Doctor ‘treated Elvis in 1997’

Elvis Presley faked his death to mend his fading health, claims a doctor who says he treated the rock legend during the 1990s. Psychiatrist Dr Donald Hinton told Fox News that he treated Presley in 1997, some 20 years after the King of Rock died of a heart attack. However, Elvis Presley Enterprises says the claims are “completely ridiculous”.

Stonehenge ‘made from body parts of biblical giant’

Stonehenge is made from the body parts of a giant, according to researcher Roger Spurr. The 70-year-old says the landmark’s stones are the bones of a giant that is referred to in the Bible. He says he approached Stonehenge with his theory but was told “never to contact them again”.

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Biblical grasshopper swarms terrify Sin City

Swarms of grasshoppers have descended upon Las Vegas, disrupting weather radars and terrifying tourists. The biblical clouds of buzzing insects, are migrating through the Sin City area because of a wetter-than-normal winter, according to experts. One Vegas eye witness said: “Everybody was going crazy.”

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