New release: Alien Hand Syndrome by Alan Bellows

Welcome to the world of treacherous toothpick fish, Mike the headless chicken, a supermodel secret agent and Walking Corpse Syndrome. With unbelievable—but true—tales, Alien Hand Syndrome by Alan Bellows is an addictively readable collection that touches on historical events gone awry, nature’s nightmares, man-made disasters, mad scientists and disordered personalities…You can’t make this stuff up! Read an excerpt from the book, “The Naga Fireballs”, below.

The Naga Fireballs
A fire-breathing river perplexes citizens and scientists

Every year in October near the end of Buddhist Lent, hundreds of people gather after dusk at Wat Paa Luang, a 450-year-old temple on the edge of the Mekong River in the Nong Khai province of Thailand. Though they cannot predict the exact times or locations, a little patience usually earns spectators a view of a small, pinkish sphere rising out of the surface of the river. The glowing ball lingers above the river for up to a few moments, then ascends rapidly and silently into the atmosphere until it is lost to the eye. Most such nights there are dozens to hundreds of the fist-sized wisps flying skyward. Unlike so many other outlandish claims that photography cannot adequately capture, the Naga Fireballs have been witnessed by thousands of people for hundreds of years.

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