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When American reader Todd took this photo of a pyramidal monument in the Cedarwood Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut, he spotted what he believes to be a spirit or a fairy sitting placidly beneath it. Todd would be delighted to hear other Paranormal readers’ comments on his photo. Please get in touch with your comments.

Mark Fraser of the research organisation Big Cats in Britain has kindly passed on the following picture that has just been submitted to BCIB. The photograph of a possible Alien Big Cat was taken by Paul Dennys, who explains: ‘I took this photo in North Cornwall. I’m a natural history photography student with Falmouth University. I was with three other students, getting a panning shot for a short film (no film footage was taken) and was setting my exposures on my still camera when I heard: ‘What the hell is that? Is it a wild cat?’ I focused on the cat and shot (not a a great exposure as I was still setting up). Once I took a shot I looked up to see a dog-sized black cat sprint into a bush. I think you can tell from the photo that it’s not a normal-sized cat.’

Our thanks to Mark Fraser, BCIB and Paul Dennys. The photograph is copyright Paul Dennys, all rights reserved.

More than 1,000 people claim to have seen the Loch Ness monster since a mysterious shape was first photographed 75 years ago.

References to a monster in Loch Ness date back to St Columba’s biography in 565 AD.

But the myth only took its modern form when reports of a strange object and then a series of mysterious photographs appeared in press during the 1930s. The BBC website has marked the 75th anniversary of the appearance of the first of these photographs with a recap of the most iconic Nessie images to date.

A NEW sighting of South America’s ‘creepy gnome’ has caused panic among locals after a group of youngsters claimed a ‘midget monster’ ran towards them at night. The teens – who recorded footage of the freaky being on their mobile phone – said they are now “too terrified” to go out at night.

Experts who examined the latest footage, taken in the town of Clodomira, province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, last week, say it is ‘credible’. But sceptics say the sidestepping ‘gnome’ could be a speedy child or even a small animal.

Last week’s footage was taken by Juan Carlos Roldan, his brother Javier and five friends, who were larking around by the water fountain in Clodomira. Juan, who filmed the creature, referred to it as “something that looked like a dwarf”. He said: “It was walking sideways and was wearing dark clothes. But it was impossible to see its face because its face was covered in shadows.”

One of the lads, who were aged 15-22, yesterday told Argentinean reporters: “We were messing about - singing and dancing - when we heard a loud rustling noise from behind us. “This tiny thing started running down Avenue San Martin at us. It had a pointy head and dark clothes. “It was a person of incredibly low stature. We filmed it then got scared and ran off.

“This little thing was barking like a dog - but running sideways on two legs. It headed off towards the football stadium.” Juan added: “We stopped for a while around a block away from where we saw it. Then we returned and picked up the pieces of clothing that we had left behind and our bikes too but we didn’t see anything else.”

Photographic expert Aldegonda Alvarz, of Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero, yesterday said: “This video footage seems credible. We could be looking at another ‘petido orejudo’ - small being.”

The original video of a ‘creepy gnome’ recorded in Argentina last March caused millions to be stunned around the world. It sparked hundreds coming forward to report similar sightings while a town’s mayor and police chief admitted they had known about ‘the creepy gnome’s’ existence for 20 years. Teenager Jose Alvarez first caught the creature on film while larking about in his hometown of General Guemes, in the province of Salta, Argentina. He said: “This is no joke. We are still afraid to go out - just like everyone else in the neighbourhood now. “One of my friends was so scared after seeing that thing that we had to take him to the hospital.”

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Scientists believe that a mutant catfish has begun killing people after feeding on human corpses dumped in the river on the India-Nepal border.

The giant catfish, known as a goonch, is thought to have developed a taste for human flesh in the Great Kali river where partially-burnt bodies after disposed of after funerals.

The Sun reports that locals believe the fish has moved on from scavenging food from corpses to snatching unwary bathers swimming in the river.

According to the newspaper, an 18-year-old Nepali disappeared in the river in 2007, dragged beneath the water by a creature described as like an “elongated pig”.

Biologist Jeremy Wade is investigating the creature for a TV documentary. According to The Sun, he discounted a theory that crocodiles were responsible for the disappearance of swimmers before turning his attention to goonches, a species that ranks as one of the world’s biggest freshwater fish.

Wade has already caught one goonch that tipped the scales at a record-breaking weight of 73kg and measured six feet in length.

Goonch attacks in the area are thought to date back ten years, reports The Sun. In 1998, a 17-year-old Nepalese boy suddenly disappeared while cooling himself in the river in 1998. Three months later another young boy was dragged underwater as his father watched helplessly.

Wade’s documentary, Flesh Eating River Monster, will be shown on Channel 5 on October 21 at 8pm.

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While most cats are renowned for having nine lives, these moggies are clearly living on a wing and a prayer.

The cute little devils began sprouting bumps on their backs, which later turned into wing-like growths, during a recent spell of hot weather in China’s Sichuan province.

One cat owner, known only as Feng, claims her cat’s wings are a result of stress after he was ‘harassed’ by females looking to mate.

‘At first, they were just two bumps, but they started to grow quickly, and after a month there were two wings,’ she told Huashang News.

‘Many female cats in heat came to harass him, and then the wings started to grow.’

And while she says her lovable Tom is no devil, his wings, which contain bones, make him look more like a ‘cat angel’.

