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@Pessimism: The information is all over the internet. You don't really care so I won't do research for you that you don't want anyway.
@ Cyanide: Regarding the Chupacabra - I haven't seen these things personally, and technically neither has my father in law, but he lives in a remote area in southeast Texas, and for the last few years, during the fall, something has been killing much of the small livestock in the area.
He keeps some hogs in the woods around his house this past year, and he was going to check on them at night and heard noises and when he swung his light he said there were 10+ sets of blue eyes staring at him from the ground all the way up into the trees, and then they all took off crashing through the underbrush/tops of the trees.
He said they have stolen chickens/rabbits from his cages and left nothing but the bare skulls (too big to go throw the chicken wire). The guy is former Army special forces, not exactly a "jumpy" person. He is referring to it them chupacabras since he doesn't really know what these things are.
@ Cyanide: Regarding the Chupacabra - I haven't seen these things personally, and technically neither has my father in law, but he lives in a remote area in southeast Texas, and for the last few years, during the fall, something has been killing much of the small livestock in the area.
He keeps some hogs in the woods around his house this past year, and he was going to check on them at night and heard noises and when he swung his light he said there were 10+ sets of blue eyes staring at him from the ground all the way up into the trees, and then they all took off crashing through the underbrush/tops of the trees.
He said they have stolen chickens/rabbits from his cages and left nothing but the bare skulls (too big to go throw the chicken wire). The guy is former Army special forces, not exactly a "jumpy" person. He is referring to it them chupacabras since he doesn't really know what these things are.
Saparmurat_Niyazov
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That's what I thought, but apparently it's possible. I think the paradox has something to do with a quirk in the mathematical formula, not literally doing this with a physical sphere.
As for the cryptozoology thing, I firmly believe that a large primate species (aka Bigfoot) exists in North America (especially the Pacific Northwest), because there has been real physical evidence found of it's existance (hair and dung). I think it's quite possible for an ape of that size to remain completely hidden from humans in millions of acres of forest. Gorillas in Africa are quite capable of doing the same thing.
The Heartbreak Kid
Afterimage
Is it so important to defend a man who literally went fucknng apeshjit crazy like Godel did and build a "death ray" that harnesses dark matter (which on its own is apparently "undetectable"), a hypothetical substance that is still being debated as to whether it exists...
OR
That there is just some massive conspiracy to cover up Tesla's "genius".
The man was smart, but he wasn't that good, and no where near the level of identifying let alone harnessing a substance that is purely conjecture.
Saparmurat_Niyazov
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That's not quite it. What I meant is this:
If the circles represent spheres, then, in theory (according the aforementioned paradox) you could "dismantle" the original sphere and come up with 2 spheres with dimensions each equal to the original. I think I may have wrote it down in my notes, but I have no idea where I put those fucking things.
OK, so it's the Banach-Tarski Paradox (http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach%E2%80%93Tarski_paradox). Pretty fucking wierd shit.
Also...
@ Pessimism: Why are you bashing Tesla? The guy deserves posthumous recognition simply for the way that selfish cunt Edison fucked him over.
Although Glen Benton is the frontman of one of my all-time favorite death metal bands, he's an idiot, and that's the problem with cryptozoology: too many idiots will believe anything that they think sounds interesting, thus discrediting it. Unfortunately, this field of science is not taken seriously because of this fact, though there are still large and significant species that are as yet undiscovered.
I'm not bashing Tesla, just like I'm not bashing Godel; the fact of the matter is though that they both were fucking paranoid at the end of their respective lives and did some crazy shit.
I repeat, both were brutally intelligent; but in these cases (specifically Tesla here), just because he was years above his peers does not mean that he was capable of building a death ray that was able to concentrate "particles" and destroy an area of land. I've already brought up the arguments and, really, there shouldn't be any questioning left as to if it really happened or not. We have a far greater understanding of his own creations than he did now, and an even greater understanding of reality to an extent - that shit just didn't happen.
