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.

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EDITORIAL

CRYPTIC COMMUNICATIONS • Weird notes found in grocery items and a mystery solved

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

SIDELINES

ANIMAL NEWS • Mourning monkeys, orcas behaving badly and the amazing ‘Welsh Tidy Mouse’

RELIGION NEWS • He’s not the Messiah, but NYC tunnellers are very naughty boys…

SEWER STORIES • A New York urban legend immortalised, plus fowl play in a Somerset sewer

CLASSICAL CORNER • FORTEANA FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD COMPILED

ARCHÆOLOGY • A MONTHLY EXCAVATION OF ODDITIES AND ANTIQUITIES

GHOSTWATCH • KEEPING AN EYE ON THE HAUNTED WORLD

ALIEN ZOO • NEWS FROM THE CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL GARDEN

SCIENCE • DAMNED DATA, NEW DISCOVERIES AND RADICAL RESEARCH

MEDICAL BAG • FT’s overworked emergency room deals with the painful consequences of festive season sexual shenanigans and ill-advised eating choices

THE CONSPIRASPHERE • Why were the grandees of globalism lining up in front of an eschatological Grayson Perry tapestry at Davos 2024? NOEL ROONEY looks out for the latest manifestations of Old Nick…

THE ISLE IS FULL OF NOISES • More towns plagued by mystery hums; it’s definitely not aliens, but it could be fish…

STRANGE CONTINENT • ULRICH MAGIN rounds up the Euro-weirdness, from iridescent clouds to record-breaking ice discs

ASTRONOMICAL TRANSIENTS • New astronomical data align with dates of a classic UFO incident

MYTHCONCEPTIONS

NECROLOG • This month, a dedicated follower of Nessie joins the great monster hunt in the sky and we bid farewell to a post-punk musician and artist who photographed fairies

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

Enigmatic UAPs • NIGEL WATSON rounds up the latest news and views from the world of ufology

Twister time in Todmorden • Battered by Storm Gerritt, JENNY RANDLES revisits a classic case from 1980 and finds new evidence

THE DEVIL’S DOMAIN • PAUL CROPPER visits the industrial heartland of 19th century America to investigate a little-known poltergeist case in which an immigrant family was terrorised by mysterious rains of stones

RAINING STONES: STRANGE STONE-THROWING CASES AROUND THE WORLD

THE WILD MEN (AND WOMEN) OF METAL • The image of the Wild Man occurs across central Europe, particularly in Germany, adorning coins and coats of arms. But why is the Wilder Mann – and sometimes the Wilder Frau – such a recurrent image in the region’s folklore and heraldry, particularly in areas with a history of mining? Our man in Bavaria, STEVE TOASE, investigates.

FERAL FINANCES

THE HAUNTINGS OF WILLIAM STEVENS • ROB GANDY heads into the heart of the Black Country and visits the town of Tipton – once the ‘Venice of the Midlands’ and a crucible of the Industrial Revolution – to listen to one man’s stories of a lifetime of ghostly encounters…

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