Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyCat Irving @anatomicalcat.bsky.social · 7hGhosts for October… I’m in the White Horse and Griffin in Whitby, a 17thC coaching inn. The cellar is said to be haunted by Sarah, a servant girl pushed down the barrel hatch by the landlord’s son, who didn’t want her to reveal her pregnancy. Sometimes visitors feel Sarah squeezing their shoulder… 0213
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 11/10/2026WOT?!?!?! 🌟💥 Did you see this image of supernova remnant Pa 30?! Bet you'll never look at fireworks the same way again! noirlab.edu/public/image... 📸 International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Cunningham/J. Miller & M. Rodriguez /T.A. Rector /D. de Martin & M. Zamani 11740198
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean Societykim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026Northern lights over Leith #Aurora #AuroraBorealis 24116
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyAndy Lawrence @e-astronomer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Merry Dancers Portobello Beach. #astronomy 09622
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyThe Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026#Edinburgh peeps, your reminder that we have @ianrankin1.bsky.social 's hometown gig for his eagerly-awaited new novel, The Heights, at the Assembly Rooms next Wednesday, 14th www.tickettailor.com/events/theed... #Edimbourg #books #livres 13210
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Happy 90th birthday, Brian Blessed Sorry, that should read: HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY, BRIAN BLESSED 1122147
Edinburgh Fortean Society @edinburghforteansociety.org.uk · 08/10/2026eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/i...eu.desmoinesregister.comOttumwa City Council faces backlash after 'hail Satan' invocationThe City of Ottumwa has been fielding calls about the "Hail Satan" prayer from Matt Dalbey during a city council meeting. Here's what you should know. 000
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyAlex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is not a real person! There are THIRTY TWO books here that 'Andrew V. Smith' has shat out in the last year alone, all of which have AI-generated covers and most borrow or straight up rip off titles from other more popular (and more importantly: human) works like my own 829791
Edinburgh Fortean Society @edinburghforteansociety.org.uk · 08/10/2026One Piece? The Complete 2000 AD by Alan Moore? 120
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietySelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Irish #folklore tells of lazy,clever drunkard named Stingy Jack who tricked Devil multiple times.When Jack died,he was turned away from Heaven and Hell.Devil gives Jack a burning ember to light his way in dark.Jack puts ember inside a hollowed-out turnip and wanders earth forever 0264
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean Society🧟♀️ Liza Frank 🎃👻🕸️ @lilithepunk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Want to zhuzh up your writing? Or incite a rebellion? Or even just listen to how traditions and the ritual year can heavy lift your #WIP? Join me in @waterstones.bsky.social #Worthing on 14 October to find out how! #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #FolkloreThursday www.waterstones.com/events/folkl... 📚📝 0101
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean Societybryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102143754732
Edinburgh Fortean Society @edinburghforteansociety.org.uk · 07/10/2026There's the little Sandy Road circle in New Scone (a mile down the road from Old Scone). Slightly bigger one at Colen Wood, 6 miles to the north. 130
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 07/10/2026www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...theguardian.comA medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time?Researchers argue incorrect binding of Voynich manuscript radically changes ideas about its drawings and indecipherable text 511426
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.comedy.co.uk/radio/news/8...comedy.co.ukMark Heap & Stephen Mangan star in R4 comedy-horror The Call Of Cthudo - British Comedy GuideMark Heap and Stephen Mangan star in The Call Of Cthudo, a "ridiculous" new Radio 4 comedy reimagining Cluedo through the horror of H.P. Lovecraft,... 99713
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyEdinburgh Fortean Society @edinburghforteansociety.org.uk · 03/10/2026Next EdFortSoc: Wed 14th Oct Highlander @jonmelville.bsky.social will talk on the 1986 action fantasy, and his new book, The Art & Making of Highlander. Hear about missing Immortals, deleted scenes, and how a box office bomb became a cult favourite. The Royal Oak 1 Infirmary Street 7.30pm, £1 032
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietySam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky 451648647
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56120193574