But genetic experts claim there is nothing angelic or magical about the condition, which doesn’t hinder the cat’s quality of life.

They say the wings can form through poor grooming, a genetic defect or a hereditary skin condition.

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An 11-year-old “werewolf” boy who desperately seeks a cure for his condition is baffling medical experts.

Pruthviraj Patil is one of 50 in the world who suffers from hypertrichosis, a rare genetic condition known as Werewolf Syndrome.

As a result his face and body is covered in thick, matted hair. But he is hoping doctors will one day find a cure for his ailment.

Born in the Indian district of Sangli, near Bombey, he hardly ever leaves his village because of his fear of being traunted by strangers.

The only parts of his body that are not covered with hair are the palms of his hands and soles of his feet.

The son of a well off farmer, his parents have tried homeopathy, traditional Ayurvedic remedies and laser surgery. But none of them have worked.

“Why did God do this to us,” his 32-year-old mother Anita pleads. “He looks so odd and whever we go people throng to see him.”

Pruthviraj says he is anxious to get the hair removed but even after laser treatment it simply grows back. The doctors don’t have any answers to his predicament.

He appealed to the doctors to help find him a permanent cure.

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A tribe of subterranean creatures who surface on Cannock Chase in the West Midlands to hunt for food could be behind a rash of ‘werewolf’ and Big Foot sightings near Stafford.

And the mysterious beings could also be responsible for a string of pet disappearances, it has been claimed.

West Midlands Ghost Club, the area’s top paranormal investigation group, say they have been contacted by a number of shocked eye-witnesses who claim they have come to face to face with a ‘hairy, wolf-type creature’ at the beauty spot.

A scout leader and a local post man are amongst the ‘credible’ witnesses to contact the club. Theories behind the sightings range from a crazed tramp to aliens.

But now another paranormal expert has put foward the theory the sub-human beast is not a werewolf at all - but a Stone Age throwback.

The investigator, who wishes to remain anonymous, told us: “Strange sightings in this area have been made over many years by civilians, military, police, ex-police and scout leaders on patrol.

“Some incidents have been reported and logged but others not - some people don’t want to be classed as ‘mad’.

“The strangest rumour has come from a senior local resident who believes the mysterious intruders to be subterranean,” he told us.

“The creatures have made their way to the surface via old earthworks to hunt, for example, local deer.”

And, on the surface, the far-fetched tale could be easily dismissed. However, our expert added: “It’s a fact that there has been significant mining activity under Cannock Chase for centuries. And it’s a fact there is a high rate of domestic pet disappearance in the area - especially dogs off the lead…just ask anyone who walks their dog near the German War Cemetery…”

Nick Duffy, a lead member of West Midlands Ghost Club, told us he was intrugued by this new theory: “It’s as likely as any of the others - so it could well be,” he said.

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A reported sighting this month of Okanagan Lake in Canada’s renowned Ogopogo has sparked curiosity as to whether Cadboro Bay’s mysterious water monster has surfaced recently.

Cadborosaurus willsi, affectionately known as “Caddy,” was last spotted several years ago off the shores of Galiano Island, according to Paul Leblond, a retired University of British Columbia oceanography professor who wrote a book on the Cadborosaurus in 1995.

“The search is still ongoing,” he said.

Leblond said Jason Walton, vice-president of the B.C. Scientific Cryptozoology Club, keeps a video camera at Telegraph Cove monitoring the waters for a hint of the sea serpent.

The woman who claimed she spotted Ogopogo this month said she noticed waves in the water of Okanagan Lake and snapped a photo, thinking it might be the legendary lake creature.

Leblond said his threshold of proof for Caddy sightings are higher than those who documented the Ogopogo sighting. He needs specific details, like a hump, an eye or a head, he said.

“Hell, waves are all over the place,” he said.

The first sighting of the leviathan dates back to 1932, just off Chatham Island. Since then, there have been hundreds of reported sightings among the waves of Cadboro Bay, which sparked the name Cadborosaurus.

People who say they have seen it describe a serpent-like creature with a long neck and horse-like head.

Tammy Voak, who grew up in Oak Bay, says she used to hear stories about a creature lurking in the waters as a kid, but has since dismissed it as Island folklore.

“You’d think you’d see more of it if it was out there,” she said, as she watched her kids play on the only likeness of the Caddy which can be seen now, the 100-foot-long play structure in Gyro Park modelled after the green serpent. “Yeah, you need proof,” piped in her 11-year-old son Dustin.

But Victoria’s version of the Loch Ness monster did carry enough credence to spark a short-lived tourist attraction, Caddy Tours, which operated from 2003 to 2005. The tour’s former operations manager, Eric Hildebrandt, said there was not a sea monster to be found during any of his tours, which also included viewing of other marine wildlife around Discovery Island.

He doubts the serpent exists, but said his riders enjoyed getting lost in a tale of mystery at sea. “There’s not a lot of mystery left in life,” said Hildebrandt. “So for people to believe in something mythical like that, it makes them feel kind of good.”

While Leblond likes the idea of the homegrown, entrancing tale as much the next Islander, he wants scientific proof to either validate or repudiate the murmurings about the monster.

“We hope that eventually it’s going to be cleared up. Either someone is going to catch one or it will be stranded somewhere or someone will get a photograph,” he said. “Until then, it remains a mystery.”

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