New Case: Llanelli, Wales Haunting
Irene Block has started to investigate a haunting case in Llannelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. She conducted an interview and cursory walk through on Wednesday evening, October 20th. Photographs and EVP recordings were also taken. There will be an overnight investigation soon as well as a remote view of the location (by myself in the US to the UK). After the evidence is collected and examined, an attempt to clear the location will be made. Go to Llanelli, Wales Haunting for photos. I will update the forum thread as evidence is collected and examined. NOTE: client information will not be disclosed and will remain confidential...Lon
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Woman Drove Around With Mummified Body in Passenger's Seat
ocregister - A woman drove for months with a dead mummified body in her passenger's seat before the body was discovered by police, authorities said.
Police are still trying to determine the exact cause and time of death of the unidentified woman, but the body of the woman had withered to roughly 30 pounds by the time it was discovered, authorities said.
Costa Mesa Police officials declined to identified the driver of the midnight-blue 1997 Mercury Marquis, but said she was a 57-year-old former real estate agent who at one time lived in a home in Corona del Mar.
After finding the body inside the four-door vehicle, the woman told investigators she was afraid to report the body to police, and instead decided to continue using the vehicle while the body sat covered in clothes on the passenger's side.
The deceased woman was known to the driver only as Signe, a transient woman from the Fountain Valley area, said Sgt. Ed Everett.
The car is registered to the driver's sick father, Everett said.
The driver told police she was afraid to contact police about the body, so she continued to use the car.
According to the advanced state of decomposition, officials believe the woman had been dead anywhere from three to 10 months, Everett said. The lack of air inside the vehicle, and weather conditions at the time of death, are believed to have contributed to partial preservation of the body.
Investigators are waiting for toxicology tests and will be looking to using DNA or dental records to identify the woman, he said.
Investigators said the driver of the car had befriended the woman at Mile Square Regional Park and allowed her to sleep in the car overnight in December. That was the last time she saw Signe alive, Everett said.
It wasn't until Monday that the body was found by police, after receiving a call of a car partially blocking a driveway at the 2000 block of Tustin Avenue.
The driver, who has also fallen on difficult financial times, was staying at a friend's home in the area, Everett said.
Officers were able to smell a foul odor coming from the car, and after seeing a leg underneath a pile of clothing on the seat, broke a window to get access inside.
Inside the car, officers also found a box of baking soda that the driver used to try to dissipate the smell.
"This person was somewhat used to the smell," Everett said.
An autopsy has revealed no obvious signs of foul play, but the cause of death is still unknown, he said. Officers are also looking at whether there were any health code violations due to the fact that the driver was transporting a corpse, he said. The driver has not been cited or arrested.
Officers are still trying to determine the identity of the woman, who is believed to be between 50 and 60 years old.
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Gimme Back My Space Rock!
cbc - A Yukon mining prospector claims federal geologists stole a priceless piece of meteorite he found in the 1980s that contained alien organisms, but RCMP say they haven't found any evidence to support that allegation.
The Yukon Supreme Court is hearing the case of Mayo-based prospector Dan Sabo this week.
Sabo accuses the Geological Survey of Canada of swindling him out of what he believes is a priceless rock with crystal-like alien lifeforms on it.
He is demanding $12 million in compensation.
Court has heard that Sabo found the pear-shaped meteorite on his mining claims in 1986. He held onto it until 1998, at which time he noticed green crystals growing out of a crevice in the rock.
Sabo said he believes the growths were extraterrestrial and that his space rock was priceless. He submitted the specimen to the Geological Survey of Canada, which confirmed the rock to be a meteorite.
Sabo claims the rock was returned to him a year later without the crystal formations and with a 40-gram chunk of it missing. He has insisted that the original rock was actually stolen and replaced with a worthless replica.
In court Thursday, Const. Dan Parlee of the Yukon RCMP's commercial crimes unit testified that there was no way to determine who may have altered Sabo's rock since it had passed through so many hands since it was first weighed.
Parlee, who investigated Sabo's complaint, said scientists told him the lifeforms on the meteorite were simply nickel bloom, a phenomenon that occurs when nickel-laden rocks oxidize.
"Besides, I don't believe in extraterrestrial life," Parlee said in court Thursday.
Richard Herd, the Geological Survey of Canada's earth materials curator, testified on Wednesday that initial testing of Sabo's specimen suggested it was likely an iron meteorite, worth not more than $2,000.
"He wanted $10,000, and I was getting tired of being accused of theft and fraud," Herd told the court. "We're honest brokers. Why would I risk my reputation?"
Sabo, who is representing himself, said he had kept his space rock at his parents' New Mexico home for 12 years while he looked around for potential buyers.
It was only in 1998, after he had brought the rock to his Yukon cabin, that he set the rock on his windowsill and saw the crystals forming on it. He tried unsuccessfully to market his find in the United States before contacting the Geological Survey of Canada.
Earlier this week, three of Sabo's friends testified that Sabo excitedly showed them the microscopic crystals growing from his rock.
The rock that the Geological Survey of Canada gave back to him was smaller and lighter than the original, and the crystal growths had been removed, his friends testified.
Sabo's civil lawsuit is being heard this week by Alberta court Justice Adam Germain, who has been brought to Whitehorse to hear the case.
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Taiwan Woman Marries Self
abcnews - Chen Wei-yih has posed for a set of photos in a flowing white dress, enlisted a wedding planner and rented a banquet hall for a marriage celebration with 30 friends.
But there is no groom. Chen will marry herself.
Uninspired by the men she's met but facing social pressure to get married, the 30-year-old Taipei office worker will hold the reception next month in honor of just one person.
"Age thirty is a prime period for me. My work and experience are in good shape, but I haven't found a partner, so what can I do?" Chen said.
"It's not that I'm anti-marriage. I just hope that I can express a different idea within the bounds of a tradition."
Her T$50,000 ($5,675) wedding comes after online publicity that has netted 1,800 largely sympathetic comments.
