The noise is "emanating from the sea floor," according to remarks Quassa made last month in the Nunavut legislature. 

Another area MLA, George Qulaut, said he visited the site after hearing the reports. Though he wasn't able to hear the sound — he says years of hunting have left him nearly deaf, especially to high-pitched sounds — he did notice the lack of wildlife.

"That passage is a migratory route for bowhead whales, and also bearded seals and ringed seals. There would be so many in that particular area," he told CBC News, recalling his own days of hunting there. 

"This summer there was none."

Boaters aboard a private yacht passing through the area also say they heard the mysterious sound, and described it during an appearance on a community radio show upon their arrival in Igloolik. A number of people called in to say they'd also heard it. 

The noise can apparently be heard through the hulls of boats. CBC News has not heard the noise and did not speak to anyone who claims to have heard it. 

Theories abound

Nobody seems to know where the sound comes from, but theories — from environmental activists to mining — abound.

One theory blames Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation. The company has previously conducted sonar surveys of nearby Steensby Inlet in conjunction with its Mary River mine southwest of Pond Inlet. But the company told CBC News it is not conducting any surveys in the area, and has no equipment in the water. 

Quassa says no territorial permits have been issued for work — such as construction, blasting or hydrography — in the area that could explain the noise. 

He also says some of his constituents suspect the sound is being generated on purpose by Greenpeace to scare wildlife away from the rich hunting ground. The organization has a tense past with Inuit stemming from its opposition to the seal hunt in the 1970s and 1980s. 

"We've heard in the past of groups like Greenpeace putting in some kinds of sonars in the seabed to get the sea mammals out of the way so Inuit won't be able to hunt them," Quassa said.

These rumours, though persistent, have never been substantiated. 

"Nobody has ever seen any type of ship or anything going through that area and putting something down," Quassa said. 

Greenpeace denies the assertion.

"Not only would we not do anything to harm marine life, but we very much respect the right of Inuit to hunt and would definitely not want to impact that in any way," Farrah Khan, a spokeswoman for the organization, said from Toronto. 

Military investigating

The military is also aware of the noise, and says it is looking into it. 

Internal correspondence between sources in the Department of National Defence, obtained by CBC News, suggest submarines were not immediately ruled out, but were also not considered a likely cause. 

A spokesperson told CBC News the armed forces are investigating. 

"The Department of National Defence has been informed of the strange noises emanating in the Fury and Hecla Strait area, and the Canadian Armed Forces are taking the appropriate steps to actively investigate the situation," a spokesperson wrote in a statement.

Igloolik is about 70 kilometres north of Hall Beach, an active military site that was once part of the now-defunct DEW line of radar stations.

In the meantime, Qulaut is worried about the sound's impact on game animals that have been feeding in the area for centuries. For now, the community has no answers about the sound, its origins, or what it might be doing to the animals.

"As of today, we're still working on it,"  he said.

"We don't have a single clue."

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Now here is the thing. No one appears to have recorded this "ping".  You Tube is full of videos about this with all sorts of crazy claims.  Some have recordings of construction noise, atmospheric sound and even slowed down version of the "Bloop" sound recording.

Why?  No one has recorded this. That is the oddest thing. Every angle I look at leads to...another angle. Could it just be some local campaign story against anti hunt people such as Green Peace (mentioned prominently by Igloolik locals) or the local mining company -also referred to by locals?

The notion that this could be a military vehicle of some type -a sub from America or Russia is a bit dim.  The whole point of underwater surveillance and travelling is to maintain a low profile and not be trackable.

But the clincher is the report stating that none of this "ping" phenomena has been substantiated. I suspect mischief by person or persons unknown.

Might poor hunting be down to simple over hunting?

Do Pacific Islanders appear to be carrying the DNA of an unknown human species?

As I keep writing over and over, science does NOT know all but it is looking and discovering all the time and if you know anything about "early Humans" none of this should be that surprising.

Above: Melanesian children

Pacific Islanders appear to be carrying the DNA of an unknown human species

A third extinct human relative.

Science Alert http://www.sciencealert.com/pacific-islanders-appear-to-be-carrying-the-dna-of-an-unknown-human-species

Hints of an unidentified, extinct human species have been found in the DNA of modern Melanesians - those living in a region of the South Pacific, northeast of Australia. 

According to new genetic modelling, the species is unlikely to be Neanderthal or Denisovan - two ancient species that are represented in the fossil record - but could represent a third, unknown human relative that has so far eluded archaeologists. 

"We’re missing a population, or we’re misunderstanding something about the relationships," Ryan Bohlender, a statistical geneticist from the University of Texas, told Tina Hesman Saey at Science News.

