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These days, photoshop is almost part of everyday life. Digitally based editing programs can change everything from pictures to video and can alter almost anything in it in every possible way. Before photoshop, doing such editing was strenuous mixtures of exposures and lots of trial and error. Here are some of the most unbelievable images that you won't believe aren't real!

General Ulysses S. Grant:

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in front of his troops at City Point, Va., during the Civil War.

Researchers at the Library of Congress say it isn't real, instead it is a composite of three separate prints. The head is a photo of Grant, the horse and body from a photo of Alexander M. McCook and the background is a photo of Confederate prisoners captured at the battle of Fisher’s Hill, Va.

Abraham Lincoln:

This nearly iconic portrait (in the form of a lithograph) of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is a composite of Lincoln’s head and the Southern politician John Calhoun’s body.

Generals:

In this photo by Mathew Brady, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman poses with his generals. Gen. Francis P. Blair, far right, was added later. The image on the left is from the same sitting, which Blair did not attend.

Cottingley Fairies:

Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, two young cousins, took a photos that appeared to be of fairies. The public, including Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle, loved them. It was decades before the two admitted the images were photos of cardboard cutouts of drawings, and they continued to maintain they had actually seen fairies.

Herbert Hoover & Charles Curtis

This famous campaign photograph showing Herbert Hoover with his hand on the shoulder of his running mate, Charles Curtis, was manipulated. One of Hoover's press directors, Edward Anthony, explained in his autobiography, that two separate pictures were used and the hand was painted in by an artist.

Stalin:

Stalin routinely had his enemies air-brushed out of photographs. In this image, a commissar was removed from the original after falling out of favor with Stalin.

Hitler:

The doctored photo is on the left, and the original is on the right. Adolf Hitler had Joseph Goebbels (second from the right) removed from the original image.

Originally spotted at: http://www.fourandsix.com/photo-tampering-history/

Lets face it, sometimes the parts of our body can't fully reconcile with our brain- we sometimes speak before we think, we move before we look, and sometimes we perceive something different than we're actually seeing. Your eyes are tricky and as this video points out, they're also stupid.

This is totally NSFW, but totally HILARIOUS. Please watch and enjoy the sad thoughts of sad dogs!

So this was meant to be part of a November Series of "Things I'm Thankful For."

Unfortunately, I got too caught up in being thankful for life that I didn't do much posting here, on this blog. So here, I bring to you, some entertaining GIFs that will help you appreciate food as much as I do!

Because everyone has had that moment where you just had to eat that beloved sandwich.

BUTTER!!!

COOKIE!

(The look on his face is perfect!)

Because one drumstick is never enough.

Because animals eating are so cute- and this one takes the cake!!! (or Broccoli!)

Are you interested in having something haunted in your house without having your whole house be haunted?

Would you like to be terrorized by creepy dolls and watched by haunted paintings?

If so, perhaps you would like to seek out your own piece of the Unexplained to have in your home!

You could go searching on Ebay, but we doubt you'll have much luck finding a real ghost. They have loads of buying guides and rules in place about what you can sell and what you can't. Apparently ghosts are an intangible object.

Your first stop should definitely be getting your own haunted doll. Check estate sales first, as they seem to congregate there. If not, here's a website where you can buy your own haunted doll. History is noted with the doll!

If that doesn't work, there are a few small shops, like this one- Decroixs Haunted Barn, that features what items they have found that they have for sale.

No haunted shopping trip is complete without a trip to the International Metaphysical Marketplace, where not only can you buy haunted items, but spirits and protections as well!

Too chicken to try buying a haunted item? Then why not check out books that you can read to have the experience without actually owning one!

*We here at Atmospheric Noise are all about having fun- none of this is an implication that the above items are actually real or that we think it's a wise idea to buy from these locations. We just think it's fun to share!*

Throughout history, there have always been accounts of encounters with alien life. Some manifest in the guise of abductions, others are UFO sightings and then of course there is the crop circle phenomenon. Today, enjoy a selection of some our favorite extraterrestrial encounters!

Roswell

First up is the case that everyone knows about- Roswell, New Mexico. This has always been such a great case, if only for the sheer number of alien hunters on the case, as well as the vast number of conspiracy theorists who have also tackled this interesting case as their own. In 1947, the US military allegedly recovered the remains of an extraterrestrial spacecraft which has crash landed, and then a mass cover-up was executed. It all started with an explosion late one night, followed by numerous findings of unusual debris scattered around the surrounding area the next day. The debris had strange qualities, with some parts being noted as having a “water-like” quality, where they wouldn't stay in a solid form.

The military stated that it was a weather balloon, and then quickly started quieting the locals. Nurses at the local hospital reported that the military had cordoned off a section of the building, and nurses who were permitted to enter the cordoned off area reported that they saw “little men” who were being examined, and even one small humanoid figure that was up walking around. Another interesting note is that the nurses who were allowed to work in this area reported being sick for a long time following their incident. Of the military personnel who have reported claims, most of them report having seen a strange metallic craft that appeared to be embedded in the hillside, along with several of the strange humanoid bodies around the crash site.

Since the event at Roswell, there have been numerous people who have come out with their stories involving Roswell. One such story is told by supposed Army Colonel, about the strange technology that he was privy to in years following the incident. If you’d like to read more about the “Day after Roswell”, go here. There is also, of course, the famous video of the Alien Autopsy that supposedly followed the Roswell crash. Lucky for us, it's still preserved on the internet, even though it is believed pretty widespread that the video is a hoax.

