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This may have started a week ago, but we are excited by Sion Smith’s new supernatural novella venture, published via Twitter.

From 1st – 31st May 2010, writer Sion Smith will exclusively publish the ‘novella’, I, Wendigo via twitter. A new ‘chapter’ will be published each day throughout the month at twitter.com/iwendigo

The story is the first of four stand-alone horror shorts to be published through twitter this year – with the other three being made available in July, September and November.

“Looking at what’s been attempted through twitter previously, nobody has tried very hard to raise their game to what can be achieved there. twitter is like a restaurant in that it’s their obligation – somehow – to serve up what the customers want. Right now, it’s all chicken nuggets and fries. I don’t see anybody else stepping up to the plate, so I figured I might turn up the heat and see what happens.”

The twitter venture is just one of the projects Sion Smith has slated for 2010. Others include the beginning of the Ashley Stone series with some free short stories and a free weekly podcast of the first Stone novel Carnival of Souls.

For more information, visit: zodiaclung.co.uk or zodiaclung.blogspot.com

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner wants to attempt a record-breaking free fall from 120,000 feet above the Earth.

It’s not the kind of jump a person can do with a conventional sky-diving suit and helmet. After all, Baumgartner will break the speed of sound during his fall. He will need life-support.

To that end, the space equipment manufacturer David Clark Company developed a special pressurized suit and helmet for Baumgartner that provides an artificial atmosphere as well as providing insulation against fire and extreme cold.. There’s a nice article in the Engineer here.

The suit will protect Baumgartner from:

• temperatures as cold as -68.8 degrees Fahrenheit
• little oxygen
• no pressure

Baumgartner will reach the high altitude by way of a capsule suspended from a helium-filled balloon.

The video below gives a great explanation and also shows an animation of the capsule and balloon reaching the stratosphere.

[via: news.discovery.com]

A local newspaper’s April Fool chronicling a late-night visit by 10ft aliens sparked panic in a town in Jordan.

The Al Ghad newspaper published a front-page article claiming a UFO landing near the desert town of Jafr.

The report said the aliens lit up the whole town, interrupted communications and sent fearful residents streaming into the streets.

Jafr’s mayor, Mohammed Mleihan, was fooled by the paper’s prank and sent security authorities in search of the aliens.

“Students didn’t go to school, their parents were frightened and I almost evacuated the town’s 13,000 residents,” he said. “People were scared that aliens would attack them.”

A Jordanian security official, speaking on condition of anonymity in order to discuss security issues, said an emergency plan was almost enacted in Jafr.

Mleihan said he may sue the daily for its “big lie,” but added that the paper had called to apologise for the inconvenience caused by the joke.

Al Ghad’s managing editor, Moussa Barhoumeh, tried to defuse the situation, saying the report has been “blown out of proportion.”

“We meant to entertain, not scare people,” he said.

The prank was reminiscent of the 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds which provoked panic in America.

A UFO video taken by some students in China is currently picking up steam online in it’s crisp and clear view of a hovering, unidentified craft. Taken in daylight with no blurring, it appears to show an “alien ship” hover while rotating, then in the blink of an eye, shoot off out of sight.

The video, taken above the Wan Li university in Ningbo, China, has not yet been confirmed or denied at this stage. And while the footage of the UFO itself looks very realistic, the reaction this sighting causes in the students (who appear more interested in the camera than the supposed alien ship in the sky) screams fake.

Please let us know what you think about the video below by leaving your comments.

The Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn has caught an interesting new view of the tiny moon Mimas.

The probe measured temperature differences across the object’s surface and produced a map that looks just like the 1980s Pac-Man video games icon.

Scientists are unsure why Mimas should display such variations but say it is probably related to the diversity of textures in the surface materials.

Some textures may retain heat better than others, they explain.

Mimas is about 400km (250 miles) across. It has a distinctive scar called Herschel Crater which has led many to draw comparisons with the “Death Star” from the Star Wars movies.

