A Malaysian witch doctor was detained by local police for questioning about the alleged aliens he buried in the neighborhood cemetery. The man was freed after he explained that banana tree trunks, not aliens, had been buried in a ceremony for "medicinal purposes," district police chief Haliludin Rahim told the press. Apparently the misunderstanding occurred after the gravediggers told some people that they were burying aliens and the rumor then spread out of control.

A ritual performed by a local witch doctor in a northern Malaysian village sparked rumors that space aliens had been buried in the neighborhood cemetery. However, the rumors were quashed Sunday when the witch doctor himself revealed the truth to the authorities. The New Straits Times newspaper reports that a group of four people, comprising a man in his 50s, a woman and two youths, buried six unidentified bodies in a single grave. When the grave digger inquired about the bodies, the old man in the group told him that they were aliens.

An 81-year-old woman in the Welsh town of Abergavenny has probably become the oldest woman ever to be sentenced to eight months in prison for threatening to kill her neighbor's dog and also using witch craft on them. While handling the sentence to Dorothy Evans for abusive behavior toward neighbors, Judge Roderick Denyer said Tuesday that he would have given her a longer sentence but did not do so because of her advanced age.

A man who claimed that he was a werewolf is facing a number of charges after being arrested for breaking into a woman's apartment. Robert Marsh, 39, a former inmate told police that he was a werewolf and could change shapes at his will. According to a criminal complaint filed against him, the woman called the police early Thursday and reported that Marsh broke through the deadbolt on her door and grabbed her by the arm. Two men in the home stopped him, it said, according to FDL reporter. com.

Fresh findings at a French museum that houses the remains of France heroine and saint Joan of Arc, has revealed her ashes may actually belong to a cat. The ashes were discovered in 1867 and brought to a museum in Chinon, western France.