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- Legendary Humanoids: Rakshasa, Evil Shapeshifter
- Recent UFO Encounter Reports: Alien Voices, Orbs Inside Car and Jakarta Triangle
- Fortean / Oddball News: Elixer of Life, Honey Bees and UFO 'Great Event'
- Pub's Little Girl Spirit Still Has Fun
| Legendary Humanoids: Rakshasa, Evil Shapeshifter Posted: 07 Oct 2010 03:01 PM PDT  The Rakshasa are a race of humanoid beings in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. They are seen as a type of goblin or evil spirit. They are not equal in evil traits, but have been classified into four subraces: Ak'chazar - These rakshasa have the heads of white tigers and are skinnier than common breed. They are unusually powerful spellcasters and specialize in necromantic magic. To use their necromantic powers to their full potential the Ak'chazar often use graveyards or old battlefields as their headquarters. When working on one of their dark schemes they often let their undead do the physical work while they stay behind the scenes themselves. Naityan - These are shapeshifters with the ability to utilize different supernatural combat styles based on their current forms. Naztharune - Naztharune have the heads of black tigers and are covered in black fur. They have few magical powers but compensate by being strong fighters, specializing in assassination. They lack most Rakshasa's need to be the leader of any organisation that they are part of, often working for other Rakshasa. Zakyas - Zakyas resemble standard rakshasas, but rather than focusing on sorcery, they are skilled melee combatants and weapon masters. They use their weak magical powers to supplement their martial prowess.
The Rakshasas are described in the Ramayana: "the Rakshasas sleeping in the houses were of every shape and form. Some of them disgusted the eye, while some were beautiful to look upon. Some had long arms and frightful shapes; some were very fat and some were very lean; some were mere dwarfs and some were prodigiously tall. Some had only one eye and others only one ear. Some had monstrous bellies, hanging breasts, long projecting teeth, and crooked thighs; whilst others were exceedingly beautiful to behold and clothed in great splendour. Some had two legs, some three legs, and some four legs. Some had the heads of serpents, some the heads of donkeys, some the heads of horses, and some the heads of elephants." Many traditional Hindus believe these creature are indeed real and that it feeds on human flesh. They are shape changers and magicians, and often appear in the forms of humans, dogs, and large birds. They can make themselves invisible and can not enter a home without being invited. In the popular lore, Rakshasas are demons and fiends who haunt cemeteries, disturb sacrifices, harass priests, possess and devour human beings, and vex and afflict mankind in all sorts of ways. They are said to drink blood and preferred to attack infants and pregnant women. Rakshasas are most powerful in the evening, particularly during the dark period of the new moon, but they are dispelled by the rising sun. Most powerful among them is their king, the 10-headed Ravana. Putana, a female demon, is well known for her attempt to kill the infant Krishna by offering him milk from her poisoned breast; she was, however, sucked to death by the god.  They usually disturbed the sacrifices, and tortured the priests. Rakshasas are known to carry away beautiful women to whom they were attracted. The Rakshasas, male or female, were ugly in appearance, but they could assume any form they pleased with the powers they possessed. Occasionally they would serve as rank-and-file soldiers in the service of a warlord. There are epic tales of certain members of the race who rose to prominence, some of them as heroes, most of them as villains. Most weapons don't work against these creatures. But all Rakshasas have a common weakness; that any crossbow blessed by a priest will kill them instantly. In addition there is said that a dagger of pure brass has the ability to slay it. There are several modern depictions of Rakshasas including role playing games, comic book series and video games. For more detail references go to - Rakshasas in the Mahabharata Legendary Humanoids: Rakshasa, Evil Shapeshifter  | |||
| Recent UFO Encounter Reports: Alien Voices, Orbs Inside Car and Jakarta Triangle Posted: 07 Oct 2010 10:43 AM PDT   ********** Voices on answering machine - audio file MUFON CMS - Angel Fire, NM - 8/19/2010 - (unedited): Two messages, one at 5:12 pm and one at 5:13 pm, were left on my answering machine Thursday (I think the date was August 19). After listening to them many times, I believe they are two different messages, left by two different "voices." I'm submitting this report and a digital audio recording of the messages because I believe they are connected to UFO sightings I have been experiencing in Angel Fire, New Mexico. A couple of years ago, I recall hearing similar sounds on an Internet site (sorry, don't remember when or which site) which described them as being made by