![]() ![]() ![]() Being a Fortean is not a religious affiliation, just an appreciation of the oneness of it all. He even refused to join the original Fortean Society of the 1920s, which included some of the most distinguished intellectuals of the time, including Ben Hecht, Buckminster Fuller, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, with a guiding role taken by founder Tiffany Thayer. "Charles Fort, who died in 1932, would have nothing to do with the subculture of followers that grew up around his work. All the while, Fort's humor and skepticism have served me well. "I discovered the works of Charles Fort in 1959 and jumped into the pursuit of the unknown in the decades that followed. ![]() The damned data Charles Fort gathered covered so many marvels, mysteries, and monsters-including unidentified aerial objects, frog falls, ship disappearances, red rains, earthquake lights, lake monsters, animal mutilations, psychic explosions, and much, much more. "'The Book of the Damned' has inspired scientists, science fiction writers, movie makers, and devotees for almost a hundred years. ![]()
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