Human Attacking Giant Squid Swarm The Pacificexpress - Deadly sea monsters have woken from the deep to cause carnage among some of the world’s richest fishing grounds.
Millions of killer giant squid are not only devouring vast amounts of fish they have even started attacking humans.
Two Mexican fishermen were recently dragged from their boats and chewed so badly that their bodies could not be identified even by their own families.
No wonder the giant squid are called “diablos rojos” – red devils.
Monster squid are the stuff of legend. But for fishermen and marine biologists along 10,000 miles of coast from Chile to Alaska, the myth has become reality.
And their story is told this week in a Channel Five documentary.
Since 2002, Humboldt giant squid, named after the 18th century German explorer, have been spreading their tentacles to deplete fishing stocks by moving from their traditional tropical hunting grounds off Mexico and laying claim to a vast sweep of the Pacific.
Hunting in 1,000-strong packs the giant squid can out-swim and out-think fish. Scientists believe they coordinate attacks by using pigment cells to communicate.
A single female is believed to be able to lay 30 million eggs, each one capable of becoming a giant killing machine.
Marine biologists wear chain-mail to protect themselves from creatures that can measure 8ft, weigh 100lb and carry an armoury of more than 40,000 fearsome teeth along two “attack” tentacles.
The creatures have another eight “legs” for grasping and swimming and can reach speeds of more than 15mph.
Former US special forces diver Scott Cassell has put his life on the line to study the squid. He too has been attacked.
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'Blue Dog' Killed Near Dallas, TX
woai - A woman near Dallas is now a believer in the chupacabra. The woman believes she was attacked by one and is undergoing rabies shots because of it.
The attack happened Saturday in Jack County, northwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Staysha Henderson was at her grandmothers house. Henderson said the skinny, malnourished, gray creature she and her family believe is a chupacabra was lurking inside a camper. The animal attacked and bit Henderson on her hand. Her family shot and killed the animal.
Officials are now testing to determine exactly what the creature was.
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Bank Rejects 2 'US $1M Bills'
straitstimes - A man has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates for tricking a woman into trying to get change at the central bank for two souvenir one million dollar notes he persuaded her were real, a local daily said on Sunday.
'The suspect claimed that he was not aware that the notes do not have any value,' The National quoted Colonel Hammad Ahmed al-Hamadi of the Abu Dhabi police as saying.
The 44-year-old suspect persuaded the woman to exchange the fake notes at the UAE central bank in return for 30 per cent of their value after convincing her they were authentic, the report said citing police sources.
A photo in the newspaper shows a bill with starkly different colours on its two sides - one side is mainly black and white, while the other is mainly green. The black and white side features a picture of the first US president, George Washington, whose image is found on US one dollar bills.
The man who was arrested by Abu Dhabi police is from the Ivory Coast, the newspaper said. It did not provide details on the woman, and did not say whether or not she had been arrested.
In June, three Iranians attempted to fraudulently obtain US$14.4 billion (S$19.5 billion) from the UAE central bank using fake documents, official WAM news agency reported. Two were arrested, while the third was reportedly still at large in Iran. And in January, Abu Dhabi police arrested seven men for attempting to steal $10.2 billion from the central bank, also using forged documents, WAM said.
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EXETER, NH UFO FESTIVAL
September 4, 2010
in Exeter, New Hampshire
Not only is the Exeter UFO Festival an educational experience for both believers and skeptics, it's a fun time
for families and friends. We'll have activities for the kids, a self-guided UFO safari, a session
featuring an esteemed panel of experts and much more.
Location: Downtown Exeter, New Hampshire -- Lectures will be held at Exeter Town Hall &
Festival activities will be held outside of Town Hall and in Founders Park
All lectures and festival events are free of charge - no tickets needed !
EXETER, NH UFO FESTIVAL
in Exeter, New Hampshire
Not only is the Exeter UFO Festival an educational experience for both believers and skeptics, it's a fun time
for families and friends. We'll have activities for the kids, a self-guided UFO safari, a session
featuring an esteemed panel of experts and much more.
Location: Downtown Exeter, New Hampshire -- Lectures will be held at Exeter Town Hall &
Festival activities will be held outside of Town Hall and in Founders Park
All lectures and festival events are free of charge - no tickets needed !
EXETER, NH UFO FESTIVAL
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The Gulf 'Blue Flu' Is Spreading
datelinezero - “Blue Flu” infecting people along the Gulf of Mexico, other southern states?
Some people are calling it the BP Flu. But it is commonly being called the Blue Flu, because the alleged symptoms include blue lips and skin; and it’s scaring the hell out of people all around the Gulf area –from Texas to Florida.
This Blue Flu is separate from people experiencing something called TILT, or “Toxic-Induced Loss of Tolerance.” TILT is something that hit some of the folks who had been working on the massive cleanup surrounding the oil spill. Symptoms from TILT include eyes and skin being irritated, headaches and dizziness.
People with TILT are typically those who were in the immediate area of the spill, mostly those directly involved with the cleanup. Those suffering from Blue Flu are an entirely different matter. These are people who were not in direct contact with the spill, or the cleanup chemicals. They simply live in the south, near the Gulf.
Symptoms include swollen glands, notably in the neck, fever, vomiting, headache, bluish lip color, numbness in fingers and toes. The most alarming symptom being reported is “severe symptomatic cyanosis.” This is the entire body turning blue, a discoloration of the skin.
Of course this could cause alarm that these are symptoms of oxygen depletion along the Gulf. But could this rather be from all that Corexit that was sprayed everywhere, including dropped through the air from airplanes? This was a lot of chemical deposited in a large area, in a short frame of time. One wonders how the people living in the area could not be sickened from it. …
Whatever the cause the Blue Flu, it is important to note that the oil spill wasn’t cleaned up – it was covered up. As stated in the above quote, the Corexit that was sprayed and dumped all over the place is simply a (rather dangerous) chemical agent that prevented the oil from surfacing.
After all, the government isn’t interested in your safety. Rather, the government is interested in creating the illusion of safety. And the government often harms even more people in the end in their effort to keep up appearances.
Thus, expect the Blue Flu to be kept under wraps as much as possible. In an effort to deflect criticism, I would not be surprised if the government sounded an alarm over another flu bug – an effort at misdirection. The political class wants the oil spill story out of the way and forgotten.
Fortean / Oddball News - 8/29/2010