extraterrestrials. The audio recording was made by holding a digital recorder near the answering machine on which the messages were made. I consider the recording to be about 98%-99%% as clear as the original messages (which I have retained on my digital answering machine). My Caller ID recorded the phone number, which is not included in this narrative (but which will be given to official investigator). If the reverse-number service I accessed on the Internet is correct, the phone calls were made from a land line in southern California. ********** MUFON CMS - Lake Las Vegas, NV - 10/2/2010 - (unedited): I first reported this incident here at: *Link moved to Additional Evidence Section below -- CMS/sg. Instead of just copying and pasting what I wrote before I'm going to try to remember again from my memory best I can. 1. Where were you and what were you doing at the time? I was with my girl friend in my Ford Expedition. We were leaving our house in Lake Las Vegas traveling southwest on Lake Mead Drive about a mile from the entrance of Lake Las Vegas. I was traveling about 50 mph at the time. We were going to eat at Fiesta Casino in Henderson. Immediately after the incident occurred i looked at the clock in the car and on my blackberry. Both said 8:03 pm. 2. What made you first notice the object? I was looking at my girl friend who was sitting in the passenger side and I started to notice the ambient light above the car go from darker shadows to lighter shadows fairly quickly while we were driving, I remember thinking to myself what the hell are those shadows. As soon as I thought that in my head, I started seeing these bright neon green orbs flying around the inside of the car. 4. Describe the object and its actions and motions. The best way I can describe those lights was that they seemed like the size of tennis balls or ping pong balls, its hard to tell because it was like a light source but they seemed to be flying around in the car. I was looking at my girlfriend in the passenger seat so I could see the rear of the car with my peripheral and it looked like the lights were dancing around in the back too. I specifically remember the lights passing over the tops of my thighs and the center console of the expedition. It almost felt like it was scanning the car. The green lights moved quickly, so fast they left those lit up optical traces you see when a light moves fast in the dark. The color of the lights was a deep green type of light. Almost like the green light of a stop light but much a much richer and deep green. This whole incident maybe lasted 2 seconds. I honestly can't say if I remember seeing the lights on the outside of the car. Because the lights were moving so fast and were inside the car my head was concentrated at looking inside I forgot to notice if the lights were outside. My girlfriend says she saw the lights from outside but she's not too sure. Her perspective of it was she was looking through the side view mirror and she said she could see the lights dancing all around the inside of the car. A part of me wants to say I saw some lights in a light purplish color but this may have been an optical illusion at the way the lights were flying around. But me and my girlfriend both agree that we did see deep green lights. The lights were bright, like I was staring into a neon sign but it didn't seem to bathe the car in that green light. I mean the car was lit up but it didn't seem to paint the inside of the car a specific color but it was hard to tell. As soon as the lights came they just all shut off and it was gone. The reminds me, the way the lights first happened it wasn't like just 1 or 2 and slowly more. It was right away a lot of lights and very fast movement, then gone, it was back to darkness. After the incident I slowed down hard on the breaks and yelled "what the hell was that". I immediate looked over head but saw nothing. 5. Describe your feelings, reactions and actions, during and after sighting the object. When the lights first turned on in the car I immediate thought it was a toy or some kind of electronic had turned on in the back of the expedition. But when I started to notice the lights shining and dancing around I knew it wasn't a toy and I got goose bumps all over my body. I slowed down and went to the next place where I could make a U-turn and wanted to turn around to see what it was. My girlfriend said she was scared and freaked out and just wanted to get out of there. We went to Fiesta Henderson and ate and saw nothing else. **********  Click for video A unique phenomena happened over the sky of Jakarta last night. Several red, green and yellow lights were visible over the clear sky of Jakarta. This incident invited the attention of the citizens. According to one of the readers at detik.com, Erwan Sudiwijaya, those multi colored lights were visible over city part Bendungan Hilir (Benhil), Central Jakarta. "red, green and yellow lights in a "C" formation were clearly visible in the sky. This event happened for 15 minutes and the lights were easily seen for 5 minutes before slowly fading away, at around 