And for fucks sake who builds a death ray to bring about world peace?
I repeat, both were brutally intelligent; but in these cases (specifically Tesla here), just because he was years above his peers does not mean that he was capable of building a death ray that was able to concentrate "particles" and destroy an area of land. I've already brought up the arguments and, really, there shouldn't be any questioning left as to if it really happened or not. We have a far greater understanding of his own creations than he did now, and an even greater understanding of reality to an extent - that shit just didn't happen.
And for fucks sake who builds a death ray to bring about world peace?
Glenn Peppers disapproves.
But that's because I, his creator, thinks Glen Benton is a talentless cunt.
The Emptier
t3h b3aSt0rZ
there are so many amazing anomalies and crazy things out there.... i've had a big fascination with aliens, ghosts, unexplained things etc. etc. for a long time now. but personally i really do not think there are aliens coming from different areas of our universe, i think it's more possible they are inter-dimensional beings if anything. but i think a plausible idea could be just a huge collective unconsciousness conjuring these fucking things. who knows.
but the hollow earth theory...that's one that just kind of pisses me off. fucking 10 lost tribes living in the garden of eden in the middle of the earth and shit...a bit ridiculous, but then again so is everything else out there, can't discredit much if we really don't know its not true
but the hollow earth theory...that's one that just kind of pisses me off. fucking 10 lost tribes living in the garden of eden in the middle of the earth and shit...a bit ridiculous, but then again so is everything else out there, can't discredit much if we really don't know its not true
Krow
Garbage Connoisseur
So, I had a mildly weird experience about three years ago... I'll swear to what I saw, and my passenger saw the same exact thing.
I was driving home right at dark one night, on kind of a backroad... on my way home from fishing. I was going up a steep incline, guardrailed on both sides with steep sides past them. As I was coming up the hill, a van was coming down it... a humanesque figure appears in the road, on the far right. It slowly moves in front of my car then the van in the other lane and vanishes.
The figure seemingly floated across the road, its legs never moved. There was no where to climb up the steep incline to get to the guardrail from over the hill, and if it WAS a person, the van would have smashed them into oblivion... but no slamming on the brakes, no crash was ever heard.
I dont believe much in any sort of angels/demons/gods/ghosts/whatever... but I know what I saw that night. The experience has actually made me question my beliefs on several occasions..
I firmly believe I saw a person that wasnt "real" that night.
I was driving home right at dark one night, on kind of a backroad... on my way home from fishing. I was going up a steep incline, guardrailed on both sides with steep sides past them. As I was coming up the hill, a van was coming down it... a humanesque figure appears in the road, on the far right. It slowly moves in front of my car then the van in the other lane and vanishes.
The figure seemingly floated across the road, its legs never moved. There was no where to climb up the steep incline to get to the guardrail from over the hill, and if it WAS a person, the van would have smashed them into oblivion... but no slamming on the brakes, no crash was ever heard.
I dont believe much in any sort of angels/demons/gods/ghosts/whatever... but I know what I saw that night. The experience has actually made me question my beliefs on several occasions..
I firmly believe I saw a person that wasnt "real" that night.
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That's pretty awesome. For some reason I kind of hope something like that happens to me one day.
Einherjar86
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Dude Krow, that's fucking awesome; and creepy as hell.
Okay, if we're sharing true experiences and taking them seriously, I have one that still creeps me out; it's not a ghost story, which makes it a little less cool, but it was still terrifying to me:
Several years ago when I was still in high school I was driving home from a friend's house. I'd had a few drinks (mind you, I was not drunk; I only had three or four beers) so I stopped by the side of the road to piss. I was literally less than five minutes from my house and the road I was on had about eight feet worth of grass at its edge before a kind of forested area began. It was late so there were no other cars on that road.
