50 of the Strangest Unsolved Mysteries from Each State Part 2

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Every state harbors unpleasant secrets—here are 50 of the strangest ones from around the country, and why we may never learn the real truth.

Montana: The Vortex and House of Mystery

Just 13 miles from Glacier National Park you can pass through a portal in which the laws of nature are set aside: A gravitational anomaly forces trees to grow sideways and makes people appear as much as six inches shorter. A shack in the Vortex—called the House of Mystery—is the home to bizarre phenomenon: A marble rolled on an incline will travel upward, and a rope hanging from the ceiling falls in a curve.

Nebraska: The Lucky 15 

{{I remember Filly had this in an open.}}

On March 1, 1950, the 15 members of the Beatrice’s West Side Baptist Church choir were supposed to meet for practice. All of the 15 were known for their timeliness, but on this day, they were all running late—every single one of them. The reasons varied, but not a single one was present when a natural gas leak caused the complete destruction of the church. Even Snopes can’t discount the mystery here: Why and how were every single one of the 15 spared a grisly death?

Nevada: Who murdered Tupac Shakur?

In 1996, hip-hop star Tupac Shakur was killed in Las Vegas during a drive-by shooting. “The story…begins with a failed attempt on his life two years earlier,” according to History, which Shakur blamed on producer Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs and rival rapper, Christopher Wallace (“Notorious B.I.G.”). Wallace was murdered six months later in Los Angeles; no arrest has ever been made in either case.

New Hampshire: The disappearance of Rachel Garden

In 1980, 15-year-old Rachel Garden bought a pack of cigarettes at a market in Newton and was never seen again. The friend whom Rachel told her family she was going to be spending the night with denied having plans with Rachel that night. A witness claimed to have seen Rachel talking to three young men outside the market, but none of the men were ever charged. In fact, no one has ever been charged, and there are no suspects. Nearly 40 years later, the case appears to be hopelessly cold.

New Jersey: The phantom sniper

In 1927, Camden was terrorized by what’s been described as phantom- or ghost-sniper. Bus and car windows were shattered and even a policeman was struck, but no bullets or casings were ever found and no one ever saw an actual sniper. One witness reported hearing a man’s laughter. But no one else saw or heard a thing. The attacks suddenly stopped in 1928. To this day, no one knows why they began or what they really were.

New Mexico: What was really going on in Roswell?

It all started in the summer of 1947 when a Roswell rancher found mysterious debris in his sheep pasture. The Air Force claimed the debris belonged to a crashed weather balloon, but the citizens of Roswell didn’t buy it. They believed it came from a UFO. Fifty years later, the military revealed that the debris came from a top-secret atomic project. So it probably wasn’t a UFO—but what was it? And why has the U.S. government come up with at least two different stories about it? 

New York: Who was the Leatherman?

During the second half of the 1800s, a leather-clad hermit wandered around Westchester and Putnam Counties, never speaking, and unlike other wanderers of that time period, not looking for work. He was, however, happy to accept a meal and returned once a year—on the same day—to the homes that were generous to him. He was known to sleep in caves; his body was discovered in 1889 in a cave on the Dell family farm in Briarcliff. To this day, no one’s sure who he was or why he wandered.

North Carolina: The shadow of the bear

Going bear-hunting has its own unique meaning in Cashiers: During the autumn months, when the sun is shining, the shadow of a bear is visible on Whiteside Mountain just before sunset. Romantic Asheville suggests you “shoot” this unexplained phenomenon with your camera.

North Dakota: Eugene Butler’s crawl space

Niagara, about 40 miles west of Grand Forks, was founded in 1882 and has never been a big town. In fact, today, it has less than 100 residents. But back in the early 1900s, there were at least six more people there than anyone knew about at the time. In 1915, the bodies of six people who’d been bludgeoned to death were discovered in the crawl space of a house that had once belonged to the reclusive Eugene Butler. He died in 1911, several years after being committed to a mental hospital. Their identities remain a mystery to this day.

