15 Credibility Street

Sharon and Torkel discuss following recent news stories: The Thai cave rescue was a success for science and engineering. For more go to https://spookygeology.com/thirteen-trapped-in-thailand-flooded-cave/ Polish police are searching for the answer to how a 5-meter long python snake skin ended up along a river in Poland. http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/polen-sucht-den-tigerpython-an-der-weichsel-a-1217883.html https://polandinenglish.info/38026989/writhing-terror-the-hunt-continues It sounds like Wessie https://doubtfulnews.com/2016/08/big-snake-loose-in-maine-or-is-wessie-a-hoax/ A surprise was uncovered in Alexandria, Egypt - a large sarcophagus found still intact after 2000 years. Who's burial site was it? https://www.sciencealert.com/huge-mystery-sarcophagus-unearthed-in-egypt-alexandria A Nigerian healer is killed testing his 'bullet-proof' charm. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44724700 There's a new UFO movie on the way starring Gillian Anderson and featuring the Chicago O'Hare UFO report from 2006. We say it looks bad but check out the trailer and see what you think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxUcHrPhewY Sharon tells how some paranormal documentarians wanted to capitalize on her science cred for their new project. What did she find out about their claims with just some basic research? To stop this proliferation of pseudoscience and creative editing to meet a specific agenda, please donate to the Science Friction project at ScienceFriction.tv. Finally, the current skeptic community is broken, fractured from drama and scandals, missing a mission and purposeful goals, and out of touch with the 21st century. Meanwhile, an alternative Skeptic community exists on YouTube. Sharon describes reasons for and reactions to her writing on why she shed the "skeptic" label. Read the essay here: https://sharonahill.com/2018/07/10/please-dont-call-me-a-skeptic/

This episode, Sharon has returned from trip to Australia. She and Torkel discuss what it’s like there. News items include a discussion of why some maladjusted folks think Australia doesn’t even exist. Nearby in Tasmania, a few people hold out hope that the Thylacine still exists. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., a media-hyped Montana mystery manimal is not so monstrous, Las Vegas news gives credence to a ridiculous story about a “time warp” anomaly supposedly discovered by an adamant guy with a gadget in the desert, and there is an update on the weird and scary explosions in upper Bucks County Pennsylvania. Australia exists http://www.thespaceacademy.org/2018/05/australia-doesnt-exit-and-people-who.html?m=1 https://www.indy100.com/article/google-translate-flat-earth-troll-prank-im-a-flat-earther-australia-gravity-8375821 The Tasmanian Tiger does not https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/02/the-obsessive-search-for-the-tasmanian-tiger Montana wolf is a wolf http://fwp.mt.gov/news/newsReleases/fishAndWildlife/nr_1108.html Time Warp http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/38515977/time-warp-discovered-by-paranormal-investigator-outside-of-las-vegas See also: http://skepticsboot.blogspot.com/2018/06/lets-do-time-warp-again-examining-vegas.html Pa explosions suspect arrested (quick) http://6abc.com/suspect-arrested-in-bucks-co-explosions-investigation-identified/3668551/ And join us on Group of Fort every day for realistic takes on weird news: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GroupOfFort/ Macabre Mondays on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/maliamiglino P.S. "Bogan" is Australia slang for a "hillbilly" or unsophisticated person.

Sharon and Torkel discuss some of the latest weird news stories including updates on the Hawaiian volcanic eruptions, families suing Alex Jones, a new claim of sonic attack in China, mysterious booms in Pennsylvania and superstition preventing treatment of victims of Ebola in Africa. The second half of the episode is an array of news events relating to cryptozoology - a two-headed carp, a new scientific expedition to collect DNA from Loch Ness, a mystery whale carcass misidentified as a crocodile by mad guessers on the Internet, and the Montana wolf-like carcass that went off the rails with outrageous speculation over its identity. Do people really want to know what these animals are? Or do they just want it to remain mysterious? Finally, in Apocalypse Right Now, volcanoes are a red-hot topic as scare-mongering websites erupt with more nonsense.

