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| − | ([[Fort]]:[[Piper]]) On the morning of 25 November 1809, Benjamin Bathurst, a British diplomatic agent in Austria, was having his carriage harnessed up; "he walked around the horses" to the other side -- out of the line of sight of a few witnesses -- and was never seen again. This happening is now (since [[H. Beam Piper]] used it in the story of quoted title) a [[Fortean]] event practically on a par with the ''Marie Celeste'' in renown, and indeed is almost a classic example of a [[Fortean]] happening: a well-authenticated inexplicable occurrence whose superficial explanation (kidnapping by French agents) breaks down on the fact that there is no evidence any such abduction ever was carried out. | + | ([[Fort]]:[[Piper]]) On the morning of 25 November 1809, Benjamin Bathurst, a British diplomatic agent in [[Austria]], was having his carriage harnessed up; "he walked around the horses" to the other side -- out of the line of sight of a few witnesses -- and was never seen again. This happening is now (since [[H. Beam Piper]] used it in the story of quoted title) a [[Fortean]] event practically on a par with the ''Marie Celeste'' in renown, and indeed is almost a classic example of a [[Fortean]] happening: a well-authenticated inexplicable occurrence whose superficial explanation (kidnapping by French agents) breaks down on the fact that there is no evidence any such abduction ever was carried out. |
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Revision as of 17:04, 22 November 2020
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| (Fort:Piper) On the morning of 25 November 1809, Benjamin Bathurst, a British diplomatic agent in Austria, was having his carriage harnessed up; "he walked around the horses" to the other side -- out of the line of sight of a few witnesses -- and was never seen again. This happening is now (since H. Beam Piper used it in the story of quoted title) a Fortean event practically on a par with the Marie Celeste in renown, and indeed is almost a classic example of a Fortean happening: a well-authenticated inexplicable occurrence whose superficial explanation (kidnapping by French agents) breaks down on the fact that there is no evidence any such abduction ever was carried out. |
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