Ohio: The Circleville letters

In 1976, residents of Circleville began receiving harassing letters, taunting and threatening them with tidbits about their personal lives. After the murder of one resident and the attempted murder of another, police arrested Paul Freshour, but while he was in prison, the letters continued. Six months after Freshour’s release, television’s Unsolved Mysteries aired a segment—only to receive its own short letter: “Forget Circleville, Ohio… if you come to Ohio, you el sickos will pay. The Circleville Writer.” The identity of the letter writer remains unknown.

Oklahoma: The Jamison Family

In 2014, Bobby and Sherilynn Jamison drove out to look at a property in Red Oak they were interested in purchasing. Their truck was discovered days later, along with their wallets, IDs, phones, $32,000 in cash, and their dog. Their remains, along with their young daughter’s, were discovered by hunters a month later. No cause of death could be determined, and no one knows what happened to them, although theories abound, including that the family faked their deaths and joined the witness protection program, and the family’s supposed involvement with cults and/or witchcraft.

Oregon: The mysterious shrieks of Forest Grove

The small town of Forest Grove is generally a quiet town, but in 2016, the quiet was shattered by reports of an otherworldly shrieking sound that seemed to emanate from nowhere and everywhere all at the same time. Some managed to record the screeching sound, which has been described as being like that of a train careening wildly on metal tracks—except there’s no train nearby. The shrieks ceased soon after, and no one has ever been able to figure out what caused them or where they might have been coming from.

Pennsylvania: Boy in the box

In 1957, the body of a young boy was discovered in a cardboard box in the woods outside Philadelphia. Authorities failed to identify him, and no one came forward looking for a boy that fit his description. The crime scene yielded no clues, but in 1960, a psychic led the police to a foster home where the boy might have lived. But a definitive connection between the boy and the foster home couldn’t be made, and the case remains cold all these years later.

Rhode Island: Where is Adam Emery?

In 1993, Adam Emery disappeared just hours after being convicted of murdering 20-year-old Jason Bass in a road rage incident. (Emery was out on bail pending formal sentencing.) Police found his car abandoned on Newport Bridge. Less than a year later, his wife’s remains were found in Narragansett Bay. Some believe Adam and his wife jumped to their deaths from that bridge, but the FBI still considers Emery one of America’s most wanted criminals.

South Carolina: The Lizard Man

Starting in the summer of 1988, Browntown residents began seeing what’s now referred to as the “Lizard Man,” a seven-foot-tall creature with red eyes and incredible, superhuman strength. The first sighting involved a car being “mauled” by the creature. “To this day, the mystery hasn’t been solved,” reports the Smithsonian, and there have been sightings as recently as 2015.

South Dakota: The strange fate of Tom Keuter

In 1994, Tina Marcotte called a friend to say she had a flat tire but that her coworker, Tom Kueter, was going to help her out. Tina was never seen or heard from again, and when Tom was questioned by police, he disputed that he’d been in touch with Tina on that day. The next day, Tom was found dead: He had been run over by his own forklift. Was it an accident? Suicide? Homicide? And what happened to Tina Marcotte?

Tennessee: The Craigmiles Mausoleum

In 1871, Nina Craigmiles was killed at the age of seven when the buggy she was riding in was hit by a train. Her family had a mausoleum built for her (and future deceased members of the Craigmiles family) of fine white Italian marble. Shortly after Nina was placed there, red streaks and splotches began to appear in the marble. Efforts to clean the marble failed, and each time a family member’s body was placed in the mausoleum, more red stains appeared. There’s no scientific explanation for the stains; some believe they are Nina’s tears.

Texas: The girl behind the Amber Alerts

Amber Hagerman was a nine-year-old Arlington Girl Scout when she was kidnapped while riding her bike on January 13, 1996. A witness quickly told the police he’d seen a girl being forced into a black van. Despite a massive search, Amber was never seen alive again. Her body was found five days later about four miles from where she had been taken. Her killer has never been found, but her abduction led to the invention of “Amber Alerts.”