Bohlender and his team have been investigating the percentages of extincthominid DNA that modern humans still carry today, and say they’ve found discrepancies in previous analyses that suggest our mingling with Neanderthals and Denisovans isn’t the whole story.

It’s thought that between 100,000 and 60,000 years ago, our early ancestors migrated out of Africa, and first made contact with other hominid species living on the Eurasian landmass.

This contact left a mark on our species that can still be found today, with Europeans and Asians carrying distinct genetic variants of Neanderthal DNA in their own genomes.

And that’s not all they’ve given us. 

Earlier this year, researchers investigated certain genetic variants that people of European descent inherited from Neanderthals, and found that they’re associated with several health problems, including a slightly increased risk of depression, heart attack, and a number of skin disorders. 

Denisovans were probably dark-skinned, unlike the pale Neandertals. The picture shows a Neanderthal man. Image credit: Mauro Cutrona.

And a separate study published earlier this month found evidence that modern genital warts - otherwise known as the human papillomavirus (HPV) - were sexually transmitted to Homo sapiens after our ancestors slept with Neanderthals and Denisovans once they left Africa.

While our relationship with Neanderthals has been widely researched, how we interacted with the Denisovans - the distant cousins of Neanderthals - is less clear.

The problem is that Neanderthals are well represented in the fossil record, with many remains having been uncovered across Europe and Asia, but all we have of the Denisovans is a lone finger bone and a couple of teeth that were found in a Siberian cave in 2008.

Using a new computer model to figure out the amount of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA carried by modern humans, Bohlender and his colleague found that Europeans and Chinese people carry a similar amount of Neanderthal DNA: about 2.8 percent.

Heidelbergensis -Denovians?

That result is pretty similar to previous studies have estimated that Europeans and Asians carry, on average, between 1.5 and 4 percent Neanderthal DNA.

But when they got to Denisovan DNA, things were a bit more complicated, particularly when it came to modern populations living in Melanesia - a region of the South Pacific that includes Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, West Papua, and the Maluku Islands.

As Hesman Saey explains for Science News:

"Europeans have no hint of Denisovan ancestry, and people in China have a tiny amount - 0.1 percent, according to Bohlender’s calculations. But 2.74 percent of the DNA in people in Papua New Guinea comes from Neanderthals. 

And Bohlender estimates the amount of Denisovan DNA in Melanesians is about 1.11 percent, not the 3 to 6 percent estimated by other researchers.

While investigating the Denisovan discrepancy, Bohlender and colleagues came to the conclusion that a third group of hominids may have bred with the ancestors of Melanesians." 

"Human history is a lot more complicated than we thought it was," he told her.

This find is supported by a separate study by researchers from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, who analysed DNA from 83 Aboriginal Australians and 25 locals from the Papua New Guinea highlands.

As we reported last month, this was the most comprehensive genetic study of Indigenous Australians to date, and it indicated that they are the oldest continuous civilisation on Earth, dating back more than 50,000 years ago.

But the results revealed something else - DNA that was very similar to that of the Denisovans, but distinct enough for the researchers to suggest that it could have come from a third, unidentified hominid. 

"Who this group is we don’t know," lead researcher Eske Willerslev told Hesman Saey.

Until we have more concrete evidence of this hypothesised third human species (some fossils would be nice), we can’t prove this, and we should point out that Bohlender's estimates have yet to be formally peer-reviewed, so they might shift with further scrutiny. 

And it could be that our identification of Denisovan DNA is more ambiguous than we think, given that our only source is a finger bone and a couple of teeth.

But the evidence is mounting that our interactions with ancient humans were far more complex than we'd assumed, which shouldn't be much of a surprise, when you think about it.

Just because we don't see them in the fossil record doesn't mean they didn't exist - preserving the remains of something for tens of thousands of years isn't easy, and then someone has to be in the right place at the right time to dig them up.

Hopefully, the more we investigate the genetic make-up of our most ancient societies, the more hints we'll get of the rich and complicated history our species shared with those that didn't make it to modern times.

The results of Bohlender's analysis were presented last week at the 2016American Society of Human Genetics meeting in Canada.

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This may interest you especially if you have an interest in mystery hominids

Ancient legends once walked among early humans? 

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2010-06-18-ancient-legends_N.htm

Another DNA Cousin To Humans

 https://spydersden.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/another-dna-cousin-to-humans/

Ghost Adventures -Bagans Clams Up. Bill Chappell Doesn't Believe In Ghosts and the FAKERY Continues (updated 23 03 24)

The current fad of being a "debunker" seems to have taken You Tube by storm. It's the latest "Must Be, darling!" What these people need to understand is that "debunker" is a dirty word  in professional circles and and categorises someone as wanting to disprove something by any means including faking evidence. 

