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Daily Brief · 14 November 2026

Ohio’s Frogman reaches the Statehouse

A bill would name the Loveland Frog Ohio’s official state cryptid, while a new book examines the ghostly intruders of sleep paralysis.

The legislative hearing is verified; it is not evidence for the creature. The sleep-paralysis item distinguishes witness experience, research interpretation and the limits of retrospective explanation. Planned events remain separate in What’s Upcoming.

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Henry Fuseli's 1781 painting The Nightmare, showing a sleeping woman with a supernatural figure on her chest

Science & folklore · UK release 12 November

Historical artwork · 1781 · Public domain

When the ghost is standing beside the bed

Sleep paralysis can produce a vivid sensed presence. Across cultures, the intruder becomes a ghost, witch, jinn, demon or alien.

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Earlier editions

13 November 2026 · The emperor who dreamed of Wales

12 November 2026 · Mothman in the mail and a Pine Barrens case file

11 November 2026 · The Cage of St Osyth

10 November 2026 · Frog bones, likely owls—and why magical belief persists

9 November 2026 · A fireball, followed back to the evidence

8 November 2026 · Ancient hair. Unanswered rituals.

7 November 2026 · Unidentified lights. Changing fairy tales.

6 November 2026 · York’s hidden connections. England’s enduring legends.

5 November 2026 · San Diego records, a paranormal talk and weekend folklore

4 November 2026 · One black triangle, two timelines

3 November 2026 · AI ghosts, York after dark and the case that follows you home