Utah: Jean Baptiste’s great escape

Jean Baptiste was a notorious grave robber in Utah. When his grave-pillaging came to light in the late 1800s, Baptiste was banished to a remote island in the Great Salt Lake (the equivalent of solitary confinement). Three weeks later, he was gone. What little evidence authorities could find indicated that he might have built a raft in order to escape. But he was never seen or heard from again.

Vermont: The Bennington Triangle

The Bennington Triangle refers to an area of Vermont surrounding Glastenbury Mountain where several people have disappeared without a trace. These include a trail guide who vanished in 1945 while leading a hunting party, college student Paula Jean Weldon, who disappeared the following year from a hiking trail, and James Tedford, who seemingly vanished from a bus headed for Bennington. Since the disappearances were clustered in the 1940s, there’s speculation of a serial killer. But others believe paranormal forces are at work.

Virginia: The Old House Woods

In the quaint seaside town of Diggs, Virginia’s “Old House Woods” was once a popular hiding place for soldiers and pirates, so naturally, it’s become a hotspot for paranormal activity, including sightings of a ghostly woman and accounts of skeletons dressed in armor wandering the woods. People have reported finding themselves filled with dread while walking in the forest. Horses are known to become spooked for no apparent reason. Even paranormal investigators are creeped out, often unable to continue their investigations.

Washington: How Jason Padgett became a math genius

In 2002, Jason Padgett, a furniture salesman, jock, and self-described “partier” from Tacoma, was savagely attacked by two men outside a bar, leaving him with a severe concussion. When he recovered, he had acquired the ability to “visualize complex mathematical objects and physics concepts intuitively,” according to Live Science. Padgett is now one of 15 to 25 cases of so-called “acquired savant syndrome”—people who developed abilities after suffering a head injury.

West Virginia: The Octopus mystery

Danny Casolaro was a freelance writer who came to Martinsburg, West Virginia in 1991 to meet with a source about a story he code-named “the Octopus,” which involved high-ranking government officials and an international cabal. Casolaro was found dead in his hotel room. Authorities labeled it a suicide, but Casolaro’s family believe he was murdered.

Wisconsin: The demon bunkbed in the Tallman house

In 1987, the Tallman family brought a secondhand bunk bed to their home in Horicon. For the next nine months, the family was haunted by what appeared to be poltergeists—clock radios turning on by themselves, a paintbrush that dipped itself in paint—and worse, including the children becoming ill despite no previous health problems and an unexplained fire. The hauntings ceased only when the Tallman family destroyed the bunk bed.

Wyoming: Devil’s Tower

Various Native American tribes view the Devil’s Tower National Monument as a sacred site and have their own origination stories about the massive stone structure. And science fiction fans may recall that the mythology of the structure played an important role in the film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Geologically speaking, it’s made of volcanic material and is connected in some way to an existing or previously-existing volcano. But precisely how it came to exist continues to confound scientists.

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Lauren Cahn Updated: Feb. 02, 2023

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  1. Morning All!
    hubby actually got 7 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night..yay!
    we lost power sometime overnight…all the clocks were blinking and it’s still raining here. but the temp is 40* currently.
    later this morning we have to drive into town so hubby can talk to his mechanic about the truck–it started making a noise hubby suspects might be a wheel bearing–it’s always something!

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    1. Morning, Pat! Whoopee! I’ll bet hubby feels a lot better after that! Only 22 here this morning but it will warm up, especially later in the week. I was living in Bluemont out in the country in 1996 when Amber went missing in Arlington but I remember hearing about it. That was also when my Dad died and we made the trip to NE in March for his funeral; then a few months later, we went to GA and I delivered my granddaughter. Needless to say, I didn’t pay a whole lot of attention but I remember the Amber Alert system being put in place.

