A Summer Water Safety Tip from 1895 A mad, Michelin-man scheme to inject air under the skin to make a natural life belt.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
June 17, 2014
in Ephemera , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Scientific Oddities , Victorian
and tagged A Summer Water Safety Tip from 1895 , Dr. Schneider-Preiswerk , flotation devices , injecting air , inventions , life belt , life preservers , mad inventor , maritime , sailors
Silas Told and the Devil-Fish A ripping yarn from a Methodist convert. An intriguing tale of nameless poisons, the Devil, and a strange horned creature following the ship as a kind of marine psychopomp.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
January 16, 2014
in Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Prophecies , Scientific Oddities , Strange Deaths , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged cryptozoology , death omens , giant manta , manta ray , Methodism , psychopomp , sailors , Silas Told , Silas Told and the Devil-Fish , slave trade