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Mexican Fairies - In Search of Duendes, Chaneques and Others; The Tell-Tale Eye - Can Murder Victims' Final Visions Catch Their Killers? + Being a Beast, Demonic Divorce, Eye-Spy Teddies, and Much More...
===Contents===
* 42 In the Land of the Chaneques - Adventures with Mexico's Little People
* 58 Where the Wild Things Are - Can a human become an urban fox?
* 18 Ghosts of the Tsunami - Foreign phantoms haunt Thai beaches
* 26 Return to East Gate - Early accounts of the Rendlesham Forest UFO
* 36 The Tell-Tale Eye - The last thing you see is your killer...
 
==Features==
28 The Eye-Spy Teddies of Albania (Cover Story)<br />Protective traditions intended to ward off the power of the 'evil eye' are found throughout history and all over the world - but do they morph and adapt to the events of recent history? '''[[John Billingsley]]''' travelled to Albania, where he found scarecrows and rams' horns displaced by cuddly rabbits and tatty teds - soft toys united in a struggle against the social changes wrought by capitalism...
* Sidebars: Evil Eyes in Architecture (photos of examples), Grilled Teddy Bears (such as on the front of garbage trucks), Evil Eye Online (how to ward off trolls?)
 
36 The Tell-Tale Eye<br />'''[[Jan Bondeson]]''' explores the history of one of the odder delusions of criminology: the notion that on the retinas of the recently murdered is captured an image of the last thing they saw - the perfect scientific evidence to catch a killer...
 
42 In the Land of the Chaneques<br /> When '''[[Chris Pollard]]''' first moved to Veracrus State he was a confirmed sceptic. Since then, odd experiences and tales of close encounters with Mexico's little people have left him wondering whether the stone-throwing, trick-playing, child-stealing fairy-folk might be more real than he'd ever imagined...
 
==Forum==
56 In search of the Little Blue Man by [[Theo Paijmans]]
 
58 Where the wild things are by [[Charles Foster]]
 
==Reports==
48 [[Strange Statesmen]] No 10. American Psychos 3: Independents' Day by [[SD Tucker]]
 
52 Building a Fortean Library No 9. Paradoxography: forteana before Fort by [[The Hierophant's Apprentice]]
 
==Strange Days==
Britain's dullest men, auroral simulacra, alien sex fiends, Irish abductee, Yeti prints photographed, Thailand's angel dolls, pets that sniff out illness, black fox, deathbed dreams and visions, man/penguin love story - and much more.
 
* 05 [[The Conspirasphere]] by [[Noel Rooney]]
* 05 Extra! Extra!
* 14 [[Science]]: The Great Art by [[David Hambling]]
* 16 Archaeology by [[Paul Devereux]]
** Once Upon a Time...
** By The Rivers of Babylon
** Womens' Rites
* 17 [[Classical Corner]] - 197: All Shipshape by [[Barry Baldwin]]
* 18 [[Ghostwatch]] by [[Alan Murdie]]
** Deathbed Dreams
** Ghosts of the Tsunami
* 21 Alien Zoo by [[Karl Shuker]]
** A Ghost with Eight Legs - Ghost Octopus
** A Blacker Shade of Dark #1 - Black Fox
** A Blacker Shade of Dark #2 - Black Coyote
* 23 [[Mythconceptions]] - 99: No Nobel by [[Mat Coward]]
* 24 Necrolog
** Binkie Braithwaite - [[Stephen Volk]]
** Edgar Mitchell
** Robert Spitzer
* 25 [[Fairies & Folklore]]: Goatsucking Hedgehogs by [[Simon Young]]
* 26 The UFO Files
** [[UFO Casebook]]: Rendlesham Forest Genesis Part Four by [[Jenny Randles]]
* 80 Strange Deaths
 
