Superstitious Times
Reporting about the paranormal in Canada with a healthy dose of skepticism, science and journalistic integrity.
Based in Toronto, Ontario.
Posts in category “Strange Canada”
CBC Archives - One of Canada’s earliest paranormal sightings
Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) are hardly a new phenomenon. They have been documented throughout the centuries and all over the globe. Here in Canada, reports CBC Assignment's Rex Lambert, one of the oldest and most curious paranormal events dates back to 1845. One September evening near Cornwall, Ont., a farmer notices brilliant dancing lights surrounding Marsh Point Farm. Soon more and more people witness the spectacular lights accompanied by strange sounds of clanging and explosion. Befuddled neighbours decide to keep an overnight watch but fail to solve the mystery. After a year, the bizarre manifestations slowly disappear without a trace. Despite interviewing numerous witnesses and scientists, no credible explanation is ever offered for the strange activities at Marsh Point Farm.
Did you Know?
Canada has one of the highest rates of UFO landings per capita. According to the most recent survey done by Ufology Research of Manitoba, more than 483 UFOs were reported in 2002. That number represents an increase of 29 per cent over sightings in 2001.. Ufology refers to the study of UFOs.. Ufology Research of Manitoba is a non-profit organization established in 1975. Based in Winnipeg, the organization looks at "rational discourse, investigation and research on UFOs and related phenomena." Other UFO research organizations in Canada include UFO*BC and the Mutual UFO Network of Ontario.
CBC Archives 1962 (Just an audio file now).
Hammerson Peters Writes About Mysterious Canada
This Cryptozoology Discovery Actually Gave Me Goosebumps
Mystery Cats of the Northern Wilderness
I've bought several of the books in his series. I've read one, so far.
Canadian History Ehx - Canada's Spooky Mysteries
Posted and narrated by Craig Baird.
Includes:
- The Old Hag of Newfoundland
- Augustus Peers, the Mackenzie River Ghost
- Dinah and the the Dagg Poltergeist
- The Dungarvon Whooper
- Sister Mary Inconnue
- Grey Lady of Dunvegan Valley
- Canada’s Most Evil Antique
- The Headless Valley
- Baldoon Ghost
Old Ned - Cryptid in New Brunswick
Old Ned Lake Utopia, New Brunswick
“Apparently there’s a monster in that lake. ‘Old Ned,’ they call him, and sightings go back into local indigenous folklore. My grandfather claimed to have seen it as a boy, serpent-like and scaly and swimming very quickly across the lake. You can well imagine that hearing that story, the imagination of six-year-old me latched in to what that must have been like for my grandfather’s 10-year-old self back in the 1920s!” — yodaddeo
Source: 24 Extremely Local Cryptids You've Probably Never Heard Of - Atlas Obscura