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Title: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Richmond Clements on 09 June, 2011, 01:41:03 PM
(This doesn't fit in any of the other Life... threads, so I thought I'd start a new one)

So, on my drive to work this morning I saw a cat.
I have been thinking about it this morning, and I think I may have seen an ABC.

It was 8AM is, on a road in the middle of nowhere, and it was just stepping off the road and into the bushes at the side as I saw it. It had gone by the time I got to the spot.
Anyway- 2 or 2 1/2ft long, maybe 1ft at the shoulder. Sandy coloured with a long tail and a white tip to the tail.

Of course it could be- probably is- a large domestic animal, but still, it's Fortean, innit..?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Something Fishy on 09 June, 2011, 02:05:30 PM
My wife swears she saw one of these one morning down here back in the 80's.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dandontdare on 09 June, 2011, 02:06:28 PM
You saw a cat that can survive Atomic Bacterial and Chemical warfare? Cool! Spread the word.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Richmond Clements on 09 June, 2011, 02:08:58 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 09 June, 2011, 02:06:28 PM
You saw a cat that can survive Atomic Bacterial and Chemical warfare? Cool! Spread the word.

Cats can survive anything.

An ABC is an Alien Big Cat.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 09 June, 2011, 02:12:52 PM
Does it bleed acid?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: mygrimmbrother on 09 June, 2011, 02:18:38 PM
2 people where I work have allegedly seen a huge black cat recently, on separate occasions. They both live in the Chorley area of Lancashire, and a quick search turns up a few previous sightings last year, dubbed 'the Beast of Buckshaw' by the local papers.

Neither of these people are into this sort of thing, and haven't made a fuss of it at all - ie, I can't imagine why on earth they would make such a thing up. I bloody love this stuff.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Proudhuff on 09 June, 2011, 03:07:52 PM
Sadly my life is Fortean Free  :'(
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 09 June, 2011, 03:18:23 PM
I saw one of these with a mate when we were kids back in the early 90s. We were walking through a field of waist-high yellow grass when a big black panther-like animal suddenly stood up into view a hundred yards ahead. Bit of a shock, and we were in the country so there was nobody else around for a few miles. Needless to say we immediately turned and started walking briskly back in the direction we'd just come. We glanced back just once, to see it loping pretty swiftly after us. After that we put our heads down and ran until we were out of the field and back on the road. To this day I've never run so fast in my life.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: TordelBack on 09 June, 2011, 04:02:01 PM
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 09 June, 2011, 02:12:52 PM
Does it bleed acid?

Hopefully.  If it bleeds, we can kill it.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: I, Cosh on 09 June, 2011, 04:26:37 PM
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 09 June, 2011, 01:41:03 PM
Anyway- 2 or 2 1/2ft long, maybe 1ft at the shoulder. Sandy coloured with a long tail and a white tip to the tail.
A bit like a fox then?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: strontium71 on 09 June, 2011, 04:32:55 PM
A Mysterious , Inconclusive , Large  Feline then...
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: mogzilla on 09 June, 2011, 05:56:32 PM
Quote from: mygrimmbrother on 09 June, 2011, 02:18:38 PM
2 people where I work have allegedly seen a huge black cat recently, on separate occasions. They both live in the Chorley area of Lancashire, and a quick search turns up a few previous sightings last year, dubbed 'the Beast of Buckshaw' by the local papers.

Neither of these people are into this sort of thing, and haven't made a fuss of it at all - ie, I can't imagine why on earth they would make such a thing up. I bloody love this stuff.

its probably a mutant cat born of the toxic waste dumped on the site of buchshaw village....allegedly ;)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: mygrimmbrother on 09 June, 2011, 06:00:53 PM
Ah, that explains it I guess!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Richmond Clements on 09 June, 2011, 06:16:44 PM
Quote from: The Cosh on 09 June, 2011, 04:26:37 PM
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 09 June, 2011, 01:41:03 PM
Anyway- 2 or 2 1/2ft long, maybe 1ft at the shoulder. Sandy coloured with a long tail and a white tip to the tail.
A bit like a fox then?

No- I have seen many foxes (and we don't get many up here anyway) and know the difference and it was not one- it was a cat.
To make it clear- I am not saying it was a puma or anything- merely that it was strange.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: SmallBlueThing on 09 June, 2011, 06:36:32 PM
As a kid, i was walking over fairlight country park here in hastings with my parents. As we walked down a path through the glen in the firehills, my dad suddenly told us to stand very still and be quiet. He then pointed out that all birdsong had stopped, and everything had gone silent. Then, about thirty feet ahead of us, a very big, puma-like cat emerged from the hedgerow to the right and calmly walked across the path, disappearing into the trees to the left. Ive never forgotten that.

Other odd things spotted over the firehills include a suicide victim hanging from a tree, found by a mate who then committed suicide himself two decades later in a similar way, and a naked wanking man behind a bush when i was playing war with my mates.
SBT
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: House of Usher on 09 June, 2011, 06:40:27 PM
This reminds me of the time Randy Beaman met Dracula.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhhEzzusOu8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhhEzzusOu8)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Zarjazzer on 09 June, 2011, 06:55:36 PM
Pussy?

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a126/reptileking_/800px-Caracal_hunting_in_the_serengeti.jpg)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: commissioner fargo on 09 June, 2011, 07:28:22 PM
Ah the harsh realities of war!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: vzzbux on 09 June, 2011, 08:12:14 PM
I was driving through Longleat once and saw quite a few large cats roaming around the countryside. Shit myself and wound up the windows, the cars in front seemed to be driving really slow and a tail back was forming.





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Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Peter Wolf on 09 June, 2011, 08:18:27 PM
Interesting thread.

I have told this story before but i have seen what is known as a Shuck which is a phantom black dog one night when i went for a night walk with a couple of friends in the woods close to where i lived in Hastings.


[do a search here for "Spooky Story" and you should find it.

Its eyes were a burning orange color that glowed in the dark and if you want an accurate representation of what they looked like then look at the end of a burning cigarette in the dark as thats exactly what they looked like.It was also much larger than a normal dog and i sat there staring at it and it was staring back and sort of moving its head up and downwhile it was watching.I was in a field sitting under a large oak tree when this happened and along the perimeter of the field were rusty iron railings and beyond that were woods but the dog thing didnt break cover and enter the field but it was watching through the railings.I got the impression that it wasnt something physical but it was stocky like a Rotweiller type dog but it was a LOT larger.

One of the friends i was with couldnt see it despite the fact i was pointing it out but the other did and the one that did didnt say anything while it was going on but just after the dog thing disappeared described exactly what i saw.

The curious thing was when i was watching it i didnt feel any fear whatsoever as it was more like fascination and curiosity but i sort of get a shiver thinking about it now.I just stood my ground as it were as i dont scare very easily.I do feel fear but i can control it and not react to it.

This event lasted a few minutes.

The field has a very old feel to it and whenever i was in this field it always felt like i had gone back in time if that makes any sense.

Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: chris_askham on 09 June, 2011, 10:52:51 PM
I knew it was just a matter of time...
;)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mardroid on 10 June, 2011, 01:44:51 AM
I read an article in a local paper concerning some cats that had been partially devoured. Examination of the corpses suggested a big cat was responsible.

What I found strange was that the specialist mentioned in the article that he'd seen a black panther in the area, (this seemed to be written in a rather matter of fact tone) and the areas mentioned are near where I live.

I don't live out in the sticks by the way. Downham, Bromley (that's SE London) to be precise.

I'll admit I've got my doubts concerning that article though, but it would be kinda cool were it true.

I haven't seen any big cats first hand outside of the zoo and a safari park.  I didn't even see any lions when I went to Zimbabwe. (I did see lots of other fabulous animals though.)

I did see a massive black beetle just lying on the pavement though! I looked it up on the internet, and I'm pretty sure it was a female Stag Beetle! (Yeah, I know not the same league is it?)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Peter Wolf on 10 June, 2011, 12:37:57 PM
Have any of these ABC in the UK ever been verified with photos and footprints etc ?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dandontdare on 10 June, 2011, 12:58:47 PM
Quote from: Peter Wolf on 10 June, 2011, 12:37:57 PM
Have any of these ABC in the UK ever been verified with photos and footprints etc ?

There have been photos, but it's usually very difficult to accurately guage the scale - instead of a Big Cat, they may just be, well, big cats.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Buttonman on 10 June, 2011, 01:29:29 PM

This fox/puma hybrid that Rich saw sounds interesting. I saw a fox the other day sitting at the side of the road waiting for a gap in the traffic. I saw it saunter accross in my rear view mirror after I passed. Not really Fortean but I love seeing real wild animals like foxes and squirrels - I bet in 200 years people won't believe me. Yeah Soylent Green that's the future!

Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 10 June, 2011, 01:33:20 PM
Soylent Green is squirrels!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: locustsofdeath! on 10 June, 2011, 02:06:52 PM
I don't know if any of you will believe me, but I'm pretty sure I saw Bigfoot six years ago.

My friend Tom Collins (yes, I've heard the joke that seeing Bigfoot was brought on by a little too much Tom Collins, but this Tom Collins is my best human friend) and I used to hike the Appalachians every year, starting at a different point each go so we could see as much of the mountains as possible. The last year we went, we stopped for the night. On one of the ridges above us we thought we saw a manlike shape crouched and staring at us, but we figured the shadows were playing tricks on us, that it was just a rock or a tree stump or something, so we started throwing rocks at it to see which of us could hit it first - and whatever it was, threw rocks back at us before going away! That was pretty freaky, but we weren't scared at all, just kind of weirded out.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: SmallBlueThing on 10 June, 2011, 02:33:52 PM
Shame my father in law isnt still with us- he'd've loved that story, as bigfoot was an interest of his throughout his life, living as he did up a mountain in Canada.
The subject of big cats and foxes is interesting. We are inundated with foxes where we live- they raid our bins, fight and fuck in the streets, and run past our house every night, screeching like a hungry baby. Last year, i had an ongoing battle on a Wednesday night to keep one particular fox out of our bins; which ended with me buying dog food and leaving it out for him just before he was due. It worked for a while, but one night i was lying reading in our bay window when i heard our bins go. I opened the curtain to scare him off and was confronted by the biggest fox ive ever seen. At least twice the size of any ive encountered before, he was absolutely massive, grey in the moonlight, and was staring at me with a look that was almost human. That's what struck me most- his eyes. My very loud 'fuck ME!' scared him off, and i got outside just in time to see him scarpering off over the West Hill.
I sat up for several nights, hoping he'd come back, but he didnt.
SBT
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: TordelBack on 10 June, 2011, 02:38:54 PM
A Dire Fox?  That's the sigil of House Thulin-Hopper!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: SmallBlueThing on 10 June, 2011, 02:41:49 PM
My wife wasnt very impressed when i shook her awake at 1am shouting 'ive just seen a werewolf at the window, going through our bins!'
But what can you do?
SBT
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: uncle fester on 10 June, 2011, 03:48:36 PM
So in one story we have Locusts and his mate not being scared when the man-shaped object threw rocks back at them, and in the other we hear of SBT running after a werewolf.