===Other===
* 04 Joao and Dindim: a love story - retired bricklayer and a Magellanic penguin
* 06 Images in the Northern Lights: God of the North and Great Green Bird
* 08-09 Never being boring... the Dull Men's Club
* 10-11 Alien Sex Fiends - women who claim to have had babies with aliens and Gerry Battles' abduction story
* 12 Yeti prints in Bhutan? - strange footprints on mountain side
* 20 Thai 'Child Angels' - Dolls with the souls of dead children called ''luuk thep'' and the more terrifying ''kuman thong'' made by necromancers
* 22-23 Sniffing Out Illness - Pets that detected illnesses in human partners
* Sidelines: non-extinct cranefly, faeces and urine collector, javelin sand boa, raccoon attack in Richmond District of San Francisco, half-sisters from South Korea reunited by job, Lars Monsen talks with dog through medium, owl on oil rig, Chris Massey, purple slime, moose shot at wildlife center, odd names, buggy name, wild pig living with cattle, water biscuit ovens flooded, djinn causing fires, forestry minister causes fire, Crowley house burns, man scared of spiders prompts domestic violence call
 
==Regulars==
===Editorial===
* 02 No Normal
** Sophie Celebrated
** Aaron Ramsey Strikes Again!
** Errata
*** [[FT336]]:54 Missing footnotes
*** [[FT338]]:56 Missing reference to [[FT224]]:39
*** [[FT338]]:72 Cartoon attributed incorrectly
 
===Reviews===
* 61-65 BOOKS
** ''Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories'' by Rob Brotherton - {{ISBN|9781472915610}} - [[David V Barrett]]
** ''Giants on Record: America's Hidden History, Secrets in the Mounds and the Smithsonian Files'' by Jim Vieira & Hugh Newman - {{ISBN|9780956786517}} - [[Noel Rooney]]
** ''Failure: Why Science is So Successful'' by Stuart Firestein - {{ISBN|9780199390106}} - [[Mark Greener]]
** ''The Aztec UFO Incident: The Case, Evidence, and Elaborate Cover-Up of One of the Most Perplexing Crashes in History'' by Scott Ramsey, Suzanne Ramsey and Frank Thayer - {{ISBN|9781632650016}} - [[Nigel Watson]]
** ''Bad UFOs: Critical Thinking About UFO Claims'' by Robert Sheaffer - {{ISBN|9781519260840}} - [[Peter Brookesmith]]
** ''Swarm Troopers: How Small Drones Will Conquer the World'' by David Hambling - {{ISBN|9781942761747}} - [[Andrew May]]
** '''Also Received'''
** ''In Search of Lake Monsters'' by Peter Costello - {{ISBN|9781938398322}}
** ''Delusions in Science and Spirituality: The Fall and Rise of the Standard Model and the Rise of Knowledge from Unseen Worlds'' by Susan B Martinez - {{ISBN|9781591431985}}
** ''Paranormal Petersburg'' by Pamela K Kennedy - {{ISBN|9780764349423}}
** ''Lightning: Nature and Culture'' by Derek M Elsom - {{ISBN|9781780234960}}
** ''The Reincarnation of Giordano Bruno'' by Terry Emm - {{ISBN|9781516825899}}
** ''Our Holographic World'' by Anthony Milne - {{ISBN|9781857568271}}
** ''Crap Taxidermy'' by Kat Su - {{ISBN|9781844038039}}
* 66-68 FILM & DVD
** ''The Passing'' directed by Gareth Bryn, Wales 2015 - [[Julie McNamee]]
** ''The Brand New Testament'' directed by Jaco van Doemael, Belgium 2015 - [[Etienne Gilfillan]]
** ''The Enfield Haunting'' directed by Kristoffer Nyholm, UK 2015 - [[David V Barrett]]
** ''Harry Price - Ghosthunter'' directed by Alex Pillai, UK 2015 - [[Christopher Josiffe]]
** ''Black Cats'' directed by Lucio Fulci and Sergio Marino, Italy 1972/1981 - [[Peter Laws]]
** '''The Reverend's Review''' by Reverend [[Peter Laws]]
** ''American Horror Project, Vol 1'' directed by Matt Climber, Christopher Speeth, Robert Allan Schnitzer Cooper, US 1973-76
** '''Shorts'''
** ''Sinister 2'' - Entertainment One - [[Daniel King]]
** ''The Carrier'' - Altitude Film Entertainment - [[Daniel King|DK]]
** ''Contracted Phase II'' - Primal Screen - [[Daniel King|DK]]
 
