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* WeirdnessMagnet: some people and places are naturally strange. Like the one corner of the north of England that has seen as many UFO sightings as the rest of the country put together.
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* ScullySyndrome: frequently lampshaded and questioned.
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* JustBeforeTheEnd; Doomsday cults and eschatology in general.
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* SignsOfTheEndTimes: panics and concerns about the end of the world from evangelical religion through Martian scares to global warming.
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* WalkingTechbane: people who can fritz electrics just by being in the same room. FT broke the story of Jaqueline Priestman, who says she's gone through dozens of various appliances, and causes TV sets to change channels just by passing near. She was found to have ten times the usual amount of electricity in her body. The magazine also speculated on how some people can cause street lights to blow just by walking underneath them.
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* PhonyPsychic: Many have been covered, both historic and contemporary. The issue of why people beleive in psychic powers is as interesting as the methods used ot deceive and debunk and of course wiggle-room is allowed for in those truly perplexing cases that indicate just now and again, something truly weird is going on.
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* PyramidPower and its associated cascades of conseqences.
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The ''Fortean Times'' can trace its roots back to a 1960's-1970's {{Fanzine}} called ''The News — "A Miscellany of Fortean Curiosities''. This was self-produced by creator Bob Rickard, and from its earliest beginnings drew in people who would become famous for other works, such as Steve Moore and Creator/ColinWilson.
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The ''Fortean Times'' can trace its roots back to a 1960's-1970's {{Fanzine}} called ''The News — "A Miscellany of Fortean Curiosities''. This was self-produced by creator Bob Rickard, and from its earliest beginnings drew in people who would become famous for other works, such as Steve Moore and Creator/ColinWilson. \n Like so many other print media these days [[http://www.forteantimes.com it can be found online.]]
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Shamgri La is now The Shangri La. Bad examples are being removed, and \"fake\" examples being reported.
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* ShamgriLa: FT likes to visit this land for what it can tell us about human credulity and desire to believe.
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* ShamgriLa: TheShangriLa: FT likes to visit this land for what it can tell us about human credulity and desire to believe.
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* AliensStealCattle; a perennial favourite.
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The Messiah has been disambiguated between Messianic Archetype and All Loving Hero. Bad examples and ZCE are being removed; if you disagree, please readd with sufficient context.
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* [[{{Cult}} Cults]] and would-be [[TheMessiah Messiahs]] and prophets;
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* {{Chupacabra}}: the magazine has a fascination with this example of cryptozoology.
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* {{Chupacabra}}: the magazine has a fascination with this example of cryptozoology. cryptozoology.
* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: the rare, but well-attested, occasions where the skies rain with fish, sometimes Flying French Food Specials of frogs and toads.
* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: the rare, but well-attested, occasions where the skies rain with fish, sometimes Flying French Food Specials of frogs and toads.
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* ShamgriLa: FT likes to visit this land for what it can tell us about human credulity and desire to believe.
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* UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories: The magazine drily catalogues the latest instances of WildMadGuessing;
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* FlyingSaucer: A regular forum for UFO theorists and investigators, principally British, who tend to be more pragmatic than American theorists.
* MisplacedWildlife: A staple of FT is its meticulous collation of evidence (or otherwise) for Alien Big Cats - large feral creatures which have been seen the length and breadth of Great Britain, one of the most densely populated and built up countries in the world. [=ABC=]'s like lions, pumas and leopards should not exist in the British Isles. But people keep seeing them and evewn taking photos...
* MisplacedWildlife: A staple of FT is its meticulous collation of evidence (or otherwise) for Alien Big Cats - large feral creatures which have been seen the length and breadth of Great Britain, one of the most densely populated and built up countries in the world. [=ABC=]'s like lions, pumas and leopards should not exist in the British Isles. But people keep seeing them and evewn taking photos...
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* FlyingSaucer: A regular forum for UFO theorists and investigators, principally British, who tend to be more pragmatic than American theorists.
* MisplacedWildlife: A staple of FT is its meticulous collation of evidence (or otherwise) for Alien Big Cats - large feral creatures which have been seen the length and breadth of Great Britain, one of the most densely populated and built up countries in the world. [=ABC=]'s like lions, pumas and leopards should not exist in the British Isles. But people keep seeing them and evewn taking photos...theorists.
* MisplacedWildlife: A staple of FT is its meticulous collation of evidence (or otherwise) for Alien Big Cats - large feral creatures which have been seen the length and breadth of Great Britain, one of the most densely populated and built up countries in the world. [=ABC=]'s like lions, pumas and leopards should not exist in the British Isles. But people keep seeing them and evewn taking photos...
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* ThereAreNoCoincidences: either via "normal" synchronicity or because [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories some people are messing with our minds]]
* UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories: The magazine drily catalogues the latest instances of WildMadGuessing;
* UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories: The magazine drily catalogues the latest instances of WildMadGuessing;
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* MisplacedWildlife: MisplacedWildlife: A staple of FT is its meticulous collation of evidence (or otherwise) for Alien Big Cats - large feral creatures which have been seen the length and breadth of Great Britain, one of the most densely populated and built up countries in the world. {=ABC=]'s world. [=ABC=]'s like lions, pumas and leopards should not exist in the British Isles. But people keep seeing them and evewn taking photos...
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* FlyingSaucer: A regular forum for UFO theorists and investigators, principally British, who tend to be more pragmatic than American theorists.
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* FlyingSaucer: A regular forum for UFO theorists and investigators, principally British, who tend to be more pragmatic than American theorists. theorists.
* MisplacedWildlife: A staple of FT is its meticulous collation of evidence (or otherwise) for Alien Big Cats - large feral creatures which have been seen the length and breadth of Great Britain, one of the most densely populated and built up countries in the world. {=ABC=]'s like lions, pumas and leopards should not exist in the British Isles. But people keep seeing them and evewn taking photos...
