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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy
 Thanksgiving!
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		<title>Intro to Cryptozoology</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you think of this intro to cryptozoology video?

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		<title>Getting Blasé about Bigfoot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot Sightings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot expedition vacations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elitism in Bigfoot research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are researchers getting blasé about Bigfoot sightings? Another report of a hairy, bipedal creature strolling across the road&#8230; yawn. Boredom might explain the explosion in researchers and other groups offering so-called expeditions that are really glorified vacations. Instances of Bigfoot engaging in more daring behavior, such as shaking cars or chasing people, are rare these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=822&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFOs]]></category>
		<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>Friday Fun: A Music Video!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[paranormal music video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday the 13th! Yes, rather than hiding under my bed until it passes, I embrace the much-feared day. And, to improve your Friday the 13th I offer something different and fun. To get the weekend off to a rockin&#8217; start, here&#8217;s the music video for one of my favorite songs&#8211;&#8221;Locked Within the Crystal Ball&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=816&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting the Zamora UFO Sighting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General paranormal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1964 New Mexico sighting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zamora UFO sighting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 1964 police officer Lonnie Zamora witnessed a strange craft with two beings standing outside it. His sighting &#8220;stirred an Air Force investigation, subsequent sightings almost daily in other parts of the country and the declaration by an official of the International Lunar Society that earth again had been visited from another world.&#8221; Zamora passed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=814&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smelling Bigfoot in Northern Michigan?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/smelling-bigfoot-in-northern-michigan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan Bigfoot]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When Ron Kostrubiec visited Wilderness State Park with his family at the end of July, he got more than he bargained for.&#8221; Were his experiences Bigfoot related? Click here to read the rest of the story and decide for yourself.
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		<title>Stan Gordon: 50 Years of Paranormal Research</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/stan-gordon-50-years-of-paranormal-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General paranormal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFOs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When there&#8217;s something strange in your neighborhood, give Stan Gordon a call.&#8221; Click here to read the rest of this article.
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		<title>Happy Halloween!</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/happy-halloween/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happy halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skeleton dance]]></category>

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		<title>Upper Michigan UFO Sighting &amp; Photos</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/upper-michigan-ufo-sighting-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sightings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan UFO sighting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Perala of Ishpeming saw something strange over Hovey Lake on September 19, 2009. The bright, star-like light zipped across the sky, back and forth, unlike any satellite or celestial body he had ever seen. Fortunately he had his camera handy and snapped several photos of the strange light. Watch the news report from Marquette&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=806&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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