Could some mutant lion with skin as thick as an armadillo have been around in ancient Greece? Anything is possible when it comes to genetic mutation, where the DNA in an animal spontaneously changes and leads to the expression of physical characteristics that are distinctly different from those of other

Adrenaline dramatically alters perceptions.

Ancient adventurers would have had only tales passed by word of mouth to inform them of what to expect when they stepped beyond the safety of their town or village.

terrified of even coming close to us.

In the midst of the darkened jungle, it sniffs the wind and catches the scent of a lone human not more than a mile off.

I decided to try and find out more about the case.

As he told the court investigator later, “Neurologically and psychologically all findings were negative.”

Although the frightening visions happened several more times, she did not tell the neurologist about them.

in June 1970,

She felt that a giant force was pinning her down. It lasted about fifteen minutes.

All eyes turn to face him as their bodies tense up, becoming like a herd of deer in the communal process of deciding whether or not to bolt.

Books, comics, movies, music, television shows, theater—there is no form of media that the vampire has not conquered.

Even when organized religions began to gain power and influence, their gods and faith alone could not quench the innate and deep- rooted fear and belief that people had always had in the vampire.

In truth garlic is not a universal deterrent; other common foods that can be used to thwart a vampire attack are poppy seeds, grains of rice, sesame seeds, iron shavings and peppercorns.

To those people who believe that there are such creatures in the supernatural, bloodsucking predators who stalk mankind in the night, just hearing this word aloud in a crowded room instantly draws their attention to the speaker.

With its astonishing-for-the-day transformation scenes and makeup, it was only natural that movie werewolves would follow suit.

Taking place against the background of ancient and medieval religion, these stories are not, as Otto might have said, just degraded fancies meant to evoke the pale shadow of numinous dread.

The werewolf chased after her, but was unable to stop her before she made it to safety.

He cut a little more, and the girl jumped out and cried, ‘Oh, I was so frightened! It was so dark inside the wolf’s body!’

There are other bits of this tale that don’t just serve to promote a moral lesson, however. There are other things that are going on here, things more gruesome and eerie

But most people are familiar, at least in part, with the basic outlines of the Salem witchcraft trials. In 1692 two young girls were struck with a strange and disturbing set of symptoms that ranged from fevers to hallucinations and what were described as “fits.”

Virtually every modern American is familiar with Salem as a popular metaphor for persecution.

In 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, charges of witchcraft.3 separated the godly from the ungodly in the mind of the community.

Three local women who fit the traditional profile of accused witches (older women who were personally difficult or otherwise marginalized) were quickly accused and arrested.

The specter of Salem witchcraft haunts the American imagination

Never say that you’ll give a talk unless you know clearly what you’re going to talk about and more or less what you’re going to say.

For example, there have been many experiments running rats through all kinds of mazes, and so on—with little clear result

to do it under condition X to see if she could also get result A—and then change to Y and see if A changed.  Then she would know that the real difference was the thing she thought she had under control.

As various people have made criticisms—and they themselves have made criticisms of their own experiments—they improve the techniques so that the effects are smaller, and smaller, and smaller until they gradually disappear. 

ou should always decide to publish it whichever way it comes out. 

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