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  1. Piloton.it

    1872: Rain Of Frog In Bologna, Rain Of Fish In Naples

    I tried searching the forums and it seems like no one has already talked about it. On 26 February 1872 it rained frogs in Bologna and two things remained of this rain: 1) The saying in Bologna slang: "A piov rane" (it's raining frogs) to say that the situation in general is confused, that there...
    • Piloton.it
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    • 1872 bologna fish falls frog falls italy museo di palazzo poggi naples
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: General Forteana
  2. maximus otter

    Oldest Known Decimal Point Discovered In Merchant's Notes From 1440s Italy

    Decimal points are at least 150 years older than historians thought, according to newly unearthed notes from Venetian merchant Giovanni Bianchini, who practiced astrology in the 1440s. A consistent system of decimals wasn't fully cemented until 1593, when German mathematician Christopher...
  3. P

    Fortean Places To Visit In Italy?

    Hi all, This is my first time posting in the FT forums. Me and my partner are headed to Italy this October and I wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions for Fortean places to visit there. We'll mostly be in Naples and Florence and we'll be spending Halloween in Naples! Thanks for any...
  4. James_H

    Serial Killer Cults

    I was introduced to this subject by this excellent podcast. Basically, it seems that some serial killers have claimed to have worked for or have been part of a wider network, often a satanic cult who commit murders as sacrifices. It seems like most of these claims are paper-thin (Henry Lee...
    • James_H
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    • adolfo constanzo alberto sicilia-falcon alison botha andre rand brazil cape town crime & criminals cults & cultists david berkowitz david parker ray etan patz florence francisco das chagas rodrigues de brito frans du toit henry lee lucas italy james mill jenny kleeman john 'tiny' lentini john de camp joseph di mambro khovrino hospital los narcosatánicos marion petty missing persons moscow murder & murderers order of the solar templars ottis toole peter scully santeria satanism & satanists son of sam south africa the fall river cult murders the finders the hand of death the monster of florence the noordhoek rippers the process church of the final judgment the ripper crew theuns kruger tim tate voodoo
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Fortean Crime
  5. Loquaciousness

    Picture Proves Jesus Was A Time-Traveller

    ...or does it? http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/645027/Did-Jesus-time-travel-Insane-claim-THIS-picture-shows-Messiah-holding-Sputnik-satellite?_ga=1.164010879.1578470081.1478438090 Crazy claim THIS picture is proof Jesus travelled through time and brought back satellite CONSPIRACY theorists...
    • Loquaciousness
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    • 1595 associations florence italy jesus christ pictures satellites steve mera the glorification of the eucharist the manchester association of paranormal investigation & training (mapit) time travel & time travellers ventura salimbeni
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Religions & Cults
  6. ramonmercado

    Scottish Village In Italian Alps Where Residents Wear kilts & Play Bagpipes

    Scots Awa'! Another Lost Legion. Scottish village in Italian Alps where residents wear kilts and play bagpipes Adolofo Nicolussi: 'Our town was colonized by the surviving mercenaries who were traipsing over the Alps after fighting the nearby battle of Pavia' An Italian village in the Alps...
  7. ramonmercado

    Roman Archaeology (Miscellaneous)

  8. E

    Italian Church Dinosaur

    Anyone got any ideas on this? This medieval painting was in San Marco church in Milan, Italy and shows Knight Visconti killing the dragon that terrorized Milan people in the middle age. It is interesting because differs from all others medieval versions of the dragon. The dinosaur-like shape of...
  9. K

    Padre Pio

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=13&u=/nm/20031204/od_nm/odd_italy_blood_dc] Edit: Link fixed. P_M
    • KeyserXSoze
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    • italy miracles padre pio religions saint pius saints & sainthood stigmata the roman catholic church
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Religions & Cults
  10. A

    Clippings From Italy & Italian Forteana

    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.
    • Anonymous
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    • compilation threads countries europe fortean nations italy
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Fortean Nations
  11. lopaka

    The Shroud Of Turin

    Howdy, folk-saw a program on the television last night about one of my favorite unsolved mysteries/fortean phenomem: The Shroud of Turin. Without proclaiming on what it actually might be, the thing is freaking weird. High weirdness, for that matter. Any opinions/hypotheses/theroies? Full...
    • lopaka
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    • 1354 burial practices burial rituals carbon dating historical mysteries italy jesus christ miracles relics religions secondo pia shrouds sindonology the roman catholic church the shroud of turin turin
    • Replies: 357
    • Forum: Religions & Cults
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