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Edinburgh Fortean Society 2024

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Our first meeting of 2024

Wednesday the 10th of January
7.30 pm
The Beehive Pub, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, £1 entry
Jan Bondeson will be talking on Greyfriars Bobby
No visitor to Edinburgh will miss the monument to Scotland's most famous dog, the little terrier Greyfriars Bobby. This amazing dog, the most faithful in the world, kept vigil at his master's grave for fourteen long years. Many children's books, and three successful films, have been inspired by the affecting story of this little dog, said to be the most inspiring tale of love and loyalty ever heard. Every summer, Bobby's statue is surrounded by tourists from all over the world, some of whom weep profusely when they hear dog's pathetic story. In this book, the true story of Greyfriars Bobby will finally be told for the first time, using original sources. Was Bobby really the canine paragon of virtue he has been presumed to be, or was he an unconscious impostor, taking advantage of the notions about extreme canine fidelity that were current at the time? And was he, as the available portraits of him suggest, a dog enough for two?
 
The next meeting of the Edinburgh Fortean Society
Wednesday the 14th of February
7.30 pm
The Beehive Pub, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, £1 entry

Explaining Witchcraft and Magic through spells, charms, and other curios.
Ash William Mills is a magical practitioner, ethnologist , author, and the curator/director of the Museum of Magic, fortune-telling & Witchcraft in Edinburgh.
He will be discussing the Scottish Witch Trials and the history of magic and fortune-telling by showing some objects that are displayed in the museum.
 
The next meeting of the Edinburgh Fortean Society
Wednesday the 13th of March
7.30 pm
The Beehive Pub, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, £1 entry

Paranormal Entertainment - An Inside View by Paul Hobday

Paul Hobday is a paranormal investigator/researcher and television show contributor, best known for his role in the international TV series Ghost Chasers.
Paul has worked on several live-broadcast and recorded paranormal TV Shows, both on screen and behind the scenes and is the founder and chair of the UK Paranormal Society - a charity launched in October 2022 to help protect the public and heritage locations from misinformation, malpractice and exploitation relating to the paranormal.
Paul will be talking about his experiences in the paranormal entertainment industry, and what led him to form a brand new paranormal-related charity.
 
The next meeting of the Edinburgh Fortean Society
Wednesday the 10th of April
7.30 pm
The Beehive Pub, Grassmarket, Edinburgh,

25th Birthday Party!

This is it - our 25th birthday, the first of a range of events to celebrate the anniversary of the first meeting of the group in 1999. Come along and find out what's planned and to have a social time chatting to fellow minded Edinburgh Forteans. And there might be cake.
 
The next meeting of the Edinburgh Fortean Society

Scott Lyall will be speaking on
The Changing Face Of The Strange: Trends Within Unusual Experiences
How have reports of strange phenomena changed over the years? Are there types of experiences being reported now that weren't in the past? Are there strange phenomena that seem to be on the wane?
In this talk, I'll look at a range of weird experiences, from UFOs to fairies to dogmen, look at how reports have changed and consider the reasons for this.
Wednesday 8th May
Beehive Inn
Grassmarket
Edinburgh
7.30pm, £1
 
May I ask whether you have a date in mind for July, yet? I will have cause to be in Edinburgh twice next month, and I may be able to exert some influence over exactly when my presence will be required.
 
Krepostnoi said:
May I ask whether you have a date in mind for July, yet? I will have cause to be in Edinburgh twice next month, and I may be able to exert some influence over exactly when my presence will be required.
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Excellent. I'm hassling our speaker to get the description but the main meeting will be Wednesday the 10th of July. There will also be a social meeting on the 24th.
 
gordonrutter said:
Excellent. I'm hassling our speaker to get the description but the main meeting will be Wednesday the 10th of July. There will also be a social meeting on the 24th.
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Great. Thanks, Gordon, hopefully I'll make it to at least the first.
 
The next meeting of the Edinburgh Fortean Society

Stew Smith will be speaking on

Frogs, Flying heads and giant skeletons - Tokyo's Vengeful Ghost

In 940 CE the death of Taira no Masakado ended a short lived rebellion against the Japanese emperor. Why did he become one of the three great vengeful spirits of Japan and a famous subject of stories told to this day, and why are there stone carvings of frogs at the Tokyo shrine that marks where his head was supposedly buried? In this talk we’ll look at the history of Masakado’s rebellion and what happened after that inspired people to call him Japan’s First Samurai.

Wednesday 10th July
Comedy Attic
Beehive Inn
Grassmarket
Edinburgh
7.30pm, £1
 
The next meeting of the Edinburgh Fortean Society

Stuart Robins will be talking on:

The Cailleach and Bodach and Other Mysterious Stones of Highland Perthshire

A journey deep into the wild heart of Scotland, where ancient stones are said to possess magical powers. Curing toothache, regulating pregnancy, banishing the plague and controlling the seasons. On the way, we’ll encounter monstrous creatures, flee from ghosts, be thwarted by Nazis and compete in feats of legendary heroic strength. Before crawling into the fairy underworld – an adventure from which we might not return. And all from the relative comfort of your (somewhat less than comfortable) chair.

Wednesday 11th September 2024
Beehive Inn
Grassmarket
Edinburgh
7.30pm, £1
 
Really looking forward to this, thanks!
( @gordonrutter ....is Fortean Alaska still happening, on a future date?)
 
gordonrutter said:
It's anticipated we are going to have a go at live streaming come October, no promises but that is the plan.
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I really enojoyed what you've done so far :)
 
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The Bodach - any relation to the entity used by Alan Garner in "Moon of Gomrath"?
 
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