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strange days
CONTENTS
Hunting for Sasquatch by balloon; D-Day pigeon mystery;
curse of the
Bounty
; talking animals; when camel spiders
attack; phantom monks; Stonehenge secrets revealed;
pathology bake-off; Japanese witch executed; car stop
cases; the Curridge Creature – and much more.
the world of strange phenomena
15 2012 WATCH
16 SCIENCE
18 GHOSTWATCH
21 MYTHCONCEPTIONS
22 MEDICAL BAG
23 ALIEN ZOO
24 ARCHÆOLOGY
25 CLASSICAL CORNER
26 NECROLOG
27 STRANGE DEATHS
28 THE UFO FILES
features
COVER STORY
30 50 SHADES OF GREY
PETER BROOKESMITH looks back at the hidden history of
jolly – and not so jolly – rogers with the alien sex pirates.
Plus, unusual activities among the hybrids and hypnotists
38 CROWLEY’S ART FROM THE ABBEY
JACK SARGEANT reports on a new exhibition that puts the
Great Beast’s Sicilian paintings in the spotlight and fi lls in
the gaps in our knowledge of his magical career
53 DREAMING OF A GRIM CHRISTMAS
When Sweden’s churchyards are stalked by a fl esh-devouring pig-monster
42 GHOST MOBS
ROGER CLARKE considers the Victorian phenomenon
of ghost-hunting fl ashmobs. What do these public
expressions of supernatural interest tell us about the
relationship between ghosts and the British class system?
46 ROBERT E HOWARD: THE LOST CELT
The fi rst ever Conan story was published 80 years ago,
in December 1932, and the mighty barbarian hero has
maintained his hold on the popular imagination ever
since. ANGELINE B ADAMS AND REMCO VAN STRATEN
explore his creator’s Texan background and reveal how
a changing world of frontier medicine, oil booms and tall
tales gave birth to the genre of Sword and Sorcery.
38 ART FROM CROWLEY’S ABBEY
The Great Beast’s Sicilian paintings
10 TRUNK CALLS
Koshik the talking elephant and others
reports
76
STORIES FROM THE ILLUSTRATED POLICE NEWS
No. 18. The Fighting Ghost of Tondu
by Dr Jan Bondeson
forum
55
Pigging out at Christmas
by Karl Shuker
regulars
02 EDITORIAL
54 SUBSCRIPTIONS
71 LETTERS
78 READER INFO
79 PHENOMENOMIX
80 TALES FROM THE VAULT
46 THE MAN WHO CREATED CONAN
The frontier life of Robert E Howard
12 THE JESUS AND MARY CLAIMS
Lost Leonardo and takeaway Christ
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'Tis the Season...
Gift ideas for the end of the world
Thisisourlastissueof2012,andaswegoto
press,twodatesloominthe
FT
calendar.One,
ofcourse,isChristmas–thedayonwhichyou
willbepresentinglovedones,friendsandfamily
withcopiesofthelatestvolumeinourongoing
It
HappenedtoMe!
bookseries(seep58fordetails
ofhowtogetyourmittsonthismostforteanof
gifts).
FT’s
residentcar-
toonist,thegreatHunt
Emerson,alsohassome
ideasonhowtofi llthis
year’sChristmasstock-
ings.Hislong-awaited
adaptation,withKevin
Jackson,of
Dante’sInferno
isnowavailable.Youcan
purchasewhatHunt(with
nohyperbolewhatsoever)
describesas“mybest
booktodate!”overat
withallsortsofother
goodies.
Yes,theSeasonofGood
Willhasbeenunderway
forsomeweeksnowand
wehavealreadywitnessed
itsfi rstFatherChristmas
calamity.Shoppersin
Reading’sBroadStreet
Mallweretreatedto
thesightofanabseiling
Santabeingleftdangling
20feetabovethecrowd
afterhislongwhitebeard
becametangledintheropes.Afterhanging
aroundmid-airforsome40minutes,Santa(aka
SteveChessel)wasfi nallyrescuedbyoneof
hiscolleaguesfromthe11thBattalionRoyal
Engineers.Hisordealover,theunfortunateMr
Chesselwaspraisedfornotbreakingcharacter:
“Hecouldhavejusttakenhisbeardoffandlet
himselfdownbuthewassuchaprofessionaland
hedidn'twanttoletthechildrendown,”said
theshoppingcentre’smarketingmanager(
Daily
Mail,20Nov2012
).
It’snotthefi rst(andprobablynotthelast)
timethatSanta’sattemptstomovewiththetimes
haveendedindisasterandmuchhilarity.Last
year,asimilarincidenttookplaceinaFlorida
mall,whereonceagainthecombinationofbeard
plusabseilingendedinaverypublichumiliation.
(
digitaljournal.com/article/315399
)
Ofcourse,iftheNewAgedoomsayersareright,
alltheseconsumeristactivitieswillprovetobe
merevanity,astheybelievetheworld-as-we-
know-itissettoendon21December.Inourfi nal
2012Watchcolumn,TedHarrisonlooksbackat
howpreviousmillenarianshavechosentospend
theirlasthours.Assumingwe
are
backin2013,
we’llbetakingalookathowthemuch-vaunted
MayanApocalypseturnedout,andhowits
numerousproponentshavedealtwiththislatest
‘GreatDisappointment’.
Barbarians, reptilians and spooks
Still,evenifthisdoesprovetobeourlastissue,
there’splentyinittohelpmakeyourfi naldays
happyones.RemcovanStratenandAngelineB
Adamscelebratethe80thanniversaryofConan
theBarbarian’sfi rstappearanceinprintwitha
profileofhiscreator,RobertEHoward,which
exploresthewayinwhichthemighty-thewed
Cimmerianwasverymucha
productofarapidly-chang-
ingandsometimesviolent
ruralTexas.RogerClarke,
meanwhile,takesalook
atghostsfromtheunusual
angleoftheclassdistinc-
tionsthatunderlaytheir
perceptioninVictorianBrit-
ain,payingparticularatten-
tiontothephenomenonof
whatmightbetermedghost
fl ashmobs.JackSargeant
previewsanewAustralian
exhibitionhighlighting
theSicilianpaintingsof
AleisterCrowley,andasks
whattheycantellusabout
hismagicalcareer.And,in
thismonth’scoverfeature,
PeterBrookesmithlooks
backataccountsofsex
touristsfromouterspace,
revealingabizarrehistory
of
extremely
closeencoun-
terswithaliensthatrunthe
gamutfromwell-endowed
reptilianstoextraterrestrial
S&M.Notforthefainthearted!
Reader survey – win stuff!
It’sbeenfouryearssincewelastranan
FT
readersurvey,sowethoughtwe’d askforyour
helponceagain.Pleasespare10minutesto
answerthequestions–andyou’llbeentered
intoadrawtowinanAmazonKindleFire!We
don’treallyknowwhatthatis,butitsounds
good,doesn’tit?Turntop17forfulldetails.
Finally,we’d liketothankallofourreaders,
subscribersandcontributorsfortheirsupport
throughout2012–ahappy,forteanChristmasto
oneandall!
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