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This is the index for all the articles I have written on the subjects of the paranormal, critical thinking, and the life of a Skeptic. Responses I have gotten on specific articles may be found at the bottom of the article in question; responses in general may be found in the Reader Feedback section on the main page.

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Alien Abductions, or, Things Not To Read Before Bed:

A Brief History of the Little Gray Men
Plenty of Pictures, Plenty of people calling me names at the end.
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The Betty and Barney Hill Superpage
The first article got so many responses, you must be hungry for more. Unfinished.
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The Betty Andreasson Abduction
Even space aliens have accepted Jesus as their personal savior?
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Movie Review: Killers From Space
The entire abduction phenomenon, spelled out perfectly a decade before it began
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The Albert Bender 'Mystery'
Featuring: A bisexual alien not interested reproduction, if you know what I mean
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The Allagash Abductions
Finally, some art students get what's coming to them
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The Hopkinsville Goblins
There's nothing funny about interstellar home invasion.
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The Pascagoula Creatures
What had the skin of an elephant, a carrot for a nose, and never existed?
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The Drunkards of Ririe
"I hear that drinking beer makes you stupid."
"No I'm... doesn't."
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Contactees
Or: How I learned to stop loving and worry the bomb
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Abductees and the End of the World
Wait for it... Wait for it... Waaaaait for it...
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The Cisco Grove Robot
"Son, to me a robot's just a garbage can full of sparks."
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Truman Bethurum and the Clarionites
Now that I think about it, that'd be an awesome name for a band
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Stefan Michalak's Falcon Lake Incident
Alternative title: Stefan Michalak's Falcon... Fake!
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The Space Mummy of Sandra Larson
I think this was the plot for an Abott and Costello movie...
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Sgt. Moody's Tale
He took my advice 30 years before I gave it.
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A Coast Guard Coverup
Some people just don't believe in being reasonable
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Octopus Keg Monsters From Space
"Gaaaaaaaaaaah!"
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The Little Devils
Agape, Satanas.
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Three Goofy Space Monsters: A Lesson in Hilarity
The Lary, Moe, and Curly of outer space
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The Lost Article: The Gulf Breeze Hoax
Because I want to believe
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Raymond Shearer
Yeah, well, John Drake he's not
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The Tinfoil Spaceman: a Tale of Morality
So much suffering over such a ridiculous story
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Officer Shirmer: A Major, Classic Case
Why do policemen see UFOs so much more often than the rest of us?
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Issac and the CARET Drones - A Rough Whimper of Insanity
We thought it was viral marketing, but it's really something so much sadder
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Jeff's Story: A Sad, Sad, Sad, Sad Story
Prepare yourself, lest you weep tears from your eyes
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Click here for this article in Portuguese (Português)


The Simonton Pancakes: A Delicious Tale of Gentler Times
I feel as though I should make a pun about your anus.
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Sleep Paralysis: Freaky, Freaky Times
As close as I'll ever get to an alien abduction.
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The Ilkley Moor Monster: More like the Unlikely Moor Monster!
It's amazing what people will consider solid evidence.
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Zygmund Adamski: Yet another Person Never Kidnapped by Space Aliens
Dude. Because of stories about space monsters from beyond the moon, a murderer is going unpunished. Holy crap.
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The Loveland Frogmen
I wasn't sure if this should go in Space Monsters or Crypto-Monsters. Whatever
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Peter Khoury and the Outer Space Harlots
The most disgusting thing that I have ever, ever heard. Special features: Hot naked tits!
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Dr. Jonathan Reed: Doughy Dingdong Murders Monster
What's that space alien? SAY THAT AGAIN! SAY IT AGAIN!
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UFOs and Space People in General:

Crop Circles
Bored American teens rob liquor stores or get pregnant; what do Britons do?
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Cattle Mutilation
Hungry bugs or surgeons from beyond the stars? You decide
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The Socorro Incident
As seen on Unsolved Mysteries, but now with more curse words
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The Hudson Valley Lights
When they build a monument to Jerks, it will be of the Stormville Fliers
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The Foo Fighters
I hope the band is better than the proof that these are spacemen
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The 1896 Airship Flap
Alien litterbugs irritate townsfolk, don't actually exist
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UFOs and Religion
Can't beat science? Give up the game and claim you won
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The Levelland Whatniks
And in related news, Martian spaceships have begun landing in New Jersey...
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The Ronnie Hill Photograph
Really creepy, until you think about it
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Click here for this article in Spanish (Espanol).

Bucky Nelson's UFO Convention
How often have I wished for a time machine? Here's one more reason to do so.
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The Hessdalen Lights
No, it's not a British rock band. Although, that name would kick ass...
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The British Roswell: The Rendlesham Sham
The British Roswell is like the American one: nonsense and exaggeration
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Two Spaceships of Extreme Size
From the tiny to the tremendous
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Humanoid Sighting Reports 1979/1980
I couldn't do it. Not another word.
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A Hat that Will Protect Your Ass: The Velostat Helmet
Crazy people have some hot fans.
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UFOs and Ancient History:

The Nazca Lines
Alien airport reports extremely long lines at customs
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Aliens in Ancient Artwork
Ancient cultures: The progeny of spacemen, or lousy at drawing?
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Aliens in Rennaisance Artwork
What do "Klaatu Barada Nikto" and "I am the one that is" not have in common?
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The Book of Ezekiel: Space Monsters?
The way we see things now is not the same as they did 3,000 years ago
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Click here for this article in Dutch (I think?)

