Charles Fort (1874–1932) was an American writer who spent decades collecting reports of anomalous phenomena—unexplained falls, UFOs, teleportation—that science dismissed. His books The Book of the Damned and Lo! gave birth to Fortean research.
Founded anomalistics; his books are the origin of systematic interest in unexplained phenomena; 'Fortean' became the term for anomalous research.
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