20:10 pm . It caused several people on foot to stop and watch it. other people nearby ran into their houses to take cameras. On the same note, another reader - Barry claimed to have seen lights forming a bow and close to it one bright shining, blinking, light. However, Barry's claim came without any image as proof. ********** abcnews - A Chinese airport was shut down for more than an hour last month because air traffic controllers saw what they believed to be a UFO buzzing the airport, according to reports out of the country. It is the eighth time since June that UFOs have been reported in China. In the latest episode, several passenger jets were diverted from the airport at Baotou in Inner Mongolia for about an hour arond 8 p.m. on Sept. 11. The alert was triggered by bright lights in the sky that moved erratically, but reports claim that air traffic controllers at the Hohhot Air Traffic Management Bureau spotted the object on their radar. After about an hour, the object and the lights suddenly vanished and passenger jets were allowed to land. The Chinese government had said on previous occasions that the lights claimed to be UFOs were military exercises, but the government denied the Sept. 11 incident happened at all. This summer another UFO report caused a sensation and forced Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, to cease operations on July 7. A flight crew preparing for descent first detected the object around 8:40 p.m. and notified the air traffic control department. Aviation authorities responded within minutes, grounding outbound flights and diverting inbound ones to airports in Ningbo and Wuxi. Eighteen flights were affected. Though normal operations resumed an hour later, the incident captured the attention of the Chinese media and sparked a firestorm of speculation on the UFO's identity. Hangzhou residents released photos, taken in the afternoon before the delays, of a hovering object bathed in golden light and exhibiting a comet-like tail. Less than an hour before the Xiaoshan airport shut down, residents said they also saw a flying object emitting red and white rays of light.  | |||
| Fortean / Oddball News: Elixer of Life, Honey Bees and UFO 'Great Event' Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:06 AM PDT  Chinese Scientist Predicts UFOs to Bring 'Great Events' AOLNews - All those UFOs that have been spotted around China this year, closing down airports and causing general flying saucer mayhem and wonder, are on the increase. And "great events" will soon follow, an astronomer says. "First, I'd like to say something about the conception of 'great events about UFOs,'" Wang Sichao, a planetary astronomer at Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the Beijing Review. Wang Sichao, a planetary astronomer at Purple Mountain Observatory in China, predicts UFO sightings in China will continue to increase. "It does not mean large numbers of UFOs but refers to events of credible facts backed by observation. But these facts cannot yet be explained by existing scientific knowledge or natural phenomena," he told the English-language weekly. Those are strong pro-UFO words from a scientist who, in September, dismissed UFO sightings over Hong Kong as "ghost images" -- reflections of outdoor lamps caught by camera lenses. Wang has investigated UFO sightings in China for nearly 40 years and described the many types of unidentified objects that have been seen: "bolide, light spot, spiral, fan, bright star, flying rod, ball lightning and V-shaped." The astronomer has a theory as to why, over so many decades, there hasn't been much progress in available UFO information -- presuming some UFOs are a type of extraordinary vehicle. "The reason is that a UFO only appears randomly and often disappears rapidly in a few minutes. By the time large professional telescopes are started up, it has already disappeared. So, we can only rely on information from occasional sightings or encounters by observers," he said. "Astronomers all over the world are now intensifying their efforts to explore extraterrestrial life. As long as we have open minds about scientific exploration of the unknown and employ multiple methods, the contact between humans and extraterrestrial life will, hopefully, come this century." ********** Honey Bee Colony Collapse Mystery Possibly Solved It has been one of the great murder mysteries of the garden: what is killing off the honeybees? Since 2006, 20 to 40 percent of the bee colonies in the United States alone have suffered "colony collapse." Suspected culprits ranged from pesticides to genetically modified food. Now, a unique partnership — of military scientists and entomologists — appears to have achieved a major breakthrough: identifying a new suspect, or two. A fungus tag-teaming with a virus have apparently interacted to cause the problem, according to a paper by Army scientists in Maryland and bee experts in Montana in the online science journal PLoS One. Continue reading at NYTimes ********** Seance Plans Deep-Sixed by Religious Leaders and Residents winnipegfreepress - Plans