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THE COSO ARTIFACT
Someone asked me the other day… why continue writing incendiary articles if it just fosters controversy and hate in the comments. I responded: Post anything on the Internet, you’ll get hate in the comments. Also… (rubs hands together evilly) YOUR RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION GIVES ME STRENGTH. The Coso Artifact was discovered near Olancha, California by some folk who were prospecting for geodes on February 13th, 1961 – a Monday, if you’re interested. They found what appeared to be a 500,000 year old geode (allegedly dated by an accredited geologist) containing a man-made object. The “man-made” object in question was a spark plug. Yeah. Spark plug found inside a half a million…
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Historical Vampires
Before you go all horror-fiction-freakout on me, I am not here to confirm or deny the existence of vampires. Not my place to tell you what to believe – this article is designed to address the formerly popular belief that vampires were a real danger, attribute them to possible mostly unheard of medical conditions of the time (by way of possible explanation) and discuss the ways and practices of dealing with a vampire in the past. Whether you like it or not, vampires were a very real fear to our ancestors, and there are still some, by historical comparison, civilized countries who still hold those beliefs even today. Every dispirit…
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Historical Badassitude
Everybody has heard of Sir Francis Drake. Even if you haven’t heard of him, you know of him. So quick synopsis of his career: Born in 1540 in the town of Tavistock, Devon and left for Kent with his family due to religious persecution. He was a sailor from a young age, mostly due to close family ties with a shipbuilder, and gained command of his own vessel at the age of 22 or 23 (accounts vary). He made the trip the Americas around that time, and after the defeat of San Juan de Ulúa made a couple of trips to the West Indies. At this point he began his…
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Hauntings – Theodore Roosevelt
We all know Teddy Roosevelt was a badass. This is a guy who was a soldier in some of the roughest most dangerous areas; dealt with the rampant corruption of the New York City Police Department at a time when no one else could; and finished a speech with a bullet in his chest. If I had to pick a candidate for badassiest president, it would be Teddy. Need further proof? Take a read through our article on him, and then head back. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=248183865523703&id=147401292268628 But what if I told you that TR didn’t leave us when he died? Mr. Roosevelt was not a young man (by the standards of the…
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Captain Benjamin Walker
There are a lot of people out there who claim to be related to the great names of history. Maybe they are and maybe they are not but for good or for ill, the claimants often get more attention then they should. It is not often that I get to write about someone I am related to, but I recently discovered (via my great-aunt who, in her advanced age, has become very enamored with genealogy) that I am directly related to a Captain Benjamin Walker (a many times great uncle). There isn’t much on Walker at first blush, so most of what I am going to write is based on…
