Folklore
-
Bigfoot DNA
The Big Foot “Sasquatch” legend has been around forever. Tales of large, hairy, half human and half ape figures lurking about in places from Canada to the Allegheny National Forest. One claim of a Big Foot encounter was purported to have taken place back in 1924 by a Canadian prospector named Albert Ostman. At the time of Albert’s encounter he was in pursuit of a lost gold mine by Powell River in British Columbia, Canada. The public did not get to hear of his amazing story until 24 years later. Albert kept his story a secret to avoid the label of “crazy”. He said in his interview, In the most…
-
Famous Ghosts
Captain Kidd purportedly haunts the King’s Chapel Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts and the ‘the pond’ on Gardiner Island near New York. William “Captain” Kidd (c. 1645 – 23 May 1701)[has good reason to do some serious haunting, since he was unjustly hanged on 23 May 1701 at Execution Dock. On the first attempt, his rope broke and he fell into the mud of the River Thames. The executioners proceeded to drag him out of the muddy mess and secure a new noose around his neck. They suceeded on the second try and left him to hang, along side the other doomed pirates, for the length of three tides to…