Vera H-C Chan from Yahoo Search compiled a list of the top 15 searches for the supernatural yesterday. I have to admit that I was a bit surprised to find that UFOs didn’t make the list, given all the sightings reported this year as well as France’s launch of their infamous UFO case report website. I figured that the term would have made it to the top 5, at the very least. Who knew.

As a fan and writer of ghost stories, I was pleased to see that the term “ghost” made it to the top this year. Thanks to shows like “Ghost Hunter” and “Ghost Whisperer,” I anticipate that this term will remain in the top 10 until the end of 2008.

1. Ghost
2. Dragon
3. Vampires
4. Bigfoot
5. Loch Ness Monster
6. Godzilla
7. Chupacabra
8. Monsters
9. Dracula
10. Unicorns
11. Zombie
12. Frankenstein
13. Sasquatch
14. Werewolf
15. Mermaids

Source: Yahoo! Search