The Cassini team says the creation of the crater itself might have played a key role in changing conditions across extensive regions of the moon’s surface.

Cassini is a joint venture between the US space agency (Nasa), the European Space Agency (Esa) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI).

Its mission was recently extended through to 2017.

[via: news.bbc.co.uk]

When a famous tantric guru boasted on television that he could kill another man using only his mystical powers, most viewers either gasped in awe or merely nodded unquestioningly. Sanal Edamaruku’s response was different. “Go on then — kill me,” he said.

Mr Edamaruku had been invited to the same talk show as head of the Indian Rationalists’ Association — the country’s self-appointed sceptic-in-chief. At first the holy man, Pandit Surender Sharma, was reluctant, but eventually he agreed to perform a series of rituals designed to kill Mr Edamaruku live on television. Millions tuned in as the channel cancelled scheduled programming to continue broadcasting the showdown, which can still be viewed on YouTube.

First, the master chanted mantras, then he sprinkled water on his intended victim. He brandished a knife, ruffled the sceptic’s hair and pressed his temples. But after several hours of similar antics, Mr Edamaruku was still very much alive — smiling for the cameras and taunting the furious holy man.

“He was over, finished, completely destroyed!” Mr Edamaruku chuckles triumphantly as he concludes the tale in the Rationalist Centre, his second-floor office in the town of Noida, just outside Delhi.

[via: timesonline.co.uk]

Man Claiming to be a Vampire and a Direct Descendant of Vlad the Impaler Says He’s Running on the GOP Ticket in 2012…

When Barak Obama looks forward towards re-election in USA the first threat he may feel is unlikely to be from this potential candidate, but Jonathan ‘The Impaler’ Sharkey, 45, is certainly an ominous presence in electoral terms… a politicised vampire!

Having previously ran to become the Governor of Minnesota in 2006 and also having had short-lived bids for U.S. Senate in 2000, U.S. President in 2004, and U.S. President in 2008, Sharkey is once again lining himself up for the Oval Office.

To read more about Vlad ‘The Impaler’ Sharkey and his colourful past, which includes several cases of harassment of 16-year-old girls go to cbsnews.com.

Five-year-old children in the United Arab Emirates will be able to take driving lessons in a new Traffic City, the National newspaper said.

The police-monitored village will give children and teenagers the opportunity to drive real cars on real roads.

Children from five to 12 will be able to drive cars that run on batteries at a speed of 15km/h. Youngsters aged 13 to 17 will have cars that run on petrol and can travel up to 20km/h.

When a driver commits an offence, he or she will receive a police radio message.

“This will teach drivers to commit to the rules at a young age. They will learn to wear seat belts and listen to police instructions,” Major Ahmed al Niyadi, head of media and marketing for the Abu Dhabi traffic police, told the paper.

[via: aroundglobe.net]

Dan Aykroyd discusses his UFO beliefs, his ideas on the end of the world and Crystal Head Vodka…

While the movie version of 2012 my not have been the blockbuster extravaganza it could have been, many Hollywood a-listers have taken the message to heart.

Aykroyd, of Ghostbusters fame, as a lifetime benefactor to MUFON has long been a believer in the paranormal. When questioned by Doug Elfman about his ideas on the topic, he explains: “the UFO phenomenon is going to figure greatly” in a 2012 “revelation,” when “the end of the world will come.”

“It won’t be the end of the world physically as we know it, as depicted in the movie. But it will be the end of consciousness and the end of perception as we know it.”

To read the rest of this article go to the Las Vegas Review Journal.

The stage version of TV’s Most Haunted, due at the Pavilions in May, has been cancelled.

The complex said it had received notification from the producers of Yvette Fielding’s Night of Fright that due to unforeseen circumstances and events beyond their control the tour had been cancelled, including the May 22 Plymouth date.

A spokesperson for Plymouth Pavilions apologised for the disappointment and inconvenience and said fans who had bought tickets would be contacted shortly and receive a full refund.

For more information call 0845 146 1460.

[via: thisisplymouth.co.uk]

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