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Fortean Times #329 (July 2015)

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Strange Days

Stowaway snakes and parthenogenetic pythons, Roswell slides fiasco, sleeping epidemic in Kazakhstan, mouldy old ghosts, mystery trumpets and Ben Nevis screams, crows bearing gifts, career ruined by Nessie - and much more.

  • 05 The Conspirasphere
  • 08 Medical Bag
  • 14 Archaeology
  • 15 Classical Corner
  • 16 Ghostwatch
  • 21 Alien Zoo
  • 23 Mythconceptions
  • 26 The UFO Files

Contents

  • 51 The Enfield Poltergeist Show - What did one of the case's original investigators make of the TV dramatisation
  • 38 Wisconsin Werewolf - Linda Godfrey and the Beast of Bray Road
  • 72 Mermaids and Monsters - The International Cryptozoology Museum
  • 06 Getting the Wynd Up - A collector and his curiosities
  • 28 Blasts From the Past - The rise of the 'chloroform burglar'

Features

26 The Morbach Monster (cover story)
Towards the end of the Cold War, some American servicemen stationed in rural Germany reported a terrifying encounter with a werewolf. CRISPIN ANDREWS travelled to the brooding fairytale forests of the Hunsruck in search of the truth about the Morbach Monster...

36 The Accidental Werewolf Chronicler
In the winter of 1991, the first stories of a werewolf stalking the area around Elkhorn, Wisconsin, reached the local newspaper and the life of one staffer was changed forever. TEA KRULOS meets Linda S Godfrey, recorder of America's modern manwolves.

48 Naval Gazing
In 1782, an unknown French engineer offered an invention better than radar: the ability to detect ships hundreds of miles away. MIKE DASH looks at the remarkable claims of Etinne Bottineau, the Wizard of Mauritius.

Reports

28 Blasts from the Past - No 57. The phantom anaesthetists, part one

46 Strange Statesmen - No 3. The Celtic Fringe

72 Fortean Traveller - No 101. The International Cryptozoology Museum

76 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 40. The strange case of the Countess of Derwentwater

Forum

51 The Enfield Poltergeist show by Guy Lyon Playfair

52 The great yarri mystery by Chris McLean

Regulars

02 Editorial

  • All creatures great and weird
    • Dancing with Manwolves
    • Monster Museum
    • Counting Crows
    • Erratum FT328:47 neglected to add UK publisher of Rest in Pieces by Bess Lovejoy - ISBN 9780715649770

55 Reviews

67 Letters

78 Reader Info

79 Phenomenomix

80 Strange Deaths

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