We don’t seem to know how to fix the economic crisis, but economist Paul Krugman thinks aliens might be able to do it–or at least human preparation for an alien invasion could do it. Since we ended the Great Depression with Government spending–and eventually with spending for World War II–preparing to fight off aliens might work this time. On the other hand, we’re already fighting TWO wars, and we’re as broke as ever.
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A stonecutter in Brazil woke up to find himself a thousand feet up in the air on a mountain, with no idea of how he got there. We remained on his precarious perch for 17 hours, until he was finally rescued by firefighters. The rescue itself took 12 hours. Even sleepwalking can’t explain something like this.

José Berti decided to walk to his brother’s house in a nearby town, and when he arrived, he was tired, so he fell asleep. He woke up on top of a nearby mountain. The inexplicata website quotes Claudecir Berti, the man’s nephew, as saying, "Only God knows how he got there."
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