We all come across challenges in our lives, certain rivers we have to cross and obstacles to be overcome, and history is filled with the tales of the brave rising to the occasion to overcome insurmountable odds. Some of these tales have gone on to become almost legendary in their locales, and one of these is surely the true story of the time a woman was out with her young son and came across something like a scene out of a horror movie, and yet she managed to emerge triumphant and launch herself into nearly mythical status.
Kate McHale was born in July of 1893 in a rustic log cabin in the rugged wilds near Longmont, Colorado, and grew up very much a tomboy and a consummate outdoorsman. As a child she was known to wear boy’s clothing, and unlike the other girls she was more interested in hunting and other outdoor activities that during the era were thought of as within the realm of manly pursuits, which was all very unusual for a girl in that day and age, and for the time she is se
Could all of our languages have come for the stars? We chat about the startling yet controversial research of an obscure German scientist who held the bold theory that our language is from the Pleiades.
What are the linguistic secrets of ancient German, Basque, Estonian, Maori and Australian Aboriginal? Do their similar use of sounds give is a clue to a universal original language carried to the Earth by ancient spacefarers? The conclusions are more convincing that you will expect.
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The human body is a vast mystery that continually surprises us despite all of our studies and research into it. Throughout history there have been those exceptional individuals that display highly unusual physical attributes that cause us to take pause and wonder at the mystery of our bodies, and one area where this literally stands out is in regards to our height. How tall would you say is freakishly tall? Perhaps an NBA player? Maybe 7 feet or so? What if I were tell you that this isn’t nearly the end of the human limit for height, and that there have been individuals who would dwarf even the tallest basketball player? If it sounds wild, it is, but there was once a remarkable individual who was so tall as to be almost legendary, topping an unbelievable nearly 9 feet tall in his prime, and who remains an enigmatic figure and testament to the mysteries of the human body.
As long as humankind has been pushing out past our known boundaries explorers have been coming back from their journeys with wild tales of fantastic beasts and peoples. Going out over that next horizon was once akin to traveling off into space to some alien world, and the list of weird stories brought back from these adventures is long. Everything from dog-headed men to men with no heads at all, to all manner of other outlandish exotic beasts and entities populate the annals of exploration, and here we will look at some very weird tribes of people once said to exist, who display some rather odd physical properties.
Mysterious News Briefly January 19, 2021
In a Reddit survey, former Flat Earthers reveal the reasons they became globeheads and the rationales range from scientific to personal experience to finding out the political affiliation of fellow Flat Earthers. Not surprisingly, the results of the survey are being contested.
NASA’s initial test of its huge Space Launch System rocket started out great but had to be shut down after 67 seconds when the fourth engine failed. Would not be surprised of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson did a socially-distanced high-five.
Despite world leaders bragging about their hypersonic weapons systems, a study by independent experts found that the ‘hype’ in hypersonic is exactly that – illusions not based on facts. Captain Pickard just face-palmed again.