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  5. TheseTruths
    TheseTruths(@thesetruths)Offline
    Wolf
    December 18, 2023 01:36

    Gab has rolled out a “Based AI” called Tay and it doesn’t sugarcoat its responses. Here’s its response to who Obama really is.

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  8. this is appalling…what did they think they would do in the military????

    nimrodman
    December 18, 2023 1:52 am

    GEN Z U.S. SOLDIERS ENGAGED IN ‘TIKTOK MUTINY’
    DISCOURAGING ARMY RECRUITS
    Young members of the U.S. Army are throwing a TikTok “mutiny” to complain about “sh*tty food,” being pushed to stay in shape, their freedoms being “suppressed,” and more.

    One of the videos by “military influencer” Anthony Laster described his life as having “No Privacy, The Pay Sucks, Shitty Food, Disrespectful Leadership, NO SLEEP!”

    The post has been viewed over 600,000 times since 2020.

    Laster has more than a million followers on TikTok and made the disparaging comments about the military not only while in uniform, but while on mission. In another post viewed by the Daily Mail, the Chicago native claimed that he spent the whole day watching TikTok videos while supposedly fighting the Taliban.

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  10. https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/15/staffer-caught-filming-sex-tape-senate-hearing-room/
    Our Take: “‘We have seen media reports emanating from the right-wing media. As this is a personnel matter and under review, we will not be commenting further at this time.’ – Spokesperson for Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD)

    ’This has been a difficult time for me, as I have been attacked for who I love to pursue a political agenda … I love my job and would never disrespect my workplace.’ – Aidan Maese-Czeropski

    A big part of me cannot believe this is a real story. But let’s pretend.

    The comments on Aidan’s LinkedIn post show that gay professionals are livid at the young aide’s claims of homophobia. This is the response I would expect from gay professionals who, in my experience, have fought harder than most to be taken seriously and given a fair shot in professional careers.

    ‘Give me a break 🙄 I’m a Democrat and a member of the LGBTQ community, and you’re not being attacked for who [you] love. To say that is to minimize the struggles of people who actually are attacked for their sexual orientation. In fact, your actions, and your defense of those actions, are a huge setback for LGBTQ acceptance, for the rights we have all been fighting for.’

    ‘Don’t tar all gay people with the same brush. Filming a sex tape in the workplace is inherently disrespectful and would be a sackable offence anywhere. Nothing to do with who you love.

    ‘If you feel attacked, it’s because you brought this on yourself. Don’t bring being gay into it and besmirch the community even more. This was a stupid and disrespectful act on your part.’

    It’s only those in government claiming that homophobia is the reason for opposition to a senate aide having sex in Hart 216, a room that was most recently used for a Judiciary Committee for a hearing titled, ‘Cleaning Up the C-Suite.’ Aidan has a solid title option there.

    Nonetheless, remember how government buildings are painted by uniparty democrats as hallowed and sacred and to be revered when we are discussing J6? This story gives us a bit more insight into acceptable behavior. It’s not okay to remove the lectern from the room, but it’s fine have sex on it — in the hallowed and revered hearing room — film it, and post it online. Don’t you dare disagree, homophobe.

    We are not a serious country.” — Ashe in America

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    1. i’m glad the gay community is not coming to his aide here. filming ANY sex tape in the same place would be disrespectful of the workplace–ANY workplace.
      that guy is trying to play the victim here and he has no grounds at all for a lawsuit…none.

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    1. EXCERPT from BB: “The Messenger News report continued: ‘Content creators have capitalized on drug users, paying them small amounts of money to let creators videotape them using the drug and experiencing the side effects as part of a dark category of content called “tranq tourism.”

      Xylazine is only approved for veterinary use as it’s not an opioid so its effects cannot be reversed by medication like Narcan, therefore it results in more deaths. In the past few years, the sedative has rapidly spread across the nation, showing up in impoverished inner-city neighborhoods where it’s cut with other potent drugs such as fentanyl.’

