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special_farces Great Old One Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Total posts: 167 Location: Leeds Age: 48 Gender: Male |
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| On the ar15 threads it's the wide range of stories and topics which impresses. Off the top of my head all that's missing are fish falls and dog headed men (but there is a headless figure so you never know). |
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| Soul_Doubt Grey Joined: 03 Jun 2012 Total posts: 20 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 26-08-2012 08:01 Post subject: |
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| bump... still seeking other real life / fortean / creepy threads on the internet if anyone out there knows of any others! Think that second AR15 thread has fizzled out now! |
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| lkb3rd Great Old One Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Total posts: 287 Location: CT. USA Gender: Male |
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| Bigfoot73 Great Old One Joined: 19 May 2009 Total posts: 1079 Location: Leeds Gender: Male |
| Posted: 01-02-2013 19:13 Post subject: |
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Posted: 1/29/2013 5:07:20 PM
Assuming this is the post you mean. I think it's a premonition, a precognitive dream. The alien figure represents the man he gave a lift to. I'm not exactly objective and impartial her because I have had premonitions myself and sometimes people or objects or locations get represented by something similar to the actual - event person object or location.
Don't know why that should be. Perhaps the man was represented by an 'alien' because of the weirdness about him. |
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| Fanari_Lloyd Yeti Joined: 07 May 2012 Total posts: 61 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 01-02-2013 21:03 Post subject: |
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Soul Doubt. I don't know if you have read
Most Scar Swag Stories (Australian) which began with stories of camping.
http://www.4wdaction.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=45476
Not all are scary; some are funny incidents, or encounters with wildlife, which seems scary enough to me! (Some bloke and his friends pitched their tent one night in a dry spot, and found, in the morning 'hundreds' of Funnelweb spider holes around them  ) But some would be filed under 'strange' or 'unknown.'
I also found an American site called Adventure Rider with tales from people who bike (motorbikes) in remote places, and though that began as bike-specific, it later became more general. However you have to create an account to read that. I did, and felt an imposter, but there may be people on FT who use bikes and would like to have a look. I spent a few days reading that.
[/url]http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=299862[/url] |
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| Soul_Doubt Grey Joined: 03 Jun 2012 Total posts: 20 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 03-02-2013 22:26 Post subject: |
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| That's great Fanari, thanks so much for posting those. Just spent half of my Sunday reading that epic Australian outback thread! Exactly the kind of stuff I'm looking for. Will have to sign up to that motorcycle website too. Thanks again - and if anyone else ever comes across any similar threads, please remember to post them! |
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| Fanari_Lloyd Yeti Joined: 07 May 2012 Total posts: 61 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 07-02-2013 11:26 Post subject: |
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You're welcome, Soul Doubt. I spent days leisurely reading both of those. The Adventure Biking thread was as interesting as the camping one, and the people seemed pretty nice and down-to-earth. Not all stories had a 'weird' twist, but all were worth reading, It made me wish I did ride bikes, so I could have properly joined, as it was quite friendly. 
If I find any more (you sometimes get links from such threads to other sites, as I found) I will certainly post them here. |
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| uair01 Great Old One Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Total posts: 1108 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 11-02-2013 22:34 Post subject: |
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I've been reading the "glitch" thread with some skepsis because of the way the stories are told. I've just been reading a scientific anthropological study on modern ghosts - the link came from the FT forum - and here they analyzed the language of modern ghost sightings. Things that were apparent:
- how factually and unemotionally "authentic" ghost stories were related
- how the tellers of the stories tried to explain their experience in the most rational manner
- how apologetic the storytellers were about their unexplained experiences
The reddit stories feel different, more creepypasta than real life reporting.
You can feel the difference if you compare the usual IHTM story on this forum. The have a very different feel than most of the reddit stories. The manner in which they're told is different. |
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| SHAYBARSABE Great Old One Joined: 05 May 2009 Total posts: 1379 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 12-02-2013 02:06 Post subject: |
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| uair01 wrote: | | You can feel the difference if you compare the usual IHTM story on this forum. The have a very different feel than most of the reddit stories. The manner in which they're told is different. |
The writers tend to be much younger than we Forteans. 
