Paga Crocodile Pond in Ghana

Paga is a town in northern Ghana where the nation's main north-south road reaches the Burkina Faso border, north of Bolgatanga. Paga is known for its sacred crocodile ponds where most visitors are surprised that they can touch and sit on a live crocodile.

This famous pond is filled with some of the biggest crocodiles in the world. According to history and some myth, one of the ancient crocodiles of this pond saved the life of the first man who settled in the area by leading him to the pond to quench his thirst from a long journey.

Generally crocodiles are wild creatures but not the ones in Paga. These crocodiles coexist with humans and their friendly interactions with humans baffle the minds of many tourists. It is also believed that the soul of every native of this village has a corresponding crocodile in the pond.

Paga crocodile pond sanctuary is visited by millions of travelers from all parts of the globe. There are trained tour guides who performs some exercises before the crocodiles come out of water. A small fee is charged to buy the chicken for the show.

World Contest Of Ugliest Dog 2011

World’s Ugliest Dog Contest is an annual contest held in Petaluma, California, U.S., as part of the Sonoma-Marin Fair, to decide which of the dogs entered in the contest is the ugliest. Dogs come from across the United States generally but are welcome to enter from around the world. Along with the title of “The World’s Ugliest Dog” the winner’s owner receives a check for USD $1,000 and both dog and owner receive significant publicity for winning the contest, appearing on talk shows and in newspapers around the world.

Yoda won the $1,000 top prize as the world's ugliest dog Contest 2011 in Petaluma, California. It's 14-year old Chinese Crested/chihuahua mix with a malformed nose, short tufts of hair, protruding tongue, and long seemingly hairless legs.

Here are some more photos of ugly dog contestants of 2011.

Heaviest Man In The World - Patrick D. Deuel

Patrick D. Deuel from Nebraska is one of the heaviest man in the world. He is just 49 years old and the subject of the documentary “Half Ton Man” in Channel Four's Body Shock series, in which Rosalie Bradford gave advice after achieving a record-breaking weight loss of 410 kilograms.
Patrick D. Deuel is a former restaurant manager. At one point, he had not left his bed, in 7 years. He stands at 177.5 cm (5 ft 10 in). At his peak he weighed 1,126 pounds at the time, the only scale that could be used to weigh him was a livestock scale.

Gastric bypass surgery was thought to be his best chance for permanent weight loss. A second operation removed a mass of fat and skin hanging from his midsection. After 12 months, Patrick lost 260 kilograms. After leaving the hospital, Patrick lost even more weight, reaching 170 kilograms, a notable 318 kilograms loss.

Since then, Patrick had a setback and his guess is that he now weighs 193 kilograms.

River Over A River - A Water Bridge On River

Have you ever seen a river on river or a water bridge over a river? Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe because of it's amazing facts about engineering structure.

It's all about the incredible Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany. The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal and allows ships to cross over the Elbe River At 918 meters, it is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world. This is a channel bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany as part of the unification project.

The Elbe-Havel and Mittelland canals had previously met near Magdeburg but on opposite sides of the Elbe. Ships moving between the two had to make a 12 kilometer detour, descending from the Mittelland canal through the Rothensee boat lift into the Elbe, then sailing downstream on the river, before entering the Elbe-Havel Canal through Niegripp lock. Low water levels in the Elbe often prevented fully laden canal barges from making this crossing, requiring time consuming off-loading of cargo.

Construction of the water bridge was started as early as in the 1930 but due to the World War 2 and subsequent division of Germany the work remained suspended till 1997. The aqueduct was finally completed and opened to the public in 2003. It was finally completed and opened to the public in 2003.

Deepak Paswan - Parasitic Twin Growing Out Of His Chest

Fetus In Fetus which called "Parasitic Twin" is very rare condition that only some 91 cases worldwide have ever been reported. Deepak Paswaan was one of them who suffered from parasitic twin.

Eight year old Deepak Kumar Paswaan from India will finally have a normal childhood after his parasitic twin has been surgically removed. The boy who became known around the world by the nickname “oktopus boy” is born with partially developed legs and arms of his undeveloped twin growing from his chest. Deepak was stigmatized for eight years by some he was perceived as an incarnation of God, while others thought of him as the devil in the human body.

In order to allow the boy to have a normal life, four hour operation of removing his undeveloped twin was performed in a hospital Fortis, the Indian city of Bangalore in June this year and boy is recovering successfully and begins to live a normal life.

The boy first appeared in the media in February when the shares started collecting money for an operation that would remove the extra limbs of a boy. “I am tired of it to be different from other kids, I just want to live normally.” said Deepak after surgery.

Snake Massage Therapy In Israele

An Israeli health and beauty spa is offering a new service for its customers "Non Poisonous Snake Massage Therapy" for just $80 you can have large slithering reptiles such as California and Florida king snakes, corn snakes and milk snakes, wriggle down your back and up your spine and across your face. If you dont freak out, it can be soothing experience, as the spa owner Ada Barak will tell you.

Barak figured out several years ago that heavy king and corn snakes produce a relaxing kneading sensation. She says that once people get over any initial misgivings, they find physical contact with the snakes to be stress relieving. "Some people said that holding the snakes made them feel better, relaxed," she said "One old lady said it was soothing, like a cold compress."

The size of the snakes depends on the type of massage. The larger ones are said to alleviate deeper muscle tensions and the smaller ones create a 'fluttering' effect. All are the snakes used are non venomous.

Oldest Koi Fish In The World

Do you know who is the who is the Oldest koi fish? She was the japanese koi fish and died at the age of 226 years.

