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FortFest

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FortFest , is the world's first, longest running and most prestigious conference on anomalous phenomenon, i.e. strange events sponsored by the International Fortean Organization (INFO) and is dedicated to the sane open-mindedness and good humor of American philosopher Charles Fort.

The FortFest program tends to attract well-known authors from the field who present themed lectures. Leading lights and cutting edge authors from the world of anomalous phenomena, the paranormal and science fiction who have presented at this conference include Colin Wilson, Robert Anton Wilson, David Drake, John Keel, Fritz Leiber. John Michell, Phyllis Benjamin, John Anthony West, Graeham Hancock, Richard Andrews, Lucy Pringle, Richard Fleishman, Sal Trento, Michael Schneider, Budd Hopkins, Richard Hoagland, Leslie Kean, Rory Nugent, Bruce Macabbee, William Sullivan, Doug Skinner, Peter Thompkins, Phyllis Galde, psychic Ingo Swann, Rosemary Guiley, Frank Joseph, Alex Immich, Grover Krantz, Mike Frizzell, Roy Mackel, Richard Greenwell, Gary Mangiacopra, Joscelyn Godwin, Patrick Harpur, Merilee Harpur, Ray Stanford, Rob and Sue Swiatek, Sophie Burnham, June O'Neil, Haloli Richter, Noel Tyl, Rory Nugent, Larry Arnold, Alvin Holm, David Jacobs, Robert Schmidt, Ellen Black and others.

2008

March 29-March 30 FortFest 2008 "Beyond Belief" held at the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM), 800 Key Highway, James Rouse Conference Center, Third Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21230 USA

Speakers at FortFest 2008 Include:

David Drake, best-selling author of over 110 SciFi novels and collections on Charles Fort, the Father of Modern SciFi and Paranormal Studies
Budd Hopkins, the author of "Intruders" and "Missing Time" with a startling talk on "UFOs, the Alien Abduction Phenomena and the New Paradigm".
Linda Godfrey, author of "Beast of Bray Road" and American "Werewolf"
Orion Foxwood, an Elder teacher of the Fairy Seership Tradition
Dr. Bob Hieronimus charismatic talk-show host and author on "In Goddesses We Trust"
Phyllis Benjamin on "Sychronicity or the Supernatural, Another Miracle on 34th Street?"
Dr. Peter Westbrook, historian of sacred science on "Divine Haromony, Pythagorus, Huston Smith, Aldous Huxley, Timothy Leary and entheogenic drugs used in a shamanic tradition.
Dr. Barbara Lane, hypnotherapist and a group regression on "Jesus' Past Lives According to Edgar Cayce"
Goeorge Hass, exo-archaeologist, with new pictures from Mars and a Meso-American connection with the Cydonia region of Mars
George Hansen, author of "The Trickster and the Paranormal" rescheduled form the FortFest '07 Ice Storm!