* MisplacedWildlife: A staple of FT is its meticulous collation of evidence (or otherwise) for Alien Big Cats - large feral creatures which have been seen the length and breadth of Great Britain, one of the most densely populated and built up countries in the world. {=ABC=]'s like lions, pumas and leopards should not exist in the British Isles. But people keep seeing them and evewn taking photos...
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* [[WeirdScience Fringe science;science]];
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* {{Chupacabra}}: the magazine has a fascination with this example of cryptozoology.
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* [[Cult Cults]] and would-be Messiahs and prophets;
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* [[Cult [[{{Cult}} Cults]] and would-be Messiahs [[TheMessiah Messiahs]] and prophets;
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* Urban legends.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: No two tales of haunting and apparitions are completely alike, and theories abound. FT collects and catalogues.
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* Crop circles;[[CropCircles]];
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* UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories: The magazine drily catalgues the latest WildMadGuessing;
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* [[FlyingSaucer [=UFO=]s;[=UFO=]]]s;
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* Conspiracy theories; (''{{Illuminatus}}'' creator RobertAntonWilson was a frequent contributor)
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* Conspiracy theories; UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories; (''{{Illuminatus}}'' creator RobertAntonWilson was a frequent contributor)
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* WorldOfWeirdness: we live on one.
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The ''Fortean Times'' can trace its roots back to a 1960's-1970's {{Fanzine}} called ''The News — "A Miscellany of Fortean Curiosities''. This was self-produced by creator Bob Rickard, and from its earliest beginnings drew in people who would become famous for other works, such as Creator/SteveMoore and Creator/ColinWilson.
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The ''Fortean Times'' can trace its roots back to a 1960's-1970's {{Fanzine}} called ''The News — "A Miscellany of Fortean Curiosities''. This was self-produced by creator Bob Rickard, and from its earliest beginnings drew in people who would become famous for other works, such as Creator/SteveMoore and Creator/ColinWilson.
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The ''Fortean Times'' can trace its roots back to a 1960's-1970's {{Fanzine}} called ''The News — "A Miscellany of Fortean Curiosities''. This was self-produced by creator Bob Rickard, and from its earliest beginnings drew in people who would become famous for other works, such as
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The magazine takes a careful non-judgemental middle line, avoiding the worst excesses of either New Age credulity of JamesRandi-style or James Randi-style skepticism.
!! Tropes currentlyanamolous anamalous and incapable of being explained by science include:
!! Tropes currently
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The ''Fortean Times'' can trace its roots back to a 1960's-1970's {{Fanzine}} called ''The News — "A Miscellany of Fortean Curiosities''. This was self-produced by creator Bob Rickard, and from its earliest beginnings drew in people who would become famous for other works, such as Creator/SteveMoore and Creator/ColinWilson.
Dedicated to the works and philosophy of Charles Hoy Fort, an eccentric American who meticulously collected and catalogued [[WorldOfWeirdness anomalous phenomena inexplicable or thought impossible by orthodox science]], the magazine soon took on a more professional footing and was professionally produced on a bimonthly basis. Paul Sieveking joined the production team in 1978, and he and Rickard have been at the heart of the publication ever since. As revenue increased, the magazine went from monochrome to full colour to a larger A4 format, published monthly, in the early 1990's.
Areas covered by FT include:
* General Forteana;
* Anomalous phenomena;
* Apparitions;
* Bizarre deaths ( the regular ''Strange Deaths'' column is a popular feature);
* Conspiracy theories; (''{{Illuminatus}}'' creator RobertAntonWilson was a frequent contributor)
* Crop circles;
* Cryptozoology;
* Cults and would-be Messiahs and prophets;
* Fringe science;
* Hoaxes;
* Millennialism, eschatology, and cases of mass hysteria;
* Mutants (human and animal);
* Parapsychology;
* Religious phenomena (stigmata, appearances and simulacra and miracles, etc.);
* Natural simulacra;
* UFOs;
* Urban legends.
The magazine takes a careful non-judgemental middle line, avoiding the worst excesses of either New Age credulity of JamesRandi-style skepticism.
!! Tropes currently anamolous and incapable of being explained by science include:
* WorldOfWeirdness
Dedicated to the works and philosophy of Charles Hoy Fort, an eccentric American who meticulously collected and catalogued [[WorldOfWeirdness anomalous phenomena inexplicable or thought impossible by orthodox science]], the magazine soon took on a more professional footing and was professionally produced on a bimonthly basis. Paul Sieveking joined the production team in 1978, and he and Rickard have been at the heart of the publication ever since. As revenue increased, the magazine went from monochrome to full colour to a larger A4 format, published monthly, in the early 1990's.
Areas covered by FT include:
* General Forteana;
* Anomalous phenomena;
* Apparitions;
* Bizarre deaths ( the regular ''Strange Deaths'' column is a popular feature);
* Conspiracy theories; (''{{Illuminatus}}'' creator RobertAntonWilson was a frequent contributor)
* Crop circles;
* Cryptozoology;
* Cults and would-be Messiahs and prophets;
* Fringe science;
* Hoaxes;
* Millennialism, eschatology, and cases of mass hysteria;
* Mutants (human and animal);
* Parapsychology;
* Religious phenomena (stigmata, appearances and simulacra and miracles, etc.);
* Natural simulacra;
* UFOs;
* Urban legends.
The magazine takes a careful non-judgemental middle line, avoiding the worst excesses of either New Age credulity of JamesRandi-style skepticism.
!! Tropes currently anamolous and incapable of being explained by science include:
* WorldOfWeirdness