Sharon and Torkel cover the mystery of the Salish Sea feet washing up on shore, invoking the goddess Pele in stopping lava flows in Hawaii, the non-debate about all dinosaurs being aquatic, and why you hear either Yanny or Laurel. Mystery feet https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/05/13/a-14th-human-foot-this-one-in-a-hiking-boot-washes-ashore-in-canada/ New DB Cooper story https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/05/17/a-new-d-b-cooper-suspect-yet-another-possible-identity-for-elusive-hijacker/ Hawaii and Pele https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/17/hawaiis-volcanoes-how-george-s-patton-took-on-the-lava-and-lost/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/to-live-on-a-volcano-is-to-accept-risk-on-hawaiis-big-island-the-risk-has-become-reality/2018/05/08/898f640e-52ce-11e8-abd8-265bd07a9859_story.html Aquatic dinosaur book and debate: Darren Naish vs Brian Ford https://chasmosaurs.com/2018/05/16/ford-versus-naish/ https://pteroformer.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/ford-vs-naish-too-big-to-walk.html?m=1 Yanny/Lauren debate http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/regional/audio-clip-spurs-social-media-debate-over-yanny-or-laurel-210699/

 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/16/yanny-or-laurel-sound-illusion-sets-off-ear-splitting-arguments https://www.sciencealert.com/a-speech-scientist-reveals-why-the-viral-laurel-yanny-argument-has-only-one-right-answer Steve Pomeroy's Tweet https://twitter.com/xxv/status/996462632998711297 Try out this tool to hear both: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/16/upshot/audio-clip-yanny-laurel-debate.html Twitter: @idoubtit @desertyard and @doubtfulnews Facebook search: DoubtfulNews and Lithospherica 15Credibilitystreet.com

In this episode, we feature an interview with Dr. Jeb Card covering various topics: Art Bell and paranormal culture; Megan Fox gets a TV show to re-examine history; and, when and how can we get factual but entertaining video media about weird stuff. Extras to check out: Daria O’Briain: Everyone’s opinion is equally valid? My arse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDYba0m6ztE News stories: Purple beams http://www.ibtimes.sg/purple-beam-ufos-phoenix-skies-spark-speculation-nibiru-26017 https://www.metabunk.org/purple-ufos-beams-in-arizona-insects.t9663/ UFO is helicopter http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2018/04/30/ufo-landing-or-remote-helicopter/ Drones in formation is a new form of entertainment: https://www.wired.com/2016/11/disneys-latest-attraction-300-drones-flying-formation/ Hosted by: Sharon A. Hill and Torkel Odegard

Why is January lasting until Mid-April? https://www.simplemost.com/weathermans-rant-about-cold-april-weather-viral/ https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2018-04-16-record-cold-snow-first-half-april A raccoon is not a tiger https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Tiger-Manhattan-Raccoon-479512193.html Sandy Hook parents sue Alex Jones https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/17/603223968/sandy-hook-parents-sue-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-over-claim-shooting-was-fa Viral Monster creature in Argentina.  http://people.com/pets/photo-half-human-half-animal-beast-prowling-streets-santa-fe-argentina-killing-local-dogs/ Discussion: Native American ghost trope Apocalypse Right Now: End of the world April 23

