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EDITORIAL Contents Unlike many organisations this summer, MAPIT has been run off their feet with numerous investigations of a paranormal nature throughout Stockport, Wythenshawe and Bury. All of which involve alleged paranormal disturbances Page 2: The Curse of Poltergeist. in residential homes. We have also had a larger than normal amount of photographs to analyse, some of which are very interesting and may appear in future It seems that some movies are besieged by unimaginably awful luck, issues of Phenomena. Apart from that, I have been busy lecturing and attend- ing conferences. One of which was the ET Communication conference at the almost unending misery and terrible, terrible events. No, we're not Static Gallery in Liverpool, which was hosted by, none other than our very own talking about the back catalogue of Rob Schneider, we're talking Neal Atkinson from Planet X Radio - City Talk 105.9fm. Further events to come include the 4th Annual Exopolitics Expo on August 4th and 5th at the same about so-called 'cursed' films. Such films as the Poltergeist trilogy location. Television work has been steady, don’t forget to look out for Wild Case Files on the National Geographic. This months issue covers numerous that was first brought to our screens by none other than Mr. Steven topics. We hope you enjoy it... Speilberg. Dave Sadler delves into the so called curse... SUB-EDITORIAL Here I am in my refurbished and fully able to use office, surrounded by books to Page 3: Parapsychology & UFOs. review and with Rock Radio on my DAB radio, what more could a man want? Unfortunately, Parapsychology doesn’t study many aspects of Again the last month, I have been frequenting the mythological and mysterious sites of Derbyshire, and luckily the British weather has allowed me to do so. UFOlogy, but perhaps it should? If Parapsychologists read more into Roll on August and my month off… I’m heading for Rosslyn!! Still the world of the paranormal, UFOlogical and other related topics have been the field of UFOlogy they very well may begin to realise that there quiet, with trends throughout the country still significantly lower than normal. are parallels between parapsychological and ufological phenomena. I have been lucky to record a podcast with Paul Kimball On some occasions there does seem to be clear evidence of some sort (http://beyonderstv.com/my-podcast-the-other-side-of-truth/dave-sadler- upia-motherfer/) of connection. Parapsychologist Robert Young BSc. Explains... and was invited to join Paul Ripley on his Odd couple show on Manchester Radio Online, A show we are hoping to make regular. (http://www.manchesterradioonline.com/) Page 5: Rowtor Rocks. I did have an occult experience. I went to the Download festival and watched Black Sabbath. They still have it, and the symbology.. If you are looking for a magical place to take the children an interesting place can be found behind the Druids Inn located in the pictur- www.paranormalreview.org.uk esque village of Birchover in the county of Derbyshire. This gritstone mass of rocks has been altered by the hand of man and transformed 'The Paranormal Review' has been developed to offer a direct location where all book, DVD and equipment reviews from the world of the paranormal and its related subjects will appear. into a place with an Alice in Wonderland f eel to it. Its most certainly Related matter will not be the only subjects reviewed and promoted. We would also like to offer worth the visit. Dave Sadler investigates... reviews for History and Archaeology as well as the paranormal sphere. Mysteries, UFO related, Cryptozoological, Exopolitics, Esoterical, Beliefs, Ancient Earth, Conspiracy theories, The Occult, Witchcraft, Demonology, Ghosts, Haunting, Poltergeists, Crop Circle Phenomena, Alien Abduc- tion, Alien Interaction, ESP (Extra Sensory Perception), Time Slips, Missing Time Incidents, Page 9: The Shadowmen at Large. Secret Experiments, Secret Facilities, Spontaneous Human Combustion, Astronomy, Animal Silhouette men’, I don’t know if they are a seemingly more adventur- Mutilations, Spirituality, Near Death Experiences and much more.... And don’t forget. The same subjects are offered in this very magazin e, so lots of areas for ous ‘sub-species phenomena’ than shadow men or shadow creatures interested authors to submit their articles. or a completely different type of entity that due to its incorporeal nature just happens through chance or deliberate act to look like a silhouette of a human. Sometimes referred to as Scutlers, this phenomena continues to baffle the experts. Matthew Dell explains... Page 