The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is one of the most ambitious missions of human civilization. For decades, scientists have been scanning the skies, listening for signals, and sending messages to possible alien civilizations across the galaxy. But what if this quest is not only futile, but also dangerous? Some experts have warned that contacting aliens could end all life on Earth, or at least lead to catastrophic consequences. They argue that we have no…
Bodmin Jail, the historic Cornish prison that houses a haunting attraction, has announced an exciting development in its paranormal offerings. Joseph Carter has taken the helm as the new Paranormal Manager, bringing with him an academic background in Hauntology and a vision to reenergise and reimagine the spine-chilling spectacles of this infamous site. Nestled in the Cornish countryside, the eerie Bodmin Jail has long fascinated those with a penchant for the paranormal. Originally established in…
Subscribe to get Spooky Isles’ free newsletter in your inbox every Friday! Reading Time: 4 minutes The peculiar case of Gef The Talking Mongoose, or the Dalby Spook, has ample evidence, yet is unlikely to reach a satisfactory conclusion, writes GAYLE FIDLER “I am not a spirit. I am just a little, extra clever mongoose.” The creature that called itself Gef and lived on a remote farmstead in the Isle of Man, once famously said. …
Mexican journalist and UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan once again testified in front of Mexico’s congress last Tuesday as part of another hearing regarding the purported Peruvian mummies that some say could represent alien life. This followed a similar hearing in September wherein Maussan originally presented the specimens. Maussan did not display the bodies at this week’s hearing, instead offering the testimony of scientists who claim that they were once living organisms. Anthropologist Roger Zuniga of…
Excerpted from On the Origin Of Time. Copyright © 2023 by Thomas Hertog. Published by Bantam, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Physicists say the multiverse saddles us with a paradox. Multiverse cosmology builds on cosmic inflation, the idea that the universe underwent a short burst of rapid expansion in its earliest stages. Inflationary theory has had a wealth of observational support for some time but has the inconvenient tendency to generate not one but a…