Mad Mike’s Rocket launch https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/03/25/an-amateur-rocket-maker-finally-launched-himself-off-earth-now-to-prove-its-flat/?utm_term=.15c860b9d5f5 Atacama blow up https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/science/atacama-mummy-chile.html https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/03/dna-proves-alien-is-actually-a-girl-so-who-was-she/556625/ Dinosaur footprints found in Skye, Scotland https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/03/dinosaur-footprints-found-on-skye Vatican training course for exorcists
 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/30/vatican-to-hold-exorcist-training-course-after-rise-in-possessions-exorcism-priests Interview with Matt “The Tube” Crowley on Condom Challenge
 Watch the video Torkel recorded of Matt doing the trick in 2015! https://youtu.be/bLhdQwumvSY https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/02/condom-snorting-challenge-every-parents-worst-nightmare/477431002/ 
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News Updates: Bigfoot lawsuit dismissed. https://www.sbsun.com/2018/03/20/california-womans-bigfoot-is-real-lawsuit-has-been-dismissed-for-now/ Videos from TTS not released by DOD and no records exist. http://www.theblackvault.com/casefiles/to-the-stars-academy-of-arts-science-tom-delonge-and-the-secret-dod-ufo-research-program/# http://badufos.blogspot.com/2018/03/to-stars-releases-another-video-and.html Alien mummies mix of looted body parts. https://www.livescience.com/62045-alien-mummies-explained.html Georgia sea monster is a hoax. https://www.news4jax.com/news/mysterious-georgia-sea-creature-a-hoax https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g34889-d1730799-Reviews-Darien_McIntosh_Visitor_Information_Center-Darien_Georgia.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTSauxPgX8M http://www.savannahnow.com/news/20180319/scientists-try-to-identify-mysterious-dead-sea-monster Zak Bagans' Demon House movie http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-demon-house-review-20180315-story.html Steve is Octarine https://www.sciencealert.com/aurora-named-steve-explained-subauroral-ion-drift https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-needs-your-help-to-find-steve-and-heres-how Apocalypse Right Now segment - "sinkhole" in Shropshire canal, geyser erupts in San Diego, fire in the sky in Thailand.

Mysterious flying things over Milwaukee http://fox6now.com/2018/02/28/what-in-the-world-eerie-scene-over-downtown-milwaukee-captured-on-camera/ https://www.metabunk.org/explained-mysterious-lights-over-milwaukee-seagulls-night-exposure-trails.t9548/ Ball lightning and skyrmions https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/ball-lightning-on-a-quantum-scale http://www.sci-news.com/physics/shankar-skyrmion-05783.html Alex Jones, YouTube and free speech https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2018/03/06/how-alex-jones-turned-the-parkland-shooting-into-a-week-long-news-cycle-about-himself/ https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/4/17076286/advertisers-alex-jones-infowars-youtube-channel-conspiracy-theories https://www.cbsnews.com/news/youtube-alex-jones-info-wars-channels-advertisers/ https://www.polygon.com/2018/3/5/17078228/alex-jones-youtube-purge-infowars-three-strikes-channel-delete History’s Greatest Hoaxes - Loch Ness episode Apocalypse Right Now segment: giant ground cracks, pink sky from ISS, temperature anomalies.

Topics covered in this episode's news chat: Cuban diplomat medical study https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2673168 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2673164 https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/its-catching/201802/major-new-study-sonic-attack-is-alarmingly-inaccurate Windsor hum https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/world/canada/windsor-hum.html http://doubtfulnews.com/2014/05/windsor-hum-is-coming-from-zug-island-michigan-says-canadian-report/ Mysterious wind https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mysterious-wind-may-have-felled-more-than-100-old-growth-trees-near-lake-quinault/ Suing to recognize Bigfoot http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2018/02/17/woman-sues-state-recognize-bigfoot-species/339924002/ https://gizmodo.com/the-bigfoot-lawsuit-against-california-actually-makes-s-1823082037 http://abc7chicago.com/society/woman-claims-she-saw-bigfoot;-sues-california-to-prove-it/3094471/ Forrest Fenn treasure https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/02/21/man-who-died-in-yellowstone-fall-was-hunting-for-treasure-millionaire-says-he-buried/

Fulshear Fish Fall: Interview with Paul Cropper Head to this facebook page to see the pictures and details https://www.facebook.com/groups/GroupOfFort/permalink/1833776086654219/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/GroupOfFort/permalink/1852644884767339/ Shower rat isn’t a rat or taking a shower http://www.newsweek.com/viral-shower-rat-video-not-what-we-think-starters-its-not-rat-794526 https://gizmodo.com/the-shower-rat-is-very-obviously-not-cleaning-itself-1822508231 Real pacarana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckg3DDsDWWA UFO video debunk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO5dP3sF2sw https://www.metabunk.org/nyt-gimbal-video-of-u-s-navy-jet-encounter-with-unknown-object.t9333/ Paracas skulls http://doubtfulnews.com/?s=paracas Elongated skull DNA results on MUFON television http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/l-a-marzulli-holds-live-stream-symposium-to-reveal-elongated-skull-dna-results Hosts Sharon Hill and Torkel Odegard