      Many of the TikTok and YouTube videos show addicts when they are in a physical state that renders them most likely not able to consent to be filmed, the outlet noted. The content has received a lot of criticism from people and organizations accusing creators of exploiting individuals suffering from addiction. Geri-Lynn Utter, a clinical psychologist who specializes in addiction, said, “It’s detrimental because it isn’t helping. It’s continuing to dehumanize. These people are not in the right frame of mind to consent or participate in a social media clip.”

      Social media users had a lot to say regarding the report about the content creators, one person writing, “How dare tokkers show what we have been hiding??? Lol.”

      “This is on the government for their barbaric public policies,” another person wrote, while someone else said, “Shouldn’t the politicians be slammed? For allowing these conditions?”

      Original article: https://themessenger.com/news/tiktok-creators-film-kensington-philadelphia-neighborhood-tranq-tourism

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  19. She’s right, you know? Love her or hate her (I loved a lot of her songs and, of course, some of the movie parts – especially Rocky). Yeah, she’s done some weird things – however, there aren’t many singers who haven’t, TBH. And you can’t argue she hasn’t got staying power! So she’s a little crazy – I like crazy!!! LOL

    ENTIRE ARTICLE @ BB: Dec. 15 (UPI) — Cher is calling out the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The 77-year-old singer and actress slammed the institution during Friday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show.

    Cher recently earned a new No. 1 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart with her song “DJ Play a Christmas Song.” The singer is the second artist in history to have No. 1 songs spanning seven decades, following the rock band Rolling Stones. “It took four of them to be one of me,” Cher told host Kelly Clarkson. “And I’m not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!”

    Cher has been eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame since 1991 but has yet to receive a nomination. “You know what, I wouldn’t be in it now if they gave me a million dollars. I’m not kidding you,” she said in response to the snub. “I’m never going to change my mind. They can just go you-know-what themselves.”

    Willie Nelson, Missy Elliott, Sheryl Crow, Kate Bush, George Michael, Rage Against the Machine, and The Spinners were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November.

    Cher released Christmas, her first holiday album, in October.”

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      1. I have no idea! They based the resolution on the influence she carries within the 18-24 age bracket and the profits she has brought to PA with her concerts.

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      3. “The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as its name implies, is supposed to represent a veritable who’s who of the musical genre; to be a celebration of grizzled, hotel-room-destroying, uncompromising rock stars. Inspired legions of head-banging, lighter-waving fans should be a prerequisite. But that’s not how it works. The actual rules for selecting nominees and inductees are rather different.

        A structured, clear-cut set of requirements might seem contrary to the defiant and anti-establishment spirit of rock ‘n’ roll, but there it is. There’s a due process and numerous boxes that must be ticked for an act to be inducted into the prestigious group. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame breaks down some of the requirements in a statement (per Loudwire): “an artist’s musical influence on other artists, length and depth of career and the body of work, innovation, and superiority in style and technique” are all reportedly traits that artists worthy of the Hall of Fame must possess. Or, rather, they are “taken into account” when each year’s list is compiled.”

        Read More: https://www.grunge.com/754529/this-is-how-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees-and-inductees-are-chosen/

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        1. From Wiki: The RRHOF Foundation was established in 1983 by Ahmet Ertegun, who assembled a team that included publisher of Rolling Stone magazine Jann S. Wenner, record executives Seymour Stein, Bob Krasnow, and Noreen Woods, and attorneys Allen Grubman and Suzan Evans. The Foundation began inducting artists in 1986, but the Hall of Fame still had no home. The search committee considered several cities, including Philadelphia (home of rock pioneer Bill Haley and American Bandstand), Memphis (home of Sun Studios and Stax Records), Detroit (home of Motown Records), Cincinnati (home of King Records), New York City, and Cleveland.[2]

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        2. “The tricky part is that only those nominees who receive 50% of the votes AND the most votes are given the honor of induction, but as Future Rock Legends points out, sometimes that 50% rule is moot. In addition, per Loudwire, fans can vote for inductions (at the official website or Cleveland, Ohio’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame museum), with their five top picks being sent along to the voting committee.”

