http://www.metafilter.com/tags/forteana Posts tagged with 'forteana' at MetaFilter. Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:31:33 -0800 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:31:33 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/69758/Greetings%2DChildren <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/CaptainDisillusion">Captain Disillusion</a> has created a series of videos that provide a skeptical analysis of sensational viral videos. One in particular, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyR_WHEmO_4">“Gas Station Ghost RECUT”</a> addresses an unusual image caught on a <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/66522/Who-you-gonna-call">gas station surveillance camera.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.69758 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:31:33 -0800 captaindisillusion forteana skeptic skepticism video viral Tube http://www.metafilter.com/67123/Yeti%2Dfootprints%2Dfound%2Dnear%2DEverest <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7122705.stm">Yeti footprints found near Everest</a> by Joshua Gates (<a href="http://www.scifi.com/destinationtruth/josh/">SciFi Channel TV presenter</a>) and his nine-member paranormal investigation team. They discovered three anthropomorphic prints on the bank of Manju near Mt. Everest, after spending one week in the Khumbu region. Stopping short of declaring a belief in the Yeti, Gates doubts the prints were man-made or that they came from a known creature. <small>(See also: <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071130/sc_nm/nepal_yeti_dc;_ylt=AhJFkrjH6Fz5v7kQm9fGGDvtiBIF">AP/Yahoo </a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0941372/">IMDB</a>, <a href="http://www.tv.com/destination-truth/show/67856/summary.html">TV.com</a>, <a href="http://forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31385">Fortean Times Message Forum</a>, <a href="http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showforum=135">SciFi Channel Destination Truth forum</a>)</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.67123 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:34:17 -0800 abominablesnowman anthropoidape bigfoot cryptid cyptozoology destinationtruth forteana gigantopithecus meh-teh migoi sasquatch scifichannel unexplainedphenomena yeh-teh yeti yowie christopherious http://www.metafilter.com/66907/The%2Dmysterious%2Dthunderbird%2Dphoto%2DDo%2Dyou%2Dremember%2Dit Do you remember an <a href="http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/lost-t-bd-photo/">old photo of a thunderbird/pterodactyl</a>, nailed against a barn wall, with men standing in it for scale? So do <a href="http://www.burlingtonnews.net/thunderbird.html">many</a> <a href="http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=50075">others</a> (including myself). But since that photo has entirely disappeared, are we all <a href="http://www.haxan.com/portfolio/freakylinks/WWWFRE~1.COM/FREAKO~1/TAILS_~1/THUNDE~1.HTM">victims of a form of mass hysteria</a>? Or victims of a massive reality-altering <a href="http://uforeview.tripod.com/conspiracyjournal444.html">conspiracy</a> (ctrl-f for 'Birdzilla')? tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.66907 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:26:55 -0800 conspiracy cryptozoology forteana masshysteria pterodactyl thunderbird Kickstart70 http://www.metafilter.com/28376/Indian%2DRope%2DTrick <a href="http://http://skepdic.com/indianrope.html" title="Skeptical?">Up</a>, <a href="http://www.blather.net/archives/uncon97/97rope.html" title="Mythical?">up</a> <a href="http://www.pcsorcarjr.com/ropetrick.html" title="Routine?">and</a> <a href="http://www.blather.net/archives/uncon97/97rope.html" title="Solved?">away</a>... <a href="http://javasbachelorpad.com/rope.html" title="Metaphorical?">the</a> <a href="http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2003/07/13/stories/2003071308220300.htm" title="Art?">mysterious</a> <a href="http://www.100megsfree4.com/farshores/prope.htm" title="Fictitious?">Indian</a> <a href="http://www.spartechsoftware.com/dimensions/vanished/IndianRopeTrick.htm" title="Real?">rope</a> <a href="http://www.nnmagic.com/posters_magicrepros/fi/000000b6.htm" title="Magic?">trick</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.28376 Wed, 17 Sep 2003 17:02:52 -0800 forteana hoaxes indianropetrick magic magictricks stagemagic moonbird