This episode we examine several recent cases of overreacting to excessive drama over anomalies including so-called paranormal incidents and natural disasters. In the mailbox, a woman says she is being haunted but, as usual, the evidence is really mundane. Also, we discuss an incident of fish falling with sleet in Texas, a "UFO" crater in Mexico, the upcoming super blue blood moon, the volcanic and earthquake activity of the week and the Doomsdale clock. Lame ghost “evidence” in the UK Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/moment-poltergeist-spooks-ghost-hunters-11882141 Fulshear fish fall https://www.click2houston.com/news/winter-storms-deliver-fish-in-fulshear-residents-yards Mysterious burning crater in Mexico http://www.ibtimes.sg/mysterious-burning-crater-mexico-triggers-speculation-ufo-crash-23471 Super blue blood moon https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/23/16911140/total-lunar-eclipse-2018-blue-moon-supermoon-blood-explained Two minutes to midnight Doomsday Clock. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/01/25/after-a-missile-scare-and-insult-war-with-north-korea-its-time-to-check-the-doomsday-clock/

Interview with Jeb Card (Archaeological Fantasies podcast) on the US secret UFO investigation program and how it reveals a deeper connection to consciousness and a paranormal unifying theory. Links No sonic weapon: https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/01/09/576866154/what-harmed-u-s-diplomats-in-cuba-the-mystery-continues https://apnews.com/37deffe6a9ad408abc5a1a0277056d90/Tillerson-tells-AP-Cuba-still-risky;-FBI-doubts-sonic-attack Pentagon UFO program: https://futurism.com/pentagon-secret-ufos-program/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/16/pentagon-ufo-search-harry-reid-216111 http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/experts-weigh-in-on-the-alleged-ufo-alien-metal-alloys Non-alien artifact: http://sharonahill.com/2018/01/03/sometimes-an-alien-artifact-is-just-a-rock/

We have an update on two previous stories then we have a bit of a theme going regarding new fossil finds and the distinction between dinosaurs and birds and report on thylacine DNA and the Pope's personification of Satan ideas. https://www.npr.org/2017/12/13/570499146/white-house-nomination-of-alabama-lawyer-brett-talley-will-not-be-moving-forward http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/doctors-identify-brain-abnormalities-cuba-attack-patients-51609438 https://www.havanatimes.org/?p=129224 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoo-dpt120717.php https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/12/569949770/amber-trapped-tick-suggests-ancient-bloodsuckers-feasted-on-feathered-dinosaurs https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24679.epdf https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/swimming-dinosaur/547631/ http://beta.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-duck-like-dinosaur-20171206-htmlstory.html http://willoughbyart.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-neck-is-lie.html https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/12/570136162/giant-prehistoric-penguins-once-swam-off-the-coast-of-new-zealand https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08368-1 (Thylacine) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/13/dont-argue-devil-much-intelligent-us-says-pope-francis/ Buy Sharon's book "Scientifical Americans" in paperback or on Kindle. http://amzn.to/2y2DZsW

This episode revisits the Bigfoot naming circus and discusses the latest news on the identity of the Yeti. Flat earth testing is delayed and pointless, nonetheless. We also discuss "scientism" and how the real news gets corrupted under the barrage of crazy tweets. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/so-much-abominable-snowman-study-finds-yeti-dna-belongs-bears https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/27/a-flat-earthers-plan-to-launch-himself-in-a-homemade-rocket-has-been-postponed-again/ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/26/566583007/flat-earther-postpones-launch-in-his-homemade-rocket-saying-it-s-not-easy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa http://sharonahill.com/2017/11/29/science-ing-the-heck-out-of-everything-will-not-solve-the-worlds-problems/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/11/29/two-new-reports-suggest-trump-has-come-unhinged-the-truth-is-worse/ Scientifical Americans http://amzn.to/2y2DZsW