edinburgh

Our first meeting of 2025 Wednesday the 8th of January 7.30 pm The Beehive Pub, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, £1 entry Fortean Songs We had Fortean book recommendations during lockdown. Later on we had Fortean films. It seems sensible to move on to Fortean songs next and that's what we're doing...

Our first meeting of 2024 Wednesday the 10th of January 7.30 pm The Beehive Pub, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, £1 entry Jan Bondeson will be talking on Greyfriars Bobby No visitor to Edinburgh will miss the monument to Scotland's most famous dog, the little terrier Greyfriars Bobby. This amazing dog...

Or perhaps Edinburgh Fortean Society on BBC News, depending on how you feel. Now read on.... Nice one @gordonrutter :cool2:

The first meeting if the Edinburgh Fortean Society of 2023 Scott Lyall will be speaking on: Do The Hills Really Have Eyes: The Emergent Folklore Of Cannibals In US National Parks Tales of strange disappearances and sightings of wild, primitive looking people within national parks in the US...

Something that may be of interest to Edinburgh Forteans is the YouTube series 'North Edinburgh Nightmares' As the name suggests, the focus is on the north of Edinburgh, covering the waterfronts and harbours of Leith, Newhaven and Granton up through Inverleith, Dean Village and the New Town to...

Something fascinating that's never been on my radar before now. In 1682, a man in a "little boat" (presumed to be a kayak) was sighted off Eday in Orkney. Locals pursued him and he left the scene at speed. Two years later in 1684, another was sighted at Westray. Later a kayak was captured and...

Hi guys. Did anyone see the ITN News at Ten tonight? That is on Wednesday 5th May. I ask because a few minutes into the programme (just moments after the headlines and title music) they cut away from the newsreader Tom Bradby (live from Edinburgh) to pan across the night sky above Edinburgh and...

This year is the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Edinburgh Fortean Society. I’ll put events on this thread for anyone interested. January Folklore of UFO’s Scott Lyall February The Mandela Effect Adele David March 20 Years of EdFort Gordon Rutter April EdFort Birthday Party May Welsh...

There doesn't seem to be a general purpose thread for scary noises and spooky sounds, so here's one. Mods, if there's a better place for this, please feel free to move it. Tonight, I needed to go down to the nearest shop. It was about 11 PM, just before closing time. It was cold, windy and...

Back in 1987 I was driving with my future spouse very late at night down from the highlands of Scotland, and was passing a loch side into a long quiet village that we both knew well. We'd become used to the street lighting, as opposed to the total darkness that we'd been driving through...

(A thread for Fortean-themed businesses such as bookstores or shops or restaurants etc.) Little A'Le'Inn Rachel Nevada USA http://www.littlealeinn.com/ A little place made famous by countless "Area 51" documentaries, the Little A'Le'Inn has become something of a tourist attraction in...

Every time I visit Chambers Steet Museum in Edinburgh , I make a point of having a look at these . They were 17 tiny coffins , each containing a small figure , and were found buried on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh back in the 1936 . If I recall correctly , thes coffins also formed part of the plot...

I'm getting scared BA-RUMP-PA-PA-PUM I'm hearing ghostly taps BA-RUMP-PA-PA-PUM What is it with ghosts and drums? Reading through a book on ghosts & spirits, I found no less than three instances, and there are probably more. Ghost Drummer of Edinburgh Castle...

GHOST HOTEL Jared Keeler I have long believed that spirits (ghosts, if you will) are present on earth. This opinion is, of course, from the multitude of accounts of sightings....some from my own family members. I have lived in a "haunted house" myself, and although I had not witnessed a...

Edinburgh and the weird Hello! I've just moved recently to Edinburgh, and was wondering if anyone knows of any particularly interesting paranormal places or events (I'm a student, I've got lots of time on my hands ;) ). Living in the shadow of Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags is...

Has anyone been down there or even experienced anything while having a look round? Interested to hear thoughts and opinions on this as im thinking of trying to get a group together to go there.