Paranormal

Once residents of Lytham began reporting sightings of a mysterious beast, a local legend was born - one that believers wouldn't give up in a hurry

The Calvine UFO photo, taken in 1990, resurfaced recently, bringing with it a wave of speculation from UFO believers and skeptics alike

The belief in a hollow earth - filled with inhabitants, animals and aliens - can be traced back, in part, to the new-age movement in Brazil

The online life (and eventual death) of Eachy, the monster of Bassenthwaite lake, shows the potential risk of feedback loops in Wikipedia's citation policies

While the messages at Glastonbury Abbey almost certainly did not come from spirits, a number of studies have shown that they may not have been created by deliberate fraud

At the Awakenings Expo in Blackpool, Ancient Aliens celebrities Erich von Däniken and Giorgio A Tsoukalos sought to distance themselves from the more extreme alien claims

Alice Ann Kirby and her little sister Amy died in separate, mysterious fires - some claim spontaneous human combustion explains the double tragedy

Three quarters of a century later, the Roswell mythology is still alive and well - even as the facts of the original reports get twisted and overlooked