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean Societythebotmakes.bsky.social @thebotmakes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Don’t let them tell you not to play Depeche Mode on a keyboard made out of chips. Live your dreams! (Powered by the awesome Spokeboard from @vulpeslabs.bsky.social, built for Newhaven Tattie Fest yesterday, destroyed by kids!) 1144
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026🔊Alright #London! Some Queens & Kings from BlueSky 🔭Astro are coming to visit y'all next week! #NewScientistLive 😎 Sa 10 Oct: @chanda.blacksky.app & @chrislintott.bsky.social 😎 Su 11 Oct: @dreochapman.bsky.social, @jimalkhalili.bsky.social et moi 🤗 ℹ️: live.newscientist.com/2026-talks-p... 4319
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026396 years ago today, Giuseppe Maria Desa—who’d been born in a stable, the son of a carpenter—had a remarkable day out. He’d been having trances and visions since he was 8, and now, at 27, during a procession through town, “rose up off the ground ... hovering above an astonished crowd” 68817
Edinburgh Fortean Society @edinburghforteansociety.org.uk · 03/10/2026Next EdFortSoc: Wed 14th Oct Highlander @jonmelville.bsky.social will talk on the 1986 action fantasy, and his new book, The Art & Making of Highlander. Hear about missing Immortals, deleted scenes, and how a box office bomb became a cult favourite. The Royal Oak 1 Infirmary Street 7.30pm, £1 032
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyLondon Fortean Society @forteanlondon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's a whole day of ghosts, magic and old gods @conwayhall.bsky.social and online on 21 November. forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... @strangeattractor.bsky.social 02315
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 02/10/2026Today is the 81st anniversary of the birth of #RadioAstronomy in Australia! 📡 It grew out of radar tech built here in Sydney during WWII. As the war ended, military activity shifted to research, investigating the strange 'noise' and 'interference' coming from the Sun. 📸 J. Messer/NSW G.R. 19524
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyDr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be doing a "soft launch" in Edinburgh on October 14! Get your hands on SLEUTH-HOUND before it's officially out in the city where the story took place! I'll be in conversation with @anatomicalcat.bsky.social! Tickets here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...toppingbooks.co.ukLindsey Fitzharris for Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes at Edinburgh New Town Church 69837
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyCat Irving @anatomicalcat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I am SO EXCITED to be chatting with Lindsey about her fabulous new book! Come and join us, it’s going to be a brilliant night! 1235
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyJames Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The ACTUAL Oldest Pub in England. A film that I wrote and presented in collaboration with @HistoricEngland and A Few Good Productions. Click the link for some gratuitous shots of me talking timbers and building up a powerful thirst... youtu.be/RlyvHJtptbc?... 1210124
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Remember those #LochNessMonster 'flipper photos' from the 1970s? Endorsed by a respectable list of experts but obvious from early on as waaaay less impressive than the public were led to believe... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/8/... #LochNess #cryptozoologytetzoo.comThe 1972 Loch Ness Monster Flipper Photos — Tetrapod ZoologyIf you’re a long-time reader of TetZoo, you’ll know that I’ve often examined and discussed the backstories to famous monster photos. And if you follow me on Twitter (I’m @TetZoo ), you’ll know that... 47319
Edinburgh Fortean Society @edinburghforteansociety.org.uk · 01/10/2026One should learn from the tale of Lallafa the Poet. 031
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyJames Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I realise not everyone can get to my book tour dates, so I will be doing an online launch event on Wednesday 7 October at 7pm (UK time) 🙂 For more info & bookings, please visit: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-buildi... 02318
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyAndy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 28/09/2026For sale. Highland moonbase. Moonrover not included. Buyer to provide own space suit. search.savills.com/property-det...search.savills.comDruim Na Cracaig Portfolio, Drimnin, Oban, Highland, PA80 5XZ | Property for sale | SavillsProperty details for Druim Na Cracaig Portfolio. One of many properties for sale in Drimnin, Oban, Highland, PA80 5XZ from Savills, world leading estate agents. 63313
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyProf. Abel Méndez @profabelmendez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You’re looking at the radio sky as seen by the Big Ear telescope in August 15, 1977. The bright structure near 18 hours in right ascension is the plane of our Galaxy. Keep going between 19 and 20 hours; the short red line to the left is the Wow! Signal. #AreciboWow #RadioAstronomy 0289
