Fact or Fiction - 'Monster' plagues Karoo town, South Arifca - 22nd Apr 2011

Steytlerville - Steytlerville, a small Karoo town, is being plagued by rumours of a shape-shifting monster, Eastern Cape police said on Thursday.

"The community says that the monster changes shape while you are looking at it," Warrant Officer Zandisile Nelani said.

He said one man had reported it changed from a man wearing a suit into a pig and then into a bat. The creature had been sighted on a number of occasions near a church and only appeared at night, Nelani said.

Local residents met with police last week to discuss the strange phenomenon.

Nelani said he had asked people to take a photograph of the alleged monster. Although some locals were frightened of it, it had not harmed any people or livestock. Source

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Update: 25th Apr 2011 - Johannesburg - A ‘monster’ plaguing the sleepy Karoo town of Steytlerville struck again over the Easter weekend, Eastern Cape police said on Monday.

Another two sightings of the "shape-shifting creature" were reported on Sunday evening, said Warrant Officer Zandisile Nelani .

“Two men were walking near a tavern when they saw another man wearing a black jacket. One of the men, identified only as Nozipho, went up to the stranger and asked him, “What is your problem?” said Nelani.

When the stranger did not respond, Nozipho went closer and saw that the man had no head. The man then turned into a dog that was “very angry” and “as big as a cow”, Nelani said.

He said that as Nozipho and his friend ran away, the monster allegedly turned on another group of people in the same road. “They said it turned into a big monkey, and then it was gone,” Nelani said.

He said that since the monster was spotted near the tavern, people were afraid to go there at night.

Last week police were told by residents that the monster changed shape while one looked at it. One man had reported that it changed from a man wearing a suit into a pig and then into a bat.

There had also been rumours that the monster could fly. Previously, the monster had only been spotted near the church. It had even been seen peering through the windows during a service, but had vanished by the time the congregation came outside.

Nelani said that the community had dubbed the monster “Bawokozi”, meaning ‘brother-in-law’.

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Sightings of the monster began over a month ago when it was seen by mourners attending two separate funerals, Nelani said.

He said that the community requested a meeting with police because they were frightened of it. Police agreed to work with residents, but asked them to try to take a photograph of it as evidence.

Nelani said that a photograph had since been taken of the monster resting under a tree.

He said that when the photo was taken the monster had been in human form but when the photo was developed an unknown animal was visible in the picture. Read More

Fact or Fiction - Ancient Aliens "Alien Tech" - 3rd May 2011

This episode proposes that some advanced weapon technologies currently in development, such as laser and sonic weapons, are rediscovered technologies used by advanced beings in the past. Also discussed are theories that aliens provided gravity manipulation devices to help man construct colossal stone structures around the world.

Japan debt rating threat may hasten tax hike push, which could further cripple the economy

The threat of a cut to Japan's credit rating adds pressure on Prime Minister Naoto Kan to raise taxes as he wrestles with financing quake rebuilding without adding to the world's biggest public debt burden.

Standard & Poor's lowered its outlook Wednesday to "negative" on Japan's AA- local currency rating, estimating that costs stemming from the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis may boost budget deficits by 3.7 percent of gross domestic product through 2013.

Higher taxes may undermine consumer confidence already hammered by the disaster, with March retail sales sliding the most in 13 years and analysts forecasting that the world's third-biggest economy will shrink this quarter. A group of lawmakers and former Cabinet ministers highlighted that danger Wednesday, calling on the Bank of Japan to support the recovery by buying more government bonds.

"Tax increases are unavoidable," said Junko Nishioka, chief economist at RBS Securities Japan Ltd. in Tokyo. "As discussions on selling more bonds begin in earnest, we'll hear more calls for the Bank of Japan to ease policy further," she said. The bond market has shown little evidence of concern about Japan's deteriorating sovereign-debt quality. More than 90 percent of government debt is held by domestic investors, dominated by financial companies, which have provided a stable source of financing. (read more)

Fact or Fiction - Ancient Aliens "Aliens and the Third Reich" - 30th Apr 2011

For years there has been speculation that Nazi Germany had experimented with advanced alien technology and built flying machines; such as the Haunebu and the Die Glocke (The Bell); and rumors that some of this technology may have made its way to the United States and helped jump start the Apollo program.

Think HAARP is just conspiracy theory? Think again: They're quietly sitting on patents for devices they claim don't exist, and here's proof

We at the Coming Crisis only post two things: facts, and questions that need answering. Our readers know this, and it's something we'd never give up on for any reason.

When it comes to a touchy subject like HAARP then, many would wonder why we'd even give a passing thought to a clearly scientific device that poses no threat whatsoever. Right?

