lost & found

Have you ever had a Clipper lighter that's gone missing ? Has it ever come back ? Have you wondered where it went, or why ? I became aware of the existence of the Clipper zone in the very early 1990s when I was a smoker. Fellow smokers alerted me to the fact that Clipper lighters have a...

Happened again. This time I took off my hearing aids in the car, carefully placed them in the bottom of my bag, got home and unpacked to find one hearing aid. They're expensive, so I went out by flashlight and examined the car and the driveway. I asked for it back and went to bed. In the...

We have multiple threads relating to discovering money, all of which tend to focus on cash that could simply have been lost or misplaced. [All now combined here: http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/money-from-out-of-the-blue.1470/ - Yith] I'm starting this thread on the distinct...

Apologies if this subject has been discussed but I can't find it if it has..... Having been brought up Catholic we of course attribute Saints to various different reasons for intervention and my favourite-so much so I took the feminine of the name for my Confirmation-is St Anthony, patron saints...

Having been a detectorist for quite a few years myself, I am so envious of this chap who stands to earn millions thanks to his actions. He has shown metal detecting in a good light as opposed to Tony Robinsons assertion that we are all vagabonds and no better than thieves. Come on then Tony lets...

Just look around; you never know what you’ll find January 09, 2005 The antique photograph -- the found object -- retains its morbid mojo more than two decades after it tumbled out of an old book I was holding. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. A man, wearing what seems to be a...

Long time coming (long delayed mail and other blasts from the past) http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_829408.html?menu=news.quirkies

Following on from an earlier thread entitled "Strangest thing you've ever woken up with" I recently had to stay in a hotel room (boring conference) and was delighted to find that the previous occupant had appeared to have been attempting to create a toasted cheese sandwich using two slices...

UFO.. So what was it, anyone care to speculate. Link is dead. No archived version found. See later (circa March 2020) salvaged versions of related news articles about this beaching.

'Anyone for goat's cheese' - disturbing discover in park From the Daily Southtown, 1st May, 2002: Strange cargo found in forest Stumped officials try to find out who dropped off 55 gallons of goat semen in Cook County preserve Wednesday, May 1, 2002 By Jennifer Martikean Staff...

Here’s an old Worcestershire story about an alleged re-appearance (this is the short York-notes style version). Sir John Attwood, a 14th century knight, was captured during the Crusades and imprisoned. Back at home, his wife waited. And waited. And waited. One morning, shortly after she’d...

ASK THE FAIRIES Has any one heard of the expresion " ASK THE FAIRIES" apparently if you have lost something you say out loud, please fairies where is it, the next time you look you will find whatever it was you had lost. I know it sounds stupid but I have tried it and it worked. Has anyone...