Name-calling and pretending to be the good guy above all that sort of thing ain't working. "Oh why must I be forced to look at this channel again and debunk!" Well, you do not have to. It is your choice but you do because you want to see the views and subscriber numbers climb -it means You Tube revenue for you.  "Skeptic" is a far better name to call yourself but with that you look at the evidence and report on it. 

No name calling, no constant focussing on a specific channel by several debunkers because they want in on it. And egos! Ye gods of light and darkness there are some egos. Some of us have been looking at photographs, movie/video footage and much more longer (in my case 1976) and once a person is proven a fake that is it. They are a fake and identified as such. Move on.

The "debunkers" have helped with identifying how hoaxing, particular using video clip editing and green screen work has produced some interesting videos. That is of greater value than "I am good at debunking. I've been debunking five years" (you have a bit of catching up to do).   There are pluses to the "debunkers" videos but a lot of minuses.

I have said and written this so often.  I have advised people to rely on their own senses and not fake equipment.  It's all a con.

The Earth's Electro-magnetic field is constantly moving, fluctuating. An EMF meter might be detecting that fluctuation due to local conditions but it is not a sign of ghosts (whatever they might be).  You see those ghost hunters on TV use the torch/flash light trick to 'communicate' with spirits?  It's fake. They know it and they know just how the trick works -Screamfreak79 on his You Tube channel has exposed this trick and it has been viewed by some 114,006 people.  So why still think it's genuine?

The video is here:

This gent has also exposed other fake gimmicks but is not a skeptic.  He understands that you have  to eliminate the bad data to get to the good.  Check his channel out.

You see, lots of noises and lights and colour -that's all the devices you see in the TV paranormal shows are -"shows" because they are identified clearly as entertainment.  Apart from the faked EVPs where there is no doubt that one of the team involved is behind the voice (some are so obvious I've just sat there and said "But that's --- speaking?!"

The biggest fakers in this business are, of course, Ghost Adventures.  It's fraud.  Now, a scientific person or someone genuinely trying to gather evidence who records an EVP would think "This needs to be analysed" and there is a lot you can learn from recordings. Of course, everyone present would need to give a recording of themselves saying what is heard in the EVP -because that eliminates them. Week in, month after month, year after year, the Ghost Adventures hoaxers get "Class A EVPs -direct communication with a spirit!"  That's it. No analysis of any type.  You accept bunko man Bagan's word for it thus proving you are a dumb-ass.  Twice I communicated with the Ghost Adventures people via email and even their Face Book page and asked the most basic question. No responses and comments removed within a few hours.

What have they got to hide?  Obviously not the very bad acting in each programme or "unexpected witness" who just happens to turn up.

In the old days of reel-to-reel tape recorders those investigating EVPs used everything they could to analyze -checking  every and any aspect they could.  Ghost Adventures and the other fakers...you take their word on it.

I have no doubt that in some cases "something" is going on but the dead? I doubt that. "Our group has a 'sensitive'/'psychic' and all the latest electronic equipment!"  I have the senses I was born with and I'll rely on those over psychic fakers and gobble-dee-gook 'scientific' gear any day.

Also, I have stated in the past, that none of the alleged 'science' behind the devices used makes any sense.  You listen to, say, Bill Chappell's explanation and, to the average member of the public it may be "Wow! That is so over my head I don't get it so it MUST be science!" To myself it's "What the **** are you talking about?"

"This device will detect the spirit energy and they can use that energy to choose words from an integrated dictionary"

Hang on....it is claimed they know what spirit energy is?  They know the frequency at which "it" operates?  They know that these spirits can manipulate this energy to choose words and communication? Smell something?  Don't worry -you haven't stepped in anything. What these bunko boys (con-men if you prefer) are saying is that this is like all the scientific equipment used by scientists in other disciplines that yield solid results because these ghost hunters know everything they need to know.This is all scientific proveable data and they....why are they going to "haunted" locations then? Why turn all the lights off if electrical energy is what spirits soaked up (draining -of course they do- camera and other batteries dry) to manifest and communicate?

Well, in the dark, you can't see the fakery as clearly as in full light -ask Most Haunted- and those devices...the pretty light displays won't be as bright.  There is NO REASON to turn off the lights other than for fakery and the pretty lights.

Oh. And, again, I have asked this over and over -who or what organisation has tested and analyzed all these devices and the results because that would, if genuine, prove the results beyond question? No one. Take bunko Bagans' word for it -it's "solid evidence".

The, uh, 'science' behind these devices is....pretty lights and screen displays!  There: scientific evidence. Well, until you remember that Bill Chappell does not believe in ghosts and spirits and believes people "make them" -by deceiving themselves.  Yet he continues to make over $300 a time on some of his inventions -as do others who even sell "Spirit communication flash-lights" for $100 or more (you can buy the same thing without the fancy "Ghost" or "Spirit" communication label for $5-10 in a store).