Well, the public face may say one thing, but facts often lead to other questions, if not other conclusions, so let's take a moment to look at some real, filed patents that mysteriously correlate with "conspiracies" they say are laughable. Laugh at this then, folks:

#1: HAARP

They say: HAARP is a scientific instrument used for an Ionospheric research program. Does nothing but passively tap the fields and measure.
Others say: HAARP is a wave-based scalar weapon that can manipulate weather and geologic activity, among other things.
The patent says: "Method and apparatus for altering a region in the Earth's atmosphere, ionosphere, and / or magnetosphere." View US Patent #4,686,605 here.
Bonus: The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) found HAARP so strange that they conducted their own investigation which lead to the fact that the facility could, in fact, be used for purposes other than those stated. Watch it in two parts here:




#2: Space-based weather alteration devices / weapons

They say: They don't exist.
Others say: They don't only exist, but may actually be weaponized.
The patent says: "Use of artificial satellites in Earth's orbit adaptively to modify the effect that solar radiation would otherwise have on Earth's weather." View US Patent #5,762,298 here.
Bonus: China routinely files quiet news reports of its mastery of weather, and China's technology is probably several decades behind that of America's. Just do a Google search of China's weather-manipulating activities for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as well as how the country combated its recent massive droughts, and you'll see what we mean. So, what's the US up to these days in this field?

#2: Chemtrails and aerial spraying, aerosols

They say: They're just contrails, seen more frequently now due to a warming world.
Others say: They're spraying in grid-like patterns materials of a highly toxic nature for reasons unknown.
The patent(s) says: "Think of a way to spray something in the atmosphere, and we got 'ya covered, boys." View a massive list over 125 aerial spraying-related US Patents here.
Bonus: Some savvy independent onlookers tested the atmosphere and found heavy metal aerosol deposits. Controversial, so we wont weigh that as evidence. But when weather radar systems go haywire due to a massive aluminium spraying in the atmosphere, it at least begs the question -- what else are they spraying, and why? Video below:



This, ladies and gentlemen, is why the Coming Crisis asks questions. And so should all of you.

Fact or Fiction - Ancient Aliens "Underground Aliens" - 29th Apr 2011

There are theories that various underground places may have been extraterrestrial lairs; such as a lost cave in Ecuador said to hold metal tablets containing alien knowledge; the underground city of Derinkuyu in Turkey; Native American legends of "inner-earth" beings; and rumors of a secret U.S. Military-base supposedly built alongside aliens inside the Archuleta Mesa near Dulce, New Mexico.

Fact or Fiction - Ancient Aliens "Underwater Worlds" - 28th Apr 2011

Suggestions that various underwater structures and ruins found around the globe may have been used by extraterrestrials; such as the temple ruins found under Lake Titicaca in Peru; the geometric structures of Yonaguni off the coast of Japan, and ancient Indian texts that allegedly describe other sunken cities yet to be discovered.

Has real chemtrail plane been filmed? Or is it just a cargo plane with a off-kilter engine? (Video)

Please click here to watch the video in question.

Some peculiar features to take note of:

1) The off-kilter engine
2) The uneven trails of materials
3) The strange object on the craft's undercarriage

Is it just a regular plane with an misaligned engine? Is it an optical illusion? Is it something else that we're unwilling to admit to? Let's put our heads together.

If you have any information regarding this video, please share it so that we may add it to our investigation.

Fact or Fiction - Ancient Aliens "Gods & Aliens" - 26th Apr 2011

Taking a Look at legends about powerful gods and fearsome monsters that have similarities between them even though these legends are found in different cultures separated by vast distances, and this episode also suggests that these legends may be eyewitness accounts of alien visitations. Also discussed are tales of gods interacting with humans, imparting wisdom and technology and impregnating women to create demigods who are supposedly the offspring of human/alien unions.

Fact or Fiction - Ancient Aliens "Mysterious Places" - 25th Apr 2011

This episode examines locations around the Earth that are proposed "hot spots" of UFO activity; such as the Bermuda Triangle; Mexico's "Zone of Silence" an area of land said to naturally disrupt radio signals; the portal-like structure at Peru's Puerta de Hayu Marka; and the curious rock formations of the Markawasi Plateau.

Fact or Fiction - Ancient Aliens "The Return" - 24th Apr 2011

It is proposed that aliens have contacted man as recently as the 20th century, citing examples such as the Battle of Los Angeles and the Roswell UFO Incident. It also looks at the modernSETI project and speculates what would happen if aliens answered back; what protocols exist to determine who would speak on behalf of mankind, and how we would communicate.

Fact or Fiction - Ancient Aliens "Closer Encounters" - 23rd Apr 2011

Alien encounters have been documented in various historical texts, citing as evidence, the 13th century book Otia Imperialia which describes an incident in Bristol, England ascribed to UFOs; the log entries of Christopher Columbus that report lights in the sky; stories of cigar-shaped craft allegedly seen overEurope during the Black Plague; and Medieval art that supposedly depicts disc-shaped objects floating in the heavens.

Fact or Fiction - Ancient Aliens "The Mission" - 22nd Apr 2011

Extraterrestrials have a mission plan for Earth and mankind, and cites as evidence, Sumerian tablets that allegedly describe the Anunnaki as a race of creatures that came to Earth to mine gold; the purpose of cattle mutilations; the mile-long "band of holes" near Pisco, Peru; Egyptian hieroglyphs that are said to depict hybrid creatures that are part man/part animal; and Crystal skulls and crop circles that are said to contain messages from aliens.

