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

THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN • LIMITED COLLECTOR’S EDITION 4K ULTRA HD & BLU-RAY

BIGFOOT BARNEY • Bigfoot hunter claims this is the real deal, full DNA analysis and all; Cornell University begs to differ…

CHILDREN OF THE HUM • More mystery drones, rumbles and booms

SIDELINES

ART OF THE ODD • Photo booth selfies, wheelie bins, a dead husband’s tattoo and sticks reviewed…

SHROUDED IN DOUBT • Shroudology’s latest controversies unwrapped

THE CONSPIRASPHERE • NOEL ROONEY finds the hidden truths woven through this year’s World Cup narrative and discovers the Illuminati have been up to their old tricks again…

ARCHÆOLOGY • PAUL DEVEREUX unearths a sacrificial mystery, Amazonian earthworks and a puzzling stone sphere

CLASSICAL CORNER • FORTEANA FROMTHE ANCIENT WORLD COMPILED BY BARRY BALDWIN

Déjà vu all over again • DAVID HAMBLING feels like he’s been here before, but perhaps it’s just his memory playing tricks

RELIGION NEWS • Armenian oligarch builds mega-Jesus, Swiss politician opens fire on the BVM and New Agers hear apocalyptic sounds on Mount Shasta

The play’s the thing… • ALAN MURDIE finds himself contemplating Shakespeare and spooks on the shores of Loch Fyne

THE MEASURE OF A MYSTERY • PHIL BAKER does his best to keep up at the Sixth John Michell Symposium

PUT A CORK IN IT • Messages in bottles travel across oceans, and sometimes decades, before being found and deciphered

STRANGE CONTINENT • ULRICH MAGIN presents his regular round-up of the weirdest news from across Europe

FORTEAN FOLLOW-UPS • A long-running football curse is lifted, while Sweden’s bus to Hel regains its 666 route number

MYTHCONCEPTIONS

NECROLOG • This month we say lebe wohl to the German anatomist and showman whose displays of plastinated human corpses were both inventive and controversial

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

White Hats, Moon Men and Space Nazis • NIGEL WATSON rounds up the latest communications from the Twilight Zone, but remains unruffled

WILLIAM AND THE WEIRD • Richmal Crompton’s“JustWilliam” stories are an unexpected treat for forteans of all ages. LUCY BROOKE looks at the author’s life and the real-life media sensations and fortean figures that inspired the adventures of her most famous creation…

A Miracle In West Sussex?

Uncanny Encounters in Funeral Homes • Do professionals in the funeral industry report paranormal experiences? If so, then these experiences are not just a response of personal grief. PROFESSOR CAL COOPER of Britain’s X-Files and Uncanny’s #TeamSceptic, explores what research has been done into such ‘After-Death Communications’ and presents a call for assistance with ongoing research at the University of Northampton.

Memories of a 1970s Ufo • RB RUSSELL recently unearthed an old newspaper clipping that records his wife’s 1973 UFO sighting – but what was the ‘“huge blob of orange fire” witnessed by Rosalie Parker and 50 of her schoolmates, reported in the local newspaper and caught on film by an independent witness? And were the...