Becky, the milkmaid, was carrying a large wooden pail filled with fresh frothing milk. Victor, the horse, sniffed the fragrant milk and trotted out of the stable to follow her. Suddenly, Becky found his large soft muzzle at her shoulder. She balanced the pail while shooing him off. “This is not for horses, Victor!” she […]
“I wish we hadn’t named her Prudence,” said Mrs Porter for the tenth time to Farmer Porter who was smoking his pipe and reading the paper. “She’s okay,” he murmured. “No, she isn’t! She’s a cat and she can’t climb up a ladder!” said Mrs Porter indignantly. “You climb it up and she’ll follow you,”
“It’s an electric storm!” yelled Farmer Bailey. He pushed all the animals and the birds into the barns and the stables and covered all the ricks of hay. There was thunder and lightning and the rain came down in sheets. All the farm creatures clustered around the mangers, frightened. Sometimes lightning could cause fires and
Henry, the rooster, hated the alarm clock. “Why do we need an alarm clock on the farm when I’m around to wake everyone up?” he asked the admiring hens. “That’s true,” agreed the hens, “It’s an insult to you!” Henry flew into the farmer’s bedroom and pushed the clock off the table. It had to
Kenneth A. Arnold was the first American to have sighted UFOs. He was an aviator and businessman and claimed to have seen nine unusual objects flying near Mount Rainier, Washington, on June 24, 1947. He described them as being pie pan-shaped, half-moon shaped, or simply saucer-like. He described their erratic motion as a saucer skipped
Norma was the new puppy who had arrived at Farmer Ingle’s farm. She was a delightful baby golden retriever. But she had a problem. She refused to learn to retrieve things that fell into the pond because she hated getting wet. “What’s the use of a retriever who can’t retrieve a thing?” Ingle asked his
It was a terrible summer. The sun blazed mercilessly and there were no clouds or rain. All the animals and the birds at the farm were miserable because Farmer Pebbles gave each one only a small share of water. One day Molly, the duck, came waddling into the barn where all the animals and the
In 2014 Kalachi, a rural locality in Kazakhstan, reported that more than a fifth of their population were affected by sleep syndrome and that over half of the population of the village planned to move elsewhere. The villagers would fall asleep suddenly even while walking, with some sleeping for over six days. They would wake
Judaculla Rock is one of the largest in the southeast, located in the Caney Fork Creek valley in Jackson County, outside of Cullowhee. Judaculla Rock has scribbling, markings, dribbling and spidery lines on it. This rock covered with undecipherable symbols is one of the greatest archaeological mysteries of North America. And these mysterious symbols can
Jo Girardelli known as the Queen of the Fire Eaters, was able to ingest sizzling hot objects with ease. She would swish nitric acid in her mouth, gargle hot oil, would put melted sealing wax in her mouth and request the audience to make an official seal impression on the wax while it was still
Jeannette DePalma is believed to have been murdered around 7 August, 1972 in Springfield, New Jersey. Jeannette left home to visit her friend and was missing. Six weeks later, they found her decomposed body in Springfield’s Houdaille Quarry. Several occult objects were found surrounding her body. The place where the body was found was a
Jatinga in Guwahati, India, faces a rare phenomenon of massive bird ‘suicides’ that happen every monsoon from September and October during dark foggy nights. Researchers say that the geomagnetic and electromagnetic fields of the surrounding hills make it difficult for migratory birds to fly past them. The birds arrive at Jatinga after traversing long distances.
Jacuzzi is a ‘brine pool’, thousands of feet below the surface of the ocean under the Gulf of Mexico. The water is so salty and low in oxygen that when fish and crabs fall in, they die and get pickled. The pool looks fascinating with a jewel-like rim and has warm water; hence the name
Jack, the Ripper is an alleged serial killer believed to be in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. Only five murders between August and November 1888 seemed to be linked, but they were never solved. Though there were only five cases attributed to him and he was in the limelight for a
Atahualpa, an Inca king, was captured at his palace in Cajamarca in modern-day Peru by Spanish commander Francisco Pizarro. Pizarro agreed to release Atahualpa in return for a roomful of gold. But before the last and largest part of the ransom had been delivered, he killed the Inca king. So, the gold was supposed to