As a little boy Lou Ferrigno put on a hearing aid every morning. Other kids teased him, which led to schoolyard fights that Ferrigno lost. For comfort he would read “The Incredible Hulk” comic book, one of his favorites. “ I felt devastated and emotionally insecure. I would just read the comics and it would give me inspiration and hope,” Ferrigno said. Ferrigno didn’t stop there. He began to lift weights and body build to gain the super strength his comic book hero had. Read More...
Explore More A Navy veteran who was ridiculed over the “white Tic Tac” UFO sightings in 2004 wants a public apology from the Defense Department following the long-awaited US government report about military personnel spotting other strange sightings in the sky.
In a series of Facebook posts after the report’s release on Friday, Kevin Day said his career “paid a price” after he was “laughed at, mocked, and talked about behind closed doors within [the US Department of Defense]” for trying to describe what he’d seen on his radar screen in November 2004. Read More...
By Alastair SookeFeatures correspondent
Vincent Van GoghOn a summer’s day in 1890, Vincent van Gogh shot himself in a field outside Paris. What does the painting he worked on that morning tell us about his mental state?
On 27 July 1890, Vincent van Gogh walked into a wheat field behind the chateau in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise, a few miles north of Paris, and shot himself in the chest. For 18 months he had been suffering from mental illness, ever since he had sliced off his left ear with a razor one December night in 1888, while living in Arles in Provence. Read More...