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  21. ENTIRE ARTICLE @ BB: “Republicans on the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, led by Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), have introduced legislation that would give states the power to verify the American citizenship of applicants registering to vote via mail.

    This week, Britt and fellow Republicans introduced the “Citizen Ballot Protection Act” which would give states the ability to more accurately verify that only American citizens are being approved for voter registrations.

    Britt said the legislation is necessary as several blue states, counties, and cities pass ordinances opening voting rights to foreign nationals — at least for municipal elections. “Voting in our country is a sacred right that must solely be limited to American citizens. To allow States to uphold this principle should be simple commonsense,” Britt said:

    “We are seeing certain cities across our nation begin to openly allow noncitizens to vote in local elections. This effectively disenfranchises hardworking American citizens, insults those American citizens who came to our country legally and took the time and effort to go through the citizenship process, and undermines faith in our entire electoral system — which is a cornerstone of our nation that we cannot allow to crumble. [Emphasis added]

    It should not be controversial that states have the legal right to prevent noncitizens — including illegal migrants and official representatives of foreign adversaries — from voting in state and federal elections. I’m proud to work with Representative Palmer and my Senate colleagues to ensure that we pass this legislation and stand up for the right of Americans – and only Americans – to vote in American elections.” [Emphasis added]

    The legislation would amend the National Voting Rights Act to allow states to require proof of citizenship for those applicants registering to vote in state and federal elections by mail. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as well as Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV.), Roger Wicker (R-MS.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) are co-sponsoring the bill.

    Last week, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) accused New York City officials of attempting to register to vote newly arrived border crossers and illegal aliens living in city shelters. That accusation came after New York City Democrats sought to give municipal voting rights to nearly a million foreign nationals living across the city in 2021. That effort, though, was struck down last year by the New York Supreme Court.”

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      2. and I am looking forward to it. can’t figure him out yet–he is letting go with some truth bombs…that might not be getting out there. the prospect that he is somehow working with the president is intriguing

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        1. The crowd roars when he says STFU. Apparently, VanJones claimed Vivek would follow Trump as another dictator for 50 years and he was “shaking,” because that scared him so much.

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  28. “Capitol Janitors Deep Clean Senate Chamber With Flamethrowers”
    POLITICS · Dec 17, 2023 · BabylonBee.com

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Capitol janitorial service made the executive decision to deep clean the Congressional hearing rooms today with military-grade flamethrowers.

    “Lysol isn’t going to cut it,” said head of janitorial services Donovan Miller. “Light it up, boys!”

    According to sources, the Capitol janitorial services discussed several options to address the Congressional offices before settling on torching the place. “We considered attempting to submerge the entire place in bleach,” explained Miller. “Ask yourself though, even if they were bleached, would you sit on those chairs? In the end, we had no choice but to burn it to ashes.”

    Though the team started with the Congressional meeting rooms, the team burned down the remainder of the Capitol to be safe. “Incinerating the gift shop may have been a bit overkill, but we weren’t taking chances,” said janitor Max Dorian. “There is a level of grossness and infectivity when you’re better off starting over from scratch. It was kind of cathartic, to be honest.”

    At publishing time, the British had thanked America for doing the respectable thing and burning down their own government this go-around.”

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  29. “Gingerbread House In California Listed On Zillow For $1.9 Million”
    ECONOMY · Dec 16, 2023 · BabylonBee.com

    LOS ANGELES — A gingerbread house in California has received several offers after being listed on Zillow for a mere $1.9 million.

