There have been claims by many villagers in the remote north eastern Indian village about spotting "bigfoot"-type hairy giants, who are huge and are roaming in the jungles. Prompted by numerous such claims, the authorities in the area have ordered an investigation into the sightings in the Garo hills area of Meghalaya state, close to the borders with Bangladesh and Bhutan.

Police on Tuesday captured a 130-pound-black bear taking a stroll in Knoxville, Tennessee's entertainment district early morning. After his capture, the officials from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency were called in to sedate the wild animal. The bear was found in an alley near the Old City historical district, a market place for shops, restaurants and nightclubs. AP reports that the bear was first spotted Monday night near the University of Tennessee, however it escaped police by jumping over a fence.

The skeleton of a German doctor, who went missing for 22 years, was reportedly found this week stacked up in the roof of his own garage in Berlin after his family decided to repair that portion of the house. The skeleton of the German doctor, known only as Siegfried B. , was found Monday wrapped in a blanket, along with a bottle of schnapps and some farewell notes, German newspaper Der Spiegel reported Friday.

Farmers can blame it on Pres. George W. Bush if more pasture land resembles prairie dog ravaged moon-scapes as many South Dakota farms do now. That's because meddling into the endangered species list by the Bush administration, not known for protecting the environment, might have the unintended consequence of protecting that rancher's bane, the prairie dog. In South Dakota, ranchers near the Badlands National Park say that prairie dogs protected there eat up all the parks grass, then chomp their way through pastures on nearby private land as well as pastures that ranchers rent from the federal government. That coupled with a drought has hurt area ranchers who are restricted on what they can do to combat the pests.

The British Ministry of Defense will follow France and open its archive of public UFO sightings, which dates back to 1967. The documents will include witness accounts and what the government did to further investigate claims, including the well-publicized 1980 incident which occurred in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk.