FT330

Fortean Times #330 (August 2015)

• Release date: 23 Jul 2015
• Cover Image: Etienne Gilfillan - Thanks to David Newton
• Zinio version

Strange Days

Supercentenarian round-up, cunning canines, gateways to Hell, Sinatra haunts Vegas, floating city above Nigeria, Texas worm mystery, dreadful diets, missing time, Richard Dadd, the Met's UFO files, virgin birth sawfish - and much more.

• 05 The Conspirasphere
• 12 Science: The Alchemical Resurrection
• 16 Archaeology: Princely Tomb Found, High Times on Dartmoor, Say it with Flowers, Britain's Oldest Brain
• 17 Classical Corner - 190: Not Quite The Archers
• 18 Ghostwatch: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
• 22 Fortean Follow-ups
  • Worms from the Skies FT328:22
  • 'Virgin-Born' Critters FT329:24
  • Animal Quake Detectors FT304:9
  • Town Councillor Alien FT288:4
• 23 Mythconceptions - 91: Sucking Out the Poison
• 24 Necrolog
• 25 Fairies and Folklore: Not on Your Nellie
• 26 the UFO Files
  • Flyingsaucery
  • UFO Casebook

Contents

• 10 Tbilisi's Homeless Hippo - Flash floods leave wild animals roaming the streets of the Georgian capital
• 20 The Art of Bedlam - Richard Dadd on display
• 36 The Immortal Yew - In search of Britain's most ancient trees
• 16 Celtic Hoard - A prince's treasure unearthed
• 52 Political Animals - Idi Amin versus the talking tortoise

Features

30 Human Lightning Rods (cover story)
For most people, being struck by lightning is not a pleasant experience, and often a fatal one. Yet some men and women have suffered repeated strikes with only minor injuries, while other claim to be healed or transformed in the process. LOUIS PROUD looks at some survivors' stories.

36 The Immortal Yew
Yews are among our oldest trees, but just how old are Britain's yews, and do they predate the churchyards in which they stand? STEVE MARSHALL searches for clues.

44 The Ghost and the Poet
What happened when a hard-drinking fin de siecle poet found himself the victim of an apparent haunting? JAN BONDESON throws new light on the 'Egham Case'.

46 Saving Private Forteana
A safe home is urgently needed for fortean archives. BOB RICKARD explains how he found a solution in Sweden's Archive for the Unexplained.

Reports

28 Blasts from the Past - No 58. The phantom anaesthetists, part two

50 Building a Fortean Library - No 1. Many a quaint and curious volume

52 Strange Statesmen - No 4. Political animals

Forum

57 One of our sea gods is missing by Joanna Brannif

58 Hobnobbing with the hobs by Bob Fischer

Regulars

• 02 Editorial
• 61 Reviews
• 73 Letters
• 78 Reader Info
• 79 Phenomenomix
• 80 Strange Deaths

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