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		<title>Have Aliens Influenced Life on Earth?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/have-aliens-influenced-life-on-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[alien intervention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone wonders where life came from, how it came to be, and what process led to the diversity of life-forms we see today. Polls have shown that about 40% of Americans believe in evolution, or the idea that life developed slowly over millions of years, which leaves 60% who don&#8217;t believe in evolution or aren&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=820&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Step Closer to UFOs?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/one-step-closer-to-ufos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life on Other Planets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theories / Evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monopoles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFO propulsion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How do UFOs move? Witnesses describe UFOs darting to and fro faster than any known aircraft. They stop and start abruptly, hover, and shoot straight up into the sky. No known propulsion system can accomplish such feats.
In his book Physics of the Impossible, Michio Kaku discusses what kind of advanced propulsion system UFOs, if real, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=797&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UFOs: The Forbidden Connections</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/ufos-the-forbidden-connections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ancient Enigmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ancient History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Controversies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sociological Aspects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot-UFO Connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution & aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFOs & ancient history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What topics are ufologists afraid to discuss? Read on for the answer...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=731&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Bigfoot Really Looks Like, Part 3</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/what-bigfoot-really-looks-like-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Controversies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hominids / Apes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[anatomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diversity within species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oliver the chimpanzee]]></category>

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		<title>Controlling the Weather with Lasers</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/controlling-the-weather-with-lasers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 12:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unexplained Phenomena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conspiracy theories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lightning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather manipulation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can scientists trigger lightning? Read on for details...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=128&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bigfoot, Stay Away from Our UFOs!</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/if-it-looks-like-a-bigfoot-and-smells-like-a-bigfoot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 16:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Controversies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot researchers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot-UFO Connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFO researchers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Bigfoot is a Bigfoot--unless it's in a UFO! Read on for more...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=119&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Telepathic Bigfoot: An Explanation?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/telepathic-bigfoot-an-explanation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Controversies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microwaves]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[     For awhile now a certain theory concerning Bigfoot has been gaining steam. The theory attempts to explain why Bigfoot seem to have psychological and/or physiological effects on witnesses, such as intense fear or the inability to move. What causes this, the theory goes, is a type of sound outside the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=111&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alien Evolution</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/alien-evolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ancient Enigmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snowball earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambrian explosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mass extinctions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transgenics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The universe is a strange and mysterious place. Read on to consider, if you dare, a paranormal connection with life's origins...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=641&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Water Gods: Bigfoot, Fairies, and UFOs</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/the-water-gods-bigfoot-fairies-and-ufos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Folklore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gentry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[May-may-gway-shie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water fairies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An affinity for water may connect Bigfoot, fairies, and UFOs. Read on to learn more...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=69&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Homo heidelbergensis: Bigfoot Man?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/homo-heidelbergensis-bigfoot-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hominids / Apes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ape-men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hairy hominids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homo heidelbergensis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who was Heidelberg Man? Perhaps not who you think. Read on to learn more...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=112&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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