Brooklyn Bridge UFO Abductions

Posted by mike as UFO

A book by Budd Hopkins, Witnessed: The True Story of the Brooklyn Bridge UFO Abductions, details a UFO abduction encounter from November 30, 1989. I’m not sure if the Brooklyn Bridge counts as Brooklyn or not, and the witnessed abduction is actually in the lower east side, but I figured I would put it up anyway.

The case is unique for many reasons: several witnesses from vantage points on or near the Brooklyn Bridge saw the UFO and the abductee (Linda Cortile) floating 12 stories up in a blazing blue-white light; three of these witnesses (a highly placed United Nations diplomat and his security guards) later came to understand that they had been abducted at the same time. One of the security guards eventually realized that he had met Cortile years ago during a shared sequence of abductions in which each recalled the other as an “imaginary playmate.”

Haunted Bar In Williamsburg

Posted by mike as Haunted

According to a recent Gothamist article, Williamsburg’s Barcade bar is built on haunted burial ground. Barcade is a bar and arcade, featuring a number of classic arcade games, like the original Super Mario that I was convinced I could beat when I was there. I couldn’t.

Interestingly, Barcade runs on 100% wind power.

More interestingly, it’s haunted.

The cemetery was known as the Old Methodist Burying Ground which serviced the Attorney Street Methodist Church and the First Methodist Protestant Church of Williamsburg. When the church closed in 1856, the bodies were allegedly moved to Cyprus Hills Cemetery, but the Scout wonders if a few bodies may remain.