By Scott Bestul

Deer hunters have long debated the existence of a 6th sense in whitetails. You can paint the scene as well as I can. A buck approaches your stand from upwind. You make no movement, create no sounds, yet for seemingly inexplicable reasons, the buck suddenly gets goosey and blows out of there. What the heck happened?

The folks at Human Energy Concealment Systems (HECS) say they know; it’s the Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) produced by the hunter. According to HECS, “It’s a scientific fact that every time our heart beats or our body moves, we give off EMR. Scientific research has also proven that animals and humans can detect EMR, particularly when it becomes more intense, or spikes, as is the case when our heart beats faster at the sight or close proximity of game.”

By Chad Love

 From the story on CBC News:

I am just young enough that the phrase “Weasels Ripped My Flesh” recalls a Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention album, not Man’s Life magazine, which kicks off the lurid gallery seen here:

By Chad Love

You know those distressed rabbit predator calls that bring coyotes running but (admit it) sorta creep you out at the same time? According to researchers, there's a reason for that...

From the story in the (UK) Guardian:

Horror film soundtracks mimic animal distress calls. Film-makers' manipulations of sound tap into our primal fears, say researchers

Discordant sounds used to create tension in horror films are effective because they mimic calls made by animals in the wild at times of stress, researchers have found. The "non-linear" sounds, often created by pushing brass and wind instruments beyond their natural range by playing them too hard, exploit the human brain's natural aversion to sonics that signal fear or distress.