===Letters===
* 73 Pagan Ritual - [[Paul Giamatti]], Brooklyn, New York
* 73 Lovecraft's version - [[Ulrich Magin]], Hennef, Germany
* 73 Reader Survey - [[Tania Thomas]], by email
* 73 Black widow spiders - [[John Aho]], North Mankato, Minnesota
* 73 Ether & dark matter - [[Kurt Lothman]], Houston, Texas
* 73 Toynbee tiles - [[Simon Bickerdike]], by email
* 73 Entombed blackbird - [[Isobel Horsburgh]], East Boldon, Tyne & Wear (there is an editor response)
* 74 UMMO strikes again! - [[Luis R Gonzalez]], Malaga, Spain
* 74 Pull the other one - [[Duncan Kaiser]], by email
* 74-75 Lure of the dominant - [[Joseph Barnes]], New York
* 75 Rachel's Challenge - [[Laura Gjovaag]], Sunnyside, Washington
* 75 By Jove! - [[Chris Patterson]], London
* 75 A minor oopart - [[Jerry Glover]], Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
 
===Simulacra Corner===
* 76 [[David Graham Scott]], [[Grant White]], [[Simon Claughan]]
 
===It Happened to Me===
* 77 The King and I - [[Nils Erik Grande]], Oslo, Norway
* 77 Stockport hitch-hiker - [[Harold Weaver Smith]], Offerton, Greater Manchester
 
===Comix===
* 73 Cartoon by [[John Robert Docherty]]
* 79 [[Phenomenomix]]: Faust Part 1 by [[Hunt Emerson]] and [[Kevin Jackson]]
 
===Coming Next Month===
* Star Whackers - Is a Tinsel-Town conspiracy killing off Hollywood stars?
* Mowing Devils - Crop circles and the hairy man of St Trinian's
* + Demonic Divorce, Gateway to Hell, Rural Monsters, and Much More... [[FT340|Fortean Times 340]] on sale 28 Apr 2016
 
==Reader Info==
* 78 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  & 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
** [[Gerard Apps]], [[David V Barrett]], [[Louise Bath]], [[James Beckett]], [[Peter Christie]], [[Terry Colvin]], [[Andy Conlon]], [[Pat Corcoran]], [[John H Evans]], [[Alan Gardiner]], [[Keith George]], [[Alan Gibb]], [[Nils Erik Grande]], [[Tony Healy]], [[Hugh Henry]], [[Ernest Jackson]], [[Dave Malin]], [[Nick Maloret]], [[Greg May]], [[John Palazzi]], [[Jim Price]], [[Tom Ruffles]], [[Frank Thomas]], [[Paul Thomas]], [[Dave Trevor]], [[Carole Tyrrell]], [[Len Watson]], [[Owen Whiteoak]], [[Paul Whyte]], [[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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Latest revision as of 11:31, 21 May 2023

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Fortean Times #339 (April 2016)

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Contents

  • 42 In the Land of the Chaneques - Adventures with Mexico's Little People
  • 58 Where the Wild Things Are - Can a human become an urban fox?
  • 18 Ghosts of the Tsunami - Foreign phantoms haunt Thai beaches
  • 26 Return to East Gate - Early accounts of the Rendlesham Forest UFO
  • 36 The Tell-Tale Eye - The last thing you see is your killer...

Features

28 The Eye-Spy Teddies of Albania (Cover Story)
Protective traditions intended to ward off the power of the 'evil eye' are found throughout history and all over the world - but do they morph and adapt to the events of recent history? John Billingsley travelled to Albania, where he found scarecrows and rams' horns displaced by cuddly rabbits and tatty teds - soft toys united in a struggle against the social changes wrought by capitalism...