I'm obviously a complete wuss. If I were the former, I'd still be behind the wheel now driving in the opposite direction as fast as possible. If I were the latter I'd be in the cellar with the door nailed shut and brandishing a shotgun.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 10 June, 2011, 03:56:35 PM
Quote from: Buttonman on 10 June, 2011, 01:29:29 PM
I bet in 200 years people won't believe me.

Are you not planning on being dead? I envy you, BM. Remember me to the future.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: SmallBlueThing on 10 June, 2011, 04:04:04 PM
Quote from: uncle fester on 10 June, 2011, 03:48:36 PM
So in one story we have Locusts and his mate not being scared when the man-shaped object threw rocks back at them, and in the other we hear of SBT running after a werewolf.

I'm obviously a complete wuss. If I were the former, I'd still be behind the wheel now driving in the opposite direction as fast as possible. If I were the latter I'd be in the cellar with the door nailed shut and brandishing a shotgun.

It wasn't a werewolf, mr Fester, it was a fox, as well you know. But when I get panicked and excited I tend to shout some bizarre shite. See my infamous "PRINCE CHARLES HAS BEEN ASSASSINATED!" scream, on the morning of Diana's death- scaring my flatmate and his lady half to death.

SBT
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Buttonman on 10 June, 2011, 04:54:50 PM
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 10 June, 2011, 03:56:35 PM
Quote from: Buttonman on 10 June, 2011, 01:29:29 PM
I bet in 200 years people won't believe me.

Are you not planning on being dead? I envy you, BM. Remember me to the future.

Not according to this fellow (http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/03/can-humans-live.html) - he says the first 1000 year old human is already drawing breath! Glad I just get in under his '40 or under' time bar!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Emperor on 10 June, 2011, 04:56:09 PM
Quote from: Peter Wolf on 10 June, 2011, 12:37:57 PM
Have any of these ABC in the UK ever been verified with photos and footprints etc ?

There has been the occasional shooting of one - they mainly turn out to be lynx or jungle cats (and the occasional puma). The Wikipedia article has some:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_big_cats

There is a better list on the talk page 9although unsourced):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ABritish_big_cats#Physical_evidence

But Googling to find another case I can think of (a jungle cat shooting on a farm in soctland I believe) I found a page with a few more, including this one that ticks all sorts of Fortean boxes:

QuoteIn the summer of 1996, a jungle cat was killed at Black Dog Crossroads, near Warminster.

So it is connected with crossroads, named after the black dog at Warminster (part of the Warminster Triangle - a UFO hotspot) and then has an addition:

QuoteIncidentally, Black Dog Crossroads was also the scene of the death of a Rhesus monkey, again run over. From 1979 to 1983 a monkey or ape was reported several times near Brassknocker Hill, near Bath. It could have been a chimpanzee, a spider monkey, a baboon or even an Aye-Aye lemur.

A large black, panther-like cat was sighted several times around the Combe Grove Hotel, Monkton Combe, near Bath. Dubbed the "Beasts of Brassknocker Hill", they were reported in the 1980s.

The Beasts of Brassknocker Hill? Blimey.

http://www.askwhy.co.uk/frome/27exoticanimals.php
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Greg M. on 10 June, 2011, 06:00:47 PM
There's a Luke Kirby story to be got out of all this for the current Short Story competition, y'know...  ;)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Peter Wolf on 10 June, 2011, 07:29:28 PM
The place in Warminster called Black Dog is named after the black dog that used to be seen there which was Black Dog Lane.I dont know the area and i have no idea if there have been recent sightings.

Regarding my own story i am seriously tempted to go back to the same place to see if it reappears and take a digital video camera and a non digital video camera to see if it could be captured on film.I would happily do this alone but it would be good to go with a couple of others so that they could be witnesses.

Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: mygrimmbrother on 10 June, 2011, 07:35:37 PM
Quote from: Peter Wolf on 10 June, 2011, 12:37:57 PM
Have any of these ABC in the UK ever been verified with photos and footprints etc ?

I read something recently about some droppings discovered in a littel english wood somewhere being categorically confirmed as those of a bonafide Big Cat. I'll try and find the link.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: TordelBack on 10 June, 2011, 07:47:58 PM
Quote from: mygrimmbrother on 10 June, 2011, 07:35:37 PM
I read something recently about some droppings discovered in a littel english wood somewhere being categorically confirmed as those of a bonafide Big Cat. I'll try and find the link.

Try googling "Does Jessie Wallace s**t in the woods?"

Little Eastenders humour there, try the shrimp, I'll be here all night.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 10 June, 2011, 08:19:58 PM
I was out running with a mate one night, when we saw a wild boar run across the road in front of us, less than 50 meters away! It would be quite a spooky experience, if it were not for the fact that we were running towards Punta Gorda in southern Belize  ;)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dandontdare on 10 June, 2011, 08:23:45 PM
Quote from: Buttonman on 10 June, 2011, 01:29:29 PMI saw a fox the other day sitting at the side of the road waiting for a gap in the traffic. I saw it saunter accross in my rear view mirror after I passed. Not really Fortean but I love seeing real wild animals like foxes and squirrels - I bet in 200 years people won't believe me.

You underestimate us BM. You live in Paisley, I don't believe you NOW. Are you sure it wasn't a ginger Ned in a furry coat?

Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 10 June, 2011, 04:04:04 PM
But when I get panicked and excited I tend to shout some bizarre shite. See my infamous "PRINCE CHARLES HAS BEEN ASSASSINATED!" scream, on the morning of Diana's death- scaring my flatmate and his lady half to death.

I still prefer shouting DALEKS instead of your destination to a bus driver.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mardroid on 10 June, 2011, 08:26:53 PM
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 10 June, 2011, 08:19:58 PM
I was out running with a mate one night, when we saw a wild boar run across the road in front of us, less than 50 meters away! It would be quite a spooky experience, if it were not for the fact that we were running towards Punta Gorda in southern Belize  ;)

Not necessarily. Wild boar were introduced back to Britain a while back! (Relatively recently, to be fair.)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Peter Wolf on 10 June, 2011, 08:50:23 PM
I once saw a massive dog lying flat on its side at the side of the road one night when my dad was driving along the A556 near to Knutsford.We were going quite fast as its a dual carriageway but i saw just enough of it to tell that it was something like a Great Dane in size and it was a gray color.

It hadnt been hit by a car either but it was out from the kerb and it just seemed a bit odd.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Albion on 10 June, 2011, 09:44:11 PM
A few years ago myself and Mrs Albion were driving home and saw two wolves standing by the side of the road. We turned round and went back for another look but they were gone. I even got out of the car and looked in to the field they were near but there was no sign of them.

We told a few people about this but no one really believed us but a few weeks later a friend said someone had told him they had seen a wolf in the area too. We've never seen or heard of them since.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 10 June, 2011, 10:02:47 PM
Quote from: Albion on 10 June, 2011, 09:44:11 PM
We told a few people about this but no one really believed us but a few weeks later a friend said someone had told him they had seen a wolf in the area too. We've never seen or heard of them since.

What, the friend? Wow, that is spooky!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: I, Cosh on 10 June, 2011, 10:06:17 PM
There was an article in last Saturday's Guardian about some lads who'd bought a lion cub in Harrod's in the late sixties! They mentioned knowing various other people who owned big cats in their neighbourhood: a panther that played in the local schoolyard and so forth. I was gobsmacked and it seems reasonable to assume that a few would've gotten lost if it was they were so easy to come by.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mardroid on 10 June, 2011, 10:09:45 PM
When I was on a Prince's Trust course years ago one of the guys on the course reckoned he saw a wolf in the early hours of the morning while camping in Wales.

I'm not sure I believed him*, but I did wonder.

Rather than being native I wonder if they were actually wolves or wolf-dogs that had been set free due to the restrictions in this countries on people keeping such animals.

*He was a nice bloke but he had a bit of a reputation for porkie pies.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mardroid on 10 June, 2011, 10:18:24 PM
Quote from: The Cosh on 10 June, 2011, 10:06:17 PM
There was an article in last Saturday's Guardian about some lads who'd bought a lion cub in Harrod's in the late sixties!

Yeah, there was a documentary a couple of years back about a couple (this time a man and woman) who bought a lion cub from Harrods. It got a bit much for them as it grew up so they decided to set it free in Africa. An interesting programme. As it hadn't hunted before, they had to teach it etc, so it would survive.

While the programme was about the lion, there was some interesting clips of other people with wild animals. I particularly remember a scene of a pretty young rich woman walking along the high street with an adult leopard on a leash...
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: vzzbux on 10 June, 2011, 10:32:50 PM
Not wolf or cat related but on an orienteering exercise once I decided to cut through a field of cows that had recently calved. Half way across they started to slowly make a beeline for me, gradually picking up the pace. I have never moved so fast in my life. This was not long after reading James Herberts 'The Fog'.
That was a definite five pence fifty pence moment on the old sphincter.




V
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Buttonman on 10 June, 2011, 11:08:28 PM
Quote from: The Cosh on 10 June, 2011, 10:06:17 PM
There was an article in last Saturday's Guardian about some lads who'd bought a lion cub in Harrod's in the late sixties! They mentioned knowing various other people who owned big cats in their neighbourhood: a panther that played in the local schoolyard and so forth. I was gobsmacked and it seems reasonable to assume that a few would've gotten lost if it was they were so easy to come by.

It's a bit manipulative and sentimental but this clip gets me every time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiGKWoJi5qM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiGKWoJi5qM)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mardroid on 11 June, 2011, 01:47:42 AM
Wow. The weird thing is even the lioness 'wife' approached them and let them pat her. I'd have thought she would be a completely wild animal.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Peter Wolf on 11 June, 2011, 01:52:21 AM
This is sort of fortean related.

When i was aged about 14-15 or so i had this vivid dream that seemed to predict how a relative of mine died.

