A cool story, and a massive Forteana ride! https://www.thedrive.com/news/33433/theres-a-massive-antarctic-exploration-vehicle-lost-somewhere-at-the-bottom-of-the-world

These are from the Indian Air Force in the 1970s. I have no information about why they are so adorned. Neither do I know where the dodo-copter originated: Thoughts and additions to this new thread are very welcome.

I had never even heard of the Tenerife Airport Disaster (1972) but You Tube suggested video to me. I didn't watch the video but, out of curiosity, looked it up in Wikipedia. Bizarrely, If you type just "Tene" in the search box, the suggested results are, in this order, Tene, Tennessee...

This story is so complex and involves so many strange issues that I'm at a loss as to where to put it. Insofar as it involves historical events among adversarial parties and a recent proposal for a deal entangled in those events and the tensions they generated, I'm tempted to place it under...

Route 1 offers breathtaking vistas of the ocean along the Central California Coast. Unfortunately, following a sea cliff exposes it to washing out and landslides nearly every winter. Come summer, construction and rubbernecking tourists slow traffic to a virtual standstill on the winding road...

https://www.thedrive.com/news/37925/we-found-fords-incredible-turbine-powered-semi-truck-big-red-thats-been-lost-for-decades

Danny Baker mentioned on his podcast today, about a spate of unknown gangs (or maybe just one gang) who in South London turned three-wheeler cars onto their roofs for a brief period about fifty years ago. Apparently it was reported in newspapers. It stopped as soon as it began, and no culprits...

Here's my little prediction about cars: in the future, after self-driving cars become established, human driving by non-specialists will be seen as a completely crazy aberration, like when the Victorians could buy arsenic over the counter. They let people do what?!

This is my first post so sorry for any mistakes. a friend recently told me that he had heard on a tv show (he thinks horizon or similar) that every year 100's of ships go missing and not just small yachts but big tankers and no one knows what happens to them. i've heard all about giant...

I came across this when researching something else. These three articles tell a curious tale which was new to me, though curiously familiar. http://www.khaleejtimes.co.ae/ktarchive ... eworld.htm 15 January 2003 Ghost ship packed with rotten fish found on high sea CANBERRA -...

Runaway Heavy Machinery ! Not Fortean but Odd all the same Seeing as how this happened near where I live I though I'd mention it :)

A collection of car-related tales for y'all: James Dean's cursed Porsche Link is obsolete. The current link to this Snopes fact-check article is: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spyder-web/ Archduke Ferdinand's cursed limo The car which smelled of death Link is dead, no archived version...

A collection of car-related tales for y'all: James Dean's cursed Porsche Link is obsolete. The current link to this Snopes fact-check article is: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spyder-web/ Archduke Ferdinand's cursed limo

Apparently, JC is now getting involved in the sale of cars - see here for more.

The big red fun bus! I just stumbled across this rather interesting story and thought id share it. I never knew the london buses were old enough to be around in the 1930's. does anyone know any similar storys? and here's a quick pic of a london bus for those that dont know what they...

Firefighting Airships The New Scientist reports that an American company is developing an airship designed to fight forest fires: 'Drop-planes and helicopters with their small water bombs can only cover small areas at each pass because their water supply is limited. They also have to fly...

A new take on the Phantom Hitchiker :D From the Scotsman scotsman.com/searchresults.cfm?id=123593 Link is dead. No archived version found. "There were tales, when I was myself a callow hitchhiking youth, of a ghost car in the Western Isles, of some ancient vintage, driven by a little old...