    “This charming, two-square-foot gingerbread home comes tastefully appointed and is priced to sell,” stated the listing. “With breathtaking views of someone else’s living room, this gorgeous estate won’t be on the market long!”

    According to realtor Lisa Markham, the gingerbread house is a new construction completed by 12-year-old Bella Dawson with significant help from her mother. “This custom-built gingerbread house is truly one of a kind,” said Markham. “Featuring frosted windows, well-established icing trees, and a gumdrop roofline, you will feel the upscale nature of the gingerbread home from the moment you see it. Welcome to your next home!”

    Sources report that over a dozen offers have already been made, including from local newlyweds John and Kelly Reasons. “We’ve been desperately waiting for a more affordable home to come on the market,” said John. “We’ll still try to negotiate a couple things, like cleaning up the icing drips on the window sills — but this is the best option we’ve seen in L.A. in years.”

    At publishing time, the home had dropped in price to $1.4 million after the Dawson’s puppy ate the back half of the house.”

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  30. Fox tracking “monster storm” moving into the NE…..dang! Hang onto your hats!!! I’ll bet the wind is going to cause you more trouble than the rain, Pat….unless it’s snow….

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    1. well we lost power some time last evening–not sure when. it was off for 3 hours. and the pond? it’s full up this morning and running out the outfall pipes as designed–but that’s rare for December. and it’s still running into the pond from the mountain

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      1. You’ve got more coming, allegedly….

        “Moderate rainfall ahead of the system brought as much as 1.25 inches of rain to the Washington, D.C., area in a three-hour span Sunday night, with more expected, the National Weather Service office in Sterling, Virginia, said.

        A flash flood watch was in effect for the region through 6 a.m. Monday, it said.

        Weather service forecasters in Philadelphia said on social media platform X Sunday night, “The worst of the rain and winds will overspread the region over the next several hours.”

        In New York City, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is preparing crews for heavy rain and high wind gusts expected to come Sunday night, which may necessitate the removal of any trees that fall across train tracks.

        Starting 10 p.m. Sunday and lasting until 2 p.m. Monday, the MTA will ban empty tractor-trailers and tandem trucks on bridges and in tunnels.

        The city has also issued a travel advisory for Sunday and Monday, warning of likely coastal flooding up to 1 or 2 feet by Sunday night.

        “With significant rainfall and high winds predicted for this Sunday into Monday, we want to remind New Yorkers to be alert, keep checking the forecast, and stay prepared,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a press release. “If you have loose things outside, now is a good time to secure them, before the winds start. People in low-lying and poor drainage areas should take extra precautions.”

        https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/18/major-storm-closes-in-on-east-coast-with-heavy-rain-and-hazardous-winds-expected.html

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  31. i keep thinking about the babylon bee story and i have to wonder…how politicians feel going into those chambers again? that’s got to be a gross out. i sincerely hope that staffer is sued for any bio cleaning that has to be performed there…why should it come out of taxpayer monies???

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    1. Really, Pat? Please….my dear…do NOT hold your breath! I’m willing to bet they did nothing except wipe it with a paper towel and some disinfectant, IF that. He will be buried, shuffled off somewhere, someplace, never to be heard from again! Oh, wait….that would actually be a GOOD thing!!!

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  32. Hey, did I tell you how my Sis came up with her latest Google user name? She tried name after name after name and all of them were taken…finally she just typed “cantfindonefugoodbye” and hit enter…..that is now her screen name for e-mail….ROFLMAO

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  34. OMG!!!! Surely this isn’t real…..????

    “I don’t know whether to find this hilarious or clinically insane… It’s probably hilarious if you don’t live in Minnesota…

    Minnesota is home to the largest Somali population in the West. Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minnesota) is from Puntland. Minnesota just unveiled their new flag. I’m sure this is just a coincidence! Somali should file a Plagiarism claim. That’s some lazy ass revisionist history…”

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  35. just back from the mechanic in town. appointment next Tuesday–he said sounds like wheel bearings. sigh

    the little stream at the bottom of the driveway is ROARING–it has mounds of foam–so that’s a lot of water in a small space!