15: Dissonance and the True Believer. A short time ago I wrote an article called ‘The End of Days…Daze’ which pondered on why obvious and blatant End Times nonsense, the more outrageous the better, is eagerly snapped up and accepted by various groups of ‘true believers’. I wondered why, what was the attraction? Now there seems to be a good reason for it. Is there any A special thanks to all our contributors. If you would like to contribute yourself, please contact true to this common notion? Brain Allan investigates... Phenomena Magazine at: Page 21: Spookology - Who put the Norm in Paranormal? Among my favourite spooks – ie totally inexplicable ghosts well outside the norm of the paranormal – are a rarely reported type of apparition that turns the popular idea of a haunted house on its head. In these cases the house is not haunted – the house is in fact the Also... Tune into Planet X Radio Show on City Talk 105.9fm every Sunday evening from 8.00pm to 10.00pm. Featuring guest speakers on all subjects of the strange, profound and unexplained. ghost. Richard Holland provides an example dating from 1987 and Join Neal Atkinson, Dan the Man and Planet Expert Steve Mera. Visit the Planet X Facebook from the article ‘Ghost Go Wild’ by Janet Bord... Page, Follow us on Twitter and listen to the show live at: Page 25: The 2012 Rendlesham UFO Conference. Due to conflicts behind the scenes, the Rendlesham UFO conference nearly didn’t take place this year. Fortunately a group of dedicated individuals not only managed to salvage it, but also organise what was arguably one of the best single day conference line ups ever seen! This conference was filled with well known speakers of the UFO subject. It was an event not to miss. Dave Hodrien reviews... THIS MONTHS CONTRIBUTORS Page 33: The Night Sky. Dave Sadler reveals some interesting facts in regards the Night Sky Steve Mera, Dave Sadler, Richard Holland, Neal Atkinson, Robert Young BSc. Malcolm Robinson, Dave Hodrien, Matthew Dell, David Sereda, Brian Allan, Craig Jones, Eddie Wrenn, throughout the month of July. He explains how Vega, Altair, and Charlotte Brehaut, Soren Dreier, Lucy Pringle, Bruce Coldbridge, Harry Fletcher, Stephen Hobbs, Michael Saunders, Luke Slatter, Gordon Mongford, William Spencer, Roger Mallard, Peter March, Deneb, the three bright stars of the Summer Triangle - will be fully Stephen Wagner, Phillip Lamy, Cardero, WCCSG, G.S.S, Planet X Radio & KTPF. up and dominating the skies of the northeast and east. Also, Far to PHENOMENA MAGAZINE EDITOR: STEVE MERA - the lower left from Antares, you will find a close pairing of bright [email protected] stars sometimes called "the Cat's Eyes" - Lambda & Upsilon Scorpii.. 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Phenomena Magazine: July 2012 - Issue 39 www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk The Curse of Poltergeist By Dave Sadler We look back at the creepy happen- ings on set of the 'Poltergeist' movies. It seems that some movies are besieged by unimaginably awful luck, almost unending misery and terrible, terrible events. No, we're not talking about the back catalogue of Rob Schneider, we're talking about so-called 'cursed' films. You've probably heard about a few movies that have been besieged by ill fortune before. Films like 'The Exor- cist', 'The Crow', 'Rebel Without A Cause' and 'The Omen'. But perhaps the most cursed motion pictures of all time are the three that make up the '80s hor- ror trilogy, 'Poltergeist'. June 4th saw the 30th anniversary of the release of the first film and it re- minded us of the remarkable and quite disturbing reputation that the Steven Spielberg-produced chiller and its two sequels have ('Poltergeist 2' was made four years later and the third followed missed by doctors. She was just 12- trouble-maker to squeeze Oliver Rob- in 1988). In the movies, a family is years-old. ins’ neck so tightly he went blue and haunted by a host of evil ancient spirits, started choking. Whilst filming, the but it seems that many of the people It's fair to say that most people would author writing the film's novelisation, associated with the films were then attribute these sad deaths as mere bad James Kahn, was injured after lightning haunted by awful luck. Was the produc- luck or happenstance. Some of the peo- struck his trailer, causing the air- tion really cursed? Let's find out... ple that passed were older and had ex- conditioning unit to explode, fly across isting conditions. Plus, a lot of people the room and hit him, causing damage The most remarkable thing about the are involved in a movie shoot (not to to his lower back. 