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Posted: 26-01-2013 12:30 Post subject: FT 298

Just arrives at Bin Towers.

Russian Yetis
Bigfoot of Tunbridge Wells
New-Age Wildman

Phantom Hitchhikers
Scottish Mermaids
Cannibal Fishermen

Posted: 26-01-2013 20:16 Post subject:

Got mine too, not had a chance to open it yet - I'll tackle it tomorrow.

Posted: 27-01-2013 02:32 Post subject:

With Scottish mermaids and cannibal fishermen, of course you'll takcle it tomorrow! Wink

Posted: 27-01-2013 10:02 Post subject:

I'm hooked already.

Posted: 27-01-2013 19:30 Post subject:

I was certainly reeled in this afternoon, the Russian Yeti stuff was an interesting take on a section of the mystery I didn't know much about, the rampaging thylacine in Britain, hmm, maybe, more mourning dogs or maybe dogs who happen to like graveyards and couldn't give a toss about who's buried there, hard to say.

IHTM was a bit vague and disappointing (one guy seemed to think it was a short story competition) and only two letters pages! Although I did like the missive about The Power of Pluto, sounds like a throwaway remark which grew and grew in the correspondent's mind as the years went by, but no less interesting for that.

I knew Marilu Henner had a photographic memory, but didn't know it was so rare.

Posted: 27-01-2013 22:20 Post subject:

I've not read much of it yet, sunday night is bath night after all. However, maybe I am being a bit over sensitive, but I wasn't keen on the baby story in the strange deaths. I know its about people dying and if I have an issue with that then I shouldn't be reading that section, but it just didn't sit well with me.
Anyone else?

Posted: 29-01-2013 19:23 Post subject:

To be honest I found all of the Strange Deaths section this issue to be particularly gruesome, not only the baby story. But it is a death, and it is strange, so I suppose it was valid, nobody said the section had to be humorous. It certainly wasn't this issue.

Posted: 07-02-2013 05:44 Post subject:

Is it just me, or does the yeti on this months cover look like that mugalato (sic) monster from TOS Star Trek?

Posted: 07-02-2013 12:45 Post subject:

Posted: 08-02-2013 01:12 Post subject:

Glad to know I am not the only one to think so...

Posted: 18-02-2013 00:59 Post subject:

Given the lack of chatter about this issue, it would seem that this issue is rather tame...

Posted: 18-02-2013 19:27 Post subject:

Plenty of chatter about the cover in the cryptozoology forums...

Posted: 15-04-2013 18:40 Post subject:

The car on a window ledge...

Come on, 30 seconds of looking at it and you can see the windows are all one and clearly a fibre-glass, or similar, replica.

35 seconds of looking will reveal that there is only half a car there. Look at the width of the ledge! Really, we are to believe that is a full-size hatchback in a space about 1m wide at most?

Clearly some kind of art installation or an auto enthusiast with a sense of humour and a bit of creativity...

Posted: 15-04-2013 18:45 Post subject:

They admitted they'd been duped by an advertising stunt in the latest issue. Happens to us all.

Posted: 15-04-2013 19:16 Post subject:

I'm three issues behind, thanks for spoiling my July reading... Wink

That said wasn't the 'Phantom Menace' ghost also published in FT?