Georgia Guidestones Rubble

Guidestones Struck Down

Posts about spiritual warfare, politics, and high strangeness are among the most popular on this blog. Today we have a story that combines all three. First, for those who didn't yet know, the controversial Georgia Guidestones have been destroyed. Here's a video of the explosion. For a while after the…
St Germain

A Man Who Knows Everything and Never Dies

Recent revelations of occult goings-on have occasioned another of this blog's deep dives into high strangeness. This time, the object of our search is real-life immortals. Are they just the stuff of legend, folklore, and chicanery? Or are there those walking among us who really do live forever? Voltaire seems…
High Strangeness Inside the Wall

High Strangeness Inside the Wall

There's been a marked upswing in general weirdness these past few years. Perhaps it's just me, but the rate of strange occurrences seems to be accelerating. This example of alleged ghost activity in a medieval German town is almost comforting in its adherence to traditional haunting norms. This is the…
Wolf Walker

Night Walker

Something strange is going on in the Amarillo area. And it's been caught on film. Amarillo is enlisting public help in deciphering a strange image released by the Amarillo zoo. On May 21 at approximately 1:30am, cameras on the perimeter of the zoo captured footage of an unknown object on…
garden hermit

Ornamental Men

It turns out that garden gnomes have a stranger and more disturbing origin than you might have thought. Before the days of the ceramic lawn gnome, a human being often played the role of the dour, robe-wearing guardian of flora and fauna — and that person was preferably a grizzled…
sorcerer

The Sorcerer’s Harem

Regular readers here know that the West is afflicted with a crisis of meaning, and we have been for a long time. It's a target-rich environment for clever con artists with no conscience and a penchant for spinning tall tales. Author JD Cowan brought up a Twitter thread by Lin…
Denver Mustang

Things to Do in Denver if You’re a Fed

A chat with some friends late last night took a turn toward the Denver International Airport and the high strangeness therein. And, rumor has it, below. Built at $2 billion over budget and unveiled in February 1995—16 months behind schedule—Denver Airport has been attracting controversy since construction began. The airport…
K2 West Face 1908

Second Highest Strangeness

Photograph by By Vittorio Sella (1859–1943) We all know the classic weird tale settings: dark woods, moonlit moors, fog-bound swamps. The gothic tales practically write themselves. But for this horror writer's money, the eeriest place on Earth has none of the above features. Indeed, its stark barrenness is what makes…
Strange Cemetery

Six Strange Stories

Back in grade school, a classmate told me of a strange experience he'd had while sleeping over at a friend's house. This friend claimed his house was haunted by the ghost of a boy named Eddie. The boys fell asleep around the TV in the finished basement. My classmate got…
Phone

Grandma’s Phone

Here at the end of the internet, 4chan stands as the great archive of a vanishing culture built online. Its various boards are the true successors of the Neolithic campfires around which hunter-gatherers shared tribal lore. Spend any length of time browsing /x/ or /k/, and you'll soon discern a…