140 Year Old 20 Pound Lobster to be Set Free

feeds@yuku.com (BartholomewRoberts) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:01:01 GMT

According to this news article, a lobster weighing in at 20 pounds & believed to be 140 years old was caught near the beginning of this year, and is now going to be returned to the sea off the coast of

Creepy Gnome terrorizes town -- a little off topic

feeds@yuku.com (BartholomewRoberts) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:27:52 GMT

A TOWN in South America is living in fear after several sightings of a 'creepy gnome' that locals claim stalks the streets at night.

The midget - which wears a pointy hat and has a distinctive sideways walk - was caught on video last week by a terrified group of youngsters.

Here is a link to the news article with video. Playing the 49 second video you need to wait for...

Kudos!

feeds@yuku.com (golden redhead) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:35:30 GMT

If you see a thread or a comment you like, give it a kudo! Kudos are at the top of each topic, next to the topic title. They are marked with a light gray "thumbs up" symbol. If you enjoyed the topic, click the symbol!

This also works with posters. If you enjoy a poster's comments, jump right into their profile and let them know. In people's profiles under their avitar it says "Kudos" - click that button and they will get a kudo!

When you enter a...

Bermuda Triangle

feeds@yuku.com (ghost1000) — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:45:31 GMT

I'm watching a show right now on the Discovery Channel about the Bermuda Triangle. Some went to search the Triangle for Flight 19, a navel flight that disappeared right after WWII in the Bermuda Triangle. What he found was five planes that had sunk about 12 miles off of Fort Lauderdale---on different dates. So far, no explanation has been forthcoming about these planes, but there's still to a half hour of show left.

Here's a link to the show:

Lunar Eclipse Saved Columbus

feeds@yuku.com (BartholomewRoberts) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:03:00 GMT

Here is a link to an interesting article about How a Lunar Eclipse Saved Columbus. I had never previously heard this story.

The Water Horse

feeds@yuku.com (ghost1000) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:42:24 GMT

It appears that a new movie about the Loch Ness monster will be released this winter. Here's a look at the trailer:

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

According to IMDB, the release date is December 25, 2007.

It doesn't look like a factual movie,...

If A Pirate I Must Be... The Story of Bartholomew Roberts

feeds@yuku.com (kennythepirate) — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:54:57 GMT

The lives of the pirates of the Caribbean were not all yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum. But 'drink and the devil' did for most of them.

Even before the most successful pirate of all, Bartholomew Roberts, who drank nothing but tea.

When he finally met his Nemesis, the splendidly named Captain Ogle, RN, his crew were so drunk that they could not sail straight. After an erratic chase the Navy, in the shape of HMS Swallow, overhauled them and did for them with a broadside....

jack in 52?

feeds@yuku.com (ghostfan19) — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:48:19 GMT

i read on wikipedia that in the comic 52 issue 24 that jack sparrow is seen among all of the pirates. now i looked and i didn't see any sparrow. i saw pirates that looked like him but that none that were strictly jack just generic pirates. anyone seen anything differn't

The Autumn Wind Is A Pirate...

feeds@yuku.com (GhastlyBoi) — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:03:55 GMT

Everthing you want to know about pirates.

feeds@yuku.com (jedi29m) — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:34:51 GMT

Tortuga - the Turtle

feeds@yuku.com (CapnSage) — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:54:27 GMT

I have a bit about that island.
www.thepiratesrealm.com/I...rtuga.html

But the all-time source is probably this mate's:
www.geocities.com/tokyo/garden/5213/

What a piece of work.

I hope to add to my page about it soon.

Captain Kidd's Treasure?

feeds@yuku.com (CapnSage) — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:50:11 GMT

Ahoy, Mates,
I just found this great looking site about what may be Captain Kidd's Treasure. This fellow seems to have done his homework.
www.captainkidd.pwp.bluey.../index.htm

Awesome!

Captain Sage
The Pirate's Realm
Blackbeard's Realm

Tortuga

feeds@yuku.com (ghost1000) — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:13:13 GMT

So we've all heard of Tortuga, but who knows where it is?

I did some searching and found it's a little island above Haiti.

Here's Wikipedia's entry on the island. I used to work for a guy who had a running club called the Tortugas, so I...

El Chupacabras--a little off topic

feeds@yuku.com (ghost1000) — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:03:22 GMT

I watched a show on Discovery Channel last night. They're running a new series called World's Strangest UFO Stories. The episode last night was called "Alien Vampire Chronicles" and focused on one of my favorites, El Chupacabras.

Let me preface by...

Check out the TNT home page

feeds@yuku.com (ghost1000) — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:54:04 GMT

There be big changes afoot. If you haven't visited lately, check out the main TNT website to see everything that's new. Then stop back here, grab something to drink, and spin a yarn or two with us.

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--Rita

Dead Men Tell No Tales

A search for Blackbeard's Treasure in NH

feeds@yuku.com (CapnSage) — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:00:06 GMT

This is a good read:
In search of Blackbeard's treasure

Captain Sage
The Pirate's Realm
Blackbeard's Realm

The biggest shipwreck of all

feeds@yuku.com (ghost1000) — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:20:32 GMT

History Channel is showing a special about the Titanic this Sunday (2/26) at 9:00 PM ET/PT.

Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces

In fact, Sunday is a day of sea mysteries, including Mysteries on the High Sea, Mysteries of the...

Work continues on artifacts believed to be Blackbeard's

feeds@yuku.com (ghost1000) — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:27:22 GMT

Archaeologists want to chisel away layers that are surrounding them

GREENVILLE - They're two completely different types of fasteners.

Archaeologists working with the Queen Anne's Revenge Project have found a coat button and some hardware that looks like it might be part of a set of shackles - both items that could have belonged to the pirate Blackbeard or one of his crew. [

Nessie a protected species

feeds@yuku.com (ghost1000) — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:20:50 GMT

LOCH NESS MONSTER SAVING LOONY PARTY

SECRET files have revealed the government made plans to protect the Loch Ness monster from poachers. [ more... ]

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--Rita

Dead Men...

Port Royal - A real pirate city with a mythical fate

feeds@yuku.com (Trinitys Ghost) — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:15:20 GMT

I was talking to my mother recently about pirates, and she mentioned a show she caught (Great Mysteries with Leonard Nimoy on the History Channel, I believe) on Port Royal, Jamaica. On the show, it likened the pirate city (rumored to be the largest of its kind at the time) to Sodem and Gomorrah (cities noted in the bible to have been destroyed by God and literally wiped out with sand). The stories have PR going down in fire, water in sand, and the show pointed out the various theories...

Whale of a Tale