Polts Afloat Two men in a boat have uncanny experiences off Sfax, Tunisia.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
September 6, 2016
in Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Poltergeists , Sky Mysteries , Victorian
and tagged lithobolia , Polts Afloat , rain of stones , Sfax , showers of stones , stone-throwing poltergeists , Tunisia
Vision of Seven Moons A gentleman sees some lunar oddities–multiple moons over the course of eighteen consecutive months.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
August 25, 2016
in Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , News , Scientific Oddities , Sky Mysteries , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged crescent moon , full moon , John M. Sandidge , lunar phenomena , multiple moons , sky visions , Vision of Seven Moons
Superfluous Snakes Today is the birthday of Charles Hoy Fort and what better way to celebrate than with a shower of snakes?
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Chris Woodyard
on
August 6, 2016
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , News , Scientific Oddities , Sky Mysteries , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Charles Fort , Charles Hoy Fort , fish falls , fortean falls , frog falls , John H. Tice , rain of snakes , shower of snakes , snake falls , Superfluous Snakes , weather prediction
Fluff Sees a Phantom Mr Llewellyn’s cat, Fluff, sees a menacing phantom “Thing” baffling his master.
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Chris Woodyard
on
July 30, 2016
in Animal Tales , Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Scientific Oddities , Sky Mysteries , Spook Lights
and tagged cat sees a ghost , cats , Fluff Sees a Phantom , mysterious lights , spook light
Cloudy, With a Chance of Maggots An Iowa physician reports on an 1846 shower of maggots. Eww.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 23, 2016
in Animal Tales , Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Sky Mysteries , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Charles Fort , Cloud with a Chance of Maggots , forteana , maggot shower , rain of maggots , shower of maggots
Dr. Sinclair and the Fourth Dimension A respectable physician terrifies himself with his esoteric studies –and receives some visitors from the Fourth Dimension with a plan to end the First World War.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 21, 2016
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , News , Prophecies , Scientific Oddities , Sky Mysteries , Social History , War
and tagged alien visitation , Carl Ramus , Dr. A.N. Sinclair , Dr. Sinclair and the Fourth Dimension , fourth dimension , Great War , Hawai'i , people from space , people from the fourth dimension , prophecy , Tesseract
Fearing the Walking Dead, The Undertaker’s Revenge, and the Lost Art of the Coffin Threat A compendium of popular posts.
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Chris Woodyard
on
April 26, 2016
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , religion , Sky Mysteries , Spiritualism , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged apparitions , banshees , death omens , elephant ghost , Fearing the Walking Dead , ghosts , Mrs Daffodil , Romeo the elephant , sky visions , The Lost Art of the Coffin Threat , The Undertaker's Revenge , The Victorian Book of the Dead , tokens of death , Women in Black
Weekend Compendium: 13 January 2016 Valentine Edition Featuring an 18th century “Missed Connection” ad, 19th century hints for photographic sitters. The Angel of Lourdes, monkey ghosts, Valentines for Undertakers and Spiritualist Mediums.
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Chris Woodyard
on
February 13, 2016
in 18th century , Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Mourning Customs and History , News , religion , Sky Mysteries , Spiritualism , Victorian , Weekend Compendium , Witches
and tagged angels , Lourdes , missed connections ad , monkey ghosts , undertakers , Valentine's Day , Vauxhall , Victorian photography , Victorian valentines , Vinegar Valentines , Violet Tweedale , Weekend Compendium: 13 January 2016 Valentine Edition
The Angel of Lourdes A noted psychic, Theosophist, occultist and author has an uplifting vision at Lourdes.
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Chris Woodyard
on
February 11, 2016
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , religion , Sky Mysteries
and tagged angel visions , angels , Lourdes , miracles , psychic researchers , Stations of the Cross , The Angel of Lourdes , Violet Tweedale
Were images of the Virgin Mary beamed into the sky by airborne stereopticon to try to save a besieged city? And would these images explain the Angel of Mons and other Great War visions?
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 10, 2015
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , religion , Sky Mysteries , War , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Angel of Mons , First World War , Great War , Marian apparitions , Our Lady of Czestochowa , Our Lady of the Stereopticon , Siege of Przemysl , sky visions , World War I