Roland Jacob of Switzerland passed away on May 1, 2006 of undisclosed causes. However, his obituary reveals a wicked sense of humor and a cavalier attitude towards his own death.

Original death notice in Swiss

I didn’t know this, but Dan Akroyd hosted a show on SciFi channel called Out There. On the last night of the show, Aykroyd claims he was approached by the notorious Men in Black during a phone call. Two hours after this call, Out There was cancelled. The skeptic in me feels that the show wasn’t bringing in enough ratings, and that was the real reason why it was cancelled.

Akroyd is neither the host nor the subject of this documentary, which offers little more than amateurish (hoaxy) photos of bright lights and alleged UFOs, commentary from former astronaut, Gordon Cooper, and Akroyd’s philosphy on the metaphysical.

You may enjoy this DVD if you are a Dan Akroyd fan or hopelessly addicted to anything with a UFO theme. I would rather buy his old comedy movies, which sound much more entertaining than this.

Source: The Trades

The Amazon region was presumed to have had no advanced societies until Brazilian archaeologiests discovered an ancient stone structure that looks similar to the famous Stonehenge of England. The discovery was made in the state of Amapa, in northern Brazil.

Source: BBC

Carollton, Alabama: The Pickens County Courthouse

Henry Wells was a rowdy black man who lived outside the town of Carollton, Alabama. Although no one knew who set the fire that burnt down the original courthouse on November 16, 1876, everyone blamed him. He was arrested and held in the attic of the building that was to become the new courthouse.

One afternoon in February 1878, he was staring out the window at a lynch mob that had gathered in front of the courthouse as a violent thunderstorm approached. Then a lightening bolt struck the roof. The strike not only killed him but etched his defiant expression into the window pane. Today, people can still see the face of Henry Wells in the lower right-hand pane in the garret window of the Pickens County Courthouse.