Shared Link Happy UFO Day! Here Are the States With the Most Sightings | Space 2 Jul 20192 Jul 2019 Analysts at SatelliteInternet.com used data from the National UFO Reporting Center and the US Census to determine you might have a higher likelihood of spotting a UFO in the US.…
Shared Link Massive Wasp ‘Super Nests’ Are Popping Up All Over Alabama – Geek.com 1 Jul 20191 Jul 2019 Officials are warning Alabama residents about massive “super nests,” housing up to 15,000 stinging yellow jackets, that have begun appearing throughout state. Some of the nests are the size of…
Shared Link Strange Alabama Co-Founder and Author Book Signing June 15! 29 May 2019 Beverly Crider Strange Alabama co-founder and author Beverly Crider will be signing her books Lost Birmingham and Legends and Lore of Birmingham and Central Alabama Saturday, June 15, 2 PM, at the Books A Million located at…
Shared Link Old Shelby Hotel ‘a total loss’ following Sunday fire 28 May 2019 By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com A crumbling piece of Alabama history in Shelby County is no more. The old Shelby Hotel, off Shelby County Road 42, was destroyed by fire Sunday.…
Shared Link Watch this ant colony escape Alabama floodwaters by floating – al.com 26 Feb 201926 Feb 2019 Fire ants huddle together during floods and use air pockets to float on water. Source: Watch this ant colony escape Alabama floodwaters by floating - al.com
Shared Link Alabama librarians spooked after seeing floating orbs | WBMA 15 Feb 201915 Feb 2019 A group of east Alabama librarians say something spooky is happening in the stacks. They’re seeing floating orbs and moving objects. Some even say they’ve been touched. Jenni Jennings has…
Shared Link What You Need to Know About the Southern Flannel Moth Caterpillar—AKA the Country’s Most Poisonous Caterpillar – Southern Living 1 Nov 2018 Ever heard of the Southern flannel moth (Megalopyge opercularis)? It has a distinctive look—so if you ever run into one, you definitely won’t be able to miss it. Its larval…
Shared Link 9 words Southerners use to describe ghosts and ghouls – It’s a Southern Thing 31 Oct 2018 https://www.southernthing.com/9-words-southerners-use-to-describe-ghosts-and-ghouls-2616511914.html
Shared Link This 90-year-old Alabamian changed the world | al.com 30 Oct 201830 Oct 2018 She’s not a household name in Alabama, but Mary Allen Jolley changed the world. When Jolley turned 90 in August, over 250 people gathered in Tuscaloosa to pay homage to…
Shared Link The Hidden History of African-American Burial Sites in the Antebellum South – Atlas Obscura 30 Oct 201830 Oct 2018 Enslaved people used codes to mark graves on plantation grounds. IN MODERN-DAY ALTAVISTA, VIRGINIA, A town that covers 5 square miles of what was the first English colony in North America,…
