I'll watch almost any movie that has Nazis getting their asses kicked. Monsters is a big plus though.

My all-time favorite Bigfoot theory is one that is put out by some Mormon group. They believe that Bigfoot is the Biblical Cain, cursed to wander the Earth. That's the kind of crazy you only get from religion.

Totally fucking ludicrous. I can't wait.

@vurtscribe: I have long maintained that very thing. I read part of a travel book once about traveling to dangerous parts of the world. And one guy wrote about traveling to some small town on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. It sounded utterly surreal compared to the rest of the country. Some of those small towns on the…

Louisiana has been considered the source of exotic, violent evil for literally hundreds of years what with the old Voodoo queens and kings of New Orleans.

Hm. I hadn't watched the second clip before, but the curse is based on the LaLaurie story from New Orleans: [en.wikipedia.org]

A better, or at least creepier entry into this genre is the movie Dead Birds, which has most of the elements described above, but is pretty damn creepy in places.

Mitchell!

@michaelboehm11: Absolutely. Significantly better than some, but by no means, all on this list. I would much rather watch Farscape than Voyager or Enterprise, for instance.

#26. I think someone was watching (or animating I suppose) the Yellow Submarine.

@the.babe.wore.red: No joke. Every time one of these fringe posts shows up here I kind of want to punch something.

Of course it's a hoax. Give me some stratigraphy or go home.

@Kpibca: Chaco Canyon is pretty cool. And from an io9 POV I am pretty sure that Roswell is in New Mexico, no?

@FrequencySpike: Lobsters are gay rapists?

@AmishJohn: Meh.: As I recall, Dream Park was more animatronic and actors. Barsoon was where it got more VR. But yes to California Voodoo also.

The Barsoom Project (1989), sequel to Dream Park, by Larry Niven and Steve Barnes does the augmented reality thing quite a bit before Spook Country, AND it specifically takes place in a game setting.

Well, as long as they keep Alex white I guess it's okay.

@crosis101: Not much to add, except the "F" is Futurama.

Is this based on the Arthur Conan Doyle story "The Horror of the Heights"? Sounds familiar.

All interesting definitions. But I think that Spinrad and Pohl were the closest to the truth.