It seems every neighborhood has a local legend of supernatural content, and from what I’ve observed, most of these start out with some truth to them. But over the years these stories seem to grow with each iteration as each person conveying the story adds a little more to it in order to spice up the interest for those they are telling the story too.

But this doesn’t just happen with local legends, it also happens with things in the news. Recently I came upon a story about mysterious lights over China on July 7th of this year. The lights were reported as being such a concern that the Chinese shutdown some airports. Then, this clip appeared and was said to be the light seen overhead.

First off, this clip was actually shot on June 30th, not July 7th, the date that the Chinese incident was reported. Most importantly, this video has been confirmed as the Soyuz-U rocket launch from Kazakhstan, with the mission of taking supplies to the international space station. But, even then there are those that are sold that it is some sort of alien spacecraft.

This is but a recent example of how stories get elaborated by taking a single fact and embellishing upon those facts. This is something that has been taking place in the world of the paranormal for as long as man has been talking about the paranormal. But, who can blame them. Humans love a good story, so those telling the story will often feel compelled to spice it up a bit to garner the attention of their fellow man. Unfortunately, for those who are seeking the truth when it comes to the paranormal this type of embellishing just creates that much more information to sift through when trying to determine what bits of story apply to what they are investigating. Especially when there are those who will take bits of unrelated material and use them to enhance the story, or, purposely do so to commit fraud and gain from that fraud, whether it be monetary or simply attention.

For those that still may think that this is an alien spacecraft, here’s a shot of a missile from Vanderberg Air Force base. It has the same bright trail in the beginning that soon spreads out like the clip of the Soyuz-U rocket.

With things in my life stabilizing a bit, I have decided to get back to one of the things I enjoy: the paranormal. While I won’t be analyzing a lot of the shows and such; primarily do to the repetitiveness of the formats, I will instead be searching for those in the paranormal field who are actually working to make a difference. I know, that’s a tall order, but there’s bound to be a few out there who are actually working to make progress in the field.

Of course I’ll still be making commentaries on scam conventions, techniques, and other things taking place in the paranormal community. There’s just so much to comment on when it comes to that, especially with the likes of Robert Bess out there throwing down grandstanding challenges like the one he made to the Ghost Adventures cast.

So, whether you a fan of the blog, or someone who gets angered every time you read the blog, “I’m back!” Let the fun begin.

For starters, I’ll take one out of Robert Bess’s book, except it won’t be anything as ridiculous as challenging another group to see who can catch a ghost first. This is more in the form of challenging groups to test the dogma of the paranormal, as well as picking up where groups like American Paranormal left off with the infra-sound mystery. TIPS is currently working the infra-sound project, and will be doing others as time moves along.

Personally, I’m not expecting anyone to pickup the challenge. After searching through hundreds of investigators sites they all seem to have become paranormal counselors and not truth seekers. Either that or they’re still shoveling the same old rhetoric that’s been around for decades.