Strange Old World
By Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21504)
London, England
May 22, 2023 3:24am CST
About the tenth of the month I look forward to the plop of mail dropping onto the floor, as that is the moment the Fortean Times arrives!
If you are fascinated by ghosts, cryptids (animals unknown to science), UFOs, the supernatural and general weird goings on, then this is the magazine for you.
As I like a good walk along the canal, I am enjoy stories about strange animals spotted in, and along, the UK’s canals, my favourite being an alleged chimpanzee roaming the wilds of Shropshire’s canals.
Around here, there are tales of the Yiewsley Sturgeon, but can’t say I have spotted the illusive aquatic beastie… yet!
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@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
22 May 23
Nice, that is different and I now want to look for elusive aquatic beastie, I think she in the pond. 
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
22 May 23
I enjoy listening/watching some of the weirder YT videos that crop up online but I can't say I believe anything shown on them...
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
22 May 23
@Laurakemunto 
True... it's entertaining.
True... it's entertaining.3 people like this
@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
22 May 23
@DaddyEvil reminds me of a horror movie that I saw this Saturday very fictious but I yearned for more since I was left on read 
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
22 May 23
Oh I had not heard of this magazine. It looks and sounds amazing Ron
I love all that stuff too.
Hope you will spot some strange weird ones along the canal someday to share with us.
I love all that stuff too.
Hope you will spot some strange weird ones along the canal someday to share with us.2 people like this
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
22 May 23
@Ronrybs Wouldn't that be something?
You may even find some new kind of something or other in your travels of your own. You could send it into that magazine.
You may even find some new kind of something or other in your travels of your own. You could send it into that magazine.2 people like this
@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 May 23
There is supposed to be some unearthly creature down around Bridgetown. There is now video footage of it and it looks very much like a panther. Maybe one escaped from a circus at some stage. I hope you keep your eyes peeled when you're walking. I can't say I'm in favour of ever coming face-to-face with some strange creature. 
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@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
22 May 23
I used to buy that magazine years ago and I am pleased to see that it is still being printed. There was a television programme about the Fortean Times that was presented by a man who was some sort of vicar. I think he used to ride around on a motorbike looking for places where there had been supernatural activity.
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@Ronrybs (21504)
• London, England
25 May 23
@lazydaizee I guess he is still out there doing his thing
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@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
25 May 23
@Ronrybs You have re-woken my interest in this subject now so I looked him up online. His name is Robert Lionel Fanthorpe who has his own Wikipedia page. Apparently he did lots of other jobs during his working life.
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@JESSY3236 (22199)
• United States
23 May 23
Never heard of that magazine. I have been getting magazines in the mail because of some samples I had received. I have been getting fashion, health, and now travel magazines.
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@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
22 May 23
That's nice I prefer watching them more than reading it ..enjoy your piece when it arrives
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