Noumenal News

Bigfoot researchers have arrived in Upper Michigan in hopes of finding proof the creature exists. They arrived in Eastern Marquette County yesterday afternoon and began unpacking high tech gear like night vision goggles, thermal imaging cameras and digital audio recorders.
About a dozen members of the scout team will be in […]

IT COULD soon be a thing of the past unless a mysterious ghost from the days of Nelson can save one of Scotland’s maritime treasures.
The oldest naval ship afloat in the UK, the HM Frigate Unicorn, has welcomed ghost hunters aboard in a desperate bid to save it from being lost forever due to a […]

With the fifth instalment of the “Harry Potter” film series released, the debate is bubbling once again over whether the boy wizard is suitable for Christian audiences or the cute face of a more sinister world of the occult that Christians should steer well clear of.
Many ministry leaders in the past have criticised the ”Harry […]

LUCKNOW: A 14-year-old Dalit boy, born and brought up in a remote village of western Uttar Pradesh, has suddenly turned angrez . Rajesh, without any evident help, has started speaking fluently in English and does so with a proper American drawl. And that’s not all: He seems to have forgotten how to speak […]

A Viking Ship is on its way to the British Isles from Norway.
The Sea Stallion, the biggest replica Viking vessel ever constructed, is bound for Kirkwall in Orkney.
It is part of a 1,000-mile journey from Denmark to Ireland over seven weeks; and aims to understand better the seamanship of early Norsemen.
A BBC team is following […]

I had never read a Harry Potter book until three months ago, when a hopeful editor buttonholed me with a plea: Would I, the newspaper’s religion reporter, write about religious imagery in the series?
After 3,362 pages and 12 weeks of very late nights, I can say I liked the series. I get the hype. […]

At the turn of the century, parents were frightened for their children, who were reading fantasy books full of witches, wiz-ards, magical adven-tures and all manner of strange and wild creatures.
Yes, in 1900 there was quite an uproar about L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” the first in a series of books, which […]

Pagans have pledged to perform “rain magic” to wash away cartoon character Homer Simpson who was painted next to their famous fertility symbol - the Cerne Abbas giant - today.
The 17th century chalk outline of the naked, sexually aroused, club-wielding giant is believed by many to be a symbol of ancient spirituality.
Many couples also believe […]