Extraordinary “Human” Trees

Share! TweetIt’s amazing what some perseverance and ingenuity will accomplish. Peter Cook and Becky Northey decided that plain old, run of the mill trees just wouldn’t suffice in their garden.  So, with the help of a combination of science, creativity, and patience, they created these incredible trees that appear nearly human. Using carefully placed wires [...]

Sky Clad: Six Strange Stories of the Stark-Naked

Share! TweetIf you arrived at this article hoping for some kink… move along. Extraordinary Intelligence is strictly PG-13. Everyone likes to be comfortable.   Yet, societal conventions usually prevent us from being as comfortable as we can possibly be.   With that said, some people are so comfy in their own skin, they don’t mind displaying it [...]

Beyond Extraordinary Episode 1: June 25, 2011

Share! Tweet Here it is.   My long awaited, much anticipated foray into the realm of podcasting.  Beyond Extraordinary will be a continually evolving format podcast and new episodes will be posted on a weekly basis. This first episode is very much a trial run.  Within, we cover the Extraordinary News of the Week.  It runs [...]

Bible to the Head: Pastor Bob Larson Exorcizing the Demon

Share! TweetOur friends at AOL Weird News have shared a fantastic (or terrifying, depending on your point of view) video of Pastor Bob Larson conducting an exorcism on a young woman.  We’ve visited Pastor Bob a few times before on Extraordinary Intelligence, and we’ve covered the topic of Exorcism with the seriousness that we believe [...]

What the Smurf? New Book Claims Beloved Smurfs are Racist Anti-Semites

Share! TweetI love the Smurfs.  I think they’re Smurfy.  Author Antoine Buéno thinks they’re Smurfy, too…. if by Smurfy you mean bigoted Nazis. In his new book, “Le Petit Livre Bleu,” or, “The Little Blue Book,” Buéno claims that the cozy community living in Smurf village is actually a metaphor for a socialist utopia, with [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (Feb 26 – March 5)

Share! TweetWowzers! It has been quite some time since we’ve given our weekly rundown of Extraordinary News!  I apologize for getting off track.   We’ve been experiencing some technical yuckiness followed by some upgradey loveliness, and now we’re back in the zone! For those curious, the cute kitty in a cape pictured below is my precious [...]

Extraordinary and Enchanting Animated Shorts

Share! Tweet Whenever a new animated feature film is released, my husband and I are the first in line to check it out.   We absolutely LOVED Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’hoole and I will always love the classic Disney movies… my favorites being The Black Cauldron and Sleeping Beauty. I love animation.  [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (Sept 17 – 24)

Share! TweetThis week in Extraordinary News! Each week, we explore the strange, bizarre, hidden, and fascinating headlines emerging around the globe.  Below our featured story, be sure to read our summary of the best Extraordinary News making waves right now! Extraordinary Top Story Disclosure/Contact Imminent? Seems the world has UFO mania these days.  Especially in [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (Aug. 27 – Sept. 3)

Share! TweetThis week in Extraordinary News! Each week, Extraordinary Intelligence explores the strange, bizarre, hidden, and fascinating headlines emerging around the globe.  Below our featured story, be sure to read our summary of the best Extraordinary News making waves right now! Extraordinary Top Story Flip-Floppers Galore Stephen Hawking and Bjørn Lomborg do a little waffling [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (November 8 – 15)

Share! TweetThis week in Extraordinary News!   Extraordinary Top Story The bizarre reality of Men Who Stare at Goats A couple of years ago, I read the book “Men Who Stare at Goats” by Jon Ronson, and was simply riveted from cover to cover. The story of a British journalist who set out to uncover [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (October 1-13)

Share! TweetThis week in Extraordinary News! Yeaaahhh, I know. I know. The news has been neglected y’all. My bad. But I’m back on track now! And as for the major stories that you’ve likely been reading everywhere else… I’m gonna skip them. I like my news to be like my undies… FRESH! *groan* Hypno Kitty…closet [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (August 9-17)

Share! TweetThis week in Extraordinary News! Howdy weirdos and weirdettes!  It has been WEEKS since I’ve posted the Extraordinary News!  I’ve been so sidetracked with the little crapfest that life decided to throw at me in the last month that I just haven’t had the energy to research the news of the week. But…. I’m [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (July 6 – 13)

Share! TweetThis week in Extraordinary News! Civil war ghost…Big Cats…Robo-Cricket…Giant Squid…Canadian Time Warp…Wanted: Witch…Dead Lake Monster…Crop Circle of Doom…Jerk face Genie…Wedding Day disaster   This Week’s Extraordinary Top Story Vatican concealed Galileo’s planetary discovery? A professor of physics at University of Melbourne has made a remarkable discovery.  While studying the 400 year old notebooks belonging [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (June 30 – July 5)

Share! TweetThis week in Extraordinary News! Darwin the Werewolf slayer…Mile wide UFO…Astronaut UFO Conundrum…Nail Clipper Circumcision…shrinking sheep…Australian Dinosaurs…ghost cat…mastodon bones…fat roaches…game show conversion   This Week’s Sad Top Story John Keel Dies at age 79 In a bit of sad breaking news, I just learned that author and groundbreaking paranormal researcher John Keel has passed [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (June 22-29)

Share! TweetThis week in Extraordinary News! Kitchen fishin’…wallaby junkies…face down burials…miracle cat…froggy nuptials…Kansas City UFO invasion…the case of the water bandit…sleepwalking surprise…Tunguska revelations…French Fried Flu Scare   This Week’s Extraordinary Top Story Yacht Company Offers Pirate Hunting Cruises     No matter how many times I hear about the real danger of pirates on today’s [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (June 15-21)

Share! TweetThis week in Extraordinary News! Great Raven Conspiracy of 2009…burping cattle…mysterious monastery…tattoo girl…time travel hero…black ooze…Papal sex therapist…Gigantic sperm…Gators and Crocs and Swans, Oh my!…UFO sightings   This Week’s Extraordinary Top Story   Lizard Man Witness Murdered One of the great mysteries of Cryptozoology is the legendary Lizard Man of Lee County.  One of [...]

Extraordinary News (June 2-June 14)

Share! TweetThis week in Extraordinary News! (brace yourselves. I was unable to post an Extraordinary News last week, so this is a double whammy!) UFOland…smart bats…amiable apes…tadpole rain…Botox walks…frog god…office ghost…nude basket riding murder plot…snarky scientists…meteorite boy…buffalo clones…dinosaur dilemma     Extraordinary Top Stories   Raelian Theme Park in Las Vegas?   Yes, you read [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (May 19-25)

Share! TweetThis week in Extraordinary News! Cheesy Jesus…Weather Balloon UFO…Tasty Cavemen…Post-Rapture Pony Express…Raspberry Ants…Spidercat…Vampire tales…”Wolf Man” Woes…The Hum…Presidential alien encounters…barbershop bones…cannibal orangutans   This Week’s Extraordinary Top Story   Can “Terminators” Actually be our Salvation? With the blockbuster Terminator franchise, we see a world where humanity is threatened by an army of robots.   But, is [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (May 4-10)