16-05-2022, 03:04 PM
Oh...dear! I foolishly went looking for strange news stories & stumbled across these. That'll learn me!
The" tomb of Santa Claus," no less!
https://allthatsinteresting.com/st-nicholas-grave
"He must be because according to archaeologists in Turkey, they found his grave, buried beneath St. Nicholas Church in the town of Demre.
For centuries, the location of the grave of St. Nicholas of Myra — the inspiration for the modern-day Santa Claus — has been contested. Historical records have claimed that he was buried at the church that bears his name, but extensive searches of the grounds revealed nothing of substance."
Aaaand - fed up with blokes, woman claims to have found an alien...
https://allthatsinteresting.com/abbie-bela
“The next evening, I sat next to my open window,” Bela said. She waited. And as she began to fall asleep around 12:15 a.m., a flying saucer swept into view. Before Bela knew it, she wasn’t in her bedroom any longer. “There was a bright green beam which transported me to the UFO.”
Most might be alarmed by such a turn of events. But not Bela. “I’m one of those people who all my life had weird encounters,” she explained on her YouTube channel."
Of course you are....
I LOVE this one!
https://allthatsinteresting.com/hasidic-blindfolds
"A group of young Hasidic Jewish men was seen traveling through an airport blindfolded, apparently so they would not be exposed to the potential sight of ‘immodestly’ dressed women.
In 2013, an Orthodox Jewish man completely covered himself in plastic sheeting during a flight to avoid being exposed to the dead should the plane fly over a cemetery.
This man was believed to be a Kohein, who are religious descendants of the priests of ancient Israel. Kohanim are banned from having any sort of contact with the dead in order to remain pure. This includes visiting cemeteries or even flying over them.
To try to save themselves, Kohanim employ a controversial solution that is not entirely allowed in the church — wrapping themselves in plastic bags. The bag is said to create a sort of barrier between the individual and the ‘tumah,’ or surrounding impurities.
In 2015, another controversy arose when a Hasidic man refused to sit next to a woman on a plane because she was a woman not related to him.
The flight ended up being delayed due to the disagreement."
There really is nowt so queer as folk!
The" tomb of Santa Claus," no less!
https://allthatsinteresting.com/st-nicholas-grave
"He must be because according to archaeologists in Turkey, they found his grave, buried beneath St. Nicholas Church in the town of Demre.
For centuries, the location of the grave of St. Nicholas of Myra — the inspiration for the modern-day Santa Claus — has been contested. Historical records have claimed that he was buried at the church that bears his name, but extensive searches of the grounds revealed nothing of substance."
Aaaand - fed up with blokes, woman claims to have found an alien...
https://allthatsinteresting.com/abbie-bela
“The next evening, I sat next to my open window,” Bela said. She waited. And as she began to fall asleep around 12:15 a.m., a flying saucer swept into view. Before Bela knew it, she wasn’t in her bedroom any longer. “There was a bright green beam which transported me to the UFO.”
Most might be alarmed by such a turn of events. But not Bela. “I’m one of those people who all my life had weird encounters,” she explained on her YouTube channel."
Of course you are....
I LOVE this one!
https://allthatsinteresting.com/hasidic-blindfolds
"A group of young Hasidic Jewish men was seen traveling through an airport blindfolded, apparently so they would not be exposed to the potential sight of ‘immodestly’ dressed women.
In 2013, an Orthodox Jewish man completely covered himself in plastic sheeting during a flight to avoid being exposed to the dead should the plane fly over a cemetery.
This man was believed to be a Kohein, who are religious descendants of the priests of ancient Israel. Kohanim are banned from having any sort of contact with the dead in order to remain pure. This includes visiting cemeteries or even flying over them.
To try to save themselves, Kohanim employ a controversial solution that is not entirely allowed in the church — wrapping themselves in plastic bags. The bag is said to create a sort of barrier between the individual and the ‘tumah,’ or surrounding impurities.
In 2015, another controversy arose when a Hasidic man refused to sit next to a woman on a plane because she was a woman not related to him.
The flight ended up being delayed due to the disagreement."
There really is nowt so queer as folk!
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)