Tessera
Folgen

Edinburgh Fortean Society

@edinburghforteansociety.org.uk

Oldest Fortean Society in Scotland. http://www.edinburghforteansociety.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/162025221364

465 Posts1111 Follower89 Folgt
Fortean Times@forteantimes.bsky.social · 15h ago

New issue now on sale – at last! Richmal Crompton’s spooks and Spiritualists; uncanny experiences in funeral homes; Bigfoot corpse controversy; Green Lung interview; 1970s UFOs; wheelie bin obsessions; giant-sized Jesus; Superman fridge death; alien in the Pentagon; football curse lifted + more!

Bild
The Folklore Podcast@folklorepod.bsky.social · yesterday

Grab a ticket for this Saturday at 8pm to explore the haunting of Lord Byron’s ancestral home, and the story of the lady who does so Tickets from bit.ly/flaevents, includes a video replay

The Folklore Library & Archive@folklorelibrary.bsky.social · yesterday

Don’t forget our next online talk is this coming Saturday at 8pm via Zoom Dr Sophie Hollinshead will be discussing the life of Sophia Hyatt, and her ghost’s haunting of Newstead Abbey. Tickets £5 including a recording of the talk available now from bit.ly/flaevents

Talk details over a picture of Newstead Abbey
Whitby Gothic@whitbygothic.bsky.social · 3d ago

+++ #OTD 60 years ago, the 8th of Sept 1966, Star Trek made its debut +++ Space the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life & new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before #StarTrek

Bild
Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social · 4d ago

Tragically today, it’s the 386th anniversary of the death of René Descartes’ daughter Francine at the age of just five—to which he responded by building a robot daughter he took everywhere with him until she was murdered by superstitious sailors, hastening the philosopher’s own death Well... 🧵

A dramatic illustration showing a man in 17th century clothes raising an automaton/doll above his head as he prepares to throw it over the side of a ship
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 5d ago

Help! Parton Community Council has 60 days to raise £70k to buy Parton Kirk (resting place of James Clerk Maxwell). They plan to turn it into a visitor centre celebrating our great hero! The other buyers could turn it into long-term storage 😬 Even £5 would help 🙏🧪⚛️ www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £70000 to Save Parton Kirk – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to Save Parton Kirk. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

justgiving.com

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Went on a little pilgrimage today to Parton, the resting place of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland’s very own Einstein, James Clerk Maxwell. Quite the pause when I realised he was only one year older than me (48) when he died. ⚛️🔭

A Rusty iron gate with metal flowers in the ironwork. In the background is a gravestone with the names of the James Clerk Maxwell family
Emma Weird Wiltshire@weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 6d ago

🧵I started the evening looking into Black Dogs and have ended up reading all about the ghosts of Newgate Prison in London. It happens... rabbit holes and all. 🐰🕳️ This place, on which now stands The Old Bailey, is Deadman's Walk. Down this dark passageway you would go, from the prison to court.

Bild
Ticia Verveer@ticiaverveer.bsky.social · last wk.

Just clearing space for a new patio and accidentally unearthing the largest Viking silver hoard in Denmark's history! The 700-piece cache includes, silver ingots, arm rings, a Thor’s hammer amulet, Arabic dirhams & Anglo-Saxon coins. nordjyskemuseer.dk/havearbejde-...

Havearbejde afslører Danmarks største vikingesølvskat

18,5 kilo sølv er dukket op i Rebild i det, der er Danmarks største kendte sølvskat fra vikingetiden. Skatten er næsten tre gange større end, den hidtil største sølvskat fra vikingetiden i Danmark, de...

nordjyskemuseer.dk

Daily Grail@dailygrail.com · last wk.

Could a hurricane be intelligent? Professor Michael Levin says the only way to know is to do an experiment and see if you can train it. www.dailygrail.com/2026/09/do-c...

Do Cells Have Intelligence? This Respected Scientist Says We Are 'Oblivious to All Kinds of Minds Not Like Ours'

“We are oblivious to all kinds of minds that are not like ours: Intelligence in plants, in cells, in unicellular organisms.” These aren’t the words of a New Age hippie inspired by The Secret Life of P...

dailygrail.com

Darren Naish@tetzoo.bsky.social · last wk.

Now approaching 30 reader comments at the Tetrapod Zoology UNICORNS article. Thanks to those who've shared thoughts and interacted :) tetzoo.com/blog/2026/8/... #monsters #cryptozoology #unicorn #unicorns

A History of Unicorns — Tetrapod Zoology

unicorn, unicorns, monoceros, monokeros, unicorn history, mythology, unicorn mythology, unicorn in the Islamic world, unicorn in Christian history, unicorn in the Book of Job, unicorn in the Bible, un...

tetzoo.com