http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/monsters/ en-us Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:23:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131935/posts Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles into a Pakistani tribal region on Friday, killing 12 people, including five foreigners, in an area known as a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud. Pakistani officials said the attack targeted a house in a remote village on the border between North and South Waziristan, where Mehsud, an al Qaeda ally, has been bottled up by Pakistani forces since early this year. Frustrated by fighters from Pakistan fuelling the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan and fearful of al Qaeda regrouping, U.S. forces have intensified missile attacks by pilotless drones since early September, security sources say.... Yahoo News/Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131935/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:23:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104477/posts Cryptozoology is the science and study of unknown creatures not as yet catalogued by conventional science. Even so, that doesn't stop these strange beings from making their appearances all about our world, sometimes intruding into your own neighborhoods. Some may even be watching you as you go into your backyard to sit on your patio. Or perhaps they might be watching you from the bushes as you come home at night. One thing is certain, they like to pop into our world for a visit, but seem aware that they're being hunted, so are quick to vanish as abruptly as... nolanchart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104477/posts#comment Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:53:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070685/posts Sweden's own version of the Loch Ness monster, the Storsjoe or Great Lake monster, has been caught on film by surveillance videos, an association that installed the cameras said Friday. The legend of the Swedish beast has swirled for nearly four centuries, with some 200 sightings reported in the lake in central Sweden. "On Thursday at 12:21 pm, we filmed the movements of a live being. And it was not a pike, nor a perch, we're sure of that," Gunnar Nilsson, the head of a shopkeepers' association in Svenstavik, told AFP. The association, together with the Jaemtland province and local... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070685/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:50:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040190/posts It lurked in the wreck of an old battleship 160ft below the surface – a true monster of the deep. Diver Paul Worsley could hardly believe the size of the giant crab he found in Lyme Bay, off the Dorset coast. Careful to avoid its fearsome claws, he managed to get it into a bag and raise it to the surface. For his efforts, he can congratulate himself on capturing what experts believe is the biggest edible crab ever landed. It weighed 17lb and had a shell width of 12in while each of its massive claws was as big as... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040190/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:39:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982630/posts It’s alive! We thought it might be over but some of us never dared fully believe it. Last week was like one of those moments in a horror movie when the worst terror recedes, the screen goes blank and then reopens on green fields or a lover’s tender embrace. Drained but still naive audiences breathe a collective sigh of relief. The plot twists have all been resolved; the threat is gone; the quiet spreads. And then . . . Put your own movie analogy in here. Glenn Close in the bathtub in Fatal Attraction – whoosh! she’s back at your... Times On Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982630/posts#comment Sat, 8 Mar 2008 22:41:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945456/posts Alexandre Robert, a French 15-year-old gang raped in Dubai___________ They drove Alex past his house and into a dark patch of desert, between a row of new villas and a power plant, took away his cellphone, threatened him with a knife and a club and told him they would kill his family members if he ever reported them.Then, Alex says, they stripped off his pants and one by one sodomized him in the back seat of the car. They dumped Alex on the side of the road across from one of Dubai's luxury hotel towers.[...]The authorities not only discouraged Alex from... International Herald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945456/posts#comment Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:27:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929261/posts The inside of his ears had been burned with cigarettes. He was forced to drink shampoo. >His caretakers bent two of his toes to the point that an amputation may be necessary, according to reports. When a Westgate Resorts administrative assistant spotted the 7-year-old trying to serve himself cereal at the buffet in their Osceola County sales center earlier this month, the first thing she noticed was his trembling arms. They were too thin. His eyes were sunken."He was really skinny," said Westgate employee Hilda Berrios. "He looked like one of those kids you see on TV." "As I focused,... Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929261/posts#comment Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:57:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1914285/posts Ms Rabbit was all a-tremble: she had seen a MONSTER !! Finneran Lane http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1914285/posts#comment Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:48:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1912032/posts Unidentified Ghoul Fauxtography Model Usually, as children, we are reassured that the monsters we see on film are only fakes and not to worry, that such creeps and fiends are created only for the camera by crafty directors and special effects crews. Unfortunately, nowadays, that's the very reason to fear them. KorlaPundit.