'Poltergeist' legacy is the alarming num- mention three), so it's not unimaginable ber of cast deaths that occured post- that a number may fall ill or die inde- 'Poltergeist II: The Other Side': Creepy stuff, shoot. In the six years between the first pendently. And with the amount of we're sure you'd movie and the third, four of the main movies that have been made, sooner or Uneasy feelings amongst cast and crew agree. But what cast had died. Two were slightly older later, there's going to be an 'unlucky' during a scene in a cave reached such men, so that's perhaps not all that one or two, isn't there? But could there levels that filming was halted until an do you make of shocking. Will Sampson (who also be a more sinister, supernatural expla- exorcism could be conducted. Who the ‘curse’ of played the sink-chucking Indian in 'One nation? Plenty of superstitious Holly- conducted it? The actor who played ‘Poltergeist'? Is Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest') died in wood insiders think so. Why? For one Taylor the shaman, Will Sampson (who June 1987 from complications of his because the design crew used real hu- was a real-life shaman). As we know, it just a series of heart surgery and Julian Beck (Henry man skeletons instead of props in some Sampson died shortly after this. unfortunate oc- Kane in the sequel) died of stomach of the scenes, that's why. Even if that currences? Or do cancer in September 1985. didn't cause the bad luck specifically, 'Poltergeist III': it's certainly unsettling! you think there The saddest deaths though were those Actress Zelda Rubenstein (Tangina might be more to of 22 year-old Dominique Dunne, who The disturbing events don't end at the Barrons) mysteriously became ill dur- it? Let us know... played Dana in the original, and untimely deaths of the cast, though. In ing the shoot and quickly fell into an Heather O'Rourke, who was little Carol fact, so many weird and macabre go- unexpected and deep depression. That Ann from all three films. Dunne was ings-on transpired during the three afternoon she received a phone call strangled by her abusive ex-boyfriend blockbusters, that it's truly frightening... telling her that her mother had passed John Sweeney (who ended up serving away. less than four years in prison). Immedi- 'Poltergeist': ately after filming wrapped on the last A scene in which a garage was on fire film, Heather was misdiagnosed with The clown doll that attacks the young got out of hand and engulfed the set in Crohn's disease and died due to toxic boy actually did attack him. Malfunc- flames. All but one of the crew mem- shock caused by a bowel obstruction tioning robotics caused the red-nosed bers on set were injured. Page 2 Phenomena Magazine: July 2012 - Issue 39: www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk Parapsychology & UFOs By Robert Young BSc. Parapsychology is the scientific study of anomalous phenomena associated with the human mind. It incorporates studies in ESP, Psychokinesis, Precognition, Haunting’s and Poltergeist disturbances as well as other phenomena. UFOlogy is the scientific study of Unidentified Flying Objects and incorporates studies in Astronomical, Meteorological phenomena along with alleged extraterrestrial and man made flying craft. Unfortunately, Parapsychology doesn’t study many aspects of UFOlogy, but perhaps it should? If Parapsychologists read more into the field of UFOlogy they will then begin to realise that there are many parallels between parapsychological and ufological phenomena... Page 3 Phenomena Magazine: July 2012 - Issue 39: www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk Parapsychology & UFOs By Robert Young BSc. A Connection? If one looks into both fields of study then Did the UFO somehow alter their chemi- We know that memories can be changed they will realise that there are many simi- cal makeup or physiology whist having and even completely created using hyp- Carl Jung, the famous larities between both types of phenomena the encounter? Perhaps the electromag- nosis, peer pressure and repeated ques- psychologist, also theorised that UFOs which I believe is worthy of any parapsy- netic field of a person was somehow tioning. Confabulation can often take might have a primar- chologist studying. I myself am a quali- altered that then produced psychic phe- place. However, there are many reports ily spiritual and fied professional parapsychologist and nomena to occur (if it is electromagnetic of conscious recall of abduction experi- psychological basis. am also a qualified Ufologist and am fields that incur paranormal occurrences ences without hypnosis or multiple inter- In his 1959 book interested