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  1. Paul_Exeter

    Magnetic Hill Optical Illusion On The Isle Of Man

    Some old school Forteana here, came across this entry in the excellent 'UK Paranormal database': Anti-Gravity Hill Location: Shanklin (Isle of Wight) - Nansen Hill, between Shanklin and Bonchurch Type: Other Date / Time: Still present? Further Comments: A newspaper from 1961 featured Nansen...
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    • bonchurch geography magnetic hills misperception nansen hill optical illusions ronague road shanklin the a27 the isle of man the isle of wight visual perception
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    • Forum: General Forteana
  2. EnolaGaia

    Newly Proven Biases Can Reverse Impressions Of Causality & Timing

    This is interesting, and it has potential relevance to the sort of odd witness experiences that populate the Fortean field. Experimentation demonstrated that witnesses exhibited bias in attributing causality and describing temporal sequencing when explaining / recalling what they observed...
  3. sherbetbizarre

    Photos You Need To Really Look At To Understand

    25 Photos You Need To Really Look At To Understand http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/photos ... understand Mod Edit: Original link dead, archived version below https://web.archive.org/web/20140311131357/https://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/photos-you-really-need-to-look-at-to-understand It's...
  4. M

    Animal Activity Mistaken as Ghostly

    One of my favorite "ghost" stories is one my mother told. Our home was out in the country near a railroad track. One night, when my father was at work, she was telling my brothers a bedtime story. It was a dark and thundery night, and they heard a chain rattling outside. She told them, "If...
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