In Real Life

• A letter arives consisting only of the word "BEWARE", a crude sketch of a beetle, and the caption "The Siberian Beetle". It is followed by others with captions saying things like "The Siberian Beetle Can Talk" and similar - each one postmarked slightly closer to the character receiving them. (This one courtesy of the FBI, which never actually implemented the plan to send folks these.)

• A book develops an inexplicable stain while sitting on the shelf. The stain looks and smells an awful lot like blood... (Ironically, the book this really happened to was my copy of Cthulhu Live. - Teucer.)

• Just off of I-84, about 40 or so miles west of Portland, there's a little campground in the forest there. As you enter the campground, to your left there's a big opening in the treeline, on the other side of which you can see the ghostly image of a broken railroad bridge, part of it dangling down. You can often even hear what sounds like the squeals of brakes. The disturbing part of course, being that there is no such brige on the other side of those trees, and there never has been. --J Arcane 16:37, 21 May 2005 (PDT)

• After getting some pictures developed, several opaque orbs are noticed hovering above a certain area within the picture. Different lighting conditions and points of view of the same area produce the same photographic phenomenon. As time goes on, the number of orbs slowly increases. Those with a family history of preternatural abilities state that they are now experiencing the sensation that something is present and trying to make contact. (My wife an I chickened out and dropped our investigation of the orbs in our backyard after she woke one evening and saw a man standing at the end of the bed. She turned on the lamp and he was gone. She also spoke to a child that was in our room and only later realized that it wasn't one of our own.) - Trip'T.