Nestled at the edge of Mystic Grove — and I use “nestled” as loosely as possible — the Shady Oak Bed and Breakfast promises “historic charm with a touch of mystery.” What it delivers is the architectural equivalent of a shrug. The place looks like it was decorated entirely from estate sale leftovers. It offers … Read more
Caught on Camera? LOL JK Cryptids are the imaginary friends of the adult world — creatures that allegedly exist but somehow manage to avoid every camera, drone, microscope, satellite, and scientific investigation ever launched. Bigfoot. The Chupacabra. Mothman. The Jersey Devil. You name it. If it sounds like something that would’ve been cut from an … Read more
When Navigational Errors Become Paranormal Mysteries Ah, the Bermuda Triangle — that soggy wedge of ocean where, according to enthusiasts of sloppy thinking everywhere, the laws of physics take a coffee break and planes vanish into thin air because “mystery.” The legend is simple: ships and planes disappear inside a roughly triangular region bounded by … Read more
The Glamour Shots of Wishful Thinking Aura photography is the perfect scam: expensive, scientific-looking, and so devoid of actual science it might as well come bundled with a free tin-foil hat. The idea is simple — and by simple, I mean insultingly stupid. You sit for a portrait while a “special” camera captures the invisible … Read more
Scotland’s Wettest Tourist Trap At this point, the Loch Ness Monster is less a creature and more a business model. If you could bottle vague hope, blurry photos, and economic desperation, you’d have Nessie: the most famous aquatic nonentity in modern history. The legend is simple: somewhere in the dark, cold depths of a Scottish … Read more
Connect the Dots There’s a special kind of magic in humanity’s ability to find patterns where none exist. Some people look at a cloud and see a dog. Others look at a map and see divine pathways of mystical energy controlling the fate of mankind. The difference is that one of those people grows out … Read more
When Bad Memory Becomes a Movement The Mandela Effect is one of the saddest monuments to collective human ego in modern history. It’s the phenomenon where a large group of people misremembers something — and instead of accepting that memory is a squishy, unreliable mess, they decide they’ve stumbled into evidence of alternate dimensions. Because … Read more
Lies So Dumb, Even NASA Laughed If you ever want to experience secondhand embarrassment powerful enough to rupture an organ, just spend five minutes listening to a Moon landing denier. It’s like watching someone proudly announce they’ve outsmarted gravity by falling down the stairs on purpose. The Moon landing hoax theory is the apex predator … Read more