FT333

Fortean Times #333 (November 2015)

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• Release date: 15 Oct 2015
• Cover: Alex Tomlinson/Etienne Gilfillan/Getty Images
• Zinio version

Strange Days

'Alien hybrid' mystery man, horned granny, white wallaby on the loose, physical mediums, hopeless hold-ups, Arkansas black panthers, Dismaland, Ig Nobels 2015, Devil's Breath, insect electrosense, Neolithic discoveries - and much more.

• 05 The Conspirasphere by Noel Rooney
• 14 Science: Ants and Electrosense by David Hambling
• 16 Archaeology by Paul Sieveking
  • Superhenge Unearthed
  • Elongated Skull Found in Russia
  • Mutton Dressed as Lamb
• 17 Classical Corner - 192: Don't Read My Lips by Barry Baldwin
• 19 Alien Zoo by Karl Shuker
  • American Black Panther Artwork
  • Where to Go for Werewolves
  • Tearing Apart a Pterosaur
• 20 Ghostwatch by Alan Murdie
• 22 Fortean Follow-ups
  • Devil's Breath FT060:32, FT079:48
  • Japanese Knotweed FT138:14, FT314:33
  • More Sinister Clowns FT321:04, FT322:16
• 23 Mythconceptions - 93: The Miraculous Brown Bag by Mat Coward
• 24 Necrolog
  • Chanda Dangi
  • Max Beauvoir
  • Wes Craven
• 25 Fairies and Folklore: Pixy-Led Plus by Simon Young

Contents

• 06 Bemusement Park - A visit to Banksy's Dismaland
• 36 The Strangest Family in England - The story of the Sitwells
• 24 Walking Tall - Farewell to the world's shortest man
• 42 Tragic Songs from the Grassy Knoll - A musical history of the JFK assassination
• 26 The Lizard Man Attacks! - Something nasty in the swamps...

Features

26 The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp (cover story)
In the spooky swamps of South Carolina lurks one of America's most mysterious and menacing monsters: a seven-foot-tall reptillian terror with a taste for trashing motor vehicle. Benjamin Radford sets out in search of the elusive Lee County Lizard Man...

36 The Strangest Family in England
In an extract from his new book, Great British Eccentrics, SD Tucker tells the story of the real-life Addams Family who wrote poems, hunted ghosts and tried to paint cows to fit in with the crockery.

48 Tragic Songs from the Grassy Knoll: A Musical History of the JFK Assassination
The assassination of President John F Kennedy in November 1963 sent shockwaves around the world, but its impact on popular music and recorded sound remains largely neglected. David Thrussell assesses a forgotten legacy of discarded vinyl artefacts.

Reports

48 Building a Fortean Library - No 4. A mound of Venus by The Hierophant's Apprentice

72 Tales from the Illustrated Police News - No 42. The rat-killing monkey of Manchester

76 Fortean Traveller - No 103. Oddities of the Jurassic Coast

Forum

51 Dancing with the Devil by Chris Saunders

52 The cryptid petting zoo by Rob Gandy

Regulars

02 Editorial

• In search of ASS
  • Lizard Man Strikes Again
  • FT in the Media
  • Errata FT332:23 miscredited photo; FT332:40 unfinished pull quote

78 Reader Info

• Special Correspondents
  • Australia - Graham Cordon (SA), Tony Healy (ACT), John Palazzi (NSW), Len Watson (Qld)
  • Canada - Brian Chapman (BC), Graham Conway (BC)
  • Cyberspace - Richard Alexander, John F Callahan, Hugh Henry, Steve Scanlon, Janet Wilson
  • England - Gail-Nina Anderson, Louise Bath, James Beckett, Claire Blamey, Peter Christie, Mat Coward, Kate Eccles, Paul Farthing, George Featherston, Paul Gallagher, Alan Gardiner, Keith George, Anne Hardwick, Richard Lowke, Alexis Lykiard, Diana Lyons, Dave Malin, Nick Maloret, Valerie Martin, Tom Ruffles, Meryl Santis, Paul Screeton, Gary Stocker, Roman Suchyj, Frank Thomas, Paul Thomas, Nick Warren, Owen Whiteoak, Bobby Zodiac
  • France - Michel Meurger
  • Germany - Ulrich Magin
  • Holland - Robin Pascoe
  • Ireland - Andy Conlon, Pat Corcoran, Andrew Munro
  • Israel - Zvi Ron
  • New Zealand - Peter Hassall
  • Romania - Iosif Boczor
  • Scotland - Roger Musson
  • Sweden - Sven Rosen
  • Thailand - Chris Williams
  • USA - Loren Coleman (ME), Jim Conlan (CT), Myron Hoyt (ME), Greg May (FL), Dolores Phelps (TX), Jim Riecken (NY), Joseph Trainor (MA), Jeffrey Vallance (CA), Gary Yates (UT)
  • Wales - Janet Bord, Colin Bord
• Fort Sorters (who classify clippings placed in the Archives for Fortean Research)
  • Phil Baker, Rachel Carthy, Chris Josiffe, Mark Pilkington, Bob Rickard, Paul Sieveking, Ian Simmons
• Clipping Credits
  • Richard Alexander, Gerard Apps, Louise Bath, James Beckett, John F Callahan, Brian Chapman, Andy Conlon, Pat Corcoran, Mat Coward, JD Evans, Paul Farthing, Alan Gardiner, Keith George, Tony Healy, Hugh Henry, Nigel Herwin, Ernest Jackson, Tony James, Rosalind Johnson, Diana Lyons, Dave Malin, Nick Maloret, Valerie Martin, Greg May, Andy Munro, Alan Murdie, John Palazzi, Zvi Ron, Tom Ruffles, Steve Scanlon, Paul Screeton, Jonathan Sibley, Frank Thomas, Carole Tyrrell, Nicholas Warren, Clive Watson, Len Watson, Owen Whiteoak, Janet Wilson, Gary Yates, Bobby Zodiac

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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