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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UNDER THE ICE • Some slightly gruesome discoveries shed further light on historical vanishings

PENIS TROUBLE • Male members make the news, from a giant phallic artwork to a sporting disaster

BLACK-EYED KID • Horribly charred baby sign puts Japanese general store on the map

THE CONSPIRASPHERE • In 2018 Dawn Sturgess became the first alleged British victim of Novichok. As the public inquiry into her death wraps up, NOEL ROONEY ponders some of the dangling loose ends…

ARCHÆOLOGY • A MONTHLY EXCAVATION OF ODDITIES AND ANTIQUITIES

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

Seeing strange new worlds • DAVID HAMBLING examines the key role of vision in how our brains construct a sense of reality

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Ghost Season, Part Two • ALAN MURDIE concludes his survey of Christmas hauntings

ALIEN ZOO NEWS FROM THE CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL GARDEN • KARL SHUKER greets a newly discovered mega-coral and rewatches a long-lost TV favourite

ANIMALS BEHAVING BADLY • Squatting bears, thieving owls, rock-eating dogs, randy dolphins and millipede hordes

WILD WEATHER • A rash of mysterious smoke rings, a pillar in the clouds and a rare display of surviving physical evidence for one of Fort’s phenomena

LEGENDARY WEEKEND 2024 • ALAN MURDIE enjoys a conference overflowing with watery lore

More UFOs over Washington • NIGEL WATSON considers recent official hearings and reports on Unidentified Anamlous Phenomena

Words matter • JENNY RANDLES wonders just how much of our understanding of UFOs is shaped by language

ELVIS KING OF THE STRANGE • Who is the most fortean musical icon of all time? Elvis Presley, of course, who was born 90 years ago this month on 8 January 1935. NEIL NIXON argues that while the living Elvis brought religious iconography and supernatural power to rock ‘n’ roll, his post-mortem career since 1977 has encompassed ever wider realms of weirdness, from angels and aliens to reincarnation and conspiracy theories…

The Wonder of Elvis • Elvis has made countless odd appearances in the pages of FT over the years…

THE LADY OF THE LAKE • A new documentary explores the manifold strands of weirdness in a 1940 murder case that taps into archetypal strangeness. JOSHUA CUTCHIN talks to director RYAN GRULICH about the fortean inspirations for his film…

THE TARVES BEASTIE A FORGOTTEN GEF? • MICHAEL COX explores a neglected case that has many striking similarities with the contemporaneous but better known story of the ‘Dalby Spook’, now remembered as ‘Gef the Talking Mongoose’, and asks: Was this Gef’s forgotten Scottish cousin?

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TRUMP’S DEMON HUNTERS • As Donald Trump triumphantly re-occupies the White House for a second time, his choice of Cabinet has caused much controversy – but, says SD TUCKER, do not despair. At least Musk, RFK Jr, et al, will help keep mankind safe from the...