FT194
Fortean Times #194 (March 2005)
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Contents
- 36 Land of the Longnecks - Padaung tribe leave Myanmar for Thailand
- 40 Vanishing Point - The mysteries behind disappearances
- 76 Skewered! - Phuket's vegetarian festival
Features
26 Distant Voices (cover story)
As a new Hollywood movie, White Noise, exposes the strange voices heard on untuned radios and their links to Spiritualism, Judith Chisolm takes a look back at the history of Electronic Voice Phenomena and provides a more personal account of her own investigations.
36 The Land of the Giraffe-Necked Women
The Padaung tribes of Burma have long been a favorite of travel films, but many have now moved their brass rings to nearby Thailand. Chris Hellier visits the longneck women in their new home.
40 The Vanishing
Tales of disappearances are ever popular in the spheres of horror fiction and paranormal events. Paul Chambers takes some classic stories and attempts to trace their sources.
Reports
32 Britain's X-Files - No 1. The Schaffner case.
47 The Fortean Times Dictionary of the Damned - No 5. The Whale Tumour, or Foaftale.
76 Fortean Traveller - Phuket's Vegetarian Festival.
Forum
51 Of Empire and Eels - the eel in Victorian news.
52 The Two Faces of Alfred - Sexologist Alfred Kinsey's questioning and questionable life.
54 The Emporer's Metero - The legend of an ancient Chinese hero's spectacular passing.
Strange Days
Animals' sixth sense for danger, unborn babies stolen, hiding away from war, strange light seen in Arctic skies, blind man see emotions, telekinesis, the indestructible water bear, X-ray vision tested, Indonesian 'hobbits' doubted - and much more.
- 14 Science
- 15 Mythconceptions
- 17 Classical Corner
- 19 Alien Zoo
- 20 Necrolog
- 21 Strange Deaths
- 22 The UFO Files
Regulars
- 02 Editorial
- 50 Subscriptions
- 56 Back Issues
- 57 Reviews
- 65 Competitions
- 66 Reader Info
- 71 Letters
- 79 Phenomenomix
- 80 Tales from the Vault