Volume 2, Number 3, Summer 2003

• The Chupacabra 12: A Small Town Afflicted, A Generation Changed.
• The Secret (Weapons) of the Pharoahs
• A new look at Stonehenge
• Creating the Undead: The Real Zombies
• Psychic Surgery

 

The Chupacabra 12: A Small Town Afflicted, A Generation Changed.

Jorge Bejarano, Tina Ruiz, and Daniel Menchaca

Reports of flashing lights and exsanguinated animals in Central and South America have prompted the proliferation of reports of a "Goat-sucker," or Chupacabra - a ravenous and obviously extra-terrestrial creature who drains the blood of various animals, leaving the bodies behind to be found by locals. This highly-annotated study spans a 25-year-period - starting with sightings, ritual burials, and its possible connection to U.S. Government involvement. Of particular interest to anthropological experts and surveyors is the exponential increase in apachecta sites, stone structures under which the blood-drained bodies of goats and other animals were placed in a sacrificial fashion. Diagrams, radioactive testing, and soil sampling define the effect that the Chupacabra has had upon the small town of Cerro del Campana in Chile, where 12 members of one family were held in thrall to the Chupacabra, altering their everyday lives in order to accommodate the creature that so easily permeated the environment and consciousness of the people there.

The Secret (Weapons) of the Pharoahs

Johann Behforouz, Akbar al Esmallah

For millennia the Great Pyramid has stood as a silent sentinel overlooking the sands of Egypt. Long rumored to house a fatal curse that would befall anyone who violated its sacred interior, we have evidence that the builders of the pyramids incorporated some early forms of biological warfare to guarantee no grave robber would go unpunished. Employing various spores, molds and fungi that were thought to hold magical qualities, the pyramid builders have left us tantalizing clues contained in samples recovered by the robotic explorer recently sent into the pyramid's dark heart.

A new look at Stonehenge

Phillip Gairden, Jonathon Ashmore, Stephanie Shultz

In light of recently discovered evidence, this paper updates the current state of knowledge and speculation as regards the true purpose of Stonehenge, the monument erected in what is now Wiltshire in the English countryside. The theory that Stonehenge was erected as a giant fertility symbol, as was recently put forth by a University of British Columbia researcher, is examined, dissected, and compared/contrasted with existing theories and knowledge.

Creating the Undead: The Real Zombies

Afos L. Iled, Linwatan Koubombon Siwo

Wade Davis, noted author of The Serpent and the Rainbow (a later version, Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie, is considered more scholarly) hypothesized perhaps incorrectly that a potent neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin, which is obtained from Haitian puffer fish, might be the drug responsible for creating the fabled zombies so prevalent in Haitian lore. In our article, we dispute this finding based on studies of five alleged zombies who had been found wandering the streets and institutionalized. None of the five displayed any of the hallmarks of long-term tetrodotoxin exposure. We discuss other possible causes of the alleged zombification.

Psychic Surgery

Kristen Mosley, MD, Adrienne Cain, MD

The authors report on their recent trip to Brazil to observe, posing as patients with inoperable tumors, so-called "psychic" or "bloodless" surgery. Much has been written on the subject exposing these charlatans, and they have been forced to rely increasingly on high tech methods to continue victimizing the unsuspecting and desperate patient. Hidden camera photos (included) were taken which caught many instances of deception and fakery.