#forteana — Public Fediverse posts

#1403 Richard Forsyth (ed) - Encounters Issue 7. Paragon Publishing Ltd, Bournemouth, May 1996.

#RichardForsyth #ParagonPublishing #Paranormal #Forteana #Werewolves #BookOfTheDay

#1295 Gordon Hill - Secrets of the Unknown. Knight Books, a division of Hodder Stoughton, Sevenoaks, 1979, 1st edition.

#GordonHill #KnightBooks #HodderStoughton #Forteana #BookOfTheDay

I forgot to post this on David Attenborough's 100th: my copy of 'Fabulous Animals', which I demanded for my 11th birthday. Seminal inspiration for my devotion to #Forteana. The hardback is surprisingly rare, too. Sir David was already nearly 50 when this came out! #DavidAttenborough #BookChatWeekly

Ils le disent eux-mêmes à longueur d'interview : ils viennent d'une autre planète. Maintenant, nous sachons.

#AngineDePoitrine #TruthRevealed #extraterrestrial #OutOfThisWorld #Forteana #PouetRadio

#1259 Jon Downes (ed) - Animals & Men: The Journal of the Centre for Fortean Zoology - Issue 22, 2000.

#JonDownes #CFZ #CentreForForteanZoology #Cryptozoology #Forteana #BookOfTheDay

https://www.storyangles.com/post/forteana

Forteana records strange events that everyday people observe. These cover odd weather, unexpected lights, strange animal behavior, and unusual natural occurrences.

#fortean #forteana #StoryAngles #StrangeEvents #phenomenon #charlesfort #unexplained #UnexplainedPhenomena #paranormal

#1155 Jenny Randles - The Paranormal Source Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Strange Phenomena Worldwide. Judy Piatkus (Publishers) Ltd, London, 1996, 1st edition.

#JennyRandles #JudyPiatkus #Forteana #BookOfTheDay

Updates to the #Paranormal Database include spookiness from Suffolk, weirdness from Wales, and #Forteana & #folklore from other corners of the UK and Ireland… https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/recent/index.php

#1024 John Fairley and Simon Welfare - Arthur C Clarke's World of Strange Powers. Book Club Associates by arrangement with William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1985, 1st BCA edition.

#JohnFairley #SimonWelfare #ArthurCClarke #BookClubAssociates #Forteana #BookOfTheDay

Rare wild fish found on city sidewalk likely dropped by sea bird

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-01/endangered-spotted-handfish-found-dead-on-street-in-hobart/105586134

#Fortean #StrangeButTrue #FishFall #Forteana

The #Fortean #Forteana forum is down again. 😕

"Those who have had any dealings with the odd are not interested in the disbelief of those who have not." - T C Lethbridge #Forteana #paranormal #supernatural #archaeology

Tomorrow night at the Edinburgh Fortean Society! I'll be talking about the Tarves Beastie, Aberdeenshire's answer to Gef the Talking Mongoose.

https://www.edinburghforteansociety.org.uk/?p=465

#fortean #forteana #poltergeist

Flood museum closed due to flooding inside of it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/flooding-in-museum-forces-flood-museum-to-close/ar-AA1y4zKs
#Fortean #Forteana #StrangeButTrue #WeirdPA

New Fortean Times is out, including an article by me about the 'Tarves Beastie', an obscure Aberdeenshire haunting with surprising similarities to the Gef the Talking Mongoose case. Recommended for fans of poltergeists & talking animals.

#ForteanTimes #forteana #ghosts #hauntings #poltergeists #TarvesBeastie #GefTheTalkingMongoose #aberdeenshire

#775 Jon Downes (ed) - Animals & Men: The Journal of the Centre for Fortean Zoology - Issue 21, 2000. #JonDownes #CFZ #CentreForForteanZoology #Cryptozoology #Forteana #BookOfTheDay

#704 Ralph Noyes and Busty Taylor - The Crop Circle Enigma: Grounding the Phenomenon in Science, Culture and Metaphysics. Gateway Books, Bath, 1990, 1st edition. #RalphNoyes #BustyTaylor #GatewayBooks #CropCircles #Cerealogy #Forteana #BookOfTheDay

This was a blast! I appear on the latest episode of #AstonishingLegends talking about American Bloodfalls.
#Forteana
https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2024/09/14/ep-291-american-bloodfalls-with-tom-maxwell-part-1

Check out my blog post on the Seriously Strange Conference 2024 in Winchester, UK! Discover eerie stories, expert insights, and spine-chilling experiences. Don’t miss it!

https://ghostcatcherie.wordpress.com/2024/09/09/seriously-strange-happenings-in-winchester-a-weekend-of-ghosts-ufos-and-mysteries/

#seriouslystrange
#paranormalconference
#winchester #hauntedwinchester #ghosts
#cryptids #ufo #paranormalblogger #paranormalcommunity #forteana #revlionelfanthorpe #ghostcatcherisles

The REAL NEWS you need today

https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2024/08/groundhog-rescued-from-inside-claw-machine/?utm_source=Spotlight+PA&utm_campaign=87b462994c-What+the+veepstakes+revealed+about+Shapiro&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ff13a45256-87b462994c-294826395

#ClawMachine #Groundhog #Forteana #StrangeButTrue #Fortean

Boy, do I have opinions about this editorial in Nature.

