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Fortean Times #304 (August 2013)

Release date: 18 Jul 2013
Cover price: £4.25
US Edition is dated September 2013 with a cover price of $11.99 USA (CAN $13.25, AUS $12.95, NZ $17.30)
Cover: Etienne Gilfillan, thanks to 'Judge' Keith Dedman
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Strange Days

Manchester Museum's spinning statue; Chinese man's fake alien corpse; Iran's Mahdi mania; credulity-stretching coincidences; coffee curiosities; super-sized snake; giant badger panic; Donald Trump caterpillar and much more.

14 Science
16 Ghostwatch
18 Archaeology
19 Classical Corner
20 Alien Zoo
23 Mythconceptions
25 Konspiracy Korner
27 Strange Deaths

Contents

36 Tokoloshe Toilet Terrors - Southern Africa's panty-stealing, bisexual, hairy, goblin rapist strikes again!
16 The Memmy Returns - The colorful history of Egyptian curses
20 Dead as a Dodo? - The iconic extinct bird is back...
44 Not by Bread Alone - Is it possible to live on a diet of fresh air?
54 HP Lovecraft's Literary Legacy - From pulp fiction to post-human

Features

30 The Law is an Ass (Cover Story)
As the trial of a dead man continues in Russia, Paul Koudounaris looks back at some unlikely legal cases that saw corpses, animals and even inanimate objects in the dock.

36 Terror of the Tokoloshe
SD Tucker reveals the untold story of southern Africa's hairy, invisible, bisexual ghost-rapist, and discovers a variety of tall stories and tabloid tales about what may very well be the weirdest (not to mention most well-endowed) creature in all of world folklore.

44 Not by Bread Alone
Fasting and spirituality have long been linked in many religions, from Christianity and Islam to New Age cults. Ted Harrison examines the phenomenon of inedia, sitting at a table with a selection of Breatharians, stigmatics and hungry holy men...

Reports

28 Britian's X-Files - No 21. A round-up of the final release of UFO files

46 Dictionary of the Damned - No 51. Afflictions of the afflicted

76 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 23. The Thieves' Supper

Forum

53 WEIRD statistical variation by Rob Gandy and Denis Adams

54 Lovecraft resurgent by Roger Luckhurst

56 File under 'science fiction' by David Hambling

Regulars

02 Editorial

59 Reviews

71 Letters

74 It Happened to Me

80 Tales From The Vault

78 Reader Info

Masthead

Editor - David Sutton
Founding Editor - Bob Rickard
Founding Editor - Paul Sieveking
Art Director - Etienne Gilfillan
Book Reviews Editor - Val Stevenson
Resident Cartoonist - Hunt Emerson

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 * Release date: 18 Jul 2013
+* Cover price: £4.25
+* US Edition is dated September 2013 with a cover price of $11.99 USA (CAN $13.25, AUS $12.95, NZ $17.30)
+* Cover: [[Etienne Gilfillan]], thanks to 'Judge' [[Keith Dedman]]
 * [https://www.zinio.com/www/browse/issue.jsp?skuId=416271071#/ Zinio version]
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+===Strange Days===
+Manchester Museum's spinning statue; Chinese man's fake alien corpse; Iran's Mahdi mania; credulity-stretching coincidences; coffee curiosities; super-sized snake; giant badger panic; Donald Trump caterpillar and much more.
+* 14 Science
+* 16 Ghostwatch
+* 18 Archaeology
+* 19 Classical Corner
+* 20 Alien Zoo
+* 23 Mythconceptions
+* 25 Konspiracy Korner
+* 27 Strange Deaths
+'''Contents'''
+* 36 Tokoloshe Toilet Terrors - Southern Africa's panty-stealing, bisexual, hairy, goblin rapist strikes again!
+* 16 The Memmy Returns - The colorful history of Egyptian curses
+* 20 Dead as a Dodo? - The iconic extinct bird is back...
+* 44 Not by Bread Alone - Is it possible to live on a diet of fresh air?
+* 54 HP Lovecraft's Literary Legacy - From pulp fiction to post-human
+===Features===
+The Law is an Ass (Cover Story)<br />As the trial of a dead man continues in Russia, '''[[Paul Koudounaris]]''' looks back at some unlikely legal cases that saw corpses, animals and even inanimate objects in the dock.
+Terror of the Tokoloshe<br />'''[[SD Tucker]]''' reveals the untold story of southern Africa's hairy, invisible, bisexual ghost-rapist, and discovers a variety of tall stories and tabloid tales about what may very well be the weirdest (not to mention most well-endowed) creature in all of world folklore.
+Not by Bread Alone<br />Fasting and spirituality have long been linked in many religions, from Christianity and Islam to New Age cults. '''[[Ted Harrison]]''' examines the phenomenon of inedia, sitting at a table with a selection of Breatharians, stigmatics and hungry holy men...
+===Reports===
+Britian's X-Files - No 21. A round-up of the final release of UFO files
+Dictionary of the Damned - No 51. Afflictions of the afflicted
+Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 23. The Thieves' Supper
+===Forum===
+WEIRD statistical variation by [[Rob Gandy]] and [[Denis Adams]]
+Lovecraft resurgent by [[Roger Luckhurst]]
+File under 'science fiction' by [[David Hambling]]
+===Regulars===
+====02 Editorial====
+====59 Reviews====
+====71 Letters====
+====74 It Happened to Me====
+====80 Tales From The Vault====
+====78 Reader Info====
+===Masthead===
+* Editor - [[David Sutton]]
+* Founding Editor - [[Bob Rickard]]
+* Founding Editor - [[Paul Sieveking]]
+* Art Director - [[Etienne Gilfillan]]
+* Book Reviews Editor - [[Val Stevenson]]
+* Resident Cartoonist - [[Hunt Emerson]]
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