This was an elderly aunt who lived on her own in a house in a village in Surrey.I dreamt that i was in her house and that she had fallen down the stairs and was close to dying.This was at night and i dreamt i was holding her in my arms as she was dying with a thunderstorm and lightning outside that was lighting up where i was at the foot of the stairs in her house as there were no lights on.

That was the end of the dream but i talked about this to my mum and my grandmother one night as i hadnt said anything about it to anyone previous to that and i think this was when my aunt was still alive although i cant be 100 percent sure of that but it never went any further.

As it turned out that was how my aunt died by falling down the stairs alone in the house with no way of calling for help and it was a week before the alarm was raised.

I remember my grandmother saying to my mum "He has second sight that boy i am sure of it".

There was another instance of this but i cant recall exactly what it was.

Another freaky thing was when i lived in Hastings it was right next to the woods and we had Tawney owls nesting in the trees close by as you would hear them at night.One night in the early hours i was listening to them and had a look out through the window to see if i could spot the owl in the tree.There was no light on and i could just make out the owl in the tree as it was winter so i watched it for a few minutes and then it flew right up to the window with its wings stretched out which was quite incredible.

One more thing was my mum went out into the garden out of the sliding window in the lounge quite late at night past midnight.The lights that were on were low level so the garden wasnt lit up and was dark as there wasnt any light pollution.Anyway i was in the lounge watching tv and my mum screamed as she said something very big ran very quickly through the garden into the woods.She thinks it was someone rather than something but she wasnt quite sure as it was dark and it moved quickly. :o
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 11 June, 2011, 04:42:09 AM
I was trawling through some photos of Antarctica (don't ask) when I came across this: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/19595355.jpg (http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/19595355.jpg) WtF?

(http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/19595355.jpg)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Proudhuff on 11 June, 2011, 11:51:24 AM
Quote from: locustsofdeath! on 10 June, 2011, 02:06:52 PM
I used to hike the Appalachians every year, starting at a different point each go so we could see as much of the mountains as possible.

I am so jealous!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: johnnystress on 11 June, 2011, 12:34:51 PM
Why it's clearly a large fossilized Elvis Duck
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 11 June, 2011, 12:47:58 PM
Looks to me like an Australian Aborigine's head with a bandicoot sat on it. Or could it be the old figurehead off a sailing ship? It looks a little too "real" to be a simulacrum.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: M.I.K. on 11 June, 2011, 01:11:54 PM
No it doesn't.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mardroid on 11 June, 2011, 04:25:24 PM
It looks like a blokes head with a strange quiff (and super huge pock-marks) on top of a large shell type thing....
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Emp on 11 June, 2011, 05:38:09 PM
Looks like the petrified remains of a Sinclair C5(theres wheels) owner with a hedgehog on his head.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: JOE SOAP on 11 June, 2011, 06:20:25 PM
It's Mark Kermode.
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Post by: I, Cosh on 11 June, 2011, 06:28:06 PM
Looks like a rock shaped like a shrunken head sitting on top of a rock shaped like a rock. The latter is less common than you might think.
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Post by: Robin Low on 11 June, 2011, 08:58:02 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 11 June, 2011, 06:20:25 PM
It's Mark Kermode.

He's really let himself go.

Regards

Robin
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Post by: johnnystress on 11 June, 2011, 09:30:40 PM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 11 June, 2011, 04:42:09 AM
I was trawling through some photos of Antarctica (don't ask) when I came across this: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/19595355.jpg (http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/19595355.jpg) WtF?

(http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/19595355.jpg)

http://images.esellerpro.com/2243/I/884/5/medscaleELVIS%20DUCK%20-%20LARGE%202.JPG
... sort of
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Post by: Definitely Not Mister Pops on 11 June, 2011, 09:45:01 PM
 :o

(http://images.esellerpro.com/2243/I/884/5/medscaleELVIS%20DUCK%20-%20LARGE%202.JPG)

I think we have the grounds to start a religion here lads
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Post by: mogzilla on 11 June, 2011, 10:09:18 PM
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 09 June, 2011, 02:08:58 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 09 June, 2011, 02:06:28 PM
You saw a cat that can survive Atomic Bacterial and Chemical warfare? Cool! Spread the word.

Cats can survive anything.

An ABC is an Alien Big Cat.




  http://www.scenicreflections.com/files/thundercats1_1024.jpg pictoral evidence

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Post by: JOE SOAP on 11 June, 2011, 11:54:51 PM
QuoteTiny village is latest victim of the 'The hum'


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8566281/Tiny-village-is-latest-victim-of-the-The-hum.html


It's all the fault of this band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbkzX5e6hHs
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Post by: johnnystress on 12 June, 2011, 09:41:04 AM
re: that rock thing
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/johnnystress/jabba.jpg)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: mygrimmbrother on 13 June, 2011, 11:09:15 AM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 11 June, 2011, 11:54:51 PM
QuoteTiny village is latest victim of the 'The hum'


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8566281/Tiny-village-is-latest-victim-of-the-The-hum.html


It's all the fault of this band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbkzX5e6hHs

Read about this phenomenon, fascinating isn't it? Reminds me also of The Bloop - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop - which is probably almost definitely Cthulhu farting in his sleep.
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Post by: Dandontdare on 13 June, 2011, 02:01:08 PM
when they built the Hilton Tower in Manchester, the big grill-thing on top (I'm still not sure what it's for) had to be adjusted because in high winds it emitted a really loud hum/howl that could be heard for miles - they even had to suspend filming on Coronation Street a few times!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 13 June, 2011, 03:16:45 PM
I seem to remember reading about "the hummadruz" in Fortean Times many years ago. IIrc, the phenomena was variously explained as UFOs, psychic shenanigans, the movement of the Earth's molten interior, the noise of the oceans reverberating through the planet's crust or the spin/motion of the Earth as it hurtles through space. All very intriguing, but I can't say I've ever heard it.

If it puts a stop to Coronation Street, though, it's fine by me!
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Post by: Proudhuff on 13 June, 2011, 04:39:59 PM
A recent FT had a page on the humming, one interesting theory was the shape of surrounding hills, echos and evey vibrating crystals !!!
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Post by: Mardroid on 13 June, 2011, 05:41:38 PM
I suspect that village is situated near a long cave/tunnel system that goes straight down to the centre of the Earth.

One of the Silurians' cryostasis machines has probably breaking down over the millennia. It could do with a spot of oil no doubt.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: TordelBack on 13 June, 2011, 10:38:22 PM
Quote from: Mardroid on 13 June, 2011, 05:41:38 PM
One of the Silurians' cryostasis machines has probably breaking down over the millennia.

As long as it leads to some Tipping the Snakeskin detective action, I'm all for it.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: JOE SOAP on 13 June, 2011, 10:55:39 PM
The Auckland Hum:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3UK615PDiW8
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 13 June, 2011, 11:35:24 PM
When I was a young kid I was told about two monsters that lived in my village.

The first was the Sand-Bear (pronounced san-bower in the local accent). This fearsome beast was supposed to roam the Ribble Estuary salt marshes and devour unwary wildfowlers.

The second was "Jinny Green-Teeth" who lived in ditches. Jinny was the green slime that lived in ditch-water and would leap up and pull you in if you got too close.

These two beasties were obviously (?) fabrications invented to keep kids away from dangerous places. Does anyone else remember similar childhood monsters? I wonder how many monsters were born as fictitious cautions and evolved to become part of the world's folklore?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 13 June, 2011, 11:40:40 PM
God!
All we had was the Pyjama Man and Frank the Wank  ::)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 13 June, 2011, 11:51:04 PM
Um... that was me...
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 18 June, 2011, 11:40:37 PM
"Time-traveler" in 1928 Chaplin Film?

http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/10/time-traveler-in-1928-chaplin-film/
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Definitely Not Mister Pops on 18 June, 2011, 11:47:41 PM
I believe it was revealed to just be an old fashioned hearing aid
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 19 June, 2011, 12:39:53 AM
I reckon it was Johnny Alpha on a time job.
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Post by: M.I.K. on 19 June, 2011, 01:03:57 AM
It's a woman, and before anyone says anything, compared to certain women I know, she's positively feminine.

It's the most rubbish proof of time travel I've ever seen. I quite like this though...

(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/MalcolmKirk/timetraveller.jpg)

That's the opening of a bridge in Canada in the 1940s and it's a genuine photograph. Look at the bloke centre right.
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Post by: The Legendary Shark on 19 June, 2011, 01:31:16 AM
Is that Marvelman? (Or Miracleman, if Stan Lee is reading).

Actually, that woman looking at him between the bleached out guy and the bloke in the hat and glasses looks a bit out of place as well...
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Post by: Emp on 19 June, 2011, 01:46:26 AM
And the bloke in the foreground seems to be shuffling a large deck of cards :)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 19 June, 2011, 02:42:30 AM
The more I look at that image, the more anomalies there seems to be. For example; the reflection in the car at bottom left seems to be of trees that don't appear to be there. My God, is all or History a fake??!!
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Post by: vzzbux on 19 June, 2011, 07:59:39 AM
This image has always had me scratching my head.
(http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac273/vzzbuxvzzbux/outoftime1.jpg)


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Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 19 June, 2011, 01:57:38 PM
(http://www.britishblogs.co.uk/images/875327.jpg)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Richmond Clements on 19 June, 2011, 02:06:31 PM
This thread has suddenly turned into something quite awesome!
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Post by: M.I.K. on 19 June, 2011, 03:02:57 PM
Another genuine one.

A corbel on the 12th century Kilpeck Church in Herefordshire...

(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/MalcolmKirk/KilpeckChurch.jpg)

20th/21st century cultural icons...

(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/MalcolmKirk/Sam__Max_3D.png)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Something Fishy on 19 June, 2011, 04:47:43 PM
Sam and Max  :o

Well that's it then, i'm convinced Time Travel will be invented and they've been having fun in the past now.
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Post by: M.I.K. on 19 June, 2011, 06:22:24 PM
Iron age "lion brooch"...

(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/MalcolmKirk/IronagePezdispenser.jpg)

Y' know... I haven't had any Pez for ages!
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Post by: CrazyFoxMachine on 19 June, 2011, 08:23:19 PM
That looks like something GhostPockets would draw - !
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Post by: Proudhuff on 21 June, 2011, 01:25:19 PM
Disney should sue...

