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My FORTEAN UFO Moments Written and Edited by Bill Knell I was fortunate enough to grow up during the 1960s and 1970s in and around New York City and Long Island, New York. I was also equally lucky to develop an interest in UFOs, the paranormal, the unexplained and other unusual topics by the age of nine. Those enigmatic subjects gave me the desire to quickly learn how to read, write, type and research things earlier than most kids would. I met, corresponded with and interviewed many well known  Fortean buffs, authors, researchers and experiencers who lived in and around the city. The term “Fortean” refers to the study or collection of unusual, unexplained, or anomalous phenomena (often called "Forteana"), and named after American researcher Charles Fort (1874-1932). Fort meticulously documented oddities from newspapers,  eyewitnesses, scientific journals, physical evidence case samples and historical records. His interests in the unusual and a new way to examine it  gave ...

Murp The Surf Loved Surfing and Stealing He was a surfing legend, but not necessarily for his board work. Jack “Murph the Surf” Murphy was born in Los Angeles in 1937, and traveled throughout Southern California during the Golden Age of Surfing. His dad was an electrical contractor, so the family was always on the move. Murphy ended up attending 12 grammar schools and three high schools. “We were always in the ocean,” Murphy once said. “When we could, we rode mats — the inflatable rubber ones you still see at the beach today.” By the time Murphy was a teenager, the lighter balsa surfboards had become available, so he and his surfer friends began to travel up and down the California coast to surf. At some point Murphy’s family moved east to Pennsylvania where he graduated high school. Jack next attended the University of Pittsburgh on a tennis scholarship and also played the violin. He played so well, he was invited to perform with the Pittsburgh Symphony. However, in his mind Pittsburg...

The Roman Road: A Biblical Highway That Leads To A Personal Relationship with God The Romans were famous for building roads throughout their empire and some could practically take you all the way to Rome itself. All you had to do was step out on these roads to get to where you wanted to go. Now I would like to introduce you to another sort of Roman Road. This one takes you through the Book of Romans in the New Testament of the Bible and leads home to Heaven if you follow it all the way, step by step. We'll also make a few short stops in some other books for clarity. So, let's begin our journey... STEP ONE: Let me ask you a question: IF YOU DIED RIGHT NOW, DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE THAT YOU WOULD GO TO HEAVEN? Most people are surprised by that sort of a question because it may be that they were taught to believe that no one can know for sure that they are going to heaven when they die. However, the Bible teaches otherwise. First, let's see what it says about something that can ea...

Marzieh Ebrahimi: A Woman Of Courage By Bill Knell Marzieh Ebrahimi is a Middle Eastern woman who takes her life into her hands each time she goes shopping or attends an event out in public in a way that is not approved by Sharia Law. Why? Because she lives in Iran and is expected to follow rules which dehumanise women.  Marzieh was just 25 years old in 2014 when she survived a brutal acid attack in the city of Isfahan, Iran. The attack was part of a series of assaults that targeted women in public spaces who refused to wear their hijab. The attack left her with severe and permanent injuries including the loss of an eye. It was an act of extreme violence meant not only to harm her body, but to erase her presence and silence her voice.  Instead of withdrawing from the world, Marzieh made a powerful and defiant choice. She refused to hide her scars or allow shame to be placed on her. By appearing publicly and speaking openly about what was done to her, Marzieh stood up against a...

  The ART Of The by Bill Knell It's the THING everybody wants to do, and few want to talk about before or after the actual act. Most everybody wants to SMASH. Whether it's a casual roll in the hay, quickie in the maintenance closet, desk dive in your office, or a day and time designed to celebrate a special occasion, you can bet it's on someone's calendar. What is probably not on their calendar are some serious considerations that should be thought about before you both do the deed. First, there are the psychological consequences. Will you consider the experience mutually acceptable no matter how happy, miserable or guilty you feel afterward? Will you use it to try and build a relationship that was only ever supposed to be a friendship or one night stand into something more? Will you try and blame your partner because they spoiled it for you, or blame yourself for not doing those extra little things that you or your partner likes? Second, there are the physiological con...