02.08.06

Welcome back to another week's installment of this experiment in insanity known only as The K-Files. It's time to get down to business in the world of the paranormal.

This week, the Top Story covers a look into the phenomena known as déjà vu. Next, I present to you the story of a new 'paradise' found in the rainforests of New Guinea. Finally, I've got an article counting down the top 10 theories that the Moon landing was hoaxed.

:: Top Story ::

Whoa. Giving déjà vu a second look The Reporter – Jan. 30 2006 Many of us have experienced déjà vu - the unsettling sensation of knowing that a situation could not have been experienced, combined with the feeling that it has. It is usually so fleeting that psychologists have until recently thought it impossible to study. But for some people, the feeling of having been there before is a persistent sensation, making every day a ‘Groundhog Day’. Psychologists from Leeds’ memory group are working with sufferers of chronic déjà vu on the world’s first study of the condition. As I write this, I’m still recovering from the biggest episode of déjà vu I have ever experienced. The event completely blew my mind.  Like everyone, I suppose, I get déjà vu from time to time. Perhaps I’ll read something or someone will say something that will spark an occurrence, but these events are few and far between—and forgotten almost immediately. But this latest déjà vu was on a scale the likes of which I have never seen. In most cases, there’s one single event that causes the feeling of repetition, but this time 5 separate events came together in a great intersection of psychic awareness. I use the term psychic because there’s really no other way to describe what it is I felt. This wasn’t just a feeling that I had done it before—no, it was something greater. It’s not that I have the gift of foresight, but for a moment I believe that my brain tapped into some larger force. It was like I became aware of the world outside my own perception. Sort of like an omniscient out of body experience. It’s too bad this monster déjà vu was purely random, happening at the most mundane of times. If it would only happen in a more opportune time, I might have been able to really benefit from it.

:: Cryptozoology ::

Oh really? Scientists hail discovery of hundreds of new species in remote New Guinea By Terry Kirby, Chief Reporter An astonishing mist-shrouded "lost world" of previously unknown and rare animals and plants high in the mountain rainforests of New Guinea has been uncovered by an international team of scientists. Among the new species of birds, frogs, butterflies and palms discovered in the expedition through this pristine environment, untouched by man, was the spectacular Berlepsch's six-wired bird of paradise. In the age of Google satellite maps, I’m surprised there are still hidden gems like this to be found. I always thought that in this technological age, pretty much everything had been mapped out and claimed. Guess not. It’s just too bad there weren’t a bunch of mystical animals to be found there. Some new frogs and butterflies are one thing, but a bunch of utahraptors duking it out with unicorn riding sasquatches is another thing entirely. I wonder how long until a Starbucks is set up there?