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Post by: The Legendary Shark on 10 October, 2011, 02:06:01 PM
Siberian region says it has proof of yetis. (http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/siberian-region-says-it-has-proof-of-yetis/story-e6frfku0-1226163424258)

"A Russian region in Siberia has confidently proclaimed that its mountains are home to yetis after finding "indisputable proof" of the existence of the hairy beasts in an expedition." (news.com.au)
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Post by: Mardroid on 10 October, 2011, 02:54:55 PM
Fascinating (no sarcasm intended). I hope they show us some of that proof. I have my doubts, but I find this kind of stuff very interesting.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 14 October, 2011, 01:08:32 PM
"The method employs sinusoidal oscillations of electrical bombardment on the surface of one Kerr type singularity in close proximity to a second Kerr type singularity in such a method to take advantage of the Lense-Thirring effect, to simulate the effect of two point masses on nearly radial orbits in a 2+1 dimensional anti-de Sitter space resulting in creation of circular timelike geodesics conforming to the van Stockum under the Van Den Broeck modification of the Alcubierre geometry (Van Den Broeck 1999) permitting topology change from one spacelike boundary to the other in accordance with Geroch's theorem (Geroch 1967) resulting in a method for the formation of Godel-type geodesically complete spacetime envelopes complete with closed timelike curves."

An extract from the latest Indigo Prime story? Nope, this is actually from a recent patent application for a Time Machine. (http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1216/437/U.S._Scientist_Patents_Time_Machine.html)
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Post by: The Doctor Alt 8 on 14 October, 2011, 04:32:41 PM
I bet he hasn't got a licence for that.....
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: M.I.K. on 24 January, 2012, 12:25:52 AM
Shark's mention of a black dog on the Mental thread reminded me I hadn't posted about the time I saw one in real life. Or it might have been a big cat. Or a werewolf.

It was the 1980s. Specifically, it was the night the alien/human hybrid babies episode of the original version of V was first shown on British telly.  My brother, my cousin and myself were being driven along the B6355 by my aunty. My brother and I were going to spend the night at our cousin's house and I'd just realised a few minutes before that we'd missed the aforementioned episode of V and was a bit annoyed that I'd forgotten about it.

All four of us then saw something else. It was on the left of the road. Whatever it was, it was big, black, its eyes reflected in the car headlights, and it was baring its teeth in what looked like a snarl. That's all we could see clearly, due to its colour - eyes and teeth.

My aunty stopped the vehicle, said something about rumours of an "escaped puma" that had been circulating, got out the car and then wandered off into the night calling "here, puss-puss", leaving the rest of us alone in the car.  I'm still not sure if she genuinely thought this would attract whatever it was, or what she thought she'd do if it did. I was the eldest remaining in the car. I was about nine.

She was gone for a while, but, to our relief, did eventually return. She hadn't found any trace of whatever it had been. I made some comment about how typical it was of us to miss an alien baby but see an 'escaped puma' instead. We continued on our journey. 
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Post by: Gonk on 24 January, 2012, 08:21:30 AM
Seeing as aunty got out the car and started calling "puss,puss" isn't it possible that in your childish 9 year old brain you'd mistaken a common old tomcat for the beast of bodmin moor, and that your aunty far from being foolish was in fact in the right all along?
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Post by: M.I.K. on 24 January, 2012, 04:33:11 PM
Nope. It was at least dog-sized. I'm not the only person who remembers this, and my aunty would not have stopped the vehicle in the middle of nowhere to investigate a common house cat. She definitely would have stopped the car to investigate an escaped wild animal, and it may well have come off worse had a violent encounter ensued. She's like that.
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Post by: Gonk on 24 January, 2012, 05:21:13 PM
Probably escaped from some zoo or wildlife park then, and gone native. I know muntjacks did.
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Post by: Dandontdare on 24 January, 2012, 06:33:26 PM
the story comes up so often that are almost certainly a few big cats roaming the UK (here's the latest: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/11/big-cat-gloucestershire-wood-national-trust (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/11/big-cat-gloucestershire-wood-national-trust). Whether there's enough to make a sustainable breeding colony is another matter. I do know that there are wallabies in Derbyshire!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Gonk on 24 January, 2012, 07:25:30 PM
There have been reports of scorpions in Devon and Cornwall. And according to one Russian astronomer a giant one one Venus.
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Post by: vzzbux on 24 January, 2012, 08:48:26 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 24 January, 2012, 07:25:30 PM
There have been reports of scorpions in Devon and Cornwall. And according to one Russian astronomer a giant one one Venus.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10365422
(http://www.ntnu.no/ub/scorpion-files/e_flavicaudis_habitatuk4.jpg)
(http://www3.pictures.fp.zimbio.com/The+Scorpions+Live+In+Concert+BlEE8uxS14zl.jpg)





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Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: ICONIC_TM on 24 January, 2012, 08:58:36 PM
Quote from: Something Fishy on 19 June, 2011, 04:47:43 PM
Sam and Max  :o

Well that's it then, i'm convinced Time Travel will be invented and they've been having fun in the past now.

Einstein Podolsky Rosen Bridge  :lol:

Hi can i come out to play now?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Rog69 on 24 January, 2012, 09:09:21 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 24 January, 2012, 06:33:26 PM
the story comes up so often that are almost certainly a few big cats roaming the UK (here's the latest: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/11/big-cat-gloucestershire-wood-national-trust (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/11/big-cat-gloucestershire-wood-national-trust). Whether there's enough to make a sustainable breeding colony is another matter. I do know that there are wallabies in Derbyshire!


There was a big cat sighting last month on the outskirts of the village I live in and the month before that
there was another one just a couple of miles away.

There's certainly enough room for one to hide round our way, plenty of countryside and woodland, there have been quite a few sightings over recent years in the wider area too-
http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/cryptozoology/selection-of-big-cat-sightings-2001-2011.html (http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/cryptozoology/selection-of-big-cat-sightings-2001-2011.html)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Gonk on 24 January, 2012, 09:13:13 PM
Some joker might even be introducing them into the U.K. wildlife habitat as a prank. After all, surely a zoo would know if a large cat weht missing. Either that or some tom cats have been fed some radioactive catfood!
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Post by: vzzbux on 24 January, 2012, 09:21:47 PM
In the 70's and 80's it was fasionable to own a big cat among the rich and famous. If obtained illegally then the only way to dispose of them would be to release them to the wild when they become a burden.
There is not proof they are breeding but you can guarantee that the rich still buy and off load these the same way hence some of the sightings.



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Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: ICONIC_TM on 24 January, 2012, 09:30:57 PM
I think you`ll find some reports on cougars in Scotland, Plus those Wallaby`s.

Grrrrrrrrrrr
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: ICONIC_TM on 24 January, 2012, 09:35:38 PM
The Lions The Tigers The Bears Oh My!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mardroid on 25 January, 2012, 12:38:00 AM
I find it curious that the majority of big cats sighted appear to be black panthers, the rarer leopards.

Then again, the fact they're rare would make them a novelty for the rich types who bought them.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Gonk on 25 January, 2012, 03:21:19 PM
You would need a lot of money to smuggle them into the U.K. and rear them and let them into the countryside without anyone knowing something about it. Do you think there is a conspiracy going on?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: ICONIC_TM on 25 January, 2012, 03:26:49 PM
Quote from: ICONIC_TM on 24 January, 2012, 09:35:38 PM
The Lions The Tigers The Bears Oh My!

This guy i heard on the news about Scotland, Said it looked
more like a stumpy inbred bobcat?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dandontdare on 25 January, 2012, 03:34:14 PM
They reckon that lots of big cats and other beasties were released after 1976 when it become compulsory to hold a licence for exotic pets and spend lots of money upgrading facilities and getting vet certificates etc - before that there was no regulation.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: ICONIC_TM on 25 January, 2012, 03:38:11 PM
Pardon the pun, A Wonkycat, You could say  :D
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Gonk on 25 January, 2012, 06:42:36 PM
And why not?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Eric Plumrose on 25 January, 2012, 08:28:47 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 25 January, 2012, 06:42:36 PM
And why not?

Because your face is so sweet it's just not true?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Gonk on 26 January, 2012, 08:57:45 AM
where's that ignore function? :lol:
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Eric Plumrose on 27 January, 2012, 01:35:11 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 26 January, 2012, 08:57:45 AMwhere's that ignore function? :lol:

You're not a fan, then (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur1EbZtBk-U)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 01:47:05 PM
No. You had me wondering a bit then. I saw a u.f.o. the other night, that just seem to float in the sky as if it was just drifting. It looked more like a balloon more than anything else except it was glowing in the dark ,an orange colour. The way it just hung up there in the sky was really quite eerie.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 02:26:41 PM
Chinese lantern.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dandontdare on 27 January, 2012, 03:38:06 PM
beat me to it MIK - yeah those bloody lanterns are everywhere these days and they're a menace!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 03:50:43 PM
They are. Willing to cut whoever let that one away some slack, though, seeing as how it was Chinese New Year on monday.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 06:38:24 PM
Nah. It weren't no firework. I like fireworks. This just sort hung in the sky. A glowing orange orb, it silently drifted of then just as silently drifted back. It was following me for some reason. I'm a big guy I don't scare that easily so to make me run like I did the other night takes more than a few fireworks!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 06:51:08 PM
Nobody said anything about fireworks. You were running away from a small hot air balloon.

http://youtu.be/CFmPdPVMxWo (http://youtu.be/CFmPdPVMxWo)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 06:52:00 PM
 :-[
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: TordelBack on 27 January, 2012, 06:59:02 PM
In fairness to wonkychop, I frequent an astronomy-type forum, and every single day there's post along the lines of: "I saw an orange pulsing ball moving really quickly across the sky/ just hanging there, I'm sure it was the Space Station / a UFO / a meteorite", followed by the resigned "It was a chinese lantern", and usually followed by two pages of passionate defense as to why it couldn't have been a chinese lantern...  But it always is.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: SmallBlueThing on 27 January, 2012, 06:59:52 PM
Dont worry wonkchop, we've all done something similar- i, for instance, was once reduced to screaming like a girl and suffered an impromptu weeing accident due to mistaking a plastic bag for a flying severed head.

SBT
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 07:02:34 PM
Thanks mate, at least you weren't scared of a plain old tomcat like M.I.K. was.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Proudhuff on 27 January, 2012, 07:09:10 PM
Just when everyone starts to ignore these, the Chinese army will use em to invade!!  :o
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 07:15:43 PM
I don't recall saying anything about being scared, Mister Runsawayfromballoons.

Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 27 January, 2012, 06:59:52 PM
Dont worry wonkchop, we've all done something similar- i, for instance, was once reduced to screaming like a girl and suffered an impromptu weeing accident due to mistaking a plastic bag for a flying severed head.

What age were you when this occurred?

Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: SmallBlueThing on 27 January, 2012, 07:38:29 PM
About seventeen!

SBT
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dandontdare on 27 January, 2012, 08:59:36 PM
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 27 January, 2012, 06:59:52 PM
Dont worry wonkchop, we've all done something similar- i, for instance, was once reduced to screaming like a girl and suffered an impromptu weeing accident due to mistaking a plastic bag for a flying severed head.

SBT

When I was very young (maybe 7-8?) I was returning from my friend's house (next door but one) one dark winter tea-time after an evening swapping spooky stories*. I looked down the street and saw TWO HORRIFIC GLOWING RED EYES! I was transfixed, but the beast slowly backed away and I ran home crapping myself.

This event stayed with me, but it was only years later that I suddenly thought - D'Oh - tail lights!

*the only one of which I remember wasn't actually spooky, just bizarre.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 31 January, 2012, 02:30:58 PM
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/28/article-0-1180A258000005DC-76_470x423.jpg)

'It's either the Millennium Falcon or a gateway to hell': Shipwreck hunters find mysterious object at bottom of Baltic Sea (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093279/Shipwreck-hunters-mysterious-UFO-like-object-the-Baltic-Sea.html#ixzz1l2hEruIH)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: mygrimmbrother on 31 January, 2012, 03:53:38 PM
Saw that - it's frigging brilliant! And huge, and there's a second mysterious circular object about 200m away. Too big to be parts of a wreck they say too.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 31 January, 2012, 05:42:12 PM
I'm sure it'll be gone as soon as Chewie gets the engines fixed...
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: vzzbux on 31 January, 2012, 07:25:53 PM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 31 January, 2012, 02:30:58 PM
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/28/article-0-1180A258000005DC-76_470x423.jpg)

'It's either the Millennium Falcon or a gateway to hell': Shipwreck hunters find mysterious object at bottom of Baltic Sea (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093279/Shipwreck-hunters-mysterious-UFO-like-object-the-Baltic-Sea.html#ixzz1l2hEruIH)

Most likely a natural geological formation.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/2579035430_52fd514762.jpg)





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Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Spikes on 31 January, 2012, 07:58:54 PM
That is the Millennium Falcon, just as this is the death star orbiting around Saturn....

(http://i.imgur.com/LKhtz.jpg)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: vzzbux on 31 January, 2012, 08:21:41 PM
Ah, Mimus, orbiting Saturn The lost Deathstar construction site. Well it was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.





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Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Gonk on 01 February, 2012, 07:20:35 AM
It's probably the lego edition.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: SpetsnaZ99 on 01 February, 2012, 08:34:28 AM
Quote from: The return of Judge Jack on 31 January, 2012, 07:58:54 PM
That is the Millennium Falcon, just as this is the death star orbiting around Saturn....

(http://i.imgur.com/LKhtz.jpg)

"Thats no moon..."

Sorry, couldnt resist
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Post by: The Doctor Alt 8 on 04 February, 2012, 03:28:58 PM
Am I the only one who keeps finding onions with partially and sometimes fully formed skins INSIDE the flesh of the onion?

And peppers with "mini mes" growing inside them? 
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Post by: Gonk on 04 February, 2012, 10:39:28 PM
It's when the plants start talking to you need to start worrying. They are trying to enlist your help for world domination and eradication of the human species. I suggest you do not read The Day of the Triffids.
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Post by: TordelBack on 04 February, 2012, 10:50:58 PM
(http://www.stocksigns.co.uk/prodpics/1465.gif)
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Post by: Emperor on 11 February, 2012, 06:34:54 PM
QuoteNicolas Cage has denied he is a vampire after being pressed on a bizarre internet rumour by talk show king David Letterman on The Late Show last night.

The caustic chat show host produced a picture of Civil War-era Tennessee man from the 1860s, which an eBay seller had claimed was proof the Ghost Rider star is a member of the undead.

...

He also pointed out there was a fatal flaw in the reasoning of the enterprising salesman, which went against established lore about the creatures.

The Wicker Man star: 'Except there's a photograph of me, but you can't take pictures of vampires.'

Despite his protest though some fans were still insisting online he had just used the chat show as an opportunity for a grand ruse to throw everyone off the scent.One fan Marcela ReRibeiro said on YouTube: 'He is a modern vampire, mirrors are not a problem for vampires like Nicolas.'

...

Weeks after the Cage photo appeared online, another photo from the same era popped up showing a man bearing a strong resemblance to John Travolta.

This was used as proof of claims  the Saturday Night Fever favourite was in fact a time traveller.

To date the Scientologist has yet to deny his ability to travel backward and forward through time.

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2099581/Nicolas-Cage-confirms-David-Letterman-vampire-following-bizarre-internet-claims.html
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Post by: Emperor on 11 February, 2012, 06:35:44 PM
QuoteSouth African police have arrested a suspected fraudster for impersonating the award-winning traditional singer Khulekani Kwakhe "Mgqumeni" Khumalo, who died in 2009.

The unnamed man, who appeared in court in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province on Tuesday, had said he had not died but was kidnapped by a witchdoctor who cast a spell on him and imprisoned him in a cave with zombies

www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/us-safrica-zombie-crime-idUSTRE8161IG20120207
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Post by: Gonk on 11 February, 2012, 06:43:56 PM
These Scientologists are goofballs man! :lol:
Quote from: Emperor on 11 February, 2012, 06:35:44 PM
QuoteSouth African police have arrested a suspected fraudster for impersonating the award-winning traditional singer Khulekani Kwakhe "Mgqumeni" Khumalo, who died in 2009.

The unnamed man, who appeared in court in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province on Tuesday, had said he had not died but was kidnapped by a witchdoctor who cast a spell on him and imprisoned him in a cave with zombies

www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/us-safrica-zombie-crime-idUSTRE8161IG20120207

Have they checked Bob Dylan?
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Post by: Gonk on 11 February, 2012, 06:59:55 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/K8KLO.jpg)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: M.I.K. on 03 March, 2012, 10:44:10 PM
I just saw a meteorite. A big one.
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Post by: M.I.K. on 03 March, 2012, 11:17:45 PM
...and it looks like I'm not the only one. Been seen all over the place. Here's a photo someone in Glasgow took of it...

(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/MalcolmKirk/AnGL-pUCIAA6JyM.jpg)
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Post by: TordelBack on 03 March, 2012, 11:54:24 PM
Beyond cool!
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Post by: The Legendary Shark on 04 March, 2012, 01:49:06 AM
I just found a baby in my garden...
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Post by: Emperor on 04 March, 2012, 01:49:25 AM
I saw it too - it was fantastic just like that photo as the night was clearly.

I just posted on it in the UFO thread:
http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,8635.msg657768.html#msg657768

Signs and portents, I'm taking it as a good omen ;)

Anyone else who saw it should fill in the details here:

www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/form2.php
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Post by: M.I.K. on 04 March, 2012, 02:06:01 AM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 04 March, 2012, 01:49:06 AM
I just found a baby in my garden...

Are you being serious?
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Post by: Emperor on 04 March, 2012, 02:25:53 AM
Quote from: M.I.K. on 04 March, 2012, 02:06:01 AM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 04 March, 2012, 01:49:06 AM
I just found a baby in my garden...

Are you being serious?

I've been to his village, anything is possible.
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Post by: Emperor on 04 March, 2012, 02:29:18 AM
Meteor has made the BBC news:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17248959
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Post by: SpetsnaZ99 on 04 March, 2012, 05:51:01 AM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 04 March, 2012, 01:49:06 AM
I just found a baby in my garden...

Was there a green crystal beside it? :)
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Post by: TordelBack on 04 March, 2012, 07:31:45 AM
Quote from: Emperor on 04 March, 2012, 02:29:18 AM
Meteor has made the BBC news:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17248959

Oh that sounds incredible. You lucky beggars!
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Post by: Hoagy on 04 March, 2012, 11:42:54 AM
Thrown out by the sun. Followed by a massive solar flare. And today is mysteriously snowing... [/fearmongeringoff]
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Post by: The Legendary Shark on 04 March, 2012, 12:36:39 PM
Quote from: SpetsnaZ99 on 04 March, 2012, 05:51:01 AM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 04 March, 2012, 01:49:06 AM
I just found a baby in my garden...

Was there a green crystal beside it? :)

Ah, so you found one too...
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: SpetsnaZ99 on 04 March, 2012, 02:55:42 PM
Quote from: George Dread on 04 March, 2012, 11:42:54 AM
Thrown out by the sun. Followed by a massive solar flare. And today is mysteriously snowing... [/fearmongeringoff]

Is anyone taking me seriously now. I told you all the world will end this year. You'll all be laughing on the other sides of your faces when it does end. (maybe not)
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Post by: Gonk on 04 March, 2012, 06:03:41 PM
At least we get to see the new Dredd film before everything goes kaput.
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Post by: Spikes on 04 March, 2012, 08:02:27 PM
You think?
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Post by: Gonk on 04 March, 2012, 10:26:35 PM
I'm just going by the end of the Mayan calender : 21/12/2012.

We'll get to see Dredd but bang goes Xmas.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Professor Bear on 04 March, 2012, 11:05:53 PM
I thought meteors were supposed to burn up in seconds? Isn't something that big traditionally Bad News?
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Post by: Spikes on 04 March, 2012, 11:48:47 PM
Quote from: fonky on 04 March, 2012, 10:26:35 PM
I'm just going by the end of the Mayan calender : 21/12/2012.

Yes, true - id forgotten.
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Post by: Emperor on 06 March, 2012, 04:59:07 PM
Quote from: Professah Byah on 04 March, 2012, 11:05:53 PM
I thought meteors were supposed to burn up in seconds? Isn't something that big traditionally Bad News?

I'm taking it as good news, until something terrible happens.
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Post by: The Legendary Shark on 06 March, 2012, 04:59:54 PM
You may be thinking of comets.

I'm not. I'm thinking about Halle Berry in 'Monster's Ball'.
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Post by: Hoagy on 06 March, 2012, 05:56:16 PM
A monster's ball? Flying into the atmosphere? Portent of doom!

http://www.space.com/14780-sun-storm-solar-flare-eruption.html?utm_content=SPACEdotcom&utm_campaign=seo%2Bblitz&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social%2Bmedia

http://www.space.com/14789-space-weather-explosions-venus-video.html?utm_content=SPACEdotcom&utm_campaign=seo%2Bblitz&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social%2Bmedia

http://www.space.com/14788-mars-close-encounter-earth-skywatching.html?utm_content=SPACEdotcom&utm_campaign=seo%2Bblitz&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social%2Bmedia

Bad things coming in threes. :/
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Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 07 March, 2012, 03:07:51 AM
Quote from: fonky on 04 March, 2012, 10:26:35 PM
I'm just going by the end of the Mayan calender : 21/12/2012.

