Fortean Times

I’ll share some stories from this strange old book of unexplained mysteries. What chapter would you like me to begin with first?

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Wow, I thought one, maybe two, people would reply to this. Excited to share some of the requested mysteries this weekend. Someone start building the pillow fort for us.

I've seen some floating around online. The copy I have with the blue cover is from 1982, like this:

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I've seen some floating around online. The copy I have with the blue cover is from 1982, like this:

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😅 glad to know I wasn’t the only one

TV shows in the 90s loved to report on this, so I thought this as well lol.

Ofc unique sky piques my interest, but also fun aside; as a kid I used to be so scared one day I could spontaneously combust. I really thought humans were just out here exploding at random for no reasons 🤣

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For sure lol I’m going to end up scaring myself reading these. 🙈

Can you please share them with a spooky backing track 😂

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Afternoon pick-me-up: lokum ("Turkish delights") and tea from a sweet friend in Istanbul who surprised me with them. I've never been to Turkey, but hopefully will make time to visit this year or the next.

Years ago, I went down a rabbit hole of tea and now find it hard to enjoy pre-packaged tea bags. But she explained this tea is nothing like the yellow Lipton tea it resembles. Çaykur is state-grown tea from the rainy Black Sea region, free of pesticides or foreign blends.

In Turkey, tea is served in glass so you can see its purity. I improvised with my glassware, but it would traditionally be served in a tulip-shaped glass that keep the top cool enough to sip while the bottom stays hot.

The lokum is from Hacı İsmail Hakkızade Hafız Mustafa 1864, a confectioner from the late Ottoman era. It brings back memories of trying "Turkish delight" for the first time as a kid. Our teacher brought it for us when we read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

These lokum are much more chewy and rich in flavor than the Turkish delight I had at school. The flavors include pistachio, walnut, hazelnut, pomegranate, orange, lemon, cinnamon, and mastic. Also, I love the beautiful red of the tin it comes in.

I'm having my tea atop a book I picked up from one of our town's many Little Free Libraries. It was printed in 1982 and is a collection of mysterious and unexplained stories gathered from newspapers and reports from around the world. Prophecies, coincidences, UFOs, miracles, and so on.

Sometimes I wonder how anyone could be crazy enough to believe stories like these. Then I take a look at myself. Right now, I'm tapping my thoughts into photos on a glass screen, riding fiber-optic cables and satellites around the world, while unwrapping 19th century confections flown over an ocean in a pressurized metal tube.

What's crazy is forgetting that we are already surrounded by magic. The future is built by those who believe it before they see it.

I just stumbled upon it in a little free library across from /thenextwave space! It kind of creeped me out so of course I took it.

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I just stumbled upon it in a little free library across from /thenextwave space! It kind of creeped me out so of course I took it.

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Monsters and More!! How did you get possession of this book?

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This is cute. Spooky Farcaster bedtime stories for all. :)

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Every weirdo 2am show that had a micro segment on SHC had me and my brother in a chokehold as a kid

Spontaneous Human Combustion please, asking for a friend

Everything sounds considerably interesting to ask about, yet I would like to know more of spontaneous combustion 🤔

if you’re interested in strange old books such as this i have several that are looking for a new home! dms open

I'm interested in Appearances and Disapperances

I’ll take Prophecies for $12 please …

This is awesome and I can’t wait to read them