I've said it and written it so many times so hear are two items from other people.

Creator of gadgets for Ghost Adventures show says he does not believe in ghosts http://doubtfulnews.com/2016/10/creator-of-gadgets-for-ghost-adventures-show-says-he-does-not-believe-in-ghosts/

Or if you want to read the truth about "Ghost Meters" read this: Ghost Meters: I Can Name that Ghost in 5 Milligauss

http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/ghost_meters_i_can_name_that_ghost_in_5_milligauss

These TV shows are entertainment.  Those involved need the shows to continue because it makes them money and gives them "celebrity" status. They are not interested in gathering scientific evidence of anything other than that there are a lot of very gullible people out there.

I have seen poltergeist activity with my own eyes. I have seen "odd figures" -on one occasion along with two others.  Ghosts. No. We know enough about what probably causes the poltergeist effect and I've seen nothing that says "dead people".  What we need to look at is the process that creates the activity.  As for the figures, well, they may well be part of what I call "The Ruth Effect". But not dead people.

There might be something else at work and that is what genuine researchers need to focuss their attention on.  Everything I've just written -the links I've given- will be dismissed by believers or the con-men with the much over used and misunderstood word "skeptic" but like they used to say "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink"

Throw out the "psychics" and bunko equipment.  Use your own senses.  Yes, use cameras -motion and still- and recording devices but analyze  anything you record.  Get a university or institution to check and double check what you have.  But remember: No Devil. No Portal/Gateway to Hell.  No 'demons'. No dead people (prove me wrong on this one and I'll be happy -we all should be!). 

Have Scientist Solved The Bermuda Triangle Mystery? Not Really....

Right, first thing is that the "Bermuda Triangle" is not a triangular shape but more lozenge in 'shape' -how many more decades do we need to point this out.

Secondly, yes, if you find wreckage of ships and aircraft broken up by these air blasts it works as a theory.  But no wreckage. No radio messages -and even a quick "May Day" would be possible would mean: "THUMP!" wind hits and sinks ship in seconds.

I once heard a person who was a steward on a ship in the area report how, in a calm sea, a huge wave and wind appeared out of nowhere before everything went calm again.  So the idea of "Air Bombs" is just one more possible explanation but with Flight 19 and the seaboat sent out on the search.......

Bermuda Triangle: Do these strange clouds solve the mystery?

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After claiming the lives of at least 75 planes and hundreds of ships the mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle may have finally been cracked.

The 500,000km square stretch in the North Atlantic Ocean has been blamed for the vanishing of ships and aircrafts for centuries.

But scientists claim they have discovered the truth behind the triangle's deadly mystery - hexagonal clouds that create terrifying 170mph winds air bombs.

It is believed these deadly blasts of air can send tear down trees, flip over ships and bring planes crashing into the ocean.

Researchers also noted that massive clouds were appearing over the western tip of Bermuda Island – ranging from 20 to 55 miles across.

Dr Steve Miller, satellite meteorologist at Colorado State University told Science Channel'sWhat on Earth: "You don't typically see straight edges with clouds.

"Most of the time, clouds are random in their distribution."

Using radar satellites to measure what was happening beneath the clouds, they found that sea level winds were reaching almost 170mph.

© Provided by AOL Travel UKThese winds are powerful enough to generate waves of more than 45ft high as "air bombs" are forced to come crashing down towards the ocean.

Meteorologist Randy Cerveny added: "These types of hexagonal shapes over the ocean are in essence air bombs.

"They are formed by what are called microbursts and they're blasts of air that come down out of the bottom of a cloud and then hit the ocean and then create waves that can sometimes be massive in size as they start to interact with each other."

© Provided by AOL Travel UKThe Bermuda Triangle is roughly mapped out to the east of The Bahamas and the west of Bermuda Island in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Some of the most mysterious disappearances blamed on the Bermuda Triangle:One of the most famous disappearances was in 1945.

Flight 19 vanished when five torpedo bombers lost contact during a US Navy training flight.

All 14 airmen were lost, as were all 13 crew members of a flying boat that was on of two search planes sent out.

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Above: Portrait of legendary Lost Squadron and plane "Flight 19" that supposedly vanished into Bermuda Triangle shortly after WWII.

In 1991 the pilot of a Grumman Cougar jet made a routine radio request to increase altitude. While ascending, the aircraft gradually faded from radar and vanished.

The latest tragedy to be attributed is the cargo ship El Faro disaster in 2015 .

The ship was reported missing, with all 33 crew on board, after being caught in a hurricane off the southern coast of the Bahamas in November.