Fortean Times

Fortean Times chronicles the stranger side of life, delivering a heady mix of weird world news, up-to-date reports and features on every aspect of the unexplained: myths, monsters, ghosts and UFOs rub shoulders with ancient wonders and future science, while expert columnists bring you the latest on everything from cryptozoology to conspiracy theory. Open-minded, well informed and maintaining a healthy sense of humour, Fortean Times is the only place to go for a sensible look at our mad planet – it will change the way you see the world.

Fortean Times

EDITORIAL

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT FORTEAN TIMES

PENIS SNATCHING PANIC • Supposedly missing members lead to lynchings in Nigeria

EXTRA! EXTRA! • FT’S FAVOURITE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

ANIMAL CRACKERS • Woman vs snake vs hawk, plus a duck-scoffing bulldog and more

GHOSTLY GOINGS-ON • Haunted shopping trolleys and Indian polts

“BY SATAN’S HAND” • The FBI says the 764 group is targeting vulnerable children

CLASSICAL CORNER • FORTEANA FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD COMPILED BY BARRY BALDWIN

ARCHÆOLOGY • A MONTHLY EXCAVATION OF ODDITIES AND ANTIQUITIES

SCIENCE • DAMNED DATA, NEW DISCOVERIES AND RADICAL RESEARCH

IMPROBABILITY THEORIES • This year’s Ig Nobel awards recognised cutting edge research into nose hairs and anchovy sex

GHOSTWATCH • KEEPING AN EYE ON THE HAUNTED WORLD

STRANGE CONTINENT • ULRICH MAGIN looks back at a summer of weird weather, animal attacks and ‘lions’ on the loose

ALIEN ZOO • NEWS FROM THE CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL GARDEN

THE CONSPIRASPHERE • As the fog of war descends once again in the Middle East, NOEL ROONEY sees any attempts to get to the truth hampered by propaganda, partisan opinions and evidence-free theories

THEY DO LIKE IT UP ‘EM 3 • Will they never learn? Startling numbers of people continue to put inappropriate things in daft places

MYTHCONCEPTIONS

NECROLOG • This month, one of the world’s most famous alien abductees beams up for the last time, and we say goodbye to an old school conspiracy theorist and UnCon guest

FAIRIES, FOLKLORE AND FORTEANA • SIMON YOUNG FILES A NEW REPORT FROM THE INTERFACE OF STRANGE PHENOMENA AND FOLK BELIEF

Hearing the Good News • NIGEL WATSON recalls the UFO scene of the early 1970s and the impact of the proto-Fortean Times

River of Time • JENNY RANDLES considers recurring connections between rivers, missing time and alien abductions

The Poltergeist Cases of Contagion • As co-investigator of the South Shields poltergeist case, DARREN W RITSON experienced some odd events that made him ask whether the poltergeist phenomenon can attach itself to investigators or neighbours – and examples from earlier cases suggested he might be right.

MAY THE FORT BE WITH YOU • PAT SPAIN is a TV presenter, writer, explorer and cryptozoologist best known for his wildlife shows on National Geographic, Animal Planet and others. He also happens to be the great nephew of Charles Fort. ETIENNE GILFILLAN tracked him down and spoke to him about his extraordinary career, cryptozoological passions, family history and the power of synchronicity…

THE LIVING DINOSAUR PICTURE ROUND • When you’re on the track of the Mokele M’bembe in West Africa, one of the first problems is getting people to agree on what the legendary cryptid looks like and what it’s actually called, as PAT SPAIN explains…

TALES FROM THE NEW MILLENNIUM PART ONE • For four decades up to 2019, Paul Sieveking selected and wrote up weird news stories for Fortean Times. Here are some of his favourite news reports from the first five years of the 21st century. For his selection of stories reported up to the turn of the millennium, see FT390:40-45,...