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyColin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Charles Addams, showing that the Mounties always get their nature god. (Original art for June 1958’s Holiday magazine.) 05913
Edinburgh Fortean Society @edinburghforteansociety.org.uk · 25/09/2026The Deros emerge... www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comTwo arrests made after men emerged from New York City sewersThe city has seen a string of incidents in which people have climbed out of manholes late at night. 030
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyThe Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Our top choices of places to see on Doors Open Days This weekend is Doors Open Days in Edinburgh coordinated by The Cockburn Association, the conservation charity....theedinburghreporter.co.ukOur top choices of places to see on Doors Open DaysThis weekend is Doors Open Days in Edinburgh coordinated by The Cockburn Association, the conservation charity. This is your opportunity to see behind doors which are in many instances usually closed to members of the public. There is a full list of all buildings which are open this weekend here. We have some highlights for you to consider when planning your days out this weekend. The University of Edinburgh owns many of the historical buildings in the capital, and some deserve a visit. From their inventory our choice is: The Confucius Institute, Abden House… 036
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026...and the 50th anniversary of parasitologist Jonathan Turton publishing a paper about swallowing a hookworm and discovering that, for the two years it lived in his innards, he didn’t suffer from hayfeversmithsonianmag.comCan Hookworms Cure Hayfever?Maybe. But we need to learn a lot more about them before they hit pharmacy shelves 3283
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think the most important news from history today is that it’s the 39th anniversary of the (US) release of The Princess Bride—and what better way to mark the day than remind ourselves of Cary Elwes’ story about André the Giant and the enormous, life-altering, earth-shaking fart? 416971
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyBlogMyWiki @blogmywiki.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Better photos of the Vikings of Aarhus 0133
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean Society👻Skulliam🎃Boo-tler🍂Yikes🕷️ @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026i need to know what happened 309163433179
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026On this day in 1647, a child was born near Edinburgh with two heads, each one with a single eye in the middle of its face, donkey ears, a tree-trunk-like body, arms sticking out all over, talons, male and female ‘secret parts’, and the legs and feet of oxen. Yes, IT’S ALL TRUE 814240
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Well, if it’s 23 September... YES, THAT’S RIGHT! It’s the 72nd anniversary of the hunt for the Gorbals Vampire, in which hundreds of children aged from four to 14, armed with dogs, knives, and sharpened sticks went looking for an urban myth 10257102
Edinburgh Fortean Society @edinburghforteansociety.org.uk · 21/09/2026But can you wedge a coin in its buttcrack? 000
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyFolk Horror Revival 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#OwlishMonday New owl species just dropped! www.sci.news/biology/bubo...sci.newsNew Owl Species Discovered in Peru | Sci.NewsA horned owl living in a narrow strip of high-Andean grassland in northern Peru is a species new to science, according to a paper published in July 2026 in the journal Audiornis. 0243
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyJaundiced Brains @johnnymains.co.uk · 21/09/2026Someone from Exeter was buried on Friday and one of their wishes was to have dinosaurs and the Grim Reaper present. Legend. Photo source: Exeter & Devon Crematorium and Memorial Gardens 17757177
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl... 6744311398
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyRebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @reblambert.bsky.social · 19/09/2026apple.news/A-sdzC872Tda...apple.newsSearch for 'lost' hamlet of Edinburgh underneath city park — The ScotsmanThe site is said to date back to the 1640s and was once a bustling settlement 0133
Reposted by Edinburgh Fortean SocietyScarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 18/09/2026One of my favourite moments from ARTHUR C CLARKE'S MYSTERIOUS WORLD (1980): Mr and Mrs Osborne relate the curious tale of the hail of hazelnuts which battered them one day. "I don't know why you'd suck up Hazelnuts in March". Quite, Mr Osborne. 54611
Edinburgh Fortean Society @edinburghforteansociety.org.uk · 18/09/2026www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comStephanie Cole: Coronation Street and Doc Martin actress dies aged 84She was best known for playing Dr Beatrice Mason in the 1980s BBC wartime TV drama Tenko. 000