Friday, December 28, 2007

Balloon Witches

This video has been out for a few months and I kept bouncing back and forth on whether to cover it on the show or just post it here. So here it is...

It relates to a reported flying humanoid recorded in Mexico. There has been much speculation that it is something much more mundane than the witch that the news report suggests. Have a look and see for yourself.



Here is an amateur analysis done of the video, and there are a few others you can find on youtube, but how much pixelation do you really need to see...



A lot of people believe the video simply shows a cluster of balloons that creates a humanoid illusion. As you will see highlighted in the analysis video, there is a section of the footage that seems to show the object make contact with the ground this is curious, but far too low resolution to really draw any conclusions from. Some say it might be this thing...



I found it interesting because you don't see too many alleged flying witch videos...

Prof. Gruntsplatter

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Spookatorium 018

Welcome to episode 18, some of the little improvements I have been hoping to do for awhile finally got taken care of, so hopefully you’ll like those.

This time out we look at the legacy of Mary Toft, she was involved in a hoax in 1726 that drew the attention of the King of England and inspired perhaps the most famous of any trick in a magicians repertoire. Her story is outlined further in the book “The Girl Who Gave Birth To Rabbits: A True Medical Mystery,” which I am hoping to check out before too long.

Next we take a trip down south to check in on a couple of mysterious creature sightings. One is believed to be a possible Skunk Ape and the other dubbed the Beast of Bolivia, is killing dogs in South Carolina. In addition LiveScience.com ran a recent article on the possibility of using hi resolution satellite imagery to search for elusive breeding colonies of various cryptids.

Finally we take a look at the theory of palingenesy, the alchemical idea inspired by the work of Greek philosopher Lucretious that sought to explain ghosts and apparitions chemically, rather than metaphysically. The thought was that a body’s form resided in its salts, and by applying heat to those salts, you could regenerate the form of a dead or destroyed plant or animal as an apparition. This one is pretty interesting and I have been meaning to cover it for a few weeks so I hope you find it curious.

The sounds this time around are supplied by…

DISHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
DAZZLINGKILLMEN
MISSING FOUNDATION
SNOG
BLANCHE
CLAN OF XYMOX
DESCENDENTS
NAVICON TORTURE TECHNOLOGIES
VO.I.D
FLUISTERWOUD
TODAY IS THE DAY
THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN
BRUTE FORCE
CHARNEL VALLEY

With background accompaniment from
NAJ
CORPOPARASSITA

Thanks as always for checking out the show…

Professor Gruntsplatter's Spookatorium 018

- Prof. Gruntsplatter