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The totally and mega real truth about Monster energy drinks

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The video below is a response to this one in which a woman connects the dots between Satan and Monster energy drink.

As you can tell – the creator isn’t convinced that there is any connection between Satan, Lord of Darkness, and Monster, Lord of Headbuzz, at all. The suggestion is that any connections are just coincidence.

It’s a sobering thought. What if early man turned to supernatural explanations when they encountered coincidences they couldn’t explain? Wouldn’t that set back wisdom and science by creating a belief system that functioned on speculation rather than discovery?

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What do you think? Is Monster (or Red Bull) the spawn of Satan? Exactly what are you drinking when you pour the juice down your throat?

If Monster energy drink is evil what does that make Moshi Monsters and My Mini Monsters?

Do you believe Monster energy drinks are Satan? This woman does

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This woman argues that Monster energy drinks are the work of Satan.

Sound silly? Sound odd? Even those it’s a vertical video – give it a watch. The Christian makes her argument without frothing and has even invested in display cards. How can she be wrong?

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Crazy talk or has this eagle-eyed religious investigator discovered a terrible truth?

Bad news for Monster or does this video represent a great ad that the company will be pleased of? As the video goes viral will likes of ASDA, Tesco and Morrisons be pulling the juice from their shelves or see monster sales?

New photograph of the Loch Ness monster

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A new photograph of what might be the Loch Ness monster has been published. The photograph shows an animal-like hump, with ripples that seem to suggest a turn, in the otherwise fairly still waters of Loch Ness.

There is a catch. The photograph was taken by George Edwards – who has hunted Nessie for 26 years and holds tours. Now, if anyone is going to be able to take a photograph of the Loch Ness monster then it’ll be someone like Edwards who is out on the waters, with a camera ready, more than anyone else. However, as Edwards isn’t a neutral – people will suggest his account his bias.

In the British newspaper, The Daily Mail, he says;

“It was slowly moving up the loch towards Urquhart Castle and it was a dark grey colour. It was quite a fair way from the boat, probably about half a mile away but it’s difficult to tell in water… I’m convinced I was seeing Nessie as I believe in these creatures. Far too many people have being seeing them for far too long.”

“The first recorded sighting was in 565AD and there have been thousands of eye witness reports since then… All these people can’t be telling lies. And the fact the reports stretch over so many years mean there can’t just be one of them. I’m convinced there are several monsters.”

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Do you think there is something in Loch Ness? Is it hundreds of years old or are there a family of them? Surely we’d have a better photograph by now.

The Pishtacos of Huallaga

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Human Skull In Canyon De Chelly
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Police have arrested a gang believed to be responsible for more than 60 deaths.

Bizarrely; the gang is said to have murdered people, hung their body on S hooks and drained them of fat. This fat was then sold to European laboratories for up to $15,000.

One of the gang member is said to have  been in possession of 17 litres of human fat when he was arrested.

Authorities in Peru are calling the arrested “witches” and “pishtacos.” From Andean myth the pishtacos are ghouls.

It is said that the fat collecting gang gave themselves the name the  Pishtacos of Huallaga.

Police admit the reason for the murders is strange but insist the arrests are real. Prosecutores told press; “We are not making this up. They have confessed to this. That’s what’s coming out now.”

Despite these comments from the police there is some doubt to the arrests. A dean of a Peruvian medical college has gone on the record to say that hundreds of litres of human fat are obtained every day at cosmetic clinics. The price of US$15,000 seems unrealistic.

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Do you think the police have managed to arrest members of a mass murdering gang or is something else going on here?

Monster washes up on Croyde beach

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Mysterious animal washes up on Croyde beach

Mysterious animal washes up on Croyde beach

Could the corpse of a sea lion be responsible for a mysterious skeleton discovered on a beach in Croyde, North Devon in the UK?
This Is North Devon describes how a member of the public contacted Brauton police after she discovered the strange beast. Described as being the size of a calf but with canine teeth one of the initial suggestions was that this was nothing less than the remains of the Beast of Exmoor.

The first police officer on the scene, a PC Tucker, radioed in the discovery back to headquarters after it became apparant the discovery was not a simple hoax.

PC Tucker is quoted as saying, “It’s a good five feet long, and it’s got black fur. It certainly looks quite beastlike with those teeth.”

Sgt Pearce said: “It almost definitely looks like it could be a beast of Exmoor.”

He added: “It’s only about five miles away to Exmoor by sea, it could easily have floated down.”

The Environmental Health department and the RSPCA havebeen alerted. The public has been asked not to venture down to the Croyde shores due to the extreme weather conditions and dangerous icy rocks.

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What do you think? Could the skull belong to a sea lion or are we looking at the remains of some other creature?

Picture credit: This Is North Devon

Manticore: The man-eater

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The manticore is a fierce monster and its name was once a literal translation of “man-eater”. The Roman scholar, Pliny the Elder, described the manticore in his book Naturalis Historia. The original tales of manticores come from Persia and the sub-continent.

The manticore was feared by the Indians and was believed to kill more humans than animals. The Greek historian Aelian writing in the 2nd century described how the manticore would wait in ambush for a group of two or three men before attacking. In return the Indians would hunt the beast from the back of elephants and with the aid of great spears. Young manticores would be found and crushed with rocks.

The prophet Jeremiah, from the Hebrew Bible, was represented through the manticore emblem. The beast was thought to live in caves deep in the earth and Jeremiah had once been through in a deep dung pit.

