For #WorldBeeDay I’m going to share one of the WILDEST things (literally) about Rosslyn Chapel.

So, I usually tell people that all the things you think are weird about Rosslyn are fairly normal, and the things you think are normal are actually extremely weird… 🧵

It's time for the annual meeting of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research (ISCLR). Meeting this year in Logan, UT on the beautiful campus of Utah State. I don't have the live tweeting skills of some of my colleagues, but will try to post as I can. #ISCLR2024

You don't hear about couples coming back from a foreign vacation, developing their film, and seeing a photo taken in the hotel bathroom with their toothbrushes shoved up a stranger's butt hole much anymore

Deer’s head and upside down cross found on centenary stone in New Forest | “[T]he village had historic links with witchcraft as it was home to Sybil Leek, who was called ‘Britain’s most famous witch” in the 1950s” (H/t ⁦Derek Bryant⁩) theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

“There is no knowledge or evidence that any Utah schools have litter boxes available for student use. ‘If there were, social media would be overrun with visual evidence of their existence,’ said Williams, a Davis School District spokesperson.”

sltrib.com/news/education…

(This rumor and variations thereof have been linked to the Beckhams for more than 20 years, snopes.com/fact-check/at-…)

Marguerite Johnson's talk on ancient urban legends, evil rulers, ghosts & hauntings, weapons of mass destruction & octopi in Roman sewers!
See also Adrienne Mayor’s #FlyingSnakes and Griffin Claws
thelasttuesdaysociety.org/event/tall-tal…

A mystery waiting for its solution. 1) Mermaids in medieval or early modern British churches. Why is this a south of England phenomenon? particularly areas that did not later record mermaid legends... Cornwall and Devon exceptions there.

Le Pêle-Mêle [Paris], vol.14, no. 51, 20 Dec. 1908, 6. Decades before penguins started toppling over while looking at jets, there were cows on their backs gazing at aeroplanes.

Everybody knows somebody who knows somebody that goes to a school where children ‘identify as cats’ and have litter boxes, but nobody ever knows someone who goes to the school directly. Much to think about.

As someone who works with children, I promise that adults thinking they ‘identify as pasta’ is hilarious to them. IF, and that’s a big if, a child has ever said that, they are 100% taking the piss to see how far they can push right wing adults into embarrassing themselves.

“Dog owners have been sharing their concern about thieves marking houses with expensive dogs via post received through their letterboxes” 🤔

“Playground nails: How claims went viral.” BBC, 16 May. “Although the incident took place in a village near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, false claims that the playground was located in and around London began to spread online - creating concern for parents.”

bbc.com/news/uk-690229…

(PSA: There’s a lot of parody and weird humor on TikTok that’s misinterpreted. This person clearly uses #darkhumor in the caption for this video. If you see a TikTok that causes you to wonder whether it’s serious, look for a caption. If it’s been stripped away, ask yourself why.)

Man goes to a brothel in San Jacinto, finds his wife working there, attacks her. “Hombre salió del trabajo en busca de una trabajadora sexual y se encontró con que la mujer era su esposa.” El Tiempo [Colombia], 16 May 2024.

eltiempo.com/colombia/otras…

Calling historians, folklorists and library mice! This is my first go at a bibliography of mermaid monographs from the last two hundred years in major European languages. Can anyone add? Authors include cryptozoologists (Loren Coleman), folklorists, historians, ethnographers...

“Yes, that’s a child identifying as pasta. I haven’t made that up”

Translation: “Someone else made that up.”

DNA swabs from a sheep carcass a witness in Cumbria observed being predated on by a black big cat is identified by Uni. of Warwick lab as being from a species of the genus /Panthera/ - of which only 2, leopard and jaguar, have melanistic forms. countryfile.com/news/new-dna-e…

I’ve seen a lot of nonsense and speculation about the portrait of King Charles. As a skeptic paranormal researcher I just want to set things straight and say yes it’s haunted.

Still blows my mind that the cat litter thing stems from schools in the US that keep it on hand in case of an active shooter and the 'just protecting kids' mob are more upset at the made-up cat part than the shooting kids dead part.