This is the fourth of a number of Book of THoTH interviews with the speakers at the Symposium Conference 2006 . This being with Nick Redfern. Questions by THoTH and Oddthings.
BoT : Welcome to the interview Mr. Redfern.
NR : Thanks for inviting me to take part.
BoT : You are a prolific writer on a wide range of topics, from UFO’s to cryptozoology. Can you tell us what was it that began your interest in the paranormal, i.e. the first influences and why that got you interested?
NR : Well, as far as cryptozoology is concerned, when I was about 5 years old, my parents took me to Loch Ness. We were on holiday in Scotland at the time. And they told me about what was supposed to be in the Loch and it really got my interest - even at that age! I remember being a little kid at school asking the teacher why they didn’t have any books in the school library on werewolves, Bigfoot, etc. I think the teachers viewed me as a weird little Damien-type character and left me alone...
Posted by Angel on Sunday, September 24, 2006 @ 13:00:00 CDT
Do pterosaurs--non-extinct--live in the Southwest Pacific? This is a true story, delving deeper than fossils, in a quest to uncover the truth about an amazing creature. Seven Americans have visited Umboi, a remote tropical island in Papua New Guinea; not one has come back disbelieving in the ropen; not one believes it is something other than a pterosaur.
Universal-extinction-of-all-pterosaurs is no longer believable.
Posted by THoTH on Friday, July 14, 2006 @ 10:50:55 CDT
Scientists have discovered fossils of a 375-million-year-old fish, a large scaly creature not seen before, that they say is a long-sought missing link in the evolution of some fishes from water to a life walking on four limbs on land.
Two reports today in the journal Nature, a team of scientists led by Neil H. Shubin of the University of Chicago say they have uncovered several well-preserved skeletons of the fossil fish in sediments of former streambeds in the Canadian Arctic, 600 miles from the North Pole.
The skeletons have the fins, scales and other attributes of a giant fish, four to nine feet long.
Posted by THoTH on Thursday, April 06, 2006 @ 07:13:14 CDT
Honey writes "TULUM, Mexico - The ancient Maya once believed that Mexico's jungle sinkholes containing crystalline waters were the gateway to the underworld and the lair of a surly rain god who had to be appeased with human sacrifices.
Now, the "cenotes," deep sinkholes in limestone that have pools at the bottom, are yielding scientific discoveries including possible life-saving cancer treatments. Divers are dipping into the cenotes, which stud the Yucatan peninsula, to explore a vast underground river system.
Sharks are known for their almost uncanny ability to detect electrical signals while hunting and navigating.
Now researchers have traced the origin of those electrosensory powers to the same type of embryonic cells that gives rise to many head and facial features in humans.
The discovery, reported by University of Florida scientists in the current edition of Evolution and Development, identifies neural crest cells, which are common in vertebrate development, as a source of sharks’ electrical ESP. It also fortifies the idea that before our early ancestors emerged from the sea, they too had the ability to detect electric fields.
Posted by THoTH on Saturday, February 25, 2006 @ 10:37:39 CST
Ben Lee is stalking a creature most people think is a myth — if they’ve heard of it at all. "I don’t know what we’ll see," he warned, loading an ice ax and snow shovel into his backpack.
"Nobody knows what ice worms do in winter." Lee, a senior at the University of Puget Sound, has come to Mount Rainier to find out.
Thriving in conditions that would turn most living things to Popsicles, these inch-long earthworm cousins inhabit glaciers and snowfields in the coastal ranges of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. They move through seemingly solid ice with ease and are at their liveliest near the freezing point of water. Warm them up slightly and they dissolve into goo. Their life cycle remains a mystery.
Posted by THoTH on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 @ 07:39:20 CST
IT ALL began with footprints in the sand. Two left feet. Not the kind associated with dance classes and the like, but two feet, looking like any other footprints, except they were both left feet.
This occurred on Pambula beach on an otherwise perfectly normal weekday November morning. The few other beach-goers were going about their normal business in a normal sort of way.
Discreet inspection revealed all had the correct assignation of one left and one right foot. And their big toes were not disproportionately large, like these peculiar footprints in the sand. It’s the kind of strangeness that is difficult to get your head around.
Posted by THoTH on Monday, February 13, 2006 @ 16:17:27 CST
The giant impact that shook the Earth 65 million years ago is still sending out shock waves, triggering a scientific feud over whether the event really killed off the dinosaurs.
Efforts to identify what wiped out the great creatures have been confused by evidence of massive volcanic activity in India at the same time, and a fossil record that suggests the dinosaurs disappeared gradually as the Earth’s climate and geology changed over millions of years.
Now a bitter row has broken out on CCNet, a scholarly electronic network, over a paper by Peter Schulte of the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and colleagues in the journal Sedimentary Geology: they conclude that two cores drilled in Brazos, Texas, provide new support for the much-loved disaster movie scenario.
Posted by Angel on Friday, February 03, 2006 @ 06:38:17 CST
I’ve learned, through a confidential source, that at least one unit of the US Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) has had a remarkable recent encounter with unknown apes in Africa. And a video was taken. We are seeking additional confirmation and other eyewitnesses. Have any hints of this story come your way?
Due to the sensitive nature of this former US Navy SEAL’s intelligence-gathering work, at this time we cannot reveal his identity.
Hopefully our posting this initial information will develop other sources and confirmations from current and former SEAL members involved, and from interested researchers with hints of the story.
Posted by Angel on Sunday, January 15, 2006 @ 09:55:17 CST
In the dense central forests of Borneo, a conservation group has found what appears to be a new species of mammal.
WWF caught two images of the animal, which is bigger than a domestic cat, dark red, and has a long muscular tail. Local people, the WWF says, had not seen the species before, and researchers say it looks to be new.
The WWF says there is an urgent need to conserve forests in south-east Asia which are under pressure from logging and the palm oil trade.
Posted by Angel on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 @ 16:44:32 CST
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Sharks are known for their almost uncanny ability to detect electrical signals while hunting and navigating.
Ben Lee is stalking a creature most people think is a myth — if they’ve heard of it at all. "I don’t know what we’ll see," he warned, loading an ice ax and snow shovel into his backpack.
IT ALL began with footprints in the sand. Two left feet. Not the kind associated with dance classes and the like, but two feet, looking like any other footprints, except they were both left feet.
The giant impact that shook the Earth 65 million years ago is still sending out shock waves, triggering a scientific feud over whether the event really killed off the dinosaurs. 
I’ve learned, through a confidential source, that at least one unit of the US Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) has had a remarkable recent encounter with unknown apes in Africa. And a video was taken. We are seeking additional confirmation and other eyewitnesses. Have any hints of this story come your way? 
