Reading the All Colours Sam thread in Ufology, I was struck that you just don't get Fortean reports like that now, or if you do, it's something someone's invented on Reddit or for Creepypasta (is that still a thing?). Is that the attraction of these old cases, a kind of nostalgia for the times...

A bit of a ramble this, but there are a few associated thoughts floating around in the old bean--too much time on aeroplanes and waking up at all hours. Feel free to respond to any aspect of it that strikes a chord. Nostalgia is a longing for the past: for a past that is idealised, crystalised...

The mentions of "British Racing Green" and "Folk Horror" made me think of times when I was very little, (before 5 in the 1970's), and we where driving through Thetford Forest. I remember seeing a power substation or something that must have been quite new and modern but to me looked antiquated...

Searching for something completely unrelated on the net, I stumbled across an old children's novel called The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner. It rang a distant bell, as did some of his other children's works such as Elidor. I'm sure I had these books (I remember one of the covers...