“A worried member of the public has forced Leicester City Council to admit it is unprepared for a zombie invasion.

The authority received a Freedom of Information request which said provisions to deal with an attack, often seen in horror films, were poor.

The “concerned citizen” said the possibility of such an event was one that councils should be aware of.”

Read full article on BBC news website

An unidentified flying object was captured on a BBC webcam during a live news broadcast.  The video, shown here, is accompied by “Is it a bird? Is it a plane? An unidentified flying object is spotted by a BBC Look North webcam.”.

Think they might have been right the first time, as it does look like a bird to me!  Any thoughts?

I love watching videos of supposed ghosts, EVPs etc. on the internet but I’m MASSIVELY sceptical …. and this one is a reminder of WHY I’m so sceptical!

Supposed poltergeist activity video on Para-Tube.com.

The above video is labelled as a ‘University Research Video’.  In reality, it’ s a clip from Ghostwatch, a BBC “mockumentary” shown in 1992.   This serves as a reminder that you generally CAN’T verify the sources of any videos or audio clips you see online!  It’s also not as hard as you might think to edit a video clip, add in some bumps and shadows, etc.

By sheer coincidence, I’m actually attending a lecture on 4th April from the writer of Ghostwatch so I’ll report back afterwards!