very much interested in the in the first place). views, and the role of false memory is "Flying Saucers: A UFO phenomenon as a scientific field of still not clear. Another theory is that the Modern Myth of study, In fact there is more scientific and There are also cases of people becoming experiencers are mentally ill. This theory Things Seen In The overwhelming evidence then any other artistic and musical minded and also receives little or no support from the Sky", he pointed out that the round shape paranormal phenomenon to suggest that people that become psychic healers, al- literature. The late Investigator, Bud of most saucers UFOs and alien entities are real whether though never have shown these talents Hopkins found that his abductees were corresponds to a they be extraterrestrial of interdimen- before a UFO encounter. It is worth the above average intelligence and had no mandala, a type of archetypal shape seen sional! If you look into cases regarding parapsychologist studying what hap- signs of serious psychopathology among in religious images. parapsychological and UFOlogy then pened during a UFO event and why these nine of his subjects. you realise that certain fields of parapsy- physiological changes happened to occur Thus the saucers chological study and ufology may in fact to the person as to cause psychic distur- And the psychologist, Parnell in 1988 might reflect a pro- be one and the same phenomenon, De- bances. found no evidence of psychopathology jection of the internal desires of viewers to pending on the belief system of the wit- among 225 individuals who reported see them. However, ness and experiencer, Perhaps an outside There are parapsychologists who study having seen a UFO, although not having he did not label them paranormal intelligence manifests itself certain areas of UFOlogy, specifically been abducted. More recently another as delusions or hallucinations outright; it as a ghost or apparition to one witness alien abduction associated with sleep psychologist, Spanos in 1993, compared was more in the and an alien entity to another depending paralysis. 49 UFO reportees with two control nature of a shared on there religious or personal belief sys- groups and found that they were no less spiritual experience. tem. Dr. Susan Blackmore is one and Profes- intelligent, no more fantasy prone, and sor Chris French is another. In the states no more hypnotisable than the controlled However, Jung seemed conflicted as There are cases in UFOlogy where wit- Dr. Michael Persinger has done much group, nor did they show any signs of to possible origins. At nesses have had a close encounter with a research into the alien abduction phe- psychopathology. They did however, other times he as- UFO and have afterwards been subjected nomenon. The experience described believe more strongly in alien visitations, serted that he wasn't concerned with to a host of parapsychological phenom- usually begins at home in bed asleep or suggesting that, such beliefs allow people possible psychologi- ena. There have been reported Psychoki- sometimes on a deserted road. In the to shape ambiguous information, diffuse cal origins and that at netic effects around the person who had a bedroom, a blinding light is seen through physical sensations and vivid images into least some UFOs UFO experience manifesting poltergeist the bedroom window. a realistic alien encounter. were physically real, based primarily on type phenomena around the home and indirect physical ESP and precognition warnings about On the road, a UFO is often witnessed. In Temporal lobe lability is also another evidence such as future events. When a UFO experiencer the bedroom scenario, the witness be- theory. People with relatively temporal photographs and radar contact in has witnessed an alien entity, some of comes paralysed and usually just able to lobes are more prone to fantasy, and addition to visual beings have been reported as almost move their head or eyes. On the road, the more likely to report mystical and out of sightings. apparitional in nature. They have been witness is usually found to be driving body experiences, visions and psychic seen to walk through bedroom walls and along the road with a missing time epi- phenomena. However, the psychologist, He also considered the extraterrestrial also vanish at will, almost like a ghost! sode. In the bedroom, the witness en- Spanos found no difference in a temporal hypothesis to be The beings themselves also seem to pro- counters small grey creatures about 4ft lobe lability scale between their UFO viable. In 1958 the duce a telepathic bond between the said tall which are seen to enter