Mystique of a sea chapel

Portugal is filled with mysterious places. I wanted to focus on a small enchanted place which is like a pearl. A chapel in the middle of the ocean! Only during high tide and located on Miramar Beach in Gulpilhares, District of Porto in Portugal. 

The chapel faces the mainland, and visible all the time, during the day from sunrise until sunset. Sometimes it looks unique on top of steps. Other times it seems surrounded by the sea. 

Hexagon shaped, double sided alter within, statues of religious icons, the interior is a baroque style and includes a spiral staircase. It was built in 1686 and looks very much like a sand castle. It's survived menacing storms and huge waves beating around the rocks. One of the legends about deciding to build a chapel there was a vision of divine light leading a ship to safety. 

The connection with magic comes from stories and legends of Pagan rituals. The exact site was a location of ancient Celtic peoples worshipped on there for thousands of years. During the full moon, it's a significant place for modern Pagans who bring candles. 

Behind the chapel is a stone with a mysterious hoof print, called "Mark of the Ox" believed to be from a legend of an ox warming baby Jesus and also could be a horseshoe print belonging to a horse ridden by King Sebastian. 

During Feast of the Lord of the Stone, which lasts three days, a procession of mysterious hooded women lead the festivities. This blends food from Christian faith as well as from local cuisine. Christians and Pagans both value the sacred site. 

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Spooky quicks May 2026

Tonight is the full moon, and is the Flower Moon. This is going to be an interesting month as there will be another full moon later on 31st May. We'll experience two full moons during May 2026, the Flower Moon and then the Blue Moon. 

Two moons during one month is rare but not completely strange. But two suns is very science fiction, dreamlike and in the realms of fantasy fiction. Scientists believe now that a binary star system would make a happy bunch of planets. To read more on the subject visit Space.com article. 

Researchers found urban birds, such as pigeons, blackbirds, crows, gulls, magpies, are more afraid of women than men, Is this true? If so then it could be connected to a woman perfume or her menstrual cycles. They don't know why this is: Nautilus: Birds afraid of women   

Fred Andersson posted a photograph of a troll that was taken in the forest near Steninge Castle in Sweden. The area itself is full of mystery and ancient sites from Bronze Age mounds, Viking forts and runestones. The photo was taken of Fred on a road beside a ruin, but the strange troll figure was seen among the background staring into at the camera. Afterwards Fred saw an unusual light in the sky. For that story and photo, visit Medium link. 

A video clip shows someone feeding a dragon! Visit the link here on Instagram.

Video featuring what seems to be an enormous sea monster, have a look on the Instagram page. A second clip, which is here. While we're on that topic of the water, Mysterious stories told by sailors, viewed on Ranker. 

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Werewolf caught on trail camera?

This has been on topic for many these past few weeks. A short video clip, possibly a wildlife camera or trail camera, positioned in the undergrowth has captured an animal sniffing at it, then exposing it's sharp teeth before leaving. A lot of people believe it's a wolf. Is it a bear, coyote, wolverine or hyena?

Check it out for yourself: Clip 

I made a still image taken of this clip and asked various websites what it could be. Delving deeper into advanced Google mode, it said no evidence of AI was used, but gave possibilities, such as mentioning the Caucasian shepherd dog, mainly, then also mentioned Death Dogs from the film "Willow". It even pointed out horror film costumes and stories about werewolves! It seemed to suggest this might be faked but not AI, possibly a mask or costume designed by artists. The answers were inconclusive, either a prop or an actual living dog (the bear-dog) like this: 

After doing an image search, Bing, Google, Yahoo and so on contradicted one another about this. Another examined its frame and said it was a fictional clip and not wildlife photography. TinEye didn't seem to want to examine the photo. Yandex identified the creature as a wolf. DuckDuckGo was certain it was all artificial including the trees. So whatever it is just don't be afraid.

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