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  36. from tcth

    Mass Psychosis
    Mass Psychosis
    December 18, 2023 11:22 am

    Janet Ossebaard, the filmmaker known for her documentary series “The Fall of the Cabal” has tragically been found dead after being reported missing for weeks. They say cause of death was suicide. I recall her saying once that if anything happened to her she is not suicidal.

    She was a big voice in exposing child trafficking

    https://www.bitchute.com/channel/ws4fMTn6yNc7/
    Last edited 49 seconds ago by Mass Psychosis

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  37. good to revisit their out-of-their-minds-recommendations

    Bubby
    December 18, 2023 10:32 am

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/virtue-un-signaled-san-francisco-halts-reparations-office-due-budget-cuts

    FTA “San Francisco has committed a dastardly act of racism, putting a halt to its virtuous office of reparations amid budget cuts. Apparently there are more important things than transferring wealth to black people, despite everything we’ve been told. The office, which was set to launch this year, was eliminated as part of Mayor London Breed’s $75 million cuts to the city’s budget in preparation for a major deficit in 2024.

    In July, San Francisco’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee issued their final report (pdf) with a lengthy list of recommendations, including a $5 million lump sum payment to each eligible person and additional $97,000—adjusted to median income—each per year for the next 250 years; home, renters, and commercial insurance paid by the city; selling condominiums for $1 to eligible residents; and tax abatement on sales tax for the next 250 years.”

    This is several days old but I wanted to highlight the absurdity of the recommendations of the Reparations Advisory Committee!!! Unbelievable!!! My guess is the Democrat Party will eventually adopt this as part of their platform to keep blacks on the plantation without every paying out a penny? JMO

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    1. did you see any “stories” that zuckerberg lost his leg? you know that story that he broke a leg or something in training for some fight or something? i forget the details (made me laugh at the time because look at him–he looks like a wimpy marshmallow type and it was unbelievable he was training for anything) anyway, there was this odd story somewhere yesterday that he really LOST the leg and they are trying to keep in on the dl…LOL

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  44. I just got my Portuguese Sponge Cake in the oven. it’s the recipe that is only 4 ingredients: a dozen eggs, flour, sugar, and baking powder.
    but dang, you gotta beat the egg whites like crazy. but it’s ooooh so good!

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    1. I’ve never had that but I love Portuguese sweet bread! My MIL made it for me when I went to meet her in RI for the first time. It was delicious and then I found Hawaiian sweet bread.

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  45. sneaky bastards
    FTA
    FIRST ON FOX: A climate-focused nonprofit with significant operations in Beijing has wired millions of dollars to fund climate initiatives and environmental groups in the U.S., according to tax filings first obtained by Fox News Digital.

    While the Energy Foundation’s financial filings indicate that the group is technically headquartered in San Francisco, a Fox News Digital review determined that the majority of its operations are conducted in China with a staff that boasts extensive ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its recently filed tax form show the group, which refers to itself as “Energy Foundation China,” contributed $3.8 million to initiatives in the U.S. like phasing out coal and electrifying the transportation sector.

    “The Energy Foundation’s ties to China are both extremely disturbing and reprehensible,” Tom Pyle, the president of the Institute for Energy Research, told Fox News Digital in an interview. “These environmental organizations, the recipients of this money, are, in essence, sacrificing our national security and empowering China.”

    “We are the richest energy nation in the world with respect to coal, oil and natural gas,” he continued. “And yet the Biden administration and the environmentalists fueled by China are promoting policies that would increase our dependence on China, which controls all the minerals and materials needed for batteries and wind and solar, and curtail our production of oil and gas here at home.”

    https://news.yahoo.com/ccp-tied-group-quietly-fueling-090047868.html

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