Monday, January 10, 2011

KickAss Comes to Life: Seattle Superhero 'Phoenix Jones' Patrols Streets, Fights Crime

Batman. Spiderman. The Green Hornet. And now, Phoenix Jones.
By day, he may be your average Joe. By night, however, one Seattle, Wash. man assumes a philanthropic persona to lend a helping, albeit gloved, hand.
KIRO reported that Phoenix Jones, unknown by any other name, stopped an in-progress grand theft auto recently by chasing away the perpetrator.
The would-be victim, who asked to be referred to as "Dan," couldn't believe his eyes.
"From the right, this guy comes dashing in, wearing this skin-tight rubber, black and gold suit, and starts chasing him away."
Phoenix Jones is no stranger to danger. He said he has been patrolling the streets for the past nine months, keeping what he feels to be evil at bay. One adversary managed to stab him in the past, but he said most of his enemies flee at the sight of him.

Monument to perished aliens may go up in Ukrainian town

A group of UFO researchers from the northern Ukrainian town of Berdychiv is set to build a monument in the memory of aliens, who died trying to establish contact with humans, a local newspaper said.
The Berdychiv Dilovyi newspaper quoted the group's leader Oleksandr Nalysman as saying that contacts with alien civilizations were an "undisputable fact." Many visitors from space died as their flying saucers crashed while attempting to land on the Earth, he said.
"We do not pay enough attention to the fates of visitors from other planets, who died on the Earth," he was quoted as saying.
The project, however, lacks funding and is yet to receive approval from local authorities, Nalysman said.
One of the most enduring legends in UFO lore is the Roswell Incident that allegedly took place in 1947. Supporters of the theory believe that an alien spacecraft crashed in the remote desert town of Roswell, New Mexico, leading to the discovery of mysterious debris and alien bodies, which were covered up by the U.S. government.