South Pacific
The Aswang
Learn about the Filipino vampire known as the "aswang" here and here, then watch the documentary above.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 30, 2014 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Superstition, Foreign Customs, South Pacific
Bernard Wheatley, Hermit
The man depicted above is Dr. Bernard Wheatley who, after the deaths of his family, chucked a flourishing career to live as a hermit on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Read a long and fascinating article about him here.
In 1957 Dr. Bernard Wheatley - an African American physician from the Virgin Islands - made a pilgrimage to Kalalau Valley. Distraught after the death of his wife and son in a car accident, he kept questioning the meaning of life and other ontological problems until the answers finally came. In a remarkable religious conversion-like revelation he realized that life is eternal. He abandoned his medical practice, sold all his worldly possessions and sought a quiet, secluded place where he could earnestly seek truth without distraction. He arrived on the remote Island of Kauai and after seeing Kalalau from a ridge-top lookout in Kokee, he knew that he had found his home.... He passed on December 3, 1991 at the age of 72. His ashes were spread in Kalalau.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 10, 2013 -
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Category: Death, Religion, Hermits, 1950s, 1960s, South Pacific
For Your Height Only
Learn more here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 09, 2012 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Movies, Spies and Secret Agents, 1980s, South Pacific
10 Weirdest Sculptures
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 15, 2011 -
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Category: Art, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Asia, Europe, North America, South Pacific
Jetpack Flies One Mile High
Full video here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 30, 2011 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Inventions, South Pacific
Black Sheep
In line with the WU theme of "dangerous domestic animals...."
Anyone actually seen this?
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 25, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Movies, Parody, South Pacific
Monkey-eating Eagle
If I were a monkey and I saw a Phillipine Monkey-eating Eagle dive-bombing me, I'd probably die of a heart attack and save the eagle the trouble of killing me.Maybe even in my human state!
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 25, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, South Pacific, Natural Wonders
Heaven Help A Sailor
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 12, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Sexuality, 1940s, South Pacific, Tattoos
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