Everyone is aware that the Mayans used calendars plural for different contexts? Most of which continue well beyond this December  ::)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Gonk on 07 March, 2012, 06:34:28 AM
Like the recession?
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Post by: Hoagy on 30 March, 2012, 11:32:44 PM
Did anyone see the news at ten and the attorney of law, who just put it out there, that some espionage groups may be using dark arts???

MI6 say its not work related but he's been found in an outdoors pursuits bag locked from the outside and no trace of anyone being there, in his flat, coming in or out at any time of this incident.

Time to call Harry Absolom?
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Post by: staticgirl on 31 March, 2012, 06:10:40 PM
No-one really knows what that poor lad got mixed up in but it just seems that his killers are forensically aware - which in my mind points to the secret services. Someone has done their best to smear his memory with rumours of his sex life too.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Hoagy on 01 April, 2012, 12:13:41 AM
Wow! MI6 deny, well they say something as dismissive as; it's not work related, yet the lack of evidence goes to prove this is further than a crime of passion or indeed any form of erotic killing. Hang on though, there are extreme clean fetishes. No joke. It can't be ruled out.
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Post by: SpetsnaZ99 on 01 April, 2012, 07:51:50 AM
Quote from: George Dread on 30 March, 2012, 11:32:44 PM
Did anyone see the news at ten and the attorney of law, who just put it out there, that some espionage groups may be using dark arts???

MI6 say its not work related but he's been found in an outdoors pursuits bag locked from the outside and no trace of anyone being there, in his flat, coming in or out at any time of this incident.

Time to call Harry Absolom?

Police have released an image of a suspect they wish to speak with.....
(http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/SpetsnaZ991/300px-Lordvoldemort.jpg)
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Post by: The Legendary Shark on 07 May, 2012, 11:41:33 PM
I've recently started noticing a smell of detergent when it rains. Does anyone else get that, or is it just me?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Roger Godpleton on 07 May, 2012, 11:46:04 PM
That's a stroke, Sharky.

The gub'mint is putting stroke-gas in the clouds. Ron Paul will put a stop to all of this.

RON PAUL 2012.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: JOE SOAP on 07 May, 2012, 11:55:31 PM
Quote from: Roger Godpleton on 07 May, 2012, 11:46:04 PM

RON PAUL 2012.


Is that his age?
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Post by: Roger Godpleton on 08 May, 2012, 12:04:58 AM
That's the Dow Jones once he reinstates the Gold Standard.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: JOE SOAP on 08 May, 2012, 12:13:25 AM
That'll be a free blo-job for Ron from Sharky then.
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Post by: M.I.K. on 08 May, 2012, 01:50:01 AM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 07 May, 2012, 11:41:33 PM
I've recently started noticing a smell of detergent when it rains. Does anyone else get that, or is it just me?

The smell after it rains is usually caused by bacterial spores and completely natural chemical reactions with organic matter. It's usually stronger around this time of year.

Or, if you live next door a Daz factory, it could be that.
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Post by: The Legendary Shark on 08 May, 2012, 01:51:25 AM
I just think that it's odd - I remember rain smelling different.
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Post by: Roger Godpleton on 08 May, 2012, 02:08:43 AM
That was me making your mom squirt into the garden when you were playing in the garden.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 08 May, 2012, 02:18:05 AM
Beastly child. Be off with you.
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Post by: The Legendary Shark on 16 November, 2012, 03:48:27 PM
Is there a classic triangular UFO caught on Google Maps @ 30°30'38.86″ S /115°22'58.17″ E ?

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Post by: Dandontdare on 16 November, 2012, 05:15:03 PM
Don't think so -  - for a start it looks like ground markings rather than a flying object - the only shadow is a long thin one from the centre pointing SW - I'm guessing this is some kind of mast or transmission tower, with a large triangular fence around it and possibly floodlights.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Spikes on 16 November, 2012, 07:08:50 PM
Quote from: Roger Godpleton on 08 May, 2012, 02:08:43 AM
That was me making your mom squirt into the garden when you were playing in the garden.

Id forgotten this thread existed. Is Roger never coming back?
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Post by: Dandontdare on 16 November, 2012, 09:00:39 PM
I miss him  :'(
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: M.I.K. on 16 November, 2012, 10:08:45 PM
Definitely looks more like a UGO than a UFO.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: M.I.K. on 30 January, 2013, 09:48:52 PM
I was just out for a walk with my brother. Brother wanted to turn back. I said "What if there's another one of them meteor thingies and we miss it?". Walk a bit further. Turn back. Meteor lights up sky.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23meteor (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23meteor)
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Post by: Proudhuff on 05 February, 2013, 10:25:36 AM
Walking through a snow flurry yesterday teatime, I had the overwhelming urge to sing Wild Thing then a medley of the Troggs greatest hits, there but making me grin like a loon, woke up today to the sad news that Reg was dead... 
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Post by: Richmond Clements on 05 February, 2013, 10:28:49 AM
Try singing some Paul McCartney this evening
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Post by: Proudhuff on 05 February, 2013, 10:39:51 AM
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 05 February, 2013, 10:28:49 AM
Try singing some Paul McCartney this evening

I was walking passed a graveyard too, so will give the Frog Chorus a try tonight

Strangely enough as a youngster in Canada, the draftdodger I worked with and I discussed Elvis one day, he died the following day, a few days later we talked about Groucho Marx and he died, we tried a few others Nixon, the Québécois we worked for...no luck ::)

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Post by: M.I.K. on 19 February, 2013, 06:53:37 PM
Star jelly in Somerset (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/-jelly-invasion--at-somerset-nature-reserve-baffles-scientists--150928727.html)

My dad's found that stuff loads of times. He's always found it up hills in the middle of nowhere after thunderstorms, sometimes on top of fence posts, (so it must be falling from somewhere). I can remember an occasion after a storm several years ago, he actually set out to look for it in a place he'd found it previously, and returned with quite a lot of it in a bucket. Sent some off to somebody to get it analysed, and, as usually seems to be the case, they couldn't really tell him what it was.
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Post by: Mardroid on 19 February, 2013, 10:08:01 PM
Aaaaa- CHOOO! Drat, didn't get the tissue up in time again.

Sorry.

-----------------
I was travelling home by bus the other day reading Swamp Thing. While reading, I heard over the bus tannoy* "The Green."

Pure coincidence of course. It's just a grassy area I pass too/from work every day but...  well, it fascinated me. I'm easily fascinated. Not that I'm complaining. Life can be a lot of fun that way.
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Post by: mogzilla on 10 April, 2013, 09:26:23 PM
just had a cup of tea and the bag had burst ,in the bottom of my cup the leaves had formed perfect  shape of England...Scotland and most of wales had gone except the "ear" part of the pigs head and cornwall was a bit wonky... also a bit of the midlands was missing
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Definitely Not Mister Pops on 19 April, 2013, 10:39:31 AM
I was woken up this morning by a bumblebee the size of a small rodent
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Post by: Taryn Tailz on 19 April, 2013, 01:54:58 PM
Not something that happened to me, but today I've been reading about one of my all time favourite mysteries (if you can have such a thing), The Flannan Isles Lighthouse mystery.

That story always sends a shiver up my spine, probably because lighthouses are spooky places even at the best of times.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: staticgirl on 19 April, 2013, 06:39:32 PM
Oh yes I love the mysterious disappearance tales. ROANOKE always gets me as well.

Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Taryn Tailz on 19 April, 2013, 08:03:29 PM
Quote from: staticgirl on 19 April, 2013, 06:39:32 PM
Oh yes I love the mysterious disappearance tales. ROANOKE always gets me as well.

Not quite as well read on that one but it is another strange one.

The Flannan Isle mystery is a deeply haunting one. My own theory is that one of the keepers went mad, killed the other two keepers, and then killed himself. However that still doesn't explain why there were never any bodies found. I struggle to believe it was as simple as them being washed away by a wave as was the official report, because there's quite a few pieces of evidence that go against that.
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Post by: IAMTHESYSTEM on 19 April, 2013, 08:12:15 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident


Weird and a little scary too since we're talking mystery theatre here.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Taryn Tailz on 21 April, 2013, 12:14:07 AM
Anyone fancy starting a thread on mysterious disappearances then?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Richmond Clements on 21 April, 2013, 09:13:09 AM
Quote from: Tim Tailz on 21 April, 2013, 12:14:07 AM
Anyone fancy starting a thread on mysterious disappearances then?

There was one but.... Well you can finish the joke yourself.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mabs on 21 April, 2013, 09:22:43 AM
Quote from: Tim Tailz on 19 April, 2013, 01:54:58 PM
Not something that happened to me, but today I've been reading about one of my all time favourite mysteries (if you can have such a thing), The Flannan Isles Lighthouse mystery.

That story always sends a shiver up my spine, probably because lighthouses are spooky places even at the best of times.

Funt me. Spine-chilling stuff! I was just looking at a youtube doc on this, my theory is that the three men probably walked into into another dimension or the 'twillight zone'...sometimes the least likely theory is the right one!  :-\
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Post by: Taryn Tailz on 22 April, 2013, 04:15:49 PM
Quote from: Mabs on 21 April, 2013, 09:22:43 AM
Quote from: Tim Tailz on 19 April, 2013, 01:54:58 PM
Not something that happened to me, but today I've been reading about one of my all time favourite mysteries (if you can have such a thing), The Flannan Isles Lighthouse mystery.

That story always sends a shiver up my spine, probably because lighthouses are spooky places even at the best of times.

Funt me. Spine-chilling stuff! I was just looking at a youtube doc on this, my theory is that the three men probably walked into into another dimension or the 'twillight zone'...sometimes the least likely theory is the right one!  :-\

Mabs, was the youtube doc the one I've linked to below, or is there another one I'm not aware of?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RadCTDyEeaI
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mabs on 23 April, 2013, 02:39:08 AM
Quote from: Tim Tailz on 22 April, 2013, 04:15:49 PM
Quote from: Mabs on 21 April, 2013, 09:22:43 AM
Quote from: Tim Tailz on 19 April, 2013, 01:54:58 PM
Not something that happened to me, but today I've been reading about one of my all time favourite mysteries (if you can have such a thing), The Flannan Isles Lighthouse mystery.

