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Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t: The Montauk Project
Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t is a series that explores modern urban legends, bringing you a new tale each week.
At the eastern end of Long Island’s southern point, there is an abandoned air force base. In the base sits an enormous radar dish. The dish, which had been installed by the government many years ago, was intended to provide warning of incoming Soviet threats from the Atlantic during the height of the Cold War. But as is the way with such things, as technology advanced, the dishes were rendered obsolete, and the site was closed in 1969. The area, called Montauk Point, has since become a public park.
But the radar dish is still there. And there are… stories. Tales of something going on, something bigger than the ghosts, real or metaphorical, that haunt every abandoned air force base and army site. Because you see, the experimentation with electromagnetic shielding hadn’t ended with the Philadelphia Experiment. It continued. And that continuation was known as THE MONTAUK PROJECT. More »
Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t: The Philadelphia Experiment
Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t is a series that explores modern urban legends, bringing you a new tale each week.
Morris K. Jessup was perhaps an unremarkable man. Born near Rockville, Indiana on March 2, 1900, he seemed set on a scientific path from an early age: An interest in astronomy eventually led to a Bachelor of Science degree in the subject from the University of Michigan, which in turn led to a Master of Science degree earned during a time working at the U Mich-run Lamont-Hussey Observatory. But though Jessup began working on his doctorate in astrophysics, he ceased working on his dissertation in 1931 and never earned the degree. He spent the rest of his life working in decidedly unscientific jobs, including a substantial time as an automobile-parts salesman. But selling car parts wasn’t the only thing Jessup did with his time: He was also largely acknowledged as the most original extraterrestrial hypothesizer of the 1950s, and his 1955 book The Case for the UFO made waves in the extraterrestrial hypothesis community. So when mysterious letters started appearing in his mailbox insisting of the existence of a government experiment geared towards exploring the effects of new and unusual technology on Navy vessels, Jessup was understandably intrigued. That experiment would become infamous. It was referred to as THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT. More »
Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t: The Cabinet
Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t is a series that explores modern urban legends, bringing you a new tale each week.
It is unremarkable in appearance. Discovered in an abandoned industrial complex in the UK, it is 2 meters in height and constructed from slightly rusted steel. It measures 1.2 meters wide by 1.2 meters deep, and it has only one door which must be kept closed and locked at all times. The door opens inward; the lock, affixed to the outside of the door, consists of a slide-bolt, a hasp, and a padlock. The key to this padlock must be kept under guard at the adjacent security station by three personnel with Level 3 security clearance. The cabinet’s exterior features some corrosion and scratching, indicating its age. There are no other distinctive or identifying marks.
However, upon being unlocked and opened, THE CABINET reveals itself to be more than it appears. More »
Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t: The Indian Lake Project
Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t is a series that explores modern urban legends, bringing you a new tale each week.
On July 9, 1997, a metal box was discovered in a wooded area around Indian Lake in upstate New York. The box had clearly been buried for some time; it was only found after a hiker tripped over an exposed edge which had worked its way free from the ground. The lid of the box was decorated with three shapes– an upside-down triangle and two circles– and had no lock. Inside, the hiker found 21 photographs with varying degrees of water damage, three reels of 8mm film, and an assortment of documents. The photographs largely depicted children, and the documents indicated that these children had been part of a government-run experiment between the years of 1952 and 1955. The experiment was known as:
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Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t: The Eon 8 Project
Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t is a series that explores modern urban legends, bringing you a new tale each week.
You find a timer. It’s counting down. You don’t know why, and you don’t know what to. But something is going to happen when that timer hits zero– and it won’t be good. So what do you do? Take a look inside the event that most call:
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Rihanna getting frisky with new boyfriend in Mexico
Here’s Rihanna with her new boyfriend Matt Kemp in Mexico. She looks like she’s having a good time, in the sun, with a bikini on. Of course I’m not jealous or anything, because I’VE got suz-zero temps and pouring down rain to keep ME company, plus sunsets at 4, stretchmarks, and a pile of dirty dishes. JEALOUS?
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Arrest warrants issued for Randy and Evi Quaid
So how dumb can these two get?!?!? After a judge scheduled a December 15 (TODAY) court date for Randy and Evi Quaid to answer for their felony charges related to allegedly skipping out on a $10,000 luxury hotel bill, the two flakes actually SKIPPED the court date. Yeah, not a good idea. Now the judge has issued arrest warrants for the two, with a new bail at $40,000 each. Since they skipped out on their court date,… More »
Taylor Swift knocks it out of the park on Saturday Night Live
This girl is amazing. Sure, she has to put up with Kanye West being an asshat at the VMA’s and taking away her thunder, but I think that her stint on SNL as the host more than made up for it. Here’s Taylor spoofing herself and recent events (Kanye, breaking up with Joe Jonas via phone call) on the opening SNL monologue:
Here are a few of the lyrics:
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Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson are together – again
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So these two are back together again? After what, like twenty two breakups? They’ve been off and on again since 2006 and that prime stinker “You, Me, and Depree”, and their last breakup was so bad that Owen actually tried to kill himself over it. Maybe they should both just move on?
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