Weather Phenomenon - Roll Cloud Startles Nova Scotia

On April 28, 2009, residents of Southern Nova Scotia were weathering another blustery Atlantic day when the wind suddenly increased to shrieking intensity, picking up rocks and hurling lawn furniture. Those who ventured outside saw an incredibly rare meteorological phenomenon - a roll cloud. A long sausage of dense, dark cloud extended from horizon to horizon, barreling along just over their heads. In moments the cloud was gone, and along with it the wind.

"The trees in the backyard seemed to bend in two and my lawnchairs, shovel, rake and everything else on the deck and surrounding area lifted to the other side of the yard and deck in a matter of seconds," said Amanda Lewis, who lives in the Kingston/Greenwood area. "I ran out to grab what I could before it disappeared. The wind was so strong I had a hard time opening our side door and could barely walk to the deck." Read more eyewitness accounts, and see video footage of the event, in the original article from the Yarmouth County Vanguard.

Mother Nature most often gives us a calm, reassuring regularity to her rhythms. Every once in awhile, though, She lets loose with something special, out of the ordinary, startling. Just to keep us on our toes. Thanks, Mom.

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Intuition Catches The Playboy Poisoner

In 1916, New York City, the notorious Dr. Arthur W. Waite, decided to try his hand at germ warfare - to kill his father-in-law, John Peck.

The nefarious dentist first killed his mother-in-law by lacing her food with influenza and diphtheria germs. After that went smoothly he set out to insert a fatal sickness into Mr. Peck's system, in hopes of inheriting a lucrative fortune.

Billions of germs resided in his bacteriological laboratory and Waite administered typhoid, diphtheria, and pneumonia organisms while working on him in the dentist chair. He even concocted a deadly nasal spray which his father-in-law used but suffered no ill effects from. Eventually the poisoner's patience ran out and he gave the older man an overdose of arsenic.

Elizabeth Hardwick, a schoolteacher and distant relative, happened to hear of Waite acting rudely towards her father, completely out of character from the Doctor'ss usual suave demeanor. This little bit of news gave weight to suspicions Elizabeth had been ignoring about the man and prompted her to send an anonymous telegram to his son "Suspicion aroused. Demand autopsy."

Investigation quickly proved Waite's guilt. He was electrocuted the following year.

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UFO Over Moscow

It's in the news again. that triangular shaped unidentified flying object that speeds in and out of earth's atmosphere every so often, this time appearing over Red Square in Moscow. Won't be long before someone gives us a 'logical' explanation.

Before the British Ministry of Defense pulled its UFO Hotline service, they use to look into this type of phenomenon. And they were kept very busy back in 1989, 1990.

At that time they investigated a huge wave of space craft sightings making impossible manuveurs over Belgium. These airships were observed to be moving at extreme speeds; extremely slowly at one end of the spectrum (20 miles per hour) and extremely fast (thousands of miles per hour) at the other end. In one night, at the end of March, 1990, the Belgian Air Force received 2,700 reports of UFO sightings from civilians and military. Compare this to the usual 250 reports per year. You can read more about this under March 30th in the Almanac.

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Mind your Mind

Some things just shouldn't be messed with by; like, say, the Mind. Just a bad idea. Not sure why, call it a hunch.

Today I saw an article

Scientists find way to block fearful memories

If I'm reading it properly, they find a way to release a memory (a fearful memory; this is probably for 'our own good') from where it is stored and change it - so you don't have to be afraid anymore.

Dunno. ... it seems to me that our bodies are perfectly created and if we have memories of something that we need to deal with, it would be better to deal with it than just remove the sucker. Could be wrong ... but what else is going out with it? Do we know? Will we ever know?

Could be useful in mental health issue; they say. Well one person's mental health issue could be another person's road to riches. And how would a person know that it was just fearful memories being removed. You don't know what you don't know, right?

For instance, just to start, Can anyone say The Final Cut or Memento?

Pretending to Practise

There's a curious story taking place in Toronto right now. Vishwantee Persaud is charged with 'pretending to practice' witchcraft; a rare section of Canada's criminal code from 1892.

The man she bewitched was a lawyer. She enchanted him out of $150,000. Do you think 'pretending' to be a witch would pack the same wallop that actually being a witch would? I mean, what would she have gotten out of him she had really been practising instead of just pretending? Just asking.

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Horse Braids

Alright all you folks with horses - have you ever discovered your equine friend had possibly gone to the beauty parlour overnight? Some owners and riders have been finding their horses hair has been done up in plaits for no apparent reason. An article in the Telegraph.co.uk tells of animals in Dorset who have been sporting a new do, much to the puzzlement of investigators.

Thieves have been suspected, but really, when you are trying to make a getaway wouldn't it be smarter to ride the horse than do its hair? Besides, nothing has been stolen.

Others suspect it's the wind. Pretty dexterous. Besides, some of the braids are down by the withers - a little low for a gust to get fancy. A warlock suggested it is part of a ritual in white magic but I have a better suggestion - Fairies!

This is not the first time I've heard of this phenomenon. At least one incident took place in 1906 when a captain in the Bavarian cavalry had a horse who got sick and was found by the groom each morning covered in sweat with his mane and tail braided. The captain spent the night in the stall and in the early morning hours was astonished to see the animal begin to tremble and his mane and tail become whipped into intricate plaits, leaving the horse coated in foam.

Anyone else have this experience with their horses?

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Canadian Police Chase

This is pretty funny. Cleverness in advertising. At least if people are trying to sell you something it's nice to get a smile out of it. Enjoy a few seconds of this high speed chase.