Nantahala Archives

American ginseng, Panax quinquefolius. Photo by Larry Stritch, via USDA Forest Service website.

Forest Service Announces Ginseng Permit Process for 2016

June 17, 2016 Kay Whatley

Released by Forest Service, Asheville NC. On June 15, 2016, the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests announced that forest visitors have until July 15, 2016, to submit contact information to a ranger district office to participate […]

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The Strange-ness: Ghostly Cab

July 24, 2016

A closed-circuit TV (CCTV) video shows a ghostly person following a man into a cab, or does it? The footage, posted on YouTube here, appears to show a figure following a man into a taxi, […]

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The Strange-ness: Red Rain

December 1, 2012

Multiple “red rains” have fallen on India since summertime. As recently as mid-November, these colored rains were still being reported. Residents in several cities in India have reported red rain and their concerns as to what may be […]

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Why Are So Many Antelopes Dying?

September 11, 2015

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, reprinted from Fusion.net with permission Over the past few months, saiga antelopes have been dying out by the tens of thousands in Kazakhstan. Since May, about 120,000 have died, and that number […]