That story always sends a shiver up my spine, probably because lighthouses are spooky places even at the best of times.

Funt me. Spine-chilling stuff! I was just looking at a youtube doc on this, my theory is that the three men probably walked into into another dimension or the 'twillight zone'...sometimes the least likely theory is the right one!  :-\

Mabs, was the youtube doc the one I've linked to below, or is there another one I'm not aware of?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RadCTDyEeaI

Yep. That's the one. Damn, that story's still giving me the chills! Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Tim! Oh just remembered, has anyone ever tried to adapt this into a film? In the right hands it could be a right old chiller.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Taryn Tailz on 23 April, 2013, 04:31:40 PM
Quote from: Mabs on 23 April, 2013, 02:39:08 AM
Quote from: Tim Tailz on 22 April, 2013, 04:15:49 PM
Quote from: Mabs on 21 April, 2013, 09:22:43 AM
Quote from: Tim Tailz on 19 April, 2013, 01:54:58 PM
Not something that happened to me, but today I've been reading about one of my all time favourite mysteries (if you can have such a thing), The Flannan Isles Lighthouse mystery.

That story always sends a shiver up my spine, probably because lighthouses are spooky places even at the best of times.

Funt me. Spine-chilling stuff! I was just looking at a youtube doc on this, my theory is that the three men probably walked into into another dimension or the 'twillight zone'...sometimes the least likely theory is the right one!  :-\

Mabs, was the youtube doc the one I've linked to below, or is there another one I'm not aware of?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RadCTDyEeaI

Yep. That's the one. Damn, that story's still giving me the chills! Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Tim! Oh just remembered, has anyone ever tried to adapt this into a film? In the right hands it could be a right old chiller.

Well the Doctor Who story Horror of Fang Rock was based on it. Although that's not exactly an adaptation of the real story.  :lol: It is a cracking Doctor Who story though.
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Post by: Mabs on 23 April, 2013, 04:49:28 PM
I don't believe i've seen that episode, Tim. I might have a look on youtube! Cheers!  :D
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Spikes on 23 April, 2013, 04:53:23 PM
One of those famous types that you'd have thought died decades ago, but as its her 85th birthday today...

In my best Brian Blessed voice; Temple's alive!! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Temple)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Frank on 23 April, 2013, 06:26:48 PM
Quote from: Judge Jack on 23 April, 2013, 04:53:23 PM
One of those famous types that you'd have thought died decades ago, but as its her 85th birthday today ... In my best Brian Blessed voice; Temple's alive!! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Temple)

Even more Fortean is the fact she was a Congressman. There's a whole thread in the idea of an opposite number of the RIP thread; I'll see your Shirley Temple, and I'll raise you the relentless Terminator-like indestructibility of Kirk Douglas (//http://) - who was born during The Great War, was injured while serving in WWII, suffered the kind of debilitating stroke which kills younger men when he was already eighty years old and still managed to learn to walk and talk again.

Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Taryn Tailz on 23 April, 2013, 07:15:53 PM
Quote from: Mabs on 23 April, 2013, 04:49:28 PM
I don't believe i've seen that episode, Tim. I might have a look on youtube! Cheers!  :D

There is a book about the Flannan Isle mystery if you're interested. It's called "Some Strange Scent of Death" and is told in prose form but sticks very close to the facts of the story.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strange-Scent-Death-Angela-Elliott/dp/1904445152/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366740939&sr=8-1&keywords=some+strange+scent+of+death
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mabs on 23 April, 2013, 07:45:16 PM
Quote from: Tim Tailz on 23 April, 2013, 07:15:53 PM
Quote from: Mabs on 23 April, 2013, 04:49:28 PM
I don't believe i've seen that episode, Tim. I might have a look on youtube! Cheers!  :D

There is a book about the Flannan Isle mystery if you're interested. It's called "Some Strange Scent of Death" and is told in prose form but sticks very close to the facts of the story.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strange-Scent-Death-Angela-Elliott/dp/1904445152/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366740939&sr=8-1&keywords=some+strange+scent+of+death

Wow, much obliged, Tim. I'll definitely check it out.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Spikes on 23 April, 2013, 09:49:40 PM
Quote from: sauchie on 23 April, 2013, 06:26:48 PM
I'll see your Shirley Temple, and I'll raise you the relentless Terminator-like indestructibility of Kirk Douglas (//http://) - who was born during The Great War, was injured while serving in WWII, suffered the kind of debilitating stroke which kills younger men when he was already eighty years old and still managed to learn to walk and talk again.

Yep, a tougher cookie than ol' Spartacus is pretty hard to think of.


Quote from: sauchie on 23 April, 2013, 06:26:48 PM
There's a whole thread in the idea of an opposite number of the RIP thread


Vera Lynn? Thanks in part to her having a low public profile over the years, she now seems to exist only in old newsreel footage, and in scratchy recordings from a bygone age. But 96, bless her.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dandontdare on 24 April, 2013, 02:31:58 PM
Whenever I look at new deaths on this thread it's usually about 40% "never heard of 'em"; 50% "oh that's a shame" and 10% "Jeez, I thought they died years ago!"
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Proudhuff on 24 April, 2013, 02:57:08 PM
Quote from: Mabs on 23 April, 2013, 02:39:08 AM
Quote from: Tim Tailz on 22 April, 2013, 04:15:49 PM
Quote from: Mabs on 21 April, 2013, 09:22:43 AM
Quote from: Tim Tailz on 19 April, 2013, 01:54:58 PM
Not something that happened to me, but today I've been reading about one of my all time favourite mysteries (if you can have such a thing), The Flannan Isles Lighthouse mystery.

That story always sends a shiver up my spine, probably because lighthouses are spooky places even at the best of times.

Funt me. Spine-chilling stuff! I was just looking at a youtube doc on this, my theory is that the three men probably walked into into another dimension or the 'twillight zone'...sometimes the least likely theory is the right one!  :-\

Mabs, was the youtube doc the one I've linked to below, or is there another one I'm not aware of?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RadCTDyEeaI

Yep. That's the one. Damn, that story's still giving me the chills! Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Tim! Oh just remembered, has anyone ever tried to adapt this into a film? In the right hands it could be a right old chiller.

They have here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yoOfHfCQ0w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yoOfHfCQ0w)











just gonna no...
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mabs on 24 April, 2013, 03:53:40 PM
Absolutely hilarious!  :lol:
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Taryn Tailz on 26 April, 2013, 12:57:06 PM
Haha. The lighthouse keepers were always my favourite sketch from Chewin the Fat.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Spikes on 29 April, 2013, 04:31:53 PM
Saw a cloud today that had a jagged bit at the bottom of it. Which made it look exactly like a bairns drawing of a thunder cloud.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Ancient Otter on 16 July, 2013, 07:05:03 PM
"Vampire" skeletons unearthed in Poland (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pictured--%E2%80%9Cvampire%E2%80%9D-skeletons-dug-up-in-poland-102539130.html#TAvmNkc)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Frank on 19 August, 2013, 05:58:20 PM

(http://api.news.com.au/content/1.0/newscomau/images/1226699880153?format=jpg&group=iphone&size=medium) 

MAN GETS FORK
STUCK UP HIS PENIS (http://mobile.news.com.au/lifestyle/health-fitness/canberra-man-lodges-fork-in-penis/story-fneuzlbd-1226699880200)


Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mardroid on 20 August, 2013, 12:43:39 AM
I actually felt a vague twinge of phantom pain seeing that.

Not from experience, I hasten to add.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Doctor Alt 8 on 20 August, 2013, 01:15:41 AM
How...the.... hell?

Let alone why...
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: TordelBack on 20 August, 2013, 01:53:47 AM
Maybe he was going for a pea?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Proudhuff on 20 August, 2013, 04:46:45 PM
or he was told to fork off?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Spikes on 20 August, 2013, 05:46:09 PM
...or very short sighted, and went for the wrong sausage? Ill get my coat....
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: TordelBack on 20 August, 2013, 06:03:47 PM
Failed attempt to hide an unwanted brussels sprout under the table?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Frank on 20 August, 2013, 06:55:22 PM

I get confused with table etiquette myself; the big spoon's for the soup, the knife furthest from your plate's used to butter your bread roll, and you shove your fork right up your urethra - right?

"A 70-year-old man presented to Canberra Hospital's Emergency Department with a 10cm steel cutlery item inserted into his urethra for his sexual gratification, a write-up in the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports said.

It remains uncertain how the gentleman thought that could be achieved. The fork was not visible from the outside but doctors were able to feel it. "The motives for insertion of a variety of objects are difficult to comprehend", the report, titled An Unusual Urethral Foreign Body, said."


Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Frank on 04 September, 2013, 02:04:56 PM

BIEBER  or  CTHULHU? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHi6LjKuNl4)


Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: IAMTHESYSTEM on 04 September, 2013, 02:47:04 PM
Definitely Cthulhu.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 03 July, 2015, 03:32:32 PM
The Borg are coming! (http://in5d.com/texas-ufo-cube-multiple-view-witnesses-and-photos/)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dandontdare on 03 July, 2015, 03:43:45 PM
Quote from: White Falcon on 03 July, 2015, 03:32:32 PM
The Borg are coming! (http://in5d.com/texas-ufo-cube-multiple-view-witnesses-and-photos/)

Holy crap - wonder if it's conected to this (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/02/robot-kills-worker-at-volkswagen-plant-in-germany), which is clearly the start of the Robot Revolution
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: M.I.K. on 03 July, 2015, 05:46:10 PM
I'm always a bit wary of photos and videos with the photographer pointing at the weirdness with their hand. People don't usually point when they're filming / taking photos, because they're already pointing the camera right at the thing.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Famous Mortimer on 04 July, 2015, 12:44:38 PM
Quote from: M.I.K. on 03 July, 2015, 05:46:10 PM
I'm always a bit wary of photos and videos with the photographer pointing at the weirdness with their hand. People don't usually point when they're filming / taking photos, because they're already pointing the camera right at the thing.
"Yeah, right there's where you need to CG in the ridiculous space-cube, just as we're all making the noise on cue".
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Famous Mortimer on 04 July, 2015, 01:21:44 PM
Quote from: White Falcon on 03 July, 2015, 03:32:32 PM
The Borg are coming! (http://in5d.com/texas-ufo-cube-multiple-view-witnesses-and-photos/)
I did love how that page tried to start off normal, gave it its best shot, then about halfway down went

QuoteThe first thing that comes to mind is the cube shape and how the cube is tied to Saturn, which in astrotheology is "Satan" which I go into a lot more detail in the article, "Saturn – Why Are We Worshiping The Cult Of EL?".

