Witch Burning Occurs in South Africa

By: Alex Kack

Two sisters were burned to death in the South African province of Eastern Cape.

The women, aged 53 and 33 had been accused of practicing witchcraft by locals, and were removed from their homes by their attackers. Shortly after the murder their homes were also burnt down.

Seven people have been arrested so far in conjunction with the attack, and Alfred Nzo District Municipality Mayor Sixolile Mehlomakhulu has condemned the attack in the strongest words possible.

This is not the first time women have been on the receiving end of violence due to allegations of witchcraft in Eastern Cape. In May of this year a video surfaced online showing two women, accused of witchcraft, who had been stripped naked and were being whipped.

Violence against those associated with witchcraft and other pagan religions has been common across the world, for centuries, however the kidnapping and burning of supposed witches, has not been common in most of the western world since the early 1700’s.

Currently today both Saudi Arabia and Cameroon have laws strictly prohibiting the practice of witchcraft.

Alex Kack is the editor of 'Spooky News' and 'the Bull Moose Review'. He is a political advocate, writer and comedian currently based in Washington D.C. where he lives with his girlfriend and their excessive number of pets. Follow him on Twitter here: @Alex_Kack He's on Tumblr here: alexkack.tumblr.com

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Video Game Company Offers $50,000 for Proof of Monsters.

By: Alex Kack

Video game developer Capcom is offering $50,000 to anyone who can provide concrete evidence proving the existence of real life 'monsters'.
Capcom, the company behind the early video game hit Mega Man, has launched the offering as part of a promotion marking the release of their new game Monster Hunter: World, the newest addition in their long running Monster Hunter role playing franchise.
The contest is being run in conjunction with the Center of Fortean Zoology, the UK based nonprofit dedicated to the search for crytids and the study of cryptozoology. There are ten cryptids they are accepting submissions for as listed below.
Bigfoot Yeti Earth Hound Mongolian Death Worm Loch Ness Monsters Yowie The Cornish Owlman The flying snake of Namibia Chupacabra Mermaid
Submissions are being accepted through this June. For more information visit the websites of Capcom or the Center of Fortean Zoology.

Irish school claims to catch another ghost on camera as original is debunked by fact checkers

By: Alex Kack

The Deerpark Christian Brothers School in Cork, Ireland was the subject of a fair amount of media attention after a video went viral purporting to show a ghost causing havoc in the school halls.
The video showed a 'wet floor' caution sign flying off the ground, lockers opening and emptying on their own, and other examples of alleged otherworldly vandalism.
The school quickly sought to monetize off the occurrence and the newfound notoriety it brought, billing themselves as “the world's most haunted school” and planning a Halloween party and tour that would cost visitors five euros to attend.
The fact checking website Snopes.com declared the video to be a hoax and found a number of issues that lead them to believe it had been edited. Namely that the video was shot at eye level from a tripod mounted camera and not a security camera as the school had claimed, mismatched shadows and other continuity errors.
The school has since released a new video they…

Bill Clinton Sought UFO Files While President.

By: Alex Kack

Bill Clinton allegedly sought information and files on UFO investigation while he was President, according to Webster Hubbell, the disgraced former associate Attorney General and close associate of the Clinton family.

Webster claims that while in office he was tasked by the President to dig into the information. Hubbell described the process as difficult, and stated that he felt as though his requests were being blocked or dragged out.

Eventually Hubbell's work produced results however, and he was able to present the President with information about two separate Cold War era UFO studies. Both of which found no evidence they deemed conclusive related to the UFO Phenomena. Clinton made several comments about space aliens while in office, as the topic saw a renewed popularity during the 1990's.

The Clinton's name has most recently been associated with UFO's during the 2016 when Hillary Clinton said that if elected she would open an investigation into th…

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