Edinburgh Fortean Society

Strange Central 2026: Mysteries, Monsters, Ghosts, and UFOs Online and @ConwayHall Saturday 18 April 10 am - 5 pm forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2026/02/strang… (1/8)

@TheBrochProject @Whisky_Blender Loch, Broch and Two Smoky Barrels?

Want to help support Caithness Broch Project? 👍 Want to win £500? 😲 We're looking for talented designers to help us create a label for our own #Whisky with @Whisky_Blender! 🥃 Get in touch if you'd like to know more! ✉️ #Caithness #Brochs

Next EdFortSoc: Wed 14th January @CharlesPaxton4 will be talking on Nessies Before Nessie: A Scientific and Cultural History of Scottish Sea Serpents Until 1900 The Royal Oak 1 Infirmary Street Edinburgh 7.30pm, £1

Noticing another spike in folk ditching Twitter. Understandable. If you are making the jump, please feel free to follow me on Bluesky or Instagram. My handle on both is @ jpwarchaeology 🙂

Our nomination for first place: 1000000000000066600000000000001 is a prime number…it is also a palindrome. It’s called ‘Belphegor's prime.’ ‘Belphegor’ refers to one of the Seven Princes of Hell (due to the ‘666’ in the middle & the 13 zeroes on either side).

@forteantimes @UFOchronpodcast @ForteanLondon @EdinFortSoc @fortean_uk @LairdFortean @ufob0t @maniaUFO @UAPWatchers @AliensOnEarth_ @UAPodcast850 @DronesSTX Will do....have a great ancient castle here in Caithness that connects with the Knights Templar, Rosslyn Chapel and, of course, the Holy Grail. And there is the 'selkie grave' at Olrig Cemetery' that has a great legend connected with it and is always filled with water.

Ho-Ho-UFO? Strange lights over Thurso spark ‘Santa’s sleigh’ theory johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/ho-ho-ufo… @forteantimes @ForteanLondon @EdinFortSoc @fortean_uk @LairdFortean @UFOchronpodcast @ufob0t @BenUFO @maniaUFO @UAPWatchers @AliensOnEarth_ @UAPodcast850 @DronesSTX

@marstbirdjcn @JohnCFirk @lifemaker2003 The older, original spelling is “FeeJee Mermaid,” as used by P.T. Barnum. The modern spelling for the islands of “Fiji” is often transposed onto the vintage “FeeJee Mermaid,” incorrectly. Here is our Museum’s 2nd FeeJee Mermaid. @CryptoLoren

@TheBrochProject @ChrisLovesy1 Please do join us! Bluesky is much nicer.

@ChrisLovesy1 Heard about that and Mastodon. Unsure if we have time for yet another account!

Hello everyone. Feeling a bit despondent about X. We work very hard on the project, but despite having 9,000 followers, we rarely get more than 5 or 6 likes on any post!? We could do with knowing if we should stay here, and if there's still love for #Brochs? #Caithness

@wikivictorian A wife of Karaitiana Takamoana, name sadly unrecorded. digitalnz.org/records/224712…

Portrait of an unidentified Maori woman from New Zealand. Photographed by Samuel Carnell, 1878.

Looking for a spooky, alternative way to spend this holiday season? Come join us at this year's Edinburgh Krampus Fest! noisyghost.co.uk

Sounds fine to us bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Holy moly get a load of this vid of the CME hitting Earth's Magnetosphere! 🤯

The Ling lioness - puma encounters on the Norfolk-Suffolk border in the 1990s, with thanks to @EdinFortSoc and Gill Thornton bigcatsofsuffolk.com/the-ling-lione…

A new Nessie doc, with (unusually) interviews with scientists who actually have published papers in cryptozoology! youtube.com/watch?v=aezT_7…

SEA MONSTERS PAST AND PRESENT: how sea monster stories relate - or don't! - to fossil sea reptiles and ancient marine mammals. Join me at Dorset Museum & Art Gallery, Dorchester, on 21st November, 6pm-7pm. Members: £18 | Non-Members: £20. Book online: bit.ly/46R5B38

Next EdFortSoc: 12th Nov 2025, 7.30pm @AnatomicalCat will be speaking on: Will You Join The Dance? A brief history of the Danse Macabre Plus! Grand auction of books, etc.! The Royal Oak 1 Infirmary Street Edinburgh 7.30pm, £1

We all know Edinburgh is not short of bars, but did you know that some of them have a very haunting reputation? Some are known to have experienced paranormal sightings, some are the sites of historic mystery. These are our top six spookiest bars in the city, but will you be brave enough to visit any?👻 Learn more about the history of these six haunting spots here 👉 edinburgh.org/blog/6-of-the-…

WHAT ARE YOU DOING SAT AFTERNOON?! 👻Come along and catch up with ME on all things spooky! - FREE (incl parking) - have a cuppa, cake & a chat! Bring ghost photos, talk to me about experiences, ask me about #Uncanny... Sat 11th Oct | 2–4pm Horspath Village Hall, OX33 1RT

The Shapeshifter's Daughter is an Orkney-set, modern-day reimagining of the Norse tale of Hel - the Queen of the Underworld that was banished by Odin. The Stromness Library plays an important role in the book, so we are delighted to host this event. ❤️