for a Halloween seance at a Saskatchewan museum have been sent to the grave following complaints from religious leaders and residents. Officials at the provincially run Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw had organized a Halloween "ghost walk" to help raise funds to repair a train that takes children around the building. The event was to include a presentation on talking with the dead as well as a demonstration. Many in the city were spooked by the idea. "The manager at the museum started receiving phone calls and emails and personal visits from individuals who were objecting to the seance pretty much by and large on religious grounds," said David Klatt, the museum agency's executive director. "One of the specific comments that was made, which I guess would give you an example of what we were hearing, is that we would be inviting evil through the doors if we were to conduct the seance." Even the local legislature member, Warren Michelson, ended up fielding concerns. The museum gave in to the pressure and cancelled the event, but only after a lot of deliberation. "The board really struggled with it ... because there are matters of principle here," Klatt said. "Does the museum have the right to put on a broad spectrum of programming? Are we going to limit our programming because of the concerns of a special interest group?" The other problem was that it's too late to put together a different fundraiser before Halloween.The museum's board had hoped to raise $1,000 toward the train-repair bill. The money will be raised eventually, Klatt said, and the train should be back on track by next summer. The Western Development Museum was established by the Saskatchewan government in 1949 to preserve farm machinery and other aspects of the province's history. Board members are appointed by the province to oversee four facilities in Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Yorkton and North Battleford. ********** Priest Fears Masonic 'Witchcraft' times-age - A Christian minister in Carterton is objecting to a Masonic Lodge being used for a temporary library because he considers it connected to witchcraft. John Cromarty and his wife Marilyn, of St David's Church, are handing in their library cards and are asking all their friends not to visit the lodge, which is housing the town's books while the $6 million events centre is built. In a letter to Carterton Mayor Gary McPhee, which was distributed at yesterday's Carterton council meeting, Mr Cromarty warns that any decision to enter the premises is "not wise". "Freemasonry, while it does good works in the community, is based upon the worship of pagan gods," Mr Cromarty wrote. "While it portrays a facade as being compatible to Christianity in its teaching, it has its foundation rooted in witchcraft and pre-Christian teachings and practice." Mr Cromarty suggested alternatives, such as an empty building on High St, Carterton, or the Wai Art Centre. The couple are leaving at the end of the year but have taken the decision to hand their library cards in now to make a stand. Called by the Times-Age, Mr Cromarty said he had "no comment" but objected to his letter being published, believing it to be private correspondence. Mr McPhee said the letter showed a few people in the community were "stuck in the wrong century". "We are now in the 21st century but clearly some people didn't move along with us," he said. Warwick Cashmore, a past master and a Freemason of the lodge, said he was saddened by Mr Cromarty's comments. "I'm extremely disappointed he's taken this attitude. "The basic tenants of freemasonry are brotherly love, relief, and truth." He said freemasons, like Christians, believed in a god and, perhaps most importantly, had shared connections to paganism. "He should examine his own religion and see there are some very big connections to paganism there. Christmas and Easter both derive from pagan rituals," Mr Cashmore said. He believed the comments to be further evidence there were grave misunderstandings about freemasonry in the community after a recent court case in Wellington debating whether the society is a charity or not. Carterton's Masonic Lodge has 52 members. ********** Protein Cocktail is 'Elixir of Life' BBC - A cocktail of amino acids - the building blocks of proteins - is the latest contender in the age-old search for the elixir of life. Scientists gave mice drinking water laced with three amino acids. They said the rodents lived significantly longer than other mice fed a normal diet. The research, reported in a scientific journal, has yet to be tried in people. The study leader said a large patient trial was needed to provide evidence to convince doctors. In experiments, middle-aged healthy male mice were given drinking water containing the amino acids leucine, isoleucine and valine. Dr Enzo Nisoli, of the University of Milan, and colleagues, said it increased the average lifespan of the mice by 12% and boosted their fitness and co-ordination. They wrote in their paper, published in Cell Metabolism: "Our study offers a rationale for deeply exploring