Anyway, as I was walking to the edge of the trees to piss, I heard something and stopped. Staring ahead of me I could see something just within the edge of the trees, and I noticed that it was taller than me. I realize this seems like out of a movie, but I slowly raised my eyes up to see the whole thing. I could not make out its face or head or any features because of how dark it was; but just as I was trying to focus on where I thought its head would be it suddenly made a weird noise and tore sideways through the trees, as though running away from me. I could just barely make out a horizontal frame (what I deemed to be its shoulder blades) moving quickly away from me.
Needless to say I was scared shitless, jumped back into my car and drove home. I've never stopped along the side of one of the backroads in Clarence since.
Okay, if we're sharing true experiences and taking them seriously, I have one that still creeps me out; it's not a ghost story, which makes it a little less cool, but it was still terrifying to me:
Several years ago when I was still in high school I was driving home from a friend's house. I'd had a few drinks (mind you, I was not drunk; I only had three or four beers) so I stopped by the side of the road to piss. I was literally less than five minutes from my house and the road I was on had about eight feet worth of grass at its edge before a kind of forested area began. It was late so there were no other cars on that road.
Anyway, as I was walking to the edge of the trees to piss, I heard something and stopped. Staring ahead of me I could see something just within the edge of the trees, and I noticed that it was taller than me. I realize this seems like out of a movie, but I slowly raised my eyes up to see the whole thing. I could not make out its face or head or any features because of how dark it was; but just as I was trying to focus on where I thought its head would be it suddenly made a weird noise and tore sideways through the trees, as though running away from me. I could just barely make out a horizontal frame (what I deemed to be its shoulder blades) moving quickly away from me.
Needless to say I was scared shitless, jumped back into my car and drove home. I've never stopped along the side of one of the backroads in Clarence since.
damnromulans
Klingons do not faint
I got the chills reading that, Einherjar. Krow too. Ugh the possibility of ghosts/the unknown freaks me out so much.
Most people in my town in Japan believe in yurei (the creepy long haired undead, like in The Ring/Ringu and The Grudge/Ju-On). Certain apartments are way cheaper than others because alleged yurei live there and people avoid spots where suicides have happened for that same reason. I don't believe in it, but it sure creeps me out. And a friend of mine lives on Izu Oshima, the island where the story of The Ring originated, and has visited that creepy fucking well many times.
Most people in my town in Japan believe in yurei (the creepy long haired undead, like in The Ring/Ringu and The Grudge/Ju-On). Certain apartments are way cheaper than others because alleged yurei live there and people avoid spots where suicides have happened for that same reason. I don't believe in it, but it sure creeps me out. And a friend of mine lives on Izu Oshima, the island where the story of The Ring originated, and has visited that creepy fucking well many times.
DarkBliss
...And okra for all
Something like a month ago my family and I witnessed what could probably be a UFO. It was dark/late at night so you could only see two twinkling lights in the sky, but it was patrolling the sky above our neighborhood for a good ten minutes or so, gliding/going back and forth. We could see a faint outline of the object; it appeared round. We wanted to videotape it, but the camera was on low on batteries at the time. A few other people saw it as well.
damnromulans
Klingons do not faint
DarkBliss
...And okra for all
Our military is always on alert in case of such unlikely intruders. But could be, I guess. It still was pretty creepy.
Maybe it was some sort of experimental aircraft being tested.
Maybe it was some sort of experimental aircraft being tested.
damnromulans
Klingons do not faint
I dunno, I've got lots of Facebook pictures of my Israeli army friends goofing off on the clock 
That is spooky. I'm so afraid of the unknown it's pretty pathetic.
That is spooky. I'm so afraid of the unknown it's pretty pathetic.
Dak
mentat
I saw a similar apparition to what Krow described when I was a kid, my brother and I both saw it. Interestingly enough it bore a distinct resemblance to a recently deceased step-grandfather we had only seen a couple of time in our life and we were like 800 miles away from where the guy had lived/died.
DarkBliss
...And okra for all
I dunno, I've got lots of Facebook pictures of my Israeli army friends goofing off on the clock
Don't I know that? Israelis like goofing off in general.