Hexham Heads

Today I received the two copies of Paul Screeton's 'Tales of the Hexham Heads' I had ordered a few weeks ago from the printers. These are the only two copies of this edition in existence - it was a private project to convert the original, typewritten manuscript - with the author's permission - into a lovely, properly-typeset hardback book.

The project grew out of my interest in the tale of the Hexham Heads, two odd, carved heads discovered in a back garden in the Northern English town of Hexham. Wherever the heads went, strange phenomena followed - including sightings of a half-wolf, half-human entity.

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Uncon

Disappointed not to be able to attend this year's Fortean Times meeting, Uncon 2011, this weekend. In a strange bit of synchronicity, I found a photo from Uncon '08 (above) today, while looking through folder of otherwise unrelated photos. Good times.

Alcatraz pyramid

Some bloke claims to be building a pyramid-shaped alien fuel station on Alcatraz Island in the States (you can read about it at the Huffington Post). Not a particularly interesting story, but the fantastically outsider art-y composite image (above) is a lot of fun.