We're going through a phase of renewed interest in the 1937 #Cadborosaurus carcass. The >definitive< take - it reviews the history, claims about the carcass's anatomy, the house-of-cards hypotheses built on the supposed affinities of the animal and more - is here ... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/11...

Cerne Abbas giant practically glowing in the video in this article: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Awesome to hear the ever brilliant @anatomicalcat.bsky.social on today’s episode of After Dark 🙂 open.spotify.com/episode/6oEm...

Into folk culture and film? Come see Peter Treherne's 'Matter of Britain' at @uniofreading.bsky.social on Monday evening! The film documents an English country village’s performance of the Holy Grail myth. Stuff of legend. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-...

Happy #TowelDay to those who celebrate, and to all the rest, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys! #DouglasAdams #books #livres

The legend - the Ättestupa - from our wanderings in Sweden. (Jättadalen, Västra Götaland) ♫Ye canny shove yer grannie aff a cliff Naw ye canny shove yer grannie aff a cliff...♪

Nessie post box topper on Balgreen Road.

I've reviewed an AI history channel. Guess what, I found some fake history! Who would have thought. You can read the article here; fakehistoryhunter.net/2026/05/23/a... or here; fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/ai-review-...

How to create your opening PowerPoint slide - tips from a lifetime of speaking open.substack.com/pub/richardw...

1/9 According to an article a friend told me about, the Lovell Telescope in the UK apparently uses movable gears salvaged from the gun turrets of battleships used in FWW. However, there is no mention of this on the official website. www.jodrellbank.net

Happening tomorrow!

A simple, albeit strange singular sighting of a creature that despite only vaguely resembling either would be labelled some sort of "vampire caterpillar."

RIP the great Micheal Keating. The heart and soul of Blake's 7, he played cowardly con-man Vila Restal (my favourite character) with a beautifully world-weary charm, and perfect comic timing. He and Paul Darrow's Avon made one of the all-time great double acts.

*strikes 'mutant super pig population' off the 2027 bingo card*

I’m a guest co-host on After Dark for the next four weeks! Listen to the first episode here: shows.acast.com/after-dark-h...

Oh god. The HP Lovecraft was trying to warn us people are going to love this.

There was a flash in the sky three hours ago, somewhere between Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. If anyone saw #ST26E86 on the way in: cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/scout/#/obje...

Neanderthals performed dentistry 59,000 years ago! "What amazed me was how intuitively the person who owned this tooth understood exactly where the pain was coming from and realised that its source could be removed,” said lead author Dr Aliza Zubova: www.sciencefocus.com/news/neander...

NYC-based Forteans might want to get along to this series of screenings celebrating the publication of CHARLES FORT: RESEARCH from The Further Reading Library. www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...

Tonight! (And note, there's an auction. Bring lots of cash) bsky.app/profile/edin...

A baby mongoose, who I have called Gef

When you discover a book that seems precision-tooled for you and your specific levels of weirdness

A little #MondayMorningMystery! 🔎 We've been contacted by someone hoping for help to identify the church in this happy wedding picture. Produced by early 20thC Edinburgh photographers the Thomson Bros, the brick-built church is most likely in Edinburgh or the Lothians. Does anyone recognise it?

"The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder... Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe." www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/robo...

Next EdFortSoc: Wednesday 13th of May Fort Shorts! Fort Shorts are mini-talks – either works in progress or small items that wouldn’t fill a whole slot – anyone who would like to offer a short talk please contact Gordon. The Royal Oak 1 Infirmary Street Edinburgh 7.30pm, £1

I went to check in on Gulliver’s foot and ankle this afternoon – one of the most interesting listed ruins in Edinburgh. c20society.org.uk/news/remnant...

I’m going to be a very busy bee for the next two weeks, so if you’re in Edinburgh and Glasgow and want to see me waving my arms around like this while telling tales from the history of anatomy there are no less than FOUR opportunities to do so!

Icelandic authorities just rerouted a planned hot water pipeline so as not to disturb an elf hill.

Next EdFortSoc: Wednesday 13th of May Fort Shorts! Fort Shorts are mini-talks – either works in progress or small items that wouldn’t fill a whole slot – anyone who would like to offer a short talk please contact Gordon. The Royal Oak 1 Infirmary Street Edinburgh 7.30pm, £1

"When you see a UFO, it causes a crack. The mystery of the universe rushes towards you" - Guillermo del Toro www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

Or the Christian Aid book sale at the New Town church - busy day today!

I propose that, as From Friday, the 8th of May should be known as Attenborough Day. It should be a bank holiday where the public are encouraged to take part in conservation work or state funded educational sessions promoting the natural world.

If you're in search of reading matter for the long Easter weekend, then don't forget that our April issue is on sale and absolutely jam-packed with fortean goodness!

Clip from “Whistle and I’ll Wave at You” (1968)

Its widely claimed that corridors were invented in 1597 by the surveyor John Thorpe. There are plenty of Roman & Mediaeval examples that beg to differ so I took on the subject for the Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #33: Who Invented the Corridor? triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2026/05/06/m...

Hove seafront denizens.

And we also have a special offer for you! Pre-order now using code FTFOLK20 to get 20% off your pre-order. This offer is valid until next Wednesday – don’t miss out: shop.forteantimes.com/product/folk...

"This was #Walpurgis Night! Walpurgis Night, when, according to the belief of millions of people, the devil was abroad—when the graves were opened & the dead came forth & walked. When evil things of earth & air & water held revel." Bram Stoker "Dracula's Guest" #WyrdWednesday #bookchatweekly

Free folklore festival in Whitby all weekend! Friday to Sunday, please come and join us... spoken word and music from a league of great performers. I'm MC-ing all weekend, and tomorrow at 9pm myself and Ste Brotherstone will be doing the @scarredforlife.bsky.social Folk Horror show...

The barriers are down around the November 2025 RE-TURFING in front of the NATIONAL MONUMENT, Calton Hill. The grass is lush, thick, and green. Tomorrow is the sold-out BELTANE FESTIVAL which will test the robustness of the grass.

We have this utterly stunning collection of Victorian Sir Walter Scott paperbacks. These were part of the sixpenny novels series, published in Edinburgh in the 1860s these were from 1868. Considering they're 158 years old they're not in terrible condition!

Chernobyl’s Wolf Population Is Now 7 Times Higher Than Before the Disaster https://gizmodo.com/chernobyls-wolf-population-is-now-7-times-higher-than-before-the-disaster-2000750700

Oh yeah, but how does that explain the cigar smell and the medieval mocking and laughter whenever I fail to do simple household chores?! Sigh, I so wish ghosts were real but even I know old houses make weird noises, with or without a boiler. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

I mean it 💯% when I say this is one of the top 5 public service websites on the planet, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Archive dot Org and Wikipedia.

Since we all like werewolves so much (Amiright?!), put this in your diary. @forteanlondon.bsky.social 26th May I'll be talking about werewolves in Hull. forteanlondon.blogspot.com

Ok, I’m sending up the HELP flare: I have one last spot to fill for Writing the Occult: Seekers on 30 May (virtual event) and I am struggling to find someone who can do it. **I need a UFO / UAP expert, please.** Where are they all hiding?! Have they been abducted?