the role of amino acids in prevention and control of age-related disorders in humans." The amino acids - three of the 20 that make up proteins - have been shown to extend life span in yeast. However, the precise role of these amino acids in humans is unknown. They are used by bodybuilders to maintain muscle tissue and can be bought in health food stores and online. ********** Incredible Video! Click for video A 44-year-old Brazilian woman has survived after being hit by a car and tossed in the air. Rosalina de Jesus was arriving home from work when a car travelling at high-speeds lost control and slammed into her. Security camera footage from a nearby shop showed Jesus being thrown some 20m in the air and landing in the middle of a street in the northern city of Belem, in Para state. The driver stopped to help the victim, who survived with only mild injuries in her arm and collarbone.  | |||
| Pub's Little Girl Spirit Still Has Fun Posted: 07 Oct 2010 12:11 PM PDT  Brian McKeown, one of Yager's co-owners, said he has known for some time that the building, located at 727 Trader Lane, was haunted. "Last year, when we were remodeling the place, previous patrons and employees would stop by and tell us stories," McKeown said. "We heard a lot of interesting stories." He said that the building was something of a "fixer-upper" and a lot of work went into it, so Yager's could re-open for last year's Folsom Live. During that time, McKeown said he heard more stories about the place and learned about its history. "The building was built in 1856. I believe that it was originally a fire house," he said. "Peter Yager opened his brewery here in 1882. Before Prohibition, it was a bar called the Soapy Saloon. It has also been a hardware store and a grocery store." The lowermost floor once served as downtown's civil defense bomb shelter years ago and it has three underground tunnels — all of which are now sealed. "Bootleggers used those tunnels during the Prohibition days, (according to local lore)," McKeown said. "I've heard there are other tunnels in the Sutter Street area." McKeown said that many of the stories he's heard focus around the ghost of a little girl. "Some people have seen her running around the pool table," he said. "One day, one of our cooks was mopping the upstairs room where the pool table was located. He heard a sound and looked around — that's when he saw this little girl running around the pool table and watched her vanish into thin air." Jeff Dwyer, a paranormal investigator from San Francisco, wrote a book titled "Ghost Hunter's Guide to California Gold Rush Country." The book has a listing on Yager's and even calls the entity "The Eight-Ball Ghost." McKeown knew the story. "A few years ago, some customers wanted to play pool but couldn't because the eight ball was missing," he said. "They looked everywhere for it and couldn't find the damn thing. Then, that night, one of the employees walked by the pool table and out rolls the eight-ball." The pool table has since been relocated to the bottom floor, where the old bomb shelter was located. But, the "Little Girl," as McKeown and some employees call her, keeps busy all over the building. "After our opening, we could hear footsteps up in the attic," he said. "Then the door up there would open and close by itself. Something kept messing with the alarm control box too. It got to be annoying at first then we just told ourselves it was (the Little Girl). We've gotten used to it." McKeown said employees and customers have told him of hearing a girl laugh and whispering. Some, he said, have even experienced cold spots appearing then disappearing. "But, it's nothing creepy," he said. "Before this, I had another experience with the paranormal. I'm not scared. In fact, I've even crashed here over night during the remodel but I was never scared." Last Christmas, one of the bartenders set out a plate of cookies for the Little Girl. "Nothing happened though," he said. But the Little Girl isn't the only ghost haunting Yager's. "We call the other one 'the Old Woman,'" he said. "Some people who've been in the old bomb shelter have seen her. Some have even been touched by her." Like the Little Girl, McKeown said no one feels threatened by this other entity. Nothing malicious has ever happened. "I would love to know more about the history of the building and who worked here," he said. "I know the ghosts are attached to this place for some reason." While McKeown is curious about the ghosts he doesn't want ghost hunters to show up and investigate. "The ghosts are here because they want to be and we want them to stay," McKeown said. "We don't want people to provoke them or anything like that. This is their home, so to speak, and I don't want anyone to be disrespectful towards them." So, McKeown and others at Yager's are content with their ghostly companions. He looks forward to more experiences. "This Christmas, we'll be setting out a plate filled with cookies again," he said. "It'd be great if they were gone by the morning." **********  
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