The Journal of Strange Phenomena

The 1967 Silver Bridge disaster had a curious builduop, as Forteans know well, but who knew about its musical afterlife? WFMU, that's who. Here's a clutch of songs commemorating the tragedy:

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009…

Just thought I'd tell you about some UFO sightings, though I've already spoken about it on a YouTube video, so I may as well just show you that:

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Hello,

I am new here, and, like many of you have been searching all of my life for some sort of proof of the afterlife.

To be honest, I haven't found much and despite my collections of ghost stories, my avid watching of supernatural reality television, and my visits to haunted locations, I still find myself in need  of proof that SOMETHING exists after this.  I'm assuming I'm not alone.

I call this being a Ghost Skeptic....someone who is quite obsessed with the supernatural and life after death, but someone who still doesn't quite believe it exists. 

So I'm writing a book...an article...I'm trying to gather a collection of TRUE stories from people who have had experiences.  I'm not the first one, nor will I be the last, but this is something I am very dedicated to.

Please, if you have a story, let me know in your reply.  If you'd rather tell me over private e-mails, I'd be happy to do that as well, just give me your e-mail address as I will be making ALL replies screened and will not post any you would rather not have me post.  Having as many details in your stories is very important...the names of places and buildings, dates, years, etc.  Names can be changed if you wish.  

I will not use past posted stories, as I will require your permission to use said story if I actually do finish this.  Even if I don't, I will send all of you what I have compiled.

Either way, this is just the beginning of this adventure (well the prologue is written) and I hope to find real people on Live Journal to participate. 

Thank you for your time, and here's to not being a skeptic any longer!

If this is not allowed, I apologize. 

I'm convinced that Metro is becoming one of the best papers at reporting on Fortean-related topics on an almost daily basis!

On our way to work this morning we read this gem and this from yesterday!

Innit great!

X-posted to my LJ

Remember that time travelling car? (oh yes, thats right, THAT one)
if they could combine it with the flying car That would be awsome.

Monsters of the deep caught, or one at least

and finally the Barghest kitty (or banshee, maybe?)

-=r286=-

Species Changed by Swapping Genes

Scientist 1: "How did that work"
Scientist 2: "i dunno"

-r286-

Do Werewolves roam the woods of the uk?

quite interesting article a friend of mine pointed out to me.

x-posted to boogie__man

If you're on the email list for FT you may have already seen this, but I thought it might be interesting that aren't, or haven't read it yet...

Society for Psychical Research - study day
Can, and, indeed, should, strange phenomena be studied under laboratory conditions, or are they, by their very nature, not amenable to such scientific analysis? It's a question that's vexed many a fortean, and we all know what happens when researchers try to reproduce anamalous phenomena under controlled conditions - nothing, usually.

So, perhaps weirdness is best contemplated in its natural, spontaneous forms. It's a topic that the Society for Psychical Research is dedicating a study day to in April, where they will ponder the proposition that "while some researchers concentrate their interest on effects that can be experimentally induced, the scope and nature of the paranormal repertoire is more fully revealed in incidents that occur unsought and erupt unannounced into the normal course of life".

The event, to be held on 28 April, is called Spontaneous Cases - From Haunted Houses to Significant Incidents, and runs from 10 am to 5pm at St Mary Abbots Church Hall, Vicarage Lane, Kensington, London W8. It will feature a wide range of speakers, including Guy Lyon Playfair (The Importance of Field Research), Barrie Colvin (Bang, Bang! and Other Rapping Cases) and Melvyn Willin (Poltergeists), with further speakers to be announced.

Admission is non-members £30, members £25 (£2 reduction for students/benefits/over 60s), and advance payment by credit card can be made on 020 7937 8984.


(x-posted to my own journal)

Mollie Thompson was just an ordinary British Housewife... until one day in the 1960s she was contacted by benevolent Venusians. Obviously the presence of the space brothers would have left its effect; it would on anyone. But who among us would have made an album about it? Follow the link...

http://www.geocities.com/thesimonm…

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Thanks to the sitemakers: 

royaltoots and charlottecooper     

This pic is 24 years old and was taken by my friend at work in an old barn in La Salle Michigan.  I think I might see a *ghost kitten*.