Shito-Dama, the Japanese Fireball Spirit. Michael Goss
Originally published in Magonia 24, November 1986. The Japanese spirit world is populated by a strange crew; there are teasing, shape-changing entities known as kitsune or ‘fox spirits’ which delight...
View ArticleThe Phantom Hitch-Hiker on Public Transport. Michael Goss
From Magonia 22, May 1986 Hitch-Hiker legends are still handled according to the model promoted by Richard K. Beardsley and Rosalie Hankey, whose California Folklore Quarterly paper not only brought...
View ArticleBlue is the Colour: The Hypno-Show Controversy. Michael Goss
From Magonia 53, August 1995 “Y’know… Hypnotism is Not Just About People Making Fools Of Themselves On Stage,” confides the head-and-shoulders caricature, speaking word balloon-wise from the bottom...
View ArticleJumpers and the Killer Monk of Beachy Head. Michael Goss
From Magonia 55, March 1996 Go to the N19 district of London, ask someone the whereabouts of Suicides’ Bridge. Unless that person is a stranger like yourself, the chances are heavily in favour of your...
View ArticleThe French Pterodactyl: a Fortean Folly. Mick Goss
From Magonia 21, December 1985 When Professor Challenger wanted to prove to zoological sceptics that pterodactyls weren’t extinct after all, he merely arranged an expedition to an unknown plateau in...
View ArticleOld Hat, New Hat. Michael Goss
From Magonia 40, August 1991. Blame your editor. His BackPage invitation to Magonia readers to predict the next Great Unexplained Phenomenon set ma a-thinking… Set me a-thinking that each successive...
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