The Lights of Marfa and Paulding: Is Seeing Believing?

by Kevin Candela

So what are we talking about when it comes to light phenomena?

They seem to be exclusively nocturnal, at least to the extent that no one’s come forth yet saying, “Hey, I used full spectrum goggles on the Marfa/Paulding Light(s) and it/they show up in daylight too!” They appear at a distance, and for some reason we don’t see or hear about many attempts to zoom in on them with, say, a drone (if not in fact on foot or by vehicle) so as to get a better look. Curious, really—you’d think someone would have given that a shot by now.

The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas

by Kevin Candela

Watch the 1957 movie. The brilliant Nigel Kneale screenplay really does cover it all, from the Shipton Expedition that found and photographed the famous “first” footprints (mentioned, having happened only a few years earlier in “reality”) to the nobly intentioned scientist, the opportunistic entrepreneur, the callous career bounty hunter and the legend-obsessed everyman who once caught a glimpse of the yeti. Best of all, the head lama at the Tibetan monastery is more than wise: He, like the yeti, stands clear of the petty human race, smiling knowingly as the ambitious quartet of visitors who seek to know if the creatures exist insist on risking it all in trying to find out. Even the Sherpa is important, despite his precious few lines. And so is the scientist’s wife, who is perhaps the only peer of the head lama in terms of innate wisdom.

What the hell is the Missouri Flying Humanoid?

by Kevin Candela

Hell may be the right word here. Look at the drawings. Consider the testimonials. What we’re talking about here is no extinct primate. This is a true monster, and I thank the brilliant Monsters and Mysteries in America for enlightening us as to this local legend’s existence.

Let’s start with the locale, because it’s a great one: Turkey Creek, Missouri, is not all that far from the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers and the National Scenic Riverways park that contains them. This is the Ozarks, pure and simple, and if you’ve been there, you know there’s plenty of woodlands, caves, water—in short, everything a man-sized creature would need to survive and live a private life. In fact there could be a bunch of these things in a place as remote as that part of the country.