the room, reportees and control groups. Psycholo- AP quoted him as entity and witness who state that they can sometimes through walls other times gist, Cox in 1995, compared a group of saying, "A purely psychological expla- regularly contact the beings they are they are already there. The beings are 12 British abductees with both a matched nation is ruled out. being abducted by or contacted. In the usually described as having over-larged control group and, again, found no differ- 1950s and 60s the alien contactee move- shaped heads, large black almond shaped ence in the temporal lobe lability scale. If the extraterrestrial ment was rife with alleged people who eyes, small mouth and just barely a nose. Like Spanos’s subjects, the abductees origin of these phenomena should be were said to be in regular contact with were more often believers in alien visita- confirmed, this would alien creatures from another world. In The witness is then levitated out of bed tions than were the controls. The final prove the existence of parapsychology this is known as clair- to an awaiting UFO above and then have theory which I believe is the most plausi- an intelligent inter- voyance experiences where the alleged medical procedures performed on them. ble is that abductions are elaborations of planetary relation- ship. psychic is said to contact the spirits of Afterwards, they wake up in bed with sleep paralysis. the deceased. usually no memory of the nights event That the construction and sometimes they find small scoop In a typical sleep paralysis episode, a of these machines When a person experiences an alleged marks on their bodies, wondering where person wakes up paralysed, senses a proves a scientific technique immensely alien abduction, they are said to become they got them from. Later they may re- presence in a room, feels fear or even superior to ours paralysed and then seem to levitate call strange dreams about being on the terror and may hear humming or buzzing cannot be disputed." through a tunnel of light into a UFO craft and then they may want to undergo sounds or even seeing strange lights. A above, this seems remarkably like Out Of questionable regressive hypnosis to try visible of invisible entity have been the Body experiences or Near Death and unlock the strange nights encounter. known to sit on their chests, shaking, Experiences where a witness is said to strangling or prodding them. have travelled through a tunnel of light This is the usual phenomenological char- into the spiritual plane where they have acteristics of a typical alien abduction Again this is also reported in diabolical been known to communicate with de- case. But are they really being abducted haunting’s where witnesses are said to ceased loved ones or friends. In the case by extraterrestrial or inter dimensional have been attacked or raped in their sleep of UFO abductions they meet alien be- beings? Or are they experiencing a lucid by demonic spirits called incubus or ings. If a witness never experienced psy- dream associated with sleep paralysis? succubi. Attempts to fight the paralysis chic phenomena before having a UFO are usually unsuccessful. It is reputably encounter but then did so after the inci- Some abductee’s recall their experiences more effective to relax or try to move the dent, then parapsychologists can look for spontaneously whilst some only remem- eyes or a single finger or toe. Descrip- what instigated the phenomena in the ber in therapy, support groups, or under tions of sleep paralysis are written in Wikipedia first place. hypnosis. many abduction and haunting books... Page 4 Phenomena Magazine: July 2012 - Issue 39: www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk Rowtor Rocks By Dave Sadler If you are looking for a magical place to take the children an interesting place can be found behind the Druids Inn located in the picturesque village of Birchover in the county of Derbyshire. This gritstone mass of rocks has been altered by the hand of man and transformed into a place with an Alice in Wonderland feel to it... Page 5 Phenomena Magazine: July 2012 - Issue 39: www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk Rowtor Rocks By Dave Sadler To find your way to the rocks simply It has been speculated that Thomas stand in the car park of the Druids Inn would sit up on Rowtor Rocks in his and you will see a stone wall directly in carved chair and get inspiration to write front of the Inn, follow the wall to your his sermons while looking across the left and you will travel down a track landscape, which back in those days which leads to the church, at the end of wouldn’t have been obscured by the