tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post1530753549497841148..comments2024-03-29T08:49:16.357+00:00Comments on Retro-Forteana: Creeping CoffinsAndrew Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-43378703630754422902014-05-22T19:28:49.648+01:002014-05-22T19:28:49.648+01:00Thanks Theo, that's interesting. Is your resea...Thanks Theo, that's interesting. Is your research written up anywhere?<br /><br />When I responded to Peter Hornsby's comment I'd only had a quick glance at the link, because I was standing outside in the rain at the time. Having read it properly, it seems these stories may not stand up to close scrutiny as well as one might hope!Andrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-71944960556322775112014-05-22T18:58:10.097+01:002014-05-22T18:58:10.097+01:00I did some research on the Baltic case, but I doub...I did some research on the Baltic case, but I doubt if the original research files if they were, will ever come to light.theo paijmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17890509406570628152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-13335520806820198392014-05-11T10:31:53.975+01:002014-05-11T10:31:53.975+01:00Thanks for the link PeterThanks for the link PeterAndrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-73832793973535247852014-05-11T09:17:28.991+01:002014-05-11T09:17:28.991+01:00This may be of interest: http://skeptoid.com/mobil...This may be of interest: http://skeptoid.com/mobile/4399Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092462274611368350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-25698626902472269052014-05-10T20:42:49.344+01:002014-05-10T20:42:49.344+01:00Thanks very much for the clarification about the G...Thanks very much for the clarification about the Gould books. It's strange they're not better known - I will have to try to get hold of a non-smelly copy!<br /><br />I like your theory. When it comes to making mischief, there are distinct advantages to being viewed as "intellectually inferior" - especially if you're intellectually superior!Andrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-18686308874788796812014-05-10T19:31:25.442+01:002014-05-10T19:31:25.442+01:00Since I own a relatively recent edition of *Odditi...Since I own a relatively recent edition of *Oddities* (1965, I think; the date's in Roman numerals) I can tell you, quoting the Bibliography of Gould's works included in it, that *A Book of Marvels* "contains seven of the twenty essays in *Oddities* and *Enigmas* with some corrections and additions, but is superseded by the second edition of each book."<br /><br />The Dancing Coffins case in notable for including some of the most casually racist discussion of plausible and implausible causes I've ever read. I have always rather hoped that the plantation slaves had some motive for accessing the vault periodically, and deliberately disturbed the coffins when they knew it was to be opened, in order to frighten the white folks away from it and account for any activity they did spot going on around it between interments. Pretending to be abjectly afraid of it themselves would go hand-in-hand with this use; and the coffins that remained undisturbed would be those of more humble members of the family, who behaved better toward the slaves than the inhabitants of the disturbed ones.<br /><br />This explanation has the merit of looking straight at the people most easily dismissed by the people first confronted with the mystery; which as any good mystery reader can tell you is the key to solving a case. Peni R. Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781761011389542245noreply@blogger.com