Charles Fort, Forteans, and Forteana are to blame for anti vaxxers, Q-Anon, et al

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02226-7
#Fortean #Forteana

#613 Henry Gris and William Dick - The New Soviet Psychic Discoveries. Sphere Books, London, 1980, 1st edition. #HenryGris #WilliamDick #SovietUnion #Paranormal #Forteana #BookOfTheDay

#588 Janet Bord and Colin Bord - Alien Animals: A Worldwide Investigation. Panther Books, London, 1985, 1st edition, revised. #JanetBord #ColinBord #Cryptozoology #Forteana #BookOfTheDay

I'm proud to see my debut article in Haunted Magazine! And sharing the front cover with stars of Uncanny, Danny Robins and Chris French too. Exciting! Please pick up a copy soon to read all about my adventures in search of witches and giants.

#hauntedmagazineuk #ghostcatcherisles #writer #debutarticle #paranormal #paranormalwriter #magazine #ukmagazine #haunted #witchofeastsomerton #giantofwestsomerton #roberthales #witch #folklore #giant #forteana

#523 Ian Simmons, Paul Sieveking and Val Stevenson (eds) - The Fortean Times Book of Medical Mayhem. John Brown Publishing Ltd, London, 1999, 1st edition. @iansimmons1960 #IanSimmons #PaulSieveking #ValStevenson #ForteanTimes #Medicine #Forteana #BookOfTheDay

This post is to promote the hashtag #FemaleFortean.

Hopefully it will get used along with hashtags like #Fortean #Forteana #ForteanTimes

#374 Joan Forman - The Haunted South. Jarrold Publishing, Norwich, 1989, 1st Jarrold edition. #JoanForman #JarroldPublishing #Ghosts #Forteana #BookOfTheDay

#343 Jon Downes (ed) - Animals & Men: The Journal of the Centre for Fortean Zoology - Issue 20, 1999. #JonDownes #CFZ #CentreForForteanZoology #Cryptozoology #Forteana #BookOfTheDay

Today on my Patreon: I posted my Sturgeon Symposium presentation (there will be an article version later for everyone, G-d willing; but this is a fun bonus for backers :) )

It's titled "Transcendent Sharing" - Early Counter-Imaginaries of Gendered Magical Power in American Speculation.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/89693153

#ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionStudies #TheodoreSturgeon #SturgeonSymposium #ZennaHenderson #CharlesFort #Forteana #Humanities #LiteraryStudies

@TheSauce truly lovely bit of #Fortean news or #Forteana - classy source link

Gizmodo: Cryptozoologists Enlist Drones to Find the Loch Ness Monster https://gizmodo.com/cryptozoologists-drones-hunt-for-loch-ness-monster-1850774740?utm_source=regular #lochnessexploration #lochnessmonster #cryptozoology #alanmckenna #lochness #forteana #theloch #ness

Hello and welcome to my #introduction 👋I am a mid-thirties, late diagnosed #ADHDer, with an #autistic partner. Coming up to my diagnosis 1-year anniversary 🥳 and learning lots every day, having regular “aha” moments. I work PT #burnout in a library and spend my free time trying to coral my unruly curiosity fairly unsuccessfully.

A snippet of my many waxing and waning interests include: #cacti #succulents #cats #dogs #budgies #astronomy #zoology #economics #tech #psychology #neurodiversity #spoontheory #streetart #modernart #arthistory #sculpture #crafts #museums #artgalleries #urbanspaces #heritage #architecture #snailmail #books #libraries #archives #forteana #documentaries #podcasts #zooniverse #googlecrowdsource #miscellanea

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- #Folklore #Forteana #Horror #Art

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#DremourPress #AndyPaciorekArt

#230 John E. Heymer - The Entrancing Flame: The Facts of Spontaneous Human Combustion. Little, Brown and Co, London, 1996, 1st edition. #SHC #SpontaneousHumanCombustion #Forteana #JohnEHeymer #LittleBrownAndCo #BookOfTheDay

Hello, I’m Jon. 👽

I love -

Making #podcasts, #instrumentals, & #strange soundscapes.

Researching the #anomalous, mind #metaphysics, and #sounddesign techniques.

Watching The #twilightzone, #VHS UFO docs, and campy #horror movies.

As well as collecting #tape recorders, #synthesizers, and books on the #paranormal.

Here to make strange pals & collab!

Some of my interests include: #highstrangeness #UFO logy #bigfoot & #cryptids #forteana #fieldrecording #synths #tape #horror

Today I learned about Sam the Sandown Clown, one of the strangest stories I’ve ever heard. #Forteana #HighStrangeness https://www.curiousarchive.com/sam-the-sandown-clown-alien-man-in-black-or-folie-a-deux/