The Sunken Ship in the Baltic Sea

Discovered on June 19th, 2011, this strange anomoly in the sea still doesn't have much of a proper explanation. It was discovered when a Swedish based diving company was exploring the Baltic Sea looking for sunken treasures. A strange image appeared on their sonar and something caused major interference with their instruments. It appears to resemble the millenium falcon (think star wars) and it appears to have a crash landing track in the sea bed. More study is needed to fully identify the object.

UFO over the Mojave Desert

September 9, 1985, an aviation pilot was out for a flight when he saw a strange cigar shaped object in the sky. He snapped a picture of this object, of which no one has been able to devise an explanation for, even today.

UFO over Holloman Base

This cigar shaped ship was photographed in 1964, by a government employee over the Holloman Air Development center in New Mexico. Either this is an alien ship or some experimental army drone, but I'm leaning toward the former. Conspiracy theorists agree, stating this as a case that the government has been in contact with aliens for much longer than we thing. (Perhaps we're still negotiating the release of hostages from the Roswell incident?)

Alien Encounter in Brazil

This is a video grab from footage taken in Manaus, Brazil. The description of the footage claims that he is just hanging out in the jungle of brazil, just feet away from a flashing blue light. Could this jungle have been his rest stop on a longer voyage? Was he merely stretching his legs? The world will never know.

I am not a Sasquatch expert. Not in any way shape or form. I just happen to find the sasquatch interesting. I find it interesting because over the years, there have not just been one or two localized sightings of sasquatch, but literally thousands across the United States. It is hard to believe that it is merely a trick of collective consciousness when there are just so many sightings. It is also hard to believe that people make careers out of hunting bigfoot.

Then, you could also theorize that with so many sightings, we really should have better physical evidence of the creatures themselves. We know that if they live across the US, they have to have multiple home territories, much like us. This would also indicate that their population should be higher and there should at least be some evidence of their dead. (Provided that they aren't also super intelligent and haven't been using our burial grounds as well, literally placing their bones right under our noses. Or, alternatively, they could use or burn their bones) Seriously, though, we should have better pictures than this...

or even this:

And while we have extremely talented people making awesome graphs, like the one below, no one seems to be able to appropriately compile and decipher the data. The maker of this chart indicates that there should be more sightings the higher the population in the area- but I disagree. If the sasquatch is as elusive as he has proven (and not just a mythological creature), they would be smart enough to stay away from the densely populated areas and keep to himself where there aren't many other humans.

No matter what you believe, I think you'll find the Sasquatch to be an interesting story to consider. Could this be a primitive ape man that once or still existed? If he does exist, I think he is most certainly smarter than we give him credit for, if only for being able to evade the rest of the human populace for so long!

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Just as society has held up a belief of aliens, ghosts and the like, we as a people love the idea of crazy animals. There's an entire study, called Cryptozoology, that is devoted to the study and development of concepts around "hidden" animals. I love the idea- a whole devotion of science that spends time on animals that lack physical evidence to their existence, but they exist over time or through mythology. Now, I am certain that you have heard famous tales of the sasquatch, the loch ness monster or the Chupacabra- but there are mountains of stories about potentially "hidden" animals. Here are my Top 5 Favorite Unexplained Animals!

The Kraken

Once a mighty beast of the seas, this animals myth has now been downgraded to that of a giant squid. I personally would like to think that the Kraken may have been a giant squid, but it was seriously the most giant squid that ever existed. He probably lived for a thousand years before his water was too polluted and his heart just couldn't handle any more terrorism.

Pierre Dénys de Montfort, 1801

Below the thunders of the upper deep;
Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides; above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumber'd and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages, and will lie
Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.
-Alfred Tennyson

An illustration from the original 1870 edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by author Jules Verne

Ogopogo

I have to admit, I really love this monster because his name is fun to say. Ogopogo. Go ahead. Say it out loud. Say it fast, say it slow, say it 10 times fast. It's fun. He's a cryptid lake monster that lives in Okanagan Lake, in British Columbia, Canada. Despite the fact that most of the physical evidence (ie photographs and videotapes) have been debunked as being floating logs, this mythical creature has been living there since 1860.

The Hodag

A known and admitted hoax, this animal has an amusing story behind it. A man named Eugene Shepherd was apparently bored one day in 1893, and created an animal that was described as "the fiercest, strangest, most frightening monster ever to set razor sharp claws on the earth. It became extinct after its main food source, all white bulldogs, became scarce in the area." Three years later, he claimed to have a live specimen (as the first one he captured they burnt badly), and when spectators came from far and wide, he had to explain to them it was a hoax. None of this is really the reason I love this story. The best part about it, is that even today, the Hodag is the symbol of Rhinelander, Wisconsin. They have a large statue in town, a festival in its honor every year and it is the mascot of their high school. It's even been in video games, television shows and books. Just goes to show you that a short and simple, ADMITTED hoax, can become a beloved icon for more than 100 years to come!

Garou

Garou, Lycanthrope, or Werewolf... No matter what you want to call it, it has been scaring small children and fragile adults for centuries. Perhaps someone ran into a larger than normal wolf or an angrier than normal human. Perhaps it was governmental experimentation. Either way, we've got the wicked impression (with the exception of wolverine) that we're all very lucky that they don't actually exist. Unless you're a nerd, and then you'll love playing a Garou in White Wolf's "Werewolf" role playing game.

Mokele-Mbembe

Mokele-Mbembe (which is a mouthful) is loosely translated to "one who stops the flow of rivers", and its legend has been around since the 1700's. It is reportedly omnivorous, and likes living in the deep areas of river beds. Despite its longevity, there is no physical proof, either disputed or otherwise. Legend or not, a dinosaur in my river? That's cool.