  • Sidebars: Evil Eyes in Architecture (photos of examples), Grilled Teddy Bears (such as on the front of garbage trucks), Evil Eye Online (how to ward off trolls?)

36 The Tell-Tale Eye
Jan Bondeson explores the history of one of the odder delusions of criminology: the notion that on the retinas of the recently murdered is captured an image of the last thing they saw - the perfect scientific evidence to catch a killer...

42 In the Land of the Chaneques
When Chris Pollard first moved to Veracrus State he was a confirmed sceptic. Since then, odd experiences and tales of close encounters with Mexico's little people have left him wondering whether the stone-throwing, trick-playing, child-stealing fairy-folk might be more real than he'd ever imagined...

Forum

56 In search of the Little Blue Man by Theo Paijmans

58 Where the wild things are by Charles Foster

Reports

48 Strange Statesmen No 10. American Psychos 3: Independents' Day by SD Tucker

52 Building a Fortean Library No 9. Paradoxography: forteana before Fort by The Hierophant's Apprentice

Strange Days

Britain's dullest men, auroral simulacra, alien sex fiends, Irish abductee, Yeti prints photographed, Thailand's angel dolls, pets that sniff out illness, black fox, deathbed dreams and visions, man/penguin love story - and much more.

Other

  • 04 Joao and Dindim: a love story - retired bricklayer and a Magellanic penguin
  • 06 Images in the Northern Lights: God of the North and Great Green Bird
  • 08-09 Never being boring... the Dull Men's Club
  • 10-11 Alien Sex Fiends - women who claim to have had babies with aliens and Gerry Battles' abduction story
  • 12 Yeti prints in Bhutan? - strange footprints on mountain side
  • 20 Thai 'Child Angels' - Dolls with the souls of dead children called luuk thep and the more terrifying kuman thong made by necromancers
  • 22-23 Sniffing Out Illness - Pets that detected illnesses in human partners
  • Sidelines: non-extinct cranefly, faeces and urine collector, javelin sand boa, raccoon attack in Richmond District of San Francisco, half-sisters from South Korea reunited by job, Lars Monsen talks with dog through medium, owl on oil rig, Chris Massey, purple slime, moose shot at wildlife center, odd names, buggy name, wild pig living with cattle, water biscuit ovens flooded, djinn causing fires, forestry minister causes fire, Crowley house burns, man scared of spiders prompts domestic violence call

Regulars

Editorial

  • 02 No Normal
    • Sophie Celebrated
    • Aaron Ramsey Strikes Again!
    • Errata
      • FT336:54 Missing footnotes
      • FT338:56 Missing reference to FT224:39
      • FT338:72 Cartoon attributed incorrectly

Reviews

  • 61-65 BOOKS
  • 66-68 FILM & DVD
    • The Passing directed by Gareth Bryn, Wales 2015 - Julie McNamee
    • The Brand New Testament directed by Jaco van Doemael, Belgium 2015 - Etienne Gilfillan
    • The Enfield Haunting directed by Kristoffer Nyholm, UK 2015 - David V Barrett
    • Harry Price - Ghosthunter directed by Alex Pillai, UK 2015 - Christopher Josiffe
    • Black Cats directed by Lucio Fulci and Sergio Marino, Italy 1972/1981 - Peter Laws
    • The Reverend's Review by Reverend Peter Laws
    • American Horror Project, Vol 1 directed by Matt Climber, Christopher Speeth, Robert Allan Schnitzer Cooper, US 1973-76
    • Shorts
    • Sinister 2 - Entertainment One - Daniel King
    • The Carrier - Altitude Film Entertainment - DK
    • Contracted Phase II - Primal Screen - DK

Letters

Simulacra Corner

It Happened to Me

Comix

Coming Next Month

  • Star Whackers - Is a Tinsel-Town conspiracy killing off Hollywood stars?
  • Mowing Devils - Crop circles and the hairy man of St Trinian's
  • + Demonic Divorce, Gateway to Hell, Rural Monsters, and Much More... Fortean Times 340 on sale 28 Apr 2016

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