Real world events with Dresdenverse explanations

[ludomaniac]

http://www.good.is/post/science-rules-antarctic-glacier-has-five-story-blood-red-waterfall-of-primodial-ooze/?GT1=48001

You can't make this stuff up, I swear!

[Kristine]

Gummy-Bear-Candelier - transformation gone wrong...

[mrsleep]

You can't make this stuff up, I swear!

This reeks of a wounded godling never allowed to heal. Or just a latrine seeping out of faerieland.

[Flegetanis]

I've been rereading the whole series the past couple of months, and the topic of this thread is EXACTLY what I thought of when I heard about a "mild earthquake" hitting Chicago last month. I'm surprised to not find it here!

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/02/quake-like-tremors-reported-in-western-suburbs.html

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Breaking-News-Earthquake-Shakes-Chicagoland-84000302.html

[SoulCatcher78]

The maze of tunnels below Odessa left over from mining limestone for buildings.  What was someone really digging for? 

[mrsleep]

Every read "Forbidden Archeology"?  Loaded with actual dig sites that date long before humanity was supposed to be bopping around  Momma Terra.  One was a mine that found stone tools under a lava flow that was a few million years old. Another was a metal sphere found in Africa. Basically a ball bearing with a ridge around the equator.  It carbon dated at over a

billion

years old!

It just begs for a "those who came before" story arc.

[Ancalagon]

Every read "Forbidden Archeology"?  Loaded with actual dig sites that date long before humanity was supposed to be bopping around  Momma Terra.  One was a mine that found stone tools under a lava flow that was a few million years old. Another was a metal sphere found in Africa. Basically a ball bearing with a ridge around the equator.  It carbon dated at over a  years old!

It just begs for a "those who came before" story arc.

While those are great for story ideas, I wouldn't rely too much on them otherwise... carbon dating doesn't go back more than a few hundred thousand years at the most.... and besides, it's based on the biological sequestration of carbon 14 - not a lot of that going on in a steel ball bearing! 

[mrsleep]

Actually, the book spent a lot of time on various dating methods and their failings.

That being said, I take every thing with a grain of salt.

[zandamascus]

It might have been said before, but crop circles

 just humans being silly? results of some Spells? the work of pizza-high little folk? Sinister plots by unknown High fae?

[mrsleep]

Mothman sightings.  Aliens, spirits, or stoned  hillbillies?

[Bosh]

Now if this isn't something deeply frightening in the Dresdenverse then I don't know what is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklo (natural nuclear fission reactor site)

[MFeeney]

everyone here has probably already seen this, if so sorry  but sparked several ideas for me http://www.cracked.com/article/181_the-6-creepiest-places-earth/

[Ihadris]

everyone here has probably already seen this, if so sorry  but sparked several ideas for me http://www.cracked.com/article/181_the-6-creepiest-places-earth/

Im living about 2 hours from that forest. As if it wasnt already fodder for a disturbing horror story there is a giant theme park near by.

I cant even begin to talk about that church...

[mrsleep]

The doggie death bridge is what bothered me the most.  Mysterious abandoned cities and crazy-lady architecture doesn't hit me the same as K9's trying for instant evolution.

The double jumpers are even more baffling.

[Ihadris]

The doggie death bridge is what bothered me the most.  Mysterious abandoned cities and crazy-lady architecture doesn't hit me the same as K9's trying for instant evolution.

The double jumpers are even more baffling.

I had a bit of a read around, apparently there are minks nesting in the undergrowth underneath that section of bridge. They tested the different species of dog that have jumped the most and found that the scent of a mink drives them crackers. So when its a warm day and the rain doesnt supress the smell and certain species of dog walk past...