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1912032/posts#comment Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:14:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889990/posts South Korea paid the Taliban $950,000 -- or $50,000 a head -- to secure the release of 19 church workers abducted in southeastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials who took part in the negotiations told ABC News. The negotiations took on urgency, the Afghan officials said, after two female hostages who were released last month reported being repeatedly raped by their Taliban captors. The kidnappers also killed two of the male hostages, who were abducted six weeks ago riding by bus through southeastern Ghazni province. "We have reports the various Taliban commanders were fighting over the women hostages," said Mirajuddin Pathan, the... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889990/posts#comment Sat, 1 Sep 2007 23:15:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847578/posts SEATTLE — The firefighters who tried to save 3-year-old Ashley McLellan, unconscious after being pulled from a pool on a winter night in 2003, noticed something strange about her stepfather: He was calm, mostly dry and never once asked them if she would live. FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847578/posts#comment Sat, 9 Jun 2007 17:20:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839457/posts The changes will make it easier for single people and lesbians to receive fertility treatment on the NHS. The move, which is part of a shake-up of laws on the use of human tissues, will also allow the creation of " Frankenstein" embryos - human and animal cells mixed together - for medical research. Under current laws, fertility clinics have to consider the baby's need for a father before providing treatment. But today's draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill says this is no longer necessary. The draft legislation bans couples from choosing the gender of their child. It also tightens... ThisIsLondon.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839457/posts#comment Fri, 25 May 2007 01:46:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801547/posts BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The body of missing 6-year-old Christopher Barrios was found around 4 p.m. near the Brunswick, Ga., airport, police confirmed Thursday Christopher had been missing since last Thursday. His body was found about two miles from his home. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801547/posts#comment Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:16:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794584/posts Platform and positions NAMBLA describes itself as a "support group for intergenerational relationships," and uses the slogan "sexual freedom for all." According to the group's web site, its aim is to "support the rights of youth as well as adults to choose the partners with whom they wish to share and enjoy their bodies." Google Search of NAMBLA's IP http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=216.220.97.17&btnG=Search One of the group's arguments is that age of consent laws can unnecessarily criminalize sexual relationships between adults and minors (particularly boys). http://www.warriorsfortruth.com/nambla.html In 1980 a NAMBLA general meeting passed a resolution, proposed by Tom Reeves, which said: "(1) The... Various - Cited in Sources http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794584/posts#comment Sat, 3 Mar 2007 17:23:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1744300/posts THEY are the unheard comments which have intrigued the world for decades — the hidden musings of a madman. Silent home movies of Adolf Hitler casually chatting to his lover Eva Braun have consistently fascinated and frustrated historians. For 60 years they have been desperate to decipher exactly what history’s most notorious figure is saying. Now they know. Computer technology has been developed that can lip-read people who have been filmed at almost any angle. The breakthrough means the dictator’s statements can finally be revealed — word for word. In a bizarre, calculated manner, Hitler can be seen chatting to... Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1744300/posts#comment Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694082/posts HANINE, Lebanon (AFP) - Strawberry jam, bullets and a lock of human hair. These are among the mundane and macabre war trophies displayed at a makeshift roadside museum in this southern Lebanese village. Somebody has laid the items out neatly on the cement driveway in front of a garage. A fence made from two rows of string is designed to keep people from getting too close. A yellow flag of the Hezbollah Shiite militia flies over one corner of the display, and Hezbollah posters are stuck to a wall above a collection of seized Israeli food: cans of tuna and... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694082/posts#comment Fri, 1 Sep 2006 22:52:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684658/posts Twisted young British parents planned to sacrifice their precious baby in the evil cause of jihad by mass murder. Fanatical terror suspect Abdula Ahmed Ali, 25, and his wife, Cossor, 23, are among those being interrogated by police as suspects in the massive plot to attack trans-Atlantic flights in midair. What the outwardly normal couple had secretly plotted is almost too horrifying to consider, cops said. The Alis planned to use 6-month-old son Zain's baby bottle as a liquid bomb, blowing themselves and their child up, along with hundreds of others aboard the flight. [snip] To their stunned friends and... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684658/posts#comment Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:13:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646968/posts BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents signaled the fight is still on after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, posting an Internet video Saturday showing the beheading of three alleged Shiite death squad members in revenge for killing Sunnis. The video — as grisly as any the al-Qaida in Iraq leader issued — was clearly designed to quash hopes that the Sunni-dominated insurgency might change tactics by ending attacks on Shiite civilians and institutions, especially the police. Fellow Sunni insurgent groups sent condolences for al-Zarqawi in Internet messages Saturday and warned Sunnis not to cooperate with the Iraqi government, an apparent call for unity... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646968/posts#comment Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:27:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1593726/posts The sun beat like a hammer, not a cloud was in the sky. The mid-day air ran thick with dust, my throat was parched and dry. With microphone clutched tight in hand and cameraman in tow, I ducked beneath a fallen roof, surprised to hear "stay low." My eyes blinked several times before in shadow I could see, the figure stretched across the rubble, steps away from me. He wore a cloak of burlap strips, all shades of grey and brown, that hung in tatters till he seemed to melt into the ground. He never turned his head or took... E-mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1593726/posts#comment Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:33:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1586467/posts There are 2 billion children running around the planet and five new ones born every second. But don't expect any pink-and-blue congratulations from Adrianne Frost. In fact, the author and comedian would be just as happy if you took every little bugger and muzzled him — on the subway, in stores, in restaurants, churches, parks and, well, everywhere. Treasonous? Exactly! "You have every right not to like children who are ill-behaved," says Frost, who puts just about anyone under 3 feet tall in that category. "Just because they're children doesn't mean that it's okay for them to act the way... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1586467/posts#comment Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:48:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1559225/posts FORT LAUDERDALE - A Broward county judge on Monday refused to release a 17-year-old suspect in the beating death of a homeless man last week. The other suspect's hearing was delayed one day. The judge, Steven DeLuca, also ordered Thomas Daugherty held for 21 days under juvenile detention and signed an order for a psychological examination of the Plantation youth. Daugherty is being treated as a juvenile, prosecutors have not yet formally announced whether the teen will be charged as a juvenile or an adult. Sun Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1559225/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:55:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1558990/posts Two witnesses saw the brutal slaying of a homeless man in a Fort Lauderdale park, an arrest report released Sunday reveals. The two watched as Brian Hooks and Thomas Daugherty walked up to Norris Gaynor on Thursday morning, baseball bats in hand, according to Fort Lauderdale police. Moments later, the witnesses saw Daugherty smash his bat into Gaynor's chest and head, the report says, leaving him unconscious and dying on the bench he chose as his bed. Sun-Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1558990/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:58:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548568/posts THREE men have been arrested in northern Britain following the discovery of a dead cat in a microwave, police said today. The gruesome find was made at a house in the Blue Hall Estate, Stockton, Teesside, on Boxing Day, following a party. Cleveland Police took the female cat and the microwave away for examination and announced that three men had been arrested and bailed in connection with the incident. More arrests were expected. The cat's five kittens would be found new homes in the New Year. Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548568/posts#comment Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:34:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537239/posts THEY are called echizen kurage and they sound like monsters from the trashier reaches of Japanese science fiction. They are 6ft wide and weigh 450lb (200kg), with countless poisonous tentacles, they have drifted across the void to terrorise the people of Japan. Vast armadas of the slimy horrors have cut off the country’s food supply. As soon as one is killed more appear to take its place. Finally, the quarrelsome governments of the region are banding together to unite against the enemy. Echizen kurage is not an extraterrestrial invader, but a giant jellyfish that is devastating the livelihoods of... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537239/posts#comment Fri, 9 Dec 2005 18:26:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1480224/posts UK scientists have won permission to clone a human embryo that will have genetic material from two mothers. The Newcastle University team will transfer the nucleus of a human embryo made by one man and woman into an unfertilized egg from another woman. The groundbreaking work aims to prevent mothers from passing certain genetic diseases on to their unborn babies. Such diseases arise from DNA found outside the nucleus and thus inherited separately from DNA in the nucleus. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1480224/posts#comment Thu, 8 Sep 2005 15:42:31 GMT