Fortean Times: It Happened To Me! Volume 1

It Happened To Me! #1

by Paul Sieveking (Editor), Jen Ogilvie (Editor), David Sutton (Editor in Chief)

Revealing the strange, weird and wonderful stories sent in by the readers of Fortean Times, this MagBook is a haunting collection of real life stories to have featured in the magazine over the past 35 years. From living in haunted houses to witnessing rains of frogs, no area of the paranormal remains uncovered in this fascinating publication.

From terrifying ghostly encounters, outlandish apparitions, telephone calls from the other side and mysterious animals, to startling premonitions and other tales of unexpected, this spooky MagBook contains enough real-life tales of the unexplained to make you question any doubts about paranormal activity you may harbour.

Genres: Nonfiction, Paranormal

162 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2008

Reviews

[Joshua Byrd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of these were pretty spooky, but I wanted the stories to be longer and more in-depth. Not bad!

[LayDownYourSoul · Rating 5 out of 5]

"We just looked at each other, said wtf? and carried on"

Superlatively entertaining.

A fantastic collection of stories, very well structured with a combination of variety and thematic threads. Great mixture of scary, life-affirming or just bizarre. Loved the introduction to some very cool concepts or areas of paranormal experience - the 'hummadruz', two-dimensional creatures, someone encountering your exact double (I've experienced something similar, with the other person even starting to have a conversation with 'me'), encounters with ball lightning, and the concept of sudden panic attacks being caused by the God Pan! But perhaps the most powerful stories were those of the paranormal intersecting with technology.

Some great introductions to the chapters and great writing by the contributors - I looked up a few of the names expecting them to be professional writers, but was surprised this generally didn't seem to be the case! I was also draw to try and find out more about the most recurring story in the collection - the creep Burnley pay-phone whose story was backed up by four different accounts. Was disappointed not to find anything definitive about this, but interesting that this story seemingly originated with these first-hand accounts and has become a bit of a know creepy story online.

Fantastic tales, really enjoy these first-hand accounts of bizarre events, love the hand-drawn pictures of what people saw, and the self-awareness of how unbelievable some of these things are. Also really cool that a lot of these are set in remote places, and generally in the past, with a lot people telling stories from their younger years, adds an extra touch of the magical and uncanny...

[Aphton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have alwats been facinated by the paranormal, such as ghost sightings and hauntings. But the book dealt with many paranormal themes like accounts of UFO,s, shape shifting animals and time warps which in which I am not too clear of. But the hauntings and sightings did leave to several chills up my spine.

[Kerry Henderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of stories about paranormal experiences. A companion to the magazine Fortean Times.

This was quite an interesting read but didn't quite grip me as much as I had expected. Still a god read for any fan of the magazine.

[Maurício da Fonte Filho · Rating 3 out of 5]

Uma antologia de casos estranhos enviados à revista Fortean Times por seus leitores. Os casos são organizados por categorias, e são mais curiosos do que assustadores. Algumas vezes a leitura se tornou um pouco cansativa.

[Alyssa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just love stories of weird things happening. I am not sure if I believe a lot of them, but I still love hearing about them.

[Steve Grey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love to read about genuine paranormal experiences and make up my own mind, not be force fed a conclusion and this didn't let me down. I read Fortean Times as well so am used to the format; this didn't let me down and there are some interesting experiences, give it a try if you like this sort of thing.

[Nicola · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting book. Its a collection of stories that have been sent in from people who have experianced some sort of paranormal activity. I love all things spooky and unexplainable and especially tonight on all hallows eve how could i resist!!

[Mysticpaganwitch · Rating 3 out of 5]

I DID enjoy this book but sometimes I got the feeling that some of the stories were put in just to add to the excitement but really they were just a teensy bit far fetched. This was my feeling anyway. Still went on to read the second one though, it hasn't put me off.

[H.C. Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Could have done with less stories of the '40 years ago when I was 9 years of age' sort (never very convincing), and I'd have liked a lot more stories for my buck, but so original and thoroughly entertaining!

[Nurture Waratah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the stories in this book are quite creepy, others are just strange. Still, I wouldn't recommend reading it at night.

[Saskia 'follow my shoes' Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

as enjoyable this is, its far to expensive for a kindle book. The paper copy is even more, yet its a tiny paper back book! The storys in it are good though, true life accounts.