Bless 'em.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Famous Mortimer on 04 July, 2015, 01:31:22 PM
I am so happy you posted that page!

http://in5d.com/saturn-why-are-we-worshiping-the-cult-of-el/

The first bit says "why do so many people get married on Saturday, and why do Saturday marriages cost more?" Evidently, the thought never even crossed his mind that perhaps the best answer would be related to more mundane concerns like getting time off work for you, your spouse and any guests you might want to invite. Plus, places that hold weddings know this and charge more for weekend events.

It's that sort of rigorous truth that has already got me believing in a cult of Saturn or whatever the hell it was! Well done, in5d!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 06 July, 2015, 05:13:53 PM
I encountered an exceptionaly large wild cat up on Winter Hill, Bolton, a two miles walk from where I live. I say it was a Wild Cat, but for all intents of purposes it had all the hallmarks of a European Lynx. About 4 times the size of your average tabby, a meter tall at the shoulder, robust hind limbs, a slightly squashed face with puffy cheeks, and large, pointed ears ending in tuffts of fur. It got bloody close to, essescialy considering our Cocker Spaniel was barking her head off at the site of it. Most perplexing.

This was a few years ago now, and it's been spotted a few time's since by Pheasent shooters and sheep hearders.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Grugz on 06 July, 2015, 06:21:35 PM
no shaky out of focus mobile footage to back that up?
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Mardroid on 06 July, 2015, 10:44:06 PM
Interesting! Yes the tufted ears suggest lynx to me. Even though they're not supposed to be native here any more... An exotic pet escapee, I wonder.* Did you notice a stubby tail? (http://"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Canadian_lynx_by_Keith_Williams.jpg")



*  Or the naturalists got that wrong. I met a guy some years back who claimed to have seen a wolf on a camping trip in Wales. Mind you, in his case , I think he was likely having us on...
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 09 July, 2015, 10:17:17 AM
(Holo)Ghost Riders in the Sky! (http://beforeitsnews.com/paranormal/2015/07/green-horseman-appears-in-the-clouds-over-nottingham-uk-video-2492528.html) Justice Department should use this idea to project an image of Grud over MC1 telling the citizens to obey the judges...
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dandontdare on 09 July, 2015, 10:50:49 AM
Quote from: White Falcon on 09 July, 2015, 10:17:17 AM
(Holo)Ghost Riders in the Sky! (http://beforeitsnews.com/paranormal/2015/07/green-horseman-appears-in-the-clouds-over-nottingham-uk-video-2492528.html) Justice Department should use this idea to project an image of Grud over MC1 telling the citizens to obey the judges...

Or a giant IDS fist-pumping above every benefits office (shudder)

The rest of that website is hilarious - not "isn't this cool projection technology" but "this proves the illuminati are going to stage a fake alien invasion"
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 09 July, 2015, 11:10:24 AM
Yeah, I hope it's not true and it does seem unlikely. Still, a lot of unlikely things seem to be coming to light recently (parliamentary paedophile rings, banks calling the shots over democratically elected governments, the Bilderberg Group, etc.) so it seems wise to keep such guff at least in the back of our minds, just in case. If nothing else, some of these things are a great inspiration for storytellers.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Famous Mortimer on 09 July, 2015, 01:04:19 PM
Quote from: White Falcon on 09 July, 2015, 11:10:24 AM
Yeah, I hope it's not true and it does seem unlikely. Still, a lot of unlikely things seem to be coming to light recently (parliamentary paedophile rings, banks calling the shots over democratically elected governments, the Bilderberg Group, etc.) so it seems wise to keep such guff at least in the back of our minds, just in case. If nothing else, some of these things are a great inspiration for storytellers.
The things you've quoted are things happening out in the open (banking) or are backed by actual evidence of stuff happening (parliamentary paedophile rings).

If / when there's a single shred of evidence for the existence of the Illuminati past the beginning of the 19th century (or whatever else the odd theory du jour is) then we can discuss that. "The Government tried to hide X, therefore Y is also true" is pretty flimsy.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 09 July, 2015, 02:30:05 PM
I don't think organisations like the Illuminati exist, as such, but I do think there are small groups of people with way too much power and influence who have a shady and toxic effect on wider society. These nebulous groups might be happy to let people believe in such things as the Illuminati as decoys.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 09 July, 2015, 03:41:25 PM
Quote from: White Falcon on 09 July, 2015, 02:30:05 PM
I don't think organisations like the Illuminati exist, as such, but I do think there are small groups of people with way too much power and influence who have a shady and toxic effect on wider society. These nebulous groups might be happy to let people believe in such things as the Illuminati as decoys.

I find myself entirely in agreement with you, Sharky.  This is a once- or twice- yearly festive event that always makes me feel cheerful  ;)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 10 July, 2015, 01:15:25 AM
I'll open the Champagne :-)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 10 July, 2015, 10:51:45 PM
Quote from: White Falcon on 10 July, 2015, 01:15:25 AM
I'll open the Champagne :-)

I disagree. Buckfast or nothing :)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 11 July, 2015, 08:36:20 AM
Peasant.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 07 September, 2015, 05:21:18 PM
Mummified Alien (Probably Not) Discovered in Egypt... (http://zonnews.com/news/1403-in-egypt-they-found-the-mummified-alien.html)
.
Ah, you gotta' love the interweb!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 25 October, 2015, 01:44:38 PM
Wasn't old Charlie himself fascinated by cities in the clouds?

Did parallel universe open up? Hundreds see 'floating city' filmed in skies above China. (http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/612531/Did-parallel-universe-open-up-Hundreds-see-floating-city-filmed-in-skies-above-China)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: TordelBack on 25 October, 2015, 01:57:59 PM
Cool story/images, but ye gods, what a hateful website!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 25 October, 2015, 02:18:14 PM
There's a lot of 'em about.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: M.I.K. on 25 October, 2015, 02:18:35 PM
The comments... Why did I look at the comments?!?

But yes... probably not a parallel universe, probably a genuine freaky mirage thingy. They get a lot of those over there. Penglai's particularly famous for its non-existent islands which frequently show up out at sea around May or June.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 25 October, 2015, 02:23:21 PM
You and your damned science - squeezing the mystery out of everything. :-D
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: IAMTHESYSTEM on 25 October, 2015, 02:42:01 PM
R'yleh rises! Nothing to worry about really only the extermination of humankind. Does look freaky even if it is only a mirage.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Dandontdare on 10 November, 2015, 02:48:57 PM
more pyramid weirdness: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34773856 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34773856)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 20 November, 2015, 02:06:14 PM
Spent a somewhat forlorn morning (nothing wrong really, just a bit of creeping anxiety) reading and just sitting it out, when I had the thought to read up on folk lore and urban legends. Just something to pass the time, but possibly the best thing to come out of the missspent morning was the discovery of Le Loyon. A really unusual, soomewhat tangible, legend of a masked man roaming the forrest of Maules, Switzerland. Almost for certain just a guy in a gimp costume who lives off the land (Sharky, you been to Switzerland recently?) it's none the less an amusing serious off accounts, and would make for a funny little slasher movie.

Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 27 December, 2015, 11:12:50 AM
Heeerm. Their have been (unpublished) resent documentations of ludicrously large Euro Sturgeon (A.sturio or variations) in and around Cornwall. Heading down their next month so hopefully local talk can cast some light on this...
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: JayzusB.Christ on 27 December, 2015, 05:06:25 PM
Quote from: Hawkmonger on 27 December, 2015, 11:12:50 AM
Heeerm. Their have been (unpublished) resent documentations of ludicrously large Euro Sturgeon (A.sturio or variations) in and around Cornwall. Heading down their next month so hopefully local talk can cast some light on this...
(http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130308015004/fat-man/images/b/b6/Old_Gregg.jpg)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 27 December, 2015, 05:56:39 PM
Mother!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 27 December, 2015, 09:33:28 PM
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 27 December, 2015, 05:06:25 PM
Quote from: Hawkmonger on 27 December, 2015, 11:12:50 AM
Heeerm. Their have been (unpublished) resent documentations of ludicrously large Euro Sturgeon (A.sturio or variations) in and around Cornwall. Heading down their next month so hopefully local talk can cast some light on this...
(http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130308015004/fat-man/images/b/b6/Old_Gregg.jpg)
Crikey, the Mighty Boosh reference. In 2015?!
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Something Fishy on 27 December, 2015, 09:39:25 PM
Quote from: Hawkmonger on 27 December, 2015, 11:12:50 AM
Heeerm. Their have been (unpublished) resent documentations of ludicrously large Euro Sturgeon (A.sturio or variations) in and around Cornwall. Heading down their next month so hopefully local talk can cast some light on this...

I sometimes hear the local radio discussing catches but haven't heard this one.  Hope you have a nice visit.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 01 March, 2016, 09:41:50 PM
Mummified Sailor Found on Ghost Vessel (http://news.discovery.com/human/mummified-sailor-found-on-ghost-vessel-160301.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1) **CAUTION - link contains image of a dead person.**
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 21 January, 2017, 10:06:59 AM
The CIA has declassified 12 million documents - a veritable treasure trove for fans of the Fortean. The Stargate Collection (https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/collection/stargate) (nothing to do with SG:1, unfortunately), seems to contain some interesting material.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: Hawkmumbler on 21 January, 2017, 10:36:02 AM
Certainly entertaining if mostly codswallop.
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 21 January, 2017, 10:40:28 AM
Codswallop Investigation Agency...
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 25 February, 2017, 11:28:59 AM
Poor old Donald, he's really in trouble now...
(https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http:%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-i5v5RQzA5cM%2FTl4bq8JrrHI%2FAAAAAAAAAM8%2FZeJyxed6af0%2Fs1600%2FWizardOfOzWitch.jpg&sp=9876734fcfa201b2b5e639604899e318)
Witches Worldwide Target Trump in Mass Occult Ritual. (http://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/witches-worldwide-target-trump-mass-occult-ritual/?utm_source=wysija&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=witches)
Title: Re: Life is sometimes Fortean because...
Post by: The Legendary Shark on 25 February, 2017, 01:38:28 PM


   (https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L1MO35V3OhU/WK3I8vnM9uI/AAAAAAABQeE/uVxlSSdyj_MAym0l6ThMmFWFJz_yoYjlwCLcB/s400/trailcam-ghillie.JPG) (http://bigfootbase.com/bigfoot-news/trail-cam-bigfoot-ghili-suited-beard-man/2017/)