ᵀᴴᴱ BLUE GNAT: ᴼᵁᴿ HUMAN BELIEF ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ FLY ᴼᴺ ᵀᴴᴱ WALL
On the matter of fearing the dark and monsters, is it some definitive realisation that monsters do not exist, that allows a child to sleep soundly? We assure our children that there are no monsters to be afraid of, then we make sure the doors and windows are locked before retiring to our own beds.…
ᴬ UFO ᴇɴᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇʀ: SCHOOLYARD SIGHTINGS
(Illustrated by abramsdesign) In the year 1994, on the 16th of September, 12:12 PM, something deemed ‘unidentifiable’ was observed flying ‘very fast’ over Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa (Astronomers across the region soon reported that the “pyrotechnic display”, seen as far afield as Zambia and Botswana, had been a meteor shower—mg.co.za). This UFO sighting was…
9 ᴼᴰᴰ ITEMS ғᴏʀ UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES
(Animation by Becky Clacey) There are an innumerable amount of items that can change the outcome of an equal amount of situations. Someone carrying an Epinephrine auto-injector might save a child’s life during an allergic reaction to a bee sting. Someone carrying a comb might be able to help you look more presentable after a…
ᴵᴺ LIEU ᴏғ RHYME ᴏʀ REASON: ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ LOGIC ɢᴏᴇs ᴛᴏ DIE
(Animation by Dualvoidanima) There is and always has been an ordinance of belief in effect upon this world. Anywhere and everywhere that mankind goes, his beliefs too, go with him, along with the repercussions associated with said belief. Some beliefs are more palatable than others, some can be proven with various practices, but a great…
EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE: WHY ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ “ᴛʜᴇʏ” ᴍᴀᴋᴇ CONTACT?
(Illustrated by Artwoonz) All too often the questions are put forward, if intelligent life exists beyond our planet, why hasn’t it been discovered? If intelligent extraterrestrial life exists, why doesn’t it make contact with human life? There’s no shortage of answers to these questions, but I resort to answering these questions with another question: Why…
ᴛʜᴇ HALLUCINATORY VOICES ᴛʜᴀᴛ SAVED ᴀ LIFE
(Animated by Hunter Preston) In recent years, the conversation regarding inner-monologue (or lack thereof) has garnered quite a lot of attention. Some people experiencing an inner narrative, a flow of words (in their respective native language) reflecting their thoughts back to themselves. Others, thinking in a more abstract way, metaphors, images, concepts, independent from a…
ᵀᴴᴱ MIND ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ MULTIVERSE
(Animation from GIPHY.com) Who were you yesterday? Are you the same person today? Who will you be in 1 year’s time? Are you your physical body, comprised of approximately 60 elements? 65% Oxygen, 18% Carbon, 10% Hydrogen, 3% Nitrogen, with a remaining 4% of an assortment of about 56 remaining elements? Are you the chemical…
ᵀᴴᴱ DYATLOV PASS ɪɴᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ 1959
Гибель тургруппы Дятлова On the 25th of January, 1959, in the early hours of the morning, a train screeched to a stop at the town of Ivdel (Ивдель), in the northern province of Sverdlovsk Oblast (Свердло́вская о́бласть). 11 Russians (aged between 21 and 38, 9 men, 2 women) disembarked, but their journey had only just…
GHOSTS: WHAT ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴛʜᴇ DEAD ᴡᴀɴᴛ?
(Animation from GIPHY.com) Why do we do what we do? There is no shortage of texts, theories and hierarchies pertaining to motivation, its purpose and its connection to survival and existence. “Why did the chicken cross the road?” “To get to the other side.” Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (1943) breaks down human motivation laying out…
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