The latest issue of Fortean Times is now available on news-stands, with the usual assortment of tasty stories:
- The Dark Side of Lourdes: The famous Grotto of Lourdes has been known as a place of pilgrimage and as the site of the world’s most famous series of Marian apparitions ever since Bernadette Soubirous first encountered a mysterious white figure there. But, as Thérèse Taylor reveals, the area around Lourdes has an older and darker supernatural reputation than the Catholic Church would care to admit…
- Crypto-twitching: Dr Karl Shuker leaves his alien zoo behind for the moment and enters the art gallery, searching some of the world’s great paintings for signs of unknown bird species.
- Egyptians Down Under: Did travellers from Egypt discover the Land Down Under 1,000 years before the birth of Christ? David Francazio argues that – despite what the history books tell us – an array of puzzling physical artefacts and some surprising cultural similarities point towards just such a conclusion…
Along with the new issue, the FT website has been updated with a new ‘archived’ article: David Sutton braves wolves and radiation on his trip into Chernobyl’s Zone of Alienation. Plenty of other great content on the site, so snoop around and report back on the good stuff you find.
