POLL: Favourite Fortean Subject?

[Lord Lucan]

For me it's ghosts. Earth science and New science/strange science hold little interest to me, though if pressed to make a second choice, it could have been any of the others. I have seen a number of unexplained lights in the sky, the most recent and most visually exciting was 3 days before Christmas last year and the idea of alien visitation has always intrigued me. I like the thought of yet to be discovered beasts roaming the Earth and it's oceans plus most facets of the paranormal and occult hold my attention.

 

[Ogdred Weary]

Probably Cryptozoology but I've become less interested the more sceptical I've become. I'm interested at least a little in all Forteana, especially from a psycho-social perspective. UFOs/aliens have always been my least favourite, not sure why.

 

[AlchoPwn]

Wow, that was a really hard choice. I eventually went with Cryptozoology after a lot of soul-searching.

I still secretly hope that someday I can call the police and say "Hello, is this 9-1-1 Emergency? Police Please... Officer, there is a very tall man in a monkey suit busting up my house. I think he's on drugs. Send a SWAT team, he's really big."

 

[lordmongrove]

Cryptozoology, no surprises there. Folklore and ghosts are interesting too and the odd uncatagorizable stuff.

 

[Bad Bungle]

It Happened to Me (IHTM) started me off on Forteana, not least because it not only covered a range of topics, but it happened to me .. or you or us. Won't cry if the tales get poo-pooed, wasn't trying to convert anyone, just looking for a possible explanation or a glint of recognition from some-one with a similar experience. Which box was that again ?

 

[EnolaGaia]

It Happened to Me (IHTM) started me off on Forteana, not least because it not only covered a range of topics, but it happened to me .. or you or us. Won't cry if the tales get poo-pooed, wasn't trying to convert anyone, just looking for a possible explanation or a glint of recognition from some-one with a similar experience. Which box was that again ?

I may be misinterpreting your intent, but ...

There is no check-box for IHTM.

IHTM isn't a Fortean subject per se - it's simply a category for first-person reports (which could be in the context of any Fortean subject).

NOTE: As time goes on, we're going to pay more attention to limiting IHTM items to first-person reports. Other reports (second- / third-person; FOAF; etc.) will get progressively weeded out of the IHTM section and transferred elsewhere.

Another comment ... The often-overlooked and under-utilized Notes & Queries section is intended to be the place to post items of general Fortean interest and / or to post questions or requests for info, clarification, or help.

 

[Ghost In The Machine]

Ghosts, then Folklore.

 

[Reverend D]

I voted for Ufology. I feel it's possibly the topic that we're most likely to eventually learn some concrete facts about, most likely through some Wikileaks type of exposure...

 

[GerdaWordyer]

It's all so interesting. Hard to choose. Might be more useful to rank everything in the list.
I voted for ghosts. I do feel a lot of overlapping interest in Urban Legends and in Folklore. To me, the are often closely related--I've known all my life that the Vanishing Hitchhiker lived, er, prowled, at White Rock Lake, near my Aunt's house. How can anyone refute the slumber-party talk of my childhood?
I'm for anything that provides a shiver and goosebumps.

 

[Bad Bungle]

Nowt so queer as Folklore. Not everyone has seen a ghost or a UFO, but we all know a batty Biddy who says or does stuff for reasons lost in the mists of time.

 

[gerhard1]

Of the choices in the poll, I voted cryptozoology. But my favorite fortean subject is phantom islands.

 

[Gambeir]

I voted ufology, but cryptozoology is another favorite, but aren't these all part and parcel to conspiracies? Very hard to vote for just one.