The "Baghdad Battery"
A pot with a wierd lid? Surely space aliens are involved!
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Monsters, Creatures, and Things That Go Bump:

Mrs. Symmonds' Gnomes
A tribute to a friends' coworker
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Click here for this article in Portuguese (Português)

The Flatwoods Monster
Children: Mind your parents, or they will set the Flatwoods monster on you
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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
And in this corner, coming from and made of parts unknown...
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Click here for this article in Danish (Dansk)
The Dover Demon
Sighted by few, bought into by many...
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Spring-Heeled Jack
The phantom breast-pincher from beyond the stars
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Mokole Mbembe
An ugly fish does not a monster make
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The Chupacabra
It's not that it couldn't exist, it's just that it doesn't
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Click here for this article in Danish (Dansk.).
Sea Monsters that Hate Germans
Creature capsizes Krauts, Kaiser caps critter
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Gef the Talking Mongoose, Men in Plaid, and the Acambaro Monsters
Running low on ideas? Tackle three at once!
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The Jersey Devil
"Who would have thought hell would be a real place, and that it would be in New Jersey?"
"Well, actually..."
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The Yowie
It's not that it couldn't exist. It's just that we have no evidence, only tales of lunacy
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The Summer of Monsters
What the ladies want, the ladies get.
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Ghosts, Phantoms, Psychics, and Other Such Nonsense:

The Cottingley Fairies
I believe credible witnesses. I believe them as far as I can throw them!
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Nostradamus
More baloney than an Oscar-Meyer rendering plant
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"The Montauk Project"
With billions in Nazi Gold and the world's best minds, you'd think they'd come up with a better name...
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The Amityville Horror
The bland truth behind the lousy film
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John Edwards: Good at Spotting Marks
If he really is psychic, I'm sorry he had to hear that
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James Randi's Project Alpha
Arch-mage and associates accidentally foil bad science

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Spontaneous Human Combustion
Is it hot in here, or is it just you? Or perhaps a hoax?

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  The Yogic Flyers
Do not try this at home, unless you have an iron codpiece handy

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Gilbert Deya Ministries
Space aliens aren't the only ones that abduct people

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Psychic Detectives
I'd rather have the regular kind. Jack Webb was too tough for this nonsense

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The Blue Sense
Just in case you wanted to hear me talk about Jack Webb some more

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Philadelphia Bans Psychics, Psychics Surprised
Man, even Ray Charles saw that one coming.
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Ghost Humping
Hilarious, but not very interesting
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Miscellany, Folderol, and Flotsam:

Review: David Jacobs' Lecture
I'm not a mobster, but if I were a space alien, I'd sure act like it

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Scientology
0% Religion, 100% terrifying

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Click here for this atricle in French (Francais).
Click here for this article in Spainsh (Espaņol). Thanks Anonymous!
Elvis Presley: Dead or Alive?
There's only room in my heart for two kings: Elvis and Jesus

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The Fashions of Spacemen: Hilarious.
Aliens have reported to appear in some stylish apparel. Get your tips here.

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Eric Julien: The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!
French Fearmonger's fantastic fantasies flop

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Phillip S. Duke, AIDS, and Aliens
Stunning proof that aliens are lousy biologists, tacticians

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The Devil's Footprints
The Devil is in the details, but not in the countryside

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The Shaver Hoax
The world is not hollow; only some of the people on it are

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Indigo Children
Everyone wants to proud of their children

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The Face on Mars
If you think that's impressive, you should see the ass of Mars on the other side

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The Destruction of the Hindenburg
Der Furher's flagship's fiery finale fuels foolish feelings

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Email Hoaxes
It all started with 24 baud

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Creationism and Thermodynamics
Think things are bad now? Give it time.

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The Moon Landing Really Did Happen
And if you say otherwise, Buzz Aldrin may break your nose

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A .50 Caliber Conspiracy
Congress shall pass no law respecting... ah, forget it. Let's let the media pass laws now.

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A Spot of Alternative Medicine
I don't light garbage on fire and stick it in any of my bodily holes, and neither should you

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Microsoft Hates Jews?
I'm sorry to say that this is not an April Fool's article

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Futuro Homes: Yesterday's Home of Tomorrow
They can't fly, but as the young people say, those are pretty fly.
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Uri Geller is a Giant Fraud
And by giant, I mean he has an unimaginable fortune

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Faith vs. Bullets: Bullets Always Win
Marines have more faith in bullets than the Pope has in god
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Alphabiotics
Like a smaller, goofier, equally creepy version of Scientology
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Ruminations on Being a UFO Columnist and My Life:

100th Article: A Review of All of You
It took me a long, long, long time, but I finally finished my 100th article.
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How to Tell if You've Been Abducted by Aliens
37 signs that you might be a chump that buys into silly lists of signs
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What to do if You're Abducted by Aliens
This is completely serious, good advice to take

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6 Months in Review
Finals week is a good time to take stock of your life

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A Year In Review
It's clear I've grown a little bitter

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Friends of the Skeptic
Links to some places I think you ought to go

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The Skeptic's Bookshelf
What I read. Part recommendation, part warning. Mostly warning.

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April Fool's 2005: The Scared Skeptic
I have seen thelight

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April Fool's 2006: The "Cookie Monster"
A hairy blue biped that survives on confections? Unlikely.

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Articles Not Written by Me, That are of Some Interest

Will Revis: ET, God, and Monsters
He hits every topic you've ever heard of

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Some articles originally appeared in Drexel University's student newspaper The Triangle. All rights reserved. Woot..