the wall which is only about 50 yards in trees which now block the view, how- length you will come to a small open- ever in certain places you can still catch ing, follow this and it will lead you up glimpses of the views that would have into Rowtor Rocks. been seen from here which would include Cratcliffe Rocks and Robin Although it has been speculated that Hood’s Stride. Rowtor Rocks has some sort of a connection with the Druids apparently this Rowtor Rocks is roughly about 80 is not the case, it seems that the Druids yards in length and about 50 ft in height Inn has been a meeting place in the past and back in the 19th and early 20th of the Ancient Order of Druids and the century there had used to be a paid connection to the rocks probably came tourist guide to show members of the about in Victorian times, possibly as a general public the many secrets that can way of making the site more interesting be found in these rocks. and promoting it to attract more visi- tors. There had used to be a rock which weighed about 50 tons near the end of The rocks are riddled with secret paths Rowtor Rocks which could be rocked and carved steps and each turn you by hand, however back in 1799 four- make as you explore will reveal some- teen young men decided to move it, thing different. However if you are how they achieved this is not known willing to spend more time here and dig but when it was relocated it no longer a little deeper, there are other secrets to was balanced right and now no longer discover. There are an abundance of rocks! carvings to find. On one of the rocks of a serpent another has a quartered circle Luckily my visit was so calm and se- with cup and petal motifs, and I was date, no other person around, and only also able to find more that one the distant sound of a strimmer to break if you follow the overgrown path from the tranquillity. There are several areas the end of the Druid’s Inn wall which where severe drops to the woods below leads up onto Rowtor Rocks the path are a safety issue, and quite a few trip will lead you to a cave, this is just one and slip hazards. such feature natural and manmade that you can find here which have been This is a location, which cannot be created by a man called Thomas Eyre described as well as it can be viewed. about three hundred years ago, and who There are so many other places to visit used to be the local Parson of the within 1500metres, Caves, Cairns, Tu- church which Rowtor Rocks overlooks. muli, Stone circles and the scenery is It is believed that Thomas Eyre who fantastic. used to live at Rowtor Hall had com- missioned fonts and chairs to be carved Unfortunately, locations such as this do out of the gritstone rock and these can attract the half witted. I have found still be clearly seen if you wander numerous wild claims of modern occult around and look for them. worship at the site, as well as the Ghost experts photographing orbs and suggesting they are the first manifestations of spirit. There is more than one cave to enter, and again, said halfwits have christened them – The Condemned mans cave, the high priests caves and the black magic caves. Something tells me that wasn’t what Thomas Eyre called them. Visit Rowtor Rocks, My words and images cannot do them justice.... Page 6 Phenomena Magazine: July 2012 - Issue 39: www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk Spooky Goings On... By Craig Jones Hello my names Craig Jones - Team member of the G.S.S Gloucestershire Supernatural Seekers. Although we are a small team the members Grant Wiseman, Candy Jones, Sarah Parson, Ken & Debbie Harris have been extremely busy researching and going through evidence from past events. We are finding more and more interesting videos and EVP’s but this article is focused on a photo taken around December 2011. I decided to write in again as the team find this photo very interesting. The picture was taken in a haunted inn in Gloucester. I was using a Nikon 5400 full spectrum camera with fixed infrared lights. I was taking photo’s around the bar area (no flash was used). On the preview screen I could see a collection of colours and a mass that I did not see when taking the photo. After reviewing on the pc the team agree there is a light source forming into a manifestation. The interesting thing about this photo is whilst visiting the Inn three weeks later I spoke to a lady who said a medium had picked up on three ghostly monks, I was shown the area. I then explained that I took the photo in the same area the monks had been sensed by the medium. I have shown the photo to many friends and followers of G.S.S and they have said they can see three faces. I