Archive for the “Forteana”

Circuses and Strange Creatures

Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 24th, 2015

“Back in 2011, at his A Different Perspective blog, Kevin Randle provided us with an excellent post on one of the most intriguing, and controversial, cases within the realm of UFO research: the ultra-weird “Kelly-Hopkinsville” affair of 1955, in which a Kentucky, USA family was allegedly terrorized by alien entities.”

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The Giant “Worm” of Linton

Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 15th, 2015

“…It tells of a horrific, man-eating, giant, worm-like beast that terrified the good folk of Linton, Roxburghshire, which is located on the Southern Uplands of Scotland…”

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Mothman and The Silver Bridge Tragedy

Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 12th, 2015

“As history, legend, and folklore note, there are far more than a few cases on record where strange creatures, and mysterious entities, have been seen in the direct vicinity of bridges. A classic example is a case I have extensively investigated, that of the so-called ‘Man-Monkey’ of Bridge 39 on England’s centuries-old Shropshire Union Canal…”

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There’s Something in the Lagoon

Posted by: Nick Redfern on April 9th, 2015

“On far more than a few occasions I have been asked the following question: what is the strangest unknown animal lurking in the woods, jungles, or mountain-ranges of our world? Well, first and foremost, there are plenty of them!”

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Monsters and Mysteries in America: The John Keel Files Special

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on April 1st, 2015

In the late 1960’s the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia is besieged by a series of monstrous creatures, blood-seeking UFO’s, and mysterious men in black. Two reporters seek answers, culminating in one of the deadliest disasters in U.S. history.

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Craig, Keel, and Cosmic Coincidences: Beyond Birthdays

Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 25th, 2015


#Coincidences #Birthdays #JohnKeel #Cryptomundo
Craig Woolheater entered the world exactly 30 years after John A. Keel. But it didn’t stop there.

Read: Craig, Keel, and Cosmic Coincidences: Beyond Birthdays »


A New Collection of John Keel’s Writings

Posted by: Nick Redfern on March 8th, 2015

New Saucerian Press is to pleased to present “The Great Phonograph in the Sky,” a collection of magazine articles by John A. Keel, the man many consider to have been not only the premiere investigator of all things unusual and “Fortean,” but who was also our own, twentieth-century “Mark Twain.”

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Cryptozoological Absurdities

Posted by: Nick Redfern on February 21st, 2015

“…so many of the so-called cryptids that populate our planet are actually things that should be investigated by people with a deep knowledge of the world of the paranormal, the supernatural, and the occult, and not just zoology or cryptozoology…”

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More Owlman-UFO Links

Posted by: Nick Redfern on February 18th, 2015

“Like Mothman, the Owlman is a winged humanoid that sports a pair of fiery red eyes. Sightings of the beast have been made – sporadically – in the direct vicinity of the village’s church since 1976…”

Read: More Owlman-UFO Links »


Owls of the Anomalous Kind

Posted by: Nick Redfern on February 10th, 2015

“There are numerous reports on file where people who have undergone UFO experiences report sightings of anomalous owls. And by ‘anomalous’ I mean owls that (A) manifest directly before or after the encounter and in the same location; and (B) seem to be much larger than the average, known kind of owl.”

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“Swift Peter” – The Mothman

Posted by: Nick Redfern on January 31st, 2015

“A woman in Mississippi claimed that in 2013 she saw a large creature with wings that scared her dogs and reminded her of the stories her grandparents told of a Mothman-like creature they called a Swift Peter…”

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Slenderman Controversy Continues

Posted by: Nick Redfern on January 31st, 2015

“The Slenderman (also spelled as Slender Man) is a creepy creature indeed: tall, thin, with long arms, a blank (faceless, even) expression, and wearing a dark suit, it sounds almost like a nightmarish version of the Men in Black…”

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Slender Man Seen On Cannock Chase

Posted by: Nick Redfern on January 28th, 2015

As someone who grew up, and lived for many years, only a 15-minute drive from England’s notorious Cannock Chase woods, I have taken a keen interest in the many and varied cryptozoological events, incidents, and encounters that have occurred there. There are dozens and dozens of reports of so-called “Alien Big Cats.” Sightings of Bigfoot-like beasts abound. Huge, winged beasts have been encountered. As have giant snakes, and much more…

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Investigating Oklahoma’s “Octopus”

Posted by: Nick Redfern on January 23rd, 2015

“It’s a deeply strange story that is very much dominated by myth, folklore, and urban legend, but which just might have at its heart a genuine mystery of cryptozoological proportions…”

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A Devilish Beast in England…

Posted by: Nick Redfern on January 21st, 2015

“In a somewhat strange and roundabout way, the following story has a connection to both me and to a particular, mysterious beast that I have spent many hours and days pursuing: the macabre Man-Monkey (also, occasionally, referred to as the Monkey-Man) of England’s Shropshire Union Canal…”

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