compilation threads

U.A.E. is supposedly home to the deepest pool in the world, which I find surprising. Sixty metres down, 14 million litres! I'd assumed that some kind of naval training centre would have a deeper one, but then I suppose at some point it's easier just to use the sea. More here...

Well it seems something is going on there. The 2012 Saudi Arabia mass trespasses, known by its instigators as The National Day to Invade Dwelling Places of Jinn (Arabic: اليوم العالمي لغزو الجن, romanized: al-Yawm al-ʿĀlamī Liġazū al-Jinn) was a campaign by a group of several Saudi paranormal...

I did not see any specific thread for Greece so I create this one. Mysterious offering at Kalikatsou Rock (Grikos, Patmos island) : I recently visited the island of Patmos, where John "the Theologian" supposedly had his dream about the "Revelation" (Apocalypse). In the south-eastern part of...

There's no thread on Guatemala yet, but it's my favourite destination so I'll get this started; I don't expect it will pick up many posts but I'll try to post any Guatemalan forteana here when I come across it. To get it started, a couple of stories I was told a few years ago. I have contacts...

Oi! Poirot, mayo with chips, moules frites and Tintin...... That's all I've got.

I know they're not technically nations but seeing as they are culturally distinct and have a special political status, I feel a separate thread from 'China' is appropriate. I put them together because they're close by to each other and share a lot in terms of language, culture and identity. I...

A trip to Daksa island outside Dubrovnik, site of a massacre post-WWII. Nobody wants to take the writer there.

The first of what will certainly be irregular, and possibly a series: we were invited by friends to stay in Port Dickson over the weekend, PD being the closest stretch of coastline to the KL konurbation (apologies: this is the Klang valley, not the Kerrang valley). On hearing of my Fortean...

Another Icelandic saga. Ask these people anything. If you've got a question about Iceland which the internet can't answer, a new "human search engine" might be able to help. The country's tourism agency has launched a project called Ask Gudmundur in order to resolve any Iceland-related...

Looking forward to this. Next, The Mountains of Madneess?

Edit to amend title.

As part of he ongoing and online Fortean Traveller resource: www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16008 we bring you Norway: Source

wasnt sure where to put this. maybe there is an appropriate thread? edit to change title. x 2

After the article in FT195:74-77 it does appear to an interesting topic and here is another travel report: Source

A general thread for UK weirdness. See the Local Forteana thread: www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16008 for more regional (or global) oddness. And something from someone we all have heard of (if not what are you doing here??? ;) ): Source

*waves to all the newbies from Canuckistan* Emps has been collecting various geographical threads (Odd Ohio etc.) so I thought I'd start one for this place...Thought about separating it by province or region but for now we can put the bits and bobs here. Some FTMB threads which may be of...

International Forteans, I have just taken up my first overseas posting for DFID (www.dfid.gov.uk) in Ethiopia. I live now in Addis Ababa the vibrant and colourful capital of a fascinating country. Although new to the country, I know that this place will be incredibly exciting to live in and...

The page also contains lots of links off to other articles about these and related topics (and nifty resource): Source

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Indonesia seems to be in the news from various angles so here is a thread for any general discussion. Other threads: Flores: http://www.forteantimes.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18498 Oragn pendek: http://www.forteantimes.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1010 Kolor...

Yep thats right the whole goddamn country. For the individual states see the Local Fortean thread: http://www.forteantimes.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16008 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--weirdu.s.1016oct16,0,400267.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire And you can...

As part of our occasional series of guides to odd things to do when visiting various parts of the globe............ http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=543342&section=news

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/01/1088488096354.html?oneclick=true

Well, this time they're shipping my tired bones off to Warsaw for a week. As usual, I will have a few days of free time to look around and take in some local lore. Any sites/stories that the FT crowd thinks I should check out there? For the geographically challenged (you know who you are :p)...

OK, it's a long-shot, but . . . I'm posted in Taipei for a brief stint. Anyone know of any good Fortean sites, stories to check out here? Hey, I said it was a long-shot!:p Stilton

A Thread For Weird Stories From Argentina

One would have been an accident but two is asking for trouble. http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/06/brazil.fingerprinting.ap/index.html The again if any country is looking to imprison more Yanks then this could be an easy route ;) Emps

This Japanses man play music to WATER ,FREEZES it ,then takes PHOTOES of the CRYSTALS(also in English transcript) http://www.hado.com Enjoy Bill.

I’m off to Cuba soon, and will do the usual touristy stuff, Che’s birthplace, Havana, cigars, Fidels beard, etc. But does anyone know anything about Fortean Cuba? Anybody been there? Does the Haitian voodoo thing happen on Cuba? Any myths, legends, interesting stuff gratefully recieved.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Reuters) -- Sweden's Lund University, one of the oldest seats of learning in Scandinavia, will take a leap into the unknown by appointing northern Europe's first professor of parapsychology, hypnology and clairvoyance. Almost 30 candidates, including a self-professed...

Visiting the Costa Blanca this summer and wondered if any Forteans can suggest unusual places to visit. The only Spanish Fortean site I can think of is Belmez and I don't know where in Spain it is. Any ideas?

Ok, looks as though my little brother has decided that the family are flying out to Barbados in November for his wedding in the sun (following much debate - Kenya didn't look so safe of late). With this in mind can anyone think of any local forteana? A quick google turns up several...

Police investigating gnome reports in Ecuador Police in a town in Ecuador are investigating reports of a little, green man seen walking down the street. A number of Quininde residents called police after seeing what they described as a "gnome" in the town centre. They all described the...

If you want a break from the war on iraq when you swich on your telly or read a paper at the moment one is hard to find. :( luckily I found the swaziland times. (swaziland is a small nation in southern africa where interesting things happen) heres one gem from todays edition: the times...

I'm off to Sri Lanka in a couple of weeks and I'm sure I read somewhere about something Fortean of interest there, but I can't remember what! I'm out there for 3 1/2 weeks and it would be nice to make it into a bit of an expedition as well as just sightseeing and sunbathing. Any ideas? Ellie.

Breaking News: ANKARA, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Turkish paramilitary police have seized more than 15 kg (33 lbs) of weapons-grade uranium and detained two men accused of smuggling the material, the state-run Anatolian news agency said on Saturday. Officers in the southern province of...

Ok, got a bit of time on me hands tonight, and thought I'd do a bit of an index telling people where they can find threads about Fortean classics, in light of many well-weathered topics being brought up again to be followed up with "see this thread" posts by the regulars. All threads listed...

Tuvalu is sinking - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2219001.stm My personal theory is that it's because they sold their top-level domain *.tv a few years back. With the domain now belonging to a US company, there's no more reason for the nation to exist, so...

We're holidaying in Italy soon - specifically Venice, Rome and Florence - and was wondering if there were any particular sites of interest to a Fortean fan? P.

This site seems to think that Sabre Toothed Cats could have survived into modfern times, and cites an apparent shooting of one in Paraguay. Google searching failed to turn anything up... has anyone else heard about this? geocities.com/neocryptozoo/cryptids/sabretooths.html (homepage of the site...

Anyone got oany links or info about danish forteana.Been living here a while know and need to be pointed in the right direction. thanks in advance

Does anyone have any, especialy in the Cork or Munster area?

the giant spider of the ukraine has anybody heard of this supposdly true story,if so could anybody shed light on this because it is frighting and i would love to find news on the matter[it was in articles around the world] or even better pictures .i be very gratefal if somebody does:D