Appearance

Ctesias describes the manticore has having three rows of teeth and a spiked tail. The tail was used as a whip and as a sling from which to launch poison tipped barbs. It was said to have eyes and ears like that of a man.

The manticore is often drawn as having a feline body and a human-like face.

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Perhaps there are lessons we can take from the manticore today. As it was feared it was hunted and its young was killed… could this not represent a vicious circle of revenge?

Ben Macdhui and Fear Liath Mhor

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After Ben Nevis, the mountain Ben Macdhui is the second tallest mountain in Scotland. It is part of the Cairngorms and popular with walkers and climbers.

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Fear Liath Mhor

Since the 1920s there have been reports of a creature on Ben Macdhui. It is known as The Grey Man or Fear Liath Mhor in Gaelic.

The account from 1925 comes from Professor Normal Collie when he spoke at a General Meeting of the Cairngorm Club in 1925. He spoke of an encounter on the mountain when the mist was thick and heavy, and he was heading away from the summit. The professor had been on the mountain many times before but on this trip down the slopes and in the mist he could hear the sounds of the second set of heavy footprints. The time between each crunch was longer than is – as if to suggest much longer legs. The professor, alone, was overcome with terror and fled the mountain.

One of the reported abilities of Fear Liath Mhor is to create terror and some investigators speculate whether this is used to try and herd climbers off over the dangerous cliffs on Lurcher’s crag.

The author Ricard Frere has written of an anonymous friend who while camping on Ben Macdhui witnessed a giant brown ape-like creature making its way down the mountain. In 1945 Peter Densham, an experienced climber, reported hearing footsteps and also the compelling and irresistible feeling of panic. Densham also fled the mountain.

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Have you climbed Ben Macdhui when the mist came in? Did you hear anything? Feel free to share any of your walking or climbing stories below.

Griffin

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Griffins are monsters associated with the loyal guarding of treasure and for strict monogamy.

Christianity adopted the monster as parallels between the Griffin’s union of the king of beats Lion and king of birds Eagle, of the terrestrial and of aerial, was portrayed as a symbol of Christ.

Ostrich eggs where sold in European medieval courts as extremely rare Griffin eggs and for their medicinal traits.

Appearance

Griffin’s are usually depicted as having a lion’s body, the head and wings of an eagle. Some griffins are shown with lion claws on all four legs and others have eagle talons on the forelegs.

Griffins without wings are more acurately known as keythongs or alces.

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Is there a griffin or other monster on a building near you?

Phantoms and Monsters: An interview with Lon Strickler

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Lon Strickler is the brains and the hard work behind two of the web’s most insightful paranormal resources; the Phantoms and Monsters blog and wiki.

If you’re not familiar with the wiki concept then you’re in for a treat. A wiki is a website which any member of the community can update and edit. Just as Wikipedia has grown into phenomenal web encyclopaedia, the Phantoms and Monsters wiki is growing into an extremely valuable archive on close encounters and paranormal encounters.

Lon’s agreed to take time out of his busy schedule to answer some questions for In Pure Spirit.

The Phantoms and Monsters blog and wiki must take up an awful lot of your time. What was the inspiration to start the sites and what gives you the energy to keep going?

For 25 years, I independently investigated paranormal and cryptid reports in Maryland and Pennsylvania.  I now work at home and it affords me the time to research and blog about these subjects.  Most days, I spend 4-5 hours per day hunting down stories, contacting witnesses and posting the information.  In 1981, I had a personal encounter with a hominid (Bigfoot).  That experience along with various paranormal events have bolstered my continued interest.

What’s your favourite paranormal sighting or story? Why does it stand out for you against all the others you’ve been able to blog about.

I have had several interesting paranormal experiences but a certain encounter with a spectre in 1978 stands out as the most dramatic.  It was one of my earliest investigations and the spectre was witnessed by 3 other people.

What role, if any, do you think governments play in the discovery and reporting of unusual and alternative events?

I think is obvious that most governments have records of paranormal and extraterrestrial contact.  To what extent these governments know is anybody’s guess but I feel that disclosure, at some degree, is imminent.

What about the internet? What role does the internet now play in the discovery and reporting of encounters and sightings?

The internet has played a major part by informing more people of what is seen worldwide and that we are not alone.  Much of the media currently gets the majority of their information on paranormal and alternative events by reading blogs and wikis.

What tips and advice would you offer to someone who thinks they’ve seen something unusual and want to share their discovery with the world.

Don’t think that all people will think you’re crazy.  There are various reporting agencies not connected with the government (ex. MUFON, BFRO, paranormal research groups, etc.) who take reports seriously.  Take advantage of their expertise and tell them what you have seen.

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What do you believe? Do you believe in spirits but not ghosts? Have governments been keeping quiet about cryptid reports and will that change soon?

Bicorn and Chichevache

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Bicorn

A Bicorn is an European monster with the suggestion of demonic influence. The bicorn was a fat and flesh eating monster that grew by consuming faithful or wife bullied husbands.

Chichevache

The Chichevache is the female equivalent or rival to the Bicorn. Whereas the Bicorn is fat and fed off husbands; the Chichevache is always thin and feeds off loyal and enduring wives.

In Canterbury Tales (Chaucer) the bicorn is fat as there is no shortage of bullied husbands and the chichevache thin due to the rarity of faithful wives.

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What do you think? Are these monsters nothing more than stereotypes?

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