However, you are correct: some of the reported incidents read like fiction. |
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| Soul_Doubt Grey Joined: 03 Jun 2012 Total posts: 20 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 13-02-2013 16:28 Post subject: |
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I have a kind of filtering process for these kind of threads – any that start off with “when I was a kid” or “when I was 15” I skip along to the next one.
Also – anything pertaining to sleep or dreams – I skip along to the next one. |
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| uair01 Great Old One Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Total posts: 1108 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 18-02-2013 21:27 Post subject: |
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Found the book and the quotes:
| Quote: | | Supernatural experience narratives ... tend to share a common highly detailed, cautious, and sometimes even defensive structure. ... These narratives, or memorates as they are called, are typically told as though one were on the witness stand, detailed and careful, incorporating numerous strategies that outline the nature of the observations, the testing of alternative explanations, and often including an indication of reluctance to interpret what occurred as “supernatural.” |
Stated more informally:
| Quote: | There is a difference between “ghost stories” and “haunted
encounters.”
Ghost stories are just that—stories. Each tale has a central character and follows the three-act structure.
Haunted encounters don’t usually have a beginning, middle and end. The personal experience narratives almost always start with a disclaimer and end with the narrator’s voice trailing off and another disclaimer.
Ghost stories are told with gusto and glee.
Haunted encounters are told reluctantly and with apology.
Ghost stories are thought to be entertaining and acceptable.
Haunted encounters are often considered to be the delusions of a troubled mind. |
The glitch matrix are mostly just stories, the "ghost story" category. The IHTM stories on this forum are often more in the "haunted encounter" style. I find that "defensively rationalistic" style more convincing.
The source is from here. I found the link on the "Fortean culture" thread. It's an interesting book:
http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=usupress_pubs |
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| Soul_Doubt Grey Joined: 03 Jun 2012 Total posts: 20 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 08-06-2013 08:06 Post subject: |
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I've found another one that I'm pretty sure hasn't been posted before if anyone's interested.
Only read a couple of pages in, but seems like a trove of 155 pages of potential creepy true story goodness
http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=57236 |
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| Fanari_Lloyd Yeti Joined: 07 May 2012 Total posts: 61 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 08-06-2013 15:53 Post subject: |
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@Uair01 -
| Quote: | | The glitch matrix are mostly just stories, the "ghost story" category. The IHTM stories on this forum are often more in the "haunted encounter" style. I find that "defensively rationalistic" style more convincing. |
Yes, I feel that too.
@Soul Doubt. Thank-you for the link. I was reading that Survivalist forum some months ago, then forgot to bookmark it, and couldn't remember what it was called. |
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| Cochise Great Old One Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Total posts: 1104 Location: Gwynedd, Wales Age: 58 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 10-06-2013 08:18 Post subject: |
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| Soul_Doubt wrote: | I've found another one that I'm pretty sure hasn't been posted before if anyone's interested.
Only read a couple of pages in, but seems like a trove of 155 pages of potential creepy true story goodness
http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=57236 |
A few posts in there is this excellent advice:
| Quote: | | If you feel very creeped out when out in the deep backcountry (especially the northern Rockies) I would advise going with your instinct, and quickly. You are not the top of the food chain, and this is not your neighborhood. |
I think I may be going to use that last sentence as my email sig for a while! |
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| Cochise Great Old One Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Total posts: 1104 Location: Gwynedd, Wales Age: 58 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 12-06-2013 13:28 Post subject: |
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| Soul_Doubt wrote: | I've found another one that I'm pretty sure hasn't been posted before if anyone's interested.
Only read a couple of pages in, but seems like a trove of 155 pages of potential creepy true story goodness
http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=57236 |
I've read most of it now, on page 120. Some good stories. But a wicked thought occurred to me - wonder if half the 'there was something following me in the woods' stories are about the other half of posters who are following something suspicious in the woods?
A lot of the stories are from people who go deep into the wild to get solitude - doesn't seem to occur to them that there would be lots of others wanting to do the same for all sorts of reasons, and where there's a trail there's likely someone who uses it. I know the US is huge, but people are pattern-followers and if 20 people set off from the same area to go to a place they think they will get solitude, likely half of them would arrive at the same place
It's also fairly amazing they don't all end up shooting each other.
I was also entertained by the person who thought he would get solitude in Epping Forest. Obviously not a Genesis fan.
edit: Bigfoot73 should definitely visit - his cousins come up a lot |
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