also sent it on to one of the UK’s leading paranormal groups for advice. They also believe the photo has a light form in it and three faces could be seen. We have lots of videos and photo’s on our face book page G.S.S - Gloucestershire Supernatural Seekers so please join us and be part of our journey. Craig Jones - G.S.S Page 7 Phenomena Magazine: July 2012 - Issue 39: www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk WE NEED YOUR HELP! Beyond Best Evidence: The UFO Enigma is a feature-length documentary that will take the cases shown in Best Evidence, as well as a couple of new ones that highlight what appear to be some of the more "high strangeness" aspects of the phenomenon, and explore with the three key possible explanations with world's leading experts on the subject, as follows: 1. Extraterrestrial Hypothesis - This explanation maintains that UFO sightings represent proof of visitation to Earth by advanced extraterrestrials from another world, most likely within what propo- nents term of "local galactic neighbourhood." 2. Interdimensional Hypothesis - This explanation maintains that UFO sightings involve visitations from other "realities" or "dimensions" that co-exist alongside our own. It also holds that UFOs are a modern manifestation of a phenomenon that has occurred throughout recorded human history, which in prior ages were ascribed to mythological or supernatural forces and creatures. 3. Psychosocial hypothesis - This explanation maintains that UFO Sightings can be explained by psychological or social means, examples of which include wishful thinking, hallucinations, hoaxes, and misidentification of prosaic objects, such as satellites, aircraft, or natural phenomena. To learn how you can help and more information, visit: http://www.indiegogo.com/ufo Many Thanks, Paul Kimball. Formed originally from an amalgamation of regional UFO societies and individuals, our subject encompasses history, archives, investigations and research and is well known across the U.K. and also internationally. BUFORA works with other organisations which share a similar ethos and approach to investigations and research. Interested in becoming a paranormal investigator...? It seems this subject is We seek the facts through a scientific and factually quickly becoming one of the most recog- evaluative approach and our fully trained team of in- nised pastimes in the UK. vestigators are required to pass a thorough course in all A thorough and in depth look at the subject types of sightings, whether it is lights in the sky, vehicle of paranormal investigation, collecting data, interviewing techniques, on site effects or high strangeness cases. surveying and environmental tests, admini- stration and report forms, analysis, using equipment in the right manner, the scien- IF YOUR INTERESTED IN UFOs THEN THIS IS Steve Mera takes you on another journey into the world of the Strange and tific approach and parapsychology. You THE PLACE TO VISIT: Profound. This book contains a number of investigations Stephen has can find out all this and much more in: carried out as well as concise information pertaining to investigation techniques and details of some of the many things that have been THE PARANORMAL http://www.bufora.org.uk/content/ INVESTIGATORS HANDBOOK reported to him throughout 25 years of investigating... Available at Blurb.com for just £6.95 MAPIT FACEBBOK GROUP SEP FACEBOOK GROUP UPIA FACEBOOK GROUP PARANORMAL NEWS PHENOMENA MAGAZINE Paranormal Review is the place to find all our Book, DVD and Equipment reviews which have been submitted to Phe- nomena Magazine. Stop by and check us out! www.paranormalreview.org.uk The Silhouettes that Haunt Man: The Shadow Men at Large. By Matthew Dell I recently read Brian Allen’s article in a magazine and I thought I may be able to contribute to the information regarding ‘shadow men’. This is a subject that interests me greatly, I have been researching the history of shadow men and other such shadow creatures as I am writing a book on the very subject. While doing so I came across some witness reports of possible shadow men encounters that seem slightly out of place. Although superficially resembling the ‘typical’ shadow man in appearance their behaviour is markedly different. For this reason I call these creatures ‘Silhouette men’ I don’t know if they are a seemingly more adventurous ‘sub-species phenomena’ or a completely different type of entity that due to its incorporeal nature just happens through chance or deliberate act to look like a silhouette of a human. Page 9 Phenomena Magazine: July 2012 - Issue 39: www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk