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11 Fascinating Lancaster Bomber Facts

1. The Second World War was the first war won in the air, and the Avro Lancaster was Britain’s premier bomber.  Avro developed the Lancaster to meet the UK’s wartime need for a larger bomber that could go further and carry a larger payload. It was a reply to the German bombers that had devastated … Read more

What is the Antikythera mechanism?

The Antikythera mechanism is the oldest analogue computer in the world, made around 80 B.C. by the Ancient Greeks who knew why we have seasons such as Spring.   It was found in a Roman shipwreck near the island of Antikythera (literally “opposite Kythera”- another Greek island) in 1901 by a group of sponge divers. … Read more

My sighting of Yeti footprints

Yeti footprint

The footprints in the snow were large, bigger than a human’s, with clearly defined toes. There was no sign of claw-marks. These prints looked as though they had been made only minutes before we arrived. I shivered and glanced around the deserted valley. We were the first Westerners ever to see this place, and we … Read more

Bigfoot, Yetis and legendary beasts: real or not?

Loch Ness Monster

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Here are some recorded sightings of yetis, Bigfoot and other legendary beasts covered in my book about the Yeti. What is interesting is that some of the “legendary” beasts were later found to be real, such as the gorilla. Could this mean that other creatures exist, but we … Read more