Paranatural

Paranatural investigates the disappearances of ships and planes in the area known as the Bermuda Triangle. Some believe theres something amiss in this patch of sea, but tales of the Triangle are the stuff of legend, roundly dismissed by skeptics as tragic, but explainable disappearances. Most scientists arent interested in the Bermuda Triangle, but there is a different mysterious area hovering just above the Earth that has gotten their attention.

From Loch Ness to the west coast of Canada, people are reporting sightings of sea creatures they can't explain. Witnesses swear they've spotted creatures with flippers, long necks and horselike heads. Are they seeing remnants from the dinosaurs or mythical beings or just mistaking ordinary creatures for something Paranatural?

For ages, prophets have suggested that disastrous eventsand maybe even the end of the worldlie ahead. Experts say there is no such thing as the power of foresight and that the predictions are broadly interpreted in order to keep the myth of prophetic ability alive. Are we looking at an unquenchable human desire to make sense out of the chaos of life - or a true Paranatural power?

Different cultures call it different things: Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Abominable Snowman and Yeti, but theyre all talking about the same phenomenon and the descriptions are similar: large, hair-covered creatures that walk upright like humans; creatures that live out of sight across the world. Eyewitness accounts stretch back in time, but for many, the Sasquatch is the poster child of the Paranatural, a figment of fevered imaginations, a mere shadow in the woods. But those who say they've come face to face with this elusive being have no doubt about its existence.

What happens when we die? Is there an afterlife? Does human consciousness survive physical death? These are some of the most baffling questions known to humankind. Nearly every culture and religion seems to believe in some form of "Life after Life." Some people who have been near death report being bathed in images, sounds and feelings so vivid and so real that their lives are changed forever. But are these experiences real, or is it all just a strange last gasp of the human brain?

In every culture and for centuries, witnesses report strange encounters with apparitions, or ghosts. Believers point to the mountains of what they consider hard evidence: photographs of ghostly spirits, strange unexplainable voices, and objects flying across the room, as if thrown by unseen hands. But skeptics are just as convinced that there is nothing substantial to this phenomenon, and that belief in ghosts is unfounded. Are these spirits caught between this world and the next, or are they merely figments of wild imaginations?

Around the world, sightings of strange flying objects and mysterious lights in the sky have been reported. Could these UFOs be signs of intelligent life outside our planet, or are they just natural or man-made phenomena that some mistake for something otherworldly?

Theyre falling out of the skies, clogging up rivers and spoiling shorelines around the planet. Why are we seeing mass animal die-offs around the world? Scientists are searching for answers, while also studying why some species are beginning to vanish. In the United States, shrinking populations of bees and bats worry researchers. Are these die-offs natural occurrences, signs of a planet in distress, or are they beyond explanation?

Across the planet thousands of crop circles have been reported. Most of these patterns are dismissed as hoaxes, but for some they beg the question, are these crop circles manmade, or something Paranatural? Is there any chance crop circles are messages from another world? Or are they just a series of pranks?

In New Jersey a teenage girl is killed and a psychic claims she can see her murderer. In Oregon, a psychic tries to help solve the slaying of a cowboy. Can psychics really help in police and government investigations? Skeptics say that while psychics may be sincere, theres no evidence to support their claims.