Koi Fish are a domesticated kind of the common carp kept for decoration in artificial rock pools and ponds, there are types which are known to age to more than 200 years. One of the longest living vertebrate ever recorded, Hanako translated into English as Flower Maid is proof that women do live longer than men.

The 5lb female koi fish from Japan died at the age of 226 in 1977. Born in 1751, 25 years before American independence, her old age could be accounted for by removing one of her scales and examining it extensively, similar to counting rings of a tree.

Oldest Tortoise In The World

Do you know who is the oldest Tortoise in the world? Addwaita was a oldest aged tortoise in India and the world. A tortoises long life span has been linked to the reptiles slow metabolic rate. Experts reckon as a general rule, animals with a high metabolic rate die early and those that burn energy more slowly can live on for decades.

Reports in the media are frequently claiming that the world's oldest tortoise has died
take Harriet and TuI Malila for example, who died at 175 and 188-years-old respectively.
But Addwaita was a tortoise that lived in West Bengal, India is estimated to have been around 255 years old when it died, making it just a toddler around the time of the American Revolution.

A zookeeper tends to Addwaita at the Alipore Zoological Garden in Calcutta, India, Before his death from liver failure five years ago.

It's age was verified by a technique called carbon dating, confirming Addwaita as one of the oldest creatures of modern times. His long life ended when his shell cracked and a wound developed some months

Horrible Pictures Of Ghost And Real Stories

You had ever seen horrible ghost pictures and stories but still the question is same. Was it real ghost photos or just fake by trick photography? Ghosts are real and some people say they have been proven fake but other experts say they are genuine, you only believe what you want to believe. if you don't believe in ghosts and one out of 100 people say they are fake then your going to believe their fake. But there is much more evidence pointing to their existence then there is to them not being real. Just because you have not seen something does not mean that it does not exist.

Ghosts are notoriously camera shy. More times than not when someone claims to have photographic evidence of a ghost it is usually a Photoshop job, trick photography, or it is “orbs”. Well orbs are actually just a light source reflecting of dust, bugs or precipitation that is in the air and the only way your camera knows how to deal with this reflection are the balls of light that one often associates with orbs. However some photographic evidence of ghosts does exist.

It is so difficult to capture the actual image of a real ghost on film. In order to capture a horrible picture of a ghost, you would have to be in the presence of an apparition, and visual apparitions are extremely rare. Although there are a number of famous ghost photos that have been examined by experts and are considered to be real ghost pictures. This photographic evidence has stood up to scrutiny and stood the test of time.

This photo was taken by Reverend R.S. Blance at Corroboree Rock near Alice Springs, Australia in 1959. In the woods with branches in front of her appears to be a transparent women. If a photo like this was taken today one would likely think that it was a fake ghost picture created in Photoshop, but Photoshop didn’t exist in 1959. Double exposure is also unlikely given how visible the areas in front and behind the women are.

This photograph is considered by many to be the most famous ghost photograph. It was taken in 1936 by Captain Provand and Indre Shira at Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England. The photogenic ghost is thought to be that of Dorothy Townshend who lived in Raynham Hall with her husband, Charles Townshend, in the 1700s. Legend has it that Dorthy was a mistress to Lord Wharton and Charles found out about it. He then imprisoned her in a remote section of the Hall until she died from his abuses. she is often seen wearing a brown, satin dress. One report tells of her eyes being gouged out. Legal records show she died in 1726, but many believe this to be a sham, as Charles wanted people to believe she was dead, so he could punish her for her infidelity.

On November 19, 1995 Wem Town Hall in England caught on fire. The fire raged on all through the night until the building was nothing but rubble. As firefighters battled the flames, a local citizen, Tony O’Rahilly, decided to snap some pictures of the event. He used a 200mm telephoto lens to snap this shot of a small girl standing in the doorway. In one of his photographs there appears to be the clear image of a little girl standing in front of the inferno. No one remembered a young girl being at the scene and there was definitely not a young girl in the burning building. Dr. Vernon Harrison examined the photo and it's negative and determined that it was genuine. Some believe this is the ghost of a young girl named Jane Churm who, in 1677, accidentally started a fire that destroyed many homes in the town. Jane also died in the fire.

In 1966, Ralph Hardy visited the National Museum in Greenwich, England. While in the Queen’s House section of the Museum, Hardy snapped a photo of the beautiful staircase. Upon developing his photography Hardy made a shocking discovery. One of his photos showed a ghostly figure climbing the staircase. The figure was not in the photography when Hardy took the picture. The photograph and the negatives were examined by experts, some of which were from Kodak, and all have concluded that the negative was not tampered with nor is it a double exposure.

In 1959 Mabel Chinnery had just spent the day at the cemetery visiting her mother’s grave. To finish off a roll of film she snapped a picture of her husband who was seated in the front seat of the car awaiting her. The film was developed and this came out: somebody sitting in the backseat wearing glasses, clear as day. Mrs. Chinnery swore that the "backseat driver" was none other than her own mother whose gravesite she was standing next to when she took the picture.

A woman named Mrs. Andrews was visiting the grave of her daughter Joyce, who died at 17. Andrews saw nothing unusual when she took this photo of Joyce's grave marker. When the film was developed, Mrs. Andrews was astonished to see the image of a small child sitting happily at her daughter's grave. The ghost child seem to be aware of Mrs. Andrews since he or she is looking directly into the camera. Mrs. Andrews said there were no such children nearby when she took the photograph. She remarked that she did not believe it was the ghost of her daughter as a child.

These all ghost photos are absolutely amazing and horrible. Some of these horrible pictures have undoubtedly given even the most hardened skeptic goose bumps and I don’t believe they should be simply written off as fakes and ignored. These photographs should continue to be examined and researched.