Fortean Times

Fortean Times, named after maverick American writer Charles Fort, is one of the world’s most individual and best loved magazines. For over 35 years FT has been chronicling 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, FT 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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REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL • Scientists find new ways to harness natural processes in the fight against environmental disaster

THE CONSPIRASPHERE • As Oregon’s Republican senators go on the run and the NXIVM cult’s links to the Democrats obsess the Conspirasphere, NOEL ROONEY wonders what’s become of Q...

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

TOWER RAVENS BULLETIN • Welcome new arrivals at the Tower of London... and a spooky tale from the Ravenmaster

PARROT FASHION • Hardened criminals, jealous pets, and compulsive online shoppers

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FORTEAN FOLLOW-UPS • Updates on the ‘Havana Syndrome’ mystery

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Transient lunar phenomena • DAVID HAMBLING examines possible explanations for mysterious glows and flashes on the Moon

ARCHÆOLOGY A MONTHLY EXCAVATION OF ODDITIES AND ANTIQUITIES • PAUL SIEVEKING catalogues some intriguing coin finds from Australia, Utah and England

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

STRANGE CONTINENT • ULRICH MAGIN rounds up the weirdest news items from across Europe – from ABCs to UFOs

The ghosts of Torre Abbey • ALAN MURDIE surveys the spectres of a Devon estate, from a Spanish Lady to a Radiant Boy

SURVIVING THE WILDERNESS • Friendly bears and talking plants save those who stray off the beaten track

ALIEN ZOO NEWS FROM THE CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL GARDEN • KARL SHUKER welcomes an unexpected albino and two monstrously good new museums

A NOSE FOR TROUBLE • Cats, dogs, horses and even babies save lives by sniffing out out illnesses, infections and diseases

MYTHCONCEPTIONS • 239: HOT & COLD RUNNING FOOD

NECROLOG • This month, we bid farewell to New Orleans’s musical ambassador of Vodou and mark the passing of a vociferous proponent of the extraterrestrial hypothesis

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

So, farewell then, Stanton T Friedman • PETER BROOKESMITH surveys the latest fads and flaps from the world of ufological research

“Take me to your leader” • JENNY RANDLES asks whether governments would ever share their UFO secrets with the public

116. Hoia Baciu: Romania’s Haunted Forest • CHRIS HILL gets his teeth sorted out by a Transylvanian dentist and then heads into the forest of Hoia Baciu, where strangely contorted trees, UFOs and ‘time tunnels’ are proving a draw for paranormal tourism...

A MISCELLANY OF MERSEYSIDE MYSTERIES • Everyone in Merseyside seems to have at least one strange story to tell – and they often seem to tell them to ROB GANDY, who returns to FT with another armful of anomalous accounts, this time including phantom planes, time-slips and a ghostly ARP warden...

SHAKE, RATTLE AND GLOW THE MYSTERY OF EARTHQUAKE LIGHTS • Anomalous luminous phenomena associated with seismic stresses, known as earthquake lights, are still not generally accepted as legitimate observations by modern...