Some people seem to be destined to lodge themselves into history as particularly odd. Born in Paris in 1868 as Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David, the remarkable woman who would go on to be called Alexandra David-Néel was from a very young age a bit different from her peers. As a young girl she would
In Yamagata Prefecture on Honshu island, Japan, there is a small, isolated body of water by the name of Otori-ike 大鳥池, (literally translated as Otoro Pond), which lies high in the mountains, 1,000 meters above sea level. Despite its Japanese name (“ike” means “pond”), and its modest size, the limnology of Otori-ike is in fact
In every war there are often lesser known experiences floating about beyond the typical tales of fighting and heroism. Here in the background of all of the conflict and death often lurk outlandish accounts of something strange going on, something perhaps even more frightening than the enemy. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina
War has always drawn to it stories of the strange and the paranormal. Behind the stories of valor and battles there are very often the more mysterious tales of the unknown and anomalous. The war in Afghanistan also seems to have certain places that draw in such bizarre, ghostly tales. One such place is a
Since time unremembered we have sought to penetrate out beyond what our maps show and trudge out over the horizon to explore and conquer the uncharted lands that lie beyond. It is an innate characteristic of the human spirit to wonder at what lies beyond what we know and to delve into the mysteries these