Category: Forteana

Hobthrush – Naked Goblins with a mission!

“Hobthrust: a good natured goblin, who assists servant maids in their early morning work, but in a state of nudity….” Glossary of Words, English Dialect […]

Do Fairies Hate Lawnmowers?

Boggart Hole Clough is a nook, a small valley within the Manchester connurbation that has miraculously remained without housing development or industry. Its name should […]

Brentford Griffin sightings in the 1980s – what was seen and by whom?

In mid-1984, Kevin Chippendale, while walking along Braemar Road, spotted a creature flying near the roof of the Green Dragon apartment building. “He described it […]

Screaming Skulls and Headless Spirits

For thousands of years across many different cultures across the world people have believed that the head or skull has held the soul. Some tribes […]

AN EXTRAORDINARY FISHFALL OVER HONDURAS!

The mysterious phenomenon affected the region of Yoro. While there is no evidence that can scientifically explain this fact, it could be due to a […]

Is this the skeleton of legendary devil dog Black Shuck who terrorised 16th century East Anglia?

Yesterday, 500 years after Black Shuck first went on the prowl, archaeologists were examining the skeleton of a 7ft long dog unearthed in the remains […]

Magonia Magazine: Spooklights in Tradition and Folklore

Few people today will have heard about the once common phenomenon known generally in the British Isles as ‘Will o’the Wisp’ or ‘Jack o’Lantern’. Prior […]

The Bennington Triangle and the Man-Eating Stone of Glastonbury Mountain

There’s been a lot of focus lately, on weird happenings in faraway lands. The middle-east, Russia, Asia, even Australia, which from a Can-Am-centric worldview I’m […]

In England, Researchers Investigate Case of the Talking Mongoose

The University of London’s Senate House Library is one of the finest academic research institutions in England. On a recent day, a lecture room in […]

The Brag, Shape-shifting Devil Horse

I’ve only just started this column, so I’m not particularly worried about running out of ideas yet, but I did sit down for this one […]

No, we didn’t find the Loch Ness Monster with Apple Maps

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a good debunking-random-monster-sighting post. The ready availability of global satellite image databases is a powerful tool for […]

Mysterious mermaid stripped naked | Paolo Viscardi | Science | theguardian.com

I am fascinated by mermaids. But my fascination, I should add, is purely professional. It all began when, in my capacity as a curator of […]

Folklore of Yorkshire -Kai Roberts (Book Preview)

The beautiful county of Yorkshire is the largest in Britain, and yet still possesses a strong and cohesive regional identity. Built on centuries of shared […]

Raining Frogs & Fish: A Whirlwind of Theories

For millennia, people have reported a rare and strange phenomenon: a sudden rain of frogs — or fish or worms — from the sky. You […]

From a ‘mer-chicken’ to the Shapwick Monster here are five weird Dorset legends you might not know.

Dorset is home to some weird and wonderful tales. Here are five you really should know. via From a ‘mer-chicken’ to the Shapwick Monster here […]

Forteania: Beast of Gevaudan

One of the first books I purchased from the paranormal field was Brad Steiger’s The Werewolf Book. Technically I purchased an earlier version, the amazon […]

Forteania: 19th Century Chupacabras

While thumbing through one of my paranormal books the other night, I came across a familiar story. A group of sheep farmers were upset because […]

“A purple flame which rose from the casket:” Spontaneous Human Combustion in Brooklyn – Haunted Ohio Books

I’ve been a fan of stories of Spontaneous Human Combustion since my Frank Edwards-fueled childhood. This story, which, admittedly does have the complications of chemical […]

Forteania: Atmospheric Lifeforms

Forteania: Atmospheric Lifeforms.