Fact or Fiction - Ancient Aliens "The Visitors" - 21st Apr 2011

Alien visitations have occurred around the globe, and cites as evidence, claims that the Dogon people were given galactic knowledge by a star god; the Hopi and Zunicelebrations of Kachinas (or "gods from the sky") that are symbolized with headdress that are said to resemble modern space helmets; and that the Chinese Huangdi was a Han leader who came to Earth on a yellow dragon which is suggested to have been a metaphor for a spaceship.

Fact or Fiction - Ancient Aliens ""The Evidence"" - 20th Apr 2011

Suggestion that aliens have made contact with primitive humans, and cites as evidence, Indian Sanskrit texts from around 3000 BC that are suggested to describe flying machines calledVimanas; Egyptian megaliths that are said to show precision cutting work thought to be too advanced for the time; and Jewish Zohar writings that are said to describe a "manna machine" similar tochlorella algae processing of today.

Fact or Fiction - Ancient Aliens "Chariots, Gods & Beyond" - 19th Apr 2011

Erich von Däniken who theorized that advanced beings from another world visited primitive humans, gave them the knowledge of the solar system, concepts of engineering and mathematics, and became the basis for their religions and cultures as evidenced by ancient monuments such as the Nazca Lines, the Pyramids of Giza and the Moai statues of Easter Island.

Fact or Fiction - Why Free Will may be an Illusion - 18th Apr 2011

Fact or Fiction: Near-death Boy Says He Has Been to Heaven, Where Everyone Has Wings

Todd and Sonja Burpo may have believed an angel was looking over their 4-year-old son, who survived a life-threatening burst appendix.

Colton Burpo, now 11, says it's true.

"A few angels, they came, picked me up and I was looking right at Jesus," Colton, from the small town of Imperial, Neb., tells "Today."

After 17 days in the hospital, the boy started to talk about things he could not have known about, "Today" reports, including a miscarriage suffered by his mother, prayers his father made during Colton's surgery and meeting "Pop," his great-grandfather.

"I was just sitting by the Holy Spirit, and then this guy comes up to me and says, 'are you Todd's son?' I said yes. He says, 'Well, I'm his grandfather," Colton tells "Today." "... Pop, he was very big, huge wings, he had curly hair, big smile and he was really nice."

The experience led Todd Burpo, a pastor, to write the New York Times best-selling nonfiction book "Heaven is for Real."

"He could tell me where I was while he was in surgery," Todd Burpo tells "Today." "The surgeons couldn't tell me that. The nurses couldn't. My wife couldn't tell me where I was praying but he could tell me."

Sonja Burpo says her son told her angels sang to him.

"There's a lot of colors, there are a lot of people and a lot of animals," Colton says, describing Heaven.

He also says everyone in Heaven has wings -- his were a bit smaller than other's, and that no one there is old. (read more)

Fact or Fiction - Footsteps when no one is there, the ghostly laughter of children… Is America’s oldest house haunted? - 14th Apr 2011

It's the oldest timber frame house in America, lived in for generations by the same family and lovingly kept just as it was in its early Colonial days.

But what the Fairbanks House lacks in modern facilities it seems to make for with ... strange spirits.

The house in Dedham, Massachusetts, was built between 1637 and 1641 by English settlers Jonathan and Grace Fairbanks.

Today the house is a museum, but it could very well one of the most haunted houses in America.

Justin Schlesinger, one of the museum directors whose ancestors built the property, said: 'There’s always been weird things happening in the house, from the doorbell going off a million times to flashlights never working.'

He added that there are sometimes footsteps heard on the stairs when no one is there. Also, a newly-installed alarm system went off every night for several weeks with the alarm company unable to offer an explanation.

If there are such things as ghosts, he said, 'this would be the logical place for them to be.'

For decades now, throngs of visitors from all over the world, from school children to distinguished architects, have toured the house, entranced by its authenticity. Read More

Fact or Fiction: Jesus crucifixion nails 'found'?

Two of the nails used to crucify Jesus have been discovered in a 2,000-year-old tomb, according to a new film.

The film, 'The Nails of the Cross' by Simcha Jacobovici, follows three years of research during which he presents his assertions - some based on empirical data, others requiring much imagination and a leap of faith.

He hails the find as historic, but most experts and scholars dismissed his case as far-fetched, some calling it a publicity stunt.

Many ancient relics, including other nails supposedly traced back to the crucifixion, have been presented over the centuries as having a connection to Jesus. Many were deemed phony, while others were embraced as holy.

Mr Jacobovici, who sparked debate with a previous film that claimed to reveal the lost tomb of Jesus, says this find differs from others because of its historical and archaeological context.

"What we are bringing to the world is the